fund their criminal organizations not just high grade marijuana. they try to fly under radar, get a license and look legitimate. we have shut down 800 farms and 80% are tied to chinese criminal organizations or mexico cartels, armenia and bulgaria and slovakia. todd: there is something to be said for the ccp to use these operations to destabilize america and americans as part of the belton road initiative to take over the world. i want to follow-up something you said, you said a lot of this is not just funded by cartels in china and mexico, by powerful individuals in the united states. what do you mean by that? can you give us examples? we know some investigations here in oklahoma from the farms tracking the money, plants and workers, we unpack layers of
organizations. todd: in one operation, 26,000 illegally grown marijuana plants were seized by authorities with estimated street value of $24 million. mark, this goes well beyond just some pot, it is crimes connected to the marijuana that i would say are the most concerning. what are the most egregious examples you can share with our viewers? we just had a quadruple homicide at the end of last year, where an individual from china went to a chinese farm to essentially collect the money owed or to assassinate the people and send a message. four people were killed and another escaped and alerted authorities. there are attacks and assassination attempts by people who do not pay up to those organizations over the last several years.
16th asking companies do any garments imported to the united states contain import from source from forced labor of uighurs, what do you think the answer is? everybody knows what kind of companies they are. even like when i sit down and have a conversation with my teammates, i was telling them so much blood, sweat and oppression behind the items you are wearing, but i m hearing apple, coca-cola and nike, spending so much money to lobby against this bill, but you know what, lawmakers are committed and we are going to hold them accountable. todd: speaks of lawmakers, you have teased a congressional run in the great state of florida because you said you want a place that is warm. what would be your first order
second i found out i was second no, this is a boy. no doubt in my mind this is a boy. todd: this is your moment. i just want to make one quick moment. ashley: there s my baby. todd: you told me the day you started filling in for carley you said that was a fun first show, by the way, i m pregnant, too. for those of you many. the people you see the most in the world to your own wife and co-anchor. one of those individuals in my life has been pregnant since october of 2021. i m tired, america. so, i m joking. it s great. so happy for you it s going to have to throw him a party on june 1st when carley gets back. i felt so bad. the night before i started filling in for her on her maternity leave, i don t feel well. i have to ted todd in case i have to get up. i think he was more shocked than my husband was when he found out. todd: we just lost jerry springer and growing up i used to watch a lot of shows jerry springer and maury povich. well, the father is here. we don t have the fat
fraudulent paperwork and start linking names and led us to ties to other states along the east coast and west coast to individuals already on the u.s. radar seen as national threats and national security threats specifically. certainly you re concerned funding from the criminal organizations in oklahoma are going to fund other activities linked back to the government, whether from china or mexico and as i said, we ve identified criminal organizations linked to russia, bulgaria and armenia in the last few months. ashley: scary. todd: shows how organized and orchestrated this, keep us posted. a chicago journalist tried to find out why migrants crowded a local hotel and this is what happened. this is a hotel. it is closed. i saw people go inside. why can t i come in?