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 --> 00:00:09.839 on the iHeartRadio app. I have a confession. Okay, all right, 4 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:11.439 I haven't told you this yet. 5 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:12.119 Oh boy. 6 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.839 So this morning I went to go get a cappuccino 7 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:18.640 at the hotel coffee bar. 8 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:19.920 Oh, sure, I'll take one. 9 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:22.480 Oh I'm sorry to ask. Did I That was rude? 10 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:23.440 That was rude? All right? 11 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:27.320 Strike one? Yeah, And you know how I'm down on 12 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:29.800 like the pumpkin spice stuff Like, I have no toleration 13 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:33.719 for any sort of pumpkin spice anything. It's everywhere, it's 14 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.640 too much, it's oversaturated the market in every way. You 15 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:40.200 know you probably have pumpkin spice sox or something. 16 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:40.679 Correct. 17 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:45.359 Anyway, I get the cappuccino, I take a sip of it, 18 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:51.520 and it's a freaking pumpkin spice latte. And I loved it. 19 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:55.759 It was fantastic. It was like a taste of joy 20 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:59.280 and fall in the holidays, all wrapped up in one. 21 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:04.359 It was delicious and delightful. And I hated myself for 22 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.599 every sip that I took and felt that way. Who 23 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.200 are you? Okay, we can continue the show. 24 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.400 Now live today in Chicago United Center for the Day 25 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:16.400 two of the Democratic National Convention. 26 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:18.319 How did things go? 27 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:22.359 I think that they went really well. Another confession here, 28 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:26.079 I did not go to the speeches in the arena. 29 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:28.760 I watched them in bed because I felt like I 30 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:31.840 could like monitor social media and I could. You can 31 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.200 get the vibe watching it on TV, just like everybody else. 32 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.480 And it's a hassle to come back here after we 33 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:40.200 leave for the show, and traffic and the barricades and 34 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:43.560 the whole thing. I thought they handled it really well. 35 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:46.200 I thought Biden sounded good. I thought, for the first 36 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.840 time he had these senior moments, but it was okay. 37 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:53.040 You know, it was okay, and it's okay that he's 38 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:56.799 still the sitting president because he called himself out on it, 39 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.760 like when he would stumble, he would stop and like 40 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:01.359 roll his eyes or whatever her and that was kind 41 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:02.239 of refreshing to see. 42 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:07.319 Well, no one, I think that's the observation, is the 43 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:11.080 way I read it. Nobody was expecting anything else. We 44 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:14.360 now know, like we know what the condition is, we 45 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.000 know what the situation is. The party seems to be 46 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.199 united behind Kamala Harris, so we knew that this was 47 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.120 going to be his opportunity to come out, and almost 48 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:26.840 like almost with relief, I say, I want to pass 49 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:27.159 the tour. 50 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:29.240 I had a real hard time with their back to 51 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.520 back to back hitting you over the head with abortion. 52 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.120 That was too much. You know, the girl that came out, 53 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:36.479 and I know it's real life stuff, but the girl 54 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:38.280 who came out and said she was impregnated by her 55 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:41.560 stepfather and why should I have to carry my parents child? 56 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:43.719 I was too much. I was this is supposed to 57 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:48.000 be enthusiasm and excitement and yay women, but that was 58 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:48.599 over the top. 59 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:50.680 I thought it was supposed to be a party, and 60 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:52.919 that was the one part of the day or one 61 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.800 part of the evening events where all of that was lost. 62 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:58.919 I mean, all of that enthusiasm was gone. 63 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:01.520 I mean there were images of what you know, when 64 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.840 you could see the images of the convention floor itself 65 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:09.680 and everybody holding up those long, skinny signs that were 66 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:11.479 the we love Joe. 67 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:15.319 I mean though that those images are what this is 68 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:16.120 going to be remembered. 69 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:18.439 They even ran out of we love Joe signs. 70 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:22.120 Yeah, so I guess a little bit of what exactly 71 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:26.120 happened yesterday This was probably the quote of the night 72 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:28.360 from the from President Biden. 73 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:33.439 Folks, I've got five months left in my presidency. I've 74 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:42.759 got a lot to do. I intend to get it done. 75 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:47.680 You see, spend the honor of my lifetime to serve 76 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:51.879 as your president. I love the job, but I love 77 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:52.879 my country more. 78 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:55.039 That was the line right there. 79 00:03:55.240 --> 00:04:01.319 Yeah, And he came across very genuine after his introduced him. 80 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.159 There wasn't a dry eye in the in the box 81 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:08.599 and Kamala's box there. I mean, she looked visibly moved 82 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:13.039 by that, by that speech. And you know, I knock 83 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:18.360 politicians for being phony and being fake and not being human. 84 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:20.920 And I felt like the Democrats had a really human 85 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:23.160 night last night, aside from hitting us over the head 86 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:27.680 with abortions, and aside from Hillary Clinton, I mean, Jesus, 87 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:32.000 Mary and Joseph. She hasn't gotten better. The condescending schoolmarm 88 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:34.879 thing has not gone away. And she looked great. And 89 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.160 when I was watching her on close caption, I was like, okay, 90 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:39.120 all right, and then I and then I turned the 91 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:41.079 volume on and I was like, oh, hell no. 92 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:46.160 I want my grandchildren and their grandchildren. 93 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:47.839 To know I was here. 94 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:53.199 At this moment that we were here and that we. 95 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:55.680 Were with Kamala Harris every step of the way. 96 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.680 This is our time, America. 97 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.000 This is when we stand up. 98 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:05.759 This is when we break through the futuris hair and. 99 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:12.680 Jenna, Oh boy, that is so reminiscent of twenty sixteen. 100 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.600 It's the tone that so many people had such a 101 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:16.199 hard time with. 102 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:19.680 We went to the California delegation breakfast this morning to 103 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:22.879 talk to some delegates, and the women that I spoke with, 104 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.360 I mean, Gloria already was one of them, but there 105 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:28.160 was this They kept winking at me, like I'm interviewing them, 106 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.360 and I'm just like, you know, how you doing what 107 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:32.720 you feel? And they're like, it's about women, wink wink, 108 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:34.439 and I'm like, whoa, what's going on here? I felt 109 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:37.279 like I was indoctrinated in some sort of woman's cult. 110 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:38.720 Men, you don't like women? 111 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.399 No, I love women. Oh that didn't come out right either. Well, 112 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:45.040 let me tell you about Karen Bassett's dress. 113 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:45.360 All right? 114 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:49.120 Yes, women are just objects to wear dresses? Is that 115 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.519 what we're saying? All right? So this is going to 116 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:53.319 be at least some of. 117 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:56.560 Our topic today, because we are again live in Chicago. 118 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.800 This is the biggest story of the week, So this 119 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:01.480 is why we're here. We will come or other stories also, 120 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:03.680 but when we come back, we're going to get together 121 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:08.040 with News Nations correspondent Kelly Meyer about what happened last night, 122 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.920 about what we can expect coming forward in day two, 123 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:14.480 some more familiar names, of course, some interviews. We'll just 124 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:17.000 be popping around the old Michael Jordan statute today. 125 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.800 You know, I just realized why I changed to pencils 126 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:22.680 using pencils on this show, because remember when I used 127 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:24.279 to have this pen and I just did this. 128 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:26.279 The whole time, four hours, the entire time. 129 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:28.279 Yeah, the whole It's like a tick. 130 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.920 American intelligence agencies say that it was Iran that was 131 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:37.120 responsible for hacking into former President Trump's campaign and trying 132 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:42.240 to breach the Democrats campaign. This was not unexpected, but 133 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:45.720 it does kind of add some details from American intelligence agencies, 134 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:50.040 including the fact that it was Roger Stone's Gmail and 135 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:50.839 hot Mail. 136 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:52.040 Accounts that were compromised. 137 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:56.360 Supposedly allowed the hackers from Iran to impersonate Roger Stone 138 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:58.000 and to get access to the emails of a bunch 139 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:58.759 of campaign aides. 140 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:02.560 Kelly Meyer is a right follow at Kelly Meyer News 141 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:07.399 Kelly with an Ie on X. She has been covering 142 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:10.360 the White House, the campaign, the Pentagon. She's a Washington 143 00:07:10.399 --> 00:07:13.759 correspondent for News Nation. Joins us. Now, Kelly, pretty big 144 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:14.800 night for the Democrats. 145 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:17.480 Yeah, huge night. 146 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.959 You know you're going to see former President Obama coming 147 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.000 out here and also former First Lady Michelle Obama out 148 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.639 here tonight. And we've been reporting for a NewsNation this morning, 149 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:29.240 just kind of talking about this bookends this full circle 150 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:32.319 moment from twenty years ago, when you know Obama was 151 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:34.279 really first coming onto the scene in two thousand and four. 152 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:38.680 Harris was at fundraising events for him for his Senate 153 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.480 campaign in two thousand and four. Now he's out here 154 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.079 to support her bid for the presidency. He was the 155 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:46.319 first black president. Now he wants to see the first 156 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.160 female black president. So it really is a full circle 157 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:52.079 moment for Harris. She's been there supporting Obama all along, 158 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.319 and actually along the way the two group closer, she 159 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.399 sought his advice as she's been going through her political career, 160 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.680 and then also to have the First Lady Michelle Obama here. 161 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:03.519 We learned that on Sunday that she was going to 162 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:05.879 be giving her speech. You know, she had her famous 163 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.639 moment in twenty sixteen with the saying when they go low, 164 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:12.040 we go Hi supporting Hillary Clinton for the presidency. Then 165 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:15.720 as Hillary Clinton became the first female Democratic presidential nominee. 166 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:20.160 Now she's supporting Harris to become the first black female 167 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:21.759 Democratic presidential nominee. 168 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:23.399 This week, Well, you're there. 169 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:25.639 On the East coast, and last night was a very 170 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:28.360 late night, not just for President Biden but for. 171 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:30.879 People on the East Coast who were watching this. What happened? 172 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.159 Why did this show go so long last night? 173 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:34.639 Yeah? 174 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:37.039 You know, they kept saying they put out a statement 175 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:40.679 immediately because I think they knew that there were questions swirling. 176 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.440 I mean, obviously they knew what time it was, and 177 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:46.960 it pushed President or President Biden out of prime time 178 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:49.120 as he wanted to speak in that primetime slot. So 179 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:50.960 there were a lot of questions on you know, did 180 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:54.399 the Democratic the DNC kind of push him out of 181 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.960 the spotlight, you know, as they kind of were, you know, 182 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:58.639 pushing in Harris for this. There was a lot of 183 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:01.200 controversy in questions throughout this. They were saying that it 184 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:03.720 just was because of the start. They did start late, 185 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:06.639 and then also because of the applause and the pauses 186 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.919 for the standing ovations and things like that, that they 187 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.159 had to cut back programming. They cut back on a 188 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:13.799 video for Biden on this legacy, and they also cut 189 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:16.720 back on James Taylor, who we saw performing and practicing 190 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.720 on stage earlier in the day and he never ended 191 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:21.240 up on stage, so I don't know if they're going 192 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:22.840 to bring him back tonight. But they had a press 193 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:25.639 conference this morning, which press conference was also a little late, 194 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:27.639 and talking about how they're going to try to keep 195 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:30.480 things on track tonight, maybe start a little earlier. They 196 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:34.159 didn't start until like five forty five pm Central Time, 197 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.559 so that was nearly seven o'clock on the East coast, 198 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:38.679 So it was just a late start in general. But 199 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:40.679 they're going to try to keep it on track going 200 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:41.399 into Tuesday. 201 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:44.919 So today we will hear from Michelle and Barack Obama. 202 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:45.440 Is that right? 203 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:50.039 Yes, those are the two big speakers here for tonight, 204 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:53.399 and they are expected to talk about Harris being the 205 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:56.320 right person for this moment. We talked a lot in 206 00:09:57.080 --> 00:10:00.320 twenty twenty about Biden being the one for that moment, 207 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:03.159 the one to take on Trump. Now the messages behind 208 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.240 Harris being the one to take on Trump, being the 209 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:08.600 person a female candidate to talk about. You know, abortion 210 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:11.080 rights is a big part of her platform, voting rights 211 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.279 a big part of her platform. They have those themes 212 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:15.399 throughout this week, but that's what they are expected to 213 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.120 talk about and their relationship with her over the years, 214 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:21.279 So both kind of talking about her personally and professionally. 215 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:25.039 Where did all the conversation go about Kamala Harris as 216 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:29.120 an administrator in an office? There were discussions early in 217 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:34.399 the term in the administration is when she became vice 218 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:37.559 president that there were problems and there were people who 219 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:40.600 were less than excited about having her as their boss. 220 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.000 I mean, there was a lot of turnover in her office. 221 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:45.360 All of that discussion seems to have gone away. 222 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:45.919 Where did it go? 223 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:49.480 Yeah, yeah, no, it's a good question. I think there's 224 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:54.480 a lot of you know, history there. You know, she's 225 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.639 been in the political world for decades now, from California 226 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:00.879 to Washington, d C. As a side that are then 227 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.919 to vice president and of course this week is going 228 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:05.840 to be talking a lot about at the DNC. It's 229 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.080 going to be a lot of joyfulness as the circuits 230 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:11.240 are referring to a lot of enthusiasm. I already talking 231 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:13.360 about the wave of enthusiasm they're seeing behind her. I 232 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:15.159 keep hearing people talking about the two thousand and eight 233 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.559 feeling that they're getting with Hars comparing her to Obama. 234 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:21.840 But you're right, and the kind of more the questions 235 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:25.440 around her as a person professionally, as how she treated 236 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.720 her staff, those are all still questions and still stories 237 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.799 that are out there. So I think just up to 238 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:33.799 the voters to kind of both also, you know, see 239 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.039 what's happening this week and what is being presented, but 240 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.879 also you know, kind of study up on both her 241 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:41.919 as a person or history is also her policy, and 242 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:43.559 that's something that we're trying to watch for and see 243 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:44.879 just how much of a sense we're going to get 244 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:48.759 for her actual the meat of the of the headlines, 245 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:50.759 the meat of these themes. How are they actually going 246 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:52.679 to accomplish that, And that's something we still have yet 247 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:55.200 to see and hope to see coming out of the DNC. 248 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:58.840 You know, you mentioned the point about her staff, and 249 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:01.440 there were so many stories the months ago that it 250 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:03.879 was a sinking ship, that there was an exodus, that 251 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:06.960 she was difficult to work with and it's it's funny 252 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:12.039 because you never hear that about a male politician, and 253 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:13.919 there's got to be a bunch of a holes around. 254 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:16.200 But that's kind of a narrative that you only hear 255 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:17.159 when it's a woman. 256 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:21.519 Yeah, I mean, and it seems like there's a you know, 257 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:23.919 a double standard, and it's a lot harder for a female, 258 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:27.840 it seems, in this political world because if they, you know, 259 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.519 get labeled as tough, or they come out as tough 260 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:34.480 and strong against adversaries or others, they may be labeled 261 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:38.120 some sort of way and different than a male. So 262 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:40.000 I think there is that, and I think we heard 263 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:42.039 a bit about that when we heard from former Secretary 264 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:43.879 of State Hillary Clinton. She faced a lot of that 265 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:46.799 when she was running as well. But they are hoping 266 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:49.399 that Harris could kind of break through that barrier and 267 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:54.840 both be strong but also be vulnerable and likable. It 268 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:57.679 just seems like it's a tougher for some reason, a 269 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:01.639 more challenging balance for females that they've had to deal 270 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:04.080 with in this political world. I don't know if I'll 271 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:05.399 get too much into it. I guess I could get 272 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:08.639 talk about it personally so as a female, but I 273 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:10.039 think that's what they're looking at here. 274 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.960 Awesome. Well, Kelly, thank you for your time. Appreciate it. 275 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:16.799 All right, thank you, guys. I appreciate it. 276 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:19.159 You bet Kelly Meyer there with News Nation for their 277 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.480 Washington d C Bureau. 278 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:22.919 Maybe we just lean into it, Maybe we lean into 279 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:24.919 women today, you know, embrace it. 280 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:28.799 You're gonna have to repeat that because I heard gibberish. 281 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.639 Gary and Shannon coming up. Morgan Wood will join us 282 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:34.480 coming up next from the Black Information Network. 283 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.120 Yeah, I have a message for you. Oh you do? Yes? 284 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.080 Where thinking of making us happy? Feeling happy? Feeling yeah. 285 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:46.919 Shah so yeah, maybe I know. 286 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:51.200 Fuck in the morning. Love the show all the time. 287 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:55.360 You guys are the best. Remember you guys, gotta get 288 00:13:55.360 --> 00:14:01.399 a tannel. Gary in ten and twenty four to seven. Yeah, baby, 289 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:01.879 let's go. 290 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:06.840 I love him broadcasting live from Chicago and the DNC. 291 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:10.919 A lot of happy people here this morning. I was 292 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:13.919 sitting in the hotel lobby when I was waiting for 293 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.039 you guys to come down, and everyone who came off 294 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.960 the elevator just had these big smiles on their faces 295 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:22.480 because the night one landed correctly. 296 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:26.200 One of the delegates that you spoke to, this morning 297 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.639 at that California breakfast. 298 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.240 Referred to everybody as joyful warriors. 299 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:36.240 Yes, that was the term White House correspondent. Now Morgan 300 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:39.320 Wood joins us. She also is a correspondent for the 301 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:42.559 Black Information Network for iHeartRadio. Thank you for making time 302 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:42.919 for us. 303 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:45.840 Absolutely part of the iHeart family. Why not? 304 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.559 Yes? 305 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:49.919 So what was your takeaway from last night? What did 306 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:50.320 you think? 307 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:53.320 I think that the energy was definitely up. It was 308 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:56.679 nice to hear about policy for once, as opposed to 309 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:57.720 you know, a bunch of. 310 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:02.120 You know this or that and joyful warriors. 311 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:05.279 Joyful warriors and as important as they are, policy is 312 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:06.159 what's going to drive this. 313 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:08.080 Yeah, it was just slinging mud. 314 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.679 Absolutely, Yeah, there was. Yeah, there was a lot to 315 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:14.799 the conversation. One that stuck out to me personally was 316 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:19.120 Jasmine crocket that personal story that she told about VP 317 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:21.720 Harris wiping her tears. I could see how she actually 318 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:25.480 got emotional in that moment and understanding that that actually 319 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:28.799 helped Jasmine Crockett move forward in the work that she's 320 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:31.039 doing and everybody knows that she's viral right now. 321 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:34.080 Rising Star definitely, absolutely. 322 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:36.840 So it's nice to see those type of things. The 323 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:41.480 standing ovation that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got 324 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.679 That was absolutely amazing. I mean, she was standing there 325 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.600 for a good two or three minutes, tears and it's 326 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:48.679 almost like, well, where was that support for her twenty 327 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:50.519 sixteen s and. 328 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:53.039 Bernie Sanders was in a closet somewhere last night. 329 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:56.279 Yeah, No, but it was really good to see all 330 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:57.159 of that, for sure. 331 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:01.159 The feeling, i mean, you talk about this, this feeling 332 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:03.320 of positivity is very different than what we saw in 333 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:06.879 Milwaukee in the opening of that convention, obviously, because you're 334 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:10.720 talking about two days after an assassination attempt on President 335 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:14.200 Trump's former President Trump's life. Yeah, and there was positivity, 336 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:19.360 but it was almost trepidacious. It was almost a very 337 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:22.720 cautious optimism because they were so close to losing the candidate, 338 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:25.039 We were close to losing a former president. 339 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.519 This was a very different temperature. 340 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:30.320 It felt like, i mean, the joyful word is being 341 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:31.279 thrown around a lot. 342 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.000 But that was a very different feeling in there last night. 343 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:36.440 Absolutely, And just a touch back on the rn C. 344 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.399 You know, it's kind of crazy because it was a 345 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:42.159 little bit concerning to hear Trump that way. You know, 346 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:47.320 he's always been out there very outspoken, and so to 347 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:51.120 have him speak at RNC very timidly what I would 348 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.480 assume is timidly or very different, just very calm. And 349 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:57.519 his voice wasn't as loud as you know, you're normally 350 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:59.080 used to hearing, so it. 351 00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.600 Was it was different. 352 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:01.320 And then one thing that stuck out to me that 353 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.120 he said it was that he felt like he wasn't 354 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.240 supposed to be there. That was his first time speaking 355 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:08.079 since the assassination attempt, and the fact that he said 356 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:10.279 he wasn't supposed to be there, I'm also wondering, you know, 357 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:12.319 does he really is he really in it the way 358 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:17.039 that he was prior to because who wouldn't be traumatized 359 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:19.519 by some type of by that type of situation, an 360 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.519 assassination attempt. 361 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.000 Your first assignment at the White House was for the 362 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:27.079 Juneteenth Proclamation. Yes, explain how powerful that was? 363 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:31.160 Well, for one to be a d MV resident, born 364 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:34.599 and raised in the area and to actually go to 365 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.119 the White House, that's that was a full circle for me. 366 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:40.079 And then for it to be for Juneteenth, I mean, 367 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:42.920 that was absolutely amazing. That's something that the black community 368 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.400 has obviously been fighting for for a long time, and 369 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:48.200 for Biden to put the proclamation up, and then the 370 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:51.799 very following year there was the Juneteenth Concert, and then 371 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:54.759 that has been going on. There was one this year also, 372 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:57.559 and so it was it's nice to see the growth 373 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:59.599 of it, and it's nice to see that it's now 374 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:03.440 a federal holiday and there's celebrations of all kinds that 375 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:06.680 are happening across the country just because you know, Biden 376 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:08.319 put it out there on the forefront that hey, this 377 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.799 is something that is very important. 378 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:13.720 As a White House correspondent, it's hard to ignore the 379 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.440 campaign aspect of what goes on as part of your job, obviously, 380 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:20.319 because you have to cover it. How do you how 381 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:22.559 do you maintain that balance. You've got to understand that 382 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:24.359 as exciting and joyful as it. 383 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:27.720 May be for people, you have to remain neutral. You 384 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:31.079 have to remain you know, keep that reporter mode on. Yeah. 385 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:33.359 So it's all about the people and the message, getting 386 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:35.279 the message to the people. So I try to gather 387 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:37.680 as much like you guys know, it's about gathering as 388 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:40.680 much information as you can and getting it out to 389 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.440 the people so that. 390 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:42.200 They are informed. 391 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:44.599 It's not about me and you know my opinion, who 392 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:47.279 cares about that? But the bottom line is making sure 393 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:49.680 that the people are informed about what's going on in 394 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:53.359 their states, their you know, their localities, and of course 395 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:53.720 the nation. 396 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.480 Barack and Michelle Obama today will be speaking. I mean 397 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:00.400 everyone is in such a good mood already. Everyone still 398 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.759 like drunk off enthusiasms from last night. If you're a 399 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:07.559 Democrat and you're here, this is your super Bowl, it 400 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.440 seems like people are just gonna explode. Whether you get 401 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:14.200