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<v Speaker 1>This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI

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<v Speaker 1>AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand

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<v Speaker 1>on the iHeartRadio app. We begin with inflation. Good news

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<v Speaker 1>on this front. Inflation did ease last month. Consumer prices

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<v Speaker 1>in April were up from two point three percent from

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<v Speaker 1>a year ago. It's a small annual increase, but it

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<v Speaker 1>shows that it is cooled off a bit, which is good.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they are predicting impending doom when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>the tariffs and what that will mean for inflation. But

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<v Speaker 1>right now, the what do you call it, the defecation

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<v Speaker 1>has not hit the oscillation.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct, And this is, like you said, slow, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>the slowest it's been since early twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 3>According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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<v Speaker 2>They said that there's a specific number that they look

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<v Speaker 2>at for underlying inflation that takes out things like food

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<v Speaker 2>that can be volatile, energy which can be volatile, and

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<v Speaker 2>they said that inflation went up two point eight percent

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<v Speaker 2>compared to the same time last year, which would be

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<v Speaker 2>in line with what we saw a month earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>That aside, if you are going to look at food,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why they continue to look at eggs,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when we're in the midst of a bird flu.

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<v Speaker 1>They do, though, they continue to look at egg prices

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<v Speaker 1>which were down twelve point seven percent in April because

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<v Speaker 1>there was a break and the bird flu. It had

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to do with inflation. Leave the eggs out of

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<v Speaker 1>it if you're looking for an indicator, because they have

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<v Speaker 1>been up and down and up and down just because

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<v Speaker 1>of that bird flu alone.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean look at the things like they do, very

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<v Speaker 2>specific categories here, food away from home, motor vehicle insurance,

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<v Speaker 2>non alcoholic beverages, tobacco and smoking products. I think all

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<v Speaker 2>of those would be more outside of some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>regulatory issue, those would be a lot more indicative of

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<v Speaker 2>the actual inflation.

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<v Speaker 1>Stephen Brown is an economist of capital economics. He says

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<v Speaker 1>the overall tariff impact was muted, furniture costs were up

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<v Speaker 1>a bit. But they say this coming on the significant

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<v Speaker 1>u turn news from the Trump administration on the tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>with China, is good. That this news coming on the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that we see relief on the horizon, is all

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<v Speaker 1>good for the economic forecast. I cannot find an article,

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<v Speaker 1>even from Trump enthusiasts, where we won the whole thing

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<v Speaker 1>with China, and I wasn't expecting to I wasn't expecting

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<v Speaker 1>to see Chin. I did see articles of Oh, China

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<v Speaker 1>pulled one over on Trump or what have you, but

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<v Speaker 1>they come from the sources that you would expect them

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<v Speaker 1>to come from. These were two superpowers trade partners that

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<v Speaker 1>were not going to budge. Nobody was going to capitulate

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<v Speaker 1>wholeheartedly here.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I mean the ninety day pause or the

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<v Speaker 2>ninety day e callback of the one hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 2>five percent tariffs down to thirty percent. That doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>this is over by any means, because there have been

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<v Speaker 2>plenty of times when China has entered into agreements with

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<v Speaker 2>the United States or the world think the World Trade

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<v Speaker 2>Organization or whatever, and then just turned their back on

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<v Speaker 2>those agreements.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, and I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Wondering if it gets louder that Trump did not win

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<v Speaker 1>this round, that he did back down.

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<v Speaker 2>If he jacked down and imposes more interior yeah tariffs,

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<v Speaker 2>how he would react or moves the goalpost in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of what he would want from China.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>There is also something interesting about these inflation numbers.

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<v Speaker 3>Two things.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, As we mentioned at the beginning, these are

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<v Speaker 2>kind of lagging indicators. So this is last month's inflation.

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<v Speaker 2>We didn't really get a chance for tariffs to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of take hold. Before any of this materialized. In terms

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<v Speaker 2>of inflation numbers, there could be a bump up if

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<v Speaker 2>nothing else, just anticipation of the tariffs, and of course

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<v Speaker 2>our biggest trading partner in China. That means that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>with those off the table, the blip would be temporary.

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<v Speaker 3>But the second thing is what impact this has on.

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<v Speaker 2>FED chair and whether or not in the next meeting

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<v Speaker 2>they decide to lower lower interest rates because you usually

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<v Speaker 2>raise interest rates to try to cool off inflation. Now

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<v Speaker 2>that it is cooling off, are they ready to lower

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<v Speaker 2>those interest rates again and start moving some of this

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<v Speaker 2>money around?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the Trump family business has grown significantly in recent

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<v Speaker 1>months in the Middle East. His sons have spent the

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<v Speaker 1>past few weeks crisscrossing the Middle East laying the groundwolk

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<v Speaker 1>work for deals that are going to benefit the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>name and the company. A lot of people talking about

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<v Speaker 1>constitutional conflicts, and this is just fascinating stuff. Not a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people pay attention to this, but it is fascinating.

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<v Speaker 1>And before you go name calling or finger pointing, we

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<v Speaker 1>did the same We did the same deep dive into

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<v Speaker 1>Biden and his family and the hunter. Hunter's fascinating how

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<v Speaker 1>connected globally our political leaders are here in the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>which goes to my point that they're never just looking

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<v Speaker 1>out for the country. They're looking out for the bottom,

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom, the bottom line when it comes to dollars

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<v Speaker 1>and cents and families. By the way, did you hear

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<v Speaker 1>Biden's basically broke that. Usually, you know, a former president

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<v Speaker 1>goes out on the speaking circuit, makes boatloads of money,

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<v Speaker 1>but no one's paying for that. You can't do that

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<v Speaker 1>er speech exactly, and no one does, and so he's

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<v Speaker 1>not making any money. Apparently they're in not good straits,

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<v Speaker 1>the Biden family financially.

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<v Speaker 3>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll continue this great Tuesday show. A true crime Tuesday

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<v Speaker 2>is coming up late in the show. Of course, we've

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<v Speaker 2>got a wellness segment coming up. And I saw this

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<v Speaker 2>amazing article airlines are planning for nuclear war. Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>really interested in that. It's the weirdest concept to think of.

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<v Speaker 1>How about plan for just getting from point A to

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<v Speaker 1>point B and having your traffic controllers to get you there.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's start with new one. Yeah, and then we'll move on.

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<v Speaker 4>Come on, you're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand

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<v Speaker 4>from KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe a little bit of a softer gentler Trump saying

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<v Speaker 1>that he wants to avoid conflict with Tehran. He says

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<v Speaker 1>he's willing to end passed conflicts and forge new partnerships

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<v Speaker 1>for a better and more stable world, even with profound differences.

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<v Speaker 1>He did dispatch Steve Witkoff to meet with Iranian officials

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday for a fourth round of talks, trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>a rando abandon its nuclear program. You're not going to

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<v Speaker 1>get that, but Trump says he hopes Saudi Arabia will

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<v Speaker 1>soon join the Abraham Accords and eventually recognize Israel.

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<v Speaker 3>Are the other things I'm going to get that.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the big applause lines that he just leveled

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<v Speaker 2>for everybody there in Saudi Arabia was a dropping of

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<v Speaker 2>the extended sanctions against Syria now that bash Erasaud is

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<v Speaker 2>out as the leader of that country, trying to give

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<v Speaker 2>them a chance to succeed.

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<v Speaker 5>And also with President Ernigan of Turkey, who called me

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<v Speaker 5>the other day and asked for a very similar thing,

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<v Speaker 5>among others and friends of mine, people that have a

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<v Speaker 5>lot of respect for.

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<v Speaker 3>In the Middle East.

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<v Speaker 5>I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria

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<v Speaker 5>in order to give them a chance at great This.

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<v Speaker 2>That was, you know, it's probably the biggest applause line

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<v Speaker 2>in that entire speech, that he just.

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<v Speaker 1>Thinks Syria a chance of greatness.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, everybody deserves a chance.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that right?

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<v Speaker 3>Telling me there's a chance now.

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<v Speaker 2>The big question about the business conflicts, I think is

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things that will hamstring this president.

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<v Speaker 3>We've said multiple.

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<v Speaker 2>Times he can be his own worst enemy when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to his desire to be the greatest president that

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<v Speaker 2>the United States has ever had.

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<v Speaker 3>He continues to do things.

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<v Speaker 2>That chip away at whatever leg see he wants to build,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is one of them. Allowing his sons, or

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<v Speaker 2>encouraging his sons, or whatever he's doing with his sons

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<v Speaker 2>to crisscross their way back and forth across the Middle

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<v Speaker 2>East to come up with all of these cryptocurrency deals,

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<v Speaker 2>these new Trump organization hotel deals.

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<v Speaker 1>There's going to be money to be made from the office.

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<v Speaker 1>And Trump's legacy is that of a businessman. The Trump

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<v Speaker 1>name is his legacy. This is what he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>be known for. Just last week, his son Eric, spoke

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<v Speaker 1>to a crowded convention center in Dubai about the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>Organization's plans to build an eighty floor hotel and residential

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<v Speaker 1>tower there. He boasted that the incredible icon would redefine luxury,

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<v Speaker 1>have the highest infinity edge pool in the world. On

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<v Speaker 1>behalf of myself, on behalf of my family. Family. We

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<v Speaker 1>love Dubai. This is a blatant We are using the

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<v Speaker 1>office of the President and the Trump name to make money.

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<v Speaker 1>It's blatant is because it's so far in your face

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<v Speaker 1>that it's almost too much to raise your hand and go,

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<v Speaker 1>is there some sort of impropriety here? Is this is

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<v Speaker 1>a thing because it's so they have stepped on the

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<v Speaker 1>gas pedals so far that it erases, well, there can't

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<v Speaker 1>be anything wrong with this. I mean, you're so far

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<v Speaker 1>out in the open with it. It's all legal rights.

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<v Speaker 3>There has been no proven illegality.

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<v Speaker 2>No one has come forward and said what they're doing

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<v Speaker 2>is completely illegal and here's why. But they're also doing

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<v Speaker 2>something to your point, so out in the open, so crazy,

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<v Speaker 2>so wrecking ball to the conventional norms that.

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<v Speaker 3>Who's going to challenge them?

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<v Speaker 2>My question is, did was there a moment when Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>Let's say Trump jumped up in the polls before the election,

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<v Speaker 2>right and he was pretty confident that he was going

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<v Speaker 2>to win. Was there a moment in his mind where

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<v Speaker 2>he thought, you know what, I left a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>money on the table in that first term, and this

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<v Speaker 2>time time we're cleaning out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, and let us all be distracted with the red

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<v Speaker 1>herrings involving Alcatraz in the like Trump while the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>brothers are in the Middle East selling the name. We're

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<v Speaker 1>over here going you can't rebuild Alcatraz.

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<v Speaker 2>That was a Steve Bannon dictate, which was flood the

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<v Speaker 2>zone with as much information, fire hose of state going on.

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<v Speaker 1>And then go hard in the paint. It's a basketball term.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I know exactly. I know exactly what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead, make that segue.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, that's why I'm trying to fight. Something else to

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<v Speaker 3>talk about more of that.

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<v Speaker 4>In swamp Watch, you're listening to Gary and Shannon on

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<v Speaker 4>Demand from KFI AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>That book that comes out next week called Original Sin.

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<v Speaker 2>Jake Tapper from CNN, Alex Thompson from AXIO. They describe

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't I don't know if they're complicit in it

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<v Speaker 2>or not.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't wait to read the book.

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<v Speaker 2>But they described the media's cover up of the decline

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<v Speaker 2>of Joe Biden while in the White House during his term,

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<v Speaker 2>and the obvious physical things that we could see in

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<v Speaker 2>events that he was doing, but also some of the

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<v Speaker 2>mental things that people in the White House noticed but

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<v Speaker 2>didn't say anything about or didn't do anything about.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're wondering where that full page op ed from

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<v Speaker 1>George Clooney came from, which really put the ball in

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<v Speaker 1>motion for getting rid of Biden on that ticket, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>It's by far the big It was like Tom Hanks

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<v Speaker 1>on a singular issue. It's because Biden didn't recognize George

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<v Speaker 1>Clooney at a fundraiser. Yeah, I can't, although I don't know. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>were so concerned about his physical condition, about Biden's physical condition,

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<v Speaker 1>Which makes sense. I was just telling Gary off the air,

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<v Speaker 1>the suit. Why that didn't dawn on us when you

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<v Speaker 1>it's a suit. I think the suit and the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that we've seen Joe Biden for forty years in a

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<v Speaker 1>professional capacity, that that didn't cross our minds. But of

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<v Speaker 1>course it should have crossed our minds.

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<v Speaker 2>analogy if that was somebody in sweatpants and a dirty

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<v Speaker 2>T shirt somewhere. Yeah, because dad doesn't have a good

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<v Speaker 1>We would have done all on those things. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So anyway, that.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously is going to be one of those stories that

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<v Speaker 1>Sean Ditty Combs's former girlfriend are mb singer Cassie took

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<v Speaker 1>exploited by him for years. Of course, we saw the

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<v Speaker 1>video of Diddy beating her in that hotel in the

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<v Speaker 1>hallway in twenty sixteen, and that has been showed to

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<v Speaker 1>the jurors as well. He met her when she was

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<v Speaker 1>very young, and it seems like it was definitely a

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<v Speaker 1>grooming process, him kissing her shortly after she was signed

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<v Speaker 1>to the record label, introducing her to oral sex, which

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't know about. Later progressive, she testified about his freakoffs,

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<v Speaker 1>some of those crazy parties where gallons of baby oil

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<v Speaker 1>were involved. She says. She testified today again eight and

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<v Speaker 1>a half months pregnant. On the witness stand, she testified

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<v Speaker 1>that these freakoffs became a job that.

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<v Speaker 2>They would go on a lot longer than she wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>She said one of them lasted four days, and that

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<v Speaker 2>at one point in the relationship that was basically all

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<v Speaker 2>they did was they would have these parties, these sex

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<v Speaker 2>driven parties, and then she would recover like that was it.

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<v Speaker 2>She didn't have time to do anything else, and then

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<v Speaker 2>the next one would come around. She was on the

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<v Speaker 2>stand and was asked about that video. Of course, that

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<v Speaker 2>video that we've all seen from the Intercontinental Hotel where

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<v Speaker 2>she is trying to leave. She described it as having

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<v Speaker 2>been right after one of those freak offs and apparently

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<v Speaker 2>had had enough and was going to take off, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's when Diddy comes out in just the towel and

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<v Speaker 2>throws her to the ground and kicks her. They didn't

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<v Speaker 2>spend a lot of time on that when it came

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<v Speaker 2>to testimony, because she then started getting into some of

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<v Speaker 2>the details of these sex parties.

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<v Speaker 3>That they would get into.

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<v Speaker 2>But we'll come back and there's more to this in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of what she again she was twenty one. That

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<v Speaker 2>was the first time they kissed. Was that her twenty

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<v Speaker 1>Right when she signed the label. She said she feared

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<v Speaker 1>saying no would have consequences making him angry, and also

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<v Speaker 1>worried that he was going to blackmail her with the videos.

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<v Speaker 1>It turns out she may be doing that to him. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>not blackmailing, but those videos of the freak offs maybe

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<v Speaker 1>introduced in court, they kind of set the stage for that.

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<v Speaker 4>You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI

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<v Speaker 4>AM six forty.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see Connor and Jack Black on one of

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<v Speaker 1>the late night shows Connor from Love on the Spectrum?

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<v Speaker 1>But no, it wasn't Connor, it was Tanner Tanner.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I did I have seen that? Wait?

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<v Speaker 2>Was it the one where Jack Black surprised him? Yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen that. Yeah, that's really great. You just reminded

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<v Speaker 1>Mostly lizards and squirrels, but right now it's lizards, but

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<v Speaker 1>I like lizards? Okay, So Cassie Ventura is on the stand.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Diddy's former girlfriend. She entered the courtroom. They say,

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<v Speaker 1>the witness stand eight and the half monks pregnant Calms

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<v Speaker 1>She would dab her nose and her eyes at time

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<v Speaker 1>with Kleenex and they were wiven. A disclaimer the court

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<v Speaker 2>She said that she knew that Sean Combs had many girlfriends,

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<v Speaker 2>but that in the early part of her relationship again

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<v Speaker 2>she's twenty one, when they kissed for the first time,

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<v Speaker 2>quickly realized they weren't. He had been connected to I

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<v Speaker 2>think it was kim Porter as well at the time. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and that she said, within the first year of the relationship,

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<v Speaker 2>he proposed this idea, this sexual encounter these are her words,

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<v Speaker 2>that he called voyeurism, where he would watch me have

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<v Speaker 2>sex with a third party, specifically with another man, and

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<v Speaker 2>she said she didn't feel like she could refuse those

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<v Speaker 1>She described him at this time, in the beginning as

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<v Speaker 1>the shots when she was younger. You can imagine he's

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<v Speaker 1>the head of the label. You're a young artist. All

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<v Speaker 1>of this. She said that some of their arguments would

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<v Speaker 1>be violent and result in some sort of physical abuse.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a quote. He would smash me in my head,

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<v Speaker 1>knock me over, drag me, kick me, stop me if

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<v Speaker 1>my head was down. She experienced or he experienced, she said,

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<v Speaker 1>mood swings. If she didn't answer her phone, he would

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<v Speaker 1>to the prosecution. They do allegedly store the freak off videos,

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<v Speaker 1>black eyes, bruises, yep, all part of the relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't think of anybody more impactful than hers her testimony.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the guys that was paid to have sex

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<v Speaker 2>with her testified yesterday, as did the security guard from

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<v Speaker 2>that hotel here in la that was originally called after

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<v Speaker 3>She said that.

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<v Speaker 2>All of that stuff that she's got, like you said,

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<v Speaker 2>had been turned over to prosecutors, and there's a good

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<v Speaker 2>chance that they'd be able to recover something that would

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<v Speaker 2>also be one of those things. Here's my question. Though

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<v Speaker 2>he's not charged with domestic violence, is he and the

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<v Speaker 2>defense attorneys in this case we mentioned yesterday, Tenny Garags

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<v Speaker 2>is Mark Garrogos's daughter, says that, yeah, Sean Combs had

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<v Speaker 2>an unusual lifestyle and he was a swinger, but that

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<v Speaker 2>the sex was always consensual, which obviously Cassie is explaining

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<v Speaker 2>a bad temper this is the defense attorney, and had

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<v Speaker 2>committed some acts of violence against his victims, but that

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<v Speaker 2>they were domestic incidents that was fueled by jealousy on

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's hard to prove domestic violence like this over

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<v Speaker 1>a ten year period. You've got that video that's very helpful, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>but the sex trafficking, the racketeering, that's where the real

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<v Speaker 1>that's where the real time is. When you look at

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<v Speaker 1>If he was moving these girls around like they said.

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<v Speaker 2>He was, well, we'll see what happens when the defense

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<v Speaker 2>also get a chance to question Cassie venture.

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<v Speaker 1>They are on break for lunch. We will get you

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<v Speaker 1>caught up coming up at noon when we talk about

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<v Speaker 1>everything that's trending everywhere, because the story will continue to

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<v Speaker 1>do so. When we come back, though, we've got a

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<v Speaker 1>that is not going away. We'll get into it.

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