David Hookstead talks about Iran hitting America with a cyber attack and President Donald Trump saying more strikes are on the way. A new report also claims the IRGC has amassed total control inside Iran.

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1:08 Iran Hits USA With Cyber Attack
4:15 IRGC In Total Control
5:48 Trump Comments
8:14 Hormuz Update
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270 - Los Angeles Homeless Crisis 2026: System Failure, Fentanyl, and a City in Crisis | Documentary

Los Angeles - home to Hollywood, global wealth, and endless opportunity - is also at the center of America's largest urban homelessness crisis. The Los Angeles homeless crisis 2026 continues to worsen as a failing system, fentanyl addiction, and the housing emergency leave thousands fighting to survive on the city's streets.

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In this episode of US HOMELESS STORIES, we investigate the Los Angeles homeless crisis 2026 and examine how system failure, fentanyl, and a city in crisis have become deeply connected. From Skid Row to Downtown Los Angeles and neighborhoods across the city, addiction, mental illness, soaring housing costs, and homelessness continue to overwhelm communities and public resources. Thousands of people now live in tents, RVs, vehicles, and makeshift shelters while struggling to escape life on the streets. As fentanyl addiction spreads and affordable housing remains out of reach, Los Angeles faces one of the most visible humanitarian crises in the United States. Through raw street footage and real human stories, this documentary uncovers the reality behind the headlines and the people living through it every day.

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02:31 1. The dark side of America's wealthiest city
05:32 2. Skid Row: A Symbol of Crisis
08:02 3. Fentanyl is rewriting Los Angeles
10:46 4. A Home Out of Reach
14:41 5. Veterans After Another War
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22:30 7. A Home to Start Over
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142 - California Homeless Crisis: Storms, Cold Nights, and Families With Nowhere to Go | Documentary 2026

California — a state known for wealth, opportunity, and beautiful coastlines — is now facing a growing humanitarian crisis. In this 2026 episode of US HOMELESS STORIES, we uncover how storms, cold nights, and rising homelessness are leaving families across the state with nowhere safe to go.

From Los Angeles to San Francisco and smaller cities across California, tents are flooding in the rain, sidewalks are turning into sleeping spaces, and shelters are stretched beyond capacity. This documentary captures the painful reality of parents, children, and vulnerable individuals trying to survive extreme weather, poverty, and addiction in one of America’s richest states. Through raw interviews and unfiltered street footage, we reveal the human cost of a crisis that continues to grow in plain sight.

For many families, the fight is no longer about stability — it is simply about making it through one more night.

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David Hookstead talks about Iran mobilizing troops to the border and an IRGC compound exploding. There are also new reports a peace deal might be reached, and the details are horrible.

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1:23 Iran Mobilizes Troops
3:45 IRGC Site Hit
4:28 Deal Update
6:40 More Ships Bombed
8:24 Explosion In Dubai
8:42 Israel Hits Lebanon
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President Zelensky and Ukrainian military experts set the record straight on critical Patriot interceptor shortages, Russian Iskander strike realities, and Western political pressure. Here is the unfiltered geopolitical reality facing Ukraine’s air defense

In this episode of The Greg Terry Experience, we analyze direct statements from President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko on CNN, and military expert Serhiy "Flash"

What we cover in this update:
- Patriot Interceptor Deficit: President Zelensky confirms Ukraine has received 3x fewer anti-ballistic missiles in 2026, citing Middle East combat operations and potential political pressure from Western partners

- Targeting Russian Launchers: Oleksiy Goncharenko's CNN appearance addressing unused allied stockpiles and the urgent need to strike missile launchers inside Russian territory

- The Iskander Truth: Serhiy Flash breaks down why mobile Iskander/S-400 systems and underground manufacturing plants make targeting far more complex than standard surface facilities

- European Defense Logistics: Fact-based breakdown of Patriot operators (Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Romania) vs. SAMP/T systems (France, Italy), and Joint Pact II/III production timelines starting September 2026

- Operational Update: The latest on 430 Ukrainian long-range drone strikes deployed

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We'd been lucky this hadn't happened yet, that luck may have just run out

So while all eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz, a new front may have just opened, threatening even more instability in the Middle East and decreasing the changes the Iran war is wrapped up anytime soon. Yesterday the Houthis carried out an attack against Yemeni government forces sparking fears of a new regional escalation.

Initial reports are that 58 government soldiers were killed along with 11 civilians that were wounded after they were struck by Houthi drones in Saudi Arabia. This marks one of the deadliest days of the ongoing civil war in over four years and warns of a possible return to full scale war.

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The United States is escalating pressure on Iran's airlines, threatening secondary sanctions against airports, fuel suppliers and companies that service Iranian carriers - but a Mahan Air flight just landed in Guangzhou, China. We begin with reported footage of IRGC-backed Fatemiyoun fighters training inside a girls' school, then break down Iran's aviation shutdown, China's apparent sanctions challenge and Reza Pahlavi's warning that Tehran is buying time. Plus: a cargo vessel is struck in the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia restarts its East-West oil pipeline, U.S. envoys hold hours of talks with Iran, and Pete Hegseth announces the Joint Warfighter Evaluation. Max explains the logistics war and targeting implications from a fighter-pilot perspective.

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David Hookstead talks about the U.S. military bombing a ship attempting to run the blockade near Iran. There are also reports of explosions in Iraq amid an increase in tensions and the Strait of Hormuz remains locked down.

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1:07 U.S. Bombs Ship
3:38 Explosions Erupt In Iraq
4:00 Tanker Damage
4:30 Hormuz Locked Down
6:27 Trump Comments
6:54 Iran In Iraq
7:37 Hardline Stance
8:08 Secret Base Update
8:38 Reaction

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David Hookstead talks about Russia hitting Moldova with a cruise missile as Russian leader Vladimir Putin continues to escalate. There are also new reports that NATO is preparing for a significant conflict with Russia.

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David Hookstead talks about North Korea firing off more ballistic missiles, and President Donald Trump revealing exactly how many nukes North Korea has built. There are also serious signs that North Korea is advancing its nuclear capabilities. The United States also revealed its new ballistic missile weapon.

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5:22 Trump Reveals North Korea Nuke Secrets
9:08 Trump Wants North Korea Meeting
9:26 New U.S. Missile
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Russia is beginning to collapse as nationwide fuel outages and rising transport costs are now driving most of Russia to it's literal knees, with the country in an ever worsening position economically. Finland has confirmed that a Russian IL-20 Recon aircraft flew 9 Kilometers deep into their airspace yesterday, while a US Naval Report has come forward showing that Russia has conducted dozens if not a hundred hybrid attacks across the entirety of NATO and the EU. Ukraine has also further carried out another attack on the Perm Refinery. Meanwhile Iran has continued to state they are ready for continued war with the US, and have also taunted the US over the sanctions they are attempting to pass. China has stated they will not be involved in US sanctions, and stated they do not support them.

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David Hookstead talks about Russia being hit by a massive bombing attack carried out by Ukraine at the OZON logistical center. Russia is also carrying out more bombings and Putin is ordering new weapons to be designed to be used against Ukraine.

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7:32 New Weapons Being Built
8:27 Reaction

139. Sacramento’s Homeless and Fentanyl Crisis: A Warning Mirror of America - Homeless in America

Sacramento’s Homeless and Fentanyl Crisis: A Warning Mirror of America – Homeless in America reflects a tragedy unfolding in plain sight. Sacramento, once seen as just another growing city in California, has become a frontline in a deadly struggle. Tents line the streets, encampments spread into neighborhoods, and the air of despair is worsened by the rise of fentanyl—a drug so lethal that even tiny doses can end lives instantly. These two forces, homelessness and addiction, collide to create a crisis that mirrors the larger national reality.

The story of Sacramento is not an isolated event. It is a glimpse into the broader issue of being homeless in America, where thousands live without shelter, security, or hope. In Sacramento’s homeless and fentanyl crisis, we see what happens when social safety nets fail and when treatment and housing are scarce. These struggles ripple outward, showing that what happens here could happen anywhere in the nation.

What makes Sacramento’s situation so haunting is how closely it resembles the bigger picture of homeless in America. Across the country, cities both large and small face the same challenges—encampments growing faster than solutions, addiction spreading faster than treatment, and communities turning blind eyes. Sacramento is simply the most visible warning sign.

To understand Sacramento’s homeless and fentanyl crisis is to confront the moral question facing us all: will America address its failures, or will it allow this suffering to deepen? For every tent, every overdose, every family left outside, the crisis becomes more undeniable. In the end, Sacramento is not just a city in trouble—it is a reflection of what it means to be homeless in America today.

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Today, there are important updates from the Zaporizhia direction.

Here, Russian forces are starting to experiment again with mechanized assaults in the Zaporizhia direction as autumn weather approaches. One of the clearest recent examples came near Vozdvyzhivka, where Russia attempted an armored breakthrough for the first time in almost a year, representing the opening stage of a winter offensive. Capturing Vozdvyzhivka could support further pressure toward Ukrainian positions protecting approaches to Orikhiv, where Russian forces are simultaneously conducting attacks.

The Ukrainian Two-hundred-twenty-fifth Separate Assault Regiment released footage showing the assault, in which two Russian armored vehicles carrying twenty soldiers moved toward Ukrainian positions early in the morning, attempting to exploit reduced visibility.

However, Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance detected the armored group before it reached its objective, and its coordinates were immediately transmitted to strike units. FPV drones, artillery, and heavy bomber drones attacked in succession, immobilizing the vehicles and forcing Russian infantry to dismount. Once dispersed, the soldiers became individual targets for Ukrainian drones before Ukrainian infantry moved forward to confirm the result. As a result, nineteen Russian soldiers were eliminated as soon they stepped out of the vehicles, with only one armored-vehicle driver surrendering, as the assault force was effectively eliminated before being able to reach its destination.

The constant failure of infiltration attacks demonstrates why Russia may increasingly reconsider mechanized operations. Currently small infiltration groups are fundamental to Russian tactics, as one or two soldiers moving on foot are considerably harder for drones to detect than an armored column. But infiltration has an inherent limitation, because accumulating meaningful combat power requires many groups to successfully reach the same area. Even if some break through successfully, Ukrainian drones eliminate isolated soldiers faster than Russia can concentrate them, and they are often left hiding without supplies.

Additional negative factors that make infiltration assaults harder in the coming months is that threes are left without foliage, which gives no cover for infiltrators, and makes them an easy target for the Ukrainian drones operators. At the same time, forcing infiltrators to sit in an unheated position trying to remain undetected for days or weeks at a time just to accumulate enough forces there to push is a recipe for deaths by cold in the harsh winter in Ukraine.

Mechanized assaults reverse that equation, as armored vehicles can deliver ten or twenty soldiers simultaneously, provide protection against small-arms fire and fragmentation, carry heavier equipment, and offer suppressive fire. If they reach their destination successfully using vehicles, infantry can establish a foothold much faster than infiltrators arriving individually.

However, the main weakness of mechanized assaults is visibility, as vehicles produce thermal signatures, noise, and obvious movement patterns. Once reconnaissance drones identify them, artillery, FPV drones, mines, and bomber drones can engage them before infantry reaches any cover. At the same time, using light armored personnel carriers provides speed, but comparatively limited protection against modern drone-delivered explosives.

This makes weather increasingly important, and this is why the Russian command is considering autumn and winter for their mechanized assaults, as fog, low clouds, and strong winds can restrict Ukrainian drone reconnaissance, potentially creating windows for armored movement. Yet the same conditions impair Russian drones, while heavy rain creates mud that slows vehicles and makes their routes predictable and themselves vulnerable.

Overall, the Russian assault on Vozdvyzhivka assault highlights the current tactical dilemma, in which infiltration preserves concealment but struggles to generate concentrated combat power. Mechanized attacks generate that power rapidly but expose it to Ukraine’s reconnaissance-strike system, and this particular attack ended disastrously for Russia. Similar assaults will become more frequent as winter approaches and weather periodically restricts drones. Ukraine, meanwhile, is refining exactly the system designed to stop such attempts: detect the vehicles early, distribute coordinates immediately, strike before infantry can entrench, and confirm destruction afterward, establishing a kill chain that gives the enemy almost no time to deploy.