1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Richard Arle's with us morning mate, Yes, yes, and yes, 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: good morning. Yes, exactly where are we at? So they've 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: got the interview and the meetings of where are we at? Well, 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: what can you say? It's a very odd American Independence Day, 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: is it not? It is two hundred and forty eight 6 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: years since the American colony has quit the British rule 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: with the Declaration of Independence. But now we're at the 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: crossroads in every respect. The politically charged Supreme courtical has 9 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: just delivered their historic rulings seemingly in support of Trump, 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: saying that American presidents are above the law when it 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: comes to any official acts of ruling. The Court descenders says, 12 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 1: turn the Democratic presidency into a virtual monarchy. With the 13 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: current president Biden, of whom you've been speaking, well, he 14 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: is certainly under minute by minute increasing pressure to drop 15 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: his bid for a second term, when no presumptive nominee 16 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: ever has withdrawn this late in the process. So it's 17 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: history in the making, folks. The Republican nominating convention is 18 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: just eleven days off. The Democrats met in Chicago in 19 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: mid August. O'clock really is ticking, and no one fully 20 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: knows yet what is happening behind the scenes. Of course, 21 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: we do have the Trump view in that golf course 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: chit chat today, Biden is quote a broken down pile 23 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: of crap and on the verge of quitting the race 24 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: in place of his VP, Kamala Harris, who he calls 25 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: so bleeping bad. Biden meantime, has annoyed some Democrats by 26 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: digging in. In his first meeting with governors last night, 27 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: one asked him about his health and he replied, He's fine, 28 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: it's just my brain quote unquote, which some took us 29 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: a joke, some apparently did not. Today, before his big 30 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: primetime network interview tomorrow night with American ABC, he did 31 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 1: a radio spot with a small station in Wisconsin. 32 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: Had a bad base at be but ninety men on 33 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 2: stage does not erase what I've done for three and 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: a half years out of the record and we just 35 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 2: kind of keep moving. 36 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: Well, that is not the question, is it. No one 37 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: is questioning the past several years and how it should 38 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: be assessed. The debate is over what is next. That 39 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: is the concern. Does Biden have the best shot at 40 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: beating Trump from the Democrats status poles, having slipping to 41 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: six points behind Trump, and in big, big trouble in 42 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: some of the battleground areas. Mid survey is showing about 43 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: eighty percent of people think Biden at eighty one, is 44 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: too old to seek another four year term. Trump is, 45 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: of course seventy eight. Former Congressman Tim Ryan is backing 46 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: a move towards having Kamala Harris at the top of 47 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party ticket. 48 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 2: We need a generational change. I mean, there's no question 49 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 2: about that. 50 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: Well, most current pollies are keeping their powder dry. But 51 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: even James Cleman, who you recall, saved Biden during the 52 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty primary, says he is open theoretically to a 53 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: leadership change and perhaps a mini primary, as he says 54 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: he would initially back Harris in such a situation, I. 55 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: Will support her if he were to step aside. 56 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: So, yeah, the debate certainly is heating up, Mike, but 57 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: Biden gets to make the call. How long before all 58 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: this has resolved? The big network interview is tomorrow, but 59 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: Democrat de v Dingle says one interview is not gonna 60 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: reassure folks. Yeah, now things are moving quickly, and if 61 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: there be a change, every day, of course, robs any 62 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: new potential candidate of chances to make their own pitch. Meantime, 63 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: the Economist magazine, the prestigious British weekly, has on its 64 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: cover a walkers some foldable crutches with a US presidential 65 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: seal right on the front there and the headline no 66 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: way to run a country to which the Drudge Report 67 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: reacts quote scored on the fourth of July. Indeed, what 68 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: do you know out of Jamaica? It's a mess that 69 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: Hurricane Beryl is moving on after battering the island in 70 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: recent hours. It just passed over the southern tip as 71 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: a category four has weakened a little sense, but this 72 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: storm caused complete devastation to some parts of Jamaica, especially 73 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: Saint Elizabeth in the southwest, which is a key agricultural area. 74 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: First images show a great deal of damage and more 75 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: than sixty percent of people there are without power and water, 76 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: soow assessments still being made. The storm they is headed 77 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: towards Mexico, where officials say they could be hit twice 78 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: in the coming days. The forecast also suggested it could 79 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: strike the Texas coast. As it cross as the Gulf 80 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: of Mexico, it could gain strength. Plus is that another 81 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: storm already passed over those particular orders, so they're not 82 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: as warm as they might be. But again, this is 83 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: the earliest Category five hurricane ever recorded in the Caribbean, 84 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: one more sign of the changing climate. You enjoy your 85 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: July four day, mate, We'll catch up Richard Arnold stateside 86 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: for more from the mic Asking Breakfast. Listen live to 87 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: news talks it'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 88 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.