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 --> 00:00:07.559 on the iHeartRadio app Listen. 4 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:11.439 It's also amazing to me that even after the trade deadline, 5 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:14.199 some big moves actually take place, and in this case, 6 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:20.679 this was the huge, huge, arguably the largest prisoner swap 7 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:25.480 since the Cold War, where Moscow has decided that they're 8 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:29.679 going to release wrongly convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershikovich. 9 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:30.559 How are we saying it? 10 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:34.200 We didn't discuss this one, Kershkevich as part of this 11 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:37.000 large and very very complex prisoner swap. 12 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:40.640 Yeah, we get back a reporter, a marine veteran, and 13 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:44.280 a radio journalist, and they get back a convicted murderer 14 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.640 who is heavily involved in Russian intelligence. 15 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:50.960 Twenty four prisoners are involved, the big names of course 16 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:53.520 that we've talked about. Twenty four prisoners in total, at 17 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:57.399 least six countries, and this is all after months and 18 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:00.920 months of negotiations. The biggest guy that RuSHA gets back 19 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:05.640 was being held in Germany. His name is Vadim Krazikov. 20 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:10.040 He was this Russian hit man who is serving a 21 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.760 life sentence for the murder of a rebel leader in 22 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:16.359 I mean in a literally in a park in Berlin, 23 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:17.519 in front of children. 24 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:20.359 He killed this guy. This was Russia's sticking point. 25 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:24.000 They wanted their killer back, they wanted the guy entrenched 26 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:27.200 in their intelligence back, and he was the sticking point 27 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:31.280 for everyone. But apparently, and Kamala Harris's name comes up 28 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:34.400 in this, Apparently Germany was just not going to release 29 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:39.560 him at all, and Biden passed street cred in Germany 30 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:42.799 and the German Chancellor said, I want to do this 31 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.640 for you. And then Kamala Harris apparently over the summer, 32 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:52.719 was hold up with one of the German the Chancellor 33 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:57.439 Schlots of Germany, at the Munich Security Conference, to stress 34 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:00.400 the importance of releasing the convicted murder are. 35 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:03.560 So she gets a little nod here. 36 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:05.920 So all of this is taking place, they're on airplanes, 37 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:06.959 where they're in airports. 38 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:09.400 Apparently Turkey played a massive role in this. 39 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:12.840 In fact, that's where the prisoners from Russia were taken originally. 40 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:16.039 But there's a question of the timing of all of this. 41 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:19.639 Michael Allen was a foreign policy expert in the Bush 42 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.680 administration and he works now at the National Security Institute 43 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:24.199 and talked about why. 44 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:25.879 Now you know, I. 45 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:27.639 Think a lot of this has to do with the 46 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:31.879 withdrawal of President Biden not running again next time. I 47 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:35.360 think he's able to go to some NATO allies maybe 48 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:38.919 with heavy heart, and say, listen, I understand that this 49 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:43.280 Russian committed murder in a park in front of children 50 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.400 inside of Munich, but we're trying to do a historic 51 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.000 deal here. Let's win one for the Gipper, if you will, 52 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:52.560 let us have a little bit of room in order 53 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:57.120 to trade this particular Russian. So I think Biden is 54 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:02.199 leaning hard on friends and especially NATO allies, so that 55 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.680 he can try and get a grand deal. 56 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:09.800 This is also proof that the good guys don't bargain well, 57 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:15.039 I mean the bad guy. They literally get a convicted murderer, 58 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:17.680 the massive hit man that Putin's been trying to get 59 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:19.400 back on his team for a long time, and we 60 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:19.759 get a. 61 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:24.360 Radio girl, a veteran from the Marines, and the journalist. 62 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.280 Not to mention, they still have a ballerina of ours 63 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:27.759 locked up. 64 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:30.960 Really do yes? I didn't know that. Yeah, there are 65 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:35.159 several people that were not involved in this swap, one 66 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:39.360 of which is a ballerina who holds I believe dual citizenship. 67 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.159 Putin has been talking about this for some time, has 68 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.800 been saying at least that he has been open to 69 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:48.400 the idea of a prisoner swap. If you remember, Tucker 70 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:52.159 Carlson made headlines back in February, I believe it was 71 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.319 when he talked with Vladimir Putin, and at that time 72 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:59.960 he indicated he really wants Vadim Krasikov, he really wanted 73 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.840 him back specifically, And I don't know if he was 74 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:07.919 claiming that Krasikov was not the guy who shot the 75 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:10.879 rebel leader in Berlin or I mean, because we could 76 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:15.080 probably I feel pretty confident in saying that Evan Gershkovich 77 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:19.199 was not a spy, was not committing espionage, but was 78 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:23.680 just picked up because he was higher profile and he 79 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.000 knew a Latimer. Putin knew that he could use him 80 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:26.680 as a bargainage. 81 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:30.720 Other people currently imprisoned in Russia Americans that were not 82 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:35.519 involved include American teacher Mark Fogel, musician Michael Travis Leak, 83 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:39.279 US Army staff sergeant Gordon Black, and Russian American ballerina 84 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:44.360 Casina Carolina. The President will be speaking about this. This 85 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:46.800 is painful. It's going to be painful. 86 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:48.639 I just know it. I know it already. 87 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.720 But anyway, we'll take those comments live when he gets 88 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:52.759 to the podium. 89 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:55.160 And he's a scheduled any moment now, so it definitely 90 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:57.639 sometime we have to break in to do it. I 91 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:01.439 also want to point out the niper team in Pennsylvania 92 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:03.839 is now saying the Secret Service is line. How is 93 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:06.600 that not the biggest story of the world right now 94 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:08.079 because that we're crazy. 95 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:11.680 No, but that's been the narrative for two weeks. It's 96 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.560 been that, Oh, it's their fault. It wasn't our fault, 97 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:16.319 not my ass. I'm covering that. 98 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.680 It's gonna be there the local guys. No, it's a 99 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.519 secret service. I mean, everyone's pointing fingers and they. 100 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:24.079 Have from go they better be in the same room 101 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:25.399 at some point and has this thing. 102 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:27.680 They're not going to because it looks off. No one 103 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:28.680 is going to own this. 104 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:35.480 Now they are bringing on Evan also Vladimir, three American 105 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:39.920 citizens of one American green card holder. All four have 106 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:44.160 been imprisoned on justly in Russia. Paul for nearly six years, 107 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:48.480 Vladimir since twenty twenty two, Evan since March of twenty 108 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:52.360 twenty three and alls since October of twenty twenty three, 109 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:58.360 Russian authorities arrested them, convicted them, and show trials and 110 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:02.360 sends them the long prison term with absolutely no legitimate 111 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:03.199 reason whatsoever. 112 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:03.680 None. 113 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:09.079 Paul, a former marine, was in Russia for a wedding. Evan, 114 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:13.560 a journalist with a Russian in Russia, was in Russia, 115 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:18.040 signed by the Wall Street Journal. Also also a journalist 116 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:22.000 was in Russia to see family. All three falsely accused 117 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:26.120 of being spies. And Vladimir was a Russian citizen by 118 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:29.600 birth and holds an American green card. It's a Pulitzer 119 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:32.319 Prize meaning journalist and was a Paul bearer of my 120 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.399 friend John McCain's truneral with me. He spoke out against 121 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:39.600 Putin's regime and for that he was convicted of treason. 122 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:45.639 And now their brutal or deal is over and they're free. 123 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:49.240 Moments ago the families and I were able to speak 124 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:50.920 to them on the. 125 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.480 Telephone from the Oval office. They're out of Russia. 126 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:58.399 Earlier today they are flown to Turkey and soon there'll 127 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.199 be wheels up on their way home to see their families. 128 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:05.160 This is an incredible relief for all the family members 129 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:08.480 gathered here. It's relief to the friends and colleagues all 130 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.399 across the country who've been praying for this day for 131 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:15.720 a long time. The deal that made this possible was 132 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:18.439 the feet of diplomacy and friendship. 133 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:19.600 Friendship. 134 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:23.879 Multiple countries helped get this done. They joined the difficult, 135 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:28.800 complex negotiations at my request, and I personally thanked them 136 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:31.519 all again. And I've thanked them personally, I'll thank them again. 137 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:37.079 All told, Russia has released sixteen prisoners. Eight Russians were 138 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:39.879 being held in the West will be sent home as well. 139 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.959 These sixteen prisoners from Russia that Russia has released include. 140 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:48.040 Four Americans, five Germans, seven. 141 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.639 Russian citizens who are political prisoners in their own country. 142 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.879 One of those Russians runs a human rights organization Memorial, 143 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:59.879 which won a Nobel Prize in twenty twenty two Throw 144 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.199 in prison for voicing opposition to the war in Ukraine. 145 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:09.040 Four others work with Alexi Navalni, political opposition that died 146 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:13.199 in Russia prison this year. Now they can live safely 147 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:17.199 abroad and continue their work of advocating for democracy if 148 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:18.079 they so choose. 149 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:19.839 This still would not. 150 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:24.519 Have been made possible without our allies Germany, Poland, Slovenia 151 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.120 and Norway, in Turkey, they all stepped up and they 152 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:27.959 stood with us. 153 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:29.639 They stood with us. 154 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:34.360 And they made bold and brave decisions, released prisoners being 155 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:37.600 held in their countries who are justifiably being held, and 156 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:39.320 provided logistical support to get. 157 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:40.080 The Americans home. 158 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:43.840 So if anyone who questions with allies. 159 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.440 Matter, they do. They matter. 160 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:49.440 And today is a powerful example of why it's vital 161 00:08:49.480 --> 00:08:53.279 debt friends in this world, friends who can trust, work 162 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:57.120 with and depend upon, especially that matters of great consequence 163 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:02.320 and sensitivity like this aciences make our people safer. 164 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.240 And we began to see that again today. 165 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.279 Let me say this, It says a lot about the 166 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:12.879 United States that we work relentlessly to free Americans who 167 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:14.679 are unjustly held around the world. 168 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:16.440 It also says a lot. 169 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:19.159 About us that this deal includes the release of Russian 170 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:23.440 political prisoners. They stood up for democracy and human rights 171 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:27.120 their own leaders through them in prison. The United States 172 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:30.559 helped secure their release as well. That's who we are 173 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:34.480 in the United States. We stand for freedom, for liberty, 174 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:38.279 for justice, not only for our own people, but for 175 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:41.840 others as well. And that's why all Americans can take 176 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.960 pride and what we've achieved today. I want to thank 177 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:49.279 everyone in my administration helped make this happen. Our work 178 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:53.039 did not start just on day one. It started before 179 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:57.039 day one. During the transition. I instructed our National security 180 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:59.799 team to dig into all the cases of hostages being 181 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:05.360 rung fully detained, which were inherently well we inherit them 182 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:08.480 from the private of the prior administration. I wanted to 183 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:12.120 make sure we hit the ground running, and we did. 184 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:16.039 As of today, my administration's brought home over seventy Americans. 185 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:21.240 We're wrongfully detained, the hell hostage abroad many since before 186 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:21.799 I took off. 187 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:27.320 Seems he doesn't have to carry on with this charade 188 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:30.480 for four more years, he relaxed. 189 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:32.879 Yeah, totally, I get it. 190 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:37.000 My State Department has introduced new warnings for Americans about 191 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.559 the risk of being wrongfully detained by a foreign government. 192 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:45.480 Deals like this one come with tough calls, and there's 193 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:49.080 never any guarantees. There's nothing that matters more to me. 194 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:54.000 I'm protecting Americans at home and abroad, and so we'll 195 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:56.759 continue to work for the release of all wrongfully detained 196 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:00.840 Americans around the world. Let me from where I began 197 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:07.360 with Paul Evan and also Vladimir and their families. They 198 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:12.759 never gave up hope. I can't imagine what they've been through. 199 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:13.039 All of you. 200 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.039 Matter of fact, this lady right here, I think, sitting 201 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:18.519 in the Oval office with us for a while, all 202 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:23.480 can decide. I can't imagine their joy right now their home. 203 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:29.120 Tomorrow is a big day, the thirteenth birthday of Mariam 204 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:31.759 Mary Murray. 205 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:34.879 Oh that's not a good blood. 206 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:40.039 Happy birthday on any birthday, ready, all of your happy 207 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.679 birthday to you. 208 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:44.559 Oh my god. Wow. 209 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:48.080 He reminds me so much of my dearly departed grandfather 210 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:49.120 so much. 211 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:56.480 That's exactly what you would want to Love you, God, love. 212 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:59.120 You, That's what he would say all the time. 213 00:11:59.799 --> 00:12:00.000 Yeah. 214 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:03.399 Wow, She gets to celebrate with her Mom's what this 215 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:09.000 is all about. Families able to be together again like 216 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:11.480 this should have been all along. It's I want to 217 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:14.679 thank you again to everyone who did their part. In 218 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:18.159 just a few hours, we'll welcome home our fellow Americans. 219 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:22.240 We're looking forward to that, God willing, we're going to 220 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:25.440 be out at Andrews and get that done. So thank you, 221 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:29.399 thank you, thank you, And this is a good day, 222 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:30.600 is all right? 223 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.360 And he wrapped it up right before the break, so 224 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:37.320 that works out. Well. This is a massive, massive deal. 225 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:41.519 The Wall Street Journal referred to this as the largest 226 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:45.519 and most complex East West prisoner swap since the Cold War, 227 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:49.120 in which Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter, and 228 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.080 more than a dozen others that have been jailed by 229 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:55.200 Russia were exchanged four Russians held in the United States 230 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.159 and in Europe. 231 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:59.919 The swap at that Turkish airport, they say was painsta 232 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:04.039 makingly choreographed, and you could imagine. That's why I said 233 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.039 I would read this book or at least watch the 234 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:10.519 movie about all the machinations and the behind the scenes. 235 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:13.000 Ropes that were pulled. 236 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:15.840 Here Tom Hanks movie where they exchanged the spies on 237 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:16.919 the on the bridge. 238 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.519 I was just thinking about that. What was it and 239 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:21.559 that that was, Oh yeah, that was a good movie. 240 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:24.399 That was an example of you know the amount and 241 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:28.480 that was long before Bridge of Spies. What was the 242 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.440 one that had the bridge in it and it had 243 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:32.159 the spies. 244 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:35.000 Oh and it's on Netflix so you can watch it again. 245 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:36.879 That was that was a great movie. 246 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:39.360 And it was till the last second they didn't know 247 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:42.000 if they would release And that's so good, and it's 248 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:44.320 just the intensity of that one. 249 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:47.519 I was listening this morning to a couple of different channels, BBC, 250 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:50.600 Sky News, Fox. They were all talking about They didn't 251 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:54.360 want to get into too many details about what they 252 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.879 knew about it, what their reporters knew about it, because 253 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:00.879 it wasn't done yet, basically, which means until that plane 254 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:05.759 is on the ground in the in the country of 255 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:08.639 somebody that we like or likes us, we're not going 256 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:11.519 to guarantee that they're home yet. Now that they're in Turkey, 257 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:14.240 we have a great enough relationship with Turkey, nothing's going 258 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:17.360 to happen to them. American military aircraft likely will go 259 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.240 pick them up and then bring him to as the 260 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:21.240 President said, bring him to Andrews. 261 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:24.320 Yeah, that's why Iran was so pissed off. They thought 262 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:27.120 nothing could happen to the leader of Hamas when he 263 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:27.879 was in Iran. 264 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:30.000 Right, That's why you gotta be careful. Oh did you 265 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:32.799 hear that they had that bomb planted for months? Yes? 266 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.600 I finally saw one of the French. 267 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:38.440 I don't think she's French, actually, but I saw one 268 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:43.200 of the oh Belgian, the Belgian triathletes that swam in 269 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:46.159 the sane river yesterday she came in twenty fourth, so 270 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:48.879 it wasn't I mean, she probably has She's not hey, 271 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.960 she had a better knighted. But she talked about the 272 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.480 experience of swimming in the absolutely filthy river that was 273 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:00.240 the same, and she said, this is my great Joli again. 274 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:05.759 Vermeil Yan said she felt debris in the water now 275 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:09.200 a fifteen swim. I hope she means just leaves. 276 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.159 And her her. 277 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:15.080 Quote to the Flemish TV channel VTM was while swimming 278 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:18.559 under the bridge, I felt and saw things that we 279 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:20.159 shouldn't think about too much. 280 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:24.320 Oh no, so actual feces she's talking about like it. 281 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.000 She said she did ingest a lot of water during 282 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:29.519 the race and was concerned with what it might do 283 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:33.320 to her body. Her quote, We'll know tomorrow if I'm 284 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:37.440 sick or not. It doesn't taste like Coca cola or sprite. 285 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:43.480 Of course, the big news today President Biden just speaking 286 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.960 from the White House confirming this massive prisoner swap with 287 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:51.360 Russia involving six countries twenty four prisoners. Biden said Wall 288 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:58.639 Street Journal reporter Evan Gershovitch Gershakovich, Gerskovich, we can. 289 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:00.960 Say it anytime as free. 290 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:04.360 Now American Paul Whalen and others are free. It's the 291 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.000 largest prisoner swamp with the Kremlin since the Cold War. 292 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:11.639 Both those guys were sentenced to prison for espionage, with 293 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:15.200 both men and the US denied. Also, a female radio 294 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:17.360 host also involved. 295 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.960 A weird story. 296 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:21.159 Study actually came out that suggests that Gen X and 297 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:24.919 millennials are at an increased risk of developing cancer, certain 298 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:29.799 cancers compared with older generations. So basically, anybody born from 299 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:32.159 sixty five to ninety five? 300 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.320 Is it the cell phones? No? 301 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:39.080 No, Actually they referred to diet most specifically, really eating 302 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:44.279 habits and diet changed significantly, ultra processed foods and things 303 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:44.720 like that. 304 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:45.799 But they did. 305 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:50.759 They talked about specific kinds of cancers that were more prevalent. 306 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.840 Shop around the perimeter of the supermarket. Stay out of 307 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:58.159 the middle. The middle will kill you. The middle taste, 308 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:00.480 I know, it does I know, And all I can 309 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:02.120 think of now are like cinnamon rules. 310 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:05.720 Yesterday we told you the former president was at a 311 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:08.359 I wouldn't call it a campaign event, but it was 312 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:10.920 an event the National Association of Black Journalists. 313 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.880 I said this yesterday as it was happening, as the 314 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:16.720 first words were coming out of his mouth. Who in 315 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:18.839 his campaign thought this was going to be a good 316 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:20.680 idea in what world? 317 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.839 Well, you knew he. 318 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:24.880 Was going to step in it, and he made it himself, 319 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.200 and then he stepped in all of it. 320 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:29.880 Around the planning table, there were people who were like, listen, 321 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:33.920 we're going to have to make inroads with black voters, 322 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:36.000 and one of the ways to do that is to 323 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:39.599 show we're okay with having conversations and we'll talk about 324 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.519 whatever we want to talk about. 325 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:43.200 They know their candidate and they know he's incapable of 326 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.319 not crapping the bed. 327 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:47.119 That's the problem is, and you said this yesterday. 328 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:51.119 If he had stuck with the story of just inflation, 329 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:54.200 the high cost of living where we were for when 330 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:57.000 he was president versus where we are now with Biden 331 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:58.720 as president, and all you did was just look at 332 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:02.559 the basic numbers, that would have been a winning argument there. 333 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:05.519 The takeaway is John Coblt said it great. Why did 334 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:07.359 he have to get into this? Why did he open 335 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:09.880 up his mouth? Because this is all people are talking about, 336 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:11.640 and it's all people are going to talk about for 337 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:14.480 the next week. Is when he said that she decided 338 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.359 to turn black. 339 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:16.720 So I'm asking you a question. 340 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:19.519 Direct find it, define it for me. 341 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.720 I just defined it, sir. 342 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.400 Do you believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is only 343 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:25.039 on the ticket because she is a black woman. 344 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.920 Well, I can say no. 345 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:29.880 I think it's maybe a little bit different. So I've 346 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.359 known her a long time, indirectly, not directly very much, 347 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.880 and she was always of Indian heritage, and she was 348 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:41.359 only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black 349 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:44.000 until a number of years ago when she happened to 350 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:46.519 turn black, and now she wants to be known as black. 351 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:51.519 He just sounds so ignorant in you either are black 352 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:55.119 or you're Indian, that you cannot be a hodgepodge like 353 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:58.319 most Americans are of different backgrounds. 354 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:01.559 We are we are a nation of of mutts. Yes, 355 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:07.200 to put it blind. Now, Kamala Harris had the opportunity 356 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:09.279 to take to the microphone in an event a little 357 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.279 bit later, and she had said, let me say, I 358 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:14.359 got to change a month here because it's now August 359 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:16.039 and I have to go to a different folder and pull. 360 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:20.200 This is what she said. Yesterday after the comments were. 361 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:23.240 Made, Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the 362 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.079 National Association of black journalists. 363 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:30.279 And it was the same old show. 364 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:37.880 The divisiveness and the disrespect. And let me just say, 365 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:44.839 the American people deserve better. The American people deserve better. Now. 366 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:48.680 Jade Vance went on to say that she grew up 367 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.440 in Canada. I guess she spent some time as a 368 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:55.880 teenager living in Canada, but that suggested that that means 369 00:19:55.920 --> 00:20:04.119 that she is what not America. Vance talked about Harris, 370 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.559 saying that she spent her teenage years that she changed 371 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:10.960 her identity. She changes her accent for political benefit. Everybody does. 372 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:12.880 We played for you the other day when she was 373 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:16.799 in Atlanta and started putting on a nice southern affect, 374 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:18.640 apparently because she thought that that was. 375 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:21.519 Gonna Is that an unconscious thing. 376 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:24.119 Or a conscious thing that politicians do when they start 377 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:26.119 trying to talk like their audience like that. 378 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.000 They all do it. 379 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:30.440 I mean we've heard Bill Clinton did it. Everyone has 380 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:34.000 done it. Hillary Clinton carries hot sauce in her purse. 381 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:38.960 And the whoring is well documented and it goes back 382 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:42.200 our at least my entire lifetime. 383 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:45.559 Now, there was an interesting thing that I found that 384 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:48.039 back on the twenty eighth of July, so just a 385 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:50.200 few days ago, but long before these, you know, a 386 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:53.559 couple of days before these comments, the New York Times 387 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:56.240 had an article that was titled the lesser known side 388 00:20:56.240 --> 00:21:00.200 of Harris's identity Asian American, and it goes on to 389 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:03.400 describe that part of her life, that half of her 390 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:07.000 ethnicity and her family and her history, because I guess 391 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:09.640 people don't talk about it enough. Again, this is one 392 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:12.440 of those things where we in California have been aware 393 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.119 of Kamala Harris for a couple of decades in some 394 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:17.960 degree or another, and for the most part, I think 395 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.680 a lot of people in the United States, the rest 396 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:22.440 of the United States do not have that familiarity with her. 397 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:27.400 So it's going to continue to cause ripples throughout the campaign. 398 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:33.359 Big international news, humongous international news. The largest prisoner swap 399 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:37.599 since the Cold War means that the biggest name that's 400 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.240 been freed now is Evan Gershkevich, the Wall Street Journal reporter. 401 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:43.519