1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: From the mighty nine ninety broadcast centers. You're waking up 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: in Stars Country with Todd Starns and Good morning Memphis, 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: Good morning Mid South. I am Todd Starns and welcome 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: to Starns Country Broadcasting in the principal Toyota, Memphis studio. 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: So great to have you with us today, a very 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 1: busy news day across the nation, and we are so 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: glad that you're hanging out with us for the next 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: little while. I want you to write down our telephone 9 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: number nine oh one two six zero five nine two six. 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: You will need that if you plan on calling into 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: the show this morning. I have a very simple question 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 1: for you. How would you grade your local municipality? How 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: would you grade Shelby County and how they handled the 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: massive four inch snowstorm that pounded the Mid South. It 15 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: is two weeks later and schools are still closed. And 16 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: when you look around, the other areas of the nation 17 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: got the same massive four inches of snow and ice. 18 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: They've already recovered asigned from Nashville. But they're run by 19 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: woke leftist so no wonder they're in the throes of chaos. 20 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: But I'm just curious, how do you grade how your 21 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: local municipality did. I think a lot of people have 22 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: been giving Bartlett, for example, very solid grades in storm preparation, 23 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: getting the roads cleared and trying to get things back 24 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: to some semblance of normalcy. But others, for example, schools, 25 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:39,919 Speaker 1: public schools are still closed throughout the region. There's really 26 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: no word on when kids might actually get back into 27 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: the classroom. So I mean, and we're talking, you know, 28 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: four inches of snow and ice here, folks. One guy, 29 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: and by the way, and mail delivery, the postal service 30 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: finally weighing in, and it turns out they don't deliver 31 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: in all sorts of bad ways and contrary to the tradition. 32 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: But one guy was telling Channel three, Hey, look, you know, 33 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: I've been here forty fifty years and it has never 34 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: been I've never seen it this bad. And it just 35 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: seems to me that I don't know, I you know, 36 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: even in you know, a few days ago, I just 37 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: did not see any trucks, any snowplows. I didn't see 38 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: much of anything out there, any attempt to actually clear 39 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: the roads in a lot of these municipalities. I know, 40 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: I'm just saying it's as a matter of fact, that 41 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: there were some area I mean, trying to get home 42 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: from my commute from East Memphis to Germantown increased by 43 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: about twenty minutes just because of the lack of road 44 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: clearance there in the Germantown area, for example. So I'm 45 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: just curious, how do you grade how your elected leaders 46 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: handled this storm. Nine oh one two six zero five 47 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: nine two six is our number. That's nine oh one 48 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: two six zero five nine two six. So yesterday Senator 49 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: Marshall Blackburn a dropped by the National Show. And by 50 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: the way, if you guys haven't heard the National Show, 51 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: you got to tune in. We bring a lot of 52 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: major newsmakers to the table. We have a lot of fun, 53 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: We have some great conversations, and we had we had 54 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: a chat with Marshall Blackburn about just how bad things 55 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: are in the Nashville area when it comes to the power, which, 56 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: by the way, I think twenty thousand over twenty thousand 57 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: people still without power. It could be February the eleventh 58 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: before they get their power restored. The senator also talking 59 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: about her campaign to be your next governor. Let's take 60 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: a listen and say hello to our good friend the 61 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: next governor of the State of Tennessee. Marshall Blackburn, Senator, 62 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: hope you're doing well today. 63 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: I am doing well, and we are voting, and we're 64 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: going to push forward and have a vote on Brian Lee, 65 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: who will be our new district judge for the Western 66 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: District of Tennessee. So adding a good, solid constitutionalist to 67 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: that bench there in Memphis, and we are delighted to 68 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 2: get his vote on the board. Todd, it's a good day. 69 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 2: We've got good things happening there, fighting crime and making 70 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,239 Speaker 2: the community safer. 71 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: Senator, this is right the Marshall Blackburn Hour. We just 72 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: had in studio Glenn Jacobs. He told me to tell 73 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: you hello and he said very nice things about you, 74 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: by the way, but this has been a huge week 75 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: for you. Of course the Beacon poll came out earlier 76 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: and just I mean, you're destroying the competition of the 77 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: governor's racing on the GOP primary. Also, these fundraising numbers 78 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: are just incredible, historic fundraising numbers. What do you make 79 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: of it? What's going on here in the State of Tennessee. 80 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: People in the State of Tennessee want to see good, solid, 81 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: consistent conservative government. They have we have been a well 82 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 2: led well managed state, and what they want now is 83 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 2: to say, let's be America's conservative leader. 84 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 3: Let's pick up the. 85 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 2: Pace and really focus on how we educate children, how 86 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 2: we deliver healthcare, how we generate energy, how we deliver 87 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 2: government services, how we reduce regulation, and how we increase 88 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 2: innovation with our universities and focus on the next generation. 89 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: So we've got that solid foundation, and people have shown 90 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 2: up to help us, to support us. They are grateful 91 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: for the work I've done in the US Ate and 92 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: I continue to do every single day, and they are 93 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: certainly appreciative of the work we've done in Memphis. The 94 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 2: governor in a state of the State address on Monday, 95 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: talked a good debt about what we have done for 96 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: the west part of the state. And you know, it 97 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: is such a source of encouragement. Tennessee has like to 98 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: see conservative progress, and they are we are very given 99 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: to our conservative values in the state. And I am 100 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 2: honored to have the support. 101 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 4: Of so many. 102 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: You know, one of the things and I appreciate what 103 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: you just said there, because you know, one of the 104 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: challenges in the Southern states, we have so many people 105 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: moving in from the Blue states, and in many cases 106 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: they bring their politics with them. And you look at 107 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: what's happening in Nashville right now, where DEI is on 108 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: full display when it comes to those running the electric system. 109 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: There thousands of people still without power. And I know 110 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: you've been very outspoken in your anger about how they're 111 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: treating the citizens there in Middle Tennessee. 112 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: And you know, we tried to work and we've tried 113 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 2: to help. We got the disaster declarations in quickly. President 114 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 2: Trump has signed that FEMA has the maximum amount of 115 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: resources in the state. And you've got the Tennessee National 116 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 2: Guard and the Highway Patrol and local law enforcement and 117 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: first responders and neighbors helping neighbors. We are the volunteer state, 118 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 2: but NYS can't meet their one directive. We just do 119 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 2: keep the power on. And here's the theme, Todd. They 120 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: have four hundred and seventy thousand customers. At the peak, 121 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: there were about two hundred and thirty five thousand that 122 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: had no power. That is a fifty percent fail rate. Now, 123 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 2: if your power system is in such disrepair that you 124 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 2: have no resiliency, you have no redundancy. And half of 125 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 2: the people you served in Nashville and the surrounding counties. 126 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 2: Half of them have no power. And still on day eleven, 127 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 2: you've got about fifteen or twenty thousand that still have 128 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 2: no power. You got a problem, and they have not 129 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 2: wanted to admit that they have a problem, and it 130 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 2: is they did not prepare. They were focused on DEI. 131 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 2: They did one hundred and two DEI training sessions. Last year. 132 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: They cut the tree trimming budget by seven million dollars 133 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 2: because they were concerned about the canopy. And because of this, 134 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 2: you have all these limbs and trees that have taken 135 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 2: down lines. And my husband Than and I traveled through 136 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 2: a very shady area, big big trees on either side 137 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 2: of the street and this fall, as the leaves came 138 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 2: off the trees, it seems like nearly every Sunday we 139 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 2: would say, you know what, that tree is. 140 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: Going to fall if we have a storm. 141 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 2: This winter or spring, and it is going to take 142 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 2: that line out. And sure enough, they ended up having 143 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 2: to close this stretch that is very shaded by these 144 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: big trees. They closed it for two days, two days 145 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: trying to clean up all the debris and the limbs 146 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 2: and the trees, and further, inconvenience to people, it is 147 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 2: just really sad and shameful that there was no preparation made. 148 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: Senator a couple of more questions. First of all, the 149 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: Nashville scene no friend of conservatives. They're demanding to know 150 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: why is Marsha Blackburn hanging out with Nicki Minage? 151 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 2: And you know, they just they just can't stand it. 152 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: But let me. 153 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 2: Talk about this. Nicki Minage is a supporter of President 154 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 2: Donald Trump, and she joined us as we announced the 155 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 2: Trump accounts for babies that are born between two thousand 156 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 2: and five and two thousand and eight, they're each going 157 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 2: to get each one will get a one thousand dollars account. Now, 158 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 2: Nicki is going to put money into her fan club 159 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 2: members their accounts, those babies accounts, And we've got a 160 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,359 Speaker 2: lot of employers that have said they're making a contribution 161 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 2: and some that are going to make an annual contribution 162 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 2: into these accounts. It is noteworthy that parents, grandparents, employers, 163 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 2: people can put money in these accounts, and up to 164 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:09,839 Speaker 2: five thousand dollars a year for children, and then it 165 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 2: has to stay in that account until they're eighteen years old. 166 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 2: Then they could use that money for education, they could 167 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 2: use it later to start a business by a house. 168 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 2: But what a great way to have the access to capital, 169 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 2: to have financial education, and to learn how to really 170 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 2: build that nest egg that will help you all through life. 171 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: Senator, one final question, I've got sixty seconds here. Should 172 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:44,720 Speaker 1: we nuke the filibuster and get the voter ID law passed? 173 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 2: We I think we're going to be able to do 174 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 2: that without nuking the filibuster. We've talked about, you know, 175 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 2: the upside and the downside, and honestly, there's not sixty 176 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 2: votes in our conference, and there are some of us 177 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 2: that you know, we want to move forward with President 178 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 2: Trump's agenda. I know that Leader Soon in the White 179 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 2: House and Speaker Johnson have put some effort into this. 180 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: We want to be able to get to Save America Act. 181 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 2: And those of us that comprise the Steering Committee, which 182 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 2: is the Conservatives in the Senate, we've been working on 183 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 2: this even today. 184 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: All right, Senator, while you got in understand all right, 185 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: there you go, ladies and gentlemen. That was our conversation 186 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: with Senator Marcia Blackburn on the National Radio Show, which 187 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: you can listen in real time eleven o'clock until two 188 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: o'clock right here on the mighty nine ninety. All right, 189 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: let's go to the phones, and the question is, how 190 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: are you grading your local municipalities when it comes to 191 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: the storm aftermath. Our good friend David Taylor just posted 192 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 1: a photograph of his neighborhood in Germantown and it looks 193 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: as if the subdivision roads have not even been touched. 194 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: I mean, that's it's insane. Let's go to East Memphis. 195 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: Ben is on the line. Hi, Ben, what's going on? 196 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 4: Hey guy, how are you today? 197 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: I'm well, thanks for asking, Yeah, and. 198 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 4: Always enjoy your show. By the way, I love Marshall Blackburn. 199 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 4: She cares about Tennessee, and tennesseean's I hope she's there forever. 200 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 4: I wanted to just a little personal, you know, haha. 201 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 4: As a New Year's resolution this year, I decided I'd 202 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 4: try to be a little more patient with the people. 203 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 4: I don't know what the source of the problem is. 204 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 4: I mean, I have my hunches, but I wanted to say. 205 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 4: I started thinking about the lack of services, and the 206 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 4: one that surprised me most was the post Office postal 207 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 4: delivery for US mail. But I started thinking about it, 208 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 4: and you know, here in East Memphis at least I 209 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 4: can speak for my corner, my yard, which is a 210 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 4: corner yard. My yard is elevated, and I was even 211 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 4: out there as recent as yesterday. It's still it's very crunchy, 212 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 4: it's flicked. I actually fell down myself, and I was unhurt. 213 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 4: But you know, I started thinking for people like me 214 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 4: who their mailbox is not on the street, you know, 215 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 4: and of course all that depends on if the streets 216 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 4: were clear, but for people like me who have a 217 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 4: mailbox on the house, that could be a little treacherous 218 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 4: for mail delivery persons. So I've decided I really thought 219 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 4: about this, and I thought, you know, I might as 220 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 4: well stop bitching or moaning about it, because it is 221 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 4: what it is. I guess I am a little surprised 222 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 4: because in prior years we had more assaulting or cindering 223 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 4: of the at least the main thoroughfares, et cetera, but 224 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 4: also at some treacherous points in certain neighborhoods. And I 225 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 4: was a little surprised, you know, this year there just 226 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 4: wasn't anything. We've all been dependent on the weather, and 227 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 4: even though it's been above for you know, obviously, it 228 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 4: has not been warm enough or warm enough for such 229 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 4: a duration that it has melted everything off. My street's 230 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 4: still a nightmare. So you know, I'm disappointed, but I 231 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 4: also am trying to be a little understanding, so I 232 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 4: don't have a strong stance one way or another. I'm 233 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 4: more leanient with the postal carriers than I am with 234 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 4: the sanitation department. But you think those big, heavy trucks 235 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 4: and plus a little centering would go a long way. 236 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: But well you would think so, you would think, So, Ben, 237 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: let me tell them to because we're super late for 238 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: a break, and I appreciate your call. Yeah, that's that's 239 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: a challenge. I think we got we We hadn't had 240 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: mail for like ten or eleven days, and normally we 241 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: get a lot of mail every day. We got two 242 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: themed two letters in the mail when they finally delivered. 243 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: So I'm not sure if there is a massive backup 244 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: over at the post office. But we finally in East Memphis, 245 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: where our station is located, we finally got it, you know, 246 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: the other part of it real quick. Here it was 247 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: costing what three hundred and fifty dollars an hour to 248 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: plow parking lots, including hours here, plus fifty dollars per 249 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: bag of salt, melt of the salt. I'll just say this, 250 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: we just let God handle it for free. Got to 251 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: take a break. We'll be right back and welcome back 252 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: to Stern's Country. In the Principal Toyota, Memphis studio. If 253 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: you are looking for a great deal on a car, 254 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: go visit my good friend Todd Lockner at Principal Toyota 255 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: in Memphis. By the way, there is a huge, huge 256 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: event happening on February the twenty seventh. Manti Fritz is 257 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: going to be coming to the VFW Hall there in 258 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: Collierville for a veterans town hall. But the entire community 259 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: is welcome to attend and it's open to the public 260 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: free of charge. You they're gonna have complimentary pizza and 261 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: the beverages provided. That's over on South Center Street. They're 262 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: in Collierville, coming up on Friday, February twenty seventh. You 263 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: don't have to wear a tuxedo, you don't have to 264 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: get gus seed up, you don't have to spend hundreds 265 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: of dollars on tickets. This is just a wonderful event 266 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: for veterans here in the Mid South and their families. 267 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: And again, who's going to turn down free pizza. I mean, 268 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: come on so again. If you would like information, head 269 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: over to Justin Johnson's Facebook page. I'm sure there's information 270 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: over at the VFW hall's website says, well, that's the 271 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: Collierville VFW Post fifty sixty six. They're in Collierville, all right, 272 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: nine oh one two six zero five nine two six. 273 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: How do you grade your local community, your local municipality 274 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: in how they handled the winter storm that dumped a 275 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,479 Speaker 1: massive four inches of snow and ice here on the 276 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: Mid South, schools still closed. As a matter of fact, 277 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: Memphis Shelby County schools they have already used up all 278 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: of their snow days. So we'll see how all of 279 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: that plays out and if they're going to have to 280 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: extend the school year or maybe take down some of 281 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: the some of the knockoffs of the day's for spring break. Well, 282 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: we'll keep you updated on that. By the way, the 283 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: filibuster and I just want to prepare you guys for 284 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: this just because here on this program we don't work 285 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: off of talking points. We had Senator Mike Rounds on 286 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: my NEWSMAC show last night and I called him out 287 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: pretty really any senator that comes on the show, they're 288 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: going to get that question, are you going to nuke 289 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: the filibuster? He's a matter of factuty, we will not 290 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 1: be nuking the filibuster. That's not going to happen. So 291 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: you better just you have to prepare yourself, conservatives for 292 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: the fact that the Republicans are not going to do that. 293 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 1: And whether or not that spells disaster for the midterms, 294 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, but it's not good. Also, President Trump 295 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: last night long form interview with NBC News, and the 296 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: President is now walking back his stance on deporting all 297 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 1: the illegals, so now we're looking at maybe deporting the really, 298 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: really bad ones. The President also saying he was responsible 299 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: for removing the seven hundred federal troops, and he says 300 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: we're going to move forward with a softer touch his words, 301 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: softer touch. Well, talk more about that coming up. All right, 302 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: welcome back everybody. By the way, City of Memphis warning 303 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: folks about hotholes and there are going to be a 304 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: lot of them and just be careful. And I remember 305 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: it was in a couple of months ago a lady 306 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 1: got pulled over by the police. They thought she was 307 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: a dui and it turns out she was just trying 308 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: to touch the potholes because she was tired of having 309 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: to get new tires and plain with the lady. So anyway, 310 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: just be careful out there if you're driving around, and 311 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: be aware of those potholes. And again, we're taking your 312 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: calls this morning. How do you how do you grade 313 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,959 Speaker 1: your local city leaders? What should they have done differently? 314 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 1: Or maybe maybe you're very happy with the way your 315 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: town handled things. Give us a call nine oh one 316 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: two six zero five nine two six. Again, that's nine 317 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: oh one two six zero five nine two six. Well, 318 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: our good friend Randy Hutchison is here from the Better 319 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: Business Bureau and Randy, today we're talking about deceptive health claims. 320 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I read all the time about FTC actions against 321 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 3: companies that are making deceptive health claims, quite often their 322 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 3: dietary supplements. But they've put out an alert just say 323 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 3: in general, these are the kinds of claims that when 324 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 3: we see them, we the FTC will probably take action 325 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 3: against the company. It includes claims such as one product 326 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 3: cures lots of different diseases and health problems, of fake 327 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 3: endorsements from patients or doctors claiming you'll get miraculous results. 328 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 3: Some of the claims say you'll get results in thirty days, 329 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 3: or we'll refune your money as an aside. People don't 330 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 3: ever get the money back. 331 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: No, of course not. 332 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 3: They say their special product will cure your condition. They 333 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 3: introduce a sense of urgency, you need to act now. 334 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 3: And some of the claims that the FTC has landed 335 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 3: on the companies are using kind of high falutint phony 336 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 3: scientific sounding terms, or refer to prestigious prizes that they receive, 337 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 3: like the Nobel Prize, which course again is all bogus. 338 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: No, you know, and it's funny because you know, we 339 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: have things like ballads of Nature and other products, and 340 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: they ask us for sponsorships. And I always try everything, 341 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: you know, so I make because if I'm putting my 342 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: name on something, I want to make sure that it's 343 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 1: actually good. And I think our listeners, I think appreciate 344 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: I certainly hope they've come to expect that promise. Give 345 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: us some examples of deceptive claims that the FDC has 346 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: been challenging, all. 347 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 3: Right, They've landed on companies peddling products that they said 348 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 3: could help users overcome smoking, alcohol drug addictions. Other products 349 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 3: say they can cure arthritis and other orthopedic ailments. Through 350 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 3: stem cell treatments. They can cure diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, chronic pain, 351 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 3: other serious ailments. If we think back to the COVID epidemic, 352 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 3: the FTC during that period of time was a year 353 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 3: or so sent over four hundred and thirty warning letters 354 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 3: to companies that it determined we're making unsubstantiated claims that 355 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 3: their products could prevent or treat COVID. Some of those 356 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 3: products were herbal supplements, amulets, acupuncture, IV infusion. Even remember 357 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 3: a case against a company that was selling specially formulated 358 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 3: music frequencies that we supposedly specially formed Let me repeat that, 359 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 3: especially hard as it is to believe specially formulated music 360 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 3: frequencies that would help treat COVID. 361 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: Wow. That's however, I don't know. Here at KWAM, we 362 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: think that people who listened to us did not get 363 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: COVID or they got over it quickly. So I don't 364 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 1: know if I don't think that fits us. Let's talk 365 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: about some advice, though, because you want to avoid a 366 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: lot of these bogus healthcare products. How can we do that? 367 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: Range? 368 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 3: Well, we certainly recommend that people check out the company 369 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 3: with the better business you're see if it has a 370 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 3: good record, and then go online enter the name of 371 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 3: the company, the name of the treatment or the product, 372 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:12,239 Speaker 3: plus words like review, complaint, or scam to see if 373 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 3: there have been any actions to see if other people 374 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 3: have complained about the product, or perhaps positive reviews about 375 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 3: the product. Certainly a good idea to ask your doctor 376 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 3: about the effectiveness of a treatment its ingredients, if it's 377 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 3: safe to take with the other medications that your doctor 378 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 3: may have prescribed for you. Folks need to remember that 379 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 3: unproven products and treatments may not work, but even worse, 380 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 3: they could be risky again could have bad interactions with 381 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 3: other treatments. Understand that natural and a lot of things 382 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 3: are advertised as natural doesn't automatically mean safe or effective. 383 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 3: Some natural products might interfere with proven treatments recommended by 384 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 3: your doctor. Understand that no government agency approves dietary supplements 385 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 3: or ads before they go public, and the FTC and 386 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 3: other government agencies say that you can find reliable information 387 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 3: about diseases and treatments at MedlinePlus dot gov. Medline plus 388 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 3: dot gov, which is a site operated by NIH, and 389 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 3: Healthfinder dot gov, Healthfinder dot gov. 390 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: And RENDI Again. You guys make it so super simple. 391 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: If the Better Business Bureau, where can people go if 392 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 1: they want to just ask someone a question? You are 393 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: your great team. How can they do that? 394 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 2: Well? 395 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 3: The easiest way to check out a company anywhere in 396 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 3: the country, file a complaint, follow review good or bad 397 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 3: about a company anywhere in the country. Come to BBB 398 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 3: dot org, BBB dot org, or you can call us 399 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 3: at seven five nine thirteen hundred, nine thirteen hundred. 400 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: All right, and again that's BBB dot org if you 401 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: have any questions about these deceptive health claims. Seven five 402 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: nine thirteen hundred is the local number. That's seven nine 403 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: thirteen hundred, and of course that toll free number eight 404 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: hundred two to two two eight seven five four. Randy 405 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 1: Hutcheson always good to see you. Did you have to 406 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: shovel your way to get here? That's the ques. 407 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 3: Enough of the roads are good enough these days that 408 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 3: I got with it in trouble. 409 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: I love it. 410 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 2: Oh. 411 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,120 Speaker 1: By the way, we got an alert from a KWAM 412 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 1: traffic trooper there's a giant pothole on Wolf Forever Boulevard, 413 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: So you folks be careful. Out there that's near my house. 414 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 1: Uh so, yeah, I'm glad to be told about that. 415 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 1: There you go. All right, Randy Hutcheson, ladies and gentlemen, 416 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: Better Business Bureau. We've got to take a quick break. 417 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: But first, here's eight Impettit with your weekend entertainment report. 418 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: All right, welcome back, every aboudy. This is Sterns Country 419 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: here in the principal Chata Memphis studio of Mississippi. Senator 420 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 1: Cindy Hyde Smith has been under fire because she did 421 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: not want to cut funding to illegals, and it has 422 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: become a big problem, so much so that Senator Hide Smith, 423 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: who avoids the media like the plague, actually posted a 424 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: statement and I want you to hear what she had 425 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: to say. 426 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 3: Hello. 427 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 5: I have received many questions about why I did not 428 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 5: vote for the Rand Paul Amendment to eliminate funding for 429 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,640 Speaker 5: the Health and Human Services Office of Refugee and Resettlement. 430 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 5: The answer is easy. The answer is clear. I oppose 431 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 5: the amendment because President Trump made it clear to me 432 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 5: that this funding is necessary to care for the thousands 433 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:56,640 Speaker 5: of unaccompanied alien children who are already in federal custody, 434 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 5: some as young as three years old. Current law, the 435 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:06,640 Speaker 5: administration remains responsible for these children. Eliminating the office tasked 436 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 5: with their care without any alternative in place would have 437 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 5: been totally inhumane. These are children. I am going to 438 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,239 Speaker 5: take care of children who have been abandoned until they 439 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,239 Speaker 5: are properly placed, and I don't care what country they 440 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 5: come from. That's exactly what Health in Human Services is 441 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 5: tasked to do. Appropriating the funds requested by President Trump 442 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 5: was a responsible thing to do. It ensured continuity of care, 443 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 5: upheld our legal obligations, and supported the Trump administration's efforts 444 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 5: to address and clean up the consequences of Biden's administration's 445 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 5: border and immigration failures. A vote for the Rand Paul 446 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 5: Amendment was a vote against President Trump's ability to fix this. 447 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 5: Smiths This vote also highlights a broader problem in Washington. 448 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 5: Some of my colleagues knew the amendments would fail, but 449 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 5: supported it any way to avoid criticism or uncomfortable questions. 450 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 5: That is preferring political cover over governing. I'm not afraid 451 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 5: of difficult votes when they are necessary to keep the 452 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 5: government functioning as it should. I've always been totally transparent 453 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 5: and upfront with you, my constituents. There are also those 454 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 5: who prefer showmanship over solutions, who offer controversial proposals for 455 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:36,239 Speaker 5: attention rather than results that may generate headlines, but it 456 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 5: does not solve. 457 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: Problems, all right. That is the statement there from Senator 458 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: Cindy Hine Smith out of Mississippi, the Democrat. Pardon me 459 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: a Republican who is adverse to the media and will 460 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: not come on many, if any, media programs. We have 461 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: invited her to come on KWHIM multiple times. Our signal 462 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,959 Speaker 1: and MISSISSIP reaches all the way down to baseball, so 463 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: all of North Mississippi can hear the mighty nine ninety 464 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: and a lot of folks want to hear questions being 465 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: asked of their elected representatives in the Magnolia State. Now, 466 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: I find her explanation a little dubious. And I say 467 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: that because if in fact, it was about the children, 468 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: as she said, and you heard Cindy Hein Smith say 469 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 1: she's going to help the children no matter what country 470 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: they come from. Well, you know what, We've got American 471 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: kids that are going to bed Hungary. We have American 472 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: kids that are living in extreme poverty. Why not help 473 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: those kids first? Nobody wants to address that issue and 474 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: I remember years ago when I was a reporter at 475 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: Fox News, they sent me down to San Antonio and 476 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: there was a massive surge of children at the border, 477 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: and instead of sending the children back home, they brought 478 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: them into the United States and they they provided the 479 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: children three hot meals a day, brand new clothes, healthcare, 480 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: you name it. The kids had it. Right outside of 481 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: the of the of the military complex where the children 482 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: were housed. There were American children that were running around 483 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 1: without any shoes on, that had no food in their bellies. 484 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: But our government using our tax money to feed illegal 485 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: children from another nation. So look, I mean, these are 486 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: the tough questions, and the question is should we be 487 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: spending all of this money to take care of other 488 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: countries children. Now, let me just say this, I find 489 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: her response dubious because if in fact, this is what 490 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: it was really all about, don't you think that Senator 491 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: Cindy hyphenated last name, don't you think that she would 492 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: have gone before the cameras, before all of the controversy 493 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: and said, hey, look, here's the reason why I'm doing this. 494 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: Because we've got a responsibility to take care of the children. 495 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 1: Let's go to the phone lines nine oh one two 496 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: six zero five nine two six Nelson in Mississippi, listening 497 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 1: to us on KWAIM this morning. Hi Nelson, what say you? 498 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 6: How are you? 499 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 2: Sir? 500 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 6: I hate these runover Republicans. I hate Smith, I hate 501 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 6: Roger Wicker. They are punks. They seem to be all 502 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 6: in with Trent Lotte, the lobbyists. And I don't believe 503 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 6: anything she says about this refugee resettlement program. I don't 504 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 6: believe the word she says. They could do something else. 505 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 6: So he's abandoned children. That's what these crooked politicians always do. 506 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 6: Whenever they get caught with something, they cry racism or 507 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 6: they say it's for the children. I love children, don't 508 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 6: you love children? They're crooks and he's punks, the runo Republicans. 509 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 6: They want to do everything they can to undermine President 510 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,479 Speaker 6: Donald J. Trump, and people want to see them what 511 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 6: they are, and for the love of God, let's get 512 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 6: rid of them. They get real conservatives in there. They're 513 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 6: discover of the air. They're worse than a socialist. They're 514 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 6: worse than a communist because they will stab you in 515 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 6: the back and smile and lie about it. 516 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: Well, Nelson, it sounds like you're fired up. And I 517 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 1: don't blame you one bet. I mean that. I have 518 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: to tell you I was out of all the things 519 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 1: when I moved back home to Memphis six years ago. 520 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: Out of all the things, I was just so stunned 521 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: at how liberal the senators were, and a good chunk 522 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 1: of the congressional delegation from Mississippi and Arkansas. It's really staggering. 523 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, Roger Wicker, he's at strings pools voting since he's 524 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 6: a little kid. He's never done anything. He went in 525 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 6: the Air Force as an officer after Vietnam for a 526 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 6: few years. He's been in politics his whole life. He's 527 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 6: out of the real world. He's in with the lobbyists. 528 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 6: He doesn't care about anybody. He just plays good old 529 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 6: boys to get voted. Then he goes up there and 530 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 6: gets all his relatives on the government payroad. They're crooks. 531 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 6: We gotta get rid of them. They're gonna ruin. 532 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 4: They won't. 533 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 6: They'll sabotage to say that, they'll do everything they can 534 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 6: to destroy Trump. 535 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt about that. And and that is true. 536 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: I mean everything you've you've said is true. And I 537 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 1: think the conservatives are gonna have to rise up and 538 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,800 Speaker 1: do something about that. Nelson. We thank you for listening 539 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: to Kwan this morning, and thank you for calling in UH. 540 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: And that's how it's done. Folks, just give us a 541 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 1: call like Nelson just did. Nine oh one two six 542 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: zero five nine two six. That's nine oh one two 543 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: six zero five nine two six. By the way, there 544 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,359 Speaker 1: has been a lot of scuttle butt about the possibility 545 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: of an ice facility being being installed in by Helia, 546 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: and I know Senator Wicker has been enraged over this. 547 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 5: UH. 548 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:53,480 Speaker 1: Several weeks ago, the UH the Commercial Appeal reported that 549 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: federal officers were scouting out of building in Marshall County. 550 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: UH and that has a lot of folks fired up 551 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: in Marshall County. And the Senator says, Nope, not in 552 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,280 Speaker 1: our state. We're not going to house the illegals here 553 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,839 Speaker 1: in here in North Mississippi. There you go, all right. 554 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:17,799 Speaker 1: Another story we've been following, and this is just so heartbreaking, 555 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: the Savannah Guthrie situation. Her mother has gone missing. She 556 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: was supposed to be in church last Sunday, did not 557 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:31,520 Speaker 1: show up and someone went to the house immediately called 558 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,760 Speaker 1: the police. We don't have a lot of details about 559 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 1: what the police saw, but it was enough for them 560 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,320 Speaker 1: to determine that this in fact was a crime scene. 561 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 1: Of course, Savannah Guthrie is one of the hosts of 562 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: The Today Show, and she is I just it's just awful, 563 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 1: just a terrible, terrible situation. So last night President Trump 564 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: announced that he is unleashing all federal resources available to 565 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:05,359 Speaker 1: find Savannah's mom. Let me say something about President Trump here, 566 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: and some of you will, I know some of you 567 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,879 Speaker 1: will disagree and say, well, why aren't we doing this 568 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 1: for all missing moms? And I understand this is a 569 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: high profile individual and it appears that she was kidnapped, 570 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: and that's and you have to sort of read between 571 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: the lines here. But TMZ received a demand letter asking 572 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,439 Speaker 1: for bitcoin then last night Savannah and we're not gonna 573 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 1: we'll play it on the National Show. I don't want 574 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: to play it here this morning. We don't have a 575 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,360 Speaker 1: lot of time. But Savannah and her siblings posted a 576 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 1: just a heart wrenching video on Instagram and they're begging 577 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,480 Speaker 1: for their mom, and so they're clearly trying to make 578 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,319 Speaker 1: some sort of a human connection with whoever kidnapped their mother. 579 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,280 Speaker 1: So anyway, President Trump says they're going to do whatever 580 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,319 Speaker 1: is necessary. Cash Mattel is either on his way or 581 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: is already in Tucson, Arizona, and he's going to be 582 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: overseeing the investigation, and it is we just don't have 583 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 1: much information at all. There's reporting that there was some 584 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 1: blood found at the crime scene, and the crime scene, 585 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 1: of course being the house. We will have live reporting 586 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:25,680 Speaker 1: on this Newsmax reporter Heather Myers will join me live 587 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:30,359 Speaker 1: at five o'clock. She is located directly across from the 588 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 1: Guthrie home. They're in Tucson, Arizona. But at the very 589 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 1: least we need to be praying for the Guthrie family 590 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: and the kids and the grandkids. Just a heart wrenching story. 591 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,799 Speaker 1: You know what is interesting though, and when you look 592 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 1: at President Trump, Savannah Guthrie has been incredibly unkind, incredibly 593 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 1: unkind to President Trump and unfair. And in spite of 594 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 1: all of that, the President literally stepping in and saying, 595 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 1: you know what, We've got to take care of the 596 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 1: family here. That says a lot about the heart and 597 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 1: it says a lot about the character of President Trump 598 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,919 Speaker 1: as well. But you know what, that isn't that who 599 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 1: we are as conservatives? You put aside the politics and 600 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:19,040 Speaker 1: you go and you help because this could be anybody's family. 601 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: And the concern is, and this is a valid concern 602 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,560 Speaker 1: in that part of the country where you have the cartels, 603 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:31,279 Speaker 1: you had these illegals, you've got the border, and is 604 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:36,600 Speaker 1: it possible that that one of those groups could be responsible. Again, 605 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: we just don't know. We're just speculating here, but I'm 606 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: just telling you in that region, those are the groups 607 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,839 Speaker 1: responsible for responsible for most of the crime. So we'll 608 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: keep you updated on that story. We'll have more coverage 609 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,399 Speaker 1: coming up on the National Show at eleven o'clock today. 610 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,279 Speaker 1: All Right, we've got a scoot out of here. It 611 00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,319 Speaker 1: has been a very very busy news day out there. Again. 612 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 1: Be careful watch out for those pot holes. Oh sweet Mercy, 613 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna be sixty seven on Monday, if that makes 614 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,440 Speaker 1: you feel better. All right, we gotta get out of here. 615 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:17,560 Speaker 1: I have a great day, everybody.