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Speaker 1: Mitch McCann, how are you doing.

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Speaker 2: I'm good, Mike, How are you very well?

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Speaker 1: Indeed, I know that some didn't turn up. There's about

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Speaker 1: thirty who didn't show. But those who did love what

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Speaker 1: they heard with Ntniahu yesterday, didn't they?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. There was a lot of support from

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Speaker 2: the Republicans who did show up to hear from Benjamin

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Speaker 2: Bigna who today. Some people called it epic, whereas the

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Speaker 2: Democrats were unhappy with it. Nancy Pelosi called it one

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Speaker 2: of the worst speeches from the foreign dignitary invited to

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Speaker 2: speak to the Congress. Outside, there was chaos in Washington,

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Speaker 2: thousands of protesters, people burning American flags. There was graffiti

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Speaker 2: on monuments around Washington, and there was even a burning

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Speaker 2: effigy of Benjaminigna Who outside of Union Station in Washington

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Speaker 2: as well. So some support from Republicans. Democrats very unhappy

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Speaker 2: that he was invited.

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Speaker 1: So he's meeting Biden, He's meeting Harris. You know what

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Speaker 1: I mean? What is he? I mean? We don't know,

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Speaker 1: do we? I mean of Trump Winsy's quids and if

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Speaker 1: these guys win, probably not.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, he's also meeting Trump tomorrow. It is a

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Speaker 2: tricky day of diplomacy, Mike, because Joe Biden and Benjaminittnya,

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Speaker 2: who have known each other for decades, but their relationship

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Speaker 2: has been fractured in the last couple of months. Biden

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Speaker 2: described Israel's actions in Gaza as over the top. He

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Speaker 2: threatened to withhold some arms transfers and repeatedly pressured Dinyahoo

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Speaker 2: to scale back. At the meeting, which kicked off about

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Speaker 2: an hour ago. Nittnya, who thanked Biden for forty years

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Speaker 2: of friendship and fifty years of supporting Israel, it was

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Speaker 2: all smiles on camera, but I think there's probably going

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Speaker 2: to be some difficult conversations behind the scenes. He's meeting

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Speaker 2: Kamala Harris this afternoon, which is important for him because

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Speaker 2: she could be president as early as in January. But

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Speaker 2: he's also flying down to Mara a Lago to meet

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Speaker 2: with Donald Trump tomorrow, who could also be president come January.

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Speaker 2: So it's going to be an interesting few days for him.

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Speaker 1: I reckon, what'd you make of yesterday' speech? I mean,

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Speaker 1: he had all day to just muster up enough energy

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Speaker 1: for three or four minutes to let America have it,

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Speaker 1: and he couldn't even do that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, look this is how Donald Trump described it, Mike,

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Speaker 2: as you might imagine, crooked. Joe Biden's Oval office speech

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Speaker 2: was barely understandable and so bad. Even some people that

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Speaker 2: are supportive of Joe Biden said it was a little

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Speaker 2: bit incoherent. Of course, he said yesterday that his decision

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Speaker 2: not to seek reelection and nothing can come in the

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Speaker 2: way of saving democracy. He said that includes personal ambition.

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Speaker 2: He also described as wanting to pass the torch. Now,

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Speaker 2: the reaction has been positive from Democrats and Republicans have

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Speaker 2: continued their calls, including the Speaker of the House, for

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Speaker 2: him to stand down, saying that if he can't run

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Speaker 2: for re election and he governed the country for another

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Speaker 2: six months.

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Speaker 1: Well exactly, and that's the great debate that will happen.

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Speaker 1: What's your vibe on that? Will that be at Because

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Speaker 1: he didn't give a reason. He can't say it's medical,

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Speaker 1: because then they're going to get the lawyers out and

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Speaker 1: they're going to force them into some sort of retirement

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Speaker 1: or resignation. So is that going to be a debate

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Speaker 1: going forward? Do you think? Or he's done and we'll

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Speaker 1: just move on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think They're going to turn the focus now

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Speaker 2: to Kamala Harris. And I think out of the reason

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Speaker 2: that Biden stepped down, obviously is because of that pressure

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Speaker 2: within the Democratic Party from some of those leaders. Those

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Speaker 2: same leaders aren't asking him to stand down, so the

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Speaker 2: pressure is not there, but he's The Republicans are really

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Speaker 2: switching focus now to Kamala Harris. I mean, Donald Trump's

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Speaker 2: been speaking about Kamala Harris at some of his rallies

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Speaker 2: as well. He said she's the most incompetent and far

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Speaker 2: left vice president and history. And he also said she's

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Speaker 2: totally against the Jewish people, despite her husband being Jewish.

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Speaker 1: Mike, Yeah, interesting, all right, make ketchup, so appreciate it

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Speaker 1: very much much. We can out of the States. And

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Speaker 1: by the way, I was telling you earlier on this week,

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Speaker 1: it seems to tell you what the week has been

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Speaker 1: stunningly fast in terms of she turns up, No, we

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Speaker 1: need an open contest. You notice Obama is nowhere to

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Speaker 1: be seen because he's lost this. He's misread the room badly.

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Speaker 1: It's a guy called Read Hastings who's heavyweight at Netflix.

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Speaker 1: And there was a whole bunch in the tech community

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Speaker 1: who was saying, look, let's have an open vote, let's

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Speaker 1: go to the convention, Let's not rush this, let's not

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Speaker 1: make this look like a coronation anyway. He gave seven

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Speaker 1: million dollars yesterday because he's been turned around as well.

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Speaker 1: So it seems literally everybody body has fallen into line,

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Speaker 1: and there are on track to raise one hundred million

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Speaker 1: US call it two hundred million dollars in a week

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Speaker 1: for her campaign. Everyone's fallen into line, seemingly apart from Barak.

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