1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of mind 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: for New Zealand business. Hey's a Kyle Asia and just 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: type one look at him and he loves us. Kyle 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: Dan Mitchison, US corresponding with US Now. 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 2: Hello Dan, Hey, Heather. 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: Okay, So what's the lightest on Iran? 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 2: Well, the President spoke from the Oval Office a short 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 2: time ago and is continuing to say that there would 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: have been a nuclear war without any kind of intervention 10 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 2: from the US, and Ron would have taken out a 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: lot of countries. Democrats are saying there's no hard proof 12 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 2: to that. We know that Americans are being urged to 13 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 2: leave a dozen, maybe fourteen countries in the area because 14 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 2: of safety risks right now. And then we have our 15 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: embassies in Kuwait and Beirut and Saudi Arabia I believe 16 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: that are closed because of the conflict. And of course 17 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 2: news that we got earlier today that six US troops 18 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 2: have been killed by an Iranian attack in Kuwait. 19 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: How's that news gone down with you guys? 20 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: I mean, I think it's hard anytime that you lose troops, 21 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 2: and President has said that he's expecting more fatalities in 22 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: this It looks like, now, this could go on for 23 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 2: three weeks, maybe a whole month, maybe a little bit longer. 24 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 2: He's he's kind of been a little vague on that. 25 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 2: There's been a lot of citizens abroad that are trying 26 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: to get back home. Obviously, right now there's a crisis 27 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 2: line that they can call. But unfortunately, when when people 28 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: that are over there do dial this number, they hear 29 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: a message that says, please don't rely on the US 30 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 2: government for assistant departure or any evacuation. At this time, 31 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,639 Speaker 2: there's no evacuation points for the US. 32 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: How how has it gone down that the chron has 33 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: labeled these EIA strikes as illegal? 34 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: Well, I think that the fact that people are calling 35 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 2: it a war over here, even on the network news, 36 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 2: when you know Congress never authorize this is telling right now, 37 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: and Democrats have said, hey, you know, this did not 38 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: go through the proper channels. Right now, I think there 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: are other countries around the world, like you just mentioned, 40 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: are saying that, Okay, what do we have going on 41 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 2: right here? Has is this something that was legitimate? Are 42 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: we going back to something that we're going to regret 43 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: that's going to be you know, dragging out for years 44 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 2: and years and years we've been told there's not going 45 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 2: to be any boots on the ground, but now the 46 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 2: president is you know, advisors are saying, well, maybe we 47 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 2: will have to have troops over there on the ground. 48 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,399 Speaker 2: And this, I mean this is you know, Congress gave 49 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 2: presidents a huge sort of broad authority to use force 50 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: after nine to eleven too, and then there's been a 51 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: move I think towards what we just saw this weekend. 52 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 2: We've got presidents that have killed you know, from both 53 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: Democrats and Republicans, that have killed leaders of terrorist groups. 54 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: But this is the first time that the US has 55 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 2: killed a foreign head of state. 56 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: Is that right, The first time that a foreign head 57 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: of state has been killed directly by the US. 58 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, you've had You've had people that have killed 59 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: leaders of terrorist groups like Osama bid Laden and then 60 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: President trumpet ordered the killing of an Iranian commander by 61 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 2: an air strike back in twenty twenty. But this is 62 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 2: what the historians are say, that is the first time 63 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: that anybody in the US has killed that we know of. 64 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: Fascinating, Yeah, that we know of. I would imagine some keywords, 65 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: what is the link, by the way, between fatal crashes 66 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:17,639 Speaker 1: and new music. 67 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: This is really kind of strange too. This is researchers 68 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: out of Harvard Medical School, and they have said there's 69 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 2: statistically a correlation between the release days of streamed albums, 70 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: the most streamed albums, number one songs, and a spike 71 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: in traffic deaths over here. So, for instance, let's say 72 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: Taylor Swift or Drake releases new music, streaming volumes obviously 73 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 2: surged by about forty percent, but at the same time 74 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: you have traffic deaths jumping by fifteen percent. Now, a 75 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 2: lot of these things, these albums and songs, they drop 76 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 2: on a Friday, so they may be the culprit, but 77 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 2: it could just be that these albums are being released 78 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: on a Friday when people are out partying, it's the 79 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 2: end of the week, they're driving more, and it could 80 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 2: be a coincidence. Well, let's open it. 81 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: Think about something to think about. Let's open it. As 82 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: Dan Machinson, I really appreciated our US correspondent. 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