1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Let's go to the stits and Charles Pelpman's doing the 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: business for us this morning. Charles, morning to you. 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 2: Good morning Mite. 4 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Now where are we at in Texas? Have they rounded 5 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: up any of those loose Democrats it or not? 6 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,159 Speaker 2: Not yet? You know, this is something that, as you know, 7 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 2: the Democrats are doing to try to head off a 8 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 2: plan by the Republicans in the state of Texas to 9 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: rework the way the districts are so that their votes 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: come the next election would go more in the favor 11 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 2: of the Republican Party. So the Democrats decided to up 12 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: and leave the state to various places like Illinois in California, 13 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: and they're saying they're not going to come back until 14 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: the Republicans dropped the plan, And meantime, the Republican governors 15 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 2: trying to get them arrested, but it's not particularly clear 16 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 2: on what the charges would be. 17 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: There is a date or timeline on this and after 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: a while the court steps in. Isn't that right? 19 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: Yes? Yes, But the problem is that this is a 20 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 2: civil issue. It's not a criminal issue in the state 21 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 2: of Texas. At most the Democrats that have fled could 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: be fined a certain amount of money but I don't 23 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: think considering the stakes involved, that that is going to 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 2: weigh particularly heavily on their minds. 25 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: Okay, talk to me then about Epstein. So we've got 26 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: the House Committee that's opoenion, the Clinton's the dog is involved. 27 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: Listen to what will we see and what we see. 28 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 2: Well, what you're probably not going to see, Mike, is 29 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: any great revelations. You know, it doesn't seem as if 30 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 2: there's anything about Jeffrey Epstein that is going to come 31 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: out that has not already leaked over the past few years. 32 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: But that has not stopped both the Republicans and the Democrats. 33 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 2: This is something they both seem to agree on in 34 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: trying to pursue more files from the Department of Justice 35 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 2: and elsewhere to see who was involved with Epstein, who 36 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: visited his island, who flew with him on his private jet. 37 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: But again, that stuff has already been out there in 38 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 2: the public domain. So it's not likely we're going to 39 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 2: see any major developments. But it is dragging on and 40 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: on and on, and it's the story that just keeps 41 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: on giving. 42 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: Yes, it is west wing. Trump was on the roof, 43 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: I'm assuming surveying his kingdom. Was he. 44 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: That's actually a good way of putting it. I can't 45 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: remember anytime in well, actually any time in history when 46 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: a president of the United States was seen wandering around 47 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: on the roof of the White House. Apparently he was 48 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: doing that because you know, he fancies himself still a 49 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 2: mastered builder, and he has ordered a reworking of everything 50 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 2: from the rose garden outside the White House to a 51 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: ballroom inside the White House. So apparently he was surveying 52 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 2: the project. But it is unusual, to say the least, 53 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 2: to see a president on top of a roof. 54 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen one on top 55 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: of the roof. Chile's good catch up, Charles Fieldman out 56 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: of the States this morning. By the way, it's not 57 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 1: going to apply to US, I don't think. But they're 58 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: now looking if you want to go to America for 59 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: a number of travelers to post fifteen thousand dollars bonds. 60 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: It's a pilot program basically if you're from a country 61 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: with historically high visa over stay or rates, and it's 62 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: applying to whoever leisure, leisure and business travelers as well 63 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: B one or B two visas, which isn't US. The 64 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: US Department of State is going to I don't know 65 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: if they've officially announced it, but it's coming. Countries were 66 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: the most overstayers Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, Haiti, and Venezuela. So 67 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: anywhere between five ten and fifteen thousand dollars by way 68 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: of a bond, you're going to have to stump up. 69 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see how that plays out. 70 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: Speaking of that part of the world, the southern part 71 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: of the America is Bolsonnaro of course, had some very 72 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: bad neues from the Supreme Court, so he's now under 73 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: house arrest. Trump follows us closely because he thinks Bolscenario 74 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: is quite a cool guy, so he's already I think 75 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: the last number I saw was fifty percent as in tariff, 76 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: so I'm sure that what the Supreme Court did yesterday 77 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: isn't going to help that particular cause. For more from 78 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: the Mic Hosking pre Bakfast, listen live to News Talks 79 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: at b from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast 80 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.