1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Richard, how are you. I'm doing well. More place for 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: you'll open almost after forty three days. Yeah, the longest 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: US government shutdown ever is ending, and what came out 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: of it all. The National Economic Council is estimating that 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: sixty thousand non federal workers lost their jobs. The shutdown 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: costs are estimated at twenty four point six billion dollars 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: New Zealand per week, or as much as one point 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: five percent of the GDP. The timing for when furloughed 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: workers will get their back pay will vary by agency. 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: Many have missed a couple of full paychecks. There have 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: been widespread economic pains, except for the politicians, of course, 12 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: who were paid all the way through this. The airlines 13 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: say they hope the air traffic control system will be 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: back to normal by the startup next week. In terms 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: of the politics, the off your elections, the most recent 16 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: and the most recent polling shows that just under one 17 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: third of Americans think this country is headed in the 18 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: right direction. So this would seem to give Democrats some opening, 19 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: even as polls for them have been in the dumps months. 20 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: Throughout the shutdown, Trump has had well, basically little input. Instead, 21 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: he's been taking Fox News on a tour of his 22 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: White House upgrades, saying this is his greatest talent and adding, 23 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: you can't immitate gold, real gold. So these aren't from 24 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: home depot, quipped Fox host Laura Ingram, referring to reports 25 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: that some of these sconsors are the same as those 26 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: sold in the hardware store. Now, this is not home 27 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: depot stuff, said Trump, who lashed out during the shutdown 28 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,759 Speaker 1: of air traffic controllers who couldn't keep working without pay 29 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: for weeks and weeks and weeks, and slam states that 30 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: tried to keep money flying for food, money for the poor, 31 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: says President Trump. Now, when we come up to midterms 32 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: and other things, don't forget what they've done to our country. 33 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: All the Democrats false, says Trump. All the Republicans false, 34 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: say the Democrats. Right. So Epstein, the vote versus the 35 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: papers versus the release versus the politics. Where's it all go? Well, 36 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: what's going on? Here's Trump about to face the Republican 37 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: rebellion over this. The Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has been 38 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: forced to schedule a House vote and next week over 39 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: the release of the full Epstein files. While the Trump 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: team has been going to extreme lengths you'd have to 41 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: say to try to stop the release. What happened here 42 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: on that point is unheard of. All the Dems back 43 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: the release of the Epstein files. They need just four 44 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: Republicans to side with them on that. One of those four, 45 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: Lauren Bobert, was brought into the White House situation room 46 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: last night, where the FBI boss Cash Pttel and Attorney 47 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: General Pam Bondi tried to pressure her to support the 48 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: cover up. She refused. Also, the Speaker had kept the 49 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: House members out of Washington for fifty four days. Amid 50 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: claims that he was trying to tamp down the Epstein 51 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 1: fura by refusing to swear in a new Democratic House 52 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: member from Arizona, Adelita Grialva. She was finally sworn in 53 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: and immediately signed the Epstein petition, slamming that delay by 54 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: the Speaker. 55 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: This is an abuse of power. One individual should not 56 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 2: be able to unilaterally obstruct the swearing in of a 57 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: duly elected member of Congress or political reason. 58 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: Well. Democrat Robert Garcia, who was leading the push for 59 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: of the Epstein files to come out, says, the victims 60 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: must get their day. 61 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 2: And want justice for them. I mean, I'm angry that 62 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 2: they continue to hide what happened. I'm angry that so 63 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 2: many powerful men have been protected. 64 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: You know, just one percent of the Epstein material has 65 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: been made public so far. There is so much more 66 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: that the Justice Department is sitting on. A few emails, 67 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: of course, just came out, as we've been hearing brought 68 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: to lighte from the Epstein estate, and they allured. One 69 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: is from twenty eighteen, where Epstein wrote to journalist Michael 70 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: Wolf quote, you see, I know how dirty Donald is. 71 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: In another, Epstein rights to a former PM of Norway 72 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: that Russia's Putin could seek his Epstein's quote insights on Trump. 73 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: In yet another, Epstein rights to his cohort, Julaine Maxwell 74 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: or Trump quote, of course he knew about the girls, 75 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: as he asked Julaine to stop. So this suggests Trump 76 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: knew more about Epstein's criminal activities than he's publicly acknowledged. 77 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: At the White House, Trump presade, Carolyn Levitt says, what. 78 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: President Trump has always said is that he was from 79 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: Palm Beach, and so was Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was 80 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: a member at mari A Lago until President Trump kicked 81 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: him out because Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he 82 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 2: was a creep. 83 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: Well, that is not what Trump has been saying or 84 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: what others have said. Trump was, who was said to 85 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: be Epstein's best friend for about fifteen years, said they 86 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: split when Epstein hired away girls from Mara Lago, including 87 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: Virginia Guffrey, who is the one who committed suicide and 88 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,359 Speaker 1: claimed in her recent memoir to have had several sexual 89 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: encounters with the former Prince Andrew. Others say they split 90 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: came over a property deal where Trump used information to 91 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: undercut Epstein financially. So Epstein v in the House next week, 92 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: then the Senate. Will they continue to make Trump or 93 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: are they looking now to their own political future? Just 94 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: not going away. Have a good week in Richard Donald State. 95 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: So for more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live 96 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: to news Talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or 97 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.