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<v Speaker 1>You're listen Saints KFI AM six forty the Bill Handles

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<v Speaker 1>show on demand on the iHeartRadio f KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Handle here on a Friday morning, January thirty one.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of the big stories we are looking at. The

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<v Speaker 1>confirmation hearings continue on and they are I would use

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<v Speaker 1>the word hilarious. And the aftermath of the collision. Now

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<v Speaker 1>the investigation truly begins. So right after midnight, a few

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<v Speaker 1>hours after the collision, President Trump felt it was the

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<v Speaker 1>right time to go on truth Social and his post

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<v Speaker 1>it is a clear night, the lights on the plane

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<v Speaker 1>were blazing. Why didn't the helicopter go up or down

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<v Speaker 1>or turn?

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<v Speaker 2>Good questions?

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<v Speaker 1>Why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter what to

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<v Speaker 1>do instead of asking if they saw the plane? Also

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<v Speaker 1>a question that's going to be asked. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented.

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<v Speaker 1>We're hearing that across the board from aviation experts.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he finishes with.

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<v Speaker 1>In cap letters and three exclamation points, not good, totally appropriate,

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<v Speaker 1>and then then noon happens. Okay, and he says at

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<v Speaker 1>a press conference, we do not know what led to

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<v Speaker 1>this crash.

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<v Speaker 2>But we have some very strong opinions and ideas.

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<v Speaker 1>And then, as usual, he has his press conferences, which

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<v Speaker 1>tend to go off script and rambles a bit, and

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<v Speaker 1>his opinion is that the cause was a diversity push

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<v Speaker 1>in the FAA's hiring process, the diversity push DEI diversity

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<v Speaker 1>equity inclusion, which is a mantra, less so in certainly

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<v Speaker 1>less so in business these days and in schools, but

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<v Speaker 1>still there in the federal government. Effectively, what he's doing

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<v Speaker 1>is he's blaming the DEI programs in the FAA as

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<v Speaker 1>the cause of what happened. And he intimated that he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't say it outright, but a reporter said, are you saying,

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<v Speaker 1>are you do you have any evidence?

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<v Speaker 2>No, but I have some strong ideas. This is what

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<v Speaker 2>I've heard.

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<v Speaker 1>And then in a live broadcast from the Oval office,

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<v Speaker 1>he signs the executive.

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<v Speaker 2>Order and, in the words of an off camera VP. JD.

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<v Speaker 2>Vance totally pin the responsibility for the crash.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Vance on the Biden administration's DEI and woke policy.

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<v Speaker 2>That is who to blame.

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<v Speaker 1>And Vance is saying to him, and this is off camera,

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<v Speaker 1>as you said in your inaugural it is color blind,

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<v Speaker 1>merit based. Pete Hegsith, who was also at the press conference,

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<v Speaker 1>said the era of DEI is gone at the Defense Apartment.

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<v Speaker 1>We need the best and the brightest, whether it's in

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<v Speaker 1>our air traffic control, or whether it's in our generals,

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<v Speaker 1>or whether it's throughout the government.

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<v Speaker 2>We need qualified people in government.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, President Trump, Let's talk about who he nominated

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<v Speaker 1>and confirmed. Pete Hebsith, right, professional qualifications include mismanaging two

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<v Speaker 1>small lobbying organizations. His entire career in the military was

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<v Speaker 1>as I think he got as high as lieutenant. And

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<v Speaker 1>then his history of drinking. He admitted that mistreatment of women,

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<v Speaker 1>he denied that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there you go. And who else, let's go through

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<v Speaker 2>the list.

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<v Speaker 1>Patel, there's some issues there. Telsea Gabbert with her defense

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<v Speaker 1>of letting out the secrets of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. Remember, and here's one of my favorite ones.

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<v Speaker 1>Linda McMahon, who happens to be the wife of Vince

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<v Speaker 1>McMahon of wrestling fame. She has been nominated as Education Secretary,

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<v Speaker 1>not to run the Department of Education, but to dismantle

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<v Speaker 1>the Department of Education.

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<v Speaker 2>And how much how much experience does she have? Well?

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<v Speaker 2>Not much? Yeah, and the and the cabinet posts.

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<v Speaker 1>If you talk about a meritocracy, it's it's completely crazy. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not a meritocracy. This is not what this president wants.

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<v Speaker 1>He wants fealty. He wants loyalty.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that simple. By proof.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, the FBI, he has just cleaned out some

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<v Speaker 1>senior FBI officials and investigators who investigated him. Gone, DJ gone,

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<v Speaker 1>but a dozen of those attorneys, even though it was

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<v Speaker 1>their job. You go against me, you are gone now.

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<v Speaker 1>To be fair, the civil service, which the FAA has,

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<v Speaker 1>has some issues, they really do. And I have no

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<v Speaker 1>problem with the government looking at the issues of civil service,

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<v Speaker 1>which was created to keep corruption out because it was

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<v Speaker 1>all patronage prior to the civil service in government.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'll tell you what's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>People engaged in directing air traffic coming up, testing for

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<v Speaker 1>food safety, safety, preventing terrorism, vital public functions. It's going

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<v Speaker 1>to change traumatically. It is not going to be a meritocracy.

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<v Speaker 1>I guarantee it. It is not, especially if you look

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on right now. It's going to be loyalty.

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<v Speaker 2>And Trump has.

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<v Speaker 1>Made that crystal clear. I want loyalty. That's what I want.

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<v Speaker 1>Chrispher Ray, who was the FBI head of the FBI,

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<v Speaker 1>straight out Trump said, I need loyalty from you. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what I want now. To be fair, the presidents do

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<v Speaker 1>put in people who tend to be pro president, although

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<v Speaker 1>some have not, some have kept many have kept cabinet

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<v Speaker 1>positions through another administration, a Democrat of a Republican, or

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<v Speaker 1>a Republican keeping Democrats.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is on a whole new level.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, let's go to Washington for a moment and talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the airspace above Reagan National Airport. Okay, two days ago, Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred planes had already taken off and landed at

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<v Speaker 1>Reagan the airport when the collision happened. American Airlines Flight

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<v Speaker 1>five three four to two is a Canadian jet and

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<v Speaker 1>it's a regional jet smaller than seven thirty seven. And

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<v Speaker 1>then the military hospital, the military helicopter, Army helicopter, because

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<v Speaker 1>the Army is one of the flies helicopters. Okay, so

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<v Speaker 1>the catastrophe is now drawing attention to safety warnings that

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<v Speaker 1>have been going on for.

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<v Speaker 2>Years about the busy airspace.

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<v Speaker 1>The increasingly busy airspace above the nation's cast capital, Reagan

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<v Speaker 1>Airport is on seven hundred and thirty three acres right

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<v Speaker 2>That's a small footprint for an airport that is this busy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's across from downtown Washington, it's across from the military's

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<v Speaker 1>joint base, the Ana Costilla Bowling Space, and space is

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<v Speaker 1>so tight that the regulators actually dole out takeoff and

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<v Speaker 1>landing rights, I mean really tight. Now every airport does that,

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<v Speaker 1>but not like this. And why do they keep on

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<v Speaker 1>adding flights? Well, because you have congress people and senator

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<v Speaker 1>senators who go back home, and it's a lot easier

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<v Speaker 1>to go to Reagan, which is right next to downtown,

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<v Speaker 1>than go over to Dulles, which is a lot farther.

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<v Speaker 1>I have that right, that is Dulles, right, I believe

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<v Speaker 1>that is or am I conflating the airports?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>And so that's convenient. And so last year, for example,

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<v Speaker 1>six flights were added or attempted to be added.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it's just so convenient.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, legislators go home on the weekends, they go

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, you have all these airplanes flying

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<v Speaker 1>above since you have that military base right next to it.

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<v Speaker 2>You got helicopters that go across the.

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<v Speaker 1>Potomac every day, and a lot of them are military

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<v Speaker 1>flights from the Pentagon and government agencies, and all of

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<v Speaker 1>them are flying together, and they have different air corridors

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<v Speaker 1>and different heights altitudes that they fly at, and usually, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not easy. If there is a screw up, well,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what happens. We don't know if this has

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<v Speaker 1>grew up with air traffic controllers yet they're investigating it

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<v Speaker 1>right now and pilots.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've been complaining for decades about this.

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<v Speaker 1>So we heard this yesterday from our KFI aviation expert

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<v Speaker 1>who we talked to, and he agreed and he parroted

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<v Speaker 1>what Army Secretary nominee Daniel Driscoll said. This is an

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<v Speaker 1>accident that seems to be preventable. That's the word we're

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<v Speaker 1>looking at, preventable.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>The pilots on the helicopter were all very well experienced

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<v Speaker 1>trained pilots, so we're not talking about new pilots.

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<v Speaker 2>This was not a new pilot training.

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<v Speaker 1>These were training exercises by seasoned pilots.

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<v Speaker 2>There is an issue.

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<v Speaker 1>We do have the air traffic controller and this as

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<v Speaker 1>usual asking the helicopter do you see that jet specifically?

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<v Speaker 1>And you hear the pilot in the airplane go yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I see it. Now there's an issue as to whether

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<v Speaker 1>he really saw that plane or not, because there was

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<v Speaker 1>another plane right near it. The collision happened instantaneously, the fireball.

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<v Speaker 2>No one survived it.

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<v Speaker 1>And yesterday I mentioned that if there is a silver lining,

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<v Speaker 1>a tiny little silver lining of sixty four people dying

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<v Speaker 1>or sixty seven people dying, it's that no one knew

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<v Speaker 1>what happened. It was instantaneous and so no one suffered.

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<v Speaker 1>No one anticipated the plane going down. I mean, can

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<v Speaker 1>you imagine you're on an airplane and it's going down,

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<v Speaker 1>and you've got a minute or two before it hits

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<v Speaker 1>the ground. What goes through your mind? I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>can't even imagine that. Just enough to say I love

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<v Speaker 1>you to someone near you, or try to call and

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<v Speaker 1>tell us spouse, the child, I love you.

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<v Speaker 2>None of that happened. So we're going to find out

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<v Speaker 2>what did happen.

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<v Speaker 1>And you will see there are also allegations, but these

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<v Speaker 1>are facts that one air traffic controller was doing the

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<v Speaker 2>Was that unusual? Maybe not?

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<v Speaker 1>It was relatively calm. We're gonna hear a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>over the next few days as to what happened. That's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a big story. Okay, tonight or tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>The President may or may not put a twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>percent tariff on Canada and Mexico, and he threatened tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>having to do with illegal immigration and the smuggling of

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<v Speaker 1>chemicals used for fentanyl. But what he said was it

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<v Speaker 1>really has to do with oil coming from Canada and Mexico.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area

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<v Speaker 3>which we call the twilight zone.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, that pretty well says it, doesn't it. So the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five percent tariff may kick in tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>He hasn't sided yet.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he's going to decide tonight, but he's still considering.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>We may we may not, and tonight is going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>So this one now is based on the price of

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<v Speaker 1>oil charged by Canada New Mexico, where we get.

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<v Speaker 2>Oil, we also sell oil.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's besides the point, and it's I guess not

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<v Speaker 1>illegal immigration. Even though that was a major point. Illegal immigration,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, coming from the southern border, the smuggling of

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<v Speaker 1>chemicals used for Sentinel coming from.

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<v Speaker 2>The southern border. Canada. Who the hell knows.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's lumber that's coming in and we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>grow our own trees. Canadian lumber is a huge, huge

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<v Speaker 1>one that we buy. Now, a quick word about twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent tariffs on the oil that's coming in. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to just talk about reducing energy costs. Forget

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<v Speaker 1>about reducing wood prices for a moment, all right, Who

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<v Speaker 1>pays the tariffs?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>The president has said that it's the country that sells

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<v Speaker 2>That's not true. We pay the tariffs.

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<v Speaker 1>The manufacturers, the factories here pay the extra amount of

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<v Speaker 1>money the tariffs, and then we end up paying the tariffs.

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<v Speaker 2>And what did he.

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<v Speaker 1>Say in a twenty twenty four town hall in Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 1>And he kept on saying this one year from January twentieth,

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I mean it worked.

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<v Speaker 1>Eighty percent of the voters identified gas prices as a

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<v Speaker 1>concern during the election. He won six in ten of

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<v Speaker 1>voters who said they worried about prices at the pump.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a sixty percent rate.

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<v Speaker 1>And what we did is four point six million barrels

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred and sixty three barrels from Mexico. US daily production,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, during that month was thirteen and a

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<v Speaker 1>he said straight out, this is a lose lose.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we're going to lose, and you're going to lose.

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<v Speaker 2>This is going to make life a lot more expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>Adding to the cost of energy does not make energy

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<v Speaker 1>less expensive. I don't know how that works. I went

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<v Speaker 1>shopping for eggs yesterday or the day before, and I

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<v Speaker 2>I mean stunned. However, according to the administration, the.

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<v Speaker 1>Higher the price of eggs that I pay, the lower

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<v Speaker 1>the cost to me. Do we play that twilight zone

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<v Speaker 1>again just for the purposes of this show, Yeah, let's

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<v Speaker 1>play it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me rephrase, okay, or say it again.

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<v Speaker 1>The higher the price of eggs, the lower are cost.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area

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<v Speaker 3>which we call the twilight zone.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>So gas prices average three dollars twelve cents a gallon

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<v Speaker 1>across the US, not the same as last year, and

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<v Speaker 1>according to Trump, it's going to go down to a

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<v Speaker 1>dollar sixty a gallon. Here in California, we're already at

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<v Speaker 2>And there are other issues.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you've got the world pretty upset about all

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<v Speaker 1>of this and what's going on where you have these

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<v Speaker 1>arbitrary tariffs being thrown out at countries. He made the

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<v Speaker 1>same threat in November against the Bricks Group of Nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China,

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<v Speaker 1>South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates. Putin suggested,

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<v Speaker 1>because he's under some very serious sanctions, let's forget about

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<v Speaker 1>the dollar as the international currency. Let's come up with

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<v Speaker 1>for international trade. Right now, everybody that sells oil, it's

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<v Speaker 1>through something called the Swift system, and it's all dollars, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody you buy in dollars, and doesn't matter what country

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll see what happens with that.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that going to happen? I don't think so, but

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<v Speaker 2>just insane?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, what else is going on in the world of Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the nominees that are in front of the Senate Committee

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<v Speaker 1>right now on Capitol Hill and the read.

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<v Speaker 2>That are kind of fun Robert F.

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<v Speaker 1>Kennedy, Junior Tulci Gabbard for National Intelligence, Head of National Intelligence,

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<v Speaker 1>Cash Betel for the FBI, and there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>So what is going on?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, they're in front of both Democrats and Republicans in

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<v Speaker 1>the Senate, and we're talking about the Senate committee that moves.

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<v Speaker 2>The nomination forward to the vote in the House or

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<v Speaker 1>Senate floor, and it is controlled both the Senate and

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<v Speaker 1>the committees are controlled by the Republicans, which means I'm

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<v Speaker 1>guessing I'd be surprised if all three.

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<v Speaker 2>Weren't confirmed, no matter what the problem is.

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<v Speaker 1>So we start with Kennedy, the master of the anti

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<v Speaker 1>vaxx world, and one of the people that are really

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<v Speaker 1>upset about this is the chair of the Committee Health Education,

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<v Speaker 1>Labor Pensions Committee, Senator Bill Cassidy, who is a lawyer,

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<v Speaker 2>He is not happy with.

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<v Speaker 1>Kennedy's position at all, and he said, I've been struggling

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<v Speaker 1>with your nomination.

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<v Speaker 2>So what is the situation? Well, how about the autism issue? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>He has said many times that vaccination cost cause autism.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, he didn't back down from that either.

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<v Speaker 1>He wouldn't say no, and was asked outright, does it

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<v Speaker 2>Does it cause autism?

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<v Speaker 1>He wouldn't say. Total deflection at all points. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty crazy stuff. That's Kennedy. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>could go on for two segments on that one. How

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<v Speaker 1>about cash Ptel with the FBI. Now, for years he's

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<v Speaker 1>been a maga flamethrower social media right wing shows. He

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<v Speaker 1>called the service Howard's in uniform and violated the chain

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<v Speaker 1>of command. In discussing the response to the January sixth insurrection,

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<v Speaker 1>he now says, wait a minute, I really didn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>that this had to do with senior officials failing to

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<v Speaker 2>That's really what I meant. And he has called for.

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<v Speaker 1>Going after people quote in the media criminally or civilly.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, no, no, it was only a partial quotation,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to take retribution against those people at all.

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<v Speaker 1>And he said he will specifically go after people that

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<v Speaker 1>were against Trump specifically, Well, not really, Senator Sheldon White House, Democrat,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a quote. There is an unfathomable difference between

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<v Speaker 1>a seeming facade being constructed around this nomination today and

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<v Speaker 1>what he's actually done and said in real lif life.

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<v Speaker 1>Conduct shows character. Although Patel did break with the President

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<v Speaker 1>on pardoning those individuals who harmed the police officers, one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and forty seven cops were wounded, some grievously. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you have Tulca Gabbert, former Democrat now Republican.

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<v Speaker 2>How is she going to oversee US intelligence? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans kept nailing her on her praise of Edward Snowden,

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<v Speaker 1>who leaked this trove of classified and top secret information

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<v Speaker 1>and he fled to Russia before getting arrested. She described

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<v Speaker 1>him as a brave whistleblower. These were secrets, and she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't disown any of this. She wouldn't call him a trader.

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<v Speaker 1>She only said he broke the law and the import

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<v Speaker 1>and the information that he revealed was important, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>really crazy stuff. And this is the one I really

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<v Speaker 1>love even as he broke the law, he released information

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<v Speaker 1>that exposed egregious, illegal, unconstitutional programs that are happening within

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<v Speaker 1>our government that led to serious reforms. This whistleblower, who

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<v Speaker 1>It was a good thing what he did because it

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<v Speaker 1>led to reforms, and she wouldn't call him a trader.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me tell you, you got Republicans that are really pissed

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<v Speaker 1>off at this one. And probably her nomination is I

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<v Speaker 1>think in the most danger because you know, Republicans don't

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<v Speaker 1>like classified secrets being released by anybody. They are not whistleblowers.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, she wouldn't come.

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<v Speaker 2>Back on that. Okay, we'll see what happens.

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