Jesse Watters GRILLS Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Trans Athletes — Then Hits Him With a Question About His Daughters Jesse Watters: Do you support sex changes for minors? Abdul El-Sayed: I just think the government shouldn’t make those decisions for you. Jesse Watters: So, Abdul, you’re a doctor, right? Abdul El-Sayed: I am. Jesse Watters: So you think it’s okay for a parent to cut off their child’s genitals? Are you circumcised? Abdul El-Sayed: Yeah, but that’s a personal question. Is circumcision different from castration? Jesse Watters: I think you’re being selective about how you talk about these things. Now, should men play in women’s sports as the next U.S. senator from Michigan? Abdul El-Sayed: I’m interested in getting money out of politics, putting money in your pocket, and passing Medicare for All. Jesse Watters: You’re filibustering, Abdul, because you don’t care about what sports kids play. It’s a big issue, and I want to talk about the issues your viewers deserve to hear about. Should men play women’s sports? You have daughters, right? Abdul El-Sayed: I played sports my whole life. Sports were an important part of my life, and I’m grateful for the opportunity. At the end of the day, the decision about who gets to play which sports ought to be made by the people who govern sports. I’m running for the U.S. Senate, Jesse. I’m trying to take on the healthcare crisis and Big Pharma, and you’re asking me who gets to play which sports? It’s silly. People can’t seriously say this is the most important issue. Jesse Watters: It’s kind of a big thing.

Piers Morgan Presses Marc Lamont Hill on Whether a Woman Can Have a Penis — Chris Parrott Turns the Question Around Piers Morgan: I’ll come to you. But first, can a woman have a penis, Mark? Yes or no? Marc Lamont Hill: A trans woman may have a penis. A cis woman would not. These are silly gotcha games used to get clips on the internet. I understand your point. Piers Morgan: No, they’re not. It’s simple biology. Marc Lamont Hill: We agree on the biology. A woman can’t have a penis. Full stop. The point is that gender identity is different from biological sex. Males have penises, and females have vaginas. We can agree on that. But gender isn’t purely about what you’re assigned biologically at birth. Conflating the two is either being ignorant of the issue or being disingenuous. Chris Parrott: So, following that logic, is anyone who has a vagina a man? Marc Lamont Hill: No, that’s not the inverse. Biologically, there are males and females. Chris Parrott: That must be true, right? Marc Lamont Hill: That’s a much more logical question than the one you initially asked. If you’re born with a vagina, you’re biologically female. If you’re born with a penis, you’re biologically male. That’s not in dispute. What’s in dispute is whether our biological identity at birth tells the whole story. In transgender discussions, we’re saying it doesn’t. Our identities can also have social contexts. Piers Morgan: I wasn’t assigned male at birth. This whole language is ridiculous, Mark. I was born male. And that’s the problem.

Mehdi Hasan Puts Piers Morgan on the Spot Over Gaza’s Dead Children — “What Is the Acceptable Level of Death?” Mehdi Hasan: You condemn Benjamin Netanyahu’s terrorism against the children of Gaza. Piers Morgan: I wouldn’t categorize it as terrorism, although I think some Israeli actions, such as the violent expansion of settlements in the West Bank, could be considered a form of terrorism. My hesitation is that, after the scale of the October 7 attack, I’m not sure what else people expected the Israeli government to do. Hamas knew how Israel would respond, operated among civilians, and had an extensive tunnel system. I’ve always believed Israel had both a right and a moral duty to defend its people. Mehdi Hasan: By killing Palestinian kids? Piers Morgan: My brother and brother-in-law served in the British military. They’ve been involved in conflicts where civilians, including children, were killed. But Gaza has a population of around two million, and half are under 18. A disgusting number of children have been killed. Has the level of civilian death become completely unacceptable? Yes. This has to stop. Mehdi Hasan: What is the acceptable level of death? Piers Morgan: I don’t know. That’s why I’ve always asked what is proportionate. When America invaded Iraq after 9/11, I campaigned against it because I believed it was an illegal invasion. Mehdi Hasan: But you haven’t campaigned against this. I’m asking about the conduct of the war, not its goal. A video verified by The Washington Post showed a 13-year-old boy being attacked by a drone. As people came to help him while he was bleeding, another strike followed. That’s a double-tap strike, the kind associated with al-Qaeda and ISIS. How is that not an act of terror? Piers Morgan: I’ve seen a lot of videos. Some of them are Mehdi Hasan: But that specific incident. Is that an act of terror in your view? Piers Morgan: I haven’t seen the video you’re referring to. I want all these incidents properly investigated to establish whether war crimes were committed. If they were, those responsible must be held accountable. Mehdi Hasan: You consider Yahya Sinwar a terrorist, right? Piers Morgan: Yes. Mehdi Hasan: The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor sought arrest warrants for both Sinwar and Netanyahu. Netanyahu was accused of crimes including starvation, murder, and extermination. How is Netanyahu not a terrorist? Piers Morgan: He may ultimately be convicted of war crimes that suggest he’s a terrorist. Mehdi Hasan: But Sinwar hasn’t been convicted of war crimes either. The prosecutor sought warrants for both. Piers Morgan: I’m trying to be consistent. Hamas made no secret of what happened on October 7. Sinwar directed and ordered that attack, and nobody disputes that. Mehdi Hasan: Israel has also made its actions public. Israeli soldiers have posted videos of their conduct during the war, including on TikTok. Piers Morgan: You’re not going to get me to say what Israel has been doing is terrorism because I believe it’s defending its people. Mehdi Hasan: Why not? It seems like a stubborn resistance to applying the same standard. You say any country attacked like Israel on October 7 would do what Israel has done. Piers Morgan: If you had a country on your border— Mehdi Hasan: It’s occupied territory. You’ve conceded that yourself before. Piers Morgan: I have said I believe it is occupied territory. Mehdi Hasan: Then let’s call it what it is: Gaza.

Mehdi Hasan Accuses Israel of Destabilising the Middle East — Jonathan Conricus Fires Back Piers Morgan: A lot of people think Netanyahu’s personal interests are driving this. After October 7, he faces a reckoning with the Israeli people over the security failure. He’s also facing corruption charges that have been delayed pending the military conflicts. There’s not much incentive for him to bring this to an end, is there? Jonathan Conricus: I think it’s intellectually lazy to analyze everything happening in the Middle East through Netanyahu’s perspective. Israel has been making military gains against Hezbollah, and success on the battlefield creates an opportunity to exploit an enemy’s weakness. Israel is defending itself against attacks from Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah. To say everything is part of the Netanyahu show ignores the agency and responsibility of all the other actors attacking Israel. Piers Morgan: All right, Mehdi, your response. Mehdi Hasan: Let’s deal with the agency issue. Many of those groups have said their fighting is tied to what’s happening in Gaza. They’ve said that if Israel ends the violence and agrees to a ceasefire, they’ll stop fighting. Jonathan Conricus: The genocide that Hamas started on October 7— Mehdi Hasan: Can I finish a sentence? Your country is being investigated by the International Court of Justice. Let me finish my point. Those groups have said they’ll stop if Israel stops its actions in Gaza. NBC News reported that Israel killed Nasrallah after he sought to link a ceasefire in Lebanon to a ceasefire in Gaza. Jonathan wants viewers to believe Israel was minding its own business when Iran attacked. But Israel struck Iranian targets in Syria, bombed Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and killed a senior Iranian general in Beirut. When it comes to destabilizing the region, Israel is escalating wars across multiple countries. Forty countries have called on Israel to stop attacking UN peacekeepers. And as for winning, former Israeli general Gadi Shamni, who led the Gaza Division, says Hamas is winning and Israel is losing badly. Piers Morgan: Jonathan, your response. Jonathan Conricus: Out of respect for you, Piers, I didn’t interrupt Mehdi the second time, even though his statement was littered with so many lies

Enes Kanter Freedom Declares for the WNBA Draft to Challenge Its Gender Rules Piers Morgan: I laughed out loud at the spectacle of you being harangued by female basketball stars simply because you wore a shirt saying what a woman is. What motivated you to step into such a toxic debate? Enes Kanter Freedom: I love the game and watch a lot of WNBA games. Around May, I saw Gabby Williams give an interview saying she had no problem with a trans athlete playing on her team or against her. Then players, coaches, and the league itself were saying they had no problem with biological males playing in the WNBA. I thought, “Enough is enough. If you guys have no problem with it, I’m declaring for the draft.” I read the collective bargaining agreement beforehand. Article 13, Section 1(a), says that if you identify as a woman, you’re allowed to play. There’s no rule against it. I simply declared for the draft, and now the whole world is mad at me. Piers Morgan: They’re not respecting your right to identify as a woman, even though they demand that anybody else who does it be respected. The UN reported in 2024 that nearly 1,000 women and girls across different levels of sport had been deprived of medals by transgender athletes. Biological males have physiological advantages, which is why we separate men and women in sports. I don’t understand why women like Megan Rapinoe attacked you as a grifter for supposedly protecting women, when it seems to me you’re defending their rights to fairness, equality, and safety. Enes Kanter Freedom: I’m probably the tallest women’s rights activist in the world right now. But this isn’t a left-or-right issue. It’s common sense, and I’m following their rules. I’m not a difficult person or a troublemaker. I’m a peacemaker. If tomorrow the WNBA adds the word “biological” next to “woman” in its collective bargaining agreement, I’ll walk into the sunset, and they’ll never hear from me again. But if they don’t, I’m eligible to play because I can identify as a woman and compete in their league. All these coaches and players have supported the idea, yet when a man wants to identify as a woman, suddenly he’s getting hate. Who are they to judge whose journey is real? I want to play basketball, and if they introduce another rule against it, I’ll follow it immediately.