1
00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,520
Speaker 1: International Correspondence with ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind

2
00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,920
Speaker 1: for New Zealand business or after the out of States

3
00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,680
Speaker 1: of America, and Jonathan Kurzley joins me. Now, Jonathan, good morning,

4
00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,039
Speaker 1: A good afternoon.

5
00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:14,200
Speaker 2: Well Andrew, a very good afternoon to you and the

6
00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:15,360
Speaker 2: listeners right across the network.

7
00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,760
Speaker 1: Let's just say hello. Okay, the Brown University shooting suspect

8
00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,720
Speaker 1: has been found dead a grizzly end assorted end. It

9
00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,319
Speaker 1: was found dead in a storage unit.

10
00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is breaking news. Within the last hour or so,

11
00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,400
Speaker 2: this has been a week long manhunt for authorities on

12
00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:34,839
Speaker 2: the eastern side of the United States after the shooting

13
00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,960
Speaker 2: in Providence that left a couple of people dead at

14
00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,560
Speaker 2: Brown University. Now we have had this development from authorities

15
00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,519
Speaker 2: within the last little while. That's saying that, yes, they

16
00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,599
Speaker 2: have found the person of interest dead inside a storage

17
00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,000
Speaker 2: facility in Salem in New Hampshire. It is believed that

18
00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,840
Speaker 2: this person not only took their own life, but had

19
00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,400
Speaker 2: also been a PhD student at the Very University back

20
00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,800
Speaker 2: in around the year two thousand and withdrew from a

21
00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,160
Speaker 2: program a few years later. Interestingly, it's also been reported

22
00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,000
Speaker 2: that he knew the building and had been inside the

23
00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,600
Speaker 2: building where the shooting had taken place. The shooting that

24
00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,759
Speaker 2: was targeted the building that was targeted just a matter

25
00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,440
Speaker 2: of a week or so ago, two students were left dead.

26
00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,240
Speaker 2: Nine others were wounded. This suspect, who has been identified

27
00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,080
Speaker 2: as a Portuguese national who is forty eight years old,

28
00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,479
Speaker 2: Claudium Manuel Neves Valente, is also being linked to the

29
00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,280
Speaker 2: shooting of an MIT professor, and it's believed that they

30
00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,959
Speaker 2: actually were at the same university in Lisbon in Portugal

31
00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,440
Speaker 2: at some point. But this has brought to an end

32
00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,800
Speaker 2: what has been a week long manhunt and certainly a

33
00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,880
Speaker 2: significant period of concern for the community of Providence, the

34
00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,760
Speaker 2: authorities in Providence, who initially seemed to have no idea

35
00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,920
Speaker 2: who this suspect was. We kept getting images and more

36
00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,360
Speaker 2: video released, and then earlier today they said that they

37
00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,760
Speaker 2: had a suspect in mind, an identity in mind, but

38
00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,000
Speaker 2: did not release that identity. And then a few hours

39
00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,880
Speaker 2: later we had this news that yes, the suspect, the

40
00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,040
Speaker 2: person of interest, has been found dead, reportedly from a

41
00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,080
Speaker 2: self inflicted gunshot wound inside a storage facility somewhere away

42
00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:15,840
Speaker 2: in New Hampshire.

43
00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,080
Speaker 1: This was a hell of a manhunt, and when they

44
00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,560
Speaker 1: were releasing videos showing look at the way this man walks,

45
00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,000
Speaker 1: look at his distinctive and that was the only clues

46
00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,639
Speaker 1: they had to go on. I was not confident, you know.

47
00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,800
Speaker 1: It kind of reminded me of the Usual Suspects film.

48
00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,399
Speaker 1: But that's another story. Now we've got a new bunch

49
00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,000
Speaker 1: of Epstein photos that have been released. In these ones

50
00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,119
Speaker 1: show Bill gates with young women and young women who

51
00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,800
Speaker 1: have been involved in allegations with Epstein.

52
00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:48,360
Speaker 2: Before Bill gates with young women, there's a reference to

53
00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,640
Speaker 2: the novel Elitter text written on the body of a

54
00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:57,680
Speaker 2: young woman. There are images of screenshots of text messages

55
00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:02,760
Speaker 2: about a teenage girl from Russia. There are yet more photos.

56
00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,720
Speaker 2: This comes interestingly from the Democrats on a House Oversight

57
00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,359
Speaker 2: committee in Congress, and it comes a day before the

58
00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,360
Speaker 2: deadline for the Epstein files to be released. These photos

59
00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,760
Speaker 2: are some of a tranche of some ninety five thousand

60
00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,520
Speaker 2: held by the Epstein estate. It's been yet more photos,

61
00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,200
Speaker 2: yet more images. This has been a drip drip strategy

62
00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,920
Speaker 2: from the Democrats who have been blurring and disguising the

63
00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,760
Speaker 2: identities of some of the women involved as they try

64
00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,560
Speaker 2: and get to this point, depressure the Trump administration to

65
00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,560
Speaker 2: release these files now. Tomorrow is going to be the

66
00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:41,120
Speaker 2: crucial day. Yes, these images are interesting from a news

67
00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,840
Speaker 2: perspective sense. Obviously the individuals involved have long and denied

68
00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,560
Speaker 2: any sort of wrongdoing with their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

69
00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,160
Speaker 2: But tomorrow is going to be d day, if you like.

70
00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,720
Speaker 2: It is the moment of truth. It is the moment

71
00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,920
Speaker 2: that could we see exactly what is in all of

72
00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,840
Speaker 2: these files? What more are we likely to see released?

73
00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,200
Speaker 2: I think the next twenty four hours in this matter

74
00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:05,960
Speaker 2: are going to be very telling if it is a

75
00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,160
Speaker 2: case of the same old, same old, if you like,

76
00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,400
Speaker 2: without using that phrase flippantly, because Jeffrey Epstein was a

77
00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,839
Speaker 2: convicted pedophile, and clearly the Democrats have been moving in

78
00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,480
Speaker 2: circles trying to point the finger of blame at people

79
00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,719
Speaker 2: who he had been associated with, the next twenty four

80
00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,920
Speaker 2: hours are going to be very very telling, indeed, as

81
00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,200
Speaker 2: to where this story moves next.

82
00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,120
Speaker 1: All right, and TikTok has signed a deal to sell

83
00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,240
Speaker 1: us who is I'm to a consortium led by Larry

84
00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,240
Speaker 1: Ellison and Oracle.

85
00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,600
Speaker 2: TikTok TikTok. The clock certainly has been ticking down for

86
00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,400
Speaker 2: the social media app. But yes, the company assigned a

87
00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,640
Speaker 2: deal backed by President Trump to spin off the US assets.

88
00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,839
Speaker 2: This will apply to TikTok in the United States of America.

89
00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,560
Speaker 2: It will be sold off to largely a bunch of

90
00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,840
Speaker 2: group of American investors. This is exactly what the President

91
00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,799
Speaker 2: had wanted. This has been a very slow, oh moving,

92
00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:05,120
Speaker 2: and long time coming deal. The United States has been

93
00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,560
Speaker 2: very very keen to get Chinese interest in the United

94
00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,720
Speaker 2: States away from TikTok, away from byte Dance, because there

95
00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,840
Speaker 2: has been significant national security concerns about the data that

96
00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,559
Speaker 2: bite Dance could collect of American citizens of individuals here,

97
00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,880
Speaker 2: and under Chinese law they would be forced to share

98
00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,320
Speaker 2: that with the Chinese Communist Party government in Beijing, and

99
00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,640
Speaker 2: that has been of significant concern here. So essentially there's

100
00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,919
Speaker 2: been a big move to try and divest it, to

101
00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,919
Speaker 2: try and get it away from Chinese ownership. So what

102
00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,640
Speaker 2: you're going to see is American investors take over TikTok

103
00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,120
Speaker 2: here in the United States of America. Whether other countries

104
00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,560
Speaker 2: are going to try and follow suit with similar moves

105
00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,520
Speaker 2: to try and get TikTok divested in their own countries. Well,

106
00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,039
Speaker 2: that is a matter for obviously each an individual country.

107
00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,359
Speaker 2: But for those TikTokers out there who are busy making

108
00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,680
Speaker 2: all of their fun social media videos for Christmas and

109
00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,960
Speaker 2: are comanding it with all the various filter and clips

110
00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,960
Speaker 2: and different sing songs you can do with the app,

111
00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,240
Speaker 2: will then go ahead because the app still exists. So

112
00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,400
Speaker 2: the world is your oyster. TikTokers. Keep doing what you're

113
00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,279
Speaker 2: doing because the people, well they'll still be watching.

114
00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,040
Speaker 1: Good Man Jonathan Curzley out of the United States of America. Now,

115
00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,920
Speaker 1: this consortium that's actually bought the US arm of TikTok

116
00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,240
Speaker 1: is led by Oracle and Larry Ellison. We all know

117
00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,800
Speaker 1: him well from America's Cup Another another group called mg X,

118
00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,040
Speaker 1: and some other group called silver Lake. Never heard of

119
00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,279
Speaker 1: silver Lake before silver Lake. They're begin to tech. They've

120
00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,520
Speaker 1: got six point four billion dollars invested into data centers.

121
00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,599
Speaker 1: His data centers again, talking about data centers again, the

122
00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:44,200
Speaker 1: big holder of shares in AIRB and b oh, that's right,

123
00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,640
Speaker 1: and silver Lake also put two hundred million dollars into

124
00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,159
Speaker 1: the All Blacks and so now the investor in the

125
00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,120
Speaker 1: All Blacks is now the owner of TikTok, so you

126
00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,800
Speaker 1: can imagine all black TikTok's coming your way real soon.

127
00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,320
Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplassy Allen Drive, listen live to

128
00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,440
Speaker 2: news talks it Be from four pm weekdays, or follow

129
00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,200
Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio