1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Right, State's so rich and Arnold morning I enjoyed yesterday. 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was certainly emotional, dramatic. Now he could be 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 2: in the throes of a floor fight at the convention, 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 2: but instead what is playing out is something we haven't 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: seen before. Typically, when presidential wannabes from the same party 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: you're competing, it's a battle of the venige. I think 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz twenty sixteen, when Cruz 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: was booed ferociously by Trump's supporters. I was in the 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: hall at the time. It's pretty scary. Hillary Clinton battled, 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: Bernie SAIDs down to the wire. Same year, in nineteen 11 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: eighty eight, Jesse Jackson challenged Michael Ducoccus and deals had 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 2: to be done. Or there was Jimmy Carter finding off 13 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 2: Ted Kennedy in eighty That's how it usually goes, except 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 2: in this case where Joe Biden stepped aside for Kamala Harris. 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 2: There are still reports that Biden is privately unhappy, but 16 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 2: as he left the convention arena last night, Biden was 17 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 2: pressed about that and said no one made his decision 18 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 2: to quit the race but him, and there was certainly 19 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: no sign of faltering during that big speech last night, 20 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 2: thank you, signs of we love you, Joe and Chance. 21 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: It rose up to the rafters, brought a tear to 22 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: the prison's eyes, it seemed. But he also spoke in 23 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: full support of Kamala Harris. Then he turned to Trump 24 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: in what seemed to be his most blistering anti Trump's 25 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 2: speech ever. 26 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 3: He says, We're losing. He's a loser, He's dead wrong. 27 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, this brings them for another regular political theme. Do 28 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 2: you focus on pessimism or optimism? 29 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 4: Lately? 30 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 2: Trump has been reviving his old tune of American carnage 31 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: and all of that in the comments that he's been making. 32 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 4: We are a nation in decline, we were a foiled nation. 33 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 2: Well, that wasn't the vibe last night, was it? And 34 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 2: Hillary Clinton, I guess, encapsulated some of that. 35 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 3: This is our time America. There says when we stand up, 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 3: There says when we breakthrough the future as hair, it's 37 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 3: at our grasp, lads, go what else? Well? 38 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: Biden took on specific issues where Republicans have been leading 39 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: in the polls. While crime, he said, has dropped to 40 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: the lowest level in fifty years. On immigration, he noted 41 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 2: that Trump killed the strongest bipartisan border the you ever 42 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: and since then as a result of his presidential action, 43 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: Biden said border encounters are lower now than when Trump 44 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 2: left office. And the war in Gaza, Biden said specifically 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 2: he has sympathies for Palestinian protesters in Chicago and elsewhere 46 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 2: and call for an end of the war in a 47 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: surgeon aid for Gaza. That was pretty direct. Former Trump 48 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham will speak at the 49 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 2: Democratic Convention tonight. She split with Trump after his role 50 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: in the January the sixth riots. Meantime, former Trump Chief 51 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 2: of Staff and retired Marine general John Kelly today is 52 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: slamming Trump's latest claimed that the Presidential Medal of Freedom 53 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 2: for civilians is better than the Middle of Honor for 54 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 2: the military. Not even close, says Kelly, who says Trump 55 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 2: called some military vets who died in France suckers and losers. 56 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: Here's what Trump said about the honor given to Miriam Adelson, 57 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: the wife of billionaire Trump donor. 58 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 4: It's the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but 59 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 4: civilian version. It's actually much better because everyone gets the 60 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 4: Congressional Medal of Honor that soldiers. They're either in very 61 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 4: bad shape because they've been hit so many times by bullets, 62 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 4: or they're dead. She gets it and she's a healthy, 63 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 4: beautiful plotman. 64 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: A lot of those military awards are given posthumously for 65 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: troops who had put their lives on the line deliberately, 66 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: like retired Army Colonel Jack Jacobs, the Meddal of Honor 67 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 2: recipient whose battalion came under heavy machine gun fire and 68 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 2: mortifier in Vietnam. The colonel assuming command, then setting up 69 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: a defensive line despite his own head wounds, which had 70 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: his face covered in blood. Then he evacuated a seriously 71 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: wounded advisor and gave life saving first aid to that man. 72 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 2: He then returned for repeated trips through the firing line 73 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 2: with shots flying around his head at every second, and 74 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 2: saving fourteen other individuals. 75 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: So you're pride, I might appreciate it. Richard Arnold sightside. 76 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: The introduction to Barden from his daughter was I thought exceptional. 77 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: Steve Kerr, who's the Golden State Warrior's coach. I was 78 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: surprised to see him there, but he was and a 79 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: former Bull, of course, Chicago Bull. The conventions being held 80 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: in the Chicago Bulls arena. So he was very, very good. 81 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: Probably a little bit too much aggression if you worry 82 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: about Trump being aggressive. A lot of Democrats are very angry, 83 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: angsty sort of people. Is a bit too much of that, 84 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: probably Santos. By the way, just before we leave America, George, 85 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: remember him. Krook somehow found himself and got voted in 86 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: into the House of Reps. He pleaded guilty yesterday. They 87 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: cut a deal. He was going to jail for a 88 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: very long time. So we've got to get the actual 89 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: sentence minimum two years and maximum twenty two years, and 90 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 1: he's got to pay back several hundred thousand dollars. But 91 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: he was wandering around the hills of power till they 92 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: officially booted him out, the first person ever to be 93 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: booted out. Anyway, he cut a deal yesterday. For more 94 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news talks. 95 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast 96 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.