1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Good morning. 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 2: It is nine three WIBC, and you're listening to CAC 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 2: and Jim and joining us on the line. Nikki Kelly 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 2: from Indiana Capitol Chronicle. Let's talk about how Greg Ballard 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 2: has announced that he would like to be the next 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: Indiana Secretary of State. Of course, when he was mayor 7 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 2: of Indianapolis, he ran as a Republican. Now he's saying 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 2: he's going to run as an independent. Why is he 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: leaving the Republican Party? 10 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: Now, you know, he hasn't said explicitly he's leaving the 11 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: Republican Party. I think what he would say is he's 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: still conservative, but he's frustrated with the direction of both 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: parties and wants to give people like him another option 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: somewhere in the middle. 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 2: Do you think running as an independent actually gives him 16 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 2: a path to win statewide or is this mostly just 17 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 2: sending a message. 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 3: Well, you know, he quotes a poll that was done 19 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 3: said there's as much as forty of Indiana Hoosiers who 20 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 3: consider themselves independent. 21 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: So he considers that to be a path that could 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: he could make it happen and says he's in it 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: to win it. There there is a little bit of 24 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: a you know, in terms of ballot access, if he 25 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: would get at least two percent of the vote, that 26 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: would create automatic ballot access for independence in the future. 27 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: So that would probably be you know, a side goal 28 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: of course. 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 4: So Nikki, there was this group or there is this group. 30 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 5: Called Independent Indiana, and it was kind of interesting because 31 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 5: all of a sudden they pushed out on their Twitter 32 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 5: this poll on Monday that showed the Secretary of States 33 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 5: race and Greg Ballard's name was in there, which was 34 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 5: interesting because he wasn't officially running yet and then all 35 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 5: a couple of days later he comes out officially for it. 36 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 5: Talk to me a little bit. Can you explain a 37 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 5: little bit about who this group Independent Indiana is and 38 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 5: how Greg Ballard may or may not be affiliated with them? 39 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think that they this poll that 40 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: they pushed out, by the way, was from several months ago, 41 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: and they did pull more than just Greg. 42 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: Ballard's name as possible. 43 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: Independent you know, candidates that could garner votes, and so 44 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: we don't know who those other people were, but the 45 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: Ballard ones came back and ut do I think intensify 46 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: talks with the Valor people. And you know, when I 47 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: talked to Greg on Tuesday, he said, you know, a 48 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: lot of people have brought different office to offices to 49 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: me over the years, and none of them really had 50 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: my heart in it. But this one did so with 51 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: some bullying information in his back pocket and the desire 52 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: to serve, and yes, the season himself is someone who can, 53 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: you know, I think, be attractive to both sides of 54 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: the aisle. Even as a Republicans Indianapolis mayor, he embraced 55 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,839 Speaker 1: several you know, idea is that might be seen as 56 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: more aligned with Democrats, like public transit and bike lanes 57 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 1: and things like that. 58 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 2: We're talking with Nicki Kellen from Indiana Capitol Chronicle and 59 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 2: we're discussing Greg Ballard entering the Indiana Secretary of State race. 60 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 2: How are Republican and Democrat leaders reacting behind the scenes. 61 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: Well, you know, I'll be honest, the Republican reaction out front, 62 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: not behind the scenes, been pretty angry. I mean, they 63 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: seem very upset that they believe that this will split 64 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: a vote and cause bo By to win on the 65 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: Democrat side for sectory of the state. 66 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 6: Do you think Ballards they're not happy? 67 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 2: Does he have the time to get the signatures? Is 68 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 2: he even going to be able to do this, yeah. 69 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: I mean he has several months. I don't think they're 70 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: due till the beginning of July, and you can get 71 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: them anywhere on the state. He said they're going to 72 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: hire a like a firm to get them, a professional firm, 73 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: which what a lot of candidates do nowaday is to 74 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: get these So he doesn't seem to think they're going 75 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: to have trouble with that. I don't think he'll have 76 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: trouble with money. I think he's probably already been talking 77 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: to donors and has some some lined up, you know, 78 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: now that he can accept donations with an exploratory committee. 79 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 6: Let's change directions. 80 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 2: I want to talk with you about what is going 81 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 2: on with AES. Of course, it's been announced to AES, 82 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 2: Indiana's parent company is being sold to this private global conglomerate. 83 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 2: Part of it is Blackrock, a thirty three billion dollar deal. 84 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: What does going private really mean for AES customers in Indiana? 85 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 6: Do we know? 86 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I think the concern is that when you 87 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: go private, and especially when you're run by equity group, 88 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: that the pressure on you know, getting money back for 89 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: your shareholders will be more important than keeping your rates 90 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: you know, stable and affordable for users. 91 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 5: Clearly, now, Nikki, what needs to be done, because as 92 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 5: far as I can understand right now, this deal is 93 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 5: not done yet. Are there things that you see on 94 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 5: the horizon that could maybe keep this deal from finalizing? 95 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not sure if there's any technical things 96 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: that could stop it. I know there were a couple 97 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: of bills and several amendments filed during the session to 98 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: try to block this, and the Republicans supermajorities do not 99 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: let those move forward. I'm kind of interesting that this 100 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: deal has been kind of out there and known for 101 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: several months, and Indiana Treasurer Dan Elliott, you know, came 102 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: out a day after the formal announcement. He's got a 103 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: lot of very serious concerns, not only with Black Rocks involvement, 104 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: but California pension system and some issues they have had, 105 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: and you know, some other attachments to this equity group. 106 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: And so I think he's trying to raise some alarm 107 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: bills that I don't know that there's a mechanism to 108 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: stop it at this point. 109 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: Do we know is there any role that Indiana regulators 110 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 2: are going to play in the overseeing of this transition. 111 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,799 Speaker 1: I mean they will continue to obviously play a role 112 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: in rate baking and things like that. They can call 113 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: them in and ask questions and things like that. I 114 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: think they do have some limited authority beyond those issues. 115 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, Nikki Kelly from Indiana Capitol Chronicle is joining us. 116 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 6: Okay, so you just wrapped up the legislative session. 117 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 2: The governor said the session was a success, but by 118 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: what measurable standards is he? 119 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 6: You'd sing? 120 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: You know, they provided reporters with a list of bills 121 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: that they were pushing. Many of them were agency bills, 122 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: but significant agency bills. For instance, there was one to 123 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: deregulate item and that past fair but it passed to 124 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: give them a lot more flexibility and going after polluters 125 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: rather than being forced to go after polluters. But you know, 126 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: I think reporters originally thought that the Governor's office didn't 127 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: have much of an agenda because they never released one 128 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: to us. But it turns out that they were working 129 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 1: behind the scenes on dozens of agency and administrative bills 130 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: and they say that, you know, they got almost. 131 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 3: All of them. 132 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 2: Which new laws do you think are going to have 133 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 2: the biggest impact on everyday Indiana families. 134 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, on every day Indiana families. I mean, there's 135 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: the hope that the utility build that can change ratemaking 136 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: with some performance based stuff could but that will be 137 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: several years down the road on that one. Similarly, with 138 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: the housing bill, it all. 139 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 3: Takes some time. 140 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: If we can indeed build some cheaper houses, will take 141 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: some time for that to show up in the market. 142 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 5: Hey, Mickey, you wrote an article that talked about some 143 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,239 Speaker 5: of the bills you wanted to highlight that got pushed 144 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 5: through in this session, and one of them was HB 145 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 5: eleven seventy seven, which expanded the tax credit for businesses 146 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 5: that provide childcare services for their employees. Now, the legislators 147 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 5: passed this last year with some limitations and then nobody applied, 148 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 5: and so they kind of loosened those limitations this year. 149 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 5: Do you think that that will maybe make this more 150 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 5: enticing to some employers that they'll actually take advantage of 151 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 5: it this time around. 152 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 3: That's their hope. 153 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: The original bill that was passed in the law only 154 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: allowed companies with one hundred or fewer employees speak the 155 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: fact credit, and no one applied for it. So they've 156 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: now up that to five hundred employees. What I do 157 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: find fascinating about that is lawmakers have been very clear 158 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: that they don't want to be in the business of 159 00:08:56,040 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: direct subsidizing of childcare to parents, but apparently they're okay 160 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: with subsidizing employers to create take care for parents. 161 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 2: Politically speaking, does this past session strengthen the governor going 162 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 2: into the next election cycle or not? 163 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: Look, I don't know that there's any way you can 164 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: look at the reduced seam failure hurt terribly and showed 165 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: his limitations of his power, even from the bullyball that 166 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: pushed something through. On the other hand, a lot of 167 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: the bills they pushed through gave the governor new power, 168 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: whether it be appointments, for removing political considerations to boards 169 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: like I mentioned the item things. So a lot of 170 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: bills that went through definitely increased the governor's overall executive power. 171 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 6: Now that the session is over, what are you going 172 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 6: to be working on? 173 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: Well, I mean we've jumped right back into some election 174 00:09:55,440 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: stuff obviously with the Ballard news, and you know, working 175 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: some follow ups profession There was big news yesterday on 176 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: the new accountability model for schools. We're going to get 177 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: our a to f grades back again for school, So 178 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: it's never boring in Indiana. We just switched from legislators 179 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: to sort of secondive branches and the legislative bridges and 180 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: obviously campaigns this year are huge. 181 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you just keep on going and we appreciate 182 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 2: all the work that you do and your team over 183 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 2: there at Indiana Capitol Chronicle. 184 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 6: Nikki Kelly, thank you so much for joining us this morning. 185 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 2: Thanks guys, you're listening to ninety three WIBC. 186 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 6: Here with Casey and Jim. We give you all the 187 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 6: information you need. 188 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 2: Yes, we're going to talk about DHS and the partial 189 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 2: government shutdown and Christy Nome's testimony. But first breaking news, 190 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 2: and this is so very important and relevant to your life. 191 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 5: Well interesting, if nothing elselebrity news here. Britney Spears apparently 192 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 5: arrested for DUI last night and in California. So that's 193 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 5: about all the information that's come out here this morning. 194 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,359 Speaker 5: But that is being reported by TMZ. 195 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 6: And that is a surprise to who, to no one. 196 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 5: I mean, she's had these problems going on for a 197 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 5: long time, and she was put under that conservative ship 198 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 5: by the federal by the judge and her father oversaw it, 199 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 5: and then she fought really hard to remove that conservatorship, 200 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 5: and now she's kind of on her own and living 201 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 5: her own life and obviously not doing so great with 202 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 5: her arrest for the Uilight. 203 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, let's turn our attention to the DHS and the 204 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 2: funding or the lack thereof Washington treating national security funding 205 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 2: like a political bargaining chip instead of baseline responsibility. Both 206 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 2: parties are claiming homeland security is critical, but the moment 207 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 2: it becomes a negotiation tool, it proves politics still comes first. 208 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: You've got real national security risks on the horizon growing 209 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: every day with all of the events happening in the 210 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 2: Middle East, and now Democrats are holding DHS funding hostage 211 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: over policy tweaks. 212 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 6: It's flat out irresponsible. 213 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 2: We need a funded Department of Homeland Security, full stop. 214 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 2: They do have a lot of money, but they're asking 215 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: for more, of course, and it seems like maybe they 216 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 2: should get it, especially when you consider that DHS includes 217 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 2: important agencies like TSA and the Coast Guard and Secret 218 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 2: Service and cyber security teams. And we keep hearing over 219 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 2: and over that the cybersecurity is a real threat right 220 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 2: now with the attacks on Iran. 221 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, and what's going on in Iran obviously gives us 222 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 5: pause and makes us think about making sure that our 223 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 5: homeland is protected. So I think this bill is more 224 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 5: important than ever. And keep in mind the Democrats shut 225 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 5: the government down late last year. That was all over 226 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 5: Obamacare subsidies. It seems like whenever there's a potential government 227 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 5: shut down, the Democrats are going to find a cause 228 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 5: azure of the moment to be able to hang their 229 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 5: hat on that and be the reason why they can't 230 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 5: move it forward. I will keep in mind, Look, they 231 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 5: can't even get this pass the Senate. They can't get 232 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 5: it really an agreed upon bill passed the House and 233 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 5: Senate together. The Republicans control everything. That's what's so frustrating 234 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 5: about this. The Republicans wanted to pass this, They really 235 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 5: could pass it if they wanted to. But I've got 236 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 5: a feeling that the holdouts. You know, Trump isn't giving 237 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 5: away all these pork barrel favors like he did last time. 238 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 5: Remember the big beautiful bill, It was right on the 239 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 5: edge last year. 240 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 4: Weren't sure if. 241 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 5: Enough Republicans we're going to be able to vote to 242 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 5: get it passed, And so Donald Trump started handing out 243 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 5: favors and spending pork barrel and all these other sort 244 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 5: of gifts to those that were on the fence to 245 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 5: get their vote and push it over the line. And 246 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 5: I think this time he's like, hey, you guys are 247 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:36,839 Speaker 5: either going to vote for this or not, and I'm 248 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 5: not giving you anything extra on. 249 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 4: It right now. 250 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 2: So the shutdown again February fourteenth, this after lawmakers they 251 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 2: failed to pass the DHS funding bill. They tried again 252 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 2: in the Senate to advance the bill, it failed to 253 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 2: get the votes. So now you've got Speaker Johnson and 254 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 2: he said an order has gone out from House Democrat 255 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 2: leadership demanding all Democrats vote down reopening DHS. 256 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 7: From Democrats with their radical ideaology and the mass that 257 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 7: President Trump and Republicans are working in earnest to clean 258 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 7: up so we can save American lives and protect the homeland. 259 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 7: And now we have look, DHS is not just ICE 260 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 7: and CBP, okay, it's so many agencies responsible for keeping 261 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 7: us safe. 262 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 4: You're talking about the. 263 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 7: Coastguard, FEMA, our cybersecurity infrastructure, our counter terrorism coordination. All 264 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 7: of that is at stake right now. And the Democrats 265 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 7: are going to vote tomorrow not to fund those operations. 266 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 7: To just think of that massive mission critical functions, especially 267 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 7: right now, and the military action in Iran makes it 268 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 7: all more urgent and crucial to have a fully funded, 269 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 7: fully staffed DHS across all its departments. They cannot argue 270 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 7: otherwise it's madness. As members of this body, our first 271 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 7: and most basic duty is to ensure the safety of 272 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 7: American citizens. Maybe that's why they sat through that line 273 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 7: at the State of the Union. They're more interested in 274 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 7: protecting illegal aliens. They see that as their first responsibility. 275 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 7: There's no other way to explain this. 276 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 2: Okay, So you've got DHS money delays. They're affecting more 277 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 2: things than just security. You've got six hundred and twenty 278 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 2: five million dollars in FEMA grants, and that's meant for 279 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 2: World Cup safety prep. But Donald Trump just came out 280 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 2: and he said it doesn't care if I Ran plays 281 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 2: in the world in. 282 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 4: The World Cup here in the United States or not. 283 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: I don't know if anybody cares if the World Cup 284 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 2: happens or not. 285 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 5: Look, I think that's part of the problem with this 286 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 5: government shutdown too. Look Iran and the military action there exactly, 287 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 5: it is sucking up all of the oxygen out of 288 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 5: the room, as it should. It's a big deal. It's important, 289 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 5: it should have everybody's attention. If you had told me, 290 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 5: I keep forgetting that we're in the middle of a 291 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 5: government shutdown until it shows up and you. 292 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 2: Really support, you'd probably noticed because all the reporting is 293 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 2: that the TSA lines are getting longer and longer, and 294 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 2: they're staffing is being limited. 295 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 4: And look, I get that. 296 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 5: I'm not saying there aren't specific instances of the government 297 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 5: shutdown that are affecting every day Americans, but it just 298 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 5: it's just not at the forefront of everybody's mind. 299 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 4: We've got a lot going on right now. Okay, we 300 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 4: got this Iran thing that we've got to take care of. 301 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 5: We've got some other problems, and maybe eventually we'll have 302 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 5: enough space in our heads to pay attention to the 303 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 5: government shutdown. 304 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: So you've got Christy Nome who was questioned at a 305 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 2: House hearing, and one of the things that came up 306 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 2: were the rumors about a personal relationship that she had 307 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 2: with Corey Lewandowski, and during her testimony before the House 308 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 2: Judiciary Committee, she was asked if she had sexual relations 309 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 2: with him. She did not give a yes or no 310 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 2: answer on the record. Instead, she called the question tabloid garbage. 311 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 8: So, Secretary Nome, at any time during your tenure as 312 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 8: Director of Department of Homeland Security, have. 313 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: You had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski. 314 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 8: Mister Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and 315 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 8: peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today, reclaiming One thing 316 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 8: that I would tell you is that he is a 317 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 8: special government employee who works for the White House. There 318 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 8: are thousands of them in the federal government advisory. It 319 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 8: has no authority. 320 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 4: It is okay for you to authority. 321 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 6: It is also a question. 322 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 8: So what I would say you should be able to 323 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 8: answer to what we do at the Department of Home 324 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 8: nearly every single without any has every single day, is 325 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 8: to protect if someone is, as you or any federal 326 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 8: official sleeping with their subordinate. 327 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 4: That's the easiest you should be wanting to answer. 328 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 8: That question is garb because it is not about your 329 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 8: senses that it is about. 330 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 2: Okay, we laugh, but I mean, this is this is 331 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 2: what they're talking about. It could potentially hurt national security 332 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,479 Speaker 2: credibility if you dodge the question. You should be clearly 333 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 2: answering it, especially when you're under oath. However, you have 334 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 2: to consider the question is designed as a perjury trap. 335 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 6: If she answers no, then. 336 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 2: What's going to happen later if some anonymous whistleblower comes 337 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 2: forward and says, yeah, it happened, So they're somewhat setting 338 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:09,239 Speaker 2: a trap for her. 339 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 5: Well, and look, if she's not having an affair with 340 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 5: Harry Lewandowski, then she doesn't have any problem here. And 341 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 5: the real problem here is the fact that Corey Lewandowski 342 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 5: works for the Department of Homeland Security, the agency that 343 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 5: she oversees. This is not something We just had this 344 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 5: issue and discussion with that Republican Rep. Sanchez that, by 345 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 5: the way, yesterday came out and finally admitted that he 346 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 5: had an affair with the staffer. By the way, that 347 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 5: staffer ended up committing suicide. This is a major problem. 348 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:37,959 Speaker 5: And then we had the vote, and I know we're 349 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 5: going to talk about it later, but there was the 350 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 5: vote in the House yesterday to release all the records 351 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 5: on sexual allegation claims with members of Congress. 352 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 4: Spoiler alert, they didn't vote to approve relief for that information. 353 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 4: But we'll get to that later. This is a problem 354 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 4: within our government. 355 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 5: If you're the head of a government agency, you can't 356 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 5: be sleeping with the help. 357 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 4: It doesn't work, you can't be doing it. 358 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 5: And yet every time we turn around, it seems like 359 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 5: people are doing it, and these politicians just can't keep 360 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 5: it in their pants, whether they're female or male. 361 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 2: So again, she was asked about the situation by somebody else. 362 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 9: I want to give you an opportunity to answer on 363 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 9: the record to miss Camlonger Dove's question. I know you 364 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 9: said it's garbage, and it may be, but I really 365 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 9: think you need to say the word no into the 366 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 9: record so that you can clear that up. 367 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 8: I think the ridiculousness of this and the tabloids that 368 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,560 Speaker 8: you are quoting and referencing are insane. 369 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 4: And this has been so that's enough. 370 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 8: Thing that I've refuted is that ours and I continue 371 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 8: to do that. 372 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 4: So I would tell you is move on. It's not 373 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 4: what you're we can move on. I'm not going to 374 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 4: belabor it. If this is this is what you do, 375 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 4: hold on. 376 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 9: I'm not doing anything. 377 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 8: The neprol left as you go off and you I've 378 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 8: had conservative women when you say that we're either stupid. 379 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 4: I haven't said all right, So listen, that's what. 380 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 6: You do, tell you, sir. 381 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 2: This just shows you how far political theater is replacing 382 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 2: real accountability in Congress. They just go back and forth 383 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 2: and back and forth and there's no clear answer. 384 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 5: Now, a lot of this reminded me about the Hillary 385 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 5: Clinton testimony that we saw earlier, uncomfortable questions about sexual 386 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 5: relations with staffers. Hillary Clinton had those questions asked to her. 387 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 5: That was really uncomfortable. Bill Clinton had him asked about him, 388 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 5: and now we've got Christy Nome being asked about her. 389 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 5: It seems like all these congressional committees are doing are 390 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 5: asking these people about who they've had sex with. 391 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 6: So there was a new poll and it came out. 392 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:28,479 Speaker 2: It said about half of Americans now support abolishing ice. 393 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 2: And it's the first time in the pol's history that 394 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 2: fifty percent said somewhat or strongly support getting rid of ice, 395 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: thirty nine percent opposed it. 396 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 6: Half of Americans want to abolish it. 397 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 2: It's a sign that there has to be some reform, 398 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 2: good policy, but it shows that Washington is losing touch 399 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,959 Speaker 2: with their practical solutions. You got to have a secure border, 400 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 2: but you also have to have public trust. 401 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 5: You do and We've got two sides of the spectrum here, 402 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 5: because recent polls still show Americans believe and it's an 403 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 5: eighty twenty issue, Americans believe that illegal immigrants should be deported. 404 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 4: Okay, great, that's the strategy. Now. 405 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 5: The tactic is ic to deport them. And that's where 406 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 5: Americans are having a problem. 407 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 6: You're listening to ninety three WIBC. 408 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 10: The press does only want to make the president look good. 409 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 10: That's a that's a fact. 410 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 6: Especially no listen to. 411 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 10: Me, especially you, and especially CNN. And the Secretary of 412 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 10: Defense cares deeply about our war fighters and our men 413 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 10: and women in uniform. He travels all across this country 414 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 10: to meet with them, to connect with them, and your 415 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 10: network has hardly ever probably reported on that. You also 416 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 10: have the Chairman of the Joint Peace Chiefs, Chairman Kane, 417 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 10: who's a brave patriot, standing alongside the Secretary at the 418 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 10: Pentagon this morning again expressing his condolences to these families. 419 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 10: And I just told you that the President of the 420 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 10: United States will be attending their dignified transfer. 421 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 4: So please, so please. 422 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 6: Making the president look good, so showcasing that. 423 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 10: We expect you to cover that as you should. We 424 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 10: expect you to cover that as you should, Caitlin, but 425 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,959 Speaker 10: you and your network know that you take every single 426 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 10: thing this administration says and tries to use it to 427 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 10: make the president look bad. That is an objectable fact. 428 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 6: I don't think covering troop dotes is. 429 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: Trying to make it. 430 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 10: If you're trying to if you're trying to argue right 431 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 10: now that CNN's overwhelming coverage is not negative of President 432 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 10: Donald Trump, I think the American people would tend to agree, 433 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 10: and your ratings would tend. 434 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 4: To disagree with that as well. 435 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 2: Okay, so you've got some major news outlets and if 436 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 2: they can't clearly honor fallen troops without turning it into 437 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 2: an attack on leadership, well that says more about the 438 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 2: media bias than anything the administration did. 439 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 6: However, and here's the big butt. 440 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 2: That was White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levette arguing with 441 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,199 Speaker 2: CNN's Kaitlyn Collins. She said, that is a fact that 442 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 2: you're doing it. 443 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 6: I don't know. I think that's more like that's opinion, 444 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 6: it's not fact. 445 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 2: Yes, CNN is consistently trying to portray Donald Trump negatively, 446 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 2: but call in a fact that's untruthful. 447 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, probably, I mean, it is an opinion. 448 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 5: Although I think what upsets most people about this situation 449 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 5: is we had four years under Joe Biden when the 450 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 5: media clearly lied to the American people about his mental 451 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 5: and physical condition. 452 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 4: They covered him. 453 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 5: On everything, but especially when it came to his health. 454 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 5: They ignored all the signs that all of us saw 455 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 5: for years and years until that first debate with Donald 456 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 5: Trump and Joe Biden, you know, to put it politely, 457 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 5: really just struggled to act normal and function as a 458 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 5: human being. And then all of a sudden it was like, oh, 459 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 5: Joe Biden, he really maybe shouldn't be president anymore. Oh yeah, no, 460 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 5: what about the last four years. I'll famously refer you 461 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 5: to Joe Scowerborough and came out and said, this version 462 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 5: of Joe Biden is the sharpest Joe Biden I have 463 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 5: ever seen. 464 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, but here's the thing, Press secretaries, they should expect 465 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 2: these tough questions. You can't accuse reporters of being in 466 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 2: working in bad faith right in the middle of a briefing. 467 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 2: It does show that both sides are going to become 468 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 2: very defensive in the environment for sure. 469 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 4: Yeah. 470 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 5: Look, Carolyn Levitt does a pretty good job on this. Actually, yeah, 471 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 5: typically she does a really good job. Typically Caitlyn Collins 472 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 5: at CNN doesn't do a really good job on them. 473 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 4: No, never, she's a nasty woman. 474 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 2: So there was a new poll that came out and 475 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 2: it was from Gallup and it said most Americans think 476 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 2: that the government is still the biggest problem facing the country. 477 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 2: Government and political leadership was the top answer. Twenty nine 478 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 2: percent said they were the biggest problem. You think, well, 479 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 2: it's not even it's how they're executing. 480 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 5: Yes, And keep in mind, so this poll will show this, 481 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 5: and I think if you ask the question that broadly, 482 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 5: it's not surprising that you're going to see a big number. 483 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 5: I mean, we have and look a lot of us 484 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 5: think most of the Americans agree that. You know, the 485 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 5: government likes to go in there and screw things up. 486 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 5: The famous line from Ronald Reagan one of the most 487 00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 5: scariest words in the world. 488 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 4: I'm from the government, and I'm here. 489 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 5: To help because if you've got problems or you think 490 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 5: things aren't going well, well, I can blame the government 491 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 5: for that and put every one of my ills under 492 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 5: the government's problem. High gas prices the government's fault, right, 493 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 5: you know, rising cost of living, that's the government's fault. 494 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 5: I don't like the war in Iran, that's the government's fault. 495 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 5: I don't like Donald Trump, that's the government's fault. You 496 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 5: can pretty much throw any problem in the world under 497 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 5: that basket. 498 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 6: Well, it's nice to have someone to blame in, isn't it. 499 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 4: You can always blame the government. 500 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 5: And by the way, most of the time, if you're 501 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 5: blaming the government, you're probably right. 502 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 6: You're not wrong there. 503 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 2: So you've got nearly a third of Americans saying government 504 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 2: is the biggest problem. Well, that's a clear sim that 505 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 2: Washington isn't solving the real problems that the public actually 506 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 2: cares about, and instead they're trapped in these partisan fights 507 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,919 Speaker 2: like we just talked about with DHS funding. Immigration was second, 508 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 2: with about twenty percent naming it as the biggest issue. 509 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 2: Economic issues like the overall economy only at eleven percent. 510 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 2: That surprises me because they state that inflation and high 511 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 2: prices only eight percent if people were concerned about that 512 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 2: or called it the biggest problem facing the country right now. 513 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 5: According to Gallup, Yeah, and I think again, because I 514 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 5: think you can lump any problem that you're having and 515 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 5: blame it on the government. That that's why you see 516 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 5: the economy being so low. We saw another poll again 517 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 5: from Gallup that was taken a couple of weeks ago, 518 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,239 Speaker 5: where the government wasn't one of the options, and then 519 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 5: all of a sudden, the economy was at fifty two 520 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 5: percent and the next most important thing was at fourteen percent. 521 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 5: So I think a lot of this you have to 522 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,439 Speaker 5: take into account what's included in how they're asking the 523 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 5: questions in the poll. And I think when you ask 524 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 5: whether or not the government is one of the biggest 525 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 5: problems facing the world today. Everybody can lump all their problems. 526 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 5: I don't like the potholes in my road, Well I 527 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 5: can blame the government. Now that's not the federal government, 528 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 5: but that's the state government. 529 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 6: My taxes. Why aren't they fixed? 530 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 5: Yeah, exactly, and we and we should be upset about that. 531 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 5: And hey, why are my health insurance premiums so high? Well, 532 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 5: I would say since Obamacare, all of our health insurance 533 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 5: premiums have gone through the roof. 534 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 4: That's the government. 535 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,040 Speaker 5: So there's a lot of problems that fall under that 536 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 5: economic umbrella that when you ask, oh, is the government. 537 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 4: Responsible for that? But yeah, they are responsible for a 538 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 4: lot of those problems. 539 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 6: So you've got US banks and financial companies. 540 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 2: They said they are on high alert for cyber attacks 541 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 2: because of the war with Iran, it's escalating. Financial leaders 542 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 2: say these kinds of attacks tend to go up during 543 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 2: major geopolitical concerns, and banks now warning about cyber threats. 544 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 2: This is all tied to foreign retaliation. Proof the national 545 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 2: security now includes digital infrastructure and Washington has to treat 546 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 2: it accordingly. And as we mentioned previously, this is tied 547 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:42,120 Speaker 2: into DHS funding because who takes care of cybersecurity DHS does. 548 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, we talked about this. 549 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 5: We had a great guy interview yesterday Corey Grass, former 550 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 5: FBI agent, and we talked about, OK, got a lot 551 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 5: going on in the Middle East right now, what can 552 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 5: we do to protect ourselves and what sort of things 553 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 5: do we. 554 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 4: Need to focus on to defend the homeland. 555 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 5: And one of the things that he pointed out specifically 556 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 5: was the concern about cyber attacks and the things that 557 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 5: you can do and not big companies, but you as 558 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 5: an individual can do about that is you know, be 559 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 5: careful about opening text messages from people you don't know, 560 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 5: and certainly don't click on links and text messages from 561 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 5: people you don't know. Be careful about phishing scams. If 562 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 5: you get an email that looks like it's coming from 563 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 5: your financial institution, probably a better idea just to call 564 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 5: your financial institution and make sure they're the ones sending 565 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 5: the email, as opposed to clicking on a link and 566 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 5: replying things. So there are some things that we as 567 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 5: individuals can do to protect ourselves against threats from cybersecurity. 568 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 2: So US Intelligence have warned that Iran align activists. 569 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 6: That's a new roe. 570 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 4: I've not heard that one before. 571 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 5: Do we active as a new term being coined right 572 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 5: in front of our eyes? 573 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 4: It is activists. 574 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 2: They said that they could try lower level cyber attacks 575 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 2: like flooding computer systems with traffic, and this is too 576 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 2: disrupt banks online services. You may not be hacked, your 577 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 2: money may not be disappearing, but your service level will 578 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 2: go down. 579 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 6: And we see that and I can freak you out. 580 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 6: It may be frustrating. 581 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 2: You maybe think something's happening, but when in fact it's 582 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 2: just intentional slowing of the process. 583 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 5: And I think we see this all the time, and 584 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 5: I think a lot of times they're referred to as 585 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 5: you know network problems, but some of the times they're 586 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 5: referred to is outside you know, denial of service attacks 587 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 5: that happen, and we've seen this when it comes to airlines, 588 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 5: We've seen this, when it comes to banking, We've seen 589 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 5: this when it comes to certain social media platforms. It 590 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 5: seems like every couple of months, you know, Facebook is 591 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 5: down or Instagram or Twitter is down. This is going 592 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 5: to be a constant battle that we're fighting, and it 593 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 5: is going to affect us all the time. I mean, look, 594 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 5: if you're in an airport and you're getting ready to 595 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 5: get on a plane and all of a sudden, there's 596 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 5: you know, their computer systems can't function because they've got 597 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 5: a denial of service attack happening. 598 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 4: That affects your daily life in a huge, huge way. 599 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 6: Yep. 600 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 2: Okay, So you've got Thomas Massey. He's not on board 601 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 2: with what's going on in Iran. He says, Iran is 602 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 2: not Venezuela, so. 603 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 11: We'll send more swarms of refugees into Europe and the 604 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 11: United States. Iran is not Venezuela. The Iahtola was not 605 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 11: a president. He was a religious leader from a region 606 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 11: notorious for radical Islamist and the United States and Israel 607 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 11: turned him into a martyr, and in the process of 608 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 11: doing so, we've already expanded billions of dollars in more solemnly, 609 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 11: six American families must now lay to rest their sons 610 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 11: and daughters. And for what this administration can't even give 611 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 11: us a straight answer as to why we launched this 612 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 11: preemptive war. 613 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 2: MASSI sounds like he's thought about this for a minute 614 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 2: or two, especially when he said we turned him into 615 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 2: a martyr. And you're not going to hear that from 616 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 2: anybody else. 617 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 4: Or certainly not on the Republican side. 618 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 5: And look, I like a lot of things that Thomas 619 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 5: Massey does in a lot of the ways that he 620 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 5: isn't afraid to break from the Republican Party on topics 621 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 5: that we believe in and think that the Republican Party 622 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 5: should be addressing. 623 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 4: I do have an issue. You know, there's not a. 624 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 5: Lot of people that are a greened with Thomas Massey 625 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 5: that maybe we shouldn't have taken out the Ayatola. I 626 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 5: mean that is universally accepted is probably a good thing 627 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 5: and probably something that is going to make this world 628 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 5: a lot safer going forward. 629 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,959 Speaker 2: So we've got betters who were actually placing money on 630 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 2: the Iatola's death. One guy bet fifty four million dollars 631 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 2: and now he's not getting paid. Can you imagine that 632 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 2: placing that large of a bet over someone's death. 633 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 5: So if you're not aware of this, So we all 634 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 5: know that there are betting sports apps out there, and 635 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 5: that has been litigated in the court system, and the 636 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 5: Supreme Court said yes, individual states can decide if they 637 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 5: want sports betting in their states, and for example, here 638 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 5: in Indiana, our legislator said, yep, go ahead, knock yourself out. 639 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 5: You can bet on sports in the state. And that's 640 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 5: why DraftKings and FanDuel have been so popular. What we're 641 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 5: talking about here is a completely other set of betting 642 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 5: markets that are available, and they are kind of operating 643 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 5: right now and what looks to be a legal gray area. 644 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 5: You can bet on pretty much anything. You can bet 645 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 5: on the weather, you can bet on the stock market, 646 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 5: you can bet on sports too, and you can bet 647 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 5: on all of these sorts of political events that are happening. 648 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 5: I remember when we before the new Pope was elected, 649 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 5: that was kind of like the early stages of these 650 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 5: betting markets. Polymarket and Kalshi is another big one. People 651 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 5: could bet on who the next pope would be and 652 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 5: you would expect that you would get payouts. But we're 653 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 5: seeing lots of stories here that people were betting on 654 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 5: whether or not the Ayatola would survive the year, whether 655 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 5: or not the United States would invade Iran, and people 656 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 5: were betting in these quasi regulated, maybe unregulated betting markets. 657 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 5: And that example of a man betting fifty four million, 658 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 5: you know. 659 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 6: I misspoke. 660 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 2: It wasn't one person betting fifty four million dollars, it 661 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 2: was the total wagered on Komani's Coomani's death. Yeah, fifty 662 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 2: four million was the total of how many people collectively. 663 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 5: But because these betting markets like Calshi and poly market 664 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 5: aren't very well regulated, if at all. 665 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 4: There is a risk to the consumer. 666 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 5: So if you're thinking about getting into these things and think, hey, 667 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 5: I love betting on the colts, I love betting on 668 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 5: the pacers on my DraftKings app, why don't I try 669 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 5: and see if I can bet on world events over 670 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 5: here on call She and give it a try. 671 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 4: And now I'm not getting my money. There's there's a 672 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 4: risk there. 673 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 2: Call She said that they froze the market and said 674 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 2: it couldn't pay out the full winnings because it's rules 675 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 2: ban payouts on bets directly tied to death. 676 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 5: But they offered it. This is the problem. It's not 677 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 5: like people made this up. They were They accepted the 678 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 5: bets on this. These betting markets like call She said, Hey, 679 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 5: if you want to bet on whether or not the 680 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 5: iatola has been killed, go ahead. 681 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 4: And then after it actually happens. 682 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 5: They're like no, no, no, no, no, no no, you can't 683 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 5: bet on people die. 684 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 6: They said. 685 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,959 Speaker 2: When they when they listed it as someone being out, 686 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 2: what they meant was stepping down or leaving power, not 687 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 2: being killed. 688 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 5: Well, I'll tech I could make an argument that he 689 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 5: is no longer in power. How whether or not the 690 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 5: mechanism to getting there is the same that. 691 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 6: Argument, he is no longer in power, but he's dead. 692 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 5: As a consumer, you're starting to hear a lot more. 693 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 5: And by the way, there's a lot of advertising being 694 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 5: done by polymarket and call She. So if you're interested 695 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 5: in kind of dipping your toe into the water and 696 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 5: maybe experimenting with this and having some fun, just be careful. 697 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 4: It is not very highly regulated. 698 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 5: It is operating in a legal gray area and This 699 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,360 Speaker 5: is really the first time that we've seen a big, 700 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,399 Speaker 5: big problem of consumers not getting payouts that they think 701 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 5: they deserve. 702 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 2: Well, you're basically turning geopolitics into a casino, that's what 703 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 2: you're doing. 704 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 5: And look in Europe, you've been able to bet on. 705 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 5: One of the big things that people in Europe can 706 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 5: bet on are political outcomes. You can bet on who's 707 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 5: going to win the American President's racer, who's going to 708 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 5: be the next Prime Minister of England. That has not 709 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 5: been allowed in this country, and probably a good thing, 710 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 5: probably for very good reason, but because you can't do it, 711 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 5: and because there are restrictions in this in this country, 712 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 5: you're always going to see companies that are going to 713 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 5: want to try and fill that void. 714 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:45,959 Speaker 4: That's what you've got here. 715 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 5: And now you've got people and fifty four million dollars 716 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 5: that are not being paid out. 717 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,399 Speaker 2: Coming up, we've got the best audio of the day. 718 00:34:53,560 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 2: It's on ninety three WYBC. So many of you know 719 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,840 Speaker 2: that Jim and I spent twenty five years in South 720 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 2: Bend and we had the opportunity to meet former Notre 721 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,360 Speaker 2: Dame football coach Lou Holtz a few times. He was 722 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 2: known as a teacher, a leader, a mentor, and received 723 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,720 Speaker 2: the Congressional Medal of Freedom. 724 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the highest civilian honor from. 725 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:22,320 Speaker 2: Donald Trump and the university president of Notre Dame. So 726 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,839 Speaker 2: whenever Notre Dame called to ask for his help, Lou 727 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 2: answered with his characteristic generosity. 728 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 6: And he will be sorely missed. 729 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 2: One thing, personal thing that I know about Lou Holtz 730 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 2: he loves Snickers candy bars. 731 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,279 Speaker 5: He did love Snickers candy bars. I had a really 732 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 5: good interaction with Lou Holtz. And this is thirty years ago, 733 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,759 Speaker 5: but I was working at a media group there and 734 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,759 Speaker 5: one of our radio stations had a sports talk show 735 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 5: and this was Lou Holtz was in there in the 736 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 5: studio being interviewed, and I was in the studio too, 737 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 5: and there was some pizza in there, and Lou hadn't 738 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 5: eaten all day long, and so he's during one of 739 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 5: the commercial breaks, he's just shoveling pizza in his mouth 740 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,839 Speaker 5: and he's eating and he looks at the producer and says, 741 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 5: let me know what we got ten seconds and okay, 742 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 5: find and he's eating pizza in the bride goes ten 743 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,840 Speaker 5: seconds and Lou keeps eating and they go on the 744 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 5: air and the host asks Lou Holds a question and 745 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 5: Lou goes to open his mouth to answer and just 746 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 5: lets out the biggest burp I've ever heard in my 747 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 5: entire life, live on the air, and he was like, 748 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,240 Speaker 5: oh gosh, I'm sorry, and then told the story about 749 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 5: how he was hungry and ate this pizza and obviously 750 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 5: was eating too fast and ended up burping. 751 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 6: It was pretty funny, and he just probably moved right 752 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 6: along and he did. 753 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 5: It was like a ten second thing, and then just 754 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 5: moved on to how the team was performing that year 755 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 5: and all the other questions. 756 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 2: So one of the great rivalries, of course Notre Dame 757 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 2: with USC, and a lot of good clips about what 758 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 2: he had to say about USC and UCLA. 759 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 6: But here's one of the favorites. 760 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 2: This is Lou Holtz talking about Ryan Day and from 761 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 2: Ohio State University, and that of course will be one 762 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 2: of our best audio clips of the day. Here is 763 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,160 Speaker 2: Lou Holtz and what he said about Ryan Day referring 764 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,480 Speaker 2: to Ohio State University. 765 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 12: Notre Dame is a better football team than Ohio State, 766 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 12: and let me tell you, we have the best offensive 767 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,360 Speaker 12: line in the country. Sam Hartman won't even get his 768 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 12: Dirtey dirty all year. He has time to throw the football. 769 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,880 Speaker 12: The offensive line, we have great running back as steam 770 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 12: is averaging about ten yards of carry. We have great receivers, 771 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:21,520 Speaker 12: so offensively we're set. Defensively or defensive line is better. 772 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 12: And you look at coach Day, and I coached at 773 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,360 Speaker 12: Ohio State under what he hates. We won the national championship. 774 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,719 Speaker 4: When I was there. I'm proud of that. 775 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 12: However, he has lost to Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, Michigan twice, 776 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 12: and everybody beats him does so because they're more physical 777 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 12: than Ohio State. And I think Notre Dame will take 778 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 12: that same approach. 779 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,960 Speaker 2: Ryan Day of course had an answer for him, didn't he. 780 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 5: Yeah, it turns out to Ohio State beat Notre Dame 781 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 5: in that national championship game. 782 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,640 Speaker 4: But you love lou Holtz's optimism. 783 00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, the best audio of the But you can thank 784 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:04,600 Speaker 2: lou Holtz for this legendary moment from Ryan Day. 785 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:06,719 Speaker 13: Like, I like to know where Lou Holtz is right now? 786 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,960 Speaker 13: What are you said about our team? What he said 787 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,919 Speaker 13: about our team? I cannot believe this is a tough 788 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,799 Speaker 13: team right here? You're proud to be from Ohio, and 789 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,240 Speaker 13: it's always met Ohio against the world, and it'll continue 790 00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 13: to be Ohio against the world. 791 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:25,280 Speaker 2: Ryan Day, Okay, settle down, well, rip to Lou Holtz. 792 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,239 Speaker 2: You're listening to ninety three WIBC.