And opposed yesterday on X, commerce secretary Howard Lutton raised the renovated Lincoln Memorial collecting pools and added pools. Thank you President Trump for restoring our city's national treasure. I don't know, it's kind of hard to say he's restoring DC when there's currently a monster energy drink logo on the White House lawn. Yeah, never mind the fact that that's temporary and it'll be gone Monday morning. Sure. The reality just hasn't hit the people in the late night TV show business has it. Welcome to Thursday. It is June 11th, 2026. This is the Chris Plant Show. Michael Pelka in for my friend Chris Plant. Today and tomorrow, God willing, we'll get it done and Chris returns from his vacation tanned, rested and ready. And if you've listened to the Chris Plant Show, you know where that obscure cultural reference originates. One a day we had yesterday. An amazing day and an amazing evening overnight starting at 5.15 east coast time yesterday. There were renewed strikes on Iran as Iran is still misbehaving, attacking some of the other nations in the Gulf region, Jordan being among them. And President Trump appears to be tired of it. President Trump appears to be trying to bring Iran to the negotiating table very quickly and there is discussion this morning, a new statement out from the president about renewed attacks on places like Carg Island. That is the place where the Iranians transit most of their oil. And that is one of the most valuable sites they have. I think something like 90% of their oil goes through Carg Island. We will keep our eyes on that. There may be some sort of announcement press conference happening today, but the president announced on true social as we were getting ready to come on the air that the United States will be hitting Iran, whose Navy Air Force radar anti-aircraft and all forms of defense together with most of its offensive capability are gone. We will be hitting them very hard tonight. And that was at 8.22 this morning. So the Iranians who are not too far away from nightfall may be expecting a little more attention from the United States military. And somebody said to me, one of my buddies who analyzes this kind of stuff said, well, you know how big the attack is going to be based on how many of our refueling jets are in the sky. How many of our planes that carry fuel and can refuel our fighters and bombers are up in the sky? And apparently we have a large number up in the sky. So we will monitor that throughout the day and get you the update. Also, it appears that the Supreme Court may be delivering some decisions this morning in a matter of minutes when that happens, depending on the impact of the decisions, the topics we will report as necessary. Keep up on that. So maybe some big Supreme Court news today. There was a lot of news in the sports world yesterday. I watched the NBA finals game last night. I'm an exciting game. I feel bad for my Spurs. I'm a Spurs fan after the Bulls. The New York Knicks had an amazing turnaround. It was as if two different games were played. And the Knicks won and they're now in a really good position to win the NBA title. They're three to one and headed back to San Antonio this weekend. But it's what happens in the periphery of these games that gets my attention. For example, I watch when the camera shows all the goofy New York celebrities who pay or are given seats to be on camera during the games. And there are folks who have been fans for years, like that irritating Spike Lee is there all the time. In his clown outfits, I don't understand. I thought he was a married guy. I don't know many married guys whose wives would let him go out dressed like that. But Spike Lee at the games all the time, standing up and pretending he's a coach. And I guess if the Knicks get a ring, he'll expect, if they win and get rings, he'll expect one. But you've got the Usuals and Ben Stiller is there all the time. He's a New Yorker. And Jerry Seinfeld regularly seen there and Seinfeld was there last night. And I thought there were a couple of very interesting takes after the game. The one thing I don't understand in American sports, when your team wins something, why you destroy things? Why aren't you celebrating? And I guess destruction is a celebration for some of these people. Let's remember, it's predominantly Democrats in New York City. So I guess these are Democrats that are destroying things. But the Knicks fans last night, after this amazing come from behind victory, a historic come from behind victory, the New York Knicks fans took to the streets of New York and were stomping around and jumping up and down and destroying things. In fact, they were destroying in one video that's gone viral, destroying a taxi cab. And I know you can't see it because it's radio, but you can hear some of the destruction here. Got seven if you got a Michael. They are beating the windshield, destroying the hood, denting the roof. It's just senseless. I understand honking your horn and screaming that you've won. The weird thing in all of this is the fans that are waving things like the Palestinian flag. Now if you're a sports fan, unless you're trying to go to some World Cup event, I don't know why you'd be carrying foreign flags, but it is New York. It's an international city. And then as this was going on very near Madison Square Garden, the celebrities were being ushered out through their little gauntlet to get to the limo waiting area. And Jerry Seinfeld was walking out being escorted by the Madison Square Garden press people. And some guy with one of those little bitty microphones came up to ask Jerry Seinfeld to say something that I don't think I'd ever expect him to say, and that is free Palestine. What up, Seinfeld? What up? Can we get a free Palestine? Can we get a free Palestine? Come on, give us a free Palestine. It doesn't exist. He is gaining new respect for me. Jerry Seinfeld. I didn't expect him to respond that way, but he did. And then we can't play the rest of the video because these guys go on an expletive laden rant about can you believe he said that. And they're all excited they got the clip, which is great. Good for them. Good for them. And meanwhile, to continue with the Chris Plant sports discussion last night in Washington, D.C. was also the congressional baseball game, which happens every year. And sometimes it is the subject of some considerable discussion. There was another victory last night for the Republicans, which I'm happy to say I appreciate that 11 to 2, a big win over the Democrats. And if you've watched online, you've probably seen the incredible catch by Eric Schmidt, Senator Eric Schmidt, and he was named the MVP after he made a really good diving catch of a ball that was tailing off towards the foul line, but might have been a double had it dropped and he face planted and got his uniform dirty, which is how you judge if you're getting a good reaction or you're considered to be playing well. At least that's how we judged it. And that was interesting, but it's what happened before the game that caught my attention. There was a moment with a member of the Democrat team that I was kind of disturbed by this. A Democrat member of Congress from Texas, Representative Menafee from Texas, who is playing on the Democrat team was approached outside the park and asked a question about the game. And this should get a little more attention than it's currently receiving in the media. Okay, I'm standing here with Congressman Christian Menafee, Texas 18, Houston area. And who are you going for tonight? I'm going for the Democrats because I'm playing on the Democrat team. Hopefully we'll get this dub and break this losing streak. So speaking in the sports parlance, hopefully we'll get this dub, which means W or win and break their losing streak that they have a serious losing streak in the game. But this is where it goes off the rails for me and this is where it kind of exposes what's at the heart of these Democrats. Now we've seen you guys duke it out on the Capitol floor. Tell us what it's like to do it on the field now. So I grew up playing football, so the Congressional football game is more my speed. But I'm here at the baseball game to make sure that my team got a deep, deep, deep team. And anytime we get to go to Republicans next on the field, it's always a good time. Do you think the Republicans are fascist? A lot of them, yeah. Certainly the president is. I wish he was out here playing. I hopefully run him over when I'm sliding home. So violence much, Democrats. This is a elected member of Congress, Christian Menafee, ironically named Christian, has a fantasy about running over the president of the United States when he's sliding into home. But you know, they do believe that not only is Donald Trump a fascist, they believe I guess all Republicans are fascists. What's it like playing on the field with against fascists? There is a deep seated anger that makes us want to win. So we got to go get this dub. We got to go get this dub. You know, some people say it's just this guy screwing around. I don't think so. This is a window into the shallow souls of these people. This is a look inside a person. They say comedy is all comedy is derived from reality. So in this guy's reality, his dream is fantasy. As a young man, he's a lot younger than the soon to be 80 year old president Donald John Trump. His fantasy is to run over the president of the United States on a baseball field. Okay, tell us who you are. We will believe you. I have a lot to get to today and I hope you will hang out with us and share your opinions as well. Triple eight, six, three, zero, nine, six, two, five is the number. Jasmine is on the phones today. If you want to weigh in on anything, we will update constantly regarding what we're doing with Iran and the Supreme Court decisions. There also are some clips yesterday from the act of blue house hearing. We talked briefly about the fact that the house was going to be sitting down with the leaders of this Democrat money laundering group called act blue. At least I see them as a money laundering group. One of the most bizarre testimonies I've seen in the congressional hearing in a long, long time, this CEO, I think she was making a mockery of the hearings and I hope there is a follow-up from the Congress. I don't know if there will be, but we've got some incredible clips from that. Yes, Bill Gates did testify yesterday. I don't know if there's much real substance in his testimony. The ladies on the view had to weigh in on everything and a couple of crazy clips I don't think you're going to believe, including James Carville reacting to the main Senate candidate Graham Platner. Carville with a new gem. Oh boy. It's Michael Palca and for Chris Plant on the Chris Plant Show. It is the Chris Plant Show and Michael Palca, my name sitting in for my friend Chris Plant. Thanks for being here. A lot to cover today as I said. We have many, many questions about what is going to be the next, next stage in our battle with Iran as things appear to have escalated again overnight and the Iranians are firing at Jordan and some of the other folks in the Gulf neighborhood that they consider to be a problem because they might be friendly with us. President Trump is saying it's going to get heavy today. I still think he, Donald Trump, would love to have this wrapped up in time to announce it for his birthday, flag day, Sunday, the UFC day. We will see. We will see about that. Also have a couple of the crazy clips as I mentioned that we have to get to today. I have to make sure we make time for everything. Not just the madness on the view, but there's more from the reporter from Lindell TV, the lady that made Nancy Pelosi lose her mud last week and Nancy Pelosi yelled at this reporter. She also, she, the reporter also confronted LaMonica McGyver, the woman who is facing some legal issues over her attempts to storm, storm into the ICE detention center in New Jersey. And by the way, the Democrats are singing again. We'll get that to you as well. I don't know why this makes me laugh, but the Democrats had a little singing circle outside the ICE detention center because that'll straighten things out. But let's grab some phone calls. Triple eight six three zero nine six two five. Ed is in New York. Hello Ed. Welcome to the Chris Plant Show. Ed, are you with me? I think I hear you, Ed. All right, Ed. We'll come back to you. Let's go to Mike in Leesburg, Virginia. Hello, Mike. What's up? Hey, Mike. Good morning. I just, I would like to add a couple undercard bouts to the UFC match on Sunday. Oh, so you're saying you, you would like to have Dana White add a couple of additional battles before the main event? Absolutely. You got to have the undercards. I'm looking at tune versus Schumer and that can be followed up by Johnson taken on Hattim Jeffries. Oh, now this is interesting. John Thune versus Chuck Schumer. Now I don't know if you know this Chuck Schumer. When I lived in New York, he was one of my senators, unfortunately. Schumer was a golden gloves boxing champ when he was younger. That's been a long time and he might not have retained all of his punching power, but those instincts could be there. And I think Thune has the height and youth advantage, but Schumer might have some secret knowledge. So that could be an interesting battle. But in terms of Mike Johnson versus Hattim Jeffries, Jeffries I think has the youth on this one, even though Johnson's not an old guy. But I think I might have to go with New York Street smarts on this. I would, I would tend to put my money on Jeffries. I would say you. Oh, I think the Cajun will come out in Johnson. See that's a really interesting wild card here. Now, you're going to have me thinking about this all day, all day long. The undercard, the Senate edition of the, that's the Congress edition because you got the House with the two leaders of the House and the leadership in the Senate. We'll see. That's very good. Very good one, Mike. I don't know if they brought this up yet. I just don't want to see any of these guys in boxing attire or wrestling singlets. I think it would be very distasteful. But thank you for the well, well thought out idea. Be working on this all day long now. Appreciate you. Did Mike ever return in New York? Let's see if he's back. Mike, we might have a quick second here for you. Or Ed in New York. Hello, Ed. Oh, he's not there. We'll take a break. We'll, we'll hope that Ed will call. If you want to call back Ed, maybe your phone's not working. It is triple eight, six, three, zero, nine, six, two, five. So what is going to happen next in Iran? Maybe a former general knows and a former Trump official, General Keith Callag weighs in. We'll hear what he has to say. Michael Pelka in for plant on the Chris Plant Show. It is the Chris Plant Show. Welcome back. Michael Pelka in for Chris this week. He is vacationing and also sending additional stories. And I appreciate that. We have a lot going on today and we're keeping our eyes on every single story. It's like a news whack-a-mole here today. Ed, who called in earlier from New York City is calling to express his thoughts and give us a question. Ed, thanks for calling back, sir. What's on your mind? Okay. Can you hear me? Perfectly. You sound great. Okay. Good. Thank you. I have a couple of questions. Number one, fellas, I know we don't rely on Middle East oil for anything. Apparently. If we had Venezuelan oil on top of our oil, we have control of it. Why are we getting hit with these prices? Well, oil is sold in a global market. That's the problem. And the global market price for oil, you would think that if we cut ourselves off from the rest of the world, then things would be different. But it is a global market and that creates the problem. Now, there were many people in the president who talked about this yesterday in the White House during, he had a signing of the bill that was funding the Department of Homeland Security and the immigration services yesterday, that big $70 billion funding. And so he took questions afterwards and one of the questions related to the price of oil. And there are many who have said that based on what's going on in the Gulf, you would think there would be a huge spike in the price of oil, possibly well over $150 a barrel for the price of oil and some even say close to 200. That's not the case right now. So thankfully, that hasn't happened. And the equities markets, the stock markets have held up considerably beyond anyone's expectations as well. And they're all up again today. I'm looking at the current market numbers because the market just opened a few minutes ago and the Dow was up a couple hundred, almost 300 points and the Nasdaq is up over 100 and the S&P 500 is up. So even though yesterday was a horrible day with the Dow down 950 points, there is a certain amount of resilience that's there. So the price of oil is priced globally even though we have enough to handle our own business and we're helping Venezuela get itself back on good economic footing by removing that oil and selling it on their behalf. Now we're getting our beak wet on that too. We're taking a slice of that, I guess. So that's kind of one interesting take on it. Now if the free flow of oil and fertilizer and products through the Strait of Hormuz is happening again, then you're going to see a benefit economically everywhere, which would be a good thing. Okay, so the second question is this. Trump gave like a two week, he said it will be done in two weeks. Your opinion, do you think he's just going to hold any water or what? You mean two weeks from today? I don't know, he said it, I think, don't quote me, he said it I think two days ago, a day ago, two days ago, something like that. He said this will be over in two weeks. Yeah, you're right. He did say that on a phone call. Unless I'm mistaken, I thought I guess what I heard, but I could be. I did play that phone call a couple of days ago where the president said he believes this will be settled in a couple of weeks. But let's go back to the very beginning of this, 104 days ago, where President Trump was saying this is going to be a very short incursion. And we were all looking at Venezuela and saying that was a matter of hours. Well now we're into triple digits of days and gas prices are up a lot higher than anybody wants to see and the cost of traveling by air is up and the cost of food is up. I know this because I do the grocery shopping in our house. And so I'm nervous because the Iranians have a history of being able to delay, delay, delay. But it looks like the president is done with being patient on this. And I think there is some credibility behind his statement. I honestly got to think he'd love to get this done by his birthday. I said that several times. And I think if anything, the Iranians could say we're coming to the table this weekend, he could make that announcement. That may not happen, but we'll see. But General Keith Kellogg, who was a former official under the Trump administration and retired now, is talking about this. But I'm about to play his clip. But I appreciate you. Thank you for calling back, sir. Have a great rest of your day, Ed. Let us hear what General Keith Kellogg had to say as it relates to the current situation with Iran. We're going to go in. We're going to finish the job. Having a protracted war is not the American way of war. It's a war we've been conditioned to in the last few decades where we've done things in Afghanistan or Iraq. We ought to go back to the way we did it in World War II or World War I. And we just finished the job, total war, obliterate them, and say, when you need to come to the table and you want to talk to us, you got our phone number. But until then, we're done. Because right now, we're playing their game, not our game. Let's play our game and force them to come to us. General Keith Kellogg on Fox yesterday talking about how to deal with this. And I think that is a pure military stance. Yeah, you go in and you overwhelm. Remember shock and awe in the past. And the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, walked out of SENTCOM yesterday and was delivering some of what he was anticipating in terms of what we were going to do, gave a brief, very informal press event yesterday. They're going to have tap, tap, tap bombs dropping on key facilities in Iran from the United States of America. And that's not because we want to restart anything. We don't have to restart. It's because we are the War Department is prepared to set the terms to ensure that we get the kind of deal President Trump expects. Now that tap, tap, tap, I'm listening to the president. He's talking about tap, tap, tap, too. And I think this is probably I'm guessing him totally speculating here that the term or the phrase tap, tap, tap was a Trump phrase relating to how people deal with negotiations. They're tapping on the table, just waiting and waiting and waiting. So the waiting appears to be over. Hegseth also laid out some of the negotiating tactics. Those strikes that'll happen tonight will be strong. They will be clear. If they happen to happen tomorrow night, they will be strong and they will be clear. SENTCOM's central command will be busy tonight because President Trump said we will be hitting Iran hard and we will be. We need to negotiate with bombs. We'll negotiate with bombs. We will negotiate with bombs. That's certainly a way of getting attention. I know there's been a great deal of discussion focused on whether or not we will be taking out the infrastructure of cities. We will be taking out the industrial infrastructure of the country of Iran. One of the things that the President has said from the beginning of this was we would like to see the regime change and the death to Israel, death to America, death to the West thinking end, and then Iran could build itself back into what it was in the 70s. You've all seen the pictures, the videos of what Tehran looked like. It looked like Madison Avenue in New York City, women in mini skirts, living life as it were in a Western nation. And then the theocracy came in and oppressed all the women and children and they just became a pariah. So yesterday when Pete Hats has talked about negotiating with bombs, a reporter appeared to be upset about that and asked a question. The more you just mentioned, you're going to plan to hit them and strike them hard tonight. If the response is in hitting bridges, electrical infrastructure, how would that not be a war crime potentially targeting civilian infrastructure? But precisely the kind of disingenuous question that I'm used to from the media, imputing the motives of the folks on our side who are incredibly professional and incredibly effective, we will hit them hard on our terms, on the targets that improve the environment for us to operate in and undermine the capabilities that Iran wants to have. Again, they can't do that to us, meaningfully the way that we can to them. But we're also clearly signaling to them. You have a choice. You have a choice to in the way that you respond and you have a choice with the negotiate our incredible negotiating team in Steve Wiccoff and Jared Kushner and the vice president and the president across the board prepared Marco Rubio, the whole team, prepared to make a great deal that would benefit Iran. They choose not to. And as a result, they're going to meet the United States Central Command again, again tonight in a way that present laid out clearly. Yes. I'm always amazed that the default position of the reporters who come from the far left is, aren't you committing a war crime? And they think nothing of the statements out of the Iranian leadership about eliminating the entire state of Israel. And if they could, the United States of America and anyone who sides with us, it's always amazing to me. And Pete Hexeth, I thought delivered a clear a rebuke of this guy right there. Phones have been very active today. And I appreciate that triple eight six three zero nine six two five. Let's talk to Sergio in Maryland. Hello, Sergio. Welcome to the Chris Plans. You. Hey, good morning. How are you? I'm good. You may have the best phone connection I've ever heard. Well, well, that's good to hear. It is. Yeah. Yeah, I called in because you were talking about regime change in Iran. And I happened to be at a bar just having a drink and I was sitting next to a gentleman and his wife. This was like five months ago. And he said he was from Iran and we talked for a couple of hours. We had a great conversation. He was a little bit guarded. Very nice man, very nice couple. And we were talking about, you know, the Shah of Iran. And I said the name Pallavi. I don't know where it came from. Some somewhere within the recesses of my memory. And. And the only reason I found out who I was sitting with, because I didn't know at the time was the next morning. I just wanted to see if I spelled the name right. So I looked up Pallavi. And there's his picture and he's the son of the Shah of Iran. And we're in Frederick, Maryland, you know, and all, you know, but he's been here since 1979. You know, his father went to Egypt. He came here. He's been here all those years and he has three daughters here. But I'm wondering if the end game is, you know, that he's going to end up being the new leader of Iran. There, Sergio, there are, there are several people have talked about that's, that is the hope for them to have Reza Pallavi become the new leader of Iran. I personally don't know if that's the best idea. And I know that if, if you were to bring back a member of the former royal family, there'd be a significant portion of the country that would reject it. There would be a significant portion that would like it. And there would be a portion that would likely have to be convinced that economically would be the best thing for them, because that's kind of how people base everything on how does this person's presence benefit me. Now, it's been a long time. If we go back to 1979, when the Shah and his family left the country, thrown out of the country, fled for their lives. And there were a whole lot of people that came to America who were part of the inner circle of the Pallavi family who came to different parts of this country. I just wonder if you've been gone for four plus decades. Is there enough memory left of the Shah? And is it positive memory? Because there's been four plus decades of propaganda that's been laid upon the people to say these guys were evil. That's why we're here. We were we were not respected, but now we are and we can threaten the Great Satan. So there's an interesting question being posed, but I just don't know if that's a reality. Plus, he's not a spring chicken either. He's not a young man. I mean, you're sitting right next to him. I have no idea how old he is, but he he might be up there as well into his mid to late sixties. Not even sure. But I just how do you stumble into a bar in Frederick, Maryland, and then I'm sitting next to our razor Pallavi. That's an interesting story unto itself. I appreciate you sharing it with us. Well, we'll we'll check into that and keep an eye on that as well. So many things I want to get to today. So many stories that have to be told in addition to what the president is doing. The president did reveal yesterday in the White House briefing that we've been taking millions of barrels of oil out of Iran as the Strait of Hormuz is closed. And this bubbled yesterday. And I think this was a huge surprise. You know, I can say it now. Something you didn't know. You know, we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil. Nobody knows it. You know, who doesn't know about it? Iran until right now. We took out the other night, 22 ships late at night with no lights because they don't have any radar because we blasted the crap out of it. We took out this way. Oil is eighty five dollars a barrel. Interesting program. I had no idea. I think most people had no idea. And maybe that is what might bring Iran back to the table because the oil that transits through the Strait of Hormuz is critical to their economy. Some say in the amount of five hundred million dollars per day in terms of money going to the Iranian government, which they use, of course, for social programs because they're not a capitalist society. Triple eight six three zero nine six two five is the number. Michael Pellke in for Chris Plant. When we return, the Democrats are singing again. They think that singing songs can knock down walls. I'll play you the madness outside of the ice facility in New Jersey. Next on the Chris Plant show. Welcome back to the Chris Plant show. Michael Pellke, my name is sitting in for Chris while he was on vacation. There were some really fun moments yesterday, some fun moments in a house hearing, which we will get to with the act of blue CEO, Regina Wallace Jones. Things that you just can't believe happened. A big day in the House of the United States. The CEO, Regina Wallace Jones, thinks that you just can't believe happened. A big grudge. Gretchen Whitmer, often discussed as a potential 2028 candidate for the Democrats, got caught on a hot mic. And if you've ever worked in broadcasting, you are told that every microphone should be considered a live microphone. So don't say anything stupid and big grudge got caught on a hot mic. We'll have fun with the hot mic situation. And it was just a couple of days ago at the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center in New Jersey, where the police had to be called in to remove some of the violent protesters who had been bused in or probably flown in. These are people that are paid very well to create problems. And they bulldozed some of the supply area that set up a camp. They were also breaking up pieces of the pavement to try and throw at officers. Well, that seems to have been totally removed, which is a good thing. But now Miss Rachel, you know, the one who bends the minds of the kids. Miss Rachel gathered outside Delaney Hall in New Jersey yesterday to sing songs about knocking down walls and freeing detainees. Sing from there. Together we'll sing down the walls everywhere. With love in our hearts rising up like the sea. Together we'll sing until everyone's free. Gee, I didn't know this song. And I doubt these people have been singing it very long, but they've all got all the words down, don't they? Well, we'll sing down the walls. I don't know if you can sing down the walls. And we'll sing until everyone's free. Is that really going to happen? Oh, and Miss Rachel says, I love you guys. They've gathered. This is at least better than the unshowered mass of people that had gathered there for the last couple of weeks, creating not only a distraction, but a smell. And I suspect that the rumors of maggots inside may be more reflective of the reality inside the camp that had been built outside of Delaney Hall. And, well, we also have a great clip of La Monaca MacIver, a Democrat member of the House, who was just confronted by a reporter, a credentialed reporter, only to be dismissed and insulted. The Democrats aren't free speech people. I think that's obvious. It's Michael Pelka and for Chris Plant on the Chris Plant Show.
