WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:08.199 on the iHeartRadio app. We are going to talk about 4 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:10.839 what's going on with the race to prevent this government 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:15.160 shutdown here in just a few minutes. It could hit 6 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:17.280 in a couple of hours. Of course, we've seen some 7 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.800 scrambling around the capitol. Speaker Mike Johnson has said that 8 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:24.120 they have now a plan C that they will try 9 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:27.160 to get in place before the government shutdown. I think 10 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:31.160 we're just under twelve hours before the government would effectively 11 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:34.119 finger quotes shut down. But he did enter the Capitol 12 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:38.560 today and say, yes, we have a plan. There's a 13 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:42.159 big dealing, big doings, I should say back East, Middle East, 14 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:44.399 that far back east. The US says it has killed 15 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:49.679 an ISIS leader in Syria Abu Yusuf. US scent Com 16 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.320 says it carried out an air strike targeting Yusuf. Also 17 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.600 goes by mak Mood in an area controlled by the 18 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.640 Syrian regime and the Russian forces. Before bashar Asad all 19 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:02.719 went down, stock market is watching what's going on. 20 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:04.239 When it comes to Washington, d C. 21 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:06.799 It'll close out a tough week saw the Dow Jones 22 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:09.799 Industrial Average drop eleven hundred points in a single day, 23 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:13.439 complete its worst losing streak since the nineteen seventies, when 24 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:16.760 it fell ten days in a row. As of right now, 25 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.280 it's a pretty positive bounce back. The Dow is up 26 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:22.640 more than seven hundred points, almost eight hundred points as 27 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.000 they're trying to reverse. Like I said, one of the 28 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.560 worst weeks that we've seen in a long time. Well, today, 29 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:39.400 Shannon's out. She's traveling for the holidays already. So rather 30 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:43.239 than change the name of the show, I figured we 31 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:44.079 would bring in. 32 00:01:45.599 --> 00:01:48.560 Shannon number one. Thank you for coming in. 33 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:53.200 You're so welcome. And this is a terrible idea. 34 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.439 Okay, well, we'll see talk to me in four hours 35 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:56.239 and we'll see how it goes. 36 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:56.959 We're still talking. 37 00:01:57.719 --> 00:01:59.840 If that's the case, then yes, we can discuss it. 38 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:03.239 John Decker is joining us. He is live in Washington, 39 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:05.760 d C. Who has been covering all of the story 40 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.959 keeping an eye on what's going on with the potential 41 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:11.879 for a government shutdown. John, where do we stand with 42 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:15.280 this new Plan C and doesn't have a shot at 43 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:16.080 actually passing? 44 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:20.479 Well, it is planed C because plans A and B 45 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:25.520 have failed largely because of House Republicans, and now they 46 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:29.840 are putting together a plan that they're calling Plans C 47 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:34.199 to avoid a government shutdown, which would happen at midnight tonight. 48 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:36.759 You have to keep in mind of both the House 49 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:41.759 and the Senate. Both parties have very narrow majorities, and 50 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:45.319 for that reason do you need compromise. You need to 51 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.800 have both parties working together to come up with a 52 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:52.319 compromise that can pass both the House and the Senate. 53 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.520 Do that today and get it to President Biden's death 54 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:56.479 for his signature. 55 00:02:57.360 --> 00:02:59.919 What do they change about this one compared to the 56 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.439 two previous iterations. 57 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:07.120 Well, as you may have seen, about thirty eight, House 58 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:12.360 Republicans essentially thumb their nose at President Electdonald Trump. And 59 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.639 the reason they did on that bill Plan B is 60 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:19.599 because of one item that was contained in that spending 61 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:24.840 proposal that would have extended the debt ceiling for another 62 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:27.520 few years to twenty twenty seven, and that was a 63 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:31.639 no go for deficit hawks in the House of Representatives 64 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:35.599 who are Republicans. So what Plan C does. It gets 65 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.800 rid of that particular proposal. And they believe by getting 66 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:43.319 rid of that they can get their team on board 67 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:45.800 in Unison to support Plan C. 68 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:49.840 All right, well, that work is gonna take place over 69 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:51.560 the next couple of hours and we'll keep an eye 70 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:55.520 on that. Throw a curveball here. We know that Vice 71 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:58.000 President Harris stayed in Washington. She was supposed to come 72 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.879 out here to California. And I saw some reports, and 73 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.240 I don't know if they're true or not, that President 74 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:07.400 Biden returned to d C from his planned vacation. 75 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:09.840 Where what are we doing here? What's going on with that? 76 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:15.000 No, well, you're incorrect about President Biden. He's planning to 77 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:20.160 take vacation next week. He's heading out of town early 78 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:24.000 next week and heading to Saint Croix. That's a destination 79 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.639 that is an annual tradition in the Biden family. So 80 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.800 he came back from being in Wilmington for two days 81 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.360 earlier this week. He is here today. No comment though 82 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:36.920 by President Biden as it relates to the possibility of 83 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:40.360 a government shutdown. All that we have seen is a 84 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:44.519 statement put out in his name by the White House 85 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:47.399 Press Secretary. I'm in the White House Press Briefing room 86 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:49.680 right now, and we're waiting for the White House Press 87 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:53.600 briefing to start in approximately ten minutes or so, and 88 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.680 we'll hear the latest in terms of the administration's position 89 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.759 concerning plan See. But as for the Vice President, you 90 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.519 met her right at the top. She is here maybe 91 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:06.360 simply because it's a very narrow majority the Democrats have 92 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:09.920 in the US Senate, and of course, because of that 93 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.519 narrow majority, the vice president often breaks tie. So that 94 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.079 could be the reason why she remained in Washington, d City. 95 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.439 So it appears it's just a procedural thing. 96 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.800 She's just getting ready for the possibility, not to mention it, 97 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:25.519 and it would not look great if both the president 98 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.480 and vice president were out of DC, if we ended 99 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:29.399 up being a shutdown. 100 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:33.879 Oh absolutely, I think that is one hundred percent right. 101 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:38.079 And you see the spin coming from both political parties 102 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:41.439 right now. If there is a government shutdown, Democrats will 103 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:45.959 lay the blame at the feat of Republicans. And you know, look, 104 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:49.399 there was a deal that was agreed to by the 105 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:52.000 leadership of both parties and the House and the Senate, 106 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:56.959 including the House Speaker Mike Johnson. But that agreement essentially 107 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:00.920 blew up because of what Donald Trump, the President elect, 108 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:05.360 put out on social media telling Republicans do not support 109 00:06:05.399 --> 00:06:06.199 this compromise. 110 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:10.639 All right, John, thanks for your stuff. We appreciate it absolutely. 111 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:11.519 I'll talk to you real soon. 112 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:14.000 You got John Decker there live from Washington, d C. 113 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.120 With the latest on this and again the clock is ticking. 114 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:20.560 It's under twelve hours before the potential for a government shutdown. 115 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:23.000 As he mentioned, we're on Plans C and we'll talk 116 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:25.199 about how it is that Mike Johnson thinks he's going 117 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:28.040 to push this thing through today versus the other two 118 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:31.959 iterations that we saw earlier. We already got your first message, 119 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:33.319 so buckle up. 120 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:34.839 Buttercup Hoffman's voice. 121 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:36.639 I am a long let me start from the beginning. 122 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:42.319 Good morning, Jerry and Shannon Hoffman. So excited to hear 123 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:47.160 Shannon Hoffman's voice. I am a longtime listener at least 124 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:50.360 for COVID, but I don't know if you've ever been 125 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.680 on the air before, Missus Hoffman, and so I'm excited 126 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:58.199 to get to know you through your voice a little more, 127 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.720 even though I feel like we know you as OKAFI listeners. 128 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:03.600 Very exciting. 129 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:04.600 You're the best. 130 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:05.879 You guys, have a good day. 131 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:10.399 Well, Christmas came early for Hern't that's a lot of 132 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.800 pressure and for you. She already loves you. That's true. 133 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.160 Friendly crowd from the crowd. 134 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:18.800 Yeah, this is an easier crowd. I hope it's also Friday. 135 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:21.160 People are going to be a little more relaxed. But 136 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:21.879 we're going to come back. 137 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:23.759 And I can tell by your sweatshirt and ball cap 138 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:24.800 that you're wear into the workplace. 139 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:26.720 Oh, because so many people at work saw me. 140 00:07:26.839 --> 00:07:29.079 I'm just saying, you're very judge on what people wear 141 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:30.920 to work, and here you are, slumpy. 142 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:32.839 You are much more dressed up than I ever would 143 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:33.279 be on a front. 144 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:34.000 I'm a professional. 145 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:40.560 Gary and Shannon Number one. The stock market is watching 146 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:42.720 what's going on in DC, and actually, right now it's 147 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:45.439 doing pretty well. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 148 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:49.319 over eight hundred points this coming on what could have 149 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:52.600 been the tough week. There was an eleven hundred point 150 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:56.319 drop in a single day. We saw ten straight days 151 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:59.720 of losing on the Dow, and that was the longest 152 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:02.600 losing streak for the DAO since the nineteen seventies. 153 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:04.879 We'll talk more about it next hour. 154 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:08.639 But workers with the Teamsters union striking again at Amazon 155 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:11.720 facilities around the country, including here in LA. Members of 156 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:16.319 the Starbucks Workers United group have also staged to walk 157 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:18.600 out the first time in thirteen months, and they're doing 158 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.279 so here in LA as well as Chicago and Seattle. 159 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.439 If your plan and on going to northern California, this 160 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:26.800 could be a rough weekend. 161 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:27.279 They're saying. 162 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:29.240 The first of the storm systems that's going to be 163 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:31.319 coming in is expected to move into. 164 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:32.799 The Bay Area tomorrow morning. 165 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.559 That should be about a quarter of an inch of 166 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:38.120 rain somewhere San Francisco and Oakland, according to the National 167 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.840 Weather Service, the valleys up in the North Bay half 168 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:42.759 inch to three quarters of an inchro I mean, it's 169 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.960 just a normal storm. But if you're driving or flying 170 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:48.720 in I saw some delays already in and out of 171 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:53.600 Sacramento International because of it's funny to call it Sacramento International, 172 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:56.840 but Sacramento International because they had some fog apparently in 173 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.919 that area. And then an event to celebrate the top 174 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:07.320 restaurants in La sickened several dozen people neuro virus due 175 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:11.840 to an outbreak link to raw oysters, and neurovirus will 176 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:13.039 empty you out quickly. 177 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.120 That's a hard way to lose five pounds. 178 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:17.879 LA County's Department of Public Health said the outbreak stemmed 179 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:20.519 from an event at the Hollywood Palladium celebrating the La 180 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.759 Times list of the one hundred and one best restaurants 181 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:28.399 back on the third of December. So before we get 182 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:30.639 back into our government shutdown. 183 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:34.120 Talk, Hey Gary and Shannon, Good morning Gary and fake 184 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:36.960 Shannon or other Shon Shon. 185 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:38.120 Number one is a terrible idea. 186 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:39.600 You're right, you nailed it. 187 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:41.159 I'm just kidding. 188 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:42.440 I have a wonderful holiday. 189 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:47.919 Thank your by. To be clear, everybody calls you Shannon 190 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.360 number one. Yes, even Shannon number two's husband calls you 191 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:52.399 Shannon number one. 192 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.240 Absolutely yes, all right, as it should be. 193 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:58.679 So Mike Johnson says we will have a Plan CE 194 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.759 or he's working on a Plan C, because the first 195 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:04.200 two got shut down. This would try to avoid a 196 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.639 government shutdown coming up by at nine o'clock. 197 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:08.240 To night our time. 198 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:11.519 And he says they're going to try to pass three 199 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:12.759 separate bills. 200 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:13.840 As opposed to all of them together. 201 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.519 So you got a short term funding bill, you got 202 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:20.679 money for natural disasters, and then a one year farm 203 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.360 bill extension with some aid for farmers. A shutdown deadline, 204 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.879 like I said, under twelve hours if they do this, 205 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:28.919 and here's another weird thing. If they do this through 206 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:34.240 the Rules committee first, then it only needs a simple 207 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:37.360 majority in the House. If they just try to do 208 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:40.000 this on the House without going to committee first, it 209 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:42.399 needs two thirds, which is why they've had such a 210 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:45.200 problem getting to I mean, they weren't even close to 211 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.200 a simple majority on the other bills, but that's why 212 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.159 they would do it that way this time. 213 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.960 So the first one was fifteen hundred pages, the second 214 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:57.720 one was one hundred and sixteen pages, right, and now 215 00:10:57.799 --> 00:10:58.559 that's split. 216 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:00.440 What have we got to down. 217 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:04.159 To thirty pages apiece? Thirty five pages apiece something like that. 218 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:08.039 I mean that basically. But the concern was for a 219 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:10.919 lot of Republicans that even that second version, even though 220 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:14.039 it was that much smaller, increased the debt. Chip Roy, 221 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:18.720 congressman out of Texas, yelled at his own party members yesterday. 222 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:23.440 To take this bill yesterday and congratulate yourself because it's 223 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:27.879 shorter in pages but increases the debt by five trillion dollars. 224 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:32.000 Is asinine. This side of the aisle is profoundly unserious 225 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:36.480 about actually reducing deficits. 226 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:42.080 One of his compatriots from Florida, a congressman named Carlo Samenez, 227 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:46.399 also Republican. He said an interesting thing in an interview 228 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:49.000 this morning. He said, yes, we want to reduce the debt, 229 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:50.000 just not yet. 230 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:52.759 Were in the Republican Party. Want to reduce our debt. 231 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.919 But we can't do it overnight, and so we know 232 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.440 we have to increase the debt living and so that's 233 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:02.080 why that was in the resolution. The other parts of it, right, 234 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.639 you don't want to keep the government open, that's a 235 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:08.480 cr You don't want to help those living ravaged by 236 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:11.840 natural disasters, you don't want to help our farmers. Really, 237 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.679 that's what you voted against. No, I'm sorry, that's why 238 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:15.559 I voted for it. 239 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:17.399 So he was one of those that did vote for it. 240 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.159 Now, it's never as simple as that, because it's stupid 241 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:23.279 politics and they always try to shoehorn stuff into there, 242 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:26.320 and they will continue to do so today. Keep an 243 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:30.120 eye on it. Government shutdown talk is never sexy, but. 244 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:32.360 It happens all the time, and it happens all the time. 245 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:34.759 Why is anyone surprised by this? And I feel like 246 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:36.639 this crunch is manufactured. 247 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:39.759 Well, I think it's weird that they're doing it in 248 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:42.879 this lame duck time because Joe Biden doesn't have to 249 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:46.000 do anything, and there's no pressure on him to do 250 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.679 anything because it's not his A lot of people think 251 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:52.159 it's not his. Trump put out on a truth social 252 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.399 I'd much rather have a government shutdown while Biden is 253 00:12:55.519 --> 00:13:00.519 president than after January twentieth when he becomes president, just 254 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.080 because of the He doesn't want the stink on him. 255 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.919 The question is who gets the stink on this thing. 256 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.559 The Republicans are right now in control of the House. 257 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:11.919 They all get the stink. Everybody's smelly. This is horrible. 258 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:13.799 It reminds me of what my dad said. He's like, 259 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.440 lack of planning on your part does not constitute an 260 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.960 emergency on my part. So they're like, everybody feel the pain, 261 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:21.600 and we're not going to give money to X y Z. 262 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:23.879 That's on you guys. 263 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:25.879 But then they've all and yes, they know it. 264 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:29.039 They know when they passed the last Continuing Resolution that 265 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.080 midnight January twentieth into the twenty first was going to 266 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:34.120 be the deadline. Well why do we get this close 267 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:36.320 to it before we have some sort of a deal. 268 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:39.200 And pressure is you know, the only thing that motivates 269 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:40.360 people in DC. 270 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.919 It sounds like good. 271 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:44.720 Morning, Gary and Shannon. Number one I'm so excited to 272 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:48.200 hear you guys together today. I remember when Shannon number 273 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:51.240 one was on with you years ago before COVID, because 274 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:53.159 that's how we measure time now. And you guys are 275 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:55.000 doing a segment on Game of Thrones and she and 276 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:58.519 and you were so good. You were intelligent and articulate 277 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:00.600 and I loved it. And you did a great job then, 278 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:04.159 and you'll do a great job today. Have a great show, guys, 279 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:06.519 and Gary, thank you, No Lutie, if you know what's 280 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.159 good for you to. 281 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.320 Trust mellu Ti. 282 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:11.000 I don't remember that Game of thing. 283 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:13.039 I had forgotten. I was trying to think of the 284 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:16.960 drive in today. When was the last time. We've never 285 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:20.159 done this? But you did interview me in twenty ten 286 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.960 after the Haiti earthquake, right, you did not allow it 287 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:24.919 to be live. We appreciaped it. 288 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:25.799 We did. 289 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:27.759 Yeah, we sat in a little booth and you asked 290 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:28.440 me questions. 291 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.120 Well, that's because I was also doing the Sunday Show 292 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:33.720 at the time. That's probably why I played it. I 293 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:37.639 played it then. I didn't allow you to be live. 294 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:40.519 We know it could be dangerous. Where is it? 295 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:43.200 I said, it's the one that says dump okay down 296 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:43.879 at the bottom there. 297 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.919 I have one too, Jacob Scott one, you have trained to. 298 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.559 Do some tourettes or something and start swearing on air. 299 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.039 You're not gonna it's gonna be Oh Gary, Hello, Shannon 300 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.519 number one. 301 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:56.519 This is Gary and Santa Creta. Got a question for Shannon. 302 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:00.399 Do you ever listen to Gary during the day and 303 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:02.159 just turn it off and be like, I get enough 304 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:02.960 with this guy at home. 305 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:04.879 I don't need to listen to this now too. 306 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:11.159 I do listen to all the thank you I do listen. 307 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:14.960 The only time I turn it off is probably if 308 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:17.840 you guys are a little long in the tooth on football, right. 309 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:21.679 And then, speaking of which, gas Fantasy for play coming 310 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.799 up with twelve o'clock out. 311 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:28.960 Got my picks when you tell stories wrong, like if 312 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:31.399 if you're talking about something about our kids or me 313 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.360 or you and I'm like, oh my gosh, I screwed 314 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:37.799 it up. It's so maddening. But that's what you remember, 315 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:39.879 do you? Those are the key points? Yeah, those are 316 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:40.440 your takeaways. 317 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:42.399 That's the feedback I get when I get home. I 318 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:47.399 get notes if I tell the story text. Yeah, a 319 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:50.159 couple of stories that we're following Luigi Mangioni, of course, 320 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.879 was back in New York. Now he was hit with 321 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:56.240 new federal murder and stalking charges because of the execution 322 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:01.039 of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson that the federal charges 323 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.200 now mean that he could be eligible for the death 324 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:08.000 penalty federally, because even with a first degree murder in 325 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:12.159 New York there is no death penalty. So if they 326 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.600 were able to prove the first degree or remember we 327 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:17.759 talked about it this earlier this week, the first degree 328 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:21.320 murder requirements in New York are very specific that it 329 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:23.360 has to be somebody. You have to have killed a 330 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:26.399 law enforcement officer or a judge or something like that, 331 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:30.720 and there were a couple other conditions. It doesn't seem 332 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.120 like this would ness. Oh, terrorism was the other thing, 333 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:34.600 and that's how they were going to go after him, 334 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:37.399 was that this was an act of terrorism. So we'll 335 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:41.519 see the federal complaint charges murder through the use of 336 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:44.639 a firearm, a couple counts of stalking, in one count 337 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:46.879 of possession of a firearm all federal offenses. 338 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:48.840 Do they allow tweezers in federal prison. 339 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:51.320 I don't know how he got that cleaned up? Would 340 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:53.440 he looked cleaned up when they when he got off 341 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:56.279 the helicopter. Yes, I mean clearly he had shaved, but 342 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:57.159 I think there was. 343 00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:59.080 That's that's a Tweezer man issue. You got to get 344 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:01.639 you get it in there with the eyebrow there maybe 345 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.720 some scotch table do it. 346 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.960 Plug your ears for a second. 347 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:08.680 College football's twelve team playoff begins today in Indiana at 348 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:11.839 Notre Dame tonight and then tomorrow three more games SMU 349 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.200 at Penn State, Clemson at Texas, Tennessee at Ohio State, 350 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:17.160 and of course, the Chargers beat up on the Broncos 351 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.119 thirty four to twenty seven last night, so. 352 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.680 They get a little bit closer to the playoffs as 353 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.160 a result. 354 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:26.160 The only response from Shannon last night was that was fun, 355 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:29.680 capital fun, Like she enjoyed watching that game from the 356 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:31.079 sidelines because it was pretty exciting. 357 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:34.400 Same Sea's, It's not same Ze's. 358 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:38.400 So the Pentagon announced that two thousand American troops are 359 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:45.359 in Syria. Here's why that's important. That is significantly more 360 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:47.000 than they said were in Syria. 361 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:50.160 We have been briefing you regularly that there are approximately 362 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:53.920 nine hundred US troops deployed to Syria. In light of 363 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:58.359 the situation in Syria and the significant interest, we recently 364 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:03.119 learned that those numbers were higher, and so asked to 365 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:06.359 look into it. I learned today that, in fact, there 366 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:09.279 are approximately two thousand US troops in Syria. 367 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.519 Okay, you learned it. 368 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:18.000 Major General pat Ryder is the Pentagon's press secretary. He's 369 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:21.119 supposed to know those things, and he says he just learned, 370 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.440 and he said we So I don't know if he 371 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:26.200 means the communications office in the Pentagon or the Pentagon 372 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:27.319 itself just learned this. 373 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.119 Well, listen, I watched an episode of The Diplomat last night, 374 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:32.240 so I feel like I can chime in on this. 375 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:35.880 Maybe they withheld that information from him on purpose so 376 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:38.680 he could have plausible to toil deniability. Oh, I just 377 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:40.119 learned it. 378 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:42.240 It's possible. It is possible. 379 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:46.160 But this was an exchange he had with Jennifer Griffin, 380 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:48.359 one of the Pentagon reporters. 381 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:50.119 And double the number of troops that we've been told 382 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:51.079 for quite some time. 383 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.400 So are we talking about this has been going on 384 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.200 for months, for years? 385 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:57.920 Is it something that just happened this summer? I mean, 386 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:59.559 we need a timeframe I think is fair. 387 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:02.039 Yeah, I think it would probably be fair to say 388 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:05.519 at a minimum months. I'll go back and look. But 389 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:09.400 it's the Yeah, it's been going on for a while. 390 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:12.279 It was the President aware that there were two thousand 391 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.599 US troops in Syria. 392 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:15.079 I won't speak for the White House. 393 00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:18.680 He doesn't know. That seems to be clear. 394 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:21.640 Now there is something positive about this, the fact that 395 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:26.720 the time is right for us to have that many 396 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:30.720 people in Syria right now. Dan Hoffman is a former 397 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.759 CIA Chief of Station. 398 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:35.319 We have an opportunity right now to achieve some strategic 399 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:40.519 victories to deny Iran that land bridge to Lebanon so 400 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:43.319 that they can provide his Bula with military equipment that's 401 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.839