1 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: Hello, How are you welcome to the Big Podcast. It's Friday. 2 00:00:27,719 --> 00:00:31,920 Oh yeah, definitely, it's Friday. Today is the twenty third 3 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:36,320 day of January, year of Our Lord, twenty twenty six. 4 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,640 My name is Tom Sullivan, and we've got quite a 5 00:00:40,759 --> 00:00:43,600 variety of my little list here today. We've got all 6 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,200 the way from we may be getting ourselves into another 7 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:52,759 war to the Department of Homeland Security budget, all kinds 8 00:00:52,759 --> 00:00:57,320 of wonky things there. Dems. You think Donald Trump's approval 9 00:00:57,399 --> 00:01:01,119 ratings are low, wait till Harry Harry Enton has the 10 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,920 numbers on the Democrats and how they're stacked up. We've 11 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:10,400 got a big weather storm, I mean, not everybody, for 12 00:01:10,439 --> 00:01:15,519 those of you in Florida and California, enjoy your weekend, 13 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,640 rest of us. And then of course we got the 14 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,519 NFL weekend, the playoffs for the AFC and the NFC, 15 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,319 so a lot to go over. 16 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 2: Oh. 17 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: By the way, I just mentioned this the other day 18 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:36,959 that Bill and Hillary. You know, they have refused to 19 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,920 come testify before the House Oversight Committee. They said, you're 20 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,799 just not going to do it. So today they had 21 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:50,359 a boat in the Judiciary Committee. The House Oversight and 22 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,000 Government Reform Committee is the official name about whether to 23 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,760 hold former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton in contempt 24 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:04,319 of Congress. And guess what, a group of Democrats joined 25 00:02:04,359 --> 00:02:07,879 in with the Republicans to hold them their feet to 26 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,360 the fire, for they can't just say they're not going 27 00:02:10,439 --> 00:02:12,960 to come in. Who were they? Who do they think 28 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,240 they are? Well, there's nine Democrats who voted to advance 29 00:02:17,319 --> 00:02:24,360 the resolution, Maxwell Frost from Florida, Democrat Rajah Kristiana Morthy 30 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:31,319 from Illinois, Summerlee from Pennsylvania, Stephen Lynch from Massachusetts, Iona 31 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,960 Presley one of the squad members, Emily Randall from the 32 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:41,800 state of Washington, Latifa Simon from California, Melanie Stansbury from 33 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:47,719 New Mexico, and Rashida Taleb from Michigan. There were also 34 00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:53,280 two the two Democrats that voted President Dave men from 35 00:02:53,319 --> 00:02:59,159 California and Yosimin and Sorry from Arizona. So it is, 36 00:03:00,159 --> 00:03:02,800 this thing's going on, it'll go to the Senate, we'll 37 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,680 see what happens there. And then they referred over to 38 00:03:05,759 --> 00:03:10,520 the DOJ, and the DOJ, well, this should they be 39 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:17,439 treated any differently than Steve Bannon or Peter Navarro. They 40 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,439 gave their thumbs down to appearing before the House, and 41 00:03:22,479 --> 00:03:24,879 they were held in contempt of Congress. They starred four 42 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,039 months in jail, both of them. Most of the Democrats 43 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,800 on the committee shifted the blame and said, yeah, well, 44 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,840 Pam Bondi hasn't released the files, the Epstein files, so 45 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,199 why aren't we holding her feet to the fire. Even 46 00:03:41,479 --> 00:03:45,199 John Stuart, that was kind of his approach to the comedian. 47 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,479 Here's John Stuart weighing in on holding the Clintons to 48 00:03:49,599 --> 00:03:50,879 contempt of Congress. 49 00:03:51,919 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 3: I absolutely do. But why should they comply if the 50 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,240 Department of Justice is not complying with releasing the files? Like, 51 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:06,080 is Alliance a kind of specialized individual indigenous opportunity or 52 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:10,120 is it? Should it be universal? I mean, the Department 53 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,520 of Justice has subpoenaed them to testifying the Jeffrey Epstein 54 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,519 case while not complying with releasing the files. So how 55 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,920 does that comport in any But do I personally think 56 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:21,680 they should comply? 57 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 4: Absolutely? 58 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 2: Absolutely. 59 00:04:25,639 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: He has a good point. I mean the Clintons have to. 60 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,839 They can't. They're not above the law. They're like all 61 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,199 the rest of us. If we got subpoeded, we would 62 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:35,920 have to show up, and if not, they would hold 63 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,399 us in contempt. But at the same time, where are 64 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,439 those files? And with all of the craziness going on 65 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:50,639 in the news barrel between Greenland and Maduro and Iran, 66 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,759 and I've lost track that the whole story about Epstein 67 00:04:55,879 --> 00:05:00,199 has somehow been hidden way down in the bottom of 68 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:05,279 the news barrel somewhere. So I'm with John Stewart, hold 69 00:05:05,319 --> 00:05:10,319 the Clintons in contempt and also go after PAMBONDI hold 70 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,439 her in contempt too. I don't know how that would work, 71 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,240 but in any case, so we've got that, We've got, 72 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,199 we've got an interest. Speaking about Democrats voting for things 73 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,560 that you would not expect them to, which is I 74 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:27,839 like to see. I don't like this both parties where 75 00:05:27,879 --> 00:05:29,920 you have to salute and vote the way your leader 76 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,399 wants you to. But the Department of Homeland Security budget 77 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:39,120 was before Congress. Actually it was last night. But the 78 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,759 story is seven Democrats told Hakim Jeffries to go take 79 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:48,240 a flying leap and voted with Republicans to pass the 80 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,240 Department of Homeland Security annual spending bill. Remember they're coming 81 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,160 up on January thirtieth, and they have to have all 82 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,120 this stuff passed for a government to keep operating. So 83 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:04,639 the seven that vote four DHS budget went against their 84 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:10,480 own leadership, and it will. It's bundled in with other things. 85 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,519 It's a combination of one point two trillion in federal spending. 86 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:17,199 But they're trying to make this so that they avert 87 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:22,000 another government shutdown coming up in just less than ten days. 88 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,439 So two packages, one group together three spending bills to 89 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:31,160 fund the Department of War, Education, Labor, Transportation, and Health 90 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,560 and Human Services. The second standalone funding bill for DHS, 91 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:40,040 which of course includes Ice, and out of that, the 92 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:45,720 d SETH bill passed two twenty to twoh seven. So 93 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,480 it took some Democrats to jump over there and do that. 94 00:06:49,519 --> 00:06:52,399 A lot of the Democrats are voting saying they're saying 95 00:06:52,399 --> 00:06:55,920 they're not going to give Ice another dime, but the 96 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:01,399 seven of them voted in favor of that today. Now 97 00:07:01,399 --> 00:07:03,399 it's got to go to the Senate and there's a 98 00:07:03,439 --> 00:07:06,120 little problem and it ties in one with the weather 99 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,600 story that we've been all talking about late. Shannon Bream 100 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,279 says it's going to be tougher to get this budget 101 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:15,079 through the Senate. 102 00:07:15,439 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 5: We hear from Senator Tim Kaine this morning and he 103 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:19,879 says we are not voting on these bills. We should 104 00:07:19,879 --> 00:07:22,000 not vote on these bills unless we amend them. He's 105 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,240 got serious issues. So all of this ice stuff, immigration, 106 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,000 DHS could factor into the fact that, you know, this 107 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,959 weather is going to make it difficult for senators to 108 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,519 get back here. The Senate doesn't have proxy voting. They've 109 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,240 got to actually get here to vote on these funding bills. 110 00:07:36,279 --> 00:07:39,439 So now Cain saying, unless we get amendments, we may 111 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,519 not move this thing forward. Democrats do have some power 112 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:42,360 to stop this thing. 113 00:07:42,839 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: They do, and her point is right that this big 114 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,519 weather storm is going to hit Washington this weekend and 115 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:54,879 into Monday. But the deadline is Saturday, the thirty first 116 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,959 of January, so they should be able to get back 117 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,639 later next week and be able to get all this done. 118 00:08:01,279 --> 00:08:07,000 But this whole Minnesota problem, it's out of control. I've 119 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,759 been telling you My opinion is that nobody's there's nobody's 120 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,959 a leader. There's no leadership both sides. It's totally out 121 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,759 of control and it will continue to be totally out 122 00:08:17,759 --> 00:08:24,439 of control. I mean, today in Minneapolis, the temperature minus 123 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:30,639 twenty seven, not the windshill. Windshill was like minus thirty 124 00:08:30,959 --> 00:08:33,720 six or something. Like that, but minus twenty seven on 125 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:37,639 the thermometer. And yet there were large crowds that were 126 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:42,720 out in the streets of Minneapolis protesting ice today. I mean, 127 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,519 I know they're hardy people, but so this is they're 128 00:08:46,519 --> 00:08:50,519 not giving up on this darn thing. And apparently the 129 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:57,480 president is behind the scenes growing very frustrated because he's 130 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:03,919 he perceives that his immigration message is getting lost. Now 131 00:09:03,919 --> 00:09:06,279 there's a bunch of polls out about Donald Trump, and 132 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,440 his numbers have slid quite a bit, except for I've 133 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:15,240 saw I'm not sure CNN I think poll where it 134 00:09:15,279 --> 00:09:19,279 went down. He was underwater in the economy, and underwater 135 00:09:19,519 --> 00:09:23,000 on this and underwater on that. But the one thing 136 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:27,039 that he was positive on people still gave him positive 137 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,639 scores on the border. So they're say, way to go 138 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,440 on the border, but not way to go on immigration 139 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:40,240 deportation enforcement policy. They don't like what they're seeing. And 140 00:09:40,639 --> 00:09:43,759 you may argue all day long. I heard the head 141 00:09:43,799 --> 00:09:46,279 of the Border patrol today trying to make a case, 142 00:09:46,759 --> 00:09:49,200 and that's fine. He made some very good points, but 143 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,720 it is what it is. You see what you see 144 00:09:51,759 --> 00:09:55,440 and people turn against you. So I would expect that 145 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,799 the federal government's the one that's going to make a 146 00:09:57,879 --> 00:10:04,879 change and how they go about out enforcing deportation. And 147 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,440 I had, I know, it's kind of a bizarre thought, 148 00:10:08,519 --> 00:10:11,320 but I thought, well, I told you before. What they 149 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,279 should do is they should pull back and instead of 150 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:19,240 adding another thout, making it three thousand federal agents in Minneapolis, 151 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,840 instead of doing that just getting bigger and tougher, that's 152 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,799 not going to stop the fight. Fact, it'll make the 153 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:31,320 fight even more pronounced. One of the more extreme ideas 154 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,879 to the other side is say, okay, okay, you win, 155 00:10:35,039 --> 00:10:39,759 we leave. Yeah, it's all they're all yours. All those 156 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,559 thirteen hundred and some prisoners that you've got that are illegal, 157 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,159 that are in your jails, that are in there for 158 00:10:46,279 --> 00:10:51,320 all kinds of terrible crimes, they'll stay in your They'll 159 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,759 stay in Minneapolis because they know if they go anywhere else, 160 00:10:54,799 --> 00:10:57,279 they're going to be picked up and deported. So you 161 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:02,080 just enjoy having all of these illegal to poort illegal 162 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:06,080 immigrants in your city and see if the people go, 163 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,080 wait a minute, we don't want that, And if they 164 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,600 turn on the governor and turn on that goofy mayor 165 00:11:12,639 --> 00:11:15,000 that they have that they've got to do something different. 166 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,679 That's obviously very extreme, But I do think they're going 167 00:11:18,759 --> 00:11:22,759 to have to sit down and somebody who knows how 168 00:11:22,799 --> 00:11:28,960 to do policing. Not Christineome. She doesn't have four seconds 169 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,399 of policing experience under her belt. Get somebody who knows 170 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:40,159 how to do modern policing and come up with a 171 00:11:40,159 --> 00:11:44,440 different plan. The argument, there's this argument about a five 172 00:11:44,519 --> 00:11:45,960 year old boy. I don't know if you've heard about 173 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:50,519 it or not. It's going around everybody's there's different angles 174 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:54,200 to this no matter how you look at it. This 175 00:11:54,279 --> 00:12:00,519 is a story of a little boy who was caught 176 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:07,919 in the middle of a deportation enforcement and so what 177 00:12:08,159 --> 00:12:10,960 happened was this five year old boy. There's photos of 178 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,960 this cute little kid and he's standing in the snow, 179 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,159 And if it doesn't pull at your heart, then you 180 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,879 don't have a heart. But depends upon which side you 181 00:12:20,919 --> 00:12:25,559 want to listen to. Regarding the story, Iana Pressley came 182 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:31,480 out today and said, they are kidnapping your children. You 183 00:12:31,519 --> 00:12:34,960 talk about inflaming things. She's such a fool, but she 184 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,120 said they are kidnapping your children. And she has people 185 00:12:38,159 --> 00:12:40,799 to follow her and they're thinking, oh my gosh, you're 186 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:46,559 kidnapping children. Well, here's the story. This is DHS version. 187 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:52,480 On January twentieth, ice conducted a targeted operation to arrest 188 00:12:52,759 --> 00:13:00,039 Adrian Alexander coneo Arius. AST agents approached the driver and 189 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:07,600 Alexander caneo Arius fled on foot, abandoning his child. For 190 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,480 the child's safety, one of our ice officers remained with 191 00:13:11,639 --> 00:13:17,000 the child while the other officers apprehended mister Arius. Our 192 00:13:17,039 --> 00:13:20,360 officers made multiple attempts to get the mother inside of 193 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,799 the house. They basically the father went to go pick 194 00:13:23,879 --> 00:13:26,480 up the five year old from preschool and drove back 195 00:13:26,519 --> 00:13:29,240 to his house in his driveway, and they swooped in 196 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,720 on him and he ran and the little boy standing 197 00:13:32,759 --> 00:13:36,120 there in the front yard. So it says the officers 198 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,120 made multiple attempts to get the mother inside the house, 199 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,159 to open the door and take custody of her child. 200 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:48,080 While she was fearful because she also apparently would be deported, 201 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,320 so officers even assured her they would not take her 202 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,600 into custody, she refused to accept custody of her five 203 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,279 year old. The father told officers he wanted the child 204 00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:04,799 to remain with him. DHS goes on to say, our 205 00:14:04,879 --> 00:14:09,039 officer's primary concern during the entire operation was the safety 206 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,200 and welfare of the child. Following the mother's abandonment of 207 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,360 the child, officers abided by the father's wishes to keep 208 00:14:15,399 --> 00:14:19,720 the child with him. Father and son are together at Dilly, 209 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:26,039 which is apparently a deportation facility in Texas. So there's 210 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,759 another story going around this afternoon that the five year 211 00:14:28,759 --> 00:14:32,360 old has been brought back to his mother and his 212 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,759 home with the mother. The father is still in detention. 213 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,159 So they go on to say parents are always asked 214 00:14:39,159 --> 00:14:42,919 if they want to be removed with their children or 215 00:14:43,159 --> 00:14:48,799 place their child with a safe place of some kind. 216 00:14:48,919 --> 00:14:52,360 So there's every story under the son. In fact, even 217 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:57,960 jd Vance was in Minnesota yesterday and he weighed on it. 218 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,519 Speaker 6: This way, father of a five year old, actually a 219 00:15:01,559 --> 00:15:03,240 five year old little boy, and I think to myself, 220 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:04,759 oh my god, this is terrible. 221 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: How did we arrest a five year old? 222 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 6: Well, I do a little bit more follow up research, 223 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,360 and what I find is that the five year old 224 00:15:10,639 --> 00:15:14,240 was not arrested, that his dad was an illegal alien, 225 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,559 and then when they went to arrest his illegal alien father, 226 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:22,159 the father ran. So the story is that Ice detained 227 00:15:22,159 --> 00:15:24,080 a five year old, Well, what are they supposed to do? 228 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,320 Are they supposed to let a five year old child 229 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:27,039 freeze to death? 230 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, So this goes back to the whole point about 231 00:15:29,519 --> 00:15:36,519 the president's frustrated because his immigration message is he's frustrated 232 00:15:36,519 --> 00:15:40,360 because the immigration message is being turned into a war 233 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:46,320 between little five year old boys and big, bad ice 234 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,679 officers that are out there. So that's where that is 235 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:56,320 gone downhill as far as well, people that, by the way, 236 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,039 that voted, the seven Democrats had voted in favor of 237 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:06,320 the DHS budget. Let's see Henry Quaar from Texas, Democrat, 238 00:16:06,759 --> 00:16:11,159 Jared Golden from Maine, Marie Glusen camp Perez from Washington, 239 00:16:11,879 --> 00:16:15,879 Laura Gillen New York, Don Davis, North Carolina, Tom Swozy 240 00:16:16,039 --> 00:16:21,080 from New York, and Vincent Gonzalez from Texas. So it 241 00:16:21,159 --> 00:16:25,720 provides money. It's ten billion dollars for ICE, which is huge. 242 00:16:26,679 --> 00:16:30,679 They also provide money in this bill for FEMA, for 243 00:16:30,879 --> 00:16:35,519 tsa Secret Service, disaster relief. There's a number of federal 244 00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:38,600 programs that were included in this bill. So since we've 245 00:16:38,639 --> 00:16:42,039 got a couple stories today about Democrats voting against their leadership, 246 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,960 you don't see that very often with Democrats or Republicans. 247 00:16:47,559 --> 00:16:52,679 But the Democrats are kind of well, we see all 248 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,080 these stories all the time. I've given you the numbers. 249 00:16:55,159 --> 00:16:59,120 They're not pretty. Donald Trump's ratings have gone down, and 250 00:17:00,879 --> 00:17:05,480 so I'm just about everything other than the border, including immigration, 251 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:09,640 including the economy, and go down the list. But Harry 252 00:17:09,799 --> 00:17:16,279 Enton said, you know what, the Democrats are even facing 253 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,880 a worse approval rating. Here's Harry, they. 254 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:20,039 Speaker 2: Aren't so hot to trot. 255 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 7: And as John was telling me before we came on, 256 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,240 the call is coming from inside the house. Take a 257 00:17:25,279 --> 00:17:30,839 look at how Democrats who disapprove of congressional Democratic leaders. Hello, 258 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,440 we're talking about fifty seven percent in January of twenty 259 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,680 twenty six, the second highest disapproval rate for Democratic leaders 260 00:17:38,799 --> 00:17:41,960 from their own party on record. It's only beat by 261 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,319 what we saw earlier on in this Congress when it 262 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:48,440 was sixty one percent. There's basically been no improvement. Democrats 263 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:53,680 hate their own congressional leaders. These numbers are awful, awful, awful. 264 00:17:53,759 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: So what's going on, Harry. What's the reason behind the 265 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:01,079 Democrats saying we don't like the leadership of the Democrats 266 00:18:01,319 --> 00:18:01,960 in Congress? 267 00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:04,839 Speaker 7: Ah, why is there a Democrat on Democrat crime. And 268 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,160 it just simply comes down to this. They don't think 269 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,960 their leaders are fighting enough. Dems who say congressional Dems 270 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,599 are doing too little to oppose Donald Trump. In February 271 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,319 of twenty twenty five, it was seventy three percent. Now 272 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,640 that number is up to seventy eight percent. Democrats want 273 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,559 fighters and Congress and at this point they do not 274 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,920 believe that the Democrats in Congress are fighting enough to 275 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,440 oppose President Trump's agenda. 276 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,559 Speaker 1: Not to stick up for the Democrats, but I mean, 277 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,440 what can you do. You're in the minority. You're in 278 00:18:34,519 --> 00:18:40,200 the minority. You just cannot force your thoughts. You've got 279 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,480 to go out and win seats. And that's why it's 280 00:18:42,519 --> 00:18:45,559 going to be a big race for control of the 281 00:18:45,559 --> 00:18:49,079 House of Representatives is coming November. So who are the 282 00:18:49,319 --> 00:18:51,200 who are they picking on? Who is it that they 283 00:18:51,279 --> 00:18:56,519 think isn't doing Who do the Democrats think which Democrat 284 00:18:56,599 --> 00:18:58,000 is not doing a good enough job? 285 00:18:58,240 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 3: Yeah? 286 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 7: Okay, So this is I think the veryry key nugget 287 00:19:00,759 --> 00:19:02,920 going on. Who are they taking their anger out on. 288 00:19:03,279 --> 00:19:05,960 It's not Hakem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the House. 289 00:19:06,039 --> 00:19:09,599 It's the Democratic leader, Democratic Senate leader, Chuck Schumer. You know, 290 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,839 you go back to January twenty twenty five, you see 291 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,640 Jeffries net favorite Billy Ring was at plus twenty two. 292 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,039 It's actually slightly higher now plus twenty nine. But look 293 00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:19,079 at Schumer. Look at Chuck Schumer. He was on the 294 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:21,880 positive side of the ledger. And again this is among Democrats, 295 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,440 this is among Democrats. He was at plus eleven. Now 296 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,519 he's underwater at minus two. He I went back and 297 00:19:27,559 --> 00:19:30,200 I looked at every single Democratic Senate leader. I looked 298 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,839 at all the polling I could. He pulls the lowest 299 00:19:33,079 --> 00:19:36,960 for any Democratic Senate leader among Democrats dating back in 300 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,039 the last forty years. 301 00:19:39,039 --> 00:19:42,039 Speaker 1: So yeah, but I mean, okay, Schumer, we get a 302 00:19:42,079 --> 00:19:46,279 minus two. Democrats really don't like him a lot. But 303 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:51,599 it's not like Hakkeem Jeffries is doing great. He what 304 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,000 did Harry say? He had a plus twenty two, He's 305 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,960 gone up to a plus twenty nine. Donald Trump is 306 00:19:57,039 --> 00:20:02,880 like forty well approval and Hakim Jeffries has twenty nine 307 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,880 percent approval. That's my point. People do not like the 308 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,400 Democrats or the Republicans, in my humble opinion, And when 309 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,839 you get that, I don't know what's going to happen 310 00:20:13,839 --> 00:20:19,359 in November's too early, but people will change management just 311 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,400 because they're tired of the people that are there. But 312 00:20:21,799 --> 00:20:24,400 if Hakim Jeffries has gone from a twenty two up 313 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,960 to a twenty nine and Trump's at a forty ish number, 314 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:33,200 high thirties, low forties, looks like Trump's doing a lot 315 00:20:33,279 --> 00:20:36,920 better than the Dems. So back to Schumer, I mean, 316 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,880 what can you say. If I was a Democrat, I'd 317 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,680 want him gone too. But what are they going to do? 318 00:20:44,039 --> 00:20:46,079 Speaker 7: This is the key question, right, because if you're going 319 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:47,880 to be a Democratic Senate leader, the key thing is 320 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,440 actually having the support of those in the Senate doesn't 321 00:20:50,519 --> 00:20:54,559 necessarily matter this net favorability rating nationally, right, because it's 322 00:20:54,559 --> 00:20:56,799 the senators who vote with the Senate leader. But take 323 00:20:56,799 --> 00:20:58,920 a look here, all right, chance that Chuck Schumer wins 324 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:03,000 the next Democratic Senate leader election, it's only fifty six percent. 325 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 2: It's only fifty six percent. 326 00:21:04,759 --> 00:21:07,559 Speaker 7: I mean, it's on you know, the positive side of fifty. 327 00:21:07,279 --> 00:21:08,279 Speaker 2: Percent for Chuck Schumer. 328 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,519 Speaker 7: But that's quite a low number given how long he's 329 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:12,079 served as Democrat Accently. 330 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:16,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, even the Democratic senators don't like Chuck Schumer. Barely 331 00:21:16,799 --> 00:21:22,200 gets barely gets better than half. Iran is maybe heating 332 00:21:22,279 --> 00:21:25,839 up as we're cooling down this weekend. Maybe Iran is 333 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,880 heating up. Here's the President on the flight back from 334 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:32,759 Davos yesterday. He was on Air Force one. It's a 335 00:21:32,799 --> 00:21:35,880 little noisy in the background, but he's talking about the 336 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:40,200 fact that he's got an armada of ships heading right 337 00:21:40,279 --> 00:21:41,880 for the Iran region. 338 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 2: We know, we have a lot of ships going that direction. 339 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,880 Just in case, we have a big float jilly going 340 00:21:50,039 --> 00:21:53,880 in that direction and we'll see what happened. Well, we 341 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,240 have ah an armada. We have a massive we have 342 00:21:57,279 --> 00:22:01,480 a massive fleet heading in that direction, and maybe we 343 00:22:01,559 --> 00:22:02,680 won't have to use us. 344 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: So we have an armada heading that direction, and he 345 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:12,319 hopes he doesn't have to use it. David Sanger, who 346 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:17,000 was a National security reporter, thinks of it this way. 347 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:21,279 Speaker 8: When he decided not to use the forces, there were 348 00:22:21,319 --> 00:22:25,519 sort of two reasons. The first was he won a 349 00:22:25,759 --> 00:22:29,319 brief concession from the Iranians through a number of cutouts 350 00:22:29,519 --> 00:22:34,119 and assurance that they would not hang several of the 351 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,720 protesters who they had run through their what resembles barely 352 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,440 a court system, and that they would stop shooting protesters 353 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,799 in the streets. It happened to be that the protests 354 00:22:44,839 --> 00:22:50,319 were dying out, so the urgency went away. But the 355 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,000 fact of the matter is that as the more we 356 00:22:53,079 --> 00:22:56,079 learn about these protests, the more we learn about the 357 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,359 numbers who were killed and the fundamental dynamics here. A 358 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:05,079 regime rotting from within and probably trying to go reassemble 359 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,599 its nuclear program is going to give him plenty of 360 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:13,119 reason if he decides to strike. The question is strike 361 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,359 for what end? Because it's not clear how you use 362 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,640 this military force in a way that actually benefits the protesters. 363 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: So what would they strike anyway? In Iran, it was 364 00:23:24,519 --> 00:23:27,680 easy when they had the out in the boonies, those 365 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:32,279 nuclear facilities. But now you're talking about you know, Tehran 366 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,759 is a city of about ten to twelve million, bigger 367 00:23:35,799 --> 00:23:38,559 than New York. So what are you going to strike? 368 00:23:38,599 --> 00:23:39,480 What are your targets? 369 00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:41,839 Speaker 8: Well, there are a number of options out here. One 370 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:46,119 is to go after the sort of local militias that 371 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:52,200 have been enforcing the government's will to put down the protests, 372 00:23:52,519 --> 00:23:56,119 and that's the besiege force, and he could hit some 373 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,319 of their headquarters and so forth. But of course these 374 00:23:59,319 --> 00:24:03,200 are all in crowded urban areas and you can't do 375 00:24:03,319 --> 00:24:08,000 strikes there without killing civilians. It's the opposite John of 376 00:24:08,039 --> 00:24:12,119 what happened in June when he struck these three nuclear sites, 377 00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:15,920 all of which were in remote locations, and he could, 378 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,160 you know, bury the nuclear material, the planes could turn 379 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,079 around and go home, and he talks about that with 380 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,319 great pride. In fact, he keeps a model of the 381 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,799 B two bombers that were used in that strike on 382 00:24:30,039 --> 00:24:34,599 his desk in the Oval office, right next to a 383 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,720 bust of Lincoln. So it's pretty clear he's pretty proud 384 00:24:38,759 --> 00:24:41,680 of that. But that isn't what this operation would be like. 385 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,359 He could also go after some nuclear sites that they missed. 386 00:24:45,759 --> 00:24:50,160 He could go after some missile sites. But all these 387 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,319 are all steps with the Iranians would certainly respond to, 388 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,599 probably with missile strikes of their own, and that's what 389 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,079 has the Israelis concerned. 390 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: That's what's going on with the run. We'll keep an 391 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,200 eye on whether or not something happens. But the Armada, 392 00:25:05,319 --> 00:25:11,440 as the President called it, is heading toward the Middle East. 393 00:25:11,799 --> 00:25:15,079 One of the I think it's the biggest aircraft carrier, 394 00:25:15,319 --> 00:25:18,599 not as one of the biggest is the Abraham Lincoln, 395 00:25:19,319 --> 00:25:22,680 Colonel Cedric Lytton kind of gives us a rundown. And 396 00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:24,039 how big that thing is. 397 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 4: This ship is one of the biggest aircraft carriers that 398 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,559 we have. Basically carries up to ninety planes and helicopters combined, 399 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,359 and that doesn't even include UAVs. So this thing is big. 400 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,759 And it's also accompanied by three guided missile destroyers. So 401 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,599 these kinds of ships can carry a weapons such as 402 00:25:41,599 --> 00:25:44,960 the Tomahawk missile. The Tomahawk missile is first used in 403 00:25:45,079 --> 00:25:48,119 back in Desert Storm, and it can go after personnel, 404 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,559 it can go after tank positions, it can go after 405 00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:52,960 almost any target. And we saw that used to great 406 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,680 effect when we employed the Tomahawk back in the June 407 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:02,559 time frame against Iran. That becomes a major issue, you know, 408 00:26:02,599 --> 00:26:06,519 for the Iranians, and it really shows how much firepower 409 00:26:06,559 --> 00:26:07,839 we can bring to bear on them. 410 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: So that's the run and that's what's going on in 411 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,599 the Middle East. But we've also got Ukraine and they 412 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:17,519 have for the first time ever we have Russian Ukraine 413 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:23,240 and US negotiators at the same table. Back to David 414 00:26:23,279 --> 00:26:27,960 Sayer about is that going to break through to some agreement? 415 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 8: Well, Steve Whitkoff, the President's sort of advisor and negotiator 416 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,119 on all of these issues, who saw Putin. President Putin 417 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:43,240 yesterday in Moscow with Jared Kushner said that at this 418 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,039 point they're down to pretty much an argument about land. 419 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,240 I'm not sure if that's completely correct, because there are 420 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,400 all kinds of other issues that we're cooking, but I 421 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,440 think that at this point the president President Trump's frustration 422 00:26:56,599 --> 00:27:01,480 is more with President Zelenski for not giving into Russian 423 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:05,119 demands for land that Russia hasn't even taken over yet, 424 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,839 and I think the President just wants to solve this 425 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,200 any way he can. The Russians have very specific demands 426 00:27:12,519 --> 00:27:15,759 and think that they are winning, so they're in no 427 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,440 particular rush to go strike a deal. 428 00:27:18,759 --> 00:27:21,039 Speaker 1: So we'll see what they came up with out of 429 00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:26,519 that three way meeting. But back to again, what is 430 00:27:26,599 --> 00:27:29,400 going to happen with the Ron Stephen Yates was Dick 431 00:27:29,519 --> 00:27:32,920 Cheney's right hand guy on national security issues, and he 432 00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:34,799 weighs in, well. 433 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 9: I expect action, but I would compare this to the 434 00:27:36,839 --> 00:27:39,559 reference to what was in the Caribbean Sea as an armada. 435 00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:43,720 Of course, there was kinetic action to take Maduro into custody. 436 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,519 But aside from that, that Armada was really there to 437 00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:49,519 disrupt the sanctions busting ghost fleets that are in the 438 00:27:49,559 --> 00:27:53,200 oil markets, and of course Iran is in that network. 439 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,240 And so I see this as President Trump using economic 440 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,759 and military tools to shape in the god ociations and 441 00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:03,640 try to enforce the pressure input in place. He has 442 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:08,119 the twenty five percent tariffs on those doing business with Iran. 443 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,920 Having the armada in place sort of increases eyes and 444 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,279 ears on the comings and goings, so we don't get 445 00:28:13,319 --> 00:28:15,799 to know what he really has in mind to ultimately do. 446 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,240 But neither do the leaders of Iran, and neither do 447 00:28:18,279 --> 00:28:20,160 the leaders of those who are trying to do business 448 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:20,680 with Iran. 449 00:28:21,079 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: So back to our country, Back to the US. You've 450 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,319 seen the stories where most of us we're going to 451 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:33,880 be finding some sort of severely cold, icy snowy weather 452 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:40,400 this weekend and end Monday. And it's I don't know, 453 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:46,000 it's huge. Just twenty states, two hundred million people will 454 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,720 be affected by this super winter storm. And it's only 455 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:54,559 January twenty third. We still have February is a big 456 00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:59,920 snowmarth too. In any case, Duke Energy, Big big U 457 00:29:00,039 --> 00:29:04,200 utility provider for the southeast, especially the Carolinas. This is 458 00:29:04,279 --> 00:29:06,440 what they're doing to get ready. It's going to be 459 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,240 a very challenging of two part storm. We're going to 460 00:29:09,359 --> 00:29:13,799 have significant icing across the Carolinas, looking at potentials of 461 00:29:13,799 --> 00:29:16,680 anywhere from a quarter inch to an inch, and that's 462 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,000 going to create widespread outages, followed by some very cold 463 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,640 weather from multiple days, which is going to keep that 464 00:29:22,759 --> 00:29:25,680 in place. So we're going to have treacherous travel conditions, 465 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,559 moving conditions, as well as down trees and down lines. 466 00:29:29,599 --> 00:29:31,880 So it's going to be a challenging storm for sure. 467 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,119 Speaker 5: All Right, Jeff, what can you tell our viewers about 468 00:29:34,119 --> 00:29:35,240 how you're preparing for it. 469 00:29:36,279 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 10: Well, we've been preparing for several days, and part of 470 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,640 that includes bringing in additional resources. We're bringing in crews 471 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,640 today from more than twenty five states in Canada to 472 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,119 assist our restorations here, a force of about eighteen thousand 473 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,000 line and tree workers that will be on the ground 474 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:53,319 in North and South Carolina, and we're going to be 475 00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:56,680 working very hard to get that power restored as safely 476 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,680 as possible, Understanding that it's going to be very challenging 477 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,119 can do for our crews as well, but we're very 478 00:30:02,119 --> 00:30:04,519 committed to the job, and unfortunately we've had a lot 479 00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:05,440 of experience at this. 480 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,359 Speaker 1: Well, Noah, they weigh in as well as far as 481 00:30:08,759 --> 00:30:10,720 from a national standpoint, what are they doing. 482 00:30:10,759 --> 00:30:13,359 Speaker 11: It's going to be areas that you can't help it. 483 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,799 I mean, it's it's hard to protect power lines from 484 00:30:16,839 --> 00:30:19,119 from trees that fall. Are power lines that fall from 485 00:30:19,119 --> 00:30:21,240 a half inch to an inch of ice, and and 486 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,119 at first that doesn't seem like a much, right, a 487 00:30:23,119 --> 00:30:25,640 half inch or an inch that is an incredible amount 488 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,519 of weight on a on a power line. So the 489 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:30,720 advice to everybody is, you know, have have ways to 490 00:30:30,759 --> 00:30:33,240 be able to protect ourselves if you lose lose power. 491 00:30:33,359 --> 00:30:34,079 Speaker 2: Well, if I may. 492 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: When I first moved to the East Coast, bought my 493 00:30:37,319 --> 00:30:39,759 first home on the East Coast. As one of the 494 00:30:39,759 --> 00:30:42,880 things I said to the builder, I said, so, what 495 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,880 do I need to know about living in New York? 496 00:30:46,119 --> 00:30:50,480 And he said, you want to get a generator? So 497 00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:53,400 I'm so we bought a generator. And so when the 498 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:58,440 power goes out, generator kicks on. It's fabulous, and it's 499 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,400 it's it's only about a seven second gap and all 500 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,400 of a sudden, everything powers back up again, the lights 501 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:10,480 flicker and you're back in the heat. The stove, the refrigerator, 502 00:31:10,559 --> 00:31:16,160 everything's working. And I can't I don't have any stock 503 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,759 in a generator company, but I should. I really believe 504 00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:22,519 in them. And then I heard Steve Hilton, who's running 505 00:31:22,559 --> 00:31:27,400 for governor of California, interviewed earlier today and he said 506 00:31:28,279 --> 00:31:34,680 that California and part of their climate change agenda, won't 507 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,160 allow anybody to buy a generator. And that's the state 508 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:43,720 where the utilities, because they're afraid of starting a wildfire 509 00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:49,240 with their lines, they cut power off. They just cut 510 00:31:49,319 --> 00:31:53,319 you off. So living in California, you lose power on 511 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,359 an irregular basis. I can't believe that they can prohibit 512 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,599 you from buying a generator. But man, in this kind 513 00:32:00,599 --> 00:32:05,039 of weather, I am so happy. I'm already bring it on. 514 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:11,640 And since it's going to be cold, super cold, and 515 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:16,079 the snow is going to be up to here the well, 516 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,839 the NFL playoffs are on Sunday. Hey, perfect timing. The 517 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,119 NFL is probably going to get record television ratings. Here's 518 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,519 one of the sports guys talking about if you're not 519 00:32:29,799 --> 00:32:32,880 able to go anywhere because of ice and snow. You're 520 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,720 going to be sitting at home not doing anything. You'll 521 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,319 be turning on football. 522 00:32:37,519 --> 00:32:40,759 Speaker 12: Right, I mean, don logically speaking, you would assume that 523 00:32:40,839 --> 00:32:43,680 TV ratings would be up if you're in the house 524 00:32:43,759 --> 00:32:46,039 and you don't have anything else to do. To your point, 525 00:32:46,319 --> 00:32:49,119 barring those power outages that you just heard Jeff talk about. 526 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,559 So I called around to some sports media executives, some 527 00:32:51,599 --> 00:32:54,200 sources at Nielsen, and I said, look, does the data 528 00:32:54,279 --> 00:32:57,319 back this up? And they basically told me, yeah, does. 529 00:32:57,559 --> 00:33:01,119 Usually it's more localized, such as there's a bad storm 530 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,240 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing, then you'll see 531 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:07,839 the ratings jump in Tampa. What's interesting about this game 532 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,880 is that the AFC Championship in the NFC Championship are 533 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,599 two of the highest rated games all season for anything 534 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,799 on TV after the Super Bowl, often their number two 535 00:33:18,039 --> 00:33:20,200 and number three. Last year, he had over fifty seven 536 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,720 million people watched the AFC Championship game. And the other 537 00:33:23,759 --> 00:33:26,680 interesting thing is that this storm is so large, as 538 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:30,480 you just heard, two hundred million Americans affected. So you're 539 00:33:30,519 --> 00:33:35,799 already seeing sports events canceled from Texas over to Washington, DC, 540 00:33:36,279 --> 00:33:40,039 to Connecticut, things being shifted around So I tried to 541 00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:43,359 figure out is there any real parallel for this, a 542 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:47,440 big national game with a huge winter storm, and I 543 00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:52,279 found one. In twenty fifteen, the Super Bowl had a 544 00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:55,960 storm very similar to this, over a foot of snow 545 00:33:56,279 --> 00:34:00,640 from Iowa all the way to the East coast. And 546 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,720 do you know who played in that Super Bowl? Seattle 547 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:05,440 ends New England. 548 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:10,079 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. So Seattle is one of the teams 549 00:34:10,119 --> 00:34:18,239 playing for the NFC, and New England's playing for the 550 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:24,599 the AFC Championship. So deja vu, Seattle is playing Let's 551 00:34:24,599 --> 00:34:29,480 see who are Seattle is playing Los Angeles in Seattle, 552 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:32,559 And so that's not anywhere near the West coast, is 553 00:34:32,559 --> 00:34:34,920 not going to be part of this big superstorm that's 554 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,920 going through most of the country this weekend. And as 555 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,519 far as New England and the Broncos, thank goodness to 556 00:34:41,599 --> 00:34:44,800 not playing in Boston because that's going to be hit hard. 557 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,719 But Denver should be. Okay, it's far enough west to 558 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:52,079 where this big storm is mostly east of the Rockies, 559 00:34:52,079 --> 00:34:56,480 and they're right at the Rockies. So Sunday Patriots versus 560 00:34:56,480 --> 00:35:01,440 the Broncos in Denver and Sunday six thirty pm, the 561 00:35:01,559 --> 00:35:07,800 Rams plays Seahawks in Seattle. So hey, if you're going 562 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,559 to be snowed up to your ears, you might as 563 00:35:09,599 --> 00:35:13,199 well enjoy yourself and get a little entertainment with some football. 564 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,320 You know, these playoff games many times are the best 565 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,400 football of the year. I think, better than the Super 566 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:22,119 Bowl in most occasions, most years. Speaking of winning and losing, 567 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,960 the winners today did not show up on Wall Street. 568 00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:26,519 Speaker 8: Nope. 569 00:35:27,079 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: The well, we've been back and forth, up and down. 570 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,599 The last two days have been big rallies. We had 571 00:35:32,639 --> 00:35:36,440 the big sell off before Donald Trump got over to Davos, 572 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,800 and then after he said everything's fine, market shot up 573 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,760 two days in a row. Today went down, at least 574 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,480 the Doubt did down two hundred and eighty five the 575 00:35:45,559 --> 00:35:49,960 Dow at forty nine thousand and ninety eight, SMP up 576 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:56,280 just two points, NASDAK up sixty five points. Gold continuing 577 00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:01,599 to go higher, up sixty nine dollars to nine eighty three. 578 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:06,400 In oil up about two dollars today, sixty one dollars 579 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:10,119 for a barrel of oil. That's it for today. Thank 580 00:36:10,159 --> 00:36:14,760 you for coming by, Stay warm this weekend, enjoy the football. 581 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,880 If well, what else you're gonna do, and we'll be 582 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,199 back here on Monday. Whether or not, have a great weekend. 583 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:21,920 We'll see you then.