1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,279 Speaker 1: And finally, I'm just gonna let this clip speak for itself. 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: This is from the start of the morning news on 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: a local TV station in upstate New York yesterday. 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 2: We do have some breaking news this morning. Literally Olivia's 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 2: water has broke and she is anchoring the news now 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 2: in active labor, early labor, early labor. We've been doing 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: it to track she's now, you know, timing her contraction. 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: I'm going to question two minutes apart. No, well, there 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: was one, but it's been a few minutes since then, 10 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: so we're still in good She her decision to stay on. 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: I'm happy to be here and I'll stay on the 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 2: desk for as long as they possibly. 13 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: Can tell you what her colleague is trying really hard 14 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: to be her doula and up the situation person she 15 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: Olivia did stay on air for the rest of the show. 16 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: Good on her, and then she went to hospital right 17 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: afterwards and she gave birth to a baby boys. So 18 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: congratulations to Olivia. International correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, 19 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: Peace of mind for New Zealand Business. Dan Matsimson, US 20 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: correspondence with US. Now, Hey, Dan, I. 21 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 3: Would not want to be the anchor that would have 22 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 3: to follow her and sit now chair. 23 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: I think this is a very good point that you 24 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 1: actually make. There's lots of towels, lots of towels, lots 25 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: of newspaper. Hey, what's the latest on this murder? 26 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 3: Well, as you mentioned, the Elias Rodriguez was detained. There's 27 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 3: a video that's been making the rounds the last few 28 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 3: hours showing him yelfree Palestine, and a spokesperson for the 29 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 3: Israeli embassy said they're reviewing the security protocol. The Jewish 30 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 3: Federation of North America and dozens and dozens of others 31 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 3: are saying that there has to be more security or 32 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 3: an enhanced security measures. I'm not quite sure what that means, 33 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 3: because this could have very well been just like a 34 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 3: lot of other attacks and shootings that we've had over here, 35 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: just a one off thing. We do know that the 36 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 3: guy has not entered a plea yet. He's behind bars 37 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 3: and the next tier and he's scheduled for will happen 38 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 3: in the middle of next month. 39 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: And motivation is simply that the pair were Jewish. 40 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 3: That appears to be in the sad. I don't want 41 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 3: to use the word hook, but there's always there's always 42 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 3: something that you find out of these stories is the 43 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 3: fact that they were scheduled to be in aged and 44 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 3: you know that's that's, you know, one of those things, 45 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 3: wrong place, wrong time, unfortunately. I mean any place, anytime 46 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 3: would have been bad. But when you hear something like that, 47 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 3: it just kind of goes, oh boy, that was that 48 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 3: was hard. 49 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: Dan. Is this big enough news for you guys in 50 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: the US to sway opinion on what's happening in the 51 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: Middle Middle East? 52 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 3: No? No, No, I mean I think the Middle East 53 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 3: is one of those those situations that over here, I mean, 54 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,839 Speaker 3: we follow. Obviously you're very concerned about it. Obviously makes 55 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 3: news when the president, you know, has a meeting with 56 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 3: somebody over there. But I think it just is is 57 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 3: the news cycle what it is. It just sort of 58 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 3: is a flash in the pan unfortunately. So no, this, 59 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: I don't think this will have any sway on anything 60 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 3: over here. 61 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: Now, it turns out that some of the stuff that 62 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: Trump was using as evidence of the killing of white 63 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: farmers in South Africa was in in fact photographs from 64 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: the Democratic Republic of Congo. 65 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 3: Right the Reuters pointed this out, and apparently you were 66 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 3: showing the screenshot of the video that was taken there, uh, 67 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 3: and he he falsely presented it as evidence of these 68 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 3: mass killings. And we're finding out, well, the image didn't 69 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 3: quite match this story. It was a YouTube screen grab, 70 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 3: and the White House is not responding uh to a 71 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 3: request for comment right now. But the managing editor of 72 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 3: the American Thinker and the author of the post that 73 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: sid question wrote in a reply to Reuters that they 74 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 3: thought that the President had misidentified the image. And he, 75 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 3: you know, he interrupted this meeting that he had with 76 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: the President to play this video and he said, you know, 77 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 3: he was showing the evidence of genocide to the wife 78 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 3: farmers over there and the conspiracy theory, and then he 79 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 3: flipped through these copies of articles and you know what's yeah, 80 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 3: I mean, what's what's interesting about this, Heather, is that 81 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 3: this seemed like a very gotcha type moment, which President 82 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 3: Trump has pulled with several other world leaders. And why 83 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 3: he would do this in such a public environment, I 84 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 3: don't know. I think it's unlike anything I can remember 85 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 3: previous presidents in doing. But as we know, he's he's 86 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 3: not like any previous president we've had him. That's why 87 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 3: his followers, I think are sol Oil. 88 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: I've been wondering about that as well, Dan, And the 89 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: conclusion that I've come to is that I think he's 90 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: just trying to draw world attention to what is going 91 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: on in South Africa. I mean, how much of it 92 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: has like, how much of the plight of the white 93 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: farmer in South Africa has actually registered with an American audience? 94 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 3: I would say zero. 95 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: So then, so is there any good that comes out 96 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: of this in that perhaps there is now a bit 97 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: of global attention on what is actually happening there? 98 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, there might be. But how long will that global 99 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 3: attention last and what will come of it, you know, 100 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 3: moving forward? Or was it just a quick headline and 101 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 3: by this time tomorrow, I mean, it's over and done with. 102 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 3: But as you mentioned, I think it was when we 103 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 3: talked the other day, or maybe it was last week 104 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 3: when the UK's Prime minister decided to do a phone 105 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 3: call and not meet with the President and they said 106 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 3: it was a timing issue. If I was a world leader, 107 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 3: I'd be very you know, I'd have to be very skeptical, 108 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 3: perhaps making sure that everything's lined up and everything's dotted 109 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 3: and cross before I went in there, because I've seen 110 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 3: so many of these moments in the Trump presidency here 111 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: in the first three months or so. 112 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: Dan, it's good to talk to you mate. You have 113 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: yourself a lovely weekend. Thank you so much, Dan Mitchison, 114 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: US correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy, Allen Drive, listen 115 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: live to news Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, 116 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.