1 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: I look at that. 2 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: Here we are Happy Friday to you. Welcome to the 3 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,880 Big Podcast on this fifteenth day of August year of 4 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,119 our twenty twenty five. My name is Tom Sullivan. And 5 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,880 of course the world is focusing on what's going on 6 00:00:43,119 --> 00:00:48,039 in Alaska because President Trump and President Putin are there, 7 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,399 and we'll see what comes out of that particular meeting. 8 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,600 So that's truly the top story. We've got some economic 9 00:00:56,679 --> 00:01:02,679 news out today about retail sales, about the tariffs, whether 10 00:01:02,679 --> 00:01:06,920 they're having an impact, and of course Washington, d C. 11 00:01:08,359 --> 00:01:11,680 And it's well, let me get you up to data, 12 00:01:11,719 --> 00:01:14,879 what's going on with that. I still I look at 13 00:01:14,879 --> 00:01:17,319 this and I go, I don't know if they're going 14 00:01:17,359 --> 00:01:21,760 to solve crime. You can't solve crime as long as 15 00:01:21,799 --> 00:01:26,920 there's people. But there's but there's no question the crime 16 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,640 in Washington, d C. Even though it is down, it 17 00:01:30,719 --> 00:01:34,359 is still very high compared to a lot of major 18 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:37,879 cities around the world. I mean, on one hand, yes, 19 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,519 of course, everybody's for getting crime taken care of. Nobody 20 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,879 has really paid any attention to the crime problem in 21 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,840 d C. So congratulations to this president is the first 22 00:01:48,879 --> 00:01:51,359 one all of them have dealt with it. He's the 23 00:01:51,359 --> 00:01:53,840 first one to actually stand up and do something about it. 24 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:58,439 But at the same time, I've got there's a couple 25 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,319 of things that are rubbing me raw a little bit 26 00:02:01,359 --> 00:02:05,760 on this. First of all, the idea that Washington, d C. 27 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,479 They're not going to solve the crime problem anytime soon. 28 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:15,639 So as in any war, what's the exit strategy that's 29 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,360 been bothering me. I'm looking at this and going, first 30 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,479 of all, unless Congress gives an extension, the federal government 31 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,080 has to stop this effort that they're doing in Washington, DC. 32 00:02:27,039 --> 00:02:30,400 Within thirty days, we're down to I don't know, I 33 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,879 haven't done a countdown twenty five days from now, and 34 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,159 they're not going to solve the problem in that shorter 35 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:39,479 period of time. So then what do they do if 36 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,759 Congress says, no, we're not going to give you an extension. 37 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,599 Do you just pack up everything and say never mind 38 00:02:45,759 --> 00:02:49,759 like Roseanne and Rosanna Dana and just say bye? Or 39 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,400 do you actually get an extension from Congress? And then 40 00:02:54,479 --> 00:02:57,240 what do you do? How long do you stay there? 41 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,639 Crime and criminals there's always We've talked about this many times. 42 00:03:02,039 --> 00:03:08,919 There is an element of the population that is basically 43 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,599 they have an intention to commit crimes. It's their DNA. 44 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:16,840 It's about it's been guessed by sciencests for years. It's 45 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:22,199 somewhere between ten to fifteen percent of the population are criminals, 46 00:03:22,879 --> 00:03:25,280 and they that's what they do. You get up in 47 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:26,840 the morning, go to work. They get up in the 48 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:31,240 morning and go rob people. So you're always going to 49 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,639 have to either lock up find out who that ten 50 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,159 to fifteen percent is and lock them up. And it 51 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,439 Actually they made some progress on that on three strikes 52 00:03:39,479 --> 00:03:43,439 and you're out sort of legislation. But I don't know 53 00:03:43,479 --> 00:03:46,439 what their exit strategy is to where the federal government 54 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:51,840 just one day puts up a mission accomplished banner. I 55 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:57,039 don't think so. So I'm troubled by the fact that 56 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,520 I don't know how this. Once they got into this, 57 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,919 how are they going to get out of it. I'll 58 00:04:02,919 --> 00:04:06,199 tell you another old problem I'm having. I've talked about 59 00:04:06,199 --> 00:04:09,280 this long before this DC thing came along. I'm talking 60 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:17,920 about years ago. Police departments used to wear mostly blue uniforms. 61 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,839 They had a hat, they had a coat, they had 62 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,480 a badge on the coat or the jacket or the shirt. 63 00:04:25,079 --> 00:04:29,879 They had a gun on the strapped around their hip. 64 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,879 They looked like police. You could tell who a police 65 00:04:33,879 --> 00:04:38,160 officer was. Then, I don't know, ten years ago, they 66 00:04:38,199 --> 00:04:45,519 started wearing camo and ball caps, and you're going on, 67 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,279 are you trying to be a soldier because you look 68 00:04:48,399 --> 00:04:51,240 like you're in the army. And I don't like that. 69 00:04:51,439 --> 00:04:53,800 I never have like that. I think police should wear 70 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,879 take your pick, blue uniforms with a badge and a 71 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,000 gun on their hip, yup, so you know exactly who 72 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,360 a police officer. I know it's it sounds petty, but 73 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,519 it makes all the difference in the world for the 74 00:05:07,639 --> 00:05:10,959 authority of a police officer when they walk in to 75 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,279 a scene. And now we've got these guys and gals 76 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,560 running around looking like some sort of I don't know, 77 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,959 some sort of army. I don't care for it, and 78 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,560 I really don't care for and I know this is 79 00:05:26,639 --> 00:05:28,360 probably going to make those of you on the right 80 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,040 up set, but I don't like the mass on police officers. 81 00:05:32,079 --> 00:05:34,319 If you're going to be a police officer, you got 82 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,399 your name, you got your badge, you got your badge number, 83 00:05:37,959 --> 00:05:39,720 got your name. I used to when I was in 84 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,800 law enforcement. A badge, badge number was clear. There's my name, 85 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:45,319 plate right there on my chest. 86 00:05:47,319 --> 00:05:47,879 Speaker 1: I don't know this. 87 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,759 Speaker 2: I know why there's people on the that are anti police, 88 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,680 that are going out there and using the Internet to 89 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,319 find out who these police officers are. I'll tell you, 90 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,480 I'm speaking for every police officer that's ever been a 91 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,199 police officer. You're always going to be threatened by the criminals. 92 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:08,800 I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill your family. 93 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,319 Every police officer has heard that dozens, if not hundreds 94 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,120 of dozens of times. So if you want to be 95 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:20,639 a police officer, be out there and look the part 96 00:06:21,959 --> 00:06:25,879 and name and badge and all that stuff should be 97 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,399 on the front. So they're now trying to take over 98 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,680 more of Washington to see. Last night, Pam Bondy decided 99 00:06:34,759 --> 00:06:39,480 to script the Chief of Police of her authority. Here's 100 00:06:39,519 --> 00:06:40,959 what Pam Bondy had to say. 101 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,519 Speaker 1: DC will not remain a sanctuary city. 102 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 3: Actively shielding criminal aliens will not happen under Donald Trump's directive. 103 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,879 DC will become safe again and it will become clean again. 104 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:57,040 We've made one hundred and fifty six arrest, Twenty seven 105 00:06:57,199 --> 00:07:01,879 firearms have been seized, child for not pornographic material has 106 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,399 been seized over two hundred fittenol pills taken off the street, 107 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:10,959 a homicide suspect with a firearm, and we are going 108 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,199 to protect DC and make it safe again. 109 00:07:13,959 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: Well, I think that's great. They've arrested criminals, taken guns 110 00:07:17,639 --> 00:07:20,800 off the street. But I looked up the average daily 111 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,639 arrest log in Washington, d C. And it's about the 112 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,160 same as what they're doing right now. So they're not 113 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,040 getting more people. They're not making more arrest than the 114 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:35,160 Metropolitan Police Department normally makes on a given day a night. 115 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:39,600 But I'm glad they're there, and what they really what 116 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,720 I think the federal government should do is figure out 117 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:48,040 how to help Washington, d C. Recruit five hundred more 118 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,839 police officers for their city. Help them with that process, 119 00:07:52,879 --> 00:07:55,399 give them some funding to do the recruiting, whatever you 120 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,600 got to do. More police will bring the crime rate down. 121 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,040 But just the fact that you got more police, and 122 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,759 this is where it goes back to I told you 123 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,759 I was in law enforcement. I was also in the army. 124 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,199 I've had both jobs. They're not even close to the same. 125 00:08:12,519 --> 00:08:18,439 They are just not Maybe an MP military police would 126 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,079 be similar, but other than that, everybody else in the 127 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,319 military doesn't know anything about law enforcement. So I'm watching 128 00:08:25,399 --> 00:08:29,879 the news, the videos. The media is out running around 129 00:08:29,959 --> 00:08:34,639 filming all the people in DC, and I don't understand it. 130 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:40,320 They're in groups, the National Guard, they're in groups and 131 00:08:40,399 --> 00:08:41,559 they're walking around. 132 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: I saw one group. 133 00:08:43,399 --> 00:08:47,159 Speaker 2: I counted eleven National guardsmen walking in a big group 134 00:08:47,279 --> 00:08:49,879 down the sidewalk. I don't know where they were going. 135 00:08:50,639 --> 00:08:53,039 They didn't seem to bother anybody, and nobody seemed to 136 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:59,720 bother them. But I'm thinking, that doesn't sound like efficient 137 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,399 leasing by having eleven of you in a group walking along. 138 00:09:03,919 --> 00:09:06,679 I found I saw another group. There was eight in 139 00:09:06,799 --> 00:09:10,759 that group, but they're they're They're clustering and walking together, 140 00:09:10,919 --> 00:09:13,840 and I don't know what they're doing, and I don't 141 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:15,799 know who told them to go do that, or they're 142 00:09:15,799 --> 00:09:20,120 making it up on their own. So, but there's people 143 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:26,039 in DC that are happy. My old friend from Fox 144 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:31,399 was Griff Jenkins, who lives in DC. Found a lady 145 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,240 sitting on a bus stop and asked her about is 146 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,519 she happy to see the extra law enforcement? 147 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: Are you seeing that? 148 00:09:40,279 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 4: No, I'm not seeing it. 149 00:09:41,759 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 5: We're seeing carjackings the valance and the communities. So we 150 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,480 were advocating then for the National Guard to come out, 151 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,200 but they said it was no need. But think about 152 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,159 how many lives could have been saved just having them 153 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:56,720 on a scene. 154 00:09:57,639 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 2: So this lady, her family a victim of crime, and 155 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,240 I feel sorry for her. And again, the concept of 156 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,919 cracking down on crime and bringing in more law enforcement 157 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,600 to Washington, d C. I am the number one supporter 158 00:10:11,799 --> 00:10:14,919 of that. It's not the it's not the policy, it's 159 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,240 the how they're going about it, and having clusters of 160 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:23,200 National guardsmen walking along. I remember after nine to eleven 161 00:10:23,799 --> 00:10:27,919 there were clusters of National guardsmen. I remember I was 162 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,559 living in California at the time, and the Bay Bridge, 163 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,879 the bridge goes from Oakland over to San Francisco essentially, 164 00:10:36,519 --> 00:10:42,399 and they had a humvy with four soldiers in it, 165 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,240 and they were sitting back in the hum v s. 166 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:47,639 It was right next to the highway as we were 167 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,480 zooming by at sixty miles an hour, four or five 168 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,919 lanes going by at sixty miles an hour. They're sitting 169 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:59,799 in the humvy and they're reading their phones and sleeping, 170 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,159 and it just I'm sorry I did. It doesn't seem 171 00:11:04,279 --> 00:11:11,080 like really advantageous to actually trying to fight crime. So 172 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:19,720 Shannon Breem covers the Supreme Court for the Fox News Channel. 173 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,399 She lives in Washington, d C. She has for quite 174 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,600 a while, and this is her observation. 175 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,879 Speaker 6: There had been this appearance of cooperation between the local 176 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,440 officials and the FEDS, who are coming to their assistance, 177 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,240 as the Fed said, as the White House said, the 178 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,759 local police commissioner here in DC was saying things like 179 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,120 it's positive for us to have more law enforcement out 180 00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:40,480 on the streets. But the breaking point came with that 181 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,559 action by Attorney General Bondi last night. So this lawsuit 182 00:11:43,639 --> 00:11:45,480 that David was talking about, I think he's right, it'll 183 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,919 move very quickly. And it not only says that there 184 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,440 were procedurally things that were done wrong, but it gets 185 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,759 to the substance saying that the president just has no. 186 00:11:53,879 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: Power to do what he's doing. 187 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 6: So the streets seem a little bit quieter right now. 188 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,360 We'll see how long this lasts and how quickly that 189 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:01,120 court battle mode. 190 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 2: So they're going to court and they're saying, you're going 191 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,840 beyond the Home rule of nineteen seventy three rules, and 192 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,879 Shannon believes that that court case will happen very quickly. 193 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,840 The question is why did she strip the chief of 194 00:12:17,919 --> 00:12:20,679 police of her powers as the chief of police? 195 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: I'm not sure. 196 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,879 Speaker 2: I don't think anybody complained that the chief was doing 197 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,279 necessarily a bad job. But as far as taking away 198 00:12:29,399 --> 00:12:33,919 the sanctuary city status, that's way beyond the chief of police. 199 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,919 That's the city council, that's the mayor, and I think 200 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,600 they should and I think they should do it in 201 00:12:39,799 --> 00:12:43,639 every sanctuary city around the country. You can't have cities 202 00:12:44,039 --> 00:12:46,360 in the United States saying we're not going to follow 203 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,320 the federal law. So here's more from Shannon. 204 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 6: Been really high profile cases in recent months and the 205 00:12:53,919 --> 00:12:57,720 last couple of years. Remember the K Street shooting in 206 00:12:57,759 --> 00:12:59,759 which a man who was going into his office there, 207 00:12:59,799 --> 00:13:02,799 a very well respected US attorney who was there to 208 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,120 pick up his wife from work, was shot and carjacked 209 00:13:06,159 --> 00:13:07,799 there in the middle of the day in DC. So 210 00:13:07,919 --> 00:13:09,799 you're right, I mean, people hear about cases like that 211 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,159 to get your attention. And there are parts of the city, 212 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,639 like any city, you are careful about what times, whether 213 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,399 you go alone, and where you are. So you got 214 00:13:17,519 --> 00:13:19,000 to be careful like you do in any big city. 215 00:13:19,039 --> 00:13:21,480 And there are residents here who say, we've been asking 216 00:13:21,519 --> 00:13:23,519 for this help as you heard from the woman there. Unfortunately, 217 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,720 her husband a victim and her a victim of what's 218 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,080 happened here. And there do seem to be a lot 219 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,159 of people who are happy that there are folks here 220 00:13:30,159 --> 00:13:31,519 out on the streets. And we'll see how it goes. 221 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,759 There are protests as well, no doubt about that, but 222 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,399 it may be up to the courts to decide if 223 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,039 this continues. 224 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,159 Speaker 2: See, that's the problem is how do the Democrats fight 225 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,879 this because it looks like they're for the criminals. Well, 226 00:13:44,159 --> 00:13:46,960 that's what they're doing in Los Angeles, where they are 227 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:51,240 fighting for the illegals, especially the criminal illegals. If they 228 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,399 would do away with the sanctuary city stuff in Los 229 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,519 Angeles or Chicago or New York or Washington, then the 230 00:14:00,279 --> 00:14:03,279 folks would not have to go chasing people down the street. 231 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,679 They would literally go over to the local jail and 232 00:14:06,799 --> 00:14:09,679 they would take in custody the person that the local 233 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:13,240 police already have in custody. It would be a transfer. 234 00:14:13,759 --> 00:14:16,440 Ice would take them, bring them to a detention center 235 00:14:16,919 --> 00:14:22,360 and deport them. So it's really clean and simple. But 236 00:14:22,519 --> 00:14:27,159 these cities that are fighting like cats and dogs with 237 00:14:27,639 --> 00:14:31,799 the Ice folks, they're fighting tooth and nail, whatever saying 238 00:14:31,919 --> 00:14:36,039 you want to use. Why not just cooperate and say, Okay, 239 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,200 this guy was arrested by our police for doing a 240 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:42,879 crime in our city, and he's here illegally, and we're 241 00:14:42,919 --> 00:14:45,759 going to hand him over to you in the confines 242 00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:51,080 of our city jail. Simple. But instead the Democrats that 243 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:56,000 run these sanctuary cities, for some reason, want to defend 244 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,039 the criminals that are in their jails by hoping that 245 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,399 they can release and let them get back onto the 246 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,519 streets of their city. What is what is wrong with them? 247 00:15:05,759 --> 00:15:11,159 I don't understand any of that. Janine Piro, who's now 248 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,840 the US attorney for DC, she's all upset. 249 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:20,279 Speaker 7: Of course, these kids understand that the jurisdiction is through 250 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,240 the state Attorney General Brian Schwab. I did a poster 251 00:15:24,519 --> 00:15:27,480 of the young man from Doge who was beaten, bloody, 252 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:30,960 with a severe concussion, a broken nose, and then I 253 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,159 did a poster of what happens to those kids because 254 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,559 I can't arrest them, I can't prosecute them. They go 255 00:15:37,799 --> 00:15:40,960 to family court and they get to do yoga and 256 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:42,080 arts and crafts. 257 00:15:42,759 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: Enough. 258 00:15:43,759 --> 00:15:47,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, she's not happy. I don't blame her. In other words, 259 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,200 there's something much deeper going on here. They've got this 260 00:15:50,399 --> 00:15:53,600 attorney which is basically the city attorney for the city 261 00:15:53,639 --> 00:15:56,200 of Washington, d C. They call him the Attorney General. 262 00:15:56,279 --> 00:16:00,399 His name is Brian Schwab, and he's we've got all 263 00:16:00,519 --> 00:16:05,960 kinds of excuses. Let me play his response to Janine Piro. 264 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 8: Well, we have been prosecuted and holding young people accountable 265 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,960 under the law since I've been Attorney General for the 266 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,600 past two plus years. Since I've been Attorney General, the 267 00:16:16,679 --> 00:16:19,879 crime rates in this district have gone down meaningfully. In fact, 268 00:16:20,039 --> 00:16:23,279 even according to the Justice Department and the President's own words, 269 00:16:23,799 --> 00:16:26,399 crime in the district is more than fifty one percent 270 00:16:26,559 --> 00:16:28,679 decreased since I've been Attorney General. 271 00:16:29,039 --> 00:16:31,559 Speaker 4: We are holding young people accountable, and they should be 272 00:16:31,639 --> 00:16:35,039 held accountable. While crime is on its way down here 273 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,480 in the district, one crime is one too many, and 274 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,080 I'm not going to be satisfied until we stop all crime. 275 00:16:40,639 --> 00:16:42,399 The fact of the matter is that the federal government 276 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,679 could be helping us in terms of addressing crime rather 277 00:16:45,759 --> 00:16:49,039 than interfering. We have a court that has nearly twenty 278 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:53,279 plus percent of our vac court judges on the Superior 279 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,120 Court vacant, which disrupts the administration of justice, not just 280 00:16:57,279 --> 00:17:03,519 criminal justice, housing justice, civil cases. And the federal government 281 00:17:03,559 --> 00:17:06,240 has the ability to help us fill those vacancies. The 282 00:17:06,319 --> 00:17:08,000 federal government got in the way of more than a 283 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:12,440 billion dollars of fiscal year twenty five funding. That's taxpayer 284 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:16,640 dollars DC taxpayer dollars that could be used for programs 285 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,160 and law enforcement here in the city. So the federal 286 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,200 government wants to help v C be safer. We welcome help. 287 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,480 We do not need a hostile and illegal takeover. 288 00:17:26,519 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 2: So he's just full of excuses, he says, yeah, he says, well, 289 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,920 blame the judges. Well, I think he has a good argument. 290 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,880 If you've got twenty percent of your judges are not vacant, 291 00:17:38,319 --> 00:17:41,240 they're vacant, there're no judges there. That's going to make 292 00:17:41,279 --> 00:17:47,599 it hard or to do law enforcement and judicial resolutions 293 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,799 in the City of Washington. But did you hear what 294 00:17:50,039 --> 00:17:53,200 he went to immediately was money, We need more money, 295 00:17:53,599 --> 00:17:56,920 a billion dollars that they supposedly were supposed to give 296 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:01,599 to the City of Washington, d C for programs. And 297 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,319 I don't know what else he said. I'm going, yeah, good, 298 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,440 I'm glad they cut the billion out, Go help them 299 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:14,000 hire judges, and go help them hire more police officers, 300 00:18:14,559 --> 00:18:18,079 and presto change. Oh, you'll watch the city crime rate 301 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,839 go down more. Either that they argue about the crime rate, 302 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,960 whether it's going down or not. But he also said, well, 303 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,200 I'm going to until we eliminate crime. You're never going 304 00:18:28,279 --> 00:18:32,559 to eliminate crime. So the guy is just full of excuses. 305 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,839 And the bottom line is if he's the chief legal 306 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,480 officer for the City of Washington, he's not doing a 307 00:18:39,599 --> 00:18:46,559 very good job. Bottom line. So to summarize, they have 308 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,599 a crime problem. I truly believe they have a crime problem. 309 00:18:50,519 --> 00:18:55,319 They're doing it horrible job of managing the city. Why 310 00:18:55,559 --> 00:18:59,759 haven't they filled the judge vacancies, Why haven't they re 311 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:04,640 ruited more police officers? What have they been doing during 312 00:19:04,759 --> 00:19:06,319 this time, and what have they been doing with the 313 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,480 money that they have. On the other hand, a bunch 314 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:13,680 of National guardsmen walking around. God blessed the National Guardsmen 315 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:18,480 for being ready to go in combat, but they're not 316 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,759 law enforcement officers, and it just looks I think it 317 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:27,440 looks bad. But that's just my opinion. So since we're 318 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,720 talking about well, it's not a state, the district of Columbia, 319 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,759 one state. The governor's all upset. That was yesterday afternoon. 320 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,920 Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference to talk about 321 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,480 the fact that they're going to ask the people of 322 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:49,160 California to allow them to draw the congressional district map 323 00:19:49,799 --> 00:19:52,400 for the state of California. The people took that away 324 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,880 from them about fifteen years ago, up something like that, 325 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,720 and now the politicians wanted it back. Four percent of 326 00:20:00,799 --> 00:20:02,960 the people say no, we're going to let the Independent 327 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,240 Commission draw the lines. So what they have to do 328 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,720 is they have to go to the people this November 329 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,079 and put it on the ballot for the people to 330 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:15,640 say we want the Independent Commission to draw the congressional lines, 331 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,680 or we're going to or have them say yes, we'll 332 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,839 give you back the authority to draw the congressional lines. 333 00:20:22,839 --> 00:20:26,240 While he was doing that, he was all upset because 334 00:20:26,279 --> 00:20:30,240 they did an ice raid outside of this building in 335 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,160 Los Angeles. So what I want to play a clip 336 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:39,480 for you of Gavin Newsom talking about how other states 337 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,839 should also read district their congressional lines. Listen to this. 338 00:20:44,559 --> 00:20:48,319 Speaker 9: We can't stand back and watch this democracy disappear. District 339 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,759 by district all across this country, not just in Texas, 340 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,880 but in Missouri where jd Vance went just a week ago, 341 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,759 in Indiana, in places like Ohio, in places like Florida. 342 00:21:00,079 --> 00:21:01,279 Speaker 1: We need to stand up. 343 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 9: Not just California, other blue states need to stand Uh. 344 00:21:05,759 --> 00:21:08,039 Speaker 1: We need to be firm in our result. 345 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:13,039 Speaker 2: Wait a minute, did you hear what I just heard 346 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,640 him say? Does he not know a red state from 347 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,440 a blue state? I think most of us do. But 348 00:21:19,599 --> 00:21:22,759 he said, we can't let democracy of beast ollen. They're 349 00:21:22,839 --> 00:21:26,279 still going to defend democracy. And yet the Democrats have 350 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:31,640 done an amazing job of redistricting the blue states in 351 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,599 this country. Why do you think California the governor, the 352 00:21:35,759 --> 00:21:41,319 legislature have been controlled only by Democrats for many, many years. 353 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,839 They read district the state so that it looked like 354 00:21:45,559 --> 00:21:48,319 it was only a blue staff to support and give 355 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,839 an upper hand to anybody that was running for office 356 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,119 that was a Democrat. Lots of states that are blue 357 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,960 states have done that. Illinois, you've seen the map by 358 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,759 now New York is the So they've done a great 359 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:06,319 job of redistricting to make it more favorable for their party. 360 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:09,839 So now they're upset because the Republicans are doing the 361 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,680 same thing. They're doing it in Texas. But what Gavin 362 00:22:13,759 --> 00:22:17,200 Newsom said was, well, we can't let this happen because 363 00:22:17,519 --> 00:22:20,680 because we should go to other states that are that 364 00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:25,039 are blue states, like Indiana and Missouri and Florida. And 365 00:22:25,079 --> 00:22:28,839 I went, wait a minute, he doesn't have a clue, 366 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:34,400 does he? Missouri? Oh my gosh, Missouri is very very red. 367 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:39,359 Indiana is very very red if you if you look 368 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:44,160 at the breakdown of the legislature in the governor's offices 369 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,799 these Florida is very very red. So I don't know. 370 00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:53,839 Sometimes I wonder he's a showman. He's show voting all 371 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,799 the time. He wants to be president so bad he 372 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,279 can taste it. But I hope he comes across to 373 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:04,920 you as the slickmeister that he really is. But to 374 00:23:05,039 --> 00:23:09,319 not know that Indiana and Missouri and Florida are red states. 375 00:23:09,799 --> 00:23:14,839 He thinks they're blue states. Good grief, all right, before 376 00:23:14,839 --> 00:23:17,759 we get to Ukraine. The I'm trying to stall here 377 00:23:17,799 --> 00:23:20,240 to get more information about what they're doing in Alaska. 378 00:23:21,039 --> 00:23:23,240 I don't think I'll be able to install long enough. 379 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:29,000 But in the economy today, retail sales numbers came out 380 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,960 and they were much stronger than had been expected, up 381 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:38,119 five tenths of a half a percent, and retail sales 382 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:42,920 picked up across the board all the categories. July, people 383 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:48,640 opened up their wallets and went shopping. Vehicles and vehicle 384 00:23:48,759 --> 00:23:53,720 parts up one point six percent, furniture up one point 385 00:23:53,880 --> 00:24:00,279 four percent, Electronics were down. So, I mean, this was 386 00:24:00,319 --> 00:24:04,400 another good report about the strong spending by the consumer. 387 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:10,519 Now you get into imports and exports. Import prices were 388 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:15,200 up four tenths of one percent. That was way more 389 00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:21,079 than expected. If import prices are going up, that means 390 00:24:21,519 --> 00:24:25,039 that the tariffs are being attached to these products that 391 00:24:25,079 --> 00:24:29,519 we're buying and importing here to this country. Export prices 392 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,599 went up just a tiny one tenth of one percent. 393 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:40,720 Import prices going up means that the foreign countries, the 394 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:47,079 foreign manufacturers are definitely not paying the tariff when it 395 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:52,200 goes to the United States. Austin Gouldsby, who is a 396 00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:56,319 member of the Fed now the president of the Chicago Fed, 397 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,680 had these comments about it, and he also brings up 398 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,759 the point about impart prices going up is a concern. 399 00:25:04,559 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: Well, it's been a little mixed. It feels like the 400 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,960 first two of the four. 401 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 10: Came in quite mild, and we were feeling good, and 402 00:25:14,559 --> 00:25:18,160 I was saying here and elsewhere, if we get several 403 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,079 reports like that, I'm going to feel comfortable that we're 404 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,599 still on the golden path and things be okay for 405 00:25:25,759 --> 00:25:26,599 rates to come down. 406 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:28,079 Speaker 1: We put in a. 407 00:25:28,279 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 10: Note of unease, i'd say, in the last CPI and 408 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:38,640 now PPI with the inflation kicking up and kicking up 409 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,960 in categories that are not obviously going to be transitory, 410 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,839 which is to say, the services inflation look to be 411 00:25:47,319 --> 00:25:51,279 turning up. So I feel like we still need another 412 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,319 one at least to figure out if we're if we're 413 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:55,480 still on the golden path. 414 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, what he's talking about is that we had our 415 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:03,119 CPI numbers. Consumer products in numbers were up, it's notly 416 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:07,160 more than expected, but the wholesale inflation PPI those numbers 417 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,160 came out yesterday. They were way higher, four times higher 418 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,160 than had been expected. Now retail sales are up higher 419 00:26:14,319 --> 00:26:17,519 than expected. So that's what he's talking about, having one 420 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,720 more report to get the data on what they want 421 00:26:20,759 --> 00:26:24,359 to do about interest rates. But did you hear what 422 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,559 he said? It went by rather quickly. He said that 423 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,440 from the numbers and the data they have so far 424 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,799 that it looks like it's okay for rates to come down. 425 00:26:35,519 --> 00:26:39,319 Hence why ninety some percent of Wall Street thinks that 426 00:26:39,319 --> 00:26:41,440 they're going to drop rates at their September meeting. 427 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:46,599 Speaker 10: Yeah, look, we're out sniffing in all sorts of places 428 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,559 that are not normal to tap the sniff. The thing 429 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:55,279 about import prices to remember is they don't include the tariffs. 430 00:26:55,759 --> 00:26:57,920 In most of those cases, the tariffs will be on 431 00:26:58,079 --> 00:27:03,640 top of it. So if the if the foreign is absorbing, 432 00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:08,119 if the foreign exporters to the United States are absorbing 433 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,920 the cost, those prices should be going down. If those 434 00:27:12,039 --> 00:27:14,240 prices go up and then you add the tariffs on 435 00:27:14,319 --> 00:27:17,519 top of it, that's a little bit the scenario. That's 436 00:27:17,599 --> 00:27:21,599 the uneasy scenario where the costs are going up and 437 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,720 now we're in the business of trying to figure out, well, 438 00:27:23,799 --> 00:27:26,599 how long are those price increases going to last. Let's 439 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:31,279 not overreact to one month of import priced data, for sure. 440 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:36,240 Let's not overreact to one month of CPI or PPI inflation. 441 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,559 Speaker 1: But it's it's at least an area of concern. 442 00:27:40,279 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 2: One US company that has come out today and said 443 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,759 the tariffs are are killing these guys is John Deere 444 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:53,559 said tariffs have cost them three hundred dollars so far 445 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,039 this year, in just seven months. So John Deere is 446 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:02,680 licking the wounds because of tariffs. Now to Ukraine, the 447 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,839 big topic of the day. Harry Enton, the statistician, He 448 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,519 did a look at how people are feeling about Ukraine, 449 00:28:09,559 --> 00:28:12,160 because it's gone all over the map. There was year 450 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,799 double two or three three years ago when the thing started. 451 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,480 A lot of Americans were helping Ukraine. Then we spent 452 00:28:18,519 --> 00:28:21,160 a lot of money and Joe was sending checks over 453 00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:25,640 right and left. People turned against Ukraine. Now it looks 454 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,920 like they're swinging back. But let's let Harry give us 455 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:28,480 the stats. 456 00:28:28,759 --> 00:28:31,039 Speaker 11: What a big change from where we were at the 457 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,440 beginning of the Trump administration. GOP the US gives too 458 00:28:34,519 --> 00:28:37,759 much support to Ukraine. Back in February, the plurality forty 459 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:40,480 seven percent said yes, the US in fact gives too 460 00:28:40,559 --> 00:28:43,359 much support to Ukraine. Republicans did not like that. But 461 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,559 look at where we are now. Look at this No 462 00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:48,160 takes the cake at forty six percent. We've had an 463 00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:52,279 inverse of the positions. The Republican Party has shifted at 464 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,799 least a little bit on Ukraine, and now all of 465 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:56,720 a sudden, they don't believe that, in fact, the US 466 00:28:56,799 --> 00:28:59,519 gives too much to support to Ukraine, which is very 467 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,160 much unlike we saw what we saw in February. 468 00:29:02,519 --> 00:29:04,079 Speaker 1: Rarely do I see poll numbers like this. 469 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 11: You read the blogs, fear you read X you might 470 00:29:06,519 --> 00:29:09,240 think that Republicans think that we're way too much in 471 00:29:09,319 --> 00:29:12,559 Ukraine's camp, but Republicans at large no longer believe that. 472 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is an even bigger shift. 473 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,319 Speaker 11: I mean, my goodness, gracious, US should give Ukraine more 474 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,960 arms and military supplies. Look at this again. Among Republicans 475 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,640 in March, it was just thirty percent. Hello, we're now 476 00:29:22,759 --> 00:29:26,440 up to fifty one percent. The majority of Republicans, of 477 00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:29,720 Republicans and certainly majority of Americans at large, believe that 478 00:29:29,799 --> 00:29:31,920 the US should give more arms to Ukraine. So this, 479 00:29:32,079 --> 00:29:34,319 to me is just such an important point as we 480 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,680 head into the summit later Today, Americans and Republicans are 481 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:41,240 much more on the side of Ukraine than they used 482 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,359 to be. It is quite the switcheroof from where we 483 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,160 were just a few months ago. Yeah, what about views 484 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:50,319 of Vladimir Putin? I mean, this guy is hated hated 485 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:51,759 across the political spectrum. 486 00:29:51,799 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: I'm favorable view of pudent. 487 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,799 Speaker 11: Look at this among all adults eighty eight percent, among 488 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:00,440 Republicans eighty four percent, Independence eighty eight percent, Democrats ninety 489 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,960 three percent. You rarely ever find Democrats and Republicans united 490 00:30:05,039 --> 00:30:07,960 as much as they are on the issue of Vladimir Putin. 491 00:30:08,119 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: The bottom line is they don't trust them and they 492 00:30:10,759 --> 00:30:11,599 don't like them. 493 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 2: So American attitude has switched big time. Mike Pompeo, he 494 00:30:16,799 --> 00:30:20,960 was with Donald Trump when they met with Kim Jung Unn. 495 00:30:21,839 --> 00:30:26,240 I believe it was in Vietnam and it was about 496 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,880 the nuclear efforts of North Korea and Donald Trump and 497 00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:35,480 Mike Pompeo, who was with him, got up and walked out, 498 00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:40,480 and this was question to him about, well, you guys 499 00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:42,200 walked up before. What do you think is going to 500 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:42,799 happen today? 501 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,279 Speaker 12: You know, it's interesting, this day does remind that day 502 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,119 to a large extent. Lots of preparation, lots of conversations 503 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,839 between myself and Foreign Minister saying things happening with mister 504 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,759 Wikkoff and the Russians, and then we get to Hanoi 505 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,079 and frankly, Jeremy Kid just walked away from all the 506 00:30:58,119 --> 00:30:59,200 commitments that he had made. 507 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: And then Resident Trump was very quick. He turned to 508 00:31:01,519 --> 00:31:03,200 me and said, this is over. We're out. We got 509 00:31:03,279 --> 00:31:03,720 to get out of here. 510 00:31:03,759 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 12: There's nothing going to happen today. President Trump went into 511 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,160 that meeting incredibly well prepared. We were deeply disappointed, but 512 00:31:10,279 --> 00:31:12,640 the reality that the United States wasn't going to get 513 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,039 something that it was in its best interest was apparent 514 00:31:15,119 --> 00:31:18,039 and clear. President Trump said, no reason to spend any 515 00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:19,880 more time on this. Let's get out of here. Let's 516 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,279 go back to the table diplomatically and put more pressure 517 00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:25,359 on the North Koreans. That's precisely what we did in 518 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,039 the aftermath of that failed meeting in Heinois. 519 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: So that was then. 520 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,839 Speaker 2: What do you think about dealing with of Vladimir Putin? 521 00:31:33,839 --> 00:31:35,200 You've met him a number of times. 522 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,519 Speaker 1: I don't trust a darn thing he says. 523 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,279 Speaker 12: My sense is that he is playing to the president, 524 00:31:40,839 --> 00:31:43,759 trying to create conditions that will give the president the 525 00:31:43,839 --> 00:31:46,200 space to do what President Putin would like to have done. 526 00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:49,720 But he's misreading President Trump. I think fundamentally, he's misreading 527 00:31:49,759 --> 00:31:52,480 the fact that President Trump understands who the aggressor is here. 528 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,880 He knows that President Zelenski has already agreed to a ceasefire, 529 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,960 and that President Putin has steadfastly rejected that, and that 530 00:31:59,039 --> 00:32:01,039 while they're meeting, there's likely to be missiles in the 531 00:32:01,079 --> 00:32:04,400 air still killing Ukrainian kids. Very different from what the 532 00:32:04,599 --> 00:32:08,400 Ukrainians have done. So you're right, it's been forty years 533 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,240 now since I served as a young lieutenant. I'm always 534 00:32:11,599 --> 00:32:13,200 you know, we've always, as you said a minute ago, 535 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,039 we can often be surprised by what happens in these meetings. 536 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,519 I hope there's a positive surprise that comes out of today. 537 00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:20,559 It'd be a great thing for the United States of America. 538 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,039 But I'm deeply skeptical of President Putin has demonstrated any 539 00:32:24,079 --> 00:32:26,880 willingness to compromise on any of the important piece. 540 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: I think is absolutely true. 541 00:32:28,599 --> 00:32:31,799 Speaker 12: There are irreconcilable differences here, and it's going to take 542 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,079 both sides exhaustion. I haven't seen any evidence that we're 543 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,480 all the way there yet, but you can see the 544 00:32:37,519 --> 00:32:40,079 beginnings of that. We saw some polling from Ukraine that 545 00:32:40,119 --> 00:32:42,920 shows the Ukrainian people who are less enthusiastic about continuing 546 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,000 the conflict. We've seen the Russians have to now nearly 547 00:32:46,119 --> 00:32:49,000 quadruple what they're paying soldiers to go to the front lines, 548 00:32:49,079 --> 00:32:52,000 paying them unbelievable amounts of money to go and fight. 549 00:32:52,599 --> 00:32:54,960 They're at the end of their manpower capacity as well, 550 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,519 because they're now getting North Koreans to com fight with them. 551 00:32:57,839 --> 00:33:00,400 So both nations are far more tired, and they were 552 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,799 when this began now three years back, but I don't 553 00:33:03,839 --> 00:33:05,960 see that they're quite at the end. President Trump can 554 00:33:06,079 --> 00:33:09,359 facilitate and push forward to make them recognize there's nothing 555 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:10,039 to be gained. 556 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: You can put pressure on pladderm. Reprutin. 557 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,559 Speaker 12: It's what he's done already, and that's how you ultimately 558 00:33:14,599 --> 00:33:15,960 bring this to an end. We all pray that that 559 00:33:16,079 --> 00:33:18,240 ceasefire happens just as quickly as possible. 560 00:33:18,359 --> 00:33:21,119 Speaker 2: So the summit in Alaska was still going when Wall 561 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:25,039 Street came to an end today, and the market basically 562 00:33:25,279 --> 00:33:27,680 was mixed, didn't really go too far one direction or 563 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:32,000 the other. Dow Jones Industrials up thirty four to forty 564 00:33:32,079 --> 00:33:37,079 four thousand, ninety six s and P down eighteen Nasdack 565 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,559 down eighty seven, Gold down twenty six dollars to thirty 566 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,240 three eighty one in oil down a buck to sixty 567 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:48,680 three dollars now for one barrel of oil. Thank you 568 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:53,200 for coming by today. Have a wonderful weekend. We're going 569 00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:55,039 to be back here on Monday. Hope to see event