1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: Our country is winning again. 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 2: In fact, we're winning so much that we really don't 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: know what to do about it. People are asking me, please, 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 2: please please, miss the president. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 3: We're winning too much. 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: We can't take it anymore. We're not used to winning 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: in our country until you came along. We're just always losing. 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 3: But now we're winning too much. 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: And I say, no, no, no, you're going to win again. 10 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 3: You're going to win big. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: You're gonna win bigger than ever. And to prove that point, 12 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 2: to prove that point here with us tonight as a 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: group of winners who just made. 14 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 4: The entire nation crowd, the men's gold medal Olympic hockey team. 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: Come on, come on down that hockey team. WHOA All right? 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 3: It was cool. That was a great moment last night. 17 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: It was a great moment. 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 5: But you have to ask yourself, was just a patriotic 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 5: spectacle amplifying a political message or is that real national pride? 20 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 5: I felt like that was a moment Democrat or Republican 21 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 5: you could get behind. 22 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: Everybody likes to win. 23 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, winning solves everything. 24 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: Winning We talked about that a lot on the show. 25 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: Winning solves everything. 26 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 4: And that was a great moment last night, and Trump 27 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 4: was in his element. The eyes not only of the nation, 28 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 4: but an entire world were on Donald Trump last night. 29 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 4: He loves the spotlight more than anything. He loves a 30 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 4: microphone and a camera, and he had that microphone all 31 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 4: to himself and he was going to talk as long 32 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 4: as he wanted to. And you know, we talked about 33 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 4: it earlier. He set the record. It was the longest 34 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 4: State of the Union speech in America. 35 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 3: He's winning. 36 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 2: Hey. 37 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 4: By the way, I guarantee you that before that speech 38 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 4: last night, he knew exactly what the record was. By 39 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 4: the way, it was held by Bill Clinton. He talked 40 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 4: for eighty nine minutes back in his last State of 41 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 4: the Union speech in January of two thousand. I guarantee 42 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 4: you Donald Trump knew record how long it was, and 43 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 4: he was going to go over and it was. He 44 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 4: put on a show. It was entertaining. Didn't seem like 45 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 4: an hour and forty eight minutes or whatever it was 46 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 4: because there was so much going on, and from a 47 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 4: pure entertainment perspective, he put on an entertaining show last night. 48 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 5: One thing he did mention was that Connor, the goalie 49 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 5: from the United States men's hockey team, will receive the 50 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 5: Presidential Medal of Freedom. He made over forty saves during 51 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 5: Team usay's win against Canada. 52 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: But you're going to hear. 53 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 5: People say, oh, no, you know what, he should have 54 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 5: been talking about the economy. I wanted to hear more 55 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 5: about the economy. It did talk about the economy. You 56 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 5: have to understand that when he talks about the cost 57 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 5: of prescription and healthcare, that is your personal economy. It's 58 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 5: all part of the message. But remember last time Joe 59 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 5: Biden had a State of the Union address. 60 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 3: I actually don't so it. 61 00:02:54,800 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 5: Was immerant, it was angry, it was divisive, coughing throughout 62 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 5: the entire thing. 63 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: He was mumbling through it. 64 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 5: Yet the Democrat Party praised every single word of it. 65 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 5: So you have to frame it that way when you 66 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 5: hear people attacking Donald Trump today. He framed the US 67 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 5: as experiencing a turnaround for the ages. He emphasized economic 68 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 5: growth and border security, and he highlighted some individual success stories. 69 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 5: Of course, earlier in the day before the State of 70 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 5: the Union address, you had the US men's hockey team 71 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 5: in the Oval Office and they put a gold medal 72 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 5: around Donald Trump, and you know, he was just loving 73 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 5: every single minute of that are. 74 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 6: The American the US team that won the gold medal. 75 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 6: And I got myself one great secretary of defense, the goalie, 76 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 6: heck Seth is not happy to hear this. 77 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: So he had a little bit of fun. 78 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 5: And I saw an interview with some of the hockey 79 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 5: players and they were saying that, well, we don't know 80 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 5: exactly what we can say is going to happen, so 81 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 5: they knew that they were gonna come on down. 82 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: Here's the men's hockey team, right it was. 83 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 4: It was a good moment last night, and Donald Trump 84 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 4: put on a show, and it was good to see 85 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: the men's hockey team in there in the Oval office, 86 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 4: and you know, one of the players put the metal 87 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 4: around Trump's neck and that was a lot of fun. 88 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 3: And you're right. 89 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 4: Donald Trump ran down his you know, huge list of 90 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 4: accomplishments that he has, you know, even though some of 91 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 4: them maybe weren't real accomplishments. And he ran down his 92 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 4: huge laundry list of things that he's going to do 93 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,799 Speaker 4: going forward, even though the vast majority of them require 94 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 4: Congress to actually pass a bill, and the Republicans can't 95 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 4: even get voter ID in the Save Act Past Right now, 96 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 4: but ultimately at the end of the day last night, 97 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 4: it was a show that he was putting on. And 98 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 4: that's what Donald Trump does best. He puts on a show. 99 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 5: So you had seventy two was it seventy two seventy 100 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 5: The number fluctuates. 101 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 3: I've seen some of Democrats that didn't show. 102 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 5: Up, right, who were boycotting these It was a bunch 103 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 5: of address. 104 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a bunch. 105 00:04:58,920 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 3: It was a bunch. 106 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: It was more than. 107 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 5: What should have been, right, including Andre Carson from Indiana's 108 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 5: seventh district, and he said that he wasn't going to 109 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 5: be attending the State of the Union because he didn't 110 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 5: want to help fill the audience to create an impression 111 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 5: that he supports Trump's failed policies. 112 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: And here's the thing with that. He sits there for. 113 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 3: Me, right, here's my rat, that's our district. 114 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,119 Speaker 5: He should be there for me because whether I agree 115 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 5: with Donald Trump or whether I agree with Andre Carson. 116 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: He's paid for by me. 117 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 5: He gets his salary from me, So I expect him 118 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 5: as a taxpayer to show up at the State of 119 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 5: the Union address and represent me. 120 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 3: Even if he doesn't want to. 121 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 4: Look, we've all got parts of our jobs that we 122 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 4: really don't like and we really don't like to do, 123 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 4: but our boss makes it do it makes us do it. 124 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 4: So we're Andre Carson's boss, if you've lived and vote 125 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 4: in this seventh district in Indianapolis, were his boss, and 126 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 4: we got to make him. 127 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 3: Do his job. It was a terrible look. 128 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 5: Oh. 129 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 3: By the way, it's in the Constitution. 130 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: It says the President will keep the Congress updated on it. 131 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 4: And you couldn't get your butt out there to sit 132 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 4: for ninety minutes in your chair and listen to the 133 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 4: president's speak, even if you didn't want to hear him speak, 134 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 4: and even if you thought it was a bunch of bs, 135 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 4: even if there are parts of your job you don't like, 136 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 4: you got to suck it up, rub some dirt on it, 137 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,239 Speaker 4: and get in there and do your job. Andre Carson 138 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 4: and seventy some what over Democrats didn't do their jobs 139 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 4: last night. 140 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 5: So he was talking a lot about economic wins, even 141 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 5: though people will be saying, oh, he didn't talk about 142 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 5: the economy enough. In Donald Trump's mind, it seems like 143 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 5: the economy means the stock market. 144 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: He mentioned that. 145 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 5: He also mentioned tariffs and all of the money that 146 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 5: the US has secured, And here he is talking about well, 147 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 5: at one point, did you see him looking at the 148 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 5: Supreme Court justices that were there, Ah. 149 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: That were there? 150 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, bad timing for them to rule against Donald Trump. 151 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 3: Earlier this week. You knew he was going to give 152 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 3: them the business. 153 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, shaming them right in front of everybody. 154 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 5: But here he is talking about how he thinks that 155 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 5: the tariffs are going to replace the income tax. 156 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: It's already time tested and approved, and as time goes by, 157 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: I believe the tariffs paid for by foreign countries will, 158 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 2: like in the past, substantially replaced the modern day system 159 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 2: of income tax, taking a great financial burden off the 160 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: people that I love. 161 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 5: So he talked about the tariffs, the Great Healthcare Plan, 162 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 5: most Favored Nation agreements, also the rate Payer Protection Pledge 163 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 5: he mentioned that which would have tech companies provide their 164 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 5: own power needs for AI data centers so that American prices, 165 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 5: the price your electricity bill won't be going up. Now 166 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 5: will that actually have happen, Who knows, But it was 167 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 5: good to hear him actually acknowledge that concern and talk 168 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 5: about it. 169 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 4: Well, he knows that data centers are a big thorny 170 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 4: issue right now. And of course Republicans are always pro business, 171 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 4: always pro business, always pro business. But the problem is 172 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 4: Republicans right now have gone so far to the pro 173 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 4: business side in situations where the pro business is actually 174 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 4: anti citizen, anti consumer, anti American. And so Donald Trump 175 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 4: certainly recognizes that there's an outrage and a groundswell in 176 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 4: this country against data centers, and of course he's going 177 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 4: to bring it up in the State of the Union speech, 178 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 4: and that absolutely has no chance of passing whatsoever. 179 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: Probably not, but. 180 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 5: My ears definitely perked up because we know here in 181 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 5: Indiana we're dealing with data centers popping up everywhere. Here 182 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 5: he is talking about the ratepayer protection Pledge. 183 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 2: Many Americans are also concerned that energy demand from AI 184 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 2: data centers could unfairly drive up their electric utility bills. Tonight, 185 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 2: I please to announce that I have tootiated the new 186 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 2: rate payer protection pledge. 187 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 3: You know what that is. 188 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 2: We're telling the major tech companies that they have the 189 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 2: obligation to provide for their own power needs. They can 190 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: build their own power plants as part of their factory 191 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 2: so that no one's prices will go up, and in 192 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 2: many cases, prices of electricity will go down for the community, 193 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 2: and very substantially down. This is a unique strategy never 194 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: used in this country before. We have an old grid. 195 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 2: It could never handle the kind of numbers, the amount 196 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 2: of electricity that's needed. So I'm telling them they can 197 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 2: build their own plant. They're going to produce their own electricity. 198 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 2: It will ensure the company's ability to get electricity well 199 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 2: at the same time lowering prices of electricity for you, 200 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 2: and could be very substantial for all of these cities 201 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 2: and towns. You're going to see some good things happen 202 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 2: over the next number of years. 203 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 5: So it was nice to hear him talk about that. 204 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 5: Will it happen, Probably not. They can't seem to get 205 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 5: anything done. But when people are saying I wanted him 206 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 5: to talk about the economy more, he did. He also 207 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 5: mentioned banning large Wall Street investment firms from buying up 208 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 5: single family homes. 209 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: That's for your wallet. 210 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 4: Wonderful, great, good luck getting that bill passed again. What 211 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 4: you know, Trump's been able to accomplish pretty much everything, 212 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 4: almost everything in his first year through executive orders, and 213 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 4: you know, the lots of court challenges, and he's won 214 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 4: some of those and he's lost some of these, But 215 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 4: a lot of the things that he talked about last 216 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 4: night actually require a bill to be passed by Congress, 217 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 4: and we know that the pretty much the only thing 218 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 4: that Congress has passed with that awful, big, beautiful bill 219 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 4: last year, they haven't been able to get anything done, 220 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 4: including passing the Save Act and Voter ID. 221 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 5: He wanted to give American workers access to the same 222 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 5: type of retirement plan that is offered to federal workers 223 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 5: by matching contributions up to one thousand dollars. He said 224 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 5: that he wants to ensure that members of Congress can't 225 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:01,439 Speaker 5: continually profit from inside information and the war on fraud 226 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 5: led by Vice President Vance and you also had Brad 227 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 5: Gersner there. 228 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 1: He was mentioned during the State of the Union address. 229 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 5: Of course, Indiana, who's your native who is helping to 230 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,839 Speaker 5: invest in Trump accounts? So I think when you look 231 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 5: at the big picture, there was more talk about the economy. Sure, 232 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 5: he mentioned all the other stuff. He mentioned immigration, he 233 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 5: mentioned foreign policy, but he did talk about the economy 234 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 5: at least what he wants to do well. 235 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 4: And unfortunately, this is the kind of the world we 236 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 4: live in that people are very busy. They're just going 237 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 4: to see the headlines. The vast majority of Americans did 238 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 4: not watch the State of the Union last night, and 239 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 4: certainly didn't watch all of it, but they'll get their 240 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,599 Speaker 4: information from headlines. And look, Trump's going to get some 241 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,719 Speaker 4: good headlines because he put on a good show last night. 242 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 4: But the problem is, if we're sitting here nine months 243 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 4: from now at the midterm elections, regardless of all the 244 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 4: things Trump said that we've done and that we're going 245 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 4: to do, as it relates to the economy, people don't 246 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 4: feel like their lives are more affordable. That's still going 247 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 4: to Eventually the Republicans are going to have to put 248 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 4: up her shut up. They're gonna have to put up 249 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 4: her shut up because housing is unaffordable. Property taxes are 250 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 4: out of control, our energy prices are out of control. 251 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 4: Health insurance and healthcare costs are out of control. And 252 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 4: Donald Trump can say that we're going to do all 253 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 4: these things, but if it doesn't affect your will the 254 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 4: next election, I'm sitting here going geez, I'm run out 255 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 4: of money and I've still got five bills to pay 256 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 4: at the end of the month. Nothing Donald Trump says 257 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 4: is going to mean anything. 258 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: He did start out the speech. At one point he 259 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 1: said that wages were increasing. No, that one. 260 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 4: It's true, wages are increasing, but they still haven't increased 261 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 4: at the level of inflation that inflation was the last 262 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 4: six years. If you look inflation for the last six years, 263 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 4: it's up about thirty five to forty percent. If you 264 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 4: look at how far wages have gone up, it's only 265 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 4: about twenty percent. So we're sitting here with about a 266 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 4: fifteen percent gap. And that is the unaffordability that everybody's 267 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 4: talking about. And again, we've seen good jobs numbers, we've 268 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 4: seen low unemployment. Jobs are not the problem. It is 269 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 4: the wages that people pay. Just because spoiler alert here, 270 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 4: prices aren't coming down. Prices for things in general overall 271 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 4: you'll see individual items go up and down, but overall 272 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 4: prices are never ever, ever coming down. And the only 273 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 4: way to get life more affordable is for wages to increase, 274 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 4: and so far they have not come anywhere near keeping 275 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 4: up with inflation. 276 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 5: We've got wibc's John at Cruz that's going to join 277 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 5: us next. 278 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: It is ninety three WIBC. Well, she's frid Night in 279 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: Bushytail because she did. 280 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 5: Not stay up until midnight watching the President and the 281 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 5: State of the Union address. We have wibc's John at 282 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 5: Cruz from the WIBC newsroom joining us in this studio. 283 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: Hey, good morning, good morning, Thank you for coming in. 284 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 5: You put out a story just a little while ago 285 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 5: that we definitely have to get into. There's a local 286 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 5: family speaking out about an encounter they had at the 287 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 5: Walmart Saturday night. 288 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 7: Yes, the Walmart on State Road went thirty five in Greenwood. 289 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: Say more words, what's going on? 290 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 7: So I actually came across this video on TikTok. The 291 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 7: daughter made a video about it, and then I got 292 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 7: tagged in it a few times, so I contacted the daughter, 293 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 7: got in touch with the mother. The family wants to 294 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 7: remain anonymous and not you know, use their names or anything. 295 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 7: But they were shopping Saturday night. The daughter and a 296 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 7: friend were in their vehicle. The rest of the family 297 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 7: was in Walmart checking out. They were in the vehicle, 298 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 7: she all of a sudden, like somebody tried. 299 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 8: To pull the door. She at first thought it was 300 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 8: her mom, like finishing up shopping. 301 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 7: She turned around and it was a man trying to 302 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 7: get into the vehicle, and so she pulled the door, 303 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 7: locked it and said you have the wrong car, and 304 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 7: so he kind of like was startled a little bit, 305 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 7: kind of taken aback, and then he walked away. He 306 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 7: got into a gray suv, but they actually have a 307 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 7: Chevy Malibu. After he got into the gray suv, sub 308 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 7: he started to circle the parking lot multiple times, circling. 309 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 8: With where they were located. 310 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 7: They both got spooked, left the vehicle, ran into Walmart, 311 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 7: found the mom she was checking out at the time. 312 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 7: The mom then went to go find management at Walmart 313 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 7: to tell them what was going on, and from what 314 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 7: she is saying is that the Walmart management was very 315 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 7: dismissive of the situation, didn't really do anything of it, 316 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 7: didn't make them feel safe in the situation, and kind 317 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 7: of like threw it off, like, oh, well, well, we 318 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 7: work here all the time and we feel safe every 319 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 7: time we go in the parking lot at night. 320 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 8: So it was very dismissive how they did that. 321 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 7: So then I went ahead and contacted Walmart myself last night, 322 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 7: and the manager on duty was not on duty Saturday evening, 323 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 7: but she did say that Walmart has a very strict 324 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 7: policy in speaking with the media and would not confirm 325 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 7: nor deny anything and would not comment. 326 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, the manager wasn't going to be very helpful, not 327 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 5: at all. Did so there were no camera footage journey 328 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 5: like that? 329 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean there could be, you don't know. 330 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 7: I'm sure there was, you know, but at that point 331 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 7: when the management is just brushing it off and thinking 332 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 7: it's not a big deal and like, oh, well, if 333 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 7: I feel safe, then you should feel safe too. 334 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 4: Now you know, did the family did you talk to 335 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 4: them about potentially filing a police report or anything like 336 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 4: that associated with this? 337 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 7: Yeah, she's just said that she just basically wanted to 338 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 7: let the public know and be aware of the situation. 339 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 7: I don't think, and this is what happens a lot 340 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 7: of times is people don't end up filing those police reports. 341 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 7: If you don't file a police report, you don't have 342 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 7: a paper trail. If you don't have a paper trail, 343 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 7: we can't set up any type of you know, if 344 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 7: there's any repeated things happening in those areas at all. 345 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think that's really important for you to 346 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 4: mention because this could be an isolated incident exactly, or 347 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 4: it could be a trend that's happening consistently either at 348 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 4: this wall mart or multiple areas in the in the region. 349 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 4: And if there's not, like you said, a police report 350 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 4: and a paper trail followed, we don't have the ability 351 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 4: to look for that pattern because there's no paper to 352 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 4: see what. 353 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 8: It's basically like, it didn't happen. 354 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 5: It's WBC's John A. Cruiz is joining us. Were there 355 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 5: any witnesses? Did they say, like, did anybody else? 356 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 7: Well, she was with her friend, so both of them 357 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 7: witnessed it. They didn't say or specify if there was 358 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 7: anybody else that saw the vehicle, you know, trailing around 359 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 7: and going in circles. 360 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 5: You had mentioned they put it on TikTok. Yes, what 361 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 5: was the point of putting it? Was it just a warning? 362 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 9: Yes? 363 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 7: She just ranted to let people know of people of 364 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 7: her age because she is a teenager, that this happened 365 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 7: to me. And if you are shopping, if you're out 366 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 7: in the evening hours, to really be aware of your 367 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 7: surroundings and to watch out for yourself. 368 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 5: Were the girls able to they knew the make and 369 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 5: model of the car and the color, right, were they 370 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 5: Did they get the license plate or anything? 371 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 8: No, she told me she did not get the license plate. 372 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: Gosh, you know what it is now. It's that lesson. 373 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 5: I can recall telling my daughter multiple times when she 374 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 5: would leave work at night, do not have your phone 375 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 5: your face down in your phone. 376 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: You have to be looking up. 377 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 5: You have to be aware of your surroundings of what 378 00:17:58,400 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 5: is going on. 379 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: Pay attention yes to colors and numbers. 380 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 7: And then I also think when you're in that situation, 381 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 7: you don't even think about it, Like their first thought 382 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 7: was let me get out of the car and go 383 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 7: run to my mom, where in actuality, you probably just 384 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 7: wanted to stay in the car because if he was 385 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 7: circling in the parking lot, you have no idea like 386 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 7: does he have another car, does he have other people 387 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 7: with him? You know, are they casing the area? 388 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: You know? 389 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 7: I just think it's kind of like the fight or 390 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 7: flight mode type feel that you end up dealing with 391 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 7: in those type of situations. 392 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 5: So no, nothing more from Walmart, nothing at all, security 393 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 5: or anything. 394 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 8: Nothing. 395 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: They're not changing. 396 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,879 Speaker 5: Okay, all right, now you've got another story. And what 397 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 5: was this last one? 398 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: It was about? 399 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 8: It was the apartment rentals. 400 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, the rentals safety, the collapse. So you can find 401 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 1: all of this WIBC dot com. 402 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 7: By Yes, absolutely, I have been working on the market 403 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 7: of apartment rentals and communities for the last five months, 404 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 7: and it's spun off of people sending me dms and 405 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 7: originally started when I reported about how Todd Rokita filed 406 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 7: a lawsuit against Lake Castleton Apartments, and then from there 407 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 7: I started getting all of these stories about how awful 408 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 7: some of these communities are, whether they are luxury communities 409 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 7: and you know you're paying a high price rent or 410 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 7: high price point for an amazing space, or if it's 411 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 7: coming from a subsidized housing unit. And so from there 412 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 7: I ended up compiling a list about one hundred and 413 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 7: eighty different apartment communities without around the state. Yes, mice infestations, roaches, 414 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 7: you had no hair, no air, no heat, walls coming down, holes. 415 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 8: In the ceiling. 416 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 7: I have pictures of all of this stuff, and so 417 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 7: I decided to just put together a spreadsheet. People are 418 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 7: now messaging me on TikTok tell us spreadsheet, then add yes, 419 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 7: and so I've added them, and then I will email 420 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 7: them the spreadsheet. I basically it was like essentially my 421 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 7: own study. And then I looked into obviously what IHA 422 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 7: has been doing and how they're trying to just good Lord, 423 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 7: that place is a mess, I think right now with 424 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 7: everything going on, And so I shared my information with 425 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 7: Todd Rokito's office, and then I also. 426 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 8: Spoke to somebody. 427 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: They give you a response. 428 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 7: Yeah, they did say that they couldn't on the record 429 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 7: tell me specific things. 430 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 8: However, they say that they. 431 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: Are aware of the problem. Is we're working on it. 432 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 8: Correct. We're aware about the problem. 433 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 7: We're working on it, and there are multiple places we 434 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 7: are currently looking into, but we can't specifically comment because 435 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 7: we're currently investigating. 436 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 5: Have you read been in contact with any health departments 437 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 5: or code enforcement officials? 438 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 8: I have not. I know. 439 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 7: One of the things is to say, you know, obviously 440 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 7: report a complaint over to the Marin County Health Department 441 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 7: or whatever. Your health department is also with fair Housing 442 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 7: as well. Fair Housing actually did contact me, but they 443 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 7: actually wanted to know where my study came from. And 444 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 7: I was like, it was from. 445 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 8: Me, from me, I'm the one speaking. 446 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 7: With hundreds of people on social media. 447 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 5: Isn't it amazing you put one out there and that 448 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 5: makes everybody else a little braver that yes, exactly. 449 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 4: So to that point, where can people find you? I 450 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 4: want to make sure that you're getting all this great 451 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 4: information from the public. 452 00:20:58,240 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 3: What's the best way for them to get. 453 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 7: Ahold of all over social media? My handle is the 454 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 7: John at Cruise, so just go ahead and follow me there. 455 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 7: I'm on Facebook, I'm on x, Instagram, TikTok, all the platforms, 456 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 7: all the platforms. I also have a website. It's just 457 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 7: John Atcruse dot com. What are you working on right now? 458 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 7: So I'm working on two different prison stories. One is Westville, 459 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 7: which is out of northwest Indiana. That is a huge, 460 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 7: complete mess over there, and I have pictures of the 461 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 7: conditions of it, and so I have somebody working to 462 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 7: they put together essentially a GoFundMe kind of like a 463 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 7: change dot org where they're trying to say, like, Okay, 464 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 7: these people are humans and they deserve some type of 465 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 7: humane living regardless of their circumstances. So I'm digging into 466 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 7: that a little bit. I also have a testimonial from 467 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 7: somebody who used to work at the Miami County Correctional Facility, 468 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 7: and that is that's on the refie on the record. 469 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 8: I have it all and that I'll be released early 470 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 8: next week. 471 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, that'll be something to look forward to, all right, 472 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 5: doing a great job John at Cruz. 473 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: You can find her over at WIBC dot com. This 474 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: is ninety three wib see my headline measures like inflation 475 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: and unemployment. 476 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 5: With some economic indicators they look relatively healthy, but many 477 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 5: Americans still feeling squeezed, especially by everyday costs, and there 478 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 5: is a disconnect between official stats and household experience. 479 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: And there was a new study done and they put out. 480 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 5: Three charts, and what the charts said was that there 481 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 5: are affordability issues that Americans worry about the most, and 482 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 5: they divided them up into three different categories. One was 483 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 5: food prices, the other housing, and finally healthcare costs. So 484 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 5: when it comes to food prices, there are certain foods 485 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 5: such as ground beef and coffee, and they have continued 486 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 5: to rise even with inflation slowing down. You've got grocery 487 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,679 Speaker 5: prices that remain a persistent burden for many families. 488 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 4: And this is, you know, part of one of the 489 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 4: big problems with Trump's speech last night. Of course, everything's great, 490 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 4: everything's great, there are no problems. Everything's wonderful in the world. 491 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 4: And by the way, I've one affordability, and the economy 492 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 4: is doing fantastic, and the. 493 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: Paring economy is what he called that. 494 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 4: Right, And the problem comes down to, well that you know, 495 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 4: there are huge swaths of Americans in this country who 496 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 4: that's just not true for. And that's really where Trump's 497 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 4: problem is. Is that when you sit here and tell 498 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 4: me that things are great, remember classic Joe Biden, inflation 499 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,479 Speaker 4: is transitory. When you sit here, oh that hurts and 500 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 4: just flat out lie to me, then that becomes a 501 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 4: problem because then I'm not going to believe anything else. 502 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 4: You're going to say, you're just putting on these rose 503 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 4: colored glasses when I'm having trouble paying my bills, I'm 504 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 4: having trouble going to the grocery store, and my groceries 505 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 4: are thirty to forty percent more expensive than they were 506 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 4: just a few years ago. 507 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 5: Would you rather be gas lit by Joe Biden or 508 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 5: by Donald Trump? 509 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: Because I felt like when Joe Biden was saying. 510 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 5: It inflation is transitory, Oh, it pains me to say, 511 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 5: you knew he was lying. 512 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 1: When Donald Trump says. 513 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 5: Oh, the economy is raw, he's talking about the stock market, 514 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 5: he's not talking about wages and everyday costs. 515 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's semantics there, And I disagree with the premise 516 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 4: that I have only those two choices. 517 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 3: They're both, you know, absolutely not true. 518 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 4: And it's typical politicians trying to give us a line 519 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 4: of bull that we know for. 520 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 3: A fact isn't true. 521 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 4: And there are you know, and again I eventually the 522 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 4: Republicans in Trump are going to have to do something 523 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 4: about affordability in this country. Eventually that will catch up 524 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 4: with them, and it may be as soon as nine 525 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 4: months from now in the midterms. 526 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 5: The other thing in this chart that many Americans worry 527 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 5: about the most housing. Large majority of Americans say it's 528 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 5: harder to buy a home today than for previous generations. 529 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, kidding. 530 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 5: Now, Trump did have that proposal like banning institutional investors 531 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 5: from buying single family homes, and he said that mortgage 532 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,479 Speaker 5: prices are down lower than they've been in years. 533 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: I haven't looked. I haven't looked for a while, but 534 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 1: I think it has gone down. 535 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 4: Well, he may mean mortgage rates are down, you know, 536 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 4: but there is no price to a mortgage necessarily, there's 537 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,719 Speaker 4: the price of your mortgage, which your mortgage payment is. 538 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 4: And so I'm going to assume that Donald Trump is 539 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 4: talking about that. But the Republicans and Trump have got 540 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 4: to get a grip on this affordability. We saw that 541 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 4: we talked about those numbers yesterday. Fifty seven percent of 542 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 4: the of the Americans say affordability in the economy is 543 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 4: the number one issue, and I think second place was 544 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 4: at fourteen percent. There is one issue on Americans minds, 545 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 4: one in one only, and I'll give Trump some credit. 546 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 4: A number of things that were lower down on that 547 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 4: list that Americans care about are really problems that Trump 548 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 4: has for the most part solved. 549 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 3: Immigration. 550 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: Well, that's why it's not a worry anymore. 551 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 4: Right exactly. So I want to give Trump credit where 552 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 4: it's due. Immigration. Shut down the border awesome, He said 553 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 4: he was going to do it. He did it with 554 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 4: an executive order, proving that Biden didn't need some law 555 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 4: passed by Congress that the president alone could shut down 556 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 4: the border. 557 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 3: And Trump did it. Wonderful. Fantastic. 558 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 4: Crime crime, violent crime and murders at an all time low, 559 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 4: which is just a crazy number to think about. By 560 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 4: the way, those statistics go back over one hundred years 561 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 4: to the early nineteen hundreds. Violent crime and murders at 562 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 4: an all time low, probably because we shut the border down. 563 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 3: Great. 564 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 4: Trump talk about that, But when you get to this 565 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 4: economy talk and you talk about how everything is great 566 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 4: and we're bringing jobs and our economy is roaring and 567 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 4: everything's wonderful and fantastic. The American people know that, too 568 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 4: many American people, I should say, know that that is 569 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 4: just a bunch of bs. And the Republicans have got 570 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 4: to get something done about this, and it just doesn't 571 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 4: seem to be a whole lot of movement. Seems to 572 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 4: be a lot of talk. There's a lot of chatter. 573 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:35,919 Speaker 4: It's a lot of things that we want to do, 574 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 4: a lot of things that would take Congress to actually 575 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 4: pass a law to help fix, which I haven't been 576 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 4: doing a whole lot up talk about. But it just 577 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 4: is killing Americans right now. With the affordability issue, the. 578 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 5: Last area that Americans worry about the most, and this 579 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:56,640 Speaker 5: is according to CNBC, is health insurance premiums and out 580 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 5: of pocket costs they continue to climb. 581 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:00,919 Speaker 1: And even though. 582 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,719 Speaker 5: There are these new initiatives to lower drug prices and 583 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 5: remove the mettlement. 584 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 4: And I think this is part of what is why 585 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 4: this is easily the number one issue for Americans and 586 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 4: Americans are so frustrated on it is because we're getting. 587 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 3: Hit from all ends. 588 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 4: I can't think of one aspect where you can sit 589 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 4: here and say yeah, okay, yeah, that's gotten. 590 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 3: A lot better. 591 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 4: When it comes to affordability, it just hasn't. Housing still 592 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 4: totally unaffordable. Taxes, especially property taxes for most people in 593 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 4: this country, just keep going up because of course they're 594 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 4: tied to the assessment and the value of your home. 595 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 4: Energy prices, those ain't going down. In fact, they're going 596 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 4: in the opposite direction and really quickly. And healthcare, not 597 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 4: only when it comes to health insurance, but then your 598 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 4: out of pocket that you're paying to use that health insurance. 599 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,640 Speaker 4: It seems like the average American is just getting hit 600 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 4: on all sides, grocery prices, everywhere, when it comes to affordability. 601 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 5: Okay, let's turn our attention to somebody who had an 602 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 5: actually really really good day, and it's because of three 603 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 5: words that they posted on xking about Jimmy's Seafood. This 604 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 5: is a Baltimore seafood restaurant, Jimmy's Famous Seafood, and they 605 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 5: went viral after their response to a media article about 606 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 5: the Olympics. Now, the original media post was by huff Post, 607 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 5: and they talked about people feeling uncomfortable cheering the American 608 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 5: flag at the Olympics and Jimmy's famous seafood. They responded 609 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 5: with a very blunt reply and people loved it. It 610 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 5: racked up millions of views online and because of that, 611 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 5: the restaurant is seeing bang up business. 612 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, so number one, I was most surprised out of 613 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 4: everything you just said, most surprise Huffington Post is still 614 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 4: in business. 615 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 3: I didn't realize is this a story from two thousand 616 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 3: and seven? 617 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 4: Is that what we're writting? No, this is twenty twenty six. 618 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 4: I didn't realize the Huffington Post is still in business. 619 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 4: But yeah, this is just a fascinating story. And I'll 620 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 4: be During the Olympics, there was this back and forth 621 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 4: about how it sounds stupid to say it out loud, 622 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 4: but I'm going to say it out loud, how some 623 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 4: people view being patriotic and cheering on our American athletes 624 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 4: is problematic. And Huffington Post lot, you know what, that 625 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 4: seems like a good idea to red tire article out 626 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 4: and they posted it on X and then Jimmy Seafood 627 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 4: posted their retort on X as well. 628 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 5: They're going to offer the US Men's and women's hockey teams. 629 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: Free crabcakes for life. Man, I bet they're good too. 630 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna have to We spend a lot of 631 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 4: time in Baltimore and DC and on the East. 632 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 3: Coast driven this. 633 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 4: We have right the port, yeah, right by the Port 634 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 4: of Baltimore, and you're right, have driven by it many times, 635 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 4: and the next time we're there, we're definitely going to 636 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 4: have to stop. But to kind of take away some 637 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 4: of the mystery, Jimmy Seafood just simply said, you know, 638 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 4: go f yourself. That was their response on Twitter and 639 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 4: to Huffington Post the original tweet, and people just you know, 640 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 4: with approval. They retweeted it, It went viral, it took off. 641 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 4: Huffington Post got ratioed on that if you don't know, 642 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 4: If you don't know what a ratio is, it's when 643 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,959 Speaker 4: somebody comments something to your original post and your comment 644 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 4: gets more likes than the original post. 645 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 5: Did you really did flip the script on people that 646 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 5: think that trashing Team USA was trendy or fun or 647 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 5: a good idea, Yeah. 648 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 3: It just never made any sense to me. And let's 649 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 3: be honest. 650 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 4: This started with some liberal journalists and some of the 651 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 4: American athletes, because as soon as the Olympics started and 652 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 4: those athletes started getting in front of that press conference, 653 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 4: we had several of our American athletes that could not 654 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 4: wait to virtue signal and talk about how awful this 655 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 4: country is and how awful some of our policies are. 656 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 4: And it really makes me uncomfortable to you be an 657 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 4: American and being part of the Olympics. So it's stupid 658 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 4: move to start with, and then that just turned into 659 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 4: a controversy throughout the entire two weeks of the Olympics. 660 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 5: Here is the co owner of Jimmy's Famous Seafood and 661 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 5: he's talking about how they have experienced record numbers of 662 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 5: customers after defending Team USA. 663 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 10: I try to articulate it, but I would fail terribly. 664 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 10: It's just been the most overwhelming two days of my 665 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 10: entire life. And I've been working here since I was born. 666 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 10: We lived on top of the restaurant we were kids, 667 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,680 Speaker 10: so I was born in the business and it's just 668 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 10: been something, you know, it's the days that you pray for. Honestly, 669 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 10: it's just beyond measure, just so many orders coming in, 670 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 10: people coming in, obviously, people obviously just giving words of encouragement. 671 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 10: And it's just, uh, it's hard. It's hard to put 672 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 10: in the words. It's been just beautiful. 673 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 9: Man. 674 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 3: Has it been like a record level sales for you guys? 675 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 10: Absolutely, Like do. 676 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: You have online orders too? Have been like online orders 677 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: from around the country. 678 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 10: Yes, sir, we're going to be doing some twenty four 679 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 10: hour shifts here to get all these boxes filled and 680 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 10: shipped out. And uh, you know, we like to call 681 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 10: each gas individually, so we still want to keep that 682 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 10: tradition going. It's just it's a life changing movement off 683 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 10: of three falling a hockey game. You know, I didn't 684 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 10: put one hundred dollars on the USA to win the game, 685 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 10: but you know, put some money in the collection basket 686 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 10: in church after they came through. But it's been crazy, 687 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 10: it's been I just I'm lost for words. 688 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 5: I'm happy for that, and you know, and now we're 689 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 5: partial because our daughter lives in Baltimore, moved across the 690 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 5: country about a year ago and we've experienced some Maryland 691 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 5: crab cakes because of that, and man, I cannot wait 692 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 5: next time we go visit her. We're going to be 693 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 5: rolling right up to Jimmy's famous seafood. 694 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, Maryland and Baltimore. I got a lot of problems, 695 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 4: a lot of issues. One of them is not crab cakes. 696 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 4: And you know, you hear that about, oh, you got 697 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 4: to get the seafood when you go to Baltimore. 698 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 3: You got to get the seafood. You gotta get the 699 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 3: crab cakes when you go there. I was like, okay, 700 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 3: we have whatever, and then you go there and you're like, 701 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 3: oh man. 702 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 4: It was one of those rare instances where the actual 703 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 4: result lives up to the hype. 704 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 3: Those crabcakes in Maryland. 705 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: You need Old Bay or anything. 706 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 4: They hit different than crabcake I've had anywhere else. And 707 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 4: it's a great story. I just can't imagine this. 708 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: Guy's getting celebrated for his patriotism. 709 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 4: As he should, and the Huffington Post is getting dragged 710 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 4: for their knocking on the US, on the United States 711 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 4: and interjecting politics into the Olympics when that's supposed to 712 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 4: be a time when we're united. 713 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: Here, he said, he was just they were having fun. 714 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 5: The restaurant was packed, and the USA was in overtime, 715 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 5: and then they won, and he went on Twitter and 716 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 5: he saw all these great pictures of Jack Hughes and 717 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 5: the Olympic you know, hockey team, and then that post 718 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 5: from huff Posts and he was like, man, way to 719 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,720 Speaker 5: bring everybody down, and he said it just it went 720 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 5: from his head to his lips to his fingers. 721 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 4: And I love this story because there's a certain sense 722 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 4: of authenticity about it. So much of what you see 723 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 4: on social media is performative and virtue signaling. 724 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 1: And look at me, just a gut reaction from this guy. 725 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 4: And by the way, that happens on both the left 726 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 4: and the right, both the sides are guilty of it. 727 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 4: But here was just a guy who's a small business 728 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 4: owner running a restaurant in Baltimore. You know, the restaurant 729 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 4: business is brutal. It's really tough to stay in business. 730 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 4: And he just kind of said what was on his mind, 731 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 4: supporting America, being patriotic, reward and now he's being rewarded 732 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 4: and flooded with business. And I can't wait to give 733 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 4: him some of my money for those credit guys. 734 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 5: Yeah, you're listening to ninety three WIBC. So he's not 735 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 5: just an entertainment and sports industry figure. He's also the 736 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,320 Speaker 5: chair of the organizing committee for the twenty eight Summer Olympics. 737 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: We're talking about Casey Wasserman. 738 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 5: He's a high profile public figure and he's now facing 739 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 5: a bit of a scandal because guess what, his name 740 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 5: has popped. 741 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:40,360 Speaker 1: Up in the Epstein files. 742 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 3: Yeah. 743 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:46,840 Speaker 4: So, as Casey Wasserman, he founded and runs this talent 744 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:51,919 Speaker 4: agency that mostly represents athletes, and in the latest batch 745 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,880 Speaker 4: of Epstein files that were released, his name showed up 746 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 4: there a lot. In fairness to him, all pretty old. 747 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 4: They were all all the the conversations he had with 748 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:02,360 Speaker 4: Epstein were way. 749 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: Before, from around two thousand and three. 750 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, and then Epstein was convicted of his of his 751 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 4: you know, solicitation of an underage woman in two thousand 752 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 4: and eight. And there's no you know, record of Wasserman 753 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 4: having contact with Epstein after two thousand and three, but 754 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 4: why should that matter? People, And so certain athletes from 755 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 4: his talent agency decided to leave the talent agency. They've 756 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,520 Speaker 4: announced that they're going to sell the talent agency. But 757 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 4: the other part of this is Casey Wasserman is the 758 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 4: head of the Los Angeles Olympic Committee. Of course, the 759 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,200 Speaker 4: Summer Games are going to be in Los Angeles in 760 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 4: twenty twenty eight. People are calling for Wasserman to resign. 761 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 1: I don't want im to step down as the head 762 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 1: of that. 763 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 4: But here's the to make this story even more goofy 764 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 4: who they're talking about replacing him with former Speaker. 765 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 3: Of the House Kevin McCarthy. 766 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 4: Because when you want some all right, sorry, you can't 767 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,320 Speaker 4: be the head of the LA Olympic Committee anymore. 768 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 3: We got to get somebody in here who knows what's 769 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:56,520 Speaker 3: going on. 770 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,759 Speaker 4: I want the guy that only lasted three or four 771 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 4: months as Speaker of the House before they kicked him. 772 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 3: Out, Kevin McCarthy, step right up, come on in. Maybe. 773 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. 774 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 5: So you've got the mayor of Los Angeles and some 775 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,920 Speaker 5: other leaders saying that he should step down. 776 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. 777 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,319 Speaker 5: They want this guy to step down from being the 778 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 5: chair of the Olympics. 779 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,240 Speaker 1: But then Tony Gonzalez keep on trucking. 780 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,279 Speaker 4: And again, look, you know, in some ways, I'm not 781 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,480 Speaker 4: going to pass judgment too harshly on Casey Wasserman again, 782 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 4: because all of his communication with Epstein was very old, 783 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 4: over twenty years old, well before he was convicted of 784 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 4: solicitations at college. 785 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,279 Speaker 1: For all the email exchanges. 786 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 4: He has, and so you know, I mean, I see 787 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,399 Speaker 4: that part of it. But at the end of the day, 788 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:46,320 Speaker 4: these are very public positions and you require public support 789 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,680 Speaker 4: to be able to hold these positions. That's one reason 790 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,399 Speaker 4: why they're selling his talent agency or the sports part 791 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 4: of the talent agency. And you know, being such a 792 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,879 Speaker 4: public in such a public position like being the head 793 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 4: of the LA Olympic Committee. Look, it may not be fair, 794 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 4: but at some point in time you're going to have 795 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 4: to cut your losses and be like, you know what, 796 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 4: I've got to take a lesser role in public life 797 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,480 Speaker 4: because of what's happened and just live with those consequences. 798 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 4: And that would be my suggestion to Casey Wasserman today. 799 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 5: It does put a lot of pressure on the Olympic 800 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,319 Speaker 5: leadership because now they're going to have to balance the 801 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 5: public confidence along with the continuity of leadership, because by 802 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 5: all accounts, he's done pretty well, as you know, being 803 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 5: head of organizing the Olympics. You had the former deputy 804 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 5: FBI director Dan Bongino, and he was talking about Cash 805 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:42,280 Speaker 5: Patel's recent appearance at the Olympics with the US men's 806 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:43,000 Speaker 5: hockey team. 807 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: There is controversy over. 808 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:48,120 Speaker 5: That, and here's where Dan Bongino had to say, about it. 809 00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 9: I probably did about ten or fifteen meetings about Olympics planning. 810 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 9: The left doesn't know this, but the summer Olympics are 811 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,400 Speaker 9: coming up in this place called Los Angeles. 812 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,000 Speaker 3: It's in the United State. 813 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 9: You may have heard of it. So the FBI has 814 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,719 Speaker 9: a significant footprint of security planning. So for him to 815 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,320 Speaker 9: go over there and take a look at what's going 816 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 9: on in Milan, what they're doing about drones, UAPs and 817 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 9: other things. I've only had about fifteen meetings on this myself. 818 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,520 Speaker 9: And then he goes to a game at the end 819 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,799 Speaker 9: and they invite him in a locker room and he 820 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,399 Speaker 9: pops a bruski. You know, keep crying, man, whatever, tell 821 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 9: your story. Walking then bothered me. I don't give it, damn. 822 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,200 Speaker 9: I let him have a good time with the team. 823 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,720 Speaker 1: Yes, they're saying it was a work trip. 824 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 3: That's this trip, but it was a work trip. 825 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:34,279 Speaker 4: And I think that a lot of people on the 826 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,520 Speaker 4: left came out were like cash bettel Is, you know, 827 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 4: spending the American taxpayers money to go over Italy and 828 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 4: go to the Olympics. 829 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what. 830 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,880 Speaker 4: The FBI had a massive presence at the Olympics in Milan, 831 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,799 Speaker 4: not only as kind of advisories and providing security, but 832 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 4: also research, researching because. 833 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:54,200 Speaker 3: They're going to be here in two years in our country. 834 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,719 Speaker 4: So yeah, Cash Betel's trip to the Olympics was absolutely 835 00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:57,359 Speaker 4: a work trip. 836 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,759 Speaker 5: Dan Vongina with the best audio of the day, you're 837 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 5: listening to ninety three w I v CC