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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 1>six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Casey Wasserman said, Los Angeles is defined by its resilience

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<v Speaker 2>and determination. Actually it's more defined by the traffic, the

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<v Speaker 2>lack of clean air, and the number of people who

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<v Speaker 2>don't have green cards. That's really the definition of Los Angeles. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>resilience is thrown in there.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to certainly see and now handle on the news.

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen. Here's Bill Handle. Good morning, everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>Bill Handle here and the morning crew, well, most of

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<v Speaker 3>the morning crew. It's a Thursday morning, January sixteenth, or

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<v Speaker 3>four days out until the inauguration of our new old president.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's only happened I think once or twice in

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<v Speaker 3>the history of this country. Where president finishes a term

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<v Speaker 3>comes back the following term after.

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<v Speaker 1>The next term. Did that make any sense? Probably not?

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Neil is out today, is not feeling very very good.

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<v Speaker 2>So it is today. There's no fill in for Neil.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually we have it so amy, it's just you and me.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, we'll do it just us.

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<v Speaker 2>And however, the other crew is here an always here. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I am, and I don't even know how many times

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<v Speaker 2>you have not been here you are?

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<v Speaker 1>Have you missed any days?

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<v Speaker 4>I've never called in Sika.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I don't think you ever have I have. I

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<v Speaker 1>have been late.

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<v Speaker 2>Twice since I started a KFI in nineteen eighty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, yeah, that's good. Yeah, yeah, no, yeah, it's count

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<v Speaker 1>on me. Yeah, no, I do.

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<v Speaker 2>I do. And Cono, well, con I was young and stupid,

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<v Speaker 2>so he's always here.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm young. Yeah, it's not that's not okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm now going to give you some some creds here. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>young and stupid is a phrase as opposed to a

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<v Speaker 2>description of what you are.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes sense, Yes, but we can change it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're young, vibrant, smart, Yeah nice.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, let's not forget a huge direction because you're

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<v Speaker 2>young and stupid.

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<v Speaker 1>That believe me. How old are you? I'm thirty six.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll fall apart.

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<v Speaker 2>You're very very close, Amy, Yeah, good morning, Hi, how

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<v Speaker 2>are you?

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<v Speaker 1>It's just fine? Al right? Oh do we have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot going on today?

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<v Speaker 2>The big story, Well, Joe Biden last night with his

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<v Speaker 2>farewell on a great speech, and the country is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be destroyed with Donald Trump as president. So that's

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<v Speaker 2>one thing we're going to talk about and The other

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<v Speaker 2>thing is the Hamas is Ray cease fire is kicking

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<v Speaker 2>in ostensibly on Sunday, and they finally come came to

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<v Speaker 2>a deal. And I'm going to go seven am and

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<v Speaker 2>seven twenty a. I'm going to spend two segments giving

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<v Speaker 2>you a little bit of history, some musings, the way

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<v Speaker 2>I feel about it, if you're all interested, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you're not, I'm still going to tell you how I

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<v Speaker 2>feel about it, and then probably what's going to happen,

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<v Speaker 2>and how crazy Hamas is, how crazy Israel is, how

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<v Speaker 2>nuts that entire region is, and what the future may

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<v Speaker 2>or may not hold for that region. So a whole

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<v Speaker 2>lot on the plate today, and then some LA fire stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about insurance stuff, which is pretty important.

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<v Speaker 2>Also what else we've got Joe Larsgard coming aboard. We

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<v Speaker 2>have that press conference today at eight o'clock, and Amy

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<v Speaker 2>explain why today it's important because the winds are down,

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<v Speaker 2>They've got fires under control.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are we in the middle of a press conference Because.

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<v Speaker 5>The winds are down, but there are still some red

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<v Speaker 5>flag warnings and mountain areas and the fires are not

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<v Speaker 5>under control. They're gaining control of them, but they're still

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<v Speaker 5>there's still hot spots. They're still fighting them and people

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<v Speaker 5>are not in their homes. Twelve thousand buildings, formes, businesses,

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<v Speaker 5>they can't go back in.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet, that's fair. That's three minutes of a press conference.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. You just gave the press conference.

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<v Speaker 4>You got it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here to help and we're going to hear what

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<v Speaker 1>usually it's half an hour?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that what we do? Or we bail out after

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<v Speaker 1>half an hour.

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<v Speaker 5>We'll see what the critical information is and likely bail

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<v Speaker 5>out when the politicians start talking.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, the Kumbai Ya, we love you. Let's all

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<v Speaker 2>hold hands.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh chrisys mayor. Beth said anything of consequence?

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<v Speaker 2>Yet no, no, And Chris told me yesterday and he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to bring in the information. When Bass was this

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<v Speaker 2>was I don't know, six eight years ago. She said,

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<v Speaker 2>if she is elected may she's been wanting to be

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<v Speaker 2>mayor for a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>She would never leave the country. Isn't that interesting?

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<v Speaker 2>Now you give her a pass for going to the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics and accepting the flag. I'll give her a pass

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<v Speaker 2>on that one. And she said she would go to

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<v Speaker 2>Washington and Sacramento. Okay, that's fair, But Ghana she's been

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<v Speaker 2>to South Africa a bunch of times. She's been to

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<v Speaker 2>Europe a bunch of times. Let me tell you, it's

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<v Speaker 2>good to be a politician. When you're in a major city.

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<v Speaker 2>You get a lot of junkets. And I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>they fly coach, I really don't. And when they fly

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<v Speaker 2>over there and they're doing these junkets, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>they pay for dinner. Just guessing maybe they do. I

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<v Speaker 2>have no idea. You know, that's just me speculating. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>let's do it. It's time for handle on the news

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<v Speaker 2>with Amy and me lead story.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we got it. Ceasefire.

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<v Speaker 2>Finally, a year and a half, eighteen months, nineteen months

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<v Speaker 2>after the attack on Israel by Hamas, twelve hundred people

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<v Speaker 2>killed in Israel. Now, one of the facts, twelve hundred

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<v Speaker 2>people seem to be not a whole lot when you

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<v Speaker 2>think of the numbers relative to the number of Palestinians

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<v Speaker 2>who have died over forty five thousand, which about a

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<v Speaker 2>third are militant, so you don't count those. But thirty

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<v Speaker 2>thousand were not militants, and it is men, women and

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<v Speaker 2>children who were killed. So what's big twelve hundred versus

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<v Speaker 2>what thirty thousand, Yeah, come on, give me a break.

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<v Speaker 1>Twelve hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the worst attack on Israel and more Jews

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<v Speaker 2>died in one attack since the Holocaust.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why Israel got did what it did.

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<v Speaker 2>In addition to some other things coming up at seven o'clock,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to start doing some history explaining why and

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<v Speaker 2>what's going to happen and how does Biden get credit?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes? Does President Trump get credit? Yes? Does NATA Yahoo

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<v Speaker 1>get credit?

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<v Speaker 2>No? All right, let's go ahead and move on. That's

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<v Speaker 2>coming up at seven o'clock after the news.

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<v Speaker 5>Bye bye, bye, bye, bye bye bye. President Biden gave

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<v Speaker 5>his farewell address to the nation last night from the

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<v Speaker 5>Oval Office. Instead of an upbeat, happy message, it took

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<v Speaker 5>a rather ominous dark turn as he delivered stark warnings

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<v Speaker 5>about an oligarchy of the ultra wealthy taking root in

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<v Speaker 5>the country and a tech industrial complex infringing on Americans'

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<v Speaker 5>rights and the future of democracy. This will probably be

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<v Speaker 5>his last opportunity to address the country before he leaves

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<v Speaker 5>the White House on Monday.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's pretty stark. Is it going to be as

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<v Speaker 2>bad as he describes it?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so, Because Trump there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>bomb bass in what Trump does. I mean a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of bombas. We are not going to by Greenland. We

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<v Speaker 2>are not going to have Canada as our fifty first state.

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<v Speaker 2>We are not going to take over the Panama Canal.

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<v Speaker 2>There will not be the tariffs that Trump is proclaiming.

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<v Speaker 2>But is it going to change? You got the ultra wealthy,

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<v Speaker 2>you bet they're going to do better. You bet they

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<v Speaker 2>are businesses, you bet they're going to do better.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's just, you know, it's a different philosophy.

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<v Speaker 2>We elect Democrats who are super liberal, and now we

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<v Speaker 2>elected a Republican who's not you know, welcome to America.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that was a legitimate election.

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<v Speaker 2>And now it's a different view of the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what happens.

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<v Speaker 4>State Farms stay input for now.

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<v Speaker 5>So as you know, State Farm has been canceling or

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<v Speaker 5>not renewing policies in California, and they had planned to

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<v Speaker 5>drop policies in the Pacific Palisades area. But now say

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<v Speaker 5>Or says that it will offer renewals to residential policy

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<v Speaker 5>holders affected by the fires in Los Angeles County. The

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<v Speaker 5>figures of who they're going to offer renewals to about

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<v Speaker 5>eleven hundred of the sixteen hundred residential policies still in

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<v Speaker 5>place in Pacific Palis Sades and thousand more in other

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<v Speaker 5>neighborhoods in the county. So the deal is, if you

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<v Speaker 5>had coverage as of January seventh, they're going to offer

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<v Speaker 5>you to be covered for the next cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you think that has anything to do with the

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<v Speaker 2>governor saying you can't stop the policies, you must renew?

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<v Speaker 1>Think they Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>I think by the way, I had State Farm insurance

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<v Speaker 2>and it canceled. It's Persian Palace last November and no

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<v Speaker 2>November before that year ago November, and they just canceled me.

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<v Speaker 2>They dropped out, and I had to scramble to find

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<v Speaker 2>new insurance. I was bere for two and a half weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you what it's like waking up in

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<v Speaker 2>the morning and knowing you have no home insurance. That

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<v Speaker 2>was a pleasant two and a half weeks. And finally

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<v Speaker 2>found a policy twice as much, one hundred percent increase.

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<v Speaker 2>So you've got I'm going to tell you a little

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<v Speaker 2>later on about at seven point thirty about the insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>And you have insurance in the California Fair Plan, and

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<v Speaker 2>let me tell you we as consumers are going to

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<v Speaker 2>get screwed, and I'll explain exactly how it's sort of

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<v Speaker 2>not in the.

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<v Speaker 5>News, not so fast in order prohibiting cleanup or removal

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<v Speaker 5>of debris in the fire areas, including of course Specific

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<v Speaker 5>Palisades and Altadena.

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<v Speaker 4>Pasadena can't do it.

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<v Speaker 5>You're cut off and not allowed to remove anything until

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<v Speaker 5>a hazardous materials inspection has been completed. That's according to

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<v Speaker 5>the Ella County Health Officer, doctor Moontoo Davis. He says

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<v Speaker 5>fired debris and ash and dirt from the fires could

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<v Speaker 5>have asbestos or heavy metals and other hazardous substances in it.

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<v Speaker 5>They need to check those areas make sure they're safe

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<v Speaker 5>before they let people start clearing the space.

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<v Speaker 2>Makes sense, and people desperately want to go back to

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<v Speaker 2>the house see what they have, especially in areas where

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<v Speaker 2>the house sort of survived. Was it, Amy, did you

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<v Speaker 2>report this morning about how a house has survived just

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<v Speaker 2>split right in half.

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<v Speaker 5>That was in Pacific Palisades. Yes, it survived the wildfire,

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<v Speaker 5>but then there was a mud slide and it came

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<v Speaker 5>down split the.

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<v Speaker 4>House in half. Perfect for a divorce that's already done.

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<v Speaker 1>The divorce.

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<v Speaker 4>No, the splitting of assets.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, half and half. You get half the house, I

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<v Speaker 2>get half the house.

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<v Speaker 1>Works.

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<v Speaker 5>Getting money from go fund me, as several people have

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<v Speaker 5>set up goal fundme accounts could affect what you get

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<v Speaker 5>from FEMA. So over one hundred million dollars has been

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<v Speaker 2>to be super careful. We've been hearing that a lot. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>Here's how to screw FEMA.

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<v Speaker 2>Make sure your go fundme, Paige or were The GoFundMe

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<v Speaker 2>This is I've never seen this before, coming from a

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<v Speaker 1>It's great. So there's the rule.

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<v Speaker 4>The clock is ticking down on TikTok.

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<v Speaker 5>One hundred and seventy million people in the US have

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<v Speaker 5>minute reprieve. President elect Trump has been considering issuing an

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<v Speaker 2>Which you can't do. By the way, he does not

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<v Speaker 2>by Congress and signed by the president. You can't just

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<v Speaker 1>You can't.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, does he have the power not to enforce Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>But even to.

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<v Speaker 2>His Republican allies in the Senate and the House this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's going to go over very well.

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<v Speaker 2>So this now is sitting with the Supreme Court, which

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<v Speaker 2>It's First Amendment issue versus national security. And we'll see

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<v Speaker 5>Well, the people on Wall Street must have heard something.

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<v Speaker 5>They liked stocks surge yesterday. The Dow was up by

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<v Speaker 5>of the day. The consumer price index slowed for the

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<v Speaker 5>first time in months, and there were some better than

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<v Speaker 5>expected wholesale inflation numbers, and that that apparently did it.

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<v Speaker 5>The Dow again up by almost seven hundred points in

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<v Speaker 5>morning trading. The SMP was up by more than one

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<v Speaker 2>Inflation is coming more and more in control, not yet

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<v Speaker 5>Newsom is following Trump's lead on this one. Lots of controversy.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, the fly flags are flying half staff around

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<v Speaker 4>There, they're going to fly that way for thirty days.

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<v Speaker 5>But the Trump team said, actually it was Mike Johnson

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<v Speaker 5>said that we're going to raise the flags to full

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<v Speaker 5>staff on Monday for inauguration Day and then bring them

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<v Speaker 5>back down to half staff. And Democratic Governor Newsom says, Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>When's the last time Newsom was an ally of Mike

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<v Speaker 2>Johnson and Donald Trump? But on this one he is

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<v Speaker 2>joining the We're going to raise the flag on our

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<v Speaker 2>inauguration day, which, by the way, I think is super

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<v Speaker 2>appropriate to have the flag flown on inauguration Day. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>the problem. The law says there's thirty days of morning

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<v Speaker 2>when a president a next president dies, and the law

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<v Speaker 1>So what Gavin Newsom.

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<v Speaker 2>And Mike Johnson are doing are saying, screw the law,

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<v Speaker 2>We're not going to follow what US law is.

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<v Speaker 4>And who's going to come after in the Department of Justice.

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<v Speaker 2>A good point, Yes, Department Justice is going to by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, bringing a flat Remember the cavalry when someone

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<v Speaker 2>was holding the flag and they were marching down or

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<v Speaker 2>they going down on horses.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly what's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, do you think you think it's okay?

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<v Speaker 1>No, I have mixed feelings about that.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, I think inauguration Day is a very

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<v Speaker 2>important day in US and US history because how many

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<v Speaker 2>inaugurations day?

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<v Speaker 1>Inaugurations? Do you have?

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<v Speaker 4>Forty seven or forty six so far?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, thank you for that number. But do you follow

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<v Speaker 2>the law? No, it's that simple. Here's what the law says.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you say screw the law? Well, that's what Gavin

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<v Speaker 2>Newsom is saying. This is exactly what Mike Johnson is saying.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I have mixed feelings, but if i

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<v Speaker 2>to go for the law.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 5>Pam Bondi gets grilled on Capitol Hill. Pam Bondi is

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<v Speaker 5>President elect Trump's choice to be the next Attorney general,

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<v Speaker 5>and she was in the hot seat yesterday and Dick

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<v Speaker 5>Durbin kept asking her whether Trump won the election or

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<v Speaker 5>actually whether Biden won the election. And she wouldn't specifically

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<v Speaker 5>say Biden won the election, but she says President Biden

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<v Speaker 5>is the president of the United States.

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<v Speaker 4>He was duly sworn in. He is the president of

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<v Speaker 4>the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Will, that's say the word elected, just statement of fact.

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<v Speaker 1>He is the president. Yes, that's a fact. He was

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<v Speaker 1>sworn in.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a fact. He is in the White House. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a fact. Was he elected. He's in the White House.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a fact. That's just code for nope, he was

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<v Speaker 2>never elected. That's what That was her position. She was

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<v Speaker 2>part of his team that argue the election was fraudulent,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know's she believes that. I mean, there are

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<v Speaker 2>people to this day that say this whole thing was

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<v Speaker 2>a fraud. I'm not talking about just people walking down

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<v Speaker 2>the street. I'm talking about people, for example, like the

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<v Speaker 2>next attorney general. And she will get confirmed. Now on

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<v Speaker 2>her side, she actually has credentials. She was the Attorney

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<v Speaker 2>general of Florida. She actually has some credits. Then you

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<v Speaker 2>have heads give or I always mispronounce his name. HEGSA

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah him too, both those guys and man, there is

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<v Speaker 2>with that? So she'll she'll get confirmed. Okay, Marco Rubio

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<v Speaker 2>and there's stuff there. You know, he's got it. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Relations Committee forever.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, there's a move to make smokes less potent. The

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<v Speaker 5>level of nicotine in cigarettes. The proposal would require cigarette

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<v Speaker 5>make smoking less addictive and less satisfying. Apparently, research has

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<v Speaker 5>suggested the move would result in fewer people starting to

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<v Speaker 5>smoke in the first place, and then also would help

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<v Speaker 5>the nation's roughly thirty million smokers quit or switch to

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's not gonna happen, because you you have a

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<v Speaker 2>and cigarettes are big business, and they donated to his campaign.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're already donating also to his inauguration. Did

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<v Speaker 2>you know on inaugurations are not paid for it by

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<v Speaker 2>the government, private donor private donors.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh that's right, because remember like Bezos and Zuckerberg, they've

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<v Speaker 5>donated a million dollars, which is probably why they're going

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<v Speaker 5>to be at the inauguration.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, inauguration simply is whoever I can think it can

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<v Speaker 2>be any judge by the way, who swears in a

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<v Speaker 2>president any judge? Remember when Lyndon Johnson was sworn in

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<v Speaker 2>on Air Force one.

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<v Speaker 4>Not specifically, pardon, not specifically?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, when Linden yeah, okay, nineteen sixty three. November twenty two,

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen sixty three, Linden Johnson was sworn in as president

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<v Speaker 2>while JFK's coffin was sitting in the back of the airplane,

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<v Speaker 2>air Force one, and they're in this sweltering, sweltering cabin

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<v Speaker 2>of Air Force one. It was a federal judge, Sarah Hughes,

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<v Speaker 2>who swore in Lyndon Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>It was not the Chief Justice.

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<v Speaker 2>Now do you find that weird that I actually know

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<v Speaker 2>the name of the judge and I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>I had for breakfast?

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<v Speaker 1>Say I you this morning? No? Okay, yeah, yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>said we're used to it.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyway, that's it. According to law, it's just a

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<v Speaker 2>swearing in. It's basically two people and you're done.

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<v Speaker 5>Protections for porn are before the Supreme Court.

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<v Speaker 4>The justices.

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<v Speaker 5>We're listening to arguments yesterday about the legality of a

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<v Speaker 5>law in Texas that requires pornographic websites to verify the

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<v Speaker 5>age of users. But The justices were also apparently concerned

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<v Speaker 5>over the burdens imposed on adults to view constitutionally protected material.

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<v Speaker 5>They seem to agree the states can try to keep

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<v Speaker 5>the adult material from minors, but said the free speech

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<v Speaker 5>implications could be kind.

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<v Speaker 4>Of to.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's just you got a First Amendment versus

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<v Speaker 2>the ability of people to view porn, and porn is

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<v Speaker 2>perfectly legal to view, and the issue is keeping kids

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<v Speaker 1>But I think it was who said.

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<v Speaker 5>No.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's the next story.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the justices said, I think she has kids.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember which justice had. You know, I personal experience.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I have kids, and no matter what you do,

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<v Speaker 4>Would that be Amy Cony Barrett, I think it would

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think it would be her. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Is part of a state for sale. A Republican senators

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<v Speaker 5>introduced a bill that would allow Iowa to buy nine

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's Bosslot.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, whatever wants to I don't know what it wants.

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<v Speaker 5>The state to enter into negotiations with its neighbor that

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<v Speaker 5>would allow it to purchase nine southern Minnesota counties.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, who sells nine counties? Is the state? Is it

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<v Speaker 1>the state that sells nine.

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<v Speaker 4>Counties or did the counties sell themselves?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>And who buys nine counties? I guess the State of

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<v Speaker 2>Iowa buys the counties.

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<v Speaker 1>And will there be a vote? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>This is some of the crazy stuff that it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be happening with this next administration. Can you imagine

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<v Speaker 2>any administration that was coming in where a senator says,

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<v Speaker 2>we want to buy some counties from that state over there,

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<v Speaker 2>or Greenland or the Panama Canal or Canada. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>we're in for a ride. We really are in for ride.

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<v Speaker 2>None of that is going to happen, of course, but

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<v Speaker 2>still it's just great fun seeing what's attempting to happen.

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<v Speaker 5>Glenn's Gone supersonic Blue Origin officially.

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<v Speaker 4>Is kind of in the space race.

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<v Speaker 5>The New Glen, which is the company's first rocket that's

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<v Speaker 5>powerful enough to launch satellites into space, launched this morning

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<v Speaker 5>from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rocket was safely taken

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<v Speaker 5>into orbit, but Blue Origin didn't get its next goal.

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<v Speaker 4>They wanted to do two things.

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<v Speaker 5>They wanted to get the rocket up into orbit, and

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<v Speaker 5>then they also wanted to bring the rocket first stage

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<v Speaker 5>booster back down to land on a platform, kind of

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<v Speaker 5>like SpaceX does all the time.

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<v Speaker 4>That didn't work.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so boy, they're jumping right in it.

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<v Speaker 2>SpaceX has been doing this basically by twenty fifteen, or

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<v Speaker 2>started in twenty fifteen, and so Blue Origin is only

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<v Speaker 2>ten years in behind SpaceX. If you go back in

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<v Speaker 2>history in the space race with Russia and the United States,

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<v Speaker 2>by the time John Glenn, who this rocket is named after,

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<v Speaker 2>who was the first American to orbit the Earth, Russia

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<v Speaker 2>had already orbited the Earth a dozen times, had sent

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<v Speaker 2>I think at that point they sent a man rocket

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<v Speaker 2>to Jupiter and back.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they were pretty well advanced.

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<v Speaker 2>But now you have Blue Origin now competing with SpaceX

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<v Speaker 2>that has the entire market. SpaceX now has eighty percent

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<v Speaker 2>of the world market for rocket tree. You know, one

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<v Speaker 2>thing about Elon Musk, You cannot argue that he is

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<v Speaker 2>not a visionary crazy, but a visionary.

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<v Speaker 5>Going international to crack down on some deadly drugs. Two

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<v Speaker 5>Chinese citizens are standing trial in New York. The trial

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<v Speaker 5>actually started yesterday. It's tied to fentanyl and it's considered

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<v Speaker 5>a landmark case because we haven't tried Chinese nationals before.

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<v Speaker 5>These two were picked up in a sting operation in Fiji.

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<v Speaker 5>They were kicked out of the South Pacific, and then

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<v Speaker 5>they were arrested in the US. They were among the

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<v Speaker 5>first prosecutions against Chinese nationals and Chinese based companies for

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<v Speaker 5>trafficking fentanyl precursor chemicals as they are called, into the US.

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<v Speaker 5>The guys are charged with shipping more than two hundred

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<v Speaker 5>kilograms of illicit fentanyl related chemical precursors into the US.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not talking the cartel doing this. These are companies,

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<v Speaker 2>real companies in China, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturing companies that ship

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<v Speaker 2>this stuff out. Also, I have a question about how

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<v Speaker 2>bright these guys are. They are arrested in Fiji, expelled

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<v Speaker 2>from Fiji, and end up in the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>They're Chinese nationals.

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<v Speaker 2>Why in God's name would you come back to the

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<v Speaker 2>United States for.

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<v Speaker 4>That first flight out? Hey, let's go to the US.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually you're expelled to your country of origin. So they

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<v Speaker 2>can't be really bright.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh Canada.

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<v Speaker 5>Canada's outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nothing is off

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<v Speaker 5>the table when it comes to responding to proposed tariffs

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<v Speaker 5>by President elect Trump. But he also said that not

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<v Speaker 5>just one of the provinces should pay or should basically

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<v Speaker 5>bear the brunt of the tariffs, and it needs to

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<v Speaker 5>be spread out among all of Canada's provinces. The Premier,

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<v Speaker 5>doug Ford said they need to band together in their

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<v Speaker 5>response to the threats of tariffs, and the retaliatory tariffs

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<v Speaker 5>need to be hard, and he said Canada is not

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<v Speaker 5>for sale.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Canada caving to Trump's request or demand more

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<v Speaker 2>like it that the tariffs are going to be huge.

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<v Speaker 2>And what Canada is saying, Okay, the tariffs are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be huge. What we're going to do is spread

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<v Speaker 2>them out. For example, tariffs on car parts, which and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know which province does most of the car

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<v Speaker 2>the car parts. Let's say it's Ontario, and so it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be hit harder with tariffs than any other

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<v Speaker 2>part of Canada. And Trudeau is saying, well, we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to spread all of that out and spread the risk.

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<v Speaker 2>It's sort of an insurance policy. This is Canada straight

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<v Speaker 2>out caving. And that's how much power of the United

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<v Speaker 2>States has.

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<v Speaker 5>It's caving because they're basically saying yeah, it's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, or anticipation of it happening. As I said,

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<v Speaker 2>what Trump is doing, there's a lot of bomb bass

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<v Speaker 2>in what he says. But he's getting what he wants

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<v Speaker 2>and then.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes back.

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<v Speaker 2>So you have the threat of twenty five percent tariffs,

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<v Speaker 2>so you have the threat of forty percent tariffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Is he actually going to do that?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so, and most economists don't think so

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<v Speaker 2>because one of the things that happens with tariffs, I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>It goes through the roof, Inflation goes crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you can't you know, you know why we

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<v Speaker 2>don't buy electric cars here in the United States from China.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot buy an electric car from China. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>because they're banned, it's because tariffs are one hundred percent

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<v Speaker 2>for evs coming in from China. Well, so you buy Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>my EV was made in Germany. Germany happens to be

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<v Speaker 2>an ally and I have no idea what the tariff is.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, we're done, KF. I am sixty you've been

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<v Speaker 1>listening to the Bill Handle Show.

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