WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:01.360 It's a nice size. 2 00:00:01.639 --> 00:00:05.960 Dan Ray, Boston's News Radio. 3 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.880 We're talking about the big story of the week, and 4 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:14.720 that is to fallout from the hoodie raid that took 5 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.440 place on Saturday, March fifteenth. I think all of you 6 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:23.760 are aware of it now. Democrats very concerned with the 7 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:29.480 security breach that occurred. The Republicans are basically saying it 8 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:36.280 was a mistake. The President has not been as as 9 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.759 as forthcoming. Well, let's let's just get a little bit 10 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:46.679 of just to reset this. The Press Secretary today late 11 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:52.759 this afternoon tells the media that Elon Mosque Musk and 12 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:56.759 his experts will be investigating the signal chat lake. Here 13 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.359 it is cut thirty six. Please rob let's let's listen 14 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:04.040 to the White House Press Sectuary this afternoon, cut thirty six. 15 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:08.000 As for your original question about who's leading looking into 16 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:12.079 the messaging thread, the National Security Council, the White House 17 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:15.439 Counsel's Office, and also, yes, Elon Musk's team. Elon Musk 18 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:18.599 has offered to put his technical experts on this to 19 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.280 figure out how this number was inadvertently added to the 20 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:24.040 chat again, to take responsibility and ensure this can never 21 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:24.680 happen again. 22 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:31.840 She was asked this question repeatedly, and at some point 23 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:35.879 was crying to lose her patience with the reporters in 24 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.239 the White House press room. Just give you a little 25 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:42.480 sense of it. This is cut thirty seven. B ro 26 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:43.519 B is in Boston. 27 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:45.959 There's more, but we don't have all day, and we 28 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.000 can now add this signal hoax to this very long list. 29 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.319 The real story here is the overwhelming success of President 30 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:58.920 Trump's decisive military action against Houthy terrorists. On March fifteenth, 31 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:03.879 President Trump ordered a series of military operations against the terrorists, whois, 32 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:07.480 to defend US shipping assets in the Red Sea, restore 33 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:11.360 freedom of navigation for international shipping, and defend the United 34 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:16.879 States from enemy threats. United States forces successfully struck dozens 35 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:21.080 of targets across Houthy controlled territory, and as a result 36 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:24.560 of these actions, several Hoothy leaders were killed, including the 37 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:28.039 Hoothy drone chief, his deputy, and several of their jone 38 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:29.759 experts and other key leaders. 39 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:35.960 And then one more from Caroline Levit today cut number forty. 40 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:40.599 The President's view on all of this remains the same 41 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.280 today as it did yesterday, and I think it speaks 42 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:45.960 volumes about the leadership of this President that he went 43 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.400 directly to all of you members of the press corps. 44 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:50.639 He was asked, do you want someone else to go 45 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:52.759 out and do a briefing, and he said, no, I 46 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.719 will tackle this story. I will discuss it. The people 47 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:58.280 need to hear from me about the situation. And so 48 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:02.199 his thoughts on this remained the same today. He has 49 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:05.639 plays great trust in his national security team. And as 50 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.520 for the usage of signal, as the President said yesterday, 51 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:11.639 as the CIA director has testified under oath, this is 52 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:15.400 an approved app. It's an encrypted app. The Department of Defense, 53 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:18.240 the Department of State, the CIA has it loaded onto 54 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:21.599 government phones because it is the most secure and efficient 55 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:25.199 way to communicate. As for again the original situation in 56 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:28.039 this messaging thread, the National Security Council, the White House 57 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:31.120 Counsel's Office continues to look in to how this mistake, 58 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:34.680 which the National Security Advisor has owned, occurred, and the 59 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:36.199 President has ensured they are doing that. 60 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:41.560 I think it's a pretty good summary. Six Skip Roland. 61 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:43.680 You're going to go to a mark in Derry, New Hampshire. 62 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:44.520 Mark next on Nice. 63 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:50.280 I go ahead, Uh, yeah, Hi, I do definitely want 64 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:54.759 to talk about this, uh, this single app. But if 65 00:03:54.800 --> 00:04:01.599 you would allow me. I heard is a news story 66 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:06.599 on your nine o'clock news that was completely and totally 67 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:08.599 inaccurate and wrong. 68 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:11.719 Well, I didn't hear the news story, and I prefer 69 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:15.080 you take that up with the news management team. Give 70 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.600 them a call tomorrow. I didn't hear the story. 71 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.639 Therefore, it's difficult what I thought you were going to say, Well, 72 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:26.040 you don't want me to be critical of your news department. 73 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:30.160 No, I don't know. Look, let me once you just listen, 74 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:32.639 open your ears and listen to what I'm telling you. 75 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:38.480 I do when nine o'clock happened, I go and I 76 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.399 get a glass of water or something like that. So 77 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.800 I don't know the news story you're talking about. If 78 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.079 you have a problem with a news story, all you 79 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.639 got to do is call the newsroom tomorrow and ask 80 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.839 to talk with the news director, and I'm sure they'll 81 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:56.279 take your call and raise whatever the question is. But 82 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:58.839 you're going to tell me something that I didn't hear. 83 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.800 If I told you listening to the nine o'clock news, 84 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:04.600 what story was it, we could have a conversation about it. 85 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:07.199 But you could tell me that the news department at 86 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:10.920 nine o'clock could have been talking about elephants flying over Boston. 87 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:13.639 I didn't hear it. So if you want to talk 88 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.920 about the topic at hand, I'd love to talk about that. 89 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:18.759 But if you want to talk about a news story 90 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:20.800 that I haven't heard, I'm not going to engage in 91 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:24.879 conversation with you and mislead you or the audience. Well, 92 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:26.959 I'm going to defend what you know. If they made 93 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.279 a mistake, bring it to their attention, but you can't 94 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:32.360 bring it to my attention on the show. I'm trying 95 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:35.319 to do my show simple as that. If you want 96 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:37.240 to talk about this raid or how it. 97 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.680 Happened, may I move on? 98 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:40.079 Please? 99 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.759 You could, certainly, I'm encouraging you. 100 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:46.399 To do that ahead, Thank you, thank you. Okay, st 101 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:57.399 Yesterday I was watching the Senate subcommittee asking questions of 102 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:05.680 Trump's intelligence team. Yeah, okay, And there was a there 103 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:07.399 was a senator from. 104 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:13.000 Oregon, Ron Wyden is his name? 105 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:14.399 Okay. 106 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.120 I was trying my best to forget his name, but 107 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:17.600 thank you. 108 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:18.199 Sorry. 109 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:18.680 Sorry. 110 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:26.480 He's no different than uh, the two senators you have 111 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:34.920 in Massachusetts, Warren and Markey. They're both uh far left Democrats, 112 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.680 ones on the West coast. The other two are on 113 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:43.279 the East Coast. But they're both from extremely blue blue 114 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:44.480 and blue areas. 115 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:47.480 Okay, and you have two Democratic senators in New Hampshire. 116 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:52.800 What's your point, Mark, Dan, that's a relevant to my point? 117 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.360 Okay, Well, I don't know what your point is. That's 118 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:57.839 why I'm asking you what. You don't have to spend 119 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.680 a lot of time, you know what, Mark, I'm telling you. 120 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:03.439 I'm losing it with you. Mark, thanks for the call, 121 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.160 simple as that. I don't need a lecture. I know 122 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.120 who Ed Marky is and I know who Elizabeth Warren is. 123 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.680 We're gonna reset, We're gonna take a break. That probably 124 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:14.959 was the most wasted phone call of the night. But 125 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:19.959 Mark never fails to uh to fulfill that that standard 126 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:24.519 six one seven. I don't know what point he was 127 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:29.040 trying to make. Maybe you do six one seven, two, five, 128 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:30.759 four to ten thirty. I got one line there in 129 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.800 six one seven, nine three thirty. I'm getting a little 130 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:36.439 impatient with callers who do not want to engage the 131 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:39.079 conversation tonight, I hope some of you do. We'll be 132 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:40.920 back on night Side now. 133 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:44.439 Back to Dan Ray live from the Window World Nightside 134 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.120 Studios on WBZ News Radio. 135 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.879 Back to the phones. We go. Let us chat with 136 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:55.720 Peter in New York. Peter, appreciate your patience you held 137 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:58.000 through the news and through Mark's phone call from Derry, 138 00:07:58.000 --> 00:07:58.519 New Hampshire. 139 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:04.920 Go ahead, Peter, Mark almost made me hang up. Sorry, Dan, 140 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:07.800 I think that I don't understand one of the first 141 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:12.439 basic things here. Why is the government using a public 142 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:15.240 platform for encrypted calls? 143 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.879 Well, according to what we have just heard from Caroline 144 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:23.319 we Levet, the White House Press Secretary, the government considers 145 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.199 it the most secure encrypted app. 146 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.839 Now, I think that we got a bunch of morons 147 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:35.000 in the government because because I would never let the 148 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:36.279 public know what. 149 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:40.480 I use, because the hackers could get in there. 150 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:45.480 Yeah. Again, I don't know how. I don't know how 151 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.120 good this app is. I'm not an exit it. 152 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:53.799 Okay, I use what I use What's app for calling overseas. 153 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.840 It's called what's app? Okay? And is that secure app? 154 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:04.519 Yeah? It's secure. It's secure and in the textile business 155 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:08.440 we've used it for years. But let me throw something 156 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:09.080 else at it. 157 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.039 Maybe we have maybe for the fun of it here, Peter, 158 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:17.080 Maybe there's someone out there who can tell us what 159 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:22.120 they think is the most secure app. Obviously, this app 160 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:28.039 was secure. In other words, we never would have known 161 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:34.480 about this if some knucklehead hadn't looped in Jeff Goldberg, 162 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:39.519 the editor in chief. Now, let's assume that they missdialed 163 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:42.039 and they were looking for someone, and they put you 164 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:45.279 on the phone. All of a sudden, you would have 165 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:47.120 been looking at your phone and saying, what the hell 166 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:49.799 is this? And you know you're trying to figure it out. 167 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:52.279 I'm trying to figure it out. Goldberg thought it was 168 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:55.720 a joke. He didn't think it was real until what 169 00:09:55.840 --> 00:10:02.919 he read at twelve clock eleven twelve o'clock came true 170 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:06.639 a few minutes later, when when the bombs are actually dropped. 171 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:12.159 So let me ask you. Let me you see, I 172 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:16.120 have always been under the impression that when the government 173 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:22.039 is making secure communications, no one else can get on 174 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:28.600 that line, no one else. If they were hacking. 175 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:32.279 Okay, Peter, if they were in what's called a secure skiff, 176 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.080 And skiff is an acronym, and I'm not sure, I'm 177 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:38.519 not sure what that means in terms of what it 178 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:43.200 stands for. But you'll often hear that there was a skiff, 179 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.960 and it is a either a tent that I believe 180 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.720 that when the president travels. Let's assume Donald Trump is 181 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:54.519 doing an event, they have secure rooms. If in case, 182 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:56.720 Donald Trump had to get on the phone and talk 183 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:01.240 to Vladimir Putin instantaneously and say, hey, we just got 184 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:04.200 a report that you guys have have put you know, 185 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.080 your rockets on ready to fire mote. I'm just making 186 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:10.879 this up. Okay, you can't wait around, and he could 187 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:14.480 get to houton immediately. That goes back to the old 188 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:17.200 hotline in the in the White House, the red phone 189 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:20.600 that Jack Kennedy put in with Khrushchev. So if there 190 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.679 is this, but as they said, they have these skiffs 191 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:28.279 in Washington where these are secure rooms. When they have 192 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.679 a crisis and they have to brief members of the Senate, 193 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.039 they can go in that room and no one's going 194 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:37.840 to the room is impenetrable. No one can hack it. 195 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:41.799 On this one, I don't know enough about this app. 196 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:43.879 All they can tell you is that the reason the 197 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:48.440 guy was on the app, Goldberg didn't hack in. He was. 198 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:54.080 They made a human error. It's like call it a 199 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:59.279 wrong number. So I don't know. I wish, I wish 200 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:01.879 I had someone out there who was a professional who 201 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:04.840 could say to me, look, at of the ten most 202 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:09.200 secure apps in this country. I'm just making this up, 203 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.480 but if they said the ten most secure apps in 204 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:15.279 this country, this one, this one isn't even listed. No, 205 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:19.840 I mean, I don't know. But apparently was used by 206 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:22.960 the Biden administration. It's been I guess that it's used 207 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.879 by all members of government. They got to change it 208 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:27.399 up at this point because. 209 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:31.799 Everybody knows what they use it. Let me leave you 210 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.759 with another thought. Okay, who would ease have been hitting now? 211 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.960 Afraid is over a year? 212 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:39.039 More than a year. 213 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:43.840 Yeah, And if you if you're in the purchasing business 214 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.919 from overseas, it's you hear about it a lot. And 215 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:52.000 what the the freight lines have done is instead of 216 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.639 going through the Suez and the Red Sea, they've been 217 00:12:55.679 --> 00:13:01.720 going through around South Africa, which causes them courted them 218 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:07.879 two weeks of time and two weeks of fuel, and 219 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.399 sooner or later they're going to hit some more. 220 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:14.840 I think they hit them after the fifteenth. I think 221 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:18.200 that they're continuing to hit them. If you if you 222 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:22.879 look at the Times today, the Times basically has a 223 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:27.840 breakdown of everything that was on the app. It's it's 224 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:31.000 so Goldberg had the whole thing. He released part of 225 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:33.200 it on Monday. He released the whole thing today, and 226 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:36.639 they had some of the New York Time correspondents explaining 227 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:42.399 what some of the pieces of information meant. And apparently 228 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:44.759 they were going after one guy who was on the 229 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:48.759 ground and they knew where he was and they was 230 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:50.480 like a leader of the hooties. I don't know if 231 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:53.240 he's the number one guy or not, but they knew 232 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:55.200 where he was. They knew where he was going. He 233 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:58.440 was going to his girlfriend's apartment. They hit and they 234 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.519 on the it's it said, you know building has been 235 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:03.840 that he's in. They know he was in the building. 236 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:08.559 The building collapse. So they had some They had some 237 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:12.639 source on the ground in Yemen that was able to 238 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:16.240 tell us exactly where this dude was and also where 239 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:21.360 he was going. And so Waltz writes, at two pm 240 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:25.480 in the afternoon, typing too fast, the first target their 241 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:29.679 top missile guy. We had positive idea on him walking 242 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:35.879 into his girlfriend's building. And it's grammatical error there it's 243 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:40.039 now collapsed or it is now collapsed, so it's not 244 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:43.360 a grammatical error, but so they knew. Vance responds to 245 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:49.000 that excellent. Radcliffe responds John Radcliffe says a good start. Yeah, 246 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:50.840 it was a good start. They took the guy out, 247 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:53.720 They took one of the big guys out, all right, 248 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.519 and his girlfriend, I assume and everybody else in the 249 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:57.279 apartment building. 250 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.000 Absolutely all right, thanks beer, thank you. 251 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:09.120 Thank you very much. Soon absolutely okay, thanks much. Six 252 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.960 one seven thirty six one seven nine three one thirty Again, 253 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:17.159 please don't be intimidated. I get mad at a couple 254 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:21.639 of callers here because they were going off in another direction, uh, 255 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:26.480 and trying to don't let them spoil the conversation. I 256 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.559 would simply ask you to stay with us, stay with 257 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.799 us here on night side. 258 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:31.440 Uh. 259 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:34.200 Susan in wall famous next, Hi Susan, welcome, You're next 260 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:35.639 one night side, go ahead. 261 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:36.879 Hi Dan, Hey Susan. 262 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.559 Oh waiyah. 263 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:42.240 I'm doing okay. I've had some interesting calls tonight, some 264 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:42.879 really yeah. 265 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:46.840 I know. I was like listening to the one that 266 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:49.399 started arguing with you or something. 267 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:53.639 He always he's one of these guys. He's he's he's 268 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:58.200 a different sort of guy, a different sort of person, 269 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.559 and you can't even have a conversation with them. It 270 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:05.360 was like, sign w nine, he's going to use my 271 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:10.799 program my program to criticize w BC's nine PM newscast. 272 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:12.600 I have no idea what he's talking about. If he 273 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:15.679 thinks I'm sitting here listening to the newscast, I might 274 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:17.840 listen to the first story, and then I'm I may 275 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:20.080 have to use the restroom, I may have to go 276 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:21.960 get a drink of water. I may need to want 277 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:25.679 to stretch my legs. Yes, but he's the smartest guy 278 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:28.279 in the world, and so therefore I need to I 279 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:31.000 need to be instructed by him and told that we 280 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:35.879 have two senators here in Massachusetts who are on the 281 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:40.120 progressive end of the Democratic Party. What's that got to 282 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.600 do we're talking about anyway, go ahead, what what's your 283 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.600 thought here on the on this raid. 284 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.039 I don't know. 285 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:49.799 I just you know, I hope that Social Security doesn't 286 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.399 go out and my home MEDICID doesn't go out, because 287 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:54.879 I have both of them, and you know, I live 288 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:57.960 by myself, and you know, I'm like. 289 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:01.720 Well, first of all, I'm going to this social Security 290 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:06.160 is not going to go out. President. If President Trump 291 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:11.640 wants to commit political suicide, then social security should he 292 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:14.960 should cut social Security. The fact of the matter is, 293 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:19.839 in my opinion that that is the third rail of politics, 294 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.359 and he said himself, there's going to be no cutbacks 295 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:25.480 in socialcurity. What they're going to do with social security 296 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:31.759 is they are going to probably raise the retirement age 297 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:34.359 a couple of months or maybe even a half a year. 298 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:38.519 And they're trying to you know, which they have already done. 299 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:40.720 It used to be that retirement age was sixty five 300 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:42.559 and as sixty six, and I think it's up to 301 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.880 sixty seven in a couple of months. So he will 302 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:49.880 raise it up on people who are now working. Medicare 303 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:53.960 is not going to get cut I mean again, these politicians, 304 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:58.359 none of them. If they just want to, you know, lose, 305 00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.640 they can do that. 306 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:02.039 It would be really that's true. 307 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.880 So I don't think you should lose any sleep over this. 308 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:09.519 Let me ask you this, Are you on so scurty? Now? 309 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.519 Yes? 310 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:14.920 I am? Okay, What what time I have I get 311 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:17.920 so scurty because I've I've worked for a long time 312 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:23.720 and even though I'm still working, I I'm able to 313 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:28.359 uh take you know, I'm over the minimum age to take. 314 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:31.480 Trust me of that, Susan. So I get my SO 315 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.000 security check the second Wednesday of every month. When did 316 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:36.039 your so scurity check? 317 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:40.279 Arrive, I say, I get mine. The first and the 318 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:44.000 third I get too, S S I and S S 319 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.440 D I. 320 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:48.160 Okay, fine, okay, so every month you get the first. 321 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:49.480 And the third. 322 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:53.559 Did you get him in February when after Trump was inaugurated. 323 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.279 Yes, I did. I got him in March too. 324 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:00.920 Okay, So so we're two months. For two months, you're 325 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.680 going to be just fine. Okay, that's so you don't 326 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:09.920 let you You're going to read all sorts of arguments here. 327 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:13.039 You're going to read all sorts of people who are 328 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:18.799 saying different things, you know, don't allow them to discomfort you. 329 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:22.359 These are programs that you have earned your money for 330 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:26.599 that you're paid into that others are paid into. You'll. 331 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:30.000 You'll get your you'll you'll get your so security checks 332 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:33.640 and UH and your and your Medicare and all of that, 333 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:36.599 and so please don't worry. I I really mean that. 334 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:38.119 And I hope that you're listening to me, and you'll 335 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.039 take my word for it. 336 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:42.039 I'll listen to you. I I just started listening to 337 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:45.440 your program again, you know, after after a while, after 338 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:48.200 a long time. So now I have it on and 339 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:51.359 I'm listening so well. I appreciate that and I just 340 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:54.240 would call up and say hi, and well thank you, and. 341 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:57.799 I will always tell you the truth, okay, And and. 342 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:59.960 The truth is I believe you, I believe. 343 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:03.079 But also the reason it is the truth is that 344 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.319 if if Donald Trump did that, you would have you 345 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:11.759 would have people marching on the Capitol for very different reasons. 346 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:13.839 Oh yeah, oh yeah. 347 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:18.200 And so that's not gonna happen. Uh, in my humble opinion. 348 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:21.000 And he's also on the record. It's not like Donald 349 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:24.519 Trump on the record said something like well, I don't 350 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:27.359 have an intention now to do anything. He said, it's 351 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:32.240 not gonna happen. And even though some politicians can can 352 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:35.440 mislead us, that's not the sort of thing a politicians 353 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:37.960 going to most lead us on. Be well, Susan, Okay, 354 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:40.839 and keep me posted next month. Okay. You're gonna get 355 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:44.160 your checks and I'm gonna hopefully get mine as well. Thanks, Thanks, Susan. 356 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:48.319 All Right, Hey, I're gonna take a quick break here, 357 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:53.880 let's get back to more calls six one, seven, two, five, 358 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:57.599 four ten thirty six one seven, nine, three, one, ten thirty. 359 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:01.680 Your reaction to the big story. This is the story 360 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:05.440 of the week. I could not have anticipated this story. 361 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:09.519 But this is the story of the week, and it 362 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:14.519 is It is royal Washington, d C. The Democrats have 363 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:17.720 one take on it, the Republicans have another. I'm trying 364 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:20.799 to look at it as coldly as I can. Let's 365 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:23.759 try to stay focused on it. Even though Mark wanted 366 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:28.160 to talk about the nine pm WBZ newscast, God only 367 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:30.000 knows what he was going to say. He's not my 368 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.079 most credible caller. We'll be back on Nightside right after this. 369 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:40.720 It's night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's news radio. 370 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:43.920 All right, it's right back to the phones. We go, 371 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:46.759 gonna go to Theodore down in Maryland, theatore next to Knightsager. 372 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:50.119 Right ahead, Sir, I wanted to know if I got 373 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:52.319 comment on what the lady said about Social Security. 374 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.359 Go ahead. 375 00:21:55.440 --> 00:22:01.039 I worked there for fifteen years and the work was 376 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:06.079 very satisfying. We got people calling every day, changing addresses 377 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:10.000 direct deposit on the thirty first of March. I'm sure 378 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:15.000 the lady may not know, but on the thirty first 379 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:19.039 of March, any of your listeners who want to change 380 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:22.039 their bank information, they're gonna have to go into the 381 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:25.519 Social Security Office. There's a law that say they have 382 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:30.000 to notify people like me and you that they're gonna 383 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:33.759 close offices. They're closing forty seven offices across the country. 384 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:36.920 Now we don't get a notice about it. This means 385 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:40.279 people are gonna be lined up at the office. People 386 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:42.440 are gonna have to wait several hours to get through. 387 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:47.799 And they're cutting staff at the Social Security building. They're 388 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:49.680 laying people off, they're firing people. 389 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:52.759 So when you know that, we know that, Theodore, I 390 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:55.759 understand that, But we know that. All of just saying 391 00:22:56.079 --> 00:23:02.359 is is that that lot of the stuff, which I'm 392 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:05.519 not a fan of because I'm kind of like you 393 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:08.880 old school, but a lot of the stuff now will 394 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:15.839 be done online. And if, uh if, if it doesn't 395 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:20.279 work the Trump administration, if if what if? The if? 396 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:23.079 What you paint as a picture that there's going to 397 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:28.079 be people standing out in the cold or whatever they'll have, 398 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:32.000 they'll have to adjust to it. I mean they're not crazy. Well, see, 399 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:34.039 there are things that I have to do. I have 400 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:38.319 to on my uh from my job. I have to 401 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:42.839