1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:05,599 Speaker 1: What's going on? 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. It 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,080 is heard live every day from noon to three on 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,839 WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you want exclusive content 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,160 like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, I Daily 6 00:00:17,199 --> 00:00:19,480 Show prep with all the links, become a patron, go 7 00:00:19,559 --> 00:00:23,399 to dpeakclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the subscribe button. 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,320 Get every episode for free right to your smartphone or tablet. 9 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:28,320 And again, thank you so much for your support. 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,359 Speaker 1: Happy holidays, Hope you're having a fantastic Tuesday. Thank you 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,799 so much for tuning in on this busy Tuesday newsday. Yeah, 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,520 the Carolina Hurricane looking to break a two game losing streak. 13 00:00:43,679 --> 00:00:47,039 After they came to Florida, they lost to the Panthers, 14 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,280 blew a three goal lead, the next day blew a 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,520 three goal lead and loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. 16 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:57,200 The Cup will stay in the Sunshine State and they 17 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,079 head back to South Florida tonight. I think she said 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,959 to take on the Panthers once again. All right, so 19 00:01:05,079 --> 00:01:08,159 I am here. I did not win Powerball and you 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,680 didn't win either. Once again, there was no winning tickets 21 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,519 or tomorrow night, Christmas Eve, the jackpot will be one 22 00:01:15,599 --> 00:01:21,560 point seven billion dollars. We talked a lot about this yesterday. 23 00:01:21,599 --> 00:01:23,599 Anytime you want to chime in, by the way, seven 24 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,840 oh four five seven oh one oh seven nine, seven 25 00:01:26,879 --> 00:01:30,400 oh four five seven oh one oh seven nine, someone 26 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,760 is going to win one of the biggest lottery jackpots 27 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:41,480 in history on Christmas. Talk about a Christmas blessing or 28 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:47,239 a Christmas miracle. Honestly, at this point, I think it's fixed, right, 29 00:01:47,519 --> 00:01:50,760 like they want someone to win on Christmas because it's 30 00:01:50,879 --> 00:01:55,920 such a great story. I mean, there are people like 31 00:01:56,719 --> 00:02:00,920 buying hundreds of dollars worth of tickets for the last 32 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:04,120 week or two. As soon as it got near a 33 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:07,680 billion people going in there, like give me one hundred tickets, 34 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,960 maybe some people spending thousands and still no winter. It's unbelievable. 35 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,800 And what's what this magnificent weather in Charlotte sixty degrees 36 00:02:18,439 --> 00:02:21,240 It's going to be seventy on Christmas, right, seventies or 37 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,879 into seventies. That is not Christmas. The one time that 38 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,680 you want it to be cold, it's warm. Never fails 39 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:31,400 Murphy's law, it should be cold on Christmas. I know 40 00:02:31,439 --> 00:02:35,719 you may not be complaining about the weather, but it's 41 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,039 much more Christmas y when it's cold. Right. When I 42 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:42,199 moved to Charlotte January twenty twenty two, the very next 43 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,400 day it snowed. I'm from Florida. I drove to Charlotte 44 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,439 on Saturday, woke up on Sunday morning it was snowing. 45 00:02:52,599 --> 00:02:58,599 Not kidding. Two weeks later it snowed again. Everybody there 46 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,639 at WBT was like, you know, joking around, Ah, you 47 00:03:01,719 --> 00:03:04,039 must have brought the snow from Florida. It hardly ever 48 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,360 snows in Charlotte, and after those two snows, I don't 49 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,159 think it snowed for a while, but it was pretty 50 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,719 darn cold in the winter. Oh. Speaking of Christmas, on 51 00:03:14,759 --> 00:03:19,479 my podcast yesterday, I featured a couple of segments on faith, Christianity, 52 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:25,360 and keeping Christ in Christmas. I had even posed the 53 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:29,520 question on X do you display a Nativity in your 54 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,400 front yard, you know, with your Christmas decorations or at 55 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:36,599 least somewhere in your home at Christmas time? Right, David 56 00:03:36,719 --> 00:03:40,639 Chadwick is probably talking a lot about this this week, 57 00:03:40,879 --> 00:03:44,680 or maybe today he did. That was yesterday on The 58 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,400 news Max Daily. The news Max Daily with Tony Marino 59 00:03:47,439 --> 00:03:50,560 available everywhere you get your podcasts and you can follow 60 00:03:50,599 --> 00:03:54,879 me at Radio Underscore Marino as well. I have to 61 00:03:54,919 --> 00:03:57,000 get a few shameless plugs in while I'm here, right 62 00:03:57,319 --> 00:04:01,159 And someone asked me yesterday too. No, you do not 63 00:04:01,319 --> 00:04:04,520 have to be a Newsmax viewer to enjoy the podcast. 64 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,759 The podcast is all about the news delivered by me 65 00:04:08,719 --> 00:04:13,479 and Newsmax hosts, you know, the TV stars. But I 66 00:04:13,479 --> 00:04:16,600 would encourage you if you don't watch Newsmax to watch 67 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,560 it anyway, but at least listen to the podcast. Check 68 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,879 it out, great way to stay informed. Twenty twenty five 69 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,720 minutes every day, all the top headlines, lots of commentary. 70 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,120 Then last night I come across this story from Mullen, 71 00:04:30,439 --> 00:04:34,959 South Carolina. You may have heard about this. We're the 72 00:04:34,959 --> 00:04:39,560 mayor of the town, Miko Pickett, ask the people in 73 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:44,879 charge of the town's Christmas decorations. They have a little committee, 74 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,120 the Beautification Committee, I think it's called. The mayor asked 75 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:55,279 them to take down the Nativity scene out of fear 76 00:04:56,199 --> 00:05:00,040 that it would offend residents of other faiths. Are you 77 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:00,600 kidding me? 78 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 3: Or what? 79 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:08,319 Speaker 1: Miko Picket? Mayor Picket, that is everything that is wrong 80 00:05:08,399 --> 00:05:13,360 in America right now right there. Oh, we don't want 81 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:18,079 to hurt anybody's feelings or offend anyone. Why should anyone 82 00:05:18,199 --> 00:05:24,800 be offended by someone's religious beliefs, right, I personally know 83 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:31,560 people that celebrate Ramadan. Who cares Mayor Miko Picket of Mullens, 84 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:35,839 South Carolina, the town's beautification committee, who said they paid 85 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,079 for some of the decorations themselves. On top of all 86 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,879 of that, they paid for some of the decorations themselves 87 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,360 because they thought it would help the city and maybe 88 00:05:44,399 --> 00:05:48,040 help drive some business. They refuse to take down the Nativity, 89 00:05:48,959 --> 00:05:53,000 So good for them, good for the people of Mullen's, 90 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,079 South Carolina. Bad on the mayor. Mayor Picket, in a 91 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,079 Facebook statement said he only asked for them to be 92 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,800 removed the Nativity to be removed from the public parking 93 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,079 area because the separation of church and state applies to municipalities. 94 00:06:07,199 --> 00:06:11,199 I see all kinds of municipalities all over the place 95 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:17,120 with nativities and minoras for Hanakah. Right. Anyway, that is 96 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,279 the kind of stuff that Christians and people of faith 97 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:30,519 are now up against. It's ridiculous. Yesterday on this show 98 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,600 here on WBT, I spoke with former RNC chair and 99 00:06:34,879 --> 00:06:39,160 North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Wattley. Hopefully you will hear 100 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,759 for that if you were not and you're interested. It 101 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,879 is now on the WBT website under the Pete Calender podcast. 102 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,959 But today another challenger has emerged in the GOP primary 103 00:06:52,959 --> 00:06:57,040 for the North Carolina's open Senate seat, despite Wattley having 104 00:06:57,079 --> 00:07:01,399 President Trump's complete endorsement. We talked about the event in 105 00:07:01,519 --> 00:07:04,560 Rocky Mount on Friday night, which, you know, Trump gave 106 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,920 a big speech, of course, but it was essentially a 107 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:15,480 rally for Michael Wattley, and again Trump endorsed him. Michelle Morrow, 108 00:07:15,639 --> 00:07:20,000 who previously ran unsuccessfully for state superintendent, has thrown her 109 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,560 hat into the Senate ring. She also told Queen City 110 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,000 News that right now she is the only person in 111 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,480 the race that can beat former Governor Roy Cooper. Morrow's 112 00:07:29,519 --> 00:07:34,399 one of several Republican challenges for Wattley for the seat 113 00:07:34,639 --> 00:07:40,319 that's opening up from Tom Tillis's retirement. Retiring Senator Tom Tillis. Yesterday, 114 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:46,079 we spoke a lot about former Governor Cooper, Michael Wattley, 115 00:07:46,079 --> 00:07:49,800 and I the presumed Democratic nominee, but didn't really talk 116 00:07:49,879 --> 00:07:55,000 that much about the challengers within his own party because really, 117 00:07:55,279 --> 00:07:58,000 you know, mainly because he has the complete endorsement of 118 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,480 the President. But there you go. Michelle Morrow thinks she 119 00:08:01,839 --> 00:08:04,720 is the person for the job. She's thrown her hat 120 00:08:04,839 --> 00:08:09,079 into the ring challenging Michael Wattley for the Republican Senate 121 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,959 seat in North Carolina. She will no doubt be confronted 122 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,480 about some of the very controversial things that she has 123 00:08:15,519 --> 00:08:19,519 said and posted on social media in the past, once 124 00:08:19,759 --> 00:08:25,160 saying something about Obama should go in front of a 125 00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:31,000 firing squad. So when she starts speaking to the media again, 126 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,320 that'll be interesting because, like I said, I anticipate her 127 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,039 having to answer a lot of questions. Last night was 128 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,879 the Kennedy Center Awards on CBS. Did you see that 129 00:08:42,759 --> 00:08:46,440 was actually filmed? As you likely know, in Washington a 130 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,840 week or two ago, President Trump had handed out the 131 00:08:48,879 --> 00:08:54,159 awards to Kiss, Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gayner, Michael Crawford, 132 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,200 and George Straight in the Oval Office. This is a 133 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,399 snippet of what it sounded like. Then, all right, we'll Cot. 134 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 4: And the members of the incredible rock band Kiss, Paul Sanley, 135 00:09:11,799 --> 00:09:17,759 Gene Simmons, Peter Chris and Ace Frehley, who now is 136 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,240 resting in peace. And his beautiful daughter is here too 137 00:09:20,919 --> 00:09:23,320 accept the award. Thank you very much, thank you for 138 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,200 being here. Thank you. 139 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: So that was like a week and a half, two 140 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,200 weeks ago in the Oval Office. The President went on 141 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,840 to talk about how he's known Gene Simmons for a 142 00:09:34,879 --> 00:09:39,799 long time. Gene Simmons was on the TV show that 143 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:42,720 Trump used to have the name of the show now 144 00:09:42,759 --> 00:09:45,240 slipping my mind. But you know you're fired, which I 145 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,399 think Gene Simmons got fired. Yeah, the Apprentice, Thank you, Nick. Yeah, 146 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,679 Gene Simmons, you know, was one of the many, many 147 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,080 many guests on The Apprentice, which ran for all of 148 00:09:55,120 --> 00:10:00,000 those years. But anyway, so that was in the Oval Office, 149 00:10:00,039 --> 00:10:01,879 and then they went over to the Kennedy Center for 150 00:10:01,919 --> 00:10:04,200 the Performing Arts. Did the whole show. It aired on 151 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:08,000 CBS last night. This, of course, after all the hubbub. 152 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,639 Now a boy President Trump adding his name to the 153 00:10:10,759 --> 00:10:15,519 Kennedy Center after allocating millions of dollars for renovations. It's 154 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:20,399 now called the President Trump and John F. Kennedy Center 155 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,559 for the Performing Arts. Members of the Kennedy family are 156 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:25,879 all up in arms over this. 157 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: All right, Holiday football has arrived, right with Draft Kings 158 00:10:29,399 --> 00:10:32,440 sportsbook and official sports betting partner of the NFL. The 159 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:36,200 Unexpected can turn game day into payday, and don't forget 160 00:10:36,279 --> 00:10:39,240 Draft Kings as you're back with early exit pretty neat 161 00:10:39,279 --> 00:10:42,279 function here. 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President 183 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,120 Trump brought all the rest recipients into the Oval office, 184 00:12:02,279 --> 00:12:06,320 gave them the actual medals, talked a little bit about 185 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:11,399 each of them, and then after that, a couple of 186 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,240 days after that, I think it was, he went on 187 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:18,039 to add his name to the John F. Kennedy Center 188 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,000 for the Performing Arts there in DC, which, if you 189 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:27,519 don't know, has undergone a massive renovation, mostly thanks to 190 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:31,679 the efforts of President Trump. It's now called the President 191 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,159 Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 192 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,600 He did not replace JFK's name, He just added his 193 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,360 name in front of it. I mentioned that the Kennedy 194 00:12:42,399 --> 00:12:45,919 family is now all up in arms about it. Maria 195 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:51,399 Shriver on X this is what she wrote, adding your 196 00:12:51,519 --> 00:12:55,679 name to a memorial already named in honor of a 197 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,360 great man who snuck mistresses into the White House, including 198 00:12:59,399 --> 00:13:02,440 an underage girl. No, she didn't say that. I just 199 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,200 added that in. But she said, this doesn't make you 200 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,919 a great man. Quite the contrary. Putting your name on 201 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,080 top of someone else's doesn't mean that people will speak 202 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,559 of you in the same breath as they speak of 203 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:17,799 the other man. Putting your name above another man's name 204 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,720 on his existing memorial. What is this all about? What 205 00:13:22,759 --> 00:13:25,080 does that do? What are people supposed to think? And 206 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,519 what will be next? Will Donald Trump add his name 207 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,279 to the JFK Airport in New York or will it 208 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:37,840 become the Donald Trump Abraham Lincoln Memorial? And she went on, 209 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:43,080 you know, she went on with a lot of other digs, 210 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:47,399 Maria Shriver on the renaming of the Kennedy Center or 211 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:49,559 the additional name we should say. And there's you know, 212 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,360 there's a lot of people that are upset about that. 213 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:59,279 You remember Judge Boseburg, the guy that had ordered the 214 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:03,600 return of flight the Flight Full of the illegal aliens 215 00:14:03,639 --> 00:14:07,320 several months ago. Well, Judge Boseburg is at it again. 216 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:11,039 On Monday, he ruled that the Trump administration must arrange 217 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,120 the return of one hundred and thirty seven Venezuela and 218 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,480 men who were deported to L. Salvador and jailed over 219 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:23,120 alleged ties to criminal gangs. The men that they were 220 00:14:23,159 --> 00:14:28,080 deported back in March under the Alien Enemies Act, US 221 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,759 District Judge James Boseburg ruling that their removal violated due 222 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,600 process rights and are entitled to return to court to 223 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:42,120 contest their deportation. The Trump administration now has to submit 224 00:14:42,159 --> 00:14:45,360 a plan to allow for their return within two weeks. 225 00:14:45,799 --> 00:14:48,039 That prison in L. Salvador. And by the way, you 226 00:14:48,039 --> 00:14:51,639 remember the very first time the flight was on its 227 00:14:51,639 --> 00:14:54,360 way and Boseburg ordered the flight come back, and they 228 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,039 just ignored the orders and went on with the flight. 229 00:14:57,159 --> 00:14:59,960 But now they have two weeks to respond to this order. 230 00:15:00,159 --> 00:15:04,240 And that prison inn L. Salvador is the same prison 231 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:07,960 that's at the heart of this whole CBS sixty minutes thing. Right, 232 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,039 this has been blowing up over the last couple of days, 233 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,840 and this is becoming another big fiasco for the network 234 00:15:14,879 --> 00:15:18,679 that has already paid out millions of dollars in the 235 00:15:18,759 --> 00:15:24,679 Kamala Harris edited sixty minute interview fiasco. So they're making 236 00:15:24,679 --> 00:15:27,399 a lot of changes at CBS, right. It's a new 237 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:32,960 person at the helm shuffling around talent or bringing in 238 00:15:33,039 --> 00:15:35,360 new talent. They're making a lot of changes. But after 239 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:40,480 the whole Kamala Harris edited interview on sixty Minutes and 240 00:15:40,519 --> 00:15:42,480 the millions of dollars they paid out, now they have 241 00:15:42,559 --> 00:15:47,200 another big fiasco going on with sixty Minutes and that 242 00:15:47,639 --> 00:15:54,840 prison story, and now DHS is offering three thousand dollars 243 00:15:54,879 --> 00:15:59,679 to illegal migrants to voluntarily self deport from the United 244 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:07,720 States before the end of the year. Three thousand dollars 245 00:16:08,279 --> 00:16:14,559 plus transportation expenses. DHS Secretary Christy Nome's been on several 246 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,919 major news shows over the last day or two talking 247 00:16:17,919 --> 00:16:20,080 about this. This is something they were already doing. I 248 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,559 think they were paying one thousand dollars. Now they're upping 249 00:16:23,559 --> 00:16:28,360 the ante to three thousand dollars and paying travel expenses. 250 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,960 Just think about that. I'm just randomly going to say, Mexico, Okay, 251 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,399 so that's the only one of those countries I've ever 252 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:40,360 been to. I guess you know El Salvador as well. 253 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:44,200 But think about how much three thousand dollars is worth, 254 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:48,279 you know, in a South American country or in Mexico. Right, 255 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,759 that has to be incentive to go back. I mean, 256 00:16:53,919 --> 00:16:58,759 if you're an illegal alien and you're worried about being deported. 257 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:07,359 This is an opportunity to bypass the chance of being 258 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:11,359 deported and go back to your country, you know, with 259 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,799 a really good start. And I'm being completely sincere about this. 260 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,279 I'm not trying to be funny about it. Three thousand dollars. 261 00:17:20,519 --> 00:17:23,079 It is triple the bonus. They call it an exit bonus. 262 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:24,960 It used to be one thousand dollars. Now it's three 263 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,839 thousand for illegal migrants who sign up with the federal 264 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,440 government and depart by December thirty first, twenty twenty five 265 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:37,759 using the newly rebranded CBP Home app. DHS says eligible 266 00:17:37,799 --> 00:17:43,400 participants will also receive free airfare to their home countries 267 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,240 and may have certain civil finds or penalties waived if 268 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:52,160 they leave voluntarily. And of course they're using this, you know, 269 00:17:52,319 --> 00:17:55,400 sort of as ammunition, like here's your chance. And that's 270 00:17:55,400 --> 00:18:00,440 what I'm saying. This is legitimately a valid and good 271 00:18:00,559 --> 00:18:05,240 chance to go back home. Now, you probably left for 272 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,480 political reasons or other reasons. You may not care about 273 00:18:08,519 --> 00:18:12,319 the money, but again, three thousand dollars and all expenses paid, 274 00:18:13,319 --> 00:18:17,559 that's a lot of money in a lot of these countries, right, 275 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,000 But they're using that as ammunition to say, if you 276 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,960 don't take advantage of our generous offer, if you are 277 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:31,720 in the country illegally and we catch up with you, 278 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,160 you're going to be stripped of everything and have no 279 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,839 chance of ever coming back to the country. That's the 280 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:42,119 you know that, that's the ultimatum. Take advantage of the offer, 281 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,400 or get caught by ice, get arrested, and never be 282 00:18:46,519 --> 00:18:51,200 welcomed back into the United States. That app, the CBP 283 00:18:51,599 --> 00:18:56,440 Home App, is the same app from the Biden presidency, 284 00:18:56,519 --> 00:18:59,720 the CBP one You remember that that was originally used 285 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,160 to schedule asylum appointments. They say the app has been 286 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:10,119 reworked and rebranded, reconfigurated where now illegals can go on 287 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,279 the app and sign up to be deported with a 288 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,640 huge bonus to go back to their state. Coming up 289 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,799 on the bottom of the hour here on the Pete 290 00:19:19,839 --> 00:19:23,559 Callander Show one O seven nine WBT, if I mentioned 291 00:19:23,599 --> 00:19:26,240 that I am the host of the Newsmas Daily podcast, 292 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,160 if you do watch Newsmax, there's no doubt that you know. 293 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:37,440 Washington correspondent James Rosen, a veteran of Washington, to say 294 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,480 the least, he will be joining us next here on WBT, 295 00:19:40,599 --> 00:19:42,359 so make sure you stick around for that. We're going 296 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,039 to kind of do a year in review for Trump 297 00:19:46,079 --> 00:19:46,680 forty seven. 298 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 2: All right, if you're listening to this show, you know 299 00:19:48,759 --> 00:19:50,759 I try to keep up with all sorts of current events, 300 00:19:50,799 --> 00:19:52,880 and I know you do too, And you've probably heard 301 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,960 me say get your news from multiple sources. Why well, 302 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,680 because it's how you detect media bias, which is why 303 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,920 I've and so impressed with ground News. It's an app, 304 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,359 and it's a website and it combines news from around 305 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,799 the world in one place so you can compare coverage 306 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,720 and verify information. You can check it out at check 307 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,200 dot ground, dot news slash pete. 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I use the Vantage plan 317 00:20:42,039 --> 00:20:45,440 to get unlimited access to every feature your subscription then 318 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,279 not only helps my podcast, but it also supports ground 319 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,279 news as they make the media landscape more transparent. 320 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: I'm Telly Marina holding things down for Pete Calendar. And 321 00:20:55,279 --> 00:20:58,160 it's that time of year, right when everyone starts looking 322 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,359 back on everything in the year that was. And we 323 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,480 seem to say this more and more often now as 324 00:21:05,559 --> 00:21:09,880 the years past, but this year twenty twenty five really 325 00:21:10,079 --> 00:21:14,319 was one like we haven't seen before, especially when it 326 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:19,079 comes to Washington, DC and the White House. Newsmax Chief 327 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,000 Washington correspondent James Rosen is with us to break it 328 00:21:23,039 --> 00:21:26,559 all down. Good afternoon, James, Tony, great to be with you. 329 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 3: Thank you. 330 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: I'm very happy to have you. Thank you, And I mean, 331 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,519 with all that's going on in Washington today, how did 332 00:21:32,519 --> 00:21:35,880 you find time to come on the radio with us. 333 00:21:36,319 --> 00:21:39,279 Speaker 3: I took the extraordinary step of going on vacation. So 334 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,519 greetings from vacation lands. 335 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: Oh very good, very good. Okay, So I'm going to 336 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:49,200 just toss this over to you and let you kind 337 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,160 of work your magic. But for folks that may not 338 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:57,160 be familiar with you, I mean, you have been in Washington, DC, 339 00:21:57,559 --> 00:22:02,759 covering the White House, covering Capitol Hill, covering all things politics, 340 00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:05,000 for a few decades, right. 341 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 3: I don't know if a few, I guess a decade. 342 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,319 I came through Washington in nineteen ninety nine, so we're 343 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,519 coming up on reaching the milestone of a few decades. 344 00:22:18,039 --> 00:22:20,079 Speaker 1: Right, right, Okay, so you've seen a lot, is what 345 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,440 I'm trying to say. It all started. 346 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 3: But I like to think of myself as youthful and vibrant. 347 00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: Tony Well, knowing you personally, you are youthful and vibrant. 348 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,079 Also an author, Also an author, James has a great 349 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:41,240 book about Scalia. That's actually the title of the book. 350 00:22:41,279 --> 00:22:43,240 We can talk more about that at the end, but 351 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,720 you definitely want to check out james book. At James's 352 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,759 book and going back, let's go back to the beginning 353 00:22:50,759 --> 00:22:52,839 of the year, James, because I said, you know what 354 00:22:53,519 --> 00:22:56,160 everyone is saying that this was one heck of a 355 00:22:56,279 --> 00:22:59,480 year and what's been happening in the White House. In fact, 356 00:22:59,599 --> 00:23:06,200 all started out with the first outdoor inauguration in forty years, right. 357 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 3: Well, it got moved indoors, right because the cold was 358 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:10,720 so bad. 359 00:23:11,759 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, that's what I meant. And I'm sorry, 360 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,839 that's what I meant. The first indoor inauguration in forty years. 361 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, and President Trump delivered his inaugural address inside 362 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:29,720 the capital, and then the earliest measure of how different 363 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:33,000 this presidency was going to be from anything else we've seen, 364 00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:36,920 certainly in modern times, was that the president's remarks didn't 365 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,640 end with his inauguration address. He gave two or three 366 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,720 sets of remarks, some of them I think equally long 367 00:23:42,839 --> 00:23:47,279 as the inauguration address. People might forget. The very first 368 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,319 act of the Trump two point zero presidency was what 369 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,119 it was after it was for the presidents of the 370 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,359 United States to point his finger directly at the Chief Justice. 371 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,480 That's what the president after the two men shook hands, 372 00:24:02,039 --> 00:24:04,920 and it was a bracing gesture, and he did it 373 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,079 with a smile on his face. And yet it kind 374 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,440 of announced how this presidency was going to unfold in 375 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:18,240 your face, bold, unprecedented, and sometimes with a wink and 376 00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:20,960 a nod. That's the kind of presidency we've had in 377 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,680 two point zero so far. But it has been so 378 00:24:22,759 --> 00:24:26,480 different in so many categories, and policy itself has changed 379 00:24:26,519 --> 00:24:29,440 so sharply in so many different categories that there isn't 380 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,359 a radio segment long enough to tally it all. But 381 00:24:32,519 --> 00:24:35,920 just by way of hitting some of the highlights, Tony. Certainly, 382 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:45,480 foreign policy has been upended. We saw this president unleash 383 00:24:45,559 --> 00:24:49,720 strategic bombing attacks on Iran's nuclear sites. That was something 384 00:24:49,759 --> 00:24:53,599 that had been talked about by presidents for perhaps we 385 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,160 can say safely a few decades, and it had never 386 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,680 been done before. And President Trump did it, and that 387 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:04,279 helped reshape the Middle East. He got the hostages home 388 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,480 with the aid of Steve Witcoff and Jared Kushner and 389 00:25:07,519 --> 00:25:10,519 a number of intermediary countries such as Egypt and cutter 390 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:17,079 and we've seen the reaffirmation of his ties with Saudi Arabia. 391 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,799 The Russia Ukraine War has remained stubbornly beyond President Trump's 392 00:25:21,839 --> 00:25:24,640 reach to resolve. It was something that he boasted and 393 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:29,079 he now tells us mockingly or it was in jest sarcastic. 394 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,119 During the campaign. He told us he would get that 395 00:25:31,519 --> 00:25:36,720 settled within a day, and it's proved elusive. And of course, 396 00:25:36,759 --> 00:25:39,559 that scene with President Zelensky in the Oval Office, that 397 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,000 was February of this year. It seems like maybe a 398 00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:47,160 decade ago, because but he hadn't seen anything like a 399 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,000 scene like that in the Oval Office play out in 400 00:25:49,039 --> 00:25:55,039 public in American history, and the tariff program, which has 401 00:25:55,039 --> 00:25:57,039 brought in a lot of revenue but which has upended 402 00:25:57,079 --> 00:26:02,240 our alliances. It has been truly a presidency like no other, 403 00:26:03,279 --> 00:26:05,599 and we had some good reason to expect that, given 404 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,240 the way mister Trump operated in one point Zho. So, 405 00:26:09,279 --> 00:26:12,400 I don't think anybody, even his severest critics, have been 406 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:17,279 prepared for the sheer velocity with which he has attacked 407 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,039 policy changes on so many fronts. 408 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: And we already knew going in to this uh to 409 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,599 this presidency from his first presidency. Just at the pace 410 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,440 at which he works and gets things done. It's it's 411 00:26:32,599 --> 00:26:36,079 it's funny when you sometimes see some of your your 412 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,440 your Washington colleagues, you know, admitting that they just can't 413 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:41,079 keep up with it. 414 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,839 Speaker 3: Right, I'll tell you who else couldn't keep up with it. 415 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:49,039 The White House Stenographer's Office. So they stopped providing White 416 00:26:49,039 --> 00:26:52,480 House transcripts of White House events. That's a big change. 417 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,119 There is no official record from the White House of 418 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,279 these events except that which they place on the White 419 00:26:57,279 --> 00:27:01,559 House YouTube page or in less release forms sometimes. But 420 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,119 the official transcripts of everything that the President of the 421 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,680 United States says, that's not a function the White House 422 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,200 performs anymore, perhaps because the sheer torrent of words coming 423 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,039 out of President Trump on a day to day days 424 00:27:12,519 --> 00:27:15,240 was too much for their tired fingers, right. 425 00:27:15,319 --> 00:27:18,039 Speaker 1: And of course in those White House press briefings, they've 426 00:27:18,079 --> 00:27:22,559 also it's not only the tone and the pace of 427 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:27,759 the briefings, but now they've opened it up to let's say, 428 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:34,440 non traditional journalists, right, all these podcasters and independent journalists 429 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,559 that are now will get a seat in the press briefing, 430 00:27:38,599 --> 00:27:40,079 which has never happened before either. 431 00:27:41,079 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 3: And the phenomenon you're describing, Tony really takes a number 432 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,519 of different forms itself. There is, as you say, the 433 00:27:47,559 --> 00:27:50,759 admission of what we might call new media to the 434 00:27:50,759 --> 00:27:53,480 briefing room. And they've gotten this sort of seat of 435 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,200 honor to the left of the presidential lectern there or 436 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,440 the Press Secretary's lectern, and they get to ask the 437 00:27:58,519 --> 00:28:02,960 very first question of each briefing. But even more sweeping, 438 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,200 the White House announced that it was removing from the 439 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:12,799 White House Correspondence Association the traditional purview over who fills 440 00:28:12,799 --> 00:28:16,319 out the pool every day. The pool is the smaller 441 00:28:16,519 --> 00:28:23,559 group of journalists and photographers that consists of personnel on 442 00:28:23,599 --> 00:28:28,839 a rotating basis from the three broadcast networks, plus CNN 443 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,559 and Fox News. Fox News was added to the pool 444 00:28:31,599 --> 00:28:34,960 in nineteen ninety seven, and those five organizations share the 445 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,720 burdens and the privileges of covering the presidency on a 446 00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:41,160 day to day basis. There's an in house pool for 447 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,319 when he's in the White House, there's the in town 448 00:28:43,359 --> 00:28:46,440 pool for when the president travels somewhere within the vicinity 449 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,079 of the White House, and then there's the out of 450 00:28:48,119 --> 00:28:51,119 town pool for when the president leaves towns. And this 451 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,319 is an elaborate operation. Traditionally, the White House Correspondence Association 452 00:28:55,480 --> 00:29:00,160 and the Bureau chiefs had set which print organization is 453 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,960 in the pool today, which which radio organization is in 454 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,640 the pool today, et cetera, and the White House announced 455 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,720 it's simply commandeering that. And for example, the Associated Press, 456 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,440 which is the venerated wire service along with Reuters, typically 457 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,200 they used to ask the first question. The senior Wire 458 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,799 Service reporter would ask the first question at every presidential 459 00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:22,559 event or news conference that's gone. And in fact, because 460 00:29:22,599 --> 00:29:26,680 the Associated Press refused to recognize the legitimacy of the 461 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,240 president's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, to the Gulf 462 00:29:30,279 --> 00:29:35,319 of America. The Associated Press has been effectively blocked out 463 00:29:35,359 --> 00:29:37,400 of covering a lot of presidential events at the White 464 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,039 House and then from enjoying the traditional role of the 465 00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:42,759 wire Service. And in fact, the Associated Press has sued 466 00:29:42,799 --> 00:29:45,839 the White House on this basis, and as I understand it, 467 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,359 not gotten the greatest ruling so far. So yes, treatment 468 00:29:49,359 --> 00:29:52,519 of the press another area of major sweeping and very 469 00:29:52,599 --> 00:29:55,319 swift change. We should point out tony that in the 470 00:29:55,319 --> 00:29:58,119 eyes of the of the president's critics, some of the 471 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,559 velocity with which he has accomplished these things, that the implosion, 472 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,960 let's say, of USAID or the Department of Education, the 473 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,200 trimming of some three hundred thousand workers from the federal workforce, 474 00:30:09,559 --> 00:30:11,960 Some of these major things that have been accomplished in 475 00:30:12,039 --> 00:30:14,880 large measure through the power of velocity, in the eyes 476 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,599 of the president's critics, have been accomplished by trampling the law. 477 00:30:18,119 --> 00:30:21,160 One example they would cite is that the president early 478 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,759 on fired a number of inspectors general at the different agencies, 479 00:30:25,599 --> 00:30:30,000 and under the relevant law that's not allowed to happen 480 00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:33,200 unless the president gives thirty days notice and sufficient reasons 481 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,839 to the Congress. None of that was observed. So the 482 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,960 president and his team have been using the power of 483 00:30:39,039 --> 00:30:43,640 velocity in ways that sometimes the president's critics or those 484 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,759 who would be determined to enforce the law to the 485 00:30:45,799 --> 00:30:47,920 strictest letter, can't even catch up with. 486 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,519 Speaker 1: Well, James, I'm going to have to start wrapping it up. 487 00:30:53,559 --> 00:30:59,160 But you know, the president has certainly given plenty of 488 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:05,119 ammunition to both his supporters and his detractors. I just 489 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,480 want to mention again real quick. I mentioned that at 490 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,920 the open Scalia Supreme Court years nineteen eighty six to 491 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,519 two thousand and one. That's James Rosen's book. It's coming 492 00:31:15,519 --> 00:31:20,119 out February tenth, the tenth anniversary if Scalia's passing is 493 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:25,160 February thirteenth. Fantastic book. You're definitely going to want to 494 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:29,079 check that out. James Rosen, you do a fantastic job 495 00:31:29,519 --> 00:31:33,279 on every single hit, every single day on Newsmax, and 496 00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:36,680 I appreciate you coming on today. And as you said, 497 00:31:36,759 --> 00:31:41,000 you know at the beginning, there's there's no radio show 498 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,680 or hit that is going to give you nearly the 499 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,000 amount of time that it would take, you know, to 500 00:31:46,119 --> 00:31:49,720 cover what's been happening there in Washington. But thank you 501 00:31:50,119 --> 00:31:52,519 I'll talk to you soon. Have a wonderful holiday. You 502 00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:53,880 and your family appreciate it. 503 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 3: You know. 504 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 2: Stories are powerful. They help us make sense of things, 505 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,480 to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the people of 506 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,799 our past while transcending generations. They help us process the 507 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,319 meaning of life, and our stories are told through images 508 00:32:07,319 --> 00:32:11,160 and videos. Preserve your stories with Creative Video started in 509 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,079 nineteen ninety seven and Minhill, North Carolina. 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They 519 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,000 are your life told through the eyes of everyone around 520 00:32:50,039 --> 00:32:52,279 you and all who came before you, and they will 521 00:32:52,319 --> 00:32:55,960 tell others to come who you are. Visit creative video. 522 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:59,319 Speaker 1: Dot Com and speaking of Christmas. I mentioned at the 523 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:04,680 open you know what's with this weather for Christmas? And 524 00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:06,680 I know a lot of people are happy about it. 525 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,519 But as I mentioned, Christmas is supposed to be cold. 526 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,720 Scott Lorimore with the Weather Channel is with us and Scott. 527 00:33:15,079 --> 00:33:17,519 It's not just here in Charlotte, but you know, people 528 00:33:17,599 --> 00:33:20,200 traveling all over the country to see family and friends. 529 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,480 Let's talk about the weather in Charlotte first, but then 530 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,559 let's talk about where people may run into some bad weather. 531 00:33:30,839 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 5: Hey, Tony, and merry Christmas. So I'll tell you what. 532 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,799 We've got some records on the table for this holiday. 533 00:33:36,079 --> 00:33:38,359 It's not just ham and turkey that's being served up 534 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,920 for tomorrow and Thursday. We're talking mid seventies for high 535 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,079 temperatures here in town. And we will knock on the 536 00:33:45,119 --> 00:33:48,079 door of some records, and in fact, on Christmas Day, 537 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,680 we will knock on the door of some very long 538 00:33:50,839 --> 00:33:54,240 standing records from the nineteen fifties here at the airport. 539 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,759 I think we'll easily smoke our record tomorrow. The record 540 00:33:57,839 --> 00:34:00,559 high temperature tomorrow is seventy three degrees at the that's 541 00:34:00,559 --> 00:34:04,519 from twenty fifteen. We'll push past that one easily tomorrow. 542 00:34:04,759 --> 00:34:07,400 We're up into the mid seventies tomorrow, and then on 543 00:34:07,519 --> 00:34:10,760 Christmas Day, I think will be just shy of touching 544 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,639 or tying our record. Our record high here at the 545 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:18,239 airport officially on Christmas Day is seventy seven degrees from 546 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,159 nineteen fifty five. Some of the southern suburbs could get 547 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:23,360 close to that number, but I don't think we'll quite 548 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,719 touch that number at the airport for Christmas Day. So 549 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,559 it is definitely gonna be warm. If you like a 550 00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:30,679 warm December, you will love our forecast for the holiday, 551 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,000 although it does get cold again early next week, Tony. 552 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,559 Speaker 1: Okay for New Year's Like I said, I don't I 553 00:34:38,599 --> 00:34:41,000 don't hear a lot of people complaining about the weather, 554 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:43,960 but you know, and I live in Florida, so I'm 555 00:34:44,119 --> 00:34:46,880 used to having that kind of weather and even hotter 556 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,880 on Christmas, but it just doesn't feel like Christmas. So 557 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:57,280 seventy seven good point Yeah, seven was the record. Yes, yes, 558 00:34:58,519 --> 00:35:00,480 almost seven is the record for day. 559 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,639 Speaker 5: And it's a long standing room from the nineteenth. 560 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: Sitty nineteen fifty five, nineteen fifty yeah, all right now, 561 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:06,719 so a lot. 562 00:35:06,559 --> 00:35:08,519 Speaker 5: Of people are going to touch it, but will be close. 563 00:35:09,159 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: A lot of people in North Carolina are headed up 564 00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:15,559 north where you know they originally came from to visit family. 565 00:35:16,159 --> 00:35:17,880 What's it going to be like up in the Northeast, 566 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,119 let's say, and in New England. 567 00:35:20,199 --> 00:35:23,519 Speaker 5: Yeah, so southern New England and New York City, they're 568 00:35:23,519 --> 00:35:26,119 going to get a white Christmas right after the holiday. 569 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,679 So they're going to have mild weather in New York 570 00:35:28,679 --> 00:35:32,960 City for Christmas Day with temperatures in the forties. Boston 571 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,039 could have some snow on the ground for Christmas Day, 572 00:35:36,679 --> 00:35:39,519 and Albany, New York, could have some snow on the 573 00:35:39,519 --> 00:35:43,199 ground for Christmas Day. But that's about it. Southern New England. 574 00:35:43,639 --> 00:35:46,679 That's about the only place in the East that you 575 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,280 could go to see a white Christmas. Everyone else is 576 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:53,039 warm tony. From Chicago to Florida to the Gulf Coast, 577 00:35:53,159 --> 00:35:56,000 everyone is warm. And if you happen to be traveling 578 00:35:56,079 --> 00:35:59,039 out west, there's not a lot of snow out west. 579 00:35:59,039 --> 00:36:01,360 The big story out west is the flooding rains coming 580 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,920 to southern California, and they're actually. 581 00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:07,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've been hearing about that. I've been hearing about 582 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:08,360 pretty sick. 583 00:36:08,519 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 5: Not not just. 584 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,639 Speaker 1: Rain, but potential not just rain, but potential flooding. 585 00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:16,639 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know the recent burnscar areas out there that 586 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,239 makes it easy for the soil to move. But they're 587 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,880 going to get a lot of rain. Talking three and 588 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,559 four inches of rain. That would be a lot of 589 00:36:23,639 --> 00:36:26,199 rain for us here in Charlotte, right, four inches of 590 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,400 rain in Los Angeles is a lot of rain short 591 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:28,960 amount of time. 592 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,960 Speaker 1: Wow, Okay, so it's not just Charlotte. Pretty warm and 593 00:36:33,199 --> 00:36:36,880 and uh, seasonal season, I guess you can say seasonable 594 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,199 season all all over the country. No, not too many 595 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,119 white Christmases this Christmas. 596 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,719 Speaker 5: The only exception is, like, yes, southern New England is 597 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,239 like the only exception. Everyone else is pretty warm in 598 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,400 the east and even the Gulf Coast. We're headed into 599 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:56,000 what's known as a La Nina weather pattern, which is 600 00:36:56,079 --> 00:36:58,079 kind of wet in the northwest and warm here in 601 00:36:58,119 --> 00:37:01,119 the southeast, and so it looks like it's kind of 602 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:02,679 winning out for the winter forecast. 603 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,800 Speaker 2: All right, that'll do it for this episode. 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