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<v Speaker 1>It's night Side with Dan Ray. I'm going Easy Boston's

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<v Speaker 1>News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>We are going to introduce to Cole Davis, who is

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<v Speaker 2>had some late information. There's been a plane crash, a

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<v Speaker 2>collision between a plane apparently flying in from Wichita, Kansas

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<v Speaker 2>to Reagan National Airport with a Sequorsky helicopter. Nicole, I

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<v Speaker 2>know you've been following this for a few minutes. It's

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<v Speaker 2>apparently could sometimes shortly after nine o'clock. Tell us what

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<v Speaker 2>information have you been able to gather? And thanks very

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<v Speaker 2>much for being there tonight.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, of course, happy to be here, Dan, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>this happened about an hour ago. Going to get right

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<v Speaker 3>into it first with the statement from the FAA. This

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<v Speaker 3>is what we know. They say a PSA Airlines Bombardier

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<v Speaker 3>CRJ seven hundred regional jet collided in mid air with

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<v Speaker 3>a Sikorski H sixty helicopter. We know these is Blackhawks

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<v Speaker 3>while on approach to runway thirty three at Reagan Washington

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<v Speaker 3>National Airport around nine pm local time. This plane was

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<v Speaker 3>operating as flight fifth fifty three forty two for American Airlines.

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<v Speaker 3>As you just mentioned, it did depart from Wichitah. It

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<v Speaker 3>was landing at Reagan Airport now as many seventy passengers

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<v Speaker 3>can be carried on this kind of plane. Reports that

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<v Speaker 3>I'm seeing say about sixty people were on board. We

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<v Speaker 3>don't know who was on the helicopter, which agency was

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<v Speaker 3>operating this. We do know that fireboats and helicopters, agencies

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<v Speaker 3>like DC Fire, the US Park Police, Metropolitan Police are

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<v Speaker 3>all on scene. Right now. There is a ground stop

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<v Speaker 3>at Reagan. No flight's coming or going right now. The

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<v Speaker 3>terminals are open, but nothing is happening. And you know, Dan,

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<v Speaker 3>of course, we want to know casualties, but so far

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<v Speaker 3>we have no information coming from any agency on this,

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<v Speaker 3>so we certainly don't want to speculate. There's just a

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<v Speaker 3>lot going on here. But yeah, this is a pretty

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<v Speaker 3>serious situation in the nation's capital.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, horrible conditions obviously at night on the river there

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<v Speaker 2>of the Potomac River runs alongside the airport. I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>pictures of the Potomac. Reminds me of that horrible place

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<v Speaker 2>crash in January of nineteen eighty two, the Boing seven

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven, that that was a daytime plane crash that

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<v Speaker 2>just basically was of Air Florida flight that just never

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<v Speaker 2>got up. Really off the ground is up in the air,

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<v Speaker 2>just temporarily before it crashed into the fourteenth Street bridge.

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<v Speaker 2>So you have cold weather, cold water. It's got to

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<v Speaker 2>be a tough situation there tonight. I have flown in

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<v Speaker 2>and out of the Wichita Airport. It is a very

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<v Speaker 2>small regional airport, although it's obviously an airport in the

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<v Speaker 2>capital city of Kansas, very small. And just to think

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<v Speaker 2>that people were flying on the plane, why there would

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<v Speaker 2>be a helicopter operating in that area with you know,

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<v Speaker 2>air traffic controlers. There's so many questions to hold that

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<v Speaker 2>I know we don't have the answers for, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think all of us can just say a prayer to

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<v Speaker 2>night for the people who might might be at this

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<v Speaker 2>point struck me to stay alive.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, definitely. And I've flown into an out of

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<v Speaker 3>Reagan a few times. That descent into Reagan. There's not

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of space to work with there. The airspace

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<v Speaker 3>is very limited, as you can imagine. It's right there

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<v Speaker 3>by the nation's capital, by the Capitol Building, by the

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<v Speaker 3>White House, by the Washington Monument, and so you really

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<v Speaker 3>have to be very very particular about landing at Reagan

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<v Speaker 3>Airport and you know, it's just it's just such a

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<v Speaker 3>tragedy that I'm watching this video. I mean, obviously, like

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<v Speaker 3>you said, it's nighttime here and it's very cold out

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<v Speaker 3>and there are I'm counting dozens of boats in the

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<v Speaker 3>river and helicopters and just really hoping that these people

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<v Speaker 3>can all get out and be treated and that this

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<v Speaker 3>turns out to be okay. But this is definitely something

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to have to keep an eye on tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>This will be something that as the information comes out.

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<v Speaker 2>It tend these tend not to get better as the

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<v Speaker 2>evening goes on, So we'll try to keep an eye

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<v Speaker 2>on and we'll take some special network reports at the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom of the hour, that is for sure, and again

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<v Speaker 2>keep folks who are either in the water at this

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<v Speaker 2>point in our thoughts and prayers, because I just don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how you can even run a rescue mission at

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<v Speaker 2>this time of night.

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<v Speaker 3>This they're trying, they're really trying.

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<v Speaker 2>Were well, sure, absolutely, I'm sure it's all hands on deck.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know if you remember that crash in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen eighty two, there was a there were some heroes.

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<v Speaker 2>That fourteenth Street Bridge is named after a gentleman who

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<v Speaker 2>kind of stayed and continued in the water saving the

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<v Speaker 2>lives of other people. So let's hope there are some

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<v Speaker 2>lives that are saved tonight. Thanks Nicole, appreciated so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, tough story. These are not the stories that

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<v Speaker 2>anyone likes to report on, and Nicole is the absolute pro.

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<v Speaker 2>We talked during the newscast and we agreed to do

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<v Speaker 2>something on this. Again, it's just horrible story, a horrible story.

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<v Speaker 2>We intended this hour and we will have updates as

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<v Speaker 2>the evening goes on. I assure you. The big story,

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<v Speaker 2>ironically out of Washington today was the appearance of Robert F.

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<v Speaker 2>Kennedy at his Senate confirmation hearings to become the Secretary

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<v Speaker 2>of Health and Human Services. And this this was one

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<v Speaker 2>that really got pretty feisty today. I would say, of

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<v Speaker 2>all of the cabinet confirmation hearings so far, this is

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<v Speaker 2>certainly was the most testy and matter of fact, our

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<v Speaker 2>senior senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, got into it with

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<v Speaker 2>Robert Kennedy. It's interesting Bobby Kennedy, who has has taken

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<v Speaker 2>some interesting positions in his career, was running for president.

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<v Speaker 2>As I think everyone remembers at this time last year,

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<v Speaker 2>And at this time last year he actually was showing

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<v Speaker 2>in the polls twelve percent. There were some polls that

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<v Speaker 2>had him a little higher than that. Uh. And then

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<v Speaker 2>and when his popularity dropped off, and I think it

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<v Speaker 2>was probably a function of money drying up, and the

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<v Speaker 2>focus became on the fell on the debate between President Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and well at that time former President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>in late June and President Biden, and President Biden performed

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<v Speaker 2>so horribly and and then the Democrats decided that Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Biden would not be the party stand bearer. The standbearer

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<v Speaker 2>for the party stand bearer, Bobby Kennedy's numbers dropped, and

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<v Speaker 2>shortly thereafter he cast an alliance with Donald Trump. And

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<v Speaker 2>today was facing questions from senators, and it was it

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<v Speaker 2>was a tough day for everyone. Again, the Republicans have

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<v Speaker 2>a fifty three to forty seven advantage in the US Senate.

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<v Speaker 2>There have been now six or so of President Trump's

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<v Speaker 2>cabinet selections who were fairly easily approved by the Senate.

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<v Speaker 2>The one was the Defense Secretary, in which they had

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<v Speaker 2>to be a tie vote that Vice President Vance cast

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<v Speaker 2>the deciding vote. But this is a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>the testimony and then some of the back and forth,

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<v Speaker 2>and it got a little silly at different times. But

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<v Speaker 2>this is OURFK. Just for those of you who didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get a chance to watch the hearings today, cut numbered nineteen,

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<v Speaker 2>please were up cut nineteen.

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<v Speaker 4>When I launched my camp man, it was about uniting

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<v Speaker 4>America and Democrats and Republicans. There's no issue that she's

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<v Speaker 4>united it more than this chronic health epidemic. There's no

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<v Speaker 4>such thing as Republican children or Democratic children. These are

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<v Speaker 4>our kids. Sixty percent of them are damaged. I know

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<v Speaker 4>what a healthy get looks like because I had so

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<v Speaker 4>many of them in my family. I didn't know anybody

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<v Speaker 4>with a food allergy, growing pen allergy. Why do five

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<v Speaker 4>of my kids have allergies? Why are we seeing these

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<v Speaker 4>explosions and diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, neurological diseases, depression, all these

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<v Speaker 4>things that are related.

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<v Speaker 1>To toxic environment.

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<v Speaker 4>Why can't we just agree with each other the pot

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<v Speaker 4>differences about so many issues, intractable issues, aside as a we're.

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<v Speaker 5>Going to end this.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was sort of the appeal, but that he

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<v Speaker 2>knew that there were a lot of Democrats on that

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<v Speaker 2>panel today who were very much post to him, And

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<v Speaker 2>I think part of it has to do with the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that he comes from the Kennedy family and there's

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<v Speaker 2>no well, there's no unanimity of support for him with

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<v Speaker 2>the Kennedy family. There's a lot of people figures, including

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<v Speaker 2>his cousin Caroline Kennedy, who said some tough things about

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<v Speaker 2>him yesterday. As a matter of fact, I have a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of the sound bites this is the daughter of

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<v Speaker 2>President Kennedy just going after him, in which she pulls back,

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<v Speaker 2>no holds back on, no punches at all. Let's go

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<v Speaker 2>to cut twenty seven. B is in Boston. Please Rob Today.

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<v Speaker 6>While he may encourage a younger generation to attend AA meetings,

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<v Speaker 6>Bobby is addicted to attention and power. Bobby prays on

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<v Speaker 6>the desperation of parents of sick children, vaccinating his own

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<v Speaker 6>kids while building a following hypocritically discouraging other parents from

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<v Speaker 6>vaccinating theirs even before he fills this job. His constant

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<v Speaker 6>denigration of our healthcare system and the conspiratorial half truths

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<v Speaker 6>he's told about vaccines, including in connection with Samoa's deadly

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<v Speaker 6>twenty nineteen outbreak of measles have cost lives.

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<v Speaker 2>Earlier. Just a little bit before that, she used language

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<v Speaker 2>which was well, she basically calls him a predator. Listen

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<v Speaker 2>to this. This is cut twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 6>I've known Bobby my whole life. We grew up together.

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<v Speaker 6>It's no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as

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<v Speaker 6>pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He's always been charismatic,

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<v Speaker 6>able to attract others through the strength of his personality,

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<v Speaker 6>his willingness to take risks and break the rules. I

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<v Speaker 6>watched his younger brothers and cousins follow him down the

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<v Speaker 6>path of drug addiction. His basement, his garage, his dorm

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<v Speaker 6>room were always the center of the action where drugs

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<v Speaker 6>were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put

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<v Speaker 6>baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to

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<v Speaker 6>his hawks. It was often a perverse scene of despair

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<v Speaker 6>and violence.

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<v Speaker 2>So this was a statement that Caroline Kennedy released yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>on the eve of the date, the night before the

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<v Speaker 2>Senate confirmation hearings. I don't know if he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be confirmed. It seems as if the Republicans, with the

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<v Speaker 2>exception maybe of one, were pretty solidly behind him. And

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<v Speaker 2>again they do enjoy that advantage. But I'd love to

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<v Speaker 2>get reaction to his nomination.

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<v Speaker 7>This is.

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<v Speaker 2>A nomination that is not what most nominations involved. This

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<v Speaker 2>is Donald Trump nominating the son of Robert F. Kennedy,

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<v Speaker 2>the Senator Robert F. Kennedy who when when when Trump

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<v Speaker 2>was a young man, Robert F. Kennedy was this senator

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<v Speaker 2>from from the state in which Donald Trump lived, and

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<v Speaker 2>now Trump is president. Trump has nominated Senator Kennedy's son

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<v Speaker 2>to lead Health and Human Service, which is probably outside

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<v Speaker 2>of Defense Secretary and Attorney General, the most important position

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<v Speaker 2>in any president's cabinet that I can think of. So

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get your reaction to what Bobby Kennedy

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<v Speaker 2>had to say today. We'll play some of the There

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<v Speaker 2>were some absurd moments when Bernie Sanders uh and Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 2>Warren were literally in shouting matches with Kennedy. Let's we'll

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<v Speaker 2>open up phone line six one seven, two, five, four

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty six one seven nine three one ten thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>We will also try to keep our eye on this

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<v Speaker 2>this this plane crash in Washington, d c. U as

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<v Speaker 2>the as the evening where is on. So feel free

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<v Speaker 2>to join the conversation. We are going to talk politics

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<v Speaker 2>for a little while back on Nightside right after this.

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<v Speaker 2>You have the numbers six one, seven, two, five four

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty or six one seven, nine three one ten thirty.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>Nights Think Studios on w b Z, the news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be taking a special report from ABC

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<v Speaker 2>me go to Jim on the Cape talking about the

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<v Speaker 2>Kennedy Junior Senate confirmation hearing today. You get a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to watch much of that today, Jim.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh, my goodness, I was eating it with a spoon.

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<v Speaker 8>eat each other up. It's unvest So you believe the

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<v Speaker 8>the Democrats want to get rid of our Democrats, Telsey

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<v Speaker 8>Gabbard and Robert Kennedy. They were Democrats. And you can't

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<v Speaker 8>make this up. And by the way, Carolyn Kennedy's letter,

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<v Speaker 8>I grew up in the Cape with the Kennedys. You

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<v Speaker 8>can take that letter and insert any name of the

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<v Speaker 2>Well Kennedy the Kennedy pool in the summertime, which notice

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<v Speaker 8>What Let's show back to Elizabeth Warren. Elizabeth Warren is

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<v Speaker 8>pharmaceutical companies. Elizabeth Warren got five point two million dollars

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<v Speaker 8>from the pharmaceutical companies. No wonder she doesn't want him

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was so that was an interesting exchange today

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<v Speaker 2>as well. I thought, just going back to the Caroline Kennedy,

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<v Speaker 2>uh if she she did this videotape which was extraordinary.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh us she used the term, she used the term predator, predators.

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<v Speaker 8>Their whole their whole family as predators. That's the hilarious

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, no no no, that I know some

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Kennedy, the former congressman, the son of the older congressman. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>the young fellow who who ran against for the Senate

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<v Speaker 2>against Ed Markey, an absolute gentleman. Well that's fine, great, great,

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<v Speaker 2>we gotta control ourselves a little bit. Jim.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, uh, what you seven hundred kids?

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<v Speaker 2>They don't have that, Jim.

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<v Speaker 5>No, he was it was.

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<v Speaker 8>They were brutal to him. They were nasty. He's handled

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<v Speaker 8>himself perfectly. And here's the problem. Eighty so many people

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<v Speaker 8>love the Kennedy's. The Democrats would be fools. He's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think it's gonna be close. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna get too many. I can't. I didn't see

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<v Speaker 2>any Democrat on that panel today who had any interest

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<v Speaker 2>of even having a conversation with him. They basically asked

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, and you have to put sim in the game.

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<v Speaker 8>It's a game. An't you seeing the full game here?

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<v Speaker 8>It's it's it's it's a full game. All the Republicans

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<v Speaker 8>with just Republican votes only, as well many of the

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<v Speaker 8>picks that Donald Trump has due to their Trump derangement syndrome. Here,

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<v Speaker 8>Donald Trump is trying to be bipartisan, have a couple

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<v Speaker 8>are losing their mind over it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, what you know is, Jim, you know as well

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<v Speaker 2>as I do, that the Democrats on that panel view

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<v Speaker 2>Robert Kennedy and Robert Kennedy Junior and Telsea gabbartt as apostates.

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<v Speaker 2>They look at them as people who have deserted the

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<v Speaker 2>Democratic Party, and they they dislike Kennedy and Gabbard more

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<v Speaker 5>No, no, no, no no.

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<v Speaker 8>The good analogy is Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzger of

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<v Speaker 8>the Republicans. They are apostates the Republican parts. It's the same. Oh, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 8>this is all and you know this is all show Dan,

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<v Speaker 8>this is all for ratings. And look at me and

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<v Speaker 8>my constituents. I'm gonna stick Mazi Herono. Ohly god, does

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<v Speaker 8>she have the IQ of a coconut?

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<v Speaker 2>Or I gotta be honest with you. I gotta be

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<v Speaker 2>honest with you. There are a lot of members the

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<v Speaker 2>United States Senator who you look at them and you say,

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<v Speaker 2>how could citizens of America in a specific state conclude

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<v Speaker 2>that that person is the most qualified. But you look

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<v Speaker 2>at Maizie Horano and she sets the standard.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, I don't know as Joe Biden look like,

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<v Speaker 8>look Ed Markey's lots moreter than mazing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not even close. You know, you may not like

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<v Speaker 2>Ed Marky, particularly because you're in Massachusetts, but uh no,

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<v Speaker 2>Ed Markey knows what issues and he and he beat

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Kennedy and that in that prime. Look, we got

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<v Speaker 2>to break away here. I've it's been an interesting call.

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<v Speaker 2>You need you need to call more off and we

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<v Speaker 2>got to get on this plane crash down in Florida, Jim.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'll let you go for now and we'll get

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<v Speaker 2>back to you later on. If folks, we want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the Robin F. Kennedy hearing today, we will

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<v Speaker 2>talk about that right after this special report coming to

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<v Speaker 2>us from Washington, d C. From ABC News on the

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<v Speaker 2>plane crash that has taking place tonight outside of Recan

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<v Speaker 2>So we are keeping an eye on the developments down

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<v Speaker 2>in Washington. There's some reports now that there have been

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<v Speaker 2>some survivors on this plane. Again, all his information is

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<v Speaker 2>very sketchy, very sketchy. It was a plane coming in

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<v Speaker 2>That's probably about seventeen eighteen hundred miles, fairly long trip

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<v Speaker 2>So we can only follow that and we will have

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<v Speaker 2>here on Night Side. But I'd like to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the hearing today in Washington. So you have Robert F.

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<v Speaker 2>Kennedy Junior, one of the heroes of the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 2>whose life sadly was cut short by the assassin's bullet

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<v Speaker 2>of the night that he had won the California primary

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<v Speaker 2>in June of nineteen sixty eight, passed away the next day. Ironically,

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<v Speaker 2>last night we had talked about the decision by President

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<v Speaker 2>the government about the assassinations of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy,

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<v Speaker 2>and Martin Luther King. So today Robert Kennedy appears in

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<v Speaker 2>will be hearing that we'll hear from him. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the US Senate Finance Committee. And they were on that committee,

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<v Speaker 2>amongst others, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and it got

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<v Speaker 2>a little heated. This is Bernie Sanders. He's basically talking

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<v Speaker 2>all of you know what onesies are. Those are the

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<v Speaker 2>little kind of like you know, one piece almost looked

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<v Speaker 2>like one piece bathing suits that babies infants wear, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can on those, of course, buy them in a

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<v Speaker 2>variety of different places. And apparently some of them were

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<v Speaker 2>being sold by a company that Kennedy founded, no longer

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<v Speaker 2>has control over the company. And there was some sayings

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<v Speaker 2>on the company dealing with vaccinations or not to vaccinate,

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<v Speaker 2>and Bernie Sanders was using pictures of these onesies as

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<v Speaker 2>and with an anti VAXX message in an effort to

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<v Speaker 2>embarrass Kennedy, and Kennedy would have none of it. And

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<v Speaker 2>let's listen. This is about a minute exchange, a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more than a minute between Bernie Sanders, Senator from

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<v Speaker 2>Vermont and RFK Junior cut twenty three rub.

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<v Speaker 9>They are selling what's called onesies. These are little things

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<v Speaker 9>clothing for babies. One of them is diled on facts unafraid.

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<v Speaker 9>Next one of the sould for twenty six bucks a piece.

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<v Speaker 9>By the way, next one is no vax No problem.

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<v Speaker 10>Now you're coming before this committee and you say you

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<v Speaker 10>are pro vaccine, just want to ask some questions, and

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<v Speaker 10>yet your organization is making money selling a child's product

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<v Speaker 9>Doubt on ut on the usefulness of vaccines. Can you

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<v Speaker 9>tell us now that you will, now that you are

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<v Speaker 9>pro vaccine, that you're.

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<v Speaker 10>Going to have your organization take these products off the market.

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<v Speaker 4>Senator, I have no power over that organization, not you

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<v Speaker 4>hard of it, resigned from the board that was.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a few months ago. You founded that you certainly

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<v Speaker 1>have power you could make that. How are you supportive

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<v Speaker 4>I have had nothing to do with it.

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<v Speaker 1>You supportive of these onesies?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm supportive of vaccines.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you supportive of these.

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<v Speaker 10>This clothing which is militantly anti vaccines?

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<v Speaker 4>I am supportive of vaccines. Well, I want good science

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<v Speaker 9>But you will not tell the organization you founded not

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<v Speaker 9>to continue selling that product.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the great quotes from Washington, DC. Can you

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<v Speaker 2>tell us if you support the onesies and as bad

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<v Speaker 2>as Bernie Sanders was? And I thought that was, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>just stupid, stupid. Ask him questions if you want. But

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<v Speaker 2>this is an organization that Kennedy apparently no longer is

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<v Speaker 2>a part of. He may have founded the organizations. The

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<v Speaker 2>organization happens to have a point of view about vaccines

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<v Speaker 2>that Bernie Sanders disagrees with, which is fine, Which is fine.

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<v Speaker 2>In the old days, it would have been people on

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<v Speaker 2>Bernie Sanders' side of isle who would be skeptical about

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<v Speaker 2>anything the government was going to try to sticking to

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<v Speaker 2>your arms. But now because it was it was being

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<v Speaker 2>done under a democratic presidency. It's just so interesting. Elizabeth Warren,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is an exchange that I think borders

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<v Speaker 2>never heard her more flustered, heard her flustered many times,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's almost as if she's in over her head.

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<v Speaker 2>This has cut number twenty five a listen carefully, folks,

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<v Speaker 7>And I'm asking you to commit right now that you

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<v Speaker 7>those lawsuits, so that what you do as secretary will

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<v Speaker 7>also benefit you financially down the line.

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<v Speaker 7>You and I.

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<v Speaker 7>He Look, no one should be fooled here, trom of HHS.

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<v Speaker 7>Robert Kennedy will have the power to undercut vaccines and

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<v Speaker 7>vaccine manufacturing across our country. And for all of his

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<v Speaker 7>won't interfere with those of us who want to vaccinate

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<v Speaker 7>his kids, the bottom line is the same. Kennedy can

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<v Speaker 7>kill off access to vaccines and make millions.

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<v Speaker 2>Of dollars while he does it.

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<v Speaker 7>Kids might die, but Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in.

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<v Speaker 2>So we have Massachusetts Senior Senator Elizabeth Warren eviscerating or

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<v Speaker 2>far as I'm concerned. Robert F. Kennedy, the nephew of

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's it's it's just fascinating. Now. Kennedy is

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<v Speaker 2>a controversial figure. He has said some things that have

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<v Speaker 2>American diets and what we're ingesting. He is no friend

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<v Speaker 2>of big food corporations. He's looking to eliminate a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of the food additives that, as I understand it, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>are the things that really hook people onto the foot,

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<v Speaker 2>onto particular food red dye. I do not know as

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<v Speaker 2>much about this issue as the senators that I hope

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<v Speaker 2>were questioning today questioning him today, nor the candidate, the

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<v Speaker 2>nominee himself. But it seems to me that the squabble

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<v Speaker 2>that has gone on today and they were frustrated that

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<v Speaker 2>he was not answering their yes and no questions, it

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<v Speaker 2>was a pathetic performance by the United States senators. It

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<v Speaker 2>seems to me for Bernie Sanders to be up there

435
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<v Speaker 2>yelling about a message that was on a onesie, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't get any funnier than that. I would hope

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<v Speaker 2>that Saturday Night Live was watching both of them, and

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of Warren, who just seemed to want to

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<v Speaker 2>scream at Robert F. Kennedy Junior. Now, again, they have staff.

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<v Speaker 2>They could have had a series of questions which could

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<v Speaker 2>have been posed, and they could have set it up

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<v Speaker 2>and said, mister Kennedy would like to ask you some questions.

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<v Speaker 2>And there was some effort by some of the Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>to say, you said this at this date, do you

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<v Speaker 2>stand by that statement? And we would ask you to

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<v Speaker 2>limit your answer to know more than a minute because

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<v Speaker 2>all of these but they would ask questions will go

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<v Speaker 2>on three or four minutes. And it clearly, it clearly

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<v Speaker 2>was not an effort or an exercise to elicit information

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<v Speaker 2>about this nominee. The minds were made up. Now, look,

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<v Speaker 2>I do not believe that the fact that Robert F.

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<v Speaker 2>Kennedy comes from a family of a line of Democrats,

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<v Speaker 2>including his father who was assassinated, but he has his

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<v Speaker 2>family members turning on him. I mean Carolyn Kennedy calling

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<v Speaker 2>him a predator today. Look, I don't know Bobby Kennedy.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never met Bobby Kennedy. I've thought he is a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a loose cannon. Freethink or whatever you want.

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<v Speaker 1>To call it.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's a nominee of Donald Trump. Uh. If he's

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<v Speaker 2>as crazy as the Democrats think, they should probably be

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<v Speaker 2>delighted vote against him and let the Republicans take responsibility

462
00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:20.480
<v Speaker 2>for his crazy ideas. That would be one approach that

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats could take. I want to hear from you

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<v Speaker 2>six one seven, two ten thirty six one seven, nine

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<v Speaker 2>three one ten thirty. We're also following this plane crash

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<v Speaker 2>in Washington, d C. And hopefully there will be survivors,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully every person on both the helicopter and the small plane.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a small plane in the sense of a

469
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<v Speaker 2>it's it's a plane that they think they had about

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<v Speaker 2>sixty passengers on. So feel free join the conversation, give

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<v Speaker 2>us a call, We'll get you. We'll get you on.

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<v Speaker 2>Like to talk about Bobby Kennedy, and I think some

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<v Speaker 2>of us his ideas have merit uh And and I

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<v Speaker 2>think that that if he we're dealing reasonably, if he

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<v Speaker 2>were allowed to deal reasonably with Democrats and Republicans on

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00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:10.200
<v Speaker 2>this Senate panel, maybe there could be some progress. He

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<v Speaker 2>quotes numbers about the health of American kids, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>not good. Frankly, at this point, there are a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of kids who have serious physical problems at at levels

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<v Speaker 2>higher than any prior generation. And he's asking uncomfortable questions.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't think there's anything anything wrong with uncomfortable questions.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a couple of lines open at six, one, seven, nine,

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty back on Night's Side, like to talk about this.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing much we can do, uh in terms of

485
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<v Speaker 2>the crash at Reagan National Airport, except offer a prayer

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<v Speaker 2>for those who are either in the water and will

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<v Speaker 2>be pulled out of the water or have have not

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<v Speaker 2>made it. Either way, prayers are welcome. I believe in prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>Will be back on Nightside.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>Nightside Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to the phones we go. Let's go to Andrew

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<v Speaker 2>in Rockland talking about the nomination hearing today for Robert F.

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<v Speaker 2>Kennedy Junior. Andrew, welcome, How are you?

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<v Speaker 5>I'm good, Dan, how are you doing great?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you get a chance to watch any of that

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<v Speaker 2>either during the day or in the evening news casts?

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<v Speaker 5>I saw I saw some e clips of it, just uh.

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<v Speaker 11>I thought it was funny that Pocahontas is upset over

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<v Speaker 11>it all.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she was. She was, really she was on the

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to use this, but she was on the

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<v Speaker 2>war path.

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<v Speaker 11>Yeah, I agree. I think it just all comes down

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<v Speaker 11>the money. She claiming he's gonna make money off of

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<v Speaker 11>I feel like she's up at her Her gravy train

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<v Speaker 11>is done, are you. I feel like all these people

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<v Speaker 11>at back Doorda, and it's just that's why they're going

509
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<v Speaker 11>after Trump so hot and everybody he's nominating, and they're

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<v Speaker 11>just they're upset that they're losing their grip.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think that there's a lot that's going on

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<v Speaker 2>down there. Look, I don't know. I didn't quite understand

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<v Speaker 2>the question, the line of questionings that she was asking

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<v Speaker 2>him about. Do you pledge that you won't work after this?

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<v Speaker 2>There are rules down there about, you know, officials who

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<v Speaker 2>you cannot work for, corporations that you had any sort

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<v Speaker 2>of control over for a certain period of time. There

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<v Speaker 2>are rules in place, she was asking him, Can you

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<v Speaker 2>will you promise that you will never work for some

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<v Speaker 2>company that could have in some way I guess I

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<v Speaker 2>have been in some form of fashion regulated by you.

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<v Speaker 2>If you become the h h N s Secretary. It's pathetic.

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<v Speaker 1>Understand that.

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<v Speaker 5>I get that. I get that.

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<v Speaker 11>You know, you don't want people that are, you know,

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<v Speaker 11>making the rules but not having control and then making

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<v Speaker 11>money off of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I agree with you, but I'm saying there were

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<v Speaker 2>rules in place that right now say that you can't

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<v Speaker 2>you know, leave the government and go to work for

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<v Speaker 2>certain companies that you might have regulated. But at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time, look if somebody were to hypothetically give a

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<v Speaker 2>break to some company and then as a quid pro

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<v Speaker 2>quo have a job offer available. People get indicted for

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 11>It's Biden don't But yeah, you know, you have it

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<v Speaker 11>both ways. You gotta if you're gonna if you're gonna

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<v Speaker 11>post it on one party, you gotta you gotta do

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<v Speaker 11>it the other age. That's why it's so absurd. These

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<v Speaker 11>people are hypocrites.

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<v Speaker 2>There's there's a lot of hypocrisy in Washington, There's no

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<v Speaker 2>doubt about that. Andrew, great to hear, Great to hear

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<v Speaker 2>your voice. Let me ask you, if you were on

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<v Speaker 2>the Senate Finance Committee, if you were a United States Senator,

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<v Speaker 2>would you like to see you know, he's a he's

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<v Speaker 2>a bit of a loose Cannon. I mean, he's he's

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<v Speaker 2>said some things over over time which have caught a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people's attention. Would you vote to confirm him

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<v Speaker 2>or not?

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<v Speaker 5>Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 1>I would.

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<v Speaker 11>I would because I feel like any any improvements on

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<v Speaker 11>our health is a good thing. And that's strictly the

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<v Speaker 11>reason why I would vote for him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I also think I think that Trump nominated

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<v Speaker 2>him because I think very simple, he's a disruptor.

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<v Speaker 5>It is.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll be a different sort of secretariat if he if

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<v Speaker 2>he's the secretary of a JH and S. Andrew, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for calling very much. I appreciate it. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>you too, my friend. Okay, well we're gonna go next here.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what, let me go to Paul in Boston. Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>you were next one night, saga, right ahead, get you

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<v Speaker 2>good sir.

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<v Speaker 5>The wine. The bottom line is, does Ron mc kennedy

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<v Speaker 5>Junior have a background education or work experience in this field.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think he does, and I'd never both to

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<v Speaker 5>confermament if I was a senator.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, okay, let's let's let's let's pause on that for

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<v Speaker 2>a second and let me just play Devil's advocate for

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<v Speaker 2>a second. Harvard graduate I believe he got some sort

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<v Speaker 2>of an economics degree I think at the London School

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<v Speaker 2>of Economics. I could be wrong on this, but let

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<v Speaker 2>me you know, don't hold me to it. But then

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<v Speaker 2>he has a law degree from the University of Virginia,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was very much involved in some environmental activity

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<v Speaker 2>over over time. That's he's been an he's been an

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<v Speaker 2>advocate over time. So I think he's probably as qualified.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's not a physician, he's not a doctor,

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<v Speaker 2>Ben Carson or or you know, he doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 2>medical degree. You're correct on that. I mean, does that

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<v Speaker 2>disqualify him in your thoughts or.

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<v Speaker 5>What is in my opinion is it should be somebody

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<v Speaker 5>that's got a background in medicine or uh uh, health

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<v Speaker 5>science something. But I don't think he has the qualifications done.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, let me let me ask you a question, just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, having a little bit of fun with you

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<v Speaker 2>here for a second. Let's assume that Trump nominated Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>Faucif after after the debacle of COVID nineteen biz, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a you know, individual with a medical degree. Would would

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<v Speaker 2>he qualify?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, he is qualified, he's a medical doctor, but he's

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<v Speaker 5>proven to be somewhat unreliable at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's fair, you know what.

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<v Speaker 11>To be.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So now my second level of question to you,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're gonna we're gonna have a responsible conversation here.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the nominee that the president who has just

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<v Speaker 2>been elected once. How much discretion do you give to

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<v Speaker 2>the president of the United States for the nominees that

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<v Speaker 2>he or she selects.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know how to answer that. Let's tell you,

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<v Speaker 5>I have no problem taking care of somebody that helped

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<v Speaker 5>me as long as they're qualified. And the only one

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<v Speaker 5>of Trump's nominees so far that I think it has

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<v Speaker 5>been good is the Secretary of State at Rubio.

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<v Speaker 2>The rest of them, five or six of them have

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<v Speaker 2>been approved by votes of yes somewhere around seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty five. I mean, you know that Hegseth was

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<v Speaker 2>the one that was fifty one fifty and there were

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<v Speaker 2>three Republicans that walked away. Six or seven of the

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<v Speaker 2>cabinet nominees have won the support a vertuble of all

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<v Speaker 2>the Republicans, even the Murkowski's and the Collinses of the world,

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<v Speaker 2>as well then of several Democrats.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm want to look at this education position that he

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<v Speaker 5>wants to get to. Lynda McMahon, Yeah, well, turned Beck

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<v Speaker 5>went okay. Under the first Trump administration, she was the

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<v Speaker 5>Small Business Administrator Secretary. I believe now we want to

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<v Speaker 5>give her a job in education. What experience does she

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<v Speaker 5>have in education?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, to be honest with you, but I

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<v Speaker 2>also think that if you're running a department of education,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't necessarily have to have experience. Uh, that's more

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<v Speaker 2>of a management position. I think most people understand what

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<v Speaker 2>what it's the concept of education is. It's not like

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<v Speaker 2>a scientific position. If if if if you were appointing

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<v Speaker 2>her as the administrator of NASA, I think you might say, gee,

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<v Speaker 2>you should certainly have some some some experience in that field,

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<v Speaker 2>or if you know, if you were pointing somebody the

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<v Speaker 2>head of the FAA. I don't know. We'll have We'll

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<v Speaker 2>have to see how it works out. Paul, look great call.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. I really agree challenging call. You raised some

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely legitimate questions. I appreciate you taking the time. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 2>my friend. All Right, we'll take a quick break, be

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<v Speaker 2>back on the other side of the eleven o'clock news,

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<v Speaker 2>and again we're seeing ambulance is moving. Ambulances are moving,

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<v Speaker 2>and I hope that those are ambulances that are taking

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<v Speaker 2>people from medical treatment and not leaving the scene. If

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I'm saying. Again, keep these folks in

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<v Speaker 2>there in your prayers. We'll be back. And like to

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<v Speaker 2>continue to talk about Robert F. Kennedy's confirmation hearing today

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<v Speaker 2>in Washington.