1 00:00:24,199 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: Well, here we are. How are you welcome to the 2 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,399 Monday edition. Yes, it's Monday. Today is the third day 3 00:00:33,399 --> 00:00:36,880 of November, Year of Our Lord, twenty twenty five. My 4 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:42,359 name is Tom Sullivan. It is election eve in some 5 00:00:42,679 --> 00:00:45,759 parts of the country. Not a lot. We'll get into 6 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:53,359 all of that. We've got questions about nuke testing. President 7 00:00:53,399 --> 00:00:57,840 Wadon on that Nigeria. The airports are a mess. I 8 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:03,000 mean it's a mess, but it's yeah. I mean if 9 00:01:03,119 --> 00:01:05,359 you have a better chance than not of your flight 10 00:01:05,879 --> 00:01:08,079 leaving on time. But there's a lot of them that 11 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:13,000 are not. Let me start with the ruling that came 12 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,400 out on Friday. There were two of them late Friday afternoon, 13 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,760 two judges, one in Boston, one in Rhode Island that 14 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:26,079 said that the government must continue the SNAP benefits. They 15 00:01:26,159 --> 00:01:28,560 didn't say how, they just said you have to continue 16 00:01:28,599 --> 00:01:34,120 to keep paying for it. But there are legalities around 17 00:01:34,239 --> 00:01:40,439 the money that you direct to any program defense SNAP, 18 00:01:40,599 --> 00:01:45,840 whatever it might be. And so the administration said, okay, yes, 19 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:52,680 we will abide by your direction. However, could you give 20 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,560 us some guidance on exactly so that we don't get 21 00:01:56,599 --> 00:01:58,760 in trouble legally? Could you give us some guidance on 22 00:01:59,159 --> 00:02:02,239 how we're supposed to do this, so they said, yeah, 23 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,319 we'll go ahead with it. And there's different numbers floating around. 24 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:10,879 One report I have from the Associated Press says it 25 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:16,680 costs more than eight billion dollars per month, eight billion 26 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,240 per month, and they say their emergency fund has four 27 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,199 point six billion dollars in it, so it's enough to 28 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,840 cover a smidge more than about half. So they said 29 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,759 that's what we're going to do. And we don't. I mean, 30 00:02:30,759 --> 00:02:33,520 for those of you that are on Snap don't I 31 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,080 can't give you a definitive answer. I'm sure you're in 32 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,039 antsy waiting to find out how or what. I don't 33 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,240 know how they do this because the states all have 34 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:51,840 programs where they load the cards or SNAP recipients in 35 00:02:51,879 --> 00:02:58,159 your particular state. Brooke Robins, who is the Agriculture's Secretary, 36 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,520 she was asked about the earlier Today. 37 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: Day Day one of USDA February thirteenth, is we sent 38 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,039 letters to every governor in America being very clear that 39 00:03:09,199 --> 00:03:13,800 no illegal aliens can use SNAP zero zero. We asked 40 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,919 every state for the first time in history, and this 41 00:03:16,039 --> 00:03:18,680 was in February, to send us their data and let 42 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,159 us with Doge and a war room actually start going 43 00:03:22,199 --> 00:03:26,199 through this data to better understand how this explosion of 44 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,240 SNAP benefits happened under Joe Biden. We increased almost forty 45 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,199 percent on this program in just a couple of years 46 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,680 under the Biden administration. Of course we know they were 47 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,879 trying to buy the election, but that's a conversation for 48 00:03:37,919 --> 00:03:40,639 another time. And since we have asked for that data, 49 00:03:40,759 --> 00:03:44,639 twenty nine states have complied. Complied, of course almost all 50 00:03:44,639 --> 00:03:47,840 the Red states, couple of the you know, the couple 51 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,520 of blue states too. But in that data, and I 52 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,199 haven't talked about this yet publicly, in that data, we 53 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,000 have found We studied about one hundred billion dollars in spend. 54 00:03:56,319 --> 00:04:02,680 We have found thousands and thousands of of illegal use 55 00:04:02,719 --> 00:04:05,280 of the EBT card. We have been moving people off 56 00:04:05,319 --> 00:04:07,680 of SNAP. We've got almost seven hundred thousand people I 57 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,840 think we've moved off just since the President took office. 58 00:04:11,319 --> 00:04:14,280 We've arrested about one hundred and eighteen people. So this 59 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:17,000 has been ongoing. But well to your point, what this 60 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:22,040 conversation has allowed is a national spotlight on a broken 61 00:04:22,319 --> 00:04:25,920 and corrupt program. We found one guy in six different 62 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,639 states getting a benefit we found about five thousand people 63 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,639 that are dead who are still getting benefits, Like it 64 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,279 is time to drastically reform this program so that we 65 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,639 can make sure that those who are truly needy, truly vulnerable, 66 00:04:38,759 --> 00:04:40,920 are getting what they need and the rest of the 67 00:04:40,959 --> 00:04:43,839 corruption goes away and we can serve the American taxpayer. 68 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: Now so true with so many government programs the people 69 00:04:47,319 --> 00:04:51,079 that it's designed for, with good intentions to help people 70 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,560 who need help, but a bunch of fraudsters get involved 71 00:04:55,959 --> 00:04:58,600 and they start taking advantage of the system. I mean 72 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:04,439 sometimes to huge numbers. Here are some TikTokers talking about that. 73 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,879 Speaker 3: This program is keeping a lot of people, unmarried, uneducated, 74 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:12,439 don't want to, you know, do anything that will hinder 75 00:05:12,759 --> 00:05:16,560 the opportunity there what that chance to lose their benefits. 76 00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:20,759 Only in America do we have people that have twelve 77 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,920 hundred dollars iPhones checking to see if there's not benefits hit. 78 00:05:26,399 --> 00:05:29,079 Speaker 4: Anyone who's on welfare, not for disability, but because they 79 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,759 can't provide for themselves should not have peobility to vote 80 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:32,480 in our society. 81 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: I don't have kids, but. 82 00:05:37,399 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 3: There's no way that I have kids, and I'm waiting 83 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,600 on somebody else to feel. 84 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, those guys were on TikTok and they were basically, yeah, 85 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,879 you hear what they had to say. It's sad. Jonathan Turley, 86 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:55,759 the constitutional law professor at Georgetown, was asked about can 87 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:57,959 you just move money around or is there a legal 88 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,240 impediment to what the judges want them to do is 89 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,639 go find some money to give to people so they 90 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:04,439 can buy their food. 91 00:06:04,439 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 5: I think that the Trump administration is said all along 92 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,959 that they were willing to extend SNAP, but they wanted 93 00:06:10,399 --> 00:06:12,959 to take the simplest approach, which is just to vote 94 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,240 on a clean cr and open the government again. But 95 00:06:16,399 --> 00:06:19,800 without that, they would have to rely on emergency funds 96 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,519 that are dedicated for other purposes, and their concern was 97 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,279 that that could itself be challenged. In fact, when these 98 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,959 two judges ruled this way, the administration said, basically, give 99 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,639 us what's usually considered an advisory opinion, that is to 100 00:06:35,639 --> 00:06:38,560 just say, tell us where you think the legal funds 101 00:06:38,639 --> 00:06:40,959 can come from, and will use those funds. 102 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:41,879 Speaker 1: They said they. 103 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,439 Speaker 5: Weren't even going to appeal one of those judgments. So 104 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:48,839 I think that SNAP is going to be funded, but 105 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,839 only partially the question is whether we can get this 106 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,959 government open again because you don't want to drain those funds, 107 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,399 which are therefore real emergencies that could pop up with 108 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,959 little notice. Well, yeah, that's the problem is you can't 109 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,079 keep playing this hand. You're going to tap out those 110 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,519 funds eventually, but then you're also going to leave the 111 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,639 cupboard bear if you need to go there with a 112 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:19,360 hurricane or a relief effort or some other emergency. One 113 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:21,439 of these judges is sort of fast on the trigger. 114 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,800 She was stopped previously by the Corp of Appeals because 115 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,680 she ordered the funding of Planned parenthood under a previous case. 116 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,680 So there could be some tensions down the road as 117 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,600 the administration begins to look at limitations even on using 118 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,879 these emergency funds. The hope is that after tomorrow's election, 119 00:07:41,279 --> 00:07:44,519 there's going to be less political advantage to keeping the 120 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,279 government shut down, and we might see it open up 121 00:07:47,319 --> 00:07:50,279 again this week. And if that's the case, then hopefully 122 00:07:50,319 --> 00:07:53,680 we can keep most of those emergency funds untapped and 123 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,040 ready to be used as we go into hurricane season. 124 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: Well, I would be to pat myself on the back, 125 00:08:00,959 --> 00:08:02,639 but I told you a week or two ago about 126 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,560 the fact that right after election Day, all the political 127 00:08:06,639 --> 00:08:10,759 games that they're playing will be past them, and so 128 00:08:10,959 --> 00:08:15,680 I would be I would not be surprised if Wednesday 129 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,040 or Thursday, maybe Friday of this week, all of a 130 00:08:18,079 --> 00:08:21,399 sudden there's an agreement and the government is put back 131 00:08:21,399 --> 00:08:26,639 to open for business again. We'll see speaking of open 132 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:31,439 for business. So yeah, the elections are tomorrow in Virginia, 133 00:08:31,639 --> 00:08:38,879 North I'm sorry, New Jersey, New York City, California, and 134 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,399 one that's not getting any attention but I'm aware of 135 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,080 it is in Seattle. There's a mayor's race in Seattle. 136 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,159 Everybody's talking about the mayor's race in New York City 137 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:53,480 with Mom Donnie being the socialist. Well there's another socialist 138 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,919 and she's very much along those same lines that the 139 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,919 woman that's running against the current mayor of the city 140 00:09:00,039 --> 00:09:08,240 of Seattle. He is a black male Democrat, but he's 141 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,279 not far enough left for a lot of people that are. 142 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:16,279 Apparently in Seattle. She won the primary over him by 143 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:21,120 quite a margin. So we'll see if the socialist mayor 144 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,039 of Seattle wins or not tomorrow. But it's a democrat 145 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:31,200 versus a socialist in Seattle, the same as in New 146 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:34,480 York City. So yeah, Virginia. You've got the governor's race. 147 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,200 You got a bunch of them there. But you've also 148 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,080 got the guy that was the hot button guy that 149 00:09:39,159 --> 00:09:42,159 was running for attorney general, who was talking about putting 150 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,679 bullets into the head of his opponents. All that came 151 00:09:45,799 --> 00:09:49,320 up New York City. You're familiar with with, Ma'm donnie. 152 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:54,200 That's getting a lot of publicity in California. Prop fifty 153 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:55,919 is what it's called, and they're going to vote on 154 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,799 whether or not to hand over to take it away 155 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:05,440 from the independent committee that's supposed to draw congressional districts 156 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:09,720 and give it back to the politicians, which the people 157 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:12,799 voted to take it away from the politicians not that 158 00:10:12,879 --> 00:10:15,080 many years ago. I think it was fifteen years ago. 159 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,480 So anyway, they're being talked into giving it back to 160 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,240 the politicians so that they can basically try and get 161 00:10:21,279 --> 00:10:25,320 five more Democrats out of the congressional seats in California. 162 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,399 The thing about it is you're not going to know 163 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,559 any of the characters. But this is a real test 164 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:36,279 for Gavin Newsom. This is his baby to fight back 165 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:43,120 against Donald Trump and Republicans, and if this loses, I 166 00:10:43,159 --> 00:10:46,759 think it really damages his dream of wanting to run 167 00:10:46,799 --> 00:10:52,000 for president. If it passes, which it's expected to pass 168 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:59,159 in the polling, we'll see that that will help him, 169 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:04,399 you know, wave his flag that he's the Democrat that 170 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,279 is the best at fighting Donald Trump and Republicans. So 171 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:13,960 we've got that. Let's Larry Zabudo runs Election Center at 172 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,559 the University of Virginia has for years. See what Larry 173 00:11:17,639 --> 00:11:18,000 is thinking. 174 00:11:18,799 --> 00:11:22,399 Speaker 6: Oh, Democrats are going to do well. They could have 175 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,600 a sweep at least of the top positions. That's very important. 176 00:11:26,159 --> 00:11:28,840 But the midterm elections are a year away, and in 177 00:11:28,879 --> 00:11:32,360 the Trump era, you know, hundreds of things will happen 178 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,200 in the next year that could affect how people evaluate 179 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,600 him and how people evaluate the candidates running. But on 180 00:11:39,639 --> 00:11:46,840 the whole, Democrats desperately need this boost of enthusiasm and success. 181 00:11:46,879 --> 00:11:50,639 Nothing succeeds like success in politics and business. They have 182 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:54,320 to start winning and then people will feel better about them. 183 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, the Democrats are wandering, looking for a message, a leader. 184 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,480 They're looking for anything they can grasp onto. So if 185 00:12:02,519 --> 00:12:04,600 they win some of these and they expect they're ahead 186 00:12:04,639 --> 00:12:07,919 in the polls on some of these state races, then 187 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,759 the question will be what about Republicans. What are their 188 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:13,519 opportunities tomorrow? 189 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 6: The best case would be pulling off an upset in 190 00:12:17,159 --> 00:12:20,759 New Jersey and winning that governorship with a New Jersey, 191 00:12:20,919 --> 00:12:24,840 while still Democratic, has been moving more in the Republican direction. 192 00:12:25,919 --> 00:12:29,399 Maybe also picking off the attorney general's post in Virginia. 193 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,519 The attorney general candidate for the Democrats that's been involved 194 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,240 in scandal and so that is hurting him and he 195 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,600 will do worse than the other candidates on the statewide ballot, 196 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,240 But we don't know whether it's bad enough to lose. 197 00:12:42,759 --> 00:12:46,759 And Proposition fifty in California, that's important because it sends 198 00:12:46,759 --> 00:12:50,679 a signal about the voter's due of redistricting, and if 199 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,440 it's a big vote. Some polls have had Proposition fifty, 200 00:12:54,759 --> 00:12:58,320 which the Democrats favor, going over sixty percent. If that 201 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,080 actually happens, I think I can also encouraged Democrats for. 202 00:13:02,039 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: The coming year. 203 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 6: Well, my rule, and I'm okate, is it should tell 204 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,759 you a lot until the Sunday shows, the next Sunday shows. 205 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:17,600 You should have a great prediction gambit, everybody participating with 206 00:13:17,919 --> 00:13:21,840 very very fixed suggestions about the future, and then you'll 207 00:13:21,879 --> 00:13:24,679 let it go. As of Sunday and then real events 208 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,759 in the current day takeover. 209 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: So yeah, the Democrats are looking pretty good for tomorrow, 210 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,960 but it's not a guaranteed thing. In fact, Harry Enton 211 00:13:34,039 --> 00:13:37,399 has a couple of different views to share with you today. 212 00:13:38,039 --> 00:13:42,240 One of them is just how unpopular Democrats have become. 213 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 7: Democrats at this point are historically divided. It is a 214 00:13:46,399 --> 00:13:50,080 complete and utter mess. It is messier than a hoarder's basement. 215 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,879 What are we talking about here? The national early poll 216 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,159 leader twenty five percent plus. Normally that's where Democrats are. 217 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,000 Biden was twenty five percent plus and twenty twenty. Hillary 218 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,360 Clinton wasn't O eight and six. Gore was in to 219 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,480 O four. At this particular point, there is no one, 220 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,600 no one in the Democratic race for president who's polling 221 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:08,919 at twenty five percent plus. 222 00:14:09,159 --> 00:14:10,759 Speaker 1: The water is quite warm. 223 00:14:10,759 --> 00:14:13,759 Speaker 7: If you're a Democrat potentially thinking about running in twenty 224 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,039 twenty eight, jump right in because at this point there 225 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:21,159 is no front runner. Think that that is in large 226 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:23,519 part of what's going on is one of the reasons 227 00:14:23,559 --> 00:14:26,039 why there is no front runner. Nobody wants to put 228 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:28,480 anybody up at the top of their balletless is because 229 00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:31,720 at this particular point, the Democratic brand is in the basement. 230 00:14:31,759 --> 00:14:34,039 It is total and complete garbage in the mind of 231 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,360 the American public. The Democratic Party's net fabr rating record 232 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,360 lows in all three Wall Street Journal thirty points underwater, 233 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,159 CNN twenty six points underwater, Gallup twenty six points underwater. 234 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,159 And that is being driven in large pump by discontent 235 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,759 within the Democratic base. The Democratic base wants something different, 236 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,519 will ultimately end up seeing who they choose. It will 237 00:14:53,559 --> 00:15:00,240 be quite the thing who ultimately gets the rose. So 238 00:15:00,279 --> 00:15:03,559 Harry said, the Democrats are looking for somebody different. I 239 00:15:03,639 --> 00:15:06,960 had to play this for you because Chris van Holland 240 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,559 is a senator Democrat senator from Maryland, and he was 241 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,639 asked this morning about, you know, how are the Democrats 242 00:15:15,679 --> 00:15:18,519 going to win back races and listen to what he 243 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,480 had to say makes it made me laugh. 244 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:26,639 Speaker 8: Twenty nine percent favorable for Democrats, fifty five percent unfavorable. 245 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:30,759 Why don't people like you, Senator, Well, John, it's good 246 00:15:30,759 --> 00:15:34,120 to be with you this morning. The short answer is, 247 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,080 at least for some time, Democrats did not see the 248 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,399 party in Washington fighting back more strongly against Donald Trump 249 00:15:42,399 --> 00:15:46,399 and his attacks on our democracy, on his failure to 250 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,960 bring down prices, but also Democrats do need to provide 251 00:15:51,039 --> 00:15:55,360 a better alternative to Donald Trump. It cannot only be 252 00:15:55,399 --> 00:15:57,679 about going after Donald Trump. It needs to be about 253 00:15:57,679 --> 00:16:02,399 presenting alternatives, in fact, working on some proposals right now 254 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:06,200 on the tax front to increase taxes on the wealthiest 255 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,759 and make sure that middle class families, working class families 256 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,360 get relief. So I think we need to do more 257 00:16:12,399 --> 00:16:14,480 than just talk about these issues. We need to put 258 00:16:14,519 --> 00:16:16,840 forward clear plans that tell people where we are. 259 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: So what made me laugh was John Berman oversea and 260 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:25,399 ed basically insulted Chris van Holland by saying, nobody liked you. 261 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,559 Why is that? And he does the well, it's certainly 262 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:33,039 good to be with you this morning. He had no answer, 263 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,320 and instead it's all about well, Trump is that Trump guy, 264 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,159 and Trump's bad and bad of Orange is bad and 265 00:16:41,639 --> 00:16:43,799 oh well, but we need to do more than that. 266 00:16:44,039 --> 00:16:46,559 What we need to do is raise taxes on the 267 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,080 wealthy so that the middle class will benefit. Now, let 268 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:54,120 me ask you something, for those of us in the 269 00:16:54,159 --> 00:16:58,919 middle class, do you really believe that taxing the wealthy 270 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,519 is going to some how benefit you? Has it ever 271 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:07,200 benefited you? And they're not know that the wealthy have 272 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,440 high priced CPAs to get around all the taxes anyway, 273 00:17:11,519 --> 00:17:14,640 But it just that was the He said, yeah, we 274 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,640 need something new, and then he proposed what has been 275 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:22,920 the standard argument for Democrats for as long as I 276 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,519 can remember. Just tax the rich, that's the answer. But 277 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,400 they also have the throw in the orange man as bad. 278 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,759 I laughed when he said that with a straight face. 279 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:38,640 But I will throw this in. Donald Trump. His popularity 280 00:17:38,759 --> 00:17:42,519 is down, a way down. It's down to the thirties, 281 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:47,480 in the thirties somewhere support, which is essentially his magabase. 282 00:17:47,519 --> 00:17:51,440 It's always been there. Listen to what We'll go back 283 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:55,680 to Harry Enton and he has the numbers on Trump's unpopularity. 284 00:17:55,759 --> 00:17:58,759 Speaker 7: I mean, the common denominator here is Donald Trump and 285 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:02,599 Democrats are on. I'm the precipice of delivering a huge 286 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,799 blow to Donald Trump in his second term. What are 287 00:18:04,799 --> 00:18:07,039 we talking about here? Well, why don't we just look? 288 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,720 Democrats lead all the key races. You go to New 289 00:18:09,759 --> 00:18:12,440 Jersey governor, that's really the only close one. Mikey Cheryl 290 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,359 the Democrat up by six points. Abigail Spamberger in Virginia 291 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,559 up by talent z Aram Mandani up by sixteen points 292 00:18:18,559 --> 00:18:21,200 in New York City. The bottom line is this, Yes, 293 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,000 there are ideological differences between the Democrats, but the key 294 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,200 common component is they are all going after Donald Trump. 295 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,079 And all the Democrats lead from New Jersey to Virginia 296 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,759 to New York City, they all lead the Republican and 297 00:18:34,839 --> 00:18:37,920 independent opponent. I mean, look, Donald Trump is a huge, 298 00:18:38,519 --> 00:18:41,480 huge dragon all of these races. Look at his net 299 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,960 popularity rings. In New Jersey, he's eleven points underwater, Virginia 300 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,440 fourteen points underwater, not much of a big surprise. In 301 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,160 New York he's thirty five points underwater. And I will 302 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,200 note nationally and my aggregate of Polsy's about thirteen points underwater. 303 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,640 In our cnmpul he's way below that, which looks a 304 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,799 lot like New Jersey, a lot like Virginia. So these races, 305 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,960 my minds, could be huge. Bellweather's going in a next 306 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,880 year to understanding how Donald Trump is impacting these races. 307 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,119 He is a huge, huge drag and across the board 308 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,559 New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City. 309 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 1: So there's no real surprise there. I mean, Virginia has 310 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:21,079 been purple, more blue than red. New Jersey also more 311 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,160 blue than red and New York City. I mean, he's 312 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,680 done much better in New York City than any Republican 313 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,200 in a long, long time. But he's still underwater in 314 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,119 New York City. There's no surprise to any of that, 315 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,119 and that's why they haven't asked him to come out 316 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,599 on the campaign trail and campaign for them. No real 317 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,559 surprise on that at all. But if Ma'm Donnie does 318 00:19:44,599 --> 00:19:47,839 get elected. Donald Trump was asked about that when he 319 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,640 sat down with Nora O'Donnell for a sixty minutes interview. 320 00:19:52,799 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 9: What if Monday becomes mayor, It's going to be hard 321 00:19:55,039 --> 00:19:57,880 for me as the president to give a lot of 322 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,000 money to New York because if you have a communist 323 00:20:02,079 --> 00:20:05,200 running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money 324 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:06,000 you're sending there. 325 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,599 Speaker 10: So I don't know therese one. And I'm not a 326 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,559 fan of Cuomo one way or the other. But if 327 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:15,319 it's going to be between a bad Democrat and a communist, 328 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,519 I'm going to pick that bad Democrat all the time. 329 00:20:17,559 --> 00:20:18,519 To be honest with you. 330 00:20:18,599 --> 00:20:21,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, I get it he doesn't want a Democrat, but 331 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,720 you really have a bad Democrat than a communist. I 332 00:20:24,759 --> 00:20:31,039 saw an article Realtor Dot com. They have an article 333 00:20:31,039 --> 00:20:35,160 out today Wealthy New Yorkers are preparing for a mayoral 334 00:20:35,279 --> 00:20:41,559 election exodus sparking luxury bidding wars in affluent suburbs. So 335 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,920 a lot of suburbs around New York City. Why not 336 00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:49,079 you can still work in New York City but live 337 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,000 just outside the city limits, and there's some beautiful neighborhoods. 338 00:20:53,799 --> 00:20:56,119 I would imagine there's going to be a lot of 339 00:20:56,599 --> 00:20:59,400 upper income people that are going to be hitting the 340 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:05,720 bone for following their favorite realtorm Rob Emmanuel. He yeah, 341 00:21:05,839 --> 00:21:09,039 Rob talks about how Obama is out on the campaign 342 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,000 trail for these Democrats. 343 00:21:10,559 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 11: It's important. 344 00:21:11,279 --> 00:21:14,599 Speaker 4: I mean, obviously you're down to the final forty eight hours. 345 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,000 Energizing people to turn out in a off year election 346 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,240 is always important, and I think that's going to be 347 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,720 a measure that's going to be important to how you 348 00:21:23,759 --> 00:21:26,519 interpret what's going to happen in twenty twenty six. Well, 349 00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:30,599 you know, having met with MANDONI myself, there's an important election. 350 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,359 I think what's interesting when you look at both New 351 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,920 Jersey message, Virginia message, and Mandannie's message in the New 352 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,160 York City mayor all race, all three of them are 353 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,599 talking about affordability. All three of them are talking about 354 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,160 the cost of living because people are stressed out, and 355 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,519 I think it's important to note that now all three 356 00:21:47,559 --> 00:21:50,160 have a different way of addressing it, but the core 357 00:21:50,319 --> 00:21:53,680 issue is the fact that people and families across New Jersey, 358 00:21:53,759 --> 00:21:56,240 Virginia and New York City have their backs against the wall. 359 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,039 And I think the President reached out obviously to say, 360 00:21:59,039 --> 00:22:01,960 look as you go and make this decision. This is 361 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,480 a big leap from state senator. I'm here if you 362 00:22:04,559 --> 00:22:06,559 want to talk. I think that's a very helpful thing, 363 00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:08,319 the same thing I said to him when we met 364 00:22:08,319 --> 00:22:09,920 for about an hour and a half about a. 365 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: Couple months ago. 366 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,519 Speaker 4: I think the campaigns made a decision if they look 367 00:22:13,559 --> 00:22:17,279 and listen to voters, both in polling, focus groups, etc. Basically, 368 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:22,279 Democrats want to put a box and tie it, put 369 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,079 everything that happened in twenty twenty four behind them. They're 370 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,880 looking forward and these elections are about what's going forward 371 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,720 and what it's going to take to win, not only here. 372 00:22:30,759 --> 00:22:34,359 And I think when you win, winning begets winning. That's 373 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,000 going to be the message. And I think that if 374 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,799 you look at not having either former President Biden or 375 00:22:39,839 --> 00:22:42,440 the Vice President Kamala Harrison nominee. It's more of a 376 00:22:42,519 --> 00:22:45,160 reflection of what the voters are saying, which is look forward, 377 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:45,880 not backwards. 378 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: He's trying to make excuses for his old boss about 379 00:22:48,519 --> 00:22:51,079 the why but Obama does have Obama does It didn't 380 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,720 show up for Joe Biden until the very last second, 381 00:22:54,319 --> 00:22:56,400 and he's doing that on this. He hasn't been on 382 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:00,480 the campaign trail, and so Rom's making the excuse people 383 00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:03,680 don't want to look backward. Well, it's been over ten 384 00:23:03,759 --> 00:23:07,440 years since Obama was president, so it is reaching back 385 00:23:07,559 --> 00:23:11,400 quite ways. But yes, there's a lot of young people 386 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,400 that are for mam Donni, for example, and they probably 387 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:20,000 barely know who Obama is. Seriously, I kind of wonder 388 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:25,599 a good old John Fetterman, Democrat from Pennsylvania. He's just 389 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,440 a straight shooting guy. A lot of what they're talking 390 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:34,000 about always in campaigns is authenticity, but more so lately. 391 00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:36,359 I mean the Chris van Holland clip that I played 392 00:23:36,759 --> 00:23:40,440 about just yes, well Trump's bad and we'll raise taxes 393 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,240 on the rich, and that is so not true. It 394 00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:46,759 never has made a difference for the middle class ever. 395 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,880 But John Fetterman, I think he truly is authentic when 396 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,440 it comes to speaking two and four the middle class. 397 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 12: I feel like the Democrats really need to own the shutdown. 398 00:23:58,839 --> 00:24:01,400 I mean, we're shutting it down and now people now 399 00:24:01,519 --> 00:24:06,480 can't count on their snap benefits and also wick and 400 00:24:06,559 --> 00:24:08,839 head start. These are the kinds of people why I'm 401 00:24:08,839 --> 00:24:11,759 a Democrat fighting for people that just like that. Now 402 00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:15,119 seems like we're moving against our core values to keep 403 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,759 our government shut down at this point. 404 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, so authenticity critical. The fact that cost prices of 405 00:24:24,759 --> 00:24:28,119 things have gone up, Inflation has been creeping higher. Costs, 406 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,839 our prices are overall are are going higher. They're not 407 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,240 going You'll find some things that are going lower, but 408 00:24:33,319 --> 00:24:36,599 most things are going higher. I notice it. I see 409 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,519 prices and I kind of gasp sometimes about how food 410 00:24:40,519 --> 00:24:44,400 prices and other things are going up. Mike Lawler is 411 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:49,519 a Republican from the suburbs of New York City. That's 412 00:24:49,559 --> 00:24:50,119 what he adds. 413 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 13: I know, look, there's lots of polls that come out, 414 00:24:54,319 --> 00:24:56,839 and pulls are a snapshot of a given time. I 415 00:24:56,839 --> 00:25:00,400 think right now the focus obviously, as I'm getting the 416 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:04,960 government back up and running. When you look at this situation, 417 00:25:05,079 --> 00:25:08,799 House Republicans passed a clean CR well over a month 418 00:25:08,839 --> 00:25:12,960 ago to fully fund our military, our border patrol, our 419 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,039 air traffic controllers, and critical programs like SNAP and WICK. 420 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,960 Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats have shut the government down 421 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,319 and have been playing politics for over a month now, 422 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,440 and it seems, according to some reporting that post election 423 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:33,079 Day Wednesday or Thursday, they're finally going to acquiesce. Hopefully 424 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,680 they do, because this is absolutely shameful that they have 425 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,599 used the American people as hostage in this high stakes 426 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:47,400 game that they have played. It was unnecessary. Chuck Schumer 427 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,920 should have been consistent with what he has done every 428 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,960 time during his forty four years in Washington, which is 429 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,559 to vote yes on a clean CR. Instead, he chose 430 00:25:57,599 --> 00:26:00,440 to play politics. So I'd like to see this come 431 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,279 to an end. We want to make sure that the 432 00:26:02,319 --> 00:26:05,200 funds are there for all of these critical programs, including 433 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,240 SNAP and WICK, and make sure that the American people 434 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,359 get the services and benefits that they rely on. 435 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:11,759 Speaker 14: Well. 436 00:26:11,799 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 13: Look, I've been a co lead on legislation to extend 437 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,039 the ACA subsidies for the last two months. I went 438 00:26:19,079 --> 00:26:23,200 down to Washington asked Leader Jeffries to support that legislation. 439 00:26:23,559 --> 00:26:26,599 He chose not to. He outright refused when I asked 440 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,680 him multiple times to sign on to the bill. The 441 00:26:29,759 --> 00:26:33,000 fact is this was a crisis of the Democrats' own making. 442 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:37,759 Obamacare has not worked the way that they said it would. 443 00:26:38,319 --> 00:26:43,000 Healthcare premiums have skyrocketed sixty percent since twenty ten, and 444 00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:46,279 obviously this ACA subsidy that was put in place during 445 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,720 COVID that the Democrats slated to expire at the end 446 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,759 of this year is having an impact on premium So 447 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,799 I want to see us address that in the short 448 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,240 term by passing an extension for a year, but also 449 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,599 longer term, we need to actually address the fact that 450 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,400 Obamacare has not reduced the cost of healthcare. It has 451 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,240 not increased access. It takes people months to get a 452 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:12,680 doctor's appointment. There's a lot of challenges with healthcare that 453 00:27:12,839 --> 00:27:15,200 we have to work in a bipartisan way to address. 454 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,839 Speaker 1: So what about travel? Now you doing on the travel? 455 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,640 Are you taking a flight anywhere? Do you have a 456 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,640 business meeting, you have a plan to cruise or a 457 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,720 vacation or something, Because a lot there are most planes 458 00:27:27,759 --> 00:27:32,680 are going on time. But Sean Duffy, the Transportation Secretary, 459 00:27:34,519 --> 00:27:35,759 he's got his hands full. 460 00:27:35,839 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 15: Well, does it become a flight emergency of safety issue. No, 461 00:27:40,079 --> 00:27:42,519 we will stop traffic, so we're not going to let 462 00:27:42,559 --> 00:27:45,599 that happen. I think the real consequence is what kind 463 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,880 of rolling delays do you have throughout the system? Right 464 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:53,599 We've seen problems at LA in Dallas, in DC, Boston, Atlanta, 465 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,359 and so I think it's only going to get worse. 466 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 1: So my prediction about the fact that the government will 467 00:27:59,799 --> 00:28:03,759 magically find a way to reopen again after election day tomorrow, 468 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,839 give it a couple of days, and if it does 469 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,960 get worse, it's going to get a lot worse. Today 470 00:28:11,079 --> 00:28:15,119 wasn't all that bad. I'm looking at flight Awares cancelation page. 471 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:19,119 Total cancelations today in the US seventy it's a lot 472 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:24,000 of people, though seventy times what one hundred and fifty 473 00:28:24,039 --> 00:28:29,079 people on a plane, it's a lot of people. That's cancelations. 474 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,039 As far as delays, two eight hundred eighty six, there's 475 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:38,440 nothing that makes travel more miserable. Then I'm sorry. We 476 00:28:38,519 --> 00:28:42,640 are delayed. We won't be getting leaving when we're supposed to, 477 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,039 we won't be getting where we're supposed to. And if 478 00:28:45,079 --> 00:28:49,200 you have connecting flights, good luck with that. Nick Daniels 479 00:28:49,319 --> 00:28:53,000 is the head of the Air Traffic Control Union, and 480 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,400 listen to what he says it. He does obviously keep 481 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,480 the message that no, these people are professionals, and even 482 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,000 the other short staff, they're not going to take any 483 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,920 shortcuts that violate safety. But then it turns around and 484 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,319 says the more stress there is, it will affect safety. 485 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:11,880 Listen to Nick Daniels. 486 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 16: The amount of stress, the fatigue, the frustration is growing 487 00:29:15,519 --> 00:29:17,839 every day air traffic controllers are waking up to a 488 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,039 headline it says there's no end insight, and that leads 489 00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:24,039 to a level of hopelessness as well. And you know, 490 00:29:24,119 --> 00:29:26,559 there's not even as many air traffic controllers that are 491 00:29:26,559 --> 00:29:28,960 working today as there was in the twenty nineteen shut down, 492 00:29:29,319 --> 00:29:31,519 where air traffic controllers are working six days a week, 493 00:29:31,599 --> 00:29:34,319 ten hours a day, and that is that was already 494 00:29:34,359 --> 00:29:36,559 an issue that we were working on, and now every 495 00:29:36,599 --> 00:29:39,240 day that it continues, it continues to build, and it 496 00:29:39,279 --> 00:29:42,119 continues to put them in a place that is completely unacceptable. 497 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,519 Speaker 1: You start having one person take. 498 00:29:44,359 --> 00:29:47,799 Speaker 16: On multiple tasks where you would normally have that workload 499 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,079 divided between controllers. 500 00:29:49,119 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: They're going to go to work, they're going to do 501 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:50,799 their job. 502 00:29:50,839 --> 00:29:53,119 Speaker 16: They're going to keep everyone safe, but you have to 503 00:29:53,119 --> 00:29:55,480 start slowing down the number of aircraft that can go 504 00:29:55,519 --> 00:30:00,160 through it so one person can handle this level of complexity. 505 00:30:00,279 --> 00:30:03,119 This is the most high consequence job in the entire world. 506 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:08,000 You're making a thousand decisions in just one rotation to 507 00:30:08,079 --> 00:30:11,160 ensure that aircraft moves safely in and around the airport 508 00:30:11,319 --> 00:30:13,599 or in the sky, and every single time that they 509 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,400 have to take on an additional level of responsibility amidst 510 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,799 all these other issues is something we have to be 511 00:30:18,799 --> 00:30:21,039 concerned about and something we have to manage. We're not 512 00:30:21,079 --> 00:30:24,000 only seeing air traffic controllers already reporting like I have 513 00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:26,119 no money for gas and to be able to get 514 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,519 to work. They're over one month at this point without 515 00:30:28,559 --> 00:30:31,640 a level of compensation for the amazing work that these 516 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,920 patriots do day in and day out, but also on 517 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,279 top of that not having childcare. We're seeing air traffic 518 00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:42,240 controllers for their first time starting to resign. We have 519 00:30:42,319 --> 00:30:45,279 trainees that are resigning, and we have certified controllers, and 520 00:30:45,319 --> 00:30:47,920 we're getting reports of them resigning over the course of 521 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,720 this past week. We have and our message has been 522 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,400 consistent from the very beginning. One day of a shutdown 523 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,400 was too much. Air traffic controllers cannot be used as 524 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,440 a political pawn and I can help everyone know the 525 00:30:59,519 --> 00:31:02,480 end of this story. People can't live without money. It's 526 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,799 putting us in a position for an air traffic controller 527 00:31:05,799 --> 00:31:08,640 to have to not only deal with this profession, but 528 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,079 then way going home and having to have the consequences 529 00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:13,960 of being at a home and trying to explain to 530 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,799 your family and you're going to go into one of 531 00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:18,039 the most demanding jobs in the world and you don't 532 00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:20,119 know when you're going to get paid again. Our message 533 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,880 is simple, open a government and it has to open out. 534 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,319 That's the real issue and that's the only way that 535 00:31:25,359 --> 00:31:26,519 this is going to be solved. 536 00:31:26,559 --> 00:31:29,079 Speaker 1: Another item that popped up over the weekend, all of 537 00:31:29,119 --> 00:31:33,799 a sudden, I'm hearing about the President is talking about 538 00:31:34,359 --> 00:31:38,200 getting involved in Nigeria because of the fact that they 539 00:31:38,359 --> 00:31:43,359 are killing Christians in Nigeria. The story is is that 540 00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:47,319 the country of Nigeria is a very large country, almost 541 00:31:47,359 --> 00:31:50,640 as big as the United States. They're very rich in 542 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:55,000 oil and gas, and we have had a good relationship 543 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,000 with that country for a very long time. Boko Haram 544 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,880 is a terrorist group that is there and they're killing people. 545 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:06,359 And they the country's about fifty percent Christian fifty percent Muslim, 546 00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:12,079 and they're killing both Christian and Muslim. But I thought 547 00:32:12,119 --> 00:32:16,279 we'd weigh in with Mike Walts, who's the UN Ambassador, 548 00:32:17,319 --> 00:32:19,519 was asked briefly about it over the weekend. 549 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,519 Speaker 14: What you have as a terrorist organization, particularly in the 550 00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:26,880 North and Nigeria, Boko Haram, that is literally burning churches, 551 00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:31,960 massacring people, torturing people, running them out of their homes, 552 00:32:32,359 --> 00:32:35,759 to the tunes of tens, if not hundreds of thousands. 553 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: This has been going on for some time. I remember 554 00:32:38,319 --> 00:32:42,599 Boko Haram talking about there were persecuting the citizens of 555 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:47,240 Nigeria many many years ago, Christians and Muslims. I don't 556 00:32:47,279 --> 00:32:50,240 know what they're how they pick and choose their victims. 557 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,079 General Jack Keane was asked about it as well. 558 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 11: I really don't know. I mean a couple of things 559 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,200 so audiences understand. I mean, the instability in Nigeria is real. 560 00:32:59,359 --> 00:33:01,799 I mean, this is a major country, two hundred and 561 00:33:01,839 --> 00:33:05,279 thirty seven million, is the most popular country in Africa. 562 00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:08,960 They got huge oil and energy resources there and we've 563 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,960 always had a relationship with them. We've got an arms 564 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,480 deal heading their way for over three hundred million dollars 565 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:19,759 to assist them and the government. It's not a particularly 566 00:33:19,799 --> 00:33:23,960 effective government. They've got major corruption issues and they've got 567 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,559 an insurgency that's raising in their country led by Bokoharram. 568 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:31,599 It's a radical islamis Chihad organization. The Islamic State also 569 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:37,000 has presence there. Christians are certainly being killed over forty 570 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,200 something thousand, but so are Muslims. There's over twenty five 571 00:33:40,279 --> 00:33:42,920 thousand Muslims that have been killed as a result of 572 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,920 this insurgency. We have a lot of experience with insurgencies 573 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:50,359 and they are complicated issues. To be sure. We have 574 00:33:50,519 --> 00:33:54,160 helped this country with training in the past, and I 575 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,599 think if we have what we have to do is 576 00:33:56,759 --> 00:33:58,799 the government is certainly doing it. When the president is 577 00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:01,680 talking about possibly get more involved, get let's make an 578 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,160 assessment of what really are the issues and what's realistic 579 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,799 about what we can do about something. I mean, this 580 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,360 insurgency has been there raging since two thousand and nine. 581 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,000 It's not going to go away overnight. This would take 582 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:18,639 some major effort to put that insurgency down, as you 583 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,599 have seen us do in a Rock as well. As 584 00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:25,400 in Afghanistan, their challenge is associated with this, to be sure, 585 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,360 So what can we do to help that government is 586 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,320 going to be the question that's realistic and then how 587 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,159 effective is it going to be or we're just throwing 588 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:37,360 money away. So an objective assessment of where we stand 589 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,000 and what's realistic I think is kind of needed here. 590 00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:43,559 Speaker 1: Well, I'm running between the lines, but General Kean did 591 00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:48,119 not sound all that keen on going into Nigeria. He 592 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,599 talked about it. It's complicated, it's been going on for a 593 00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:53,360 long time. It's not going to change anytime soon. It's 594 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:58,239 going to take a major, major effort. What surprised me was, 595 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,480 I've I believe Donald Trump when he says I want 596 00:35:03,519 --> 00:35:07,199 to end forever wars. He doesn't want to start. He 597 00:35:07,199 --> 00:35:08,840 didn't want to get into the middle of a war, 598 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:12,760 especially a civil war. You never want to get involved 599 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:18,360 in a civil war because it's just a recipe for disaster. 600 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:22,800 So we'll see what bubbles up on this story about 601 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,960 Nigeria over the weekend. Also, there was a story that 602 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,239 at first was a little confusing, but it was about 603 00:35:30,639 --> 00:35:36,280 somebody on a train heading into London who was running 604 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,199 through the train stabbing people. Well, it turns out where 605 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,679 they have a video now today of this guy who 606 00:35:44,679 --> 00:35:49,719 was outside a barber shop in London recently and had 607 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,159 I'm talking about a blade that was had to be 608 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,800 twelve to twenty inch, a big, huge blade. It wasn't 609 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:00,400 a machete, but it was big, long blade, and he 610 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,800 goes barging into the barbershop and all the barbers and 611 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,760 their customers scramble and the guy just kind of stood 612 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,800 there and rambled for a while, look like he was drunk, 613 00:36:11,639 --> 00:36:14,440 and then he just walked out. He didn't do anything, 614 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,840 but he's the suspect. He's in custody, and he's the 615 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,800 guy who went through the train stabbing people. As the 616 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,960 people that were getting stabbed were running through the train 617 00:36:25,119 --> 00:36:29,880 warning people in other cars to watch out. There's a 618 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,000 guy coming with a big knife and he's stabbing people 619 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,519 and they had blood dripping off of them. It was 620 00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:38,880 a horrifying scene. So the engineer of the train radioed 621 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,280 ahead and got the tracks switched to that he could 622 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:45,239 pull off to a local station and the police could 623 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,280 arrive and help the wounded and try to find the 624 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,960 guy on the trainer and arrest him, which they give 625 00:36:51,039 --> 00:36:53,320 the engineer a lot of credit for saving a lot 626 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:57,360 of lives, and that's what happened. They arrested him. There 627 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:01,119 is one out of the eleven people that were stabblished, 628 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:05,679 one that's still in critical condition. But there's Nick Robertson 629 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,599 is over in London. He had kind of a summary 630 00:37:09,639 --> 00:37:11,159 about this particular story. 631 00:37:11,679 --> 00:37:14,639 Speaker 17: Yeah, this new detail about the stabbing in London earlier 632 00:37:14,639 --> 00:37:17,559 in the day is a troubling, very troubling detail for 633 00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:21,199 the police, British Transport Police. It's one hundred miles between 634 00:37:22,039 --> 00:37:24,840 that stabbing in London earlier in the day and then 635 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,119 where his belief to have got on the train and 636 00:37:27,199 --> 00:37:33,519 stabbed these eleven different people. The ten counts there, you say, 637 00:37:33,519 --> 00:37:37,000 of attempted murder on one kind of actual bodily harm 638 00:37:37,119 --> 00:37:39,559 is also being brought. So that leaves us sort of 639 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:43,159 a gap in his day that undoubtedly the police will 640 00:37:43,199 --> 00:37:46,639 be looking at. They've named him as Anthony Williams, a 641 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:51,679 thirty two year old man, still obviously being held by 642 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,400 the police at the moment, but for so many other 643 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:59,599 passengers this was an absolutely horrific and horrifying few minutes, 644 00:37:59,639 --> 00:38:02,840 about fifteen minutes of their lives. Where he is literally 645 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,320 rampaging down the train. Initially people thinking this was some 646 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:10,760 kind of Halloween prank on Saturday evening, before seeing blood, 647 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:15,519 before seeing victims with huge gashes. There's a lot of 648 00:38:15,639 --> 00:38:19,800 praise for members of staff of the rail service. In fact, 649 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,880 one member of staff of the rail service is credited 650 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,519 with saving people's lives. And this person is still in 651 00:38:26,559 --> 00:38:30,679 a life threatening condition in hospital and those ten very 652 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,280 severely wounded people on Saturday night, he is the only 653 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,320 one who remains in a critical condition, in a life 654 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,880 threatening condition in fact, and the rail driver, the train 655 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,159 driver or engineer as you might call him, has also 656 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,079 had a lot of praise passed. Is where a former 657 00:38:47,119 --> 00:38:50,239 military veteran who made the call from the train to 658 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:54,079 alert the authorities what was happening, got the train diverted 659 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,000 to a nearby station so that the medics and the 660 00:38:57,039 --> 00:39:01,280 police could intervene quickly and do life life saving procedures 661 00:39:01,559 --> 00:39:03,639 literally at the track side. If it had trained had 662 00:39:03,679 --> 00:39:06,639 stopped somewhere else or later, the casualty tolld could have 663 00:39:06,679 --> 00:39:10,880 been much higher. But the police now clear just one perpetrator, 664 00:39:11,159 --> 00:39:13,639 and with this troubling detail that it tried to kill 665 00:39:13,679 --> 00:39:17,159 somebody else, earlier in the day one hundred miles. 666 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:20,159 Speaker 1: Away, so I'm sure they'll get more details on all 667 00:39:20,199 --> 00:39:23,679 of that. We have. Wall Street today was a mixed bag. 668 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:28,440 Dad Joes Industrials down two hundred and twenty six to 669 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:33,320 forty seven thousand, three point thirty six, SMP up eleven, 670 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,840 nazdack up one hundred and nine, price of gold up 671 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:41,239 seventeen dollars back above four thousand to four thy thirteen, 672 00:39:42,119 --> 00:39:45,480 and oil was up just a few pennies sixty one 673 00:39:45,639 --> 00:39:49,280 dollars for a barrel of oil. That's it for today. 674 00:39:49,559 --> 00:39:53,199 Thank you for coming by. We will do this again tomorrow. 675 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:54,559 Hope to see you then.