1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: From the mighty nine to ninety broadcast centers. 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 2: You are waking up in Starns Country with Todd Starns. 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: And Happy New Year's Eve everybody. This is Todd Stearns. 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: You are in Stern's Country, proudly broadcasting in the Principal Toyota, 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: Memphis Studio this morning. Wow, it is going to be 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: a busy night, a lot of fun here in the 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: Mid South. And all I can tell you is, thank 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: you President Trump. Thank you, mister President, for the incredible 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 1: work the Memphis Safe Task Force has done. Because I 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: think tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations across the Mid South 11 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: are really going to be off the charts, and a 12 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: lot of people are excited. They're expecting thousands of people 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: downtown on Beal Street. Can you imagine the vibe as 14 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: people return back to downtown to Beal Street to the 15 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: Peabody to celebrate and to have fun and to ring 16 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 1: in the new year without having to worry about their 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: cars getting stolen, getting cardj actor getting shot. Well, that's 18 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: because of the Memphis Safe Task Force. Nothing our local 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: city council did at all, nothing City Hall did at all. 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: This is all because of the great work of the 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: Trump administration. Of course, State Senator Brent Taylor as well, 22 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: who led and continues to lead the charge to make 23 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: Memphis matter. And as a result of that, I think 24 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: tonight we're going to see a huge, huge change, and 25 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: I'm excited to hear from you guys. We're going to 26 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: be talking about some great ways to celebrate New Year's Eve. 27 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: It is going to be a lot of fun wherever 28 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: you go. If you're out on Beal Street watching the 29 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: ball drop, if you are at the Peabody or one 30 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: of the major concert venues around town. There are so 31 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: many things that will go through a list later on 32 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: this morning of ways that you and your family can 33 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: celebrate the new year. You know, for a minute. For 34 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: many years when I was at Fox News Channel, one 35 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: of my responsibilities was to anchor our New Year's Eve 36 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: coverage and that meant very, very long days. You would 37 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: start in the wee hours of the morning. You'd be 38 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: up at like two or three o'clock in the morning 39 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: because we would have to broadcast from high atop where 40 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: that crystal ball, the Waterford Crystal Ball was and that 41 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: was always a lot of fun. And then you had 42 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: to stick around for the evening coverage where you would 43 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: have two million people gathered there in Times Square for 44 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: the big ball drop, which is a blast. I don't know. 45 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: I'm not one of those people that would be willing 46 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: to because you have to get there like hours, like 47 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: twelve hours before the ball drop. You get your spot 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: and you're not allowed to leave, so no food, no water, 49 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: no bathroom, no thank you. So if I was at 50 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: least as a news anchor, we got to go back 51 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: to the office in between news hits. So anyway, it 52 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: was a lot of fun and I'm excited to be 53 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 1: back here in the Mid South for what's going to 54 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: happen to night. Planning on driving down to Biele Street. 55 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: I've got to anchor Newsmax tonight in primetime and then 56 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: going to make the track over to Beal Street, So 57 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: I hope to see you folks down there as well. 58 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: What do you have planned for New Year's Eve? What 59 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: are you going to do? 60 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 3: Also? 61 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: What what traditions do you and your family have. You know, 62 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: a lot of people a little superstitious about the New Year, 63 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: so they do the black eyed ps, but there may 64 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: be other traditions that we don't know about. Give us 65 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: a call this morning. Let us know what your New 66 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: Year's Eve celebration plans are. Are you one of the 67 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: people that's going to go back downtown Give it a 68 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: shot and see what's happening. Nine oh one two six 69 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: zero five nine two six is our telephone number. That's 70 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: nine oh one two six zero five nine two six. 71 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: May I just say, and I don't want to jinx it, 72 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: but it's been a quiet news cycle here in the 73 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: Mid South, which is we kind of needed it. It 74 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: has been a wild and crazy year, and I'm wondering 75 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: what you think the biggest story of the year was 76 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: here in here in the Mid South. And when you 77 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: look at all of the things happening, whether it's the 78 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: chaos at city Hall, the massive chaos within the Memphis 79 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: Shelby County school system, I think, for me, the biggest story, 80 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this as well. 81 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: I think the biggest story is President Trump saying that 82 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna make Memphis matter. For me, I think that 83 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: is the biggest story of not only the year, but 84 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: really the decade. Because the president. Once Memphis popped up 85 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: on his radar, President Trump took immediate action and I 86 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: think that should mean a lot for every citizen who 87 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: lives here in Shelby County because he didn't have to 88 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: do that. I mean, there are other cities that are 89 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: in now getting the National Guard in New Orleans, for example, 90 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: but he picked us first. We were the first American 91 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: city outside of Washington, DC. We were the first American 92 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: city that the President decided to clean up. And man 93 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: as he done an amazing job. City Hall announced Friday 94 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: crime in Memphis at a serious crime in Memphis at 95 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: a twenty five year low. And Mayor Paul Jung ought 96 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,799 Speaker 1: to be sending a fruit basket tomorrow, Aligo, because that's 97 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: all because of the work of Donald Trump. So anyway, 98 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: I'm curious to hear your thoughts. So we're going to 99 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: be talking more about this on the national level at 100 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: eleven o'clock here on the Mightday, nine ninety for our 101 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: national program. We do have some disappointing news for all 102 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: of you BUCkies fans. Some of you have been like 103 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: waiting in your car for the new BUCkies to open 104 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: in West Memphis and Fayette County, and it turns out 105 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: you're going to have to wait a little bit longer. 106 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: The news coming out yet. Yesterday, this is from the 107 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: Daily Memphian that BUCkies is going to delay it's West 108 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: Memphis location until twenty twenty eight and the Fayette County 109 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: location until twenty twenty seven. So you folks in Lakeland 110 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: and Arlington, you're going to have a better shot at 111 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: getting your brisket and whatever else. I guess beaver nuggets. 112 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: You're gonna be able to get all of that. But again, 113 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: both both of them were actually set to open in 114 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. But you're gonna have to You're gonna 115 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: have to wait for that delicious brisket and the clean bathrooms. 116 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: And I'm just going to tell you they got some 117 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: clean bathrooms at BUCkies. All right, nine oh one two 118 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: six zero five to nine two six hour telephone number. 119 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: That's nine oh one two six zero five, nine two six. 120 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: Let's start the day in midtown. Kathy is on the line. Kathy, 121 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: Happy New Year's Eve to you. 122 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 4: Happy New Year's Eve to you, domand tell you you know. 123 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: I'm doing well. Thank you for asking. What's on the 124 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: big agenda for the night. Are you a big part year? 125 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 4: No, I'm not. I'm old, honey. I did all my 126 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 4: party in days years and forty years ago. 127 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: Well that's still pretty young in my book. 128 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 4: Oh aren't you sweet? You're just you are a charmer, 129 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 4: that's what you are. I tell you what I'm concerned about, 130 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 4: and that's this. Anybody living in from oldiest Memphis to 131 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 4: downtown has noticed the drag racers that seem to keep 132 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 4: coming through somewhere between midnight and four am. Now, this 133 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 4: is every night thing. This has been going on for 134 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 4: like three years now where I live in Midtown. They 135 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 4: come up and down the street At one o'clock in 136 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 4: the morning, they go west, and it's between three point 137 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 4: thirty and four they go east. And this is just 138 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 4: getting stupider and stupider. And now with this being the 139 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 4: New Year's Eve before twenty twenty six, I'm getting very 140 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 4: concerned because I think they're marking out territory. And all 141 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 4: I wanted to say was, when you hear the drag 142 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 4: racers come down in through anywhere from oldiest Memphis to downtown, 143 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 4: somebody give a call to the police, call the tops 144 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 4: and let them know, because until they get a call 145 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 4: like ten complaints, then they'll finally put it on their radar. 146 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 4: We've got the National Guard here and I think they 147 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 4: need to know that this is weird behavior. I have 148 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 4: seen some of the drivers. The lead driver is a 149 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 4: white fellow with kind of longish hair and wearing sunglasses 150 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 4: even at night. And the other two cars, two or 151 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 4: three cars that go with it. They're now at four cars. 152 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 4: I don't know who's driving them because they had tinted 153 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 4: one of thos, so I can't see the rat, male 154 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 4: or female. 155 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 3: Nothing. 156 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 4: And it's just really strange behavior. And when they started 157 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 4: running around midtown, they started it almost within a week 158 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 4: of when people had noticed that there were spray painted 159 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 4: markings on their curbs. And that's something I've been told 160 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 4: that the gangs do when they come into a town, 161 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 4: and then they keep doing stuff to see how many 162 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 4: complaints they get, and if they don't get enough complaints, 163 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 4: then they decide that's the area of town they want 164 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 4: to have a terrorist strike on. And we're in the 165 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 4: old part of town. We've got houses here that have 166 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: old people, We've got houses here that have young people. 167 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 4: We've got houses here that are vacant and being fixed 168 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 4: up for sale right now, and they're anyway. It just 169 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 4: has me concerned. I just if everybody keeps. 170 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: Kenny, let me ask you what roadway is there any 171 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: Are there any particular roads that you know these drag 172 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: racers are using. We'll pass on that info to MPG. 173 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 4: They're using the parkways, and they're using Central Avenue, or 174 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 4: they were using Central then I made a call about it. 175 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 4: Then they quit for about four or five days. Now 176 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 4: they've started again on Central Avenue thereous times of the day. 177 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 4: But because that's you know, that's where I look out, 178 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 4: that's kind of my front yard, and it's like, well 179 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 4: for crying out loud guys. So and I'm sick off. 180 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 4: I'm up all night because I'm old and infirmed. And 181 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 4: then you know, and it just so I noticed things 182 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 4: that probably people that have lives outside of their house 183 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 4: wouldn't notice. But this just is weird to me. And 184 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 4: especially when they're driving up down Central and I'm in 185 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 4: the area where Immaculate Conception Cathedral is and they have 186 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 4: closed you know, you've got all those vacant buildings there 187 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 4: since they closed Immaculate Conception School down under COVID and 188 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 4: they never reopened it. And for a long time, for 189 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 4: over a year, they had buses in the back that 190 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 4: would come in and they were processing a bunch of 191 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 4: illegal a limbs excuse illegal immigrants whatever behind the cathedral 192 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 4: all day long. Wowie, there wasn't anybody there to notice 193 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 4: it because the school was closed down. 194 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: Kathy, let me jump in here, because we're going to 195 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: have to take a break here. We're going to pass 196 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: along that information. Actually it's already been passed along because 197 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: MPD Comm's team, they listened to the morning show, so 198 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure they're already going to be on this. But 199 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: I think the issue here is we're all in it together. 200 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: And I commend you for again alerting us because and 201 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: and alerting the police, because that's what it's all about. 202 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: We've got to work together real quick. Kathy, I'm going 203 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: to put you on a whole bit. I want to 204 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: send you a copy and we'll mail it to you 205 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: so you don't have to get out and about. But 206 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: I'm going to send you a copy of my new book, 207 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: Star Spangled Blessings Devotions for Patriots. And we just appreciate 208 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 1: you listening to KWIAM and we certainly appreciate you look 209 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 1: it out for your fellow neighbors. They're in the Midtown area, 210 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: and folks, that's how you do it, and that's what 211 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: we need to be doing. Kathy, don't go anywhere. Helen 212 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: is going to get your info real quick here. All right, 213 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: we've got to take a break. And also it's an opportunity, 214 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, for you to win a pair of 215 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: tickets to the AutoZone Liberty Ball. These tickets ninety dollars 216 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: a piece, and they're to be yours for free. We're 217 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: gonna be taking two callers. We have two pairs to 218 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: give away right now. Our telephone number nine oh one 219 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: two six zero five nine two six. That's nine oh 220 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: one two six zero five nine two six, caller number 221 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: three and four. You're gonna win tickets. We're sending you 222 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: the Mighty Night Dot. He's sending you to the AutoZone 223 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: Liberty Bowl. Let's check it with Commander Chuck. All right, 224 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: welcome back, everybody. Twenty two minutes past the hour. It 225 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: is going to be a beautiful, beautiful day here in 226 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: the mid South. Got a bundle up. It's gonna be 227 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 1: a great night as well. Laura Hackeby is going to 228 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 1: be along with your New Year's e forecast coming up. 229 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: By the way, I wanted to pass along this information. 230 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: We just got it from our friends. Over at Lafayette's, 231 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: they say, Todd, we're having a big shindig as well, 232 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: a lot of live music this evening and tickets fifty 233 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: dollars per person that includes or Durves party favors, and 234 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna get a champagne toast at midnight. Also over 235 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: at the Peabody, those tickets, I believe are there are 236 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: some still available. This is going to be high flutin though. 237 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: You got to wear pants to this, folks. The New 238 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: Year's Eve at the Peabody Celebration tickets one hundred and 239 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: eighty dollars general admission, sixty five dollars in advance, seventy 240 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: five dollars at the door, and go to Peabody Memphis 241 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: dot com. That's Peabody Memphis dot com if you want 242 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: some info on that. By the way, got to give 243 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: a shout out to the MPD, as I told you 244 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: I didn't they they like to listen to k Wham 245 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: and we just got the We just got Kathy in 246 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: touch with the MPD and this is what it's all about. 247 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: And this is how we work together, folks, and God 248 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: bless us. We have one of the best police forces 249 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: in America. And these men and women there there, you know, 250 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: for for many many years they were working in a 251 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: war zone. They could have gone anywhere else, probably made 252 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,559 Speaker 1: a whole lot more money, and what they probably we 253 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: were going to be able to not only make more money, 254 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 1: but also dodge a fewer bullets out there, But they 255 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: chose to stay here and to patrol our streets and 256 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: keep us safe. And I don't know about you, but 257 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: I am I'm mighty thankful for that, and you should 258 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: be as well. All right, I think I forgot to 259 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: give the number out for our Autozoned Liberty Bowl ticket giveaway. 260 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: We do have two pairs of tickets to give away 261 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. And there is a lot 262 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: of excitement in town. A lot of fans of Navy, 263 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: a lot of fans of Cincinnati. I believe Cincinnati arrived 264 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: yesterday and at the airport, a lot of football fans 265 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: here in Memphis for the big Game. And Kaywam wants 266 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: to send you to the Big Game. We have a 267 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: pair of these tickets, two pairs of these tickets, each 268 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: ticket valued at ninety dollars a piece. So these are 269 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: great tickets. Great seats. You're going to have a great time. 270 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: You just need to be caller three and caller number 271 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: four at nine oh one two six zero five nine 272 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: two six again nine oh one two six zero five 273 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 1: nine two six. So on CNN last night, there was 274 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: an interesting conversation they've been doing some polling data. CNN's 275 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: Harry Entton is noting that jd vance is already blasting 276 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: out ahead of the presidential field for twenty twenty eight, 277 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: which is insane because we actually need to be focused 278 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: on the midterm. But this polling information is rather interesting. 279 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: Listen to cut number four plase. 280 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 2: First in the Nation primary. I mean, take a look here. 281 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 2: Jd Vance at fifty one percent. The next closest is 282 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 2: Nikki Haley, who's at nine. 283 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 3: Who's at nine? 284 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 2: I mean, what is that? That's forty two points ahead 285 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 2: of the pack. Tulsa Gabbert is at eight in the 286 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 2: first in the Nation primary. Jd Vance, you know, running 287 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 2: forty two points ahead. There's a reason why he's such 288 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 2: a heavy favorite in the prediction market so far, because 289 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 2: if you win the GOP primary in New Hampshire, chances 290 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 2: are you're going to be the Republican nominee for president. 291 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: All right, there you have it. That was Harry Inton 292 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: on CNN. And look, there's a lot of there's a 293 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: lot of ground to cover between now in twenty twenty eight. 294 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: We've got to get through the midterm elections, and that 295 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: is going to be that's going to be a tough slog, 296 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: especially especially if Republicans don't start moving the needle on 297 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: a lot of these investigations and a lot and dealing 298 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: with all of this grift. Look, I appreciate investigations as 299 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: much as the next guy. But Kerrie Lake was on 300 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: Newsmax last night and she laid it out. She said, 301 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: the issue here is we got to start seeing people 302 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: go into jail. We've got to start seeing people held accountable. 303 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: And that's whether it's Russia Russia, Russia and the attempt 304 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: to overthrow a duly elected president or what we're dealing 305 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: with in Minneapolis and Ohio right now, and Texas and 306 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: California with this massive Somalian fraud and nobody's been arrested, 307 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: by the way this situation in Minneapolis, they've been they've 308 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: been investigating this for years and nobody did anything about it. 309 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: And that that is going to demoralize voters more than 310 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: anything else. All right, let's go to the phone lines. 311 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: Let's say hello to Barbara in Memphis. Barbara, Happy New 312 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: Year's Eve, New Year, and congratulations Barbara, because you just 313 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: picked up a pair of tickets to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Wow. 314 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: Congratulations there, Barbara. Have you, by the way, have you 315 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 1: been to the Liberty Bowl before in years past? 316 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 4: About ten years ago? I believe. 317 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: All right, Wow, so you're gonna have You're gonna have 318 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: a great time. You're gonna get a great view of 319 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,239 Speaker 1: all the big renovations. And someone told me the other 320 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: day it's going to be out of the world and 321 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: what they're doing with the the stadium is going to 322 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 1: be spectacular. 323 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 4: Wow, we want to surprised. 324 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: Well, you're gonna be surprised. You got to bundle up. 325 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: It may be a little chili out there, Barbara. You 326 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: got big plans tonight to ring in the new year. Oh, 327 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: stay at home, you see you're an old homebody like me. 328 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: I yes, I've done times square, been there, done that. 329 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: I'm good to stay home now. Yes, all right, Barbara, Well, 330 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: hain tight, don't go anywhere. We're gonna get your We're 331 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: gonna get your info. Uh, let's go to Deborah in Cordova. Deborah, Hi, 332 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 1: how are you hello? Deborah. Congratulations because you have just 333 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: won a pair of tickets to the AutoZone Liberty Ball. 334 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: This is gonna be a lot of fun, Deborah. It's 335 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: gonna be a great game, by the way, Yes it is. 336 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: So you're a big Navy fan. Yes the day. 337 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 4: He's a military, so I goes all in around Masan 338 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 4: and law military, so I stayed in the category. 339 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: Well, congrat Well this is going to be exciting, Deborah. 340 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: We got to run for a break. But hang tight, 341 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna get your info. Congratulations to Barbara and Memphis, 342 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: Deborah and Cordova. They're going to the AutoZone Liberty Ball, 343 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: and we may have a few more tickets to give away. 344 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: Hang tight, everybody. This is Starn's country, all right. It's 345 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: gonna be nice to book thirty five degrees when the 346 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: ball drops, give or take a few degrees, which is 347 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: sort of like a heat wave compared to what we've 348 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: just had over the past several days. And tomorrow New 349 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: Year's Day it's gonna be in the fifties. This is 350 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: a Chamber of Commerce. Weather ladies and gentlemen, just pack 351 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: a jacket with you. Welcome back to Starns Country and 352 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 1: the principal Toyota Memphis Studio, and the congratulations to our 353 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: two winners of the tickets to go see the Big 354 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 1: AutoZone Liberty Ball. It's always fun when you've got folks 355 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: that are local fans of one of the teams that 356 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 1: are going to be playing. And I suspect we do 357 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: have a lot of Navy fans here in here in 358 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,239 Speaker 1: the mid South. All right, nine oh one two six 359 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: zero five nine two six are telephone number. That's nine 360 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: oh one two six zero five nine two six. Want 361 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: to welcome in. It is Wednesday, and every Wednesday we 362 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: welcome in our good friends Adam Martin and Chris Loftis 363 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: from Strategic Financial Partners Strategic Financial Partners dot com Fellas. 364 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: Happy New Year's Eve to you. Happy New Year's So 365 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 1: I've been asking the question, Adam, what do you are 366 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: you out on Beadle Street tonight? Are you partying at 367 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: the astroke of midnight? 368 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 3: What's going down? 369 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 5: I will be at my home. I'll be lucky to 370 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 5: make it to midnight. I've got a child that will 371 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 5: put her down, and my wife and I will try 372 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 5: our best to stay up, but I can't make any promises. 373 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 1: Chris, you see what you have to look forward to exactly, 374 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: so much, so much to look forward to. 375 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 6: We used to do a movie marathon nine times out 376 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 6: of ten. I was telling y'all before we got on 377 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 6: the air. I have a little tradition I do where 378 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 6: at the stroke of midnight, I have a show far. 379 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 6: I'm a trumpet player, and all herald in the new 380 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 6: year on the show Far and play a few nets 381 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 6: for the whole neighborhood just to enjoy in here. 382 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: Well, you see, you need to come out. We're just 383 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: we're located. You know, we have a couple of synagogues 384 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: right here in the area. You ought to just get 385 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 1: up on the roof of k Wins exactly. Hey, I'll adi, 386 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 1: I'll do it. 387 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 6: Absolutely. 388 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: Remember though, back in the day, I remember because we 389 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: were my parents were had us at church every time 390 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: the doors were open, and it's like we always had 391 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: like some sort of a New Year's Eve lock in, 392 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: you know, where you had to stay up all night. 393 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: And I just thought that was like evil from from 394 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: the pit of hell, because you know, it's it's hard 395 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: to stay up, you know, all night, and then you're 396 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: the next day you're just ruined exactly. 397 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 6: Yeah, And so it's rough. 398 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: And then there was and then of course, you know 399 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: for Super Bowl you would always do you would go 400 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: to watch the Super Bowl at church, but instead of 401 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: the cool commercials, they would play like gospel tracks. Nothing 402 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: wrong with that, but you. 403 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 6: Know, and there had done that. 404 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, you know it kind of or and the halftime, 405 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: So were. 406 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 6: You the son of a Baptist preacher or something. 407 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: No, no, it's a deacon. That's worse, worse, Oh my goodness, guys. 408 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 4: Uh. 409 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: And by the way, folks, if you maybe you have 410 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,479 Speaker 1: a question for our for our guys here dealing with 411 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: your finances, give us a called nine oh one two 412 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: six zero five dying two six. That's nine oh one 413 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: two six zero five dining two six. I have to 414 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: imagine a lot of people are putting together, you know, 415 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: the resolutions you're not going to be able to step 416 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: foot into an ATC fitness for a couple of weeks 417 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,159 Speaker 1: until that dies now. But also for finances, you know, 418 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 1: and I have to imagine that a lot of folks 419 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 1: are kind of setting some financial goals as they're going 420 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: into the new year. 421 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 3: Definitely. 422 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 5: This is today is the deadline to take your required 423 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 5: minimum distribution for the year of twenty twenty five. So 424 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 5: what that means is, if you have a qualified retirement 425 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 5: plan individual retirement account for a one K four three B, 426 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 5: you've deferred paying the taxes on the money that you've saved. 427 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 5: And if you're over age seventy three or you're turning 428 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 5: seventy three, then the government says you can no longer 429 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 5: defer and you have to take a distribution from those dollars. 430 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 5: And so I want to get out and say today 431 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 5: is the day. If you haven't taken it, you know, 432 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 5: call us. We can help you through it or talk 433 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 5: to your financial professional, because there is a twenty five 434 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 5: percent penalty on the dollars that you don't take, so 435 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 5: we want to make sure that you're not paying that 436 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 5: penalty if you don't have to. But again, like you mentioned, 437 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 5: today's day also where you can think about what am 438 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 5: I going to do differently in twenty twenty six, set 439 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 5: that resolution to where hey, I'm going to get out 440 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,400 Speaker 5: in front of my finances. 441 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to get we'll talk about that in 442 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: just a second. But you did bring up the require 443 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: minimum distributions and that deadline is at midnight. So if 444 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: somebody hasn't done what they need to do, what do 445 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: you recommend they do between now and midnight. 446 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 5: So the first thing is just call your financial professional. 447 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 5: If you don't have one, you can call us. And 448 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 5: what we'll do is we'll just simply look at what 449 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 5: you have is required or qualified dollars. So the way 450 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 5: that that is calculated is as of today, what is the. 451 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 3: Ending value of that account? There is an. 452 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 5: IRS table that says that based on your age, you 453 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 5: have to take x amount. We can actually calculate that 454 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 5: for you and help you figure out a way to 455 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 5: get that distributed. And then you know, as long as 456 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 5: you have it submitted, not necessarily the bank, the money 457 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 5: in your bank account, you're going to be good. 458 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: And this is for people who what turns seventy seventy three? Okay, 459 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: got it? So that's that's good advice. And again if 460 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: you want, if you want to reach out to Chris 461 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: or Adam, here are the numbers nine oh one two 462 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: six zero two four three eight or nine oh one 463 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: six five seven three three two four. People are maybe thinking, here, okay, 464 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: what what options do I have here? And what options 465 00:24:59,240 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: do people have? 466 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a great question. And what we like to 467 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,959 Speaker 3: do is talk through your situation. 468 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 5: Because you may be somebody who has a pension or 469 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 5: significant social security coming in and you don't necessarily need 470 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 5: the distribution from your portfolio, but you have to take it. 471 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 5: So what can I do to avoid catapulting you to 472 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 5: a higher tax bracket? And that's called a qualified charitable distribution. 473 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 5: So if you're somebody who likes to tithe, if you're 474 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 5: somebody who has a charity or a nonprofit that you 475 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 5: work with and you want to help them out, you 476 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 5: can send the rm D to them and it's no 477 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,679 Speaker 5: tax impact to you. The government gets zero of the 478 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 5: money and your charity gets you know, helped out. 479 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: So I think just about every pastor listening this morning 480 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: their ears peaked, you know, they're like, wait, what what? 481 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,400 Speaker 1: This is great news? You know, let's talk about let's 482 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: talk about the new year and making some you know, 483 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: financial you know, decisions and goals, setting some goals. We 484 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: have a lot of young Republicans that are listening to 485 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: Those are kids in their mid twenties, early early thirties. Chris, 486 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 1: what advice do you have for them? 487 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 6: Well, first of all, start taking stock of where you 488 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 6: came from this previous year and where you'd like to 489 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 6: go this upcoming year. So it's all about how you 490 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 6: start right, And I think that's the hardest thing for 491 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 6: a lot of people to do is start. It starts 492 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 6: with your budget, It starts with having goals, It starts 493 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 6: with being able to look at Okay, hey what do 494 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:18,199 Speaker 6: I have coming in? 495 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 3: What do I have to go out? 496 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 6: I was talking to a young lady who has an 497 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 6: accountant recently and she was basically looking at me where 498 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 6: I was saying, hey, what do you have an income 499 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 6: every month? What do you want to look differently this 500 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 6: year in terms of, you know, purchasing power or in 501 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 6: terms of saving for retirement, Because that was where a 502 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 6: conversation started, is hey, I know I need to be 503 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 6: doing something for retirement with my benefits. Where do I start? 504 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 6: And that's the advice I'd give is to be able 505 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 6: to just find yourself in a position where you can 506 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,239 Speaker 6: give yourself the option to have those goals, figure out 507 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 6: where you are as a budgeting standpoint is concerned, and 508 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 6: put yourself in position to come to have some successes 509 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 6: and some wins, some very measurable wins as you go 510 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 6: on further into the year. 511 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 5: Adam, I would say, you know, this is an opportunity 512 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 5: to go from being a dreamer to a doer. 513 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 3: You know, you talk about atc be impact. 514 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 5: You know, we would love to see our offices pack 515 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 5: because you know there is a lot of i'd say, 516 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,680 Speaker 5: measurable success that we can show you that just by 517 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 5: putting this plan in action is going to be rewarding 518 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 5: for you in the long run. 519 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: I was looking at I just wanted to double check 520 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: because another president had promised two thousand dollars tariff dividend 521 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,680 Speaker 1: checks to working class Americans. Whether or not that happens 522 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,719 Speaker 1: remains to be seen. The I know Senator Ron Johnson 523 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: out of Wisconsin telling the Hill, we we can't afford that. 524 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: It's sort of laughable. Maybe if we just shut down 525 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: some of these Somali childcare centers, we would have the money. 526 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 1: You guys don't need to comment on that, if you 527 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: have to stay neutral. But but again it's there are 528 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: some things that are happening in the new year, especially 529 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 1: things coming out of Washington, we understand, and the Internal 530 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 1: Revenue Service with income, you know, the income taxes that 531 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: could be very beneficial to the average American as well. 532 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 3: It definitely can be. And it's what we call found money. 533 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 3: You know. We we can measure what we make. 534 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,439 Speaker 5: As far as a paycheck, and we can measure what 535 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 5: we spend as far as expenses. But when we get 536 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 5: things like a tariff dividend check or a stimulus check, 537 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 5: this is you got two options. You can either absorb 538 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 5: it to your cash flow and buy things that don't 539 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 5: help you out in the long run, or you can say, hey, 540 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 5: I wasn't planning for this money. How can I take 541 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 5: this money and get ahead? And we're here to sit 542 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 5: down and show you what compound interest can do on 543 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 5: a two thousand dollars check. 544 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: I love this. Adam Martin and chrysaloftas from Strategic Financial Partners. 545 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: By the way, the website address guys Strategic Financial Partners 546 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: dot com. That's Strategicfinancial Partners dot com. I want to 547 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: go back to our younger listeners because a lot of 548 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: them may think, oh, I can't afford to go and 549 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: visit a financial You know, when you think financial partners 550 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 1: are like, oh, how much is this gonna cost me? 551 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: Why is it important And you know, what advice do 552 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: you want to give those younger listeners that you know 553 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: may be hesitant about about stepping out and visiting a 554 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: group like you guys. 555 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 6: That's a great question. Well, first and foremost, when it 556 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 6: comes to us, I can speak for us personally, that 557 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 6: first meeting is a free, fifteen minute consultation. So we 558 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 6: don't really want anybody to have to worry about that 559 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 6: when they want when they're having those questions, we want 560 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 6: don't want them to have to think about a bill 561 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 6: to start thinking about those and asking the right questions. 562 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 6: So that's number one. Number two, we want them to 563 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 6: make sure that they're prioritizing. Hey, do you want to 564 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 6: make sure you have the good strategy all right? Cause 565 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 6: you could go online. You could, you know, see what 566 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 6: Wikipedia says, see what chat GPT says. You know, do 567 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 6: the millennial gen z solution of like looking it up? 568 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 6: Or you could get established professionals who are going to 569 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 6: guide you in the right direction through tried and true 570 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 6: maneuvers that are will allow you not ultimately guaranteed success, 571 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 6: but success in your own right to be able to 572 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 6: take control of your plan, ownership of your life and 573 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 6: your finances and Adam. 574 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,479 Speaker 1: I've actually read a lot of stories about people who 575 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: did that. They you know, right out of college. They 576 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: they they had a plan, they were working with financial advisors, 577 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: and they were actually able to retire in their early 578 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: you know, their early fifties, late forties simply because they 579 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: they had a plan, they built a financial foundation, and 580 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: you know, we're able to you know, to you know, 581 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: they don't have to go nine to five anymore. You know. 582 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 5: I use this reference a lot with the younger people, 583 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 5: is that you know, you have an ailment, you can 584 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 5: certainly get on web md, but then when you do that, 585 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 5: you you kind of learn like I've. 586 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:42,719 Speaker 3: Got six months to live, you know. 587 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 5: So it's it's funny that the internet's full of advice 588 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 5: and full of information one of the best things that 589 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 5: we can do, and it's free. Like Chris mentioned the 590 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 5: consultation that we have. Initially there's no charge to you, 591 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 5: but we can extinguish the myths, we can tell you 592 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,239 Speaker 5: what's true, we can tell you how to get on 593 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 5: track to what you want to accomplish, and you don't 594 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 5: pay us anything until we implement a plant, whether that's 595 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 5: investments and we do an asset management fee, or if 596 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 5: we implement insurance, there's a commission with an insurance product, 597 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 5: or if we do a comprehensive plan where we really 598 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 5: I call it the treasure map. You know, we're going 599 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 5: to tell you where the mode is, where the collapsing 600 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,719 Speaker 5: bridge is, and then ultimately where the treasure chest is, 601 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 5: and it's as simple as following the plant. We can 602 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 5: put it in Layman's terms. We don't try to talk 603 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 5: over people's heads. We really just want you to put 604 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 5: the ball in motion so it stays in motion. 605 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: Speaking of web md, guys, yeah, I had a little issue. 606 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: I had just had a little spot, a little mark 607 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: on my thumb, and so I go to WebMD and 608 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 1: apparently I had thumbnail cancer. I don't know, but that's 609 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: what I thought I had, But it turned out I 610 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: just had a magic marker. 611 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 5: I mean, but that causes a lot of anxiety for 612 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 5: a lot of people. And the same is true for 613 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 5: when they try to fix their own personal finances by 614 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 5: finding stuff on the internet. You know, it's not a 615 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 5: one size fits all. Everybody's situation is different, and that's 616 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 5: what we do best, is we listen to what you're 617 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 5: trying to accomplish. 618 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 3: And we recommend the thing that's in your best entriest. 619 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 6: All right, final thought, Chris Todd, I'll tell you right now, 620 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 6: you probably have easily many many listeners right now who 621 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 6: value advice, who want to do the right thing and 622 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 6: want to put themselves in a better position in twenty 623 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 6: twenty six than they were in twenty twenty five. Those 624 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 6: people need to call us. Those people need to pick 625 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 6: up the phone. And it takes some initiative and ownership 626 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 6: in the financial wellbeing and the financial wellbeing and lifestyle 627 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 6: with their families to put themselves and put themselves in 628 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 6: a position to where they can win twenty twenty six 629 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 6: and win in the future years as well. 630 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: All right, guys, we're gonna have to leave it there. 631 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: If you would like to contact Adam, give him a call. 632 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: It nine oh one two six zero two four three eight. 633 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: That's nine oh one two six zero two four three eight, Chris, 634 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: give him a call nine oh one six five seven 635 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: three three two four. That six five seven three three 636 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 1: two four. You can also go on their website Strategic 637 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: Financial Partners dot com. That Strategic Financial Partners dot com 638 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 1: and they're going to be able to help you out there. Guys, 639 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: Happy New Year, Happy New Year. All right, got to 640 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: take a break. We'll be right back, all right. Fifty 641 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: three minutes past the hour in Stern's Country, broadcasting from 642 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: the Brook Beautiful Principal Toyota, Memphis Studio. Hope you're having 643 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: a great start to your day. A lot of people 644 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: taking the day off as well. You should. Just got 645 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: a message from our good buddy Jim Lisapio, who owns 646 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: so many great restaurants, and he is a great American patriot. 647 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: If you remember, Jim and his crew are the ones 648 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 1: that fed over one thousand federal agents a couple of 649 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: weeks ago. We were honored to be able to sponsor 650 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: that and just I'm telling you, people had a great 651 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: meal and Jim and his crew do wonderful work. Of course, 652 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: he's got a number of establishments there on Beal Street, 653 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,959 Speaker 1: including Rum Boogie. He says, it's going to be a 654 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: great night and we need everybody to get out there. 655 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: We want to Can you imagine wall to wall people 656 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,359 Speaker 1: having a great time, celebrating, getting back to the way 657 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: things used to be here in Memphis. That's what it's 658 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,680 Speaker 1: all about. So hope you and your family get down there. 659 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: And if you go over to rum Bugie, I want 660 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: you to go and thank Jim for being such a 661 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 1: great American patriot and a supporter also of KWAM, and 662 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: we greatly appreciate that. All Right, a Congresswoman Anna Paulina 663 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 1: Luna is sounding an alarm bell. And we've talked about 664 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 1: this a lot on our national show at eleven o'clock 665 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: here on KWHAM, that the Republicans are going to have 666 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 1: to step it up, and especially Senate Republicans when it 667 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: comes to codifying President Trump's agenda. Cut number three plays. 668 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,400 Speaker 7: I don't think that the American people want to go 669 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 7: through another bogus impeachment, but I also know that I've 670 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 7: heard it directly from many Democrats that have gone on 671 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 7: CNN or MSNBC, and so that that's what they intend to 672 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 7: do if Jakim Jeffreys does become speaker, not to mention, 673 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 7: they're just going to obstruct. And part of the reason 674 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 7: why the American people wanted to change and why they 675 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,799 Speaker 7: did not vote for Kamala Harris, and as Tommy had 676 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,360 Speaker 7: pointed out, why we won by such a big margin 677 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 7: this past election cycle, is because of the fact that 678 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 7: they wanted President Trump's policies to be fulfilled, and so 679 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,480 Speaker 7: all we have to do is remind the American people 680 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,800 Speaker 7: exactly what they are going to do if the Democrats 681 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 7: regain control, and also to what we've done for the 682 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,320 Speaker 7: American people. So remember that big, beautiful bill. There was 683 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,560 Speaker 7: a lot of good tax incentives there for the American people. 684 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 7: There's a ton that we're still going to do. And 685 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 7: I think one of the biggest winning issues will be 686 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 7: if a Republican Congress can codify President Trump's executive order 687 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,960 Speaker 7: on capping prescription prices, which I'm hopeful that they will do. 688 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,399 Speaker 7: If that happens, the midterms are with us, the winds 689 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,760 Speaker 7: are inner sale, and we win and we can continue 690 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 7: on bringing prosperity to Americans. 691 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,279 Speaker 2: Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, thank you so much for joining 692 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:51,719 Speaker 2: us tonight, and again, Happy New Year. 693 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: All right, So again, ladies and gentlemen, it's very simple. 694 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: It's very simple. If you codify the American VERSI DI 695 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,920 Speaker 1: to J, Republicans are going to win, and they're going 696 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,240 Speaker 1: to win big in the midterms. But if we don't, 697 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 1: we're going to have problems. And one of the big 698 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: issues is the Save Act that would actually require some 699 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 1: form of ID, whether it's your passport, your driver's license, 700 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 1: you've got to prove that you're a citizen of the 701 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:25,800 Speaker 1: United States. And that legislation passed in April. It passed 702 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: through the House of Representatives, but we are still waiting 703 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: for the Senate to take up the legislation. Now, the 704 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 1: Senate's going to tell you that, oh, well, we don't 705 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,440 Speaker 1: have the votes. No, they do have the votes. They 706 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,279 Speaker 1: have to abolish the filibuster. And they also need to 707 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,719 Speaker 1: while they're abolishing the filibuster, they need to get rid 708 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,920 Speaker 1: of the blue slip as well. And the problem is 709 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: we've got some Rhino Republicans out there, and a couple 710 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 1: of them are right here in the Mid South. And 711 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,239 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde Smith. So 712 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: we need to make sure that all of the delegation 713 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 1: from the Mid South, and you need to be calling 714 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:09,760 Speaker 1: them Senator Marshall Blackburn, Bill Haggerty, Tom Conton, John Boseman 715 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,880 Speaker 1: in Arkansas and then Cindy Hyde Smith and Roger Wicker 716 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 1: in Mississippi. So we have a special obligation being in 717 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,319 Speaker 1: the Mid South. We've got to make sure that all 718 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:24,560 Speaker 1: six of these individuals are supporting an effort to abolish 719 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 1: the filibuster because hear me on this. If the Democrats 720 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,360 Speaker 1: ever get control of the Senate again, that's the first 721 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: thing they're going to get rid of. The Democrats are 722 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: going to do it. So the question now is do 723 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,239 Speaker 1: the Republicans have the fortitude to get out there and 724 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,240 Speaker 1: do it first so that we can get President Trump's 725 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,360 Speaker 1: agenda codified. And if we don't, we are going to 726 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:49,279 Speaker 1: have problems in the midterms. And again, that congressional erase 727 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,440 Speaker 1: of Middle Tennessee. I know everybody I know, and this 728 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 1: irritates a lot of folks in the conservative world or 729 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 1: the Republican world rather, But the reality is that Van 730 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: Epps should have won that race by double by twenty points. 731 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,719 Speaker 1: He should have And I know, I know there's a 732 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 1: lot of spin going on right now with that particular race, 733 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,560 Speaker 1: But the reality of it is that you have a 734 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:17,360 Speaker 1: demoralized Republican base right now and one of the reasons 735 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 1: why we're not getting enough done. And we've got to 736 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,200 Speaker 1: do that. And I know the President is a busy 737 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 1: man and he's throwing a lot of stuff at lawmakers. 738 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,880 Speaker 1: Maybe just maybe we've got to pace ourselves just a 739 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,360 Speaker 1: bit here, but we've got to start focusing on number ones. 740 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,360 Speaker 1: We've already secured our borders. Now we've got to secure 741 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,760 Speaker 1: our elections. We got to get that, say AAC group, 742 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,680 Speaker 1: and the only way we're going to be able to 743 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,279 Speaker 1: do that is to abolish the filibuster. All right, We've 744 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,600 Speaker 1: got to scoot out of here, folks. Be safe out 745 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: there on the roadways tonight. Have a great time. Happy 746 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,480 Speaker 1: New Year, everybody. We'll see you in twenty twenty six.