1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: This is a podcast from WR Now the WR Saturday 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Morning Show. Here's Larry Minty coming up this week. 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: On Saturday Morning, dozens of teenagers in Washington Square Park 4 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 2: assault police officers with snowballs. The police commissioner once charges, 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 2: but the mayor says it was just a snowball fight. Well, 6 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: ask Republican City council Member Vicki Palladino what she thinks. 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 2: Another storm in Staten Island is forgotten again. We'll talk 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: with Staten Island City Councilman Frank Morano about it. The 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: Supreme Court rules against President Trump's tariffs and then goes 10 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 2: to the State of the Union to meet him face 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 2: to face. Sarah Isker tells us how that went, and 12 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 2: New York Post entertainment critic Johnny Olezinski has a recommendation 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: for Elvis fans. But let's start with Republican New York 14 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: City Councilwoman Vicky Palladino. Vicky, I'm sure you've heard the 15 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 2: mayor say that what happened when the police officers were 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,479 Speaker 2: pelted with snowballs continuously for several minutes, was just a 17 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: snowball fight. Were you were you outraged when you heard 18 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 2: that outrage. 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 3: Let's just say this. Everybody is sick and disgusted. We're 20 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 3: leading the charge here on coming out. I mean, look, 21 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 3: find them, arrest them, prosecute them. Okay, it's as easy 22 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 3: as this. This was an assault on our cops. Now, 23 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 3: everybody knows zo ran and where he sits with our 24 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 3: police officers. What has defund the police program looks like 25 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: by not hiring five thousand more cops. This was but 26 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 3: this was so blatantly but these now, this was a 27 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 3: gang of kids. This was an assault on our police officers. 28 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 3: The police union stepped up and put out some pretty 29 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 3: strong words, Thank god Mandani. To call this a snowball 30 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 3: fight is just absolutely ludicrous. Death Tish is terribly upset 31 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 3: because she called for his condemnation. Condemn it, condemn it. 32 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 3: It's criminal and we all feel the same way. But 33 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,119 Speaker 3: here's what needs to what's gonna scare the hell out 34 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: of us. He's only in office. It's February twenty fourth. 35 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 3: He took office January one. Look at what's happened in 36 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 3: such a short amount of time. The gard in heaven 37 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 3: above gave him two blizzards, okay hah, which he killed 38 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 3: eighteen people with that one, this one, sanitation deserves all 39 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 3: the credit, not our mayor, but to have these outrageous 40 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 3: these kids are traveling in gangs, they are disrupting malls. 41 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 3: This is just over the wintertime. What do we have 42 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 3: to look forward to come the spring and the summer months. 43 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 2: That's a great question. It's by the way, VICKI, it's 44 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 2: what comes next if you let people show disrespect to 45 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 2: police officers and hit them with snowballs? What comes next? 46 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 3: Now, it wasn't just snowballs. Let's say this. It was 47 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 3: blocks of ice. They zoomed in on one kid. It's 48 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 3: it's it was huge. What comes next? Yes, remember in 49 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: the summer of twenty one when that ice bucket of 50 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 3: water was poured on a CoP's head during the Deblasio 51 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 3: administration in twenty one, when we had the George Floyd riots. 52 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 3: Do you know we're just a few short months away 53 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 3: to that possibly happening. They also flashed tires at our 54 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 3: SRG had one of our SRG headquarters in Brooklyn the 55 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 3: same day. Okay, nine cars got their tires flash the 56 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 3: special unit, and he said he wanted to disband that unit, 57 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 3: that unit that goes you know, they're on the front 58 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 3: lines of riots, terrorism and everything that's really really major 59 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 3: in this city. He is he is not fit to 60 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 3: be the mayor of the City of New York. 61 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 2: No, I agree with you and and Vicky. There is 62 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: a pattern here. This isn't the first time. I mean, 63 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 2: every time he has had a chance to stand up 64 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 2: for the police department, he's passed. We had that attack 65 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: on a police officer by that schizophrenic young adult. Oh 66 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 2: he had to shoot, and he doesn't want to press charges. 67 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 2: It's it's constant that. 68 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 3: Nice welding criminal that came in to the cop, that 69 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 3: the cop was lucky he got away. He went and 70 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,679 Speaker 3: visited this was just two weeks ago. Week ten days ago. 71 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 3: He visited the criminal. Okay, not the police officer that 72 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 3: was almost nice to death on that domestic violence call. 73 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 3: Now we're gonna send in social workers. This guy does 74 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 3: not have a clue. And if he does have a clue, 75 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 3: well then we're in bigger trouble than we go. You know, look, 76 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 3: he campaigned on all of this again. I go back, 77 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 3: all right, but you what to surround yourself with like 78 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 3: minded children who have zero experience in government. Let me 79 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 3: tell you why satitation, why y'all, blizzard got cleared up. 80 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 3: All our major roads were cleared up. That's because he 81 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 3: allowed the Satitation commissioner to do his job. All right, 82 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 3: You've got to allow the police commissioner to do her job. 83 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 3: You've got to allow all police officers to do their jobs. 84 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 3: He is stepping in front of the mic every chance 85 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 3: he gets, and I'm telling you, he is a walking, 86 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 3: talking disaster. Has got to be away. And if there 87 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 3: is a legal way to get this guy out of office, 88 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 3: he needs to go before we fall any deeper into 89 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,119 Speaker 3: the hole that we're falling into right now. 90 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: Thicky Palladino, New York City Council. She represents District nineteen 91 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 2: of Northeast Queens. Another City council member, Frank Morano from 92 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 2: Staten Island says the forgotten borough was forgotten again. Frank 93 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 2: is next. 94 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: Now more of the Wor Saturday Morning Show and Larry 95 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: Minty Welcome back. 96 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 2: Kids in Staten Island were told to return to school, 97 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 2: but with the roads not plowed and the school buses 98 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 2: or the plows not able to get through them, Staten 99 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 2: Island City Council member Frank Morano says something has to change. 100 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 2: Frank good morning to you, Larry. 101 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 4: Good morning. Thanks for having me on. Great to talk 102 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 4: with you, even if it's to talk about less than 103 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 4: pleasant circumstance. 104 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 2: It is less than pleasant second circumstances. And the nice 105 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 2: thing is that at least on the news last night, 106 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 2: they were focusing on Staten Island and it didn't look good. 107 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 2: And I just can't understand why Mayor Mom Donnie is 108 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 2: sending kids to school today. Especially he must see what's 109 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 2: going on in Staten Island. 110 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 4: Frank, It's absolutely crazy. I've reached out to the mayor, 111 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 4: as has a bipartisan group of elected officials, not just 112 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 4: in Staten Island, but especially in Staten Island, so this 113 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 4: is not a partisan thing at all. The irony of 114 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 4: all ironies is the school's chancellor was supposed to have 115 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 4: an event today and he canceled it, fanklement weather. You 116 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 4: know CSA, the union that represents the principles. They were 117 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 4: supposed to have an event today, they can't due to 118 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 4: implement weather. The UFT is telling their members if you 119 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,559 Speaker 4: don't feel comfortable and safe getting to work today, stay home. 120 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 4: You have to wonder what's the constituency for not pursuing 121 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 4: remote learning today you still have and especially as of 122 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 4: an hour ago, you had streets that were totally inadequately plowed. 123 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: People and teachers and parents couldn't get off their block, 124 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 4: and especially in the teachers and principals cases, they had 125 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 4: nowhere to park once they got to school. It's nuts, 126 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 4: It is absolutely nuts. I had parents reaching out to 127 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 4: me last night saying that they were really concerned that 128 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 4: they had no way to get their child to school, 129 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 4: but that their kids were worried about jeopardizing their perfect 130 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 4: attendance record. There's no reason that there's no reason for this. 131 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 4: It's just it's needless. It's cruel. 132 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 2: To be honest, Frank, at the top of the show, 133 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 2: I just said, don't go. Yeah, you need to say 134 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 2: the message, don't go to school today, don't stand your 135 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 2: kids to school because it's dangerous. 136 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 4: You know. I heard you and the and I think 137 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 4: you're exactly right. Look, I mean some schools may be 138 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 4: fine if you live up the block from a school 139 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 4: and it's perfectly plowed and you can get to school 140 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 4: and you need help with childcare, fine, But you bring 141 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 4: up such a good point in that how much education 142 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 4: is really going to be happening today? There's all sorts 143 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 4: of teachers that are out, there's all sorts of kids 144 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 4: that are going to be out. So functionally, I understand 145 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 4: you're getting to check one of those days off for 146 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 4: the one hundred and eighty day calendar. Functionally, what educational 147 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 4: purpose is being served today? It's crazy. The other frustrating 148 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 4: thing is the incredible lack of public response from the MTA. 149 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 4: Right now, I have constituents waiting for a train in 150 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 4: Staten Island, unsure if it's ever coming. We have people 151 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 4: just totally in the dark about their commute. The MTA's website, 152 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 4: the app, it's inconsistent, it's not giving people any information. 153 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 4: And look, I'm relying on information that I'm getting kind 154 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 4: of secondhand and from commuters about what's running. In terms 155 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 4: of trains. Best we can tell, nothing is running between 156 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 4: Tottonville and Huguenot. And again, that island doesn't have a subway. 157 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 4: We're reliant upon cars, and we're relying upon the one 158 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 4: rail system that we have, which apparently is not really running. 159 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: Rank. 160 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 5: This is Natalie, As you know, I grew up in 161 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 5: Staten Island as well as. 162 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 2: You were living there now. 163 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 4: Absolutely, and I always wearing our shared sweatshirt most of 164 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 4: the day as I was shoveling, Yes. 165 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 5: Go Tottenville Pirates, I always wondered, is there a reason 166 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 5: why we can't look at the New York City public 167 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 5: schools system as separate districts at sometimes because sometimes Staten 168 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 5: Island has an issue that the Bronx doesn't have, or 169 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 5: Queens is having an issue that Manhattan is not having. 170 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 5: And to say that you have to close everybody when 171 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 5: somebody might be specifically having an issue always seemed insane 172 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 5: to me. 173 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 4: Natalie, You're exactly right a couple of things. One is, 174 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 4: we do have a separate school district, District thirty one. 175 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 4: And I do think that the superintendent here, doctor Poulton 176 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,359 Speaker 4: is his name, should have a great deal of autonomy, 177 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 4: as all the superintendents should about making local decisions. Speaking 178 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 4: of Totonville, by the way, the principle of Totonville wrote 179 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 4: to me and all the other elected officials saying that look, 180 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 4: they knew this storm was coming, and they made preparations 181 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,719 Speaker 4: for remote learning for exactly this, and then all of 182 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 4: a sudden they're scrambling to try to figure out how 183 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 4: they're going to have school today. A lot of their 184 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 4: staff members weren't able to make it back from the 185 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 4: vacation last week because last week was President's Week. A 186 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 4: lot of them are stranded in places like Florida or 187 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 4: out of state, out of the county, and a lot 188 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 4: of other staff members, both in Staten Island and New Jersey, 189 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 4: are not able to come in because of their streets. 190 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 4: The custodial teams at a lot of these schools. I 191 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 4: only mentioned Tottenville not only because we went there, but 192 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 4: because it's so large and has such a large student body. 193 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 4: They've been working really around the clock, but there's still 194 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 4: substantial snowpiles. This is what the principal is saying, I 195 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 4: think in terms of greater autonomy for school districts and 196 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 4: for Burroughs. That's one of the things that I mentioned 197 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 4: again to the Mayor this morning that I think, not 198 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 4: personally but via TechEd that we need better borrow flexibility, 199 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 4: but we also need a charter change. You know, there's 200 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 4: going to be a Charter revision Commission this year that 201 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 4: was actually appointed by Mayor Adams, And one of the 202 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 4: things that I'm hoping that their look at is if 203 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 4: they want to pump the brakes on parts of this 204 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 4: city wanting to secede, is allowing more borrow autonomy when 205 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 4: it comes to parking rules, when it comes to transit rules, 206 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 4: when it comes to schools. So yeah, I mean, Staten 207 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 4: Island is a very different place than Borough Park is. 208 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 4: It's a very different place than Harlem, is very different 209 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 4: place than you know, than the Bronxes. So why should 210 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 4: it be one size fits all when you have different 211 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 4: transit infrastructure, different weather conditions as we're seeing with the 212 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 4: latest storm. I completely agree. I think there needs to 213 00:12:55,480 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 4: be a change to the charter to allow greater borrow autonomy. 214 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 4: But I think even within the current framework, the possibility 215 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 4: exists where a District thirty one, which is the Staten 216 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 4: Island school district, can make different decisions than the other 217 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 4: school district. 218 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 2: It sounds like a great idea, but I say, with 219 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 2: all due respect, good luck with that. I don't think it. 220 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 2: I don't think they're going to go for that. But 221 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 2: we were talking to Haave or Lohan, the acting Sanitation Commissioner, 222 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 2: a little while ago, and he says, there are a 223 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,479 Speaker 2: lot of resources in Staten Island right now. They understand 224 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 2: the problem and they're trying to deal with it. Have 225 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 2: you seen this. 226 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 4: Uh, yes, there has been an uptick in the number 227 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 4: of trucks that we're sent here. But I'll just say 228 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 4: and again, I think Commissioner Lohan is a great commissioner, 229 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 4: and I think if the mayor wants to do the 230 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 4: right thing by the hard working men and women of 231 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 4: New York strongest, he should take the acting title. Absolutely 232 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 4: their lowhand's title, because he really worked his way up 233 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 4: through the ranks. But if you looked at the at 234 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 4: the imagery either of the plow map at Plow and 235 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 4: yc or the overhead cameras that exist in places like Midtown, 236 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 4: and you compare that to what was going on in 237 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 4: Staten Island. It was the difference between East and West Berlin. 238 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 4: You had one part of the city that looked like 239 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 4: it was perfectly paved, perfectly clean, functionally normally, and another 240 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 4: part of the city that was totally paralyzed by snow. 241 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 4: So there was an uptick not only in sanitation trucks, 242 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 4: plows and a lot of vehicles that they had contracted 243 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 4: to do some plowing as well, which is a good thing. 244 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 4: But part of the problem is some of the plows 245 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 4: and you can't make this up but you could see 246 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 4: if you go to my Facebook page, people can see 247 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 4: the images. They were getting stuck. They were getting stuck 248 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 4: in the snow. 249 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 2: I said on the news, you can't make They're too 250 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 2: big for the streets too. It is all ridiculous. Frank, 251 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 2: I could talk to you all day, but we got 252 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: to go. Thanks so much, and I hope that the 253 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 2: problem is fixed soon. Frank Morano, City council member from 254 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 2: Staten Island. Donald Trump blasted the Supreme Court for limiting 255 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 2: his use of tariffs. So what happened when he met 256 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 2: the justices at the State of the Union. ABC Sarah 257 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 2: Isker tells us Still ahead on Saturday morning, the Eliza 258 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 2: Minelli memoir is out, and New York Post entertainment critic 259 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 2: Johnny Oleczinski says she explains how Lady Gaga set her 260 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 2: up at the Oscars. That's just ahead on Saturday morning. 261 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: Here again is Larry Menti with the wor Saturday Morning Show. 262 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: What is the future of Trump's tariffs? After the Supreme 263 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 2: Court ruled that Trump did not have the power to 264 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 2: impose them the way he did. ABC Sarah Isker explains, 265 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Sarah was really interesting when Donald 266 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 2: Trump obviously was upset and their scotis sitting right in 267 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 2: front of him. All the justices, well not all of them, 268 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 2: five were missing, but some of the justices sitting right 269 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 2: in front of him. What did you read out of 270 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:09,479 Speaker 2: that moment anything. 271 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 6: Well, you know, the justices are really in that front 272 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 6: row seat. They're very close to the president, you know, 273 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 6: physically speaking, and when he comes down that aisle, he 274 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 6: can't help but walk in front of them, which he 275 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 6: did before starting the State of the Union, shook each 276 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 6: hand of the justice that was the Chief Justice Kagan, Kavanaugh, 277 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 6: and Justice Barrett so two three of those justices, rather 278 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 6: voting to strike down his tariffs, only Justice Kavanaugh in 279 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 6: the group that voted to uphold them. He exchanged pleasantries 280 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 6: with them. 281 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 7: But it certainly didn't look all that warm. 282 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 6: But then the speech itself, you know, I think we were. 283 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 7: Potentially expecting fireworks, given what he'd said at his press conference, 284 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 7: what he'd said on truth social attacking the justices, that 285 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 7: their families should be embarrassed of them, that perhaps they're under. 286 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 6: The control of a foreign government. Mild criticism when he 287 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 6: was actually standing feet away from them that we've seen 288 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 6: from Trump in the past, right, he can be a 289 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 6: bit of a keyboard warrior, and obviously he's going to 290 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 6: try to re implement many of the tariffs through different statutes, 291 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 6: though those seem to have some legal issues as well, 292 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 6: but not wanting to take on the Supreme Court there 293 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 6: in the State of the Union. 294 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, let me deal with this a little bit more, 295 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 2: because I don't know if it was actually a boycott 296 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 2: of the State of the Union, but the fact that 297 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,959 Speaker 2: five didn't show up I think is significant. Has that 298 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 2: ever happened before? 299 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 6: Yes, In fact, it is rare these days to have 300 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 6: more than four justices at the State of the Union. 301 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 6: So these four, as I said, the Chief Kegan, Kavanaugh, 302 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 6: and Barrett, are kind of before institutionalist justices. They see 303 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 6: their jobs, I think, less as a single justice and 304 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 6: more as a body of the court. The other justices 305 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 6: haven't shown up in a long time. So these four were. 306 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 7: The exact same four that came to the President's. 307 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 6: Joint session last time. And if you want to go 308 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,679 Speaker 6: way back in the Bush administration, at one point only 309 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 6: poor Justice Brier showed up. 310 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 2: All right, So this is common. So people are reading 311 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 2: way too much into it because I've I've heard now 312 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 2: over and over again they didn't even all show up. 313 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 2: They didn't even all show up. But it's it's nothing, right, 314 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 2: it's just nothing. It's it's what happens. 315 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 6: I wish they would either all show up or you know, 316 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 6: the Chief in July would send a note that's like. 317 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 7: Hey, you know, this doesn't really involve us. 318 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 6: We're not coming anymore. Yes, because I do think that 319 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 6: they are a single court. You know, the court rules, 320 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 6: not individual justices, and so I don't love when there's 321 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 6: you know, the sort of divide and who shows up 322 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 6: and who doesn't. But you have to consider being a 323 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 6: Supreme Court justice is a very cloistered life. They kind 324 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 6: of well, they don't get out much and see the 325 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 6: extroverts on the court. This is kind of their one 326 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 6: shot to, you know, see other human being. 327 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 2: So explain to us this ruling on the tariffs, because 328 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 2: there's so much noise about the ruling, both from both 329 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,479 Speaker 2: from the arguments that you can read in the ruling 330 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 2: on either side, from Donald Trump and from the Democrats. 331 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 2: Explain what was ruled on, what should we take away 332 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 2: from it? 333 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 6: There were one hundred and seventy. 334 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 7: Pages of opinions from seven of the justices. But the 335 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 7: good news is that the majority opinion. 336 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 6: The actual holding of the court was only twenty one pages, 337 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 6: and it was pretty straightforward. It said, President Trump has 338 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 6: told us that he has the authority from Congress to 339 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 6: issue these tariffs through this very old statute from the 340 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 6: seventies called AIPA, the International Emergency Powers Act. And we're 341 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 6: reading that statute and it just doesn't include this power. 342 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 6: Congress did not clearly give the president the power to 343 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 6: set tariff rates based on a national emergency. In this case, 344 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 6: he was saying, the national emergency was the trade imbalance 345 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 6: and sentinel. And so they're like, look, go to Congress. 346 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 6: They are welcome to give you this tariff power, but 347 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 6: we don't think they did it here. And let us 348 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 6: know how that. 349 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 2: Goes by Now he seems to think that there are 350 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 2: a lot of workarounds around this rule, and he keeps 351 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 2: citing all these other statues. Are their workarounds, yes and no. 352 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 6: So there are other statutes for Congress very clearly delegates 353 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 6: to the president the power to tariff. I mean they 354 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 6: use the word they say duties and tariffs and all 355 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 6: these you know, very clear delegations of power which were 356 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 6: not in IIPA, but they're limited in time, so you 357 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 6: have one hundred and fifty days, or they're limited in 358 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 6: what you can tariff steal stuff like that, like specific 359 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 6: items to tariffs. The outer problem is Trump has instituted 360 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 6: his new tariffs through one of those time limited ones, 361 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 6: the one hundred and fifty day one. But in that 362 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 6: one you've not to have a showing that there's a 363 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 6: balance of payments problem, not just a trade imbalance, and 364 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 6: the White House had actually acknowledged in their Supreme Court 365 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 6: brief that that statute would not apply right now. So 366 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 6: pretty much everyone agrees that these are unlawful tariffs as well. 367 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, so when these one hundred and fifty days are up, 368 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,479 Speaker 2: he's only option at this point, because he seems to 369 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 2: think he has another option. The only option at this 370 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 2: point is to go to Congress to get approval of 371 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 2: new tariffs. 372 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 6: Look, that's the good news. I hope that these presidents, 373 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 6: whether it's Biden with his student loan debt forgiveness, or 374 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 6: the vaccine mandate, or the carbon emissions case, or here 375 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 6: Trump with tariffs or banning bump stocks, the message. 376 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 7: From the court over and over again is look, mister President. 377 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,159 Speaker 6: You are welcome to have these policies. You just have 378 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,440 Speaker 6: to go through Congress, because Congress is what makes stable 379 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 6: law over time for the country. You are not a legislature, 380 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 6: and we can't keep whipsawing the American people every four years. 381 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,719 Speaker 6: And so it's, you know, pretty ironic that this happens 382 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 6: and the president once again tries to add without going 383 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 6: to Congress, same as what Joe Biden did on student 384 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 6: loan up forgiveness. But at some point, surely a president 385 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 6: will actually want his policies to be in place. 386 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 2: Well, I always enjoy this time. It's like a masterclass 387 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 2: in the Supreme Court. I really appreciated. Sarah Esker, ABC 388 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 2: News contributor Washington with Us every Wednesday at nine oh five. 389 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, Sarah. So, what are the latest James 390 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 2: Bond rumors? New York Post entertainment critic Johnny Olezinsky has 391 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 2: them when Saturday Morning continues. 392 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: Back now to the WOR Saturday Morning Show with Larry Minty. 393 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 2: A few years ago, Liza Minelli had an unfortunate experience 394 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 2: on stage during the Academy Awards, and now she explains 395 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 2: it all in her new memoir New York Post entertainment 396 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: critic Johnny Oleczinsky has more Liza Minelli's new memoir. You're saying, 397 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,239 Speaker 2: there's some juicy stuff in it. 398 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 8: Okay, So I love I love Liza Minelly. I Love 399 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 8: Liza Minelli. Chicago, Arthur, New York, New York. She's saying 400 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 8: it before Frank Sinatra ever did. 401 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 7: So. 402 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 8: She releases this new memoir and she's talking about the 403 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 8: twenty twenty two Oscars when she presented with Lady Gaga, 404 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 8: which was a very if everyone remembers, a very sad 405 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 8: moment because out comes this. I believe she was seventy 406 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 8: six at the time, and she's rolled out on a 407 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 8: wheelchair and she's shaking and she couldn't get her words together. 408 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 8: Everyone felt like, why did they put this woman up there? Well, 409 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 8: she says in this new memoir that what she wanted. 410 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 8: She asked them, she said, could I be seated in 411 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 8: a director's chair? You know, one of those fabric chairs? 412 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 8: Are they kind of elegant looking very Hollywood? And they 413 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 8: said absolutely not. And she says, Lady Gaga said, I 414 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 8: won't go out if she's not in a wheelchair, because 415 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 8: I said, for her safety, she must be in a wheelchair. 416 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 8: So what she says happened is it put her too 417 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 8: low to the ground to be able to see the teleprompter, 418 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 8: and she warned them about this, so they gave her 419 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 8: some flimsy note cards that were in a different order 420 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 8: and that's why. So it made her look mentally feeble. 421 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 8: And it got me thinking with share at the Grammy's recently, 422 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 8: you know, saying Luther Vandros won when he's been dead 423 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 8: for twenty years, and the way they set her up 424 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 8: to have a Lifetime Achievement award followed by doing the 425 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 8: Best Record of the Year. They just keep setting up 426 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 8: these legends. We really like to fail and these award 427 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 8: shows they're already so stupid. But I think that's one 428 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 8: of the dumbest things they can do, is take these 429 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:27,959 Speaker 8: great talents and just make us pity them and mock them. 430 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 2: And it's such a sign of disrespect and almost not 431 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 2: to follow their wishes. When she says, hey, I'd rather 432 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 2: do it this way, the answer will yes, Okay, we'll 433 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 2: do it that way. I don't I don't understand it 434 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 2: at all. And it seems like they believe they're irrelevant. 435 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 2: Well then why have them there? 436 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 8: And why do they hand this to an intern or something? 437 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 8: Why would this be being decided off stage on the night. 438 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 8: Wouldn't every minute? You know what it's like to work 439 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 8: with publicists of stars. I send five hundred emails just 440 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 8: so they can tell me, you know, repeat, what their 441 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 8: birthday is. And they couldn't figure out how to get 442 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 8: Liza a good spot. 443 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 2: I don't know what it's like. I had a producer 444 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 2: for that or Yeah. 445 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 8: The other one is Fade Dunaway and Warren Baty them 446 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 8: handing these people the wrong envelope for Best Picture and 447 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 8: then we go, oh, you know, Warren Baty and Faye 448 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 8: Dunaway are such idiots for months and no, it was 449 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 8: the accounting firm that handed them the wrong envelope. So 450 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 8: why do we just keep embarrassing great stars? It sicks 451 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 8: It sickens me. 452 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 2: That's a great point. How did the blizzard effect Broadway? 453 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 2: Oh it was bad, it was bad. They shut down 454 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 2: last night. Well, the big problem is so Sunday and 455 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 2: Monday everything shut down. And Broadway, you know, is a 456 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 2: very tenuous business. You're kind of usually it's it's like 457 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 2: paycheck to paycheck. You're either profitable or you aren't on 458 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 2: in a given week, and so a lot of shows 459 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,640 Speaker 2: will lose a lot of money. But here's what I'll 460 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 2: tell listeners nearby. If you want to venture in, or 461 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 2: if you're in here already, I bet today is a 462 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 2: great day to go get into a show that you 463 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 2: otherwise couldn't because there will be people whose flights were 464 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 2: canceled that are still trying to rebook that because everything 465 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 2: is still a mess at LaGuardia and Newark and JFK. 466 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 2: There'll be people that don't want to get on the 467 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 2: New Jersey transit yet and maybe they're not totally back 468 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 2: up to snuff. So if you want to go see Hamilton, 469 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 2: you might be able to walk up and get a ticket. 470 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 2: What a great news you can use tip that you 471 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 2: just gave. I hope somebody takes you up on her and. 472 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 8: As a useless critic, that's a nice, nice time. 473 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,679 Speaker 2: Thank Hey. You know what, if you do end up 474 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 2: going seeing a show that Johnny Olzinski just gave you 475 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 2: the tip about, please let us know and leave us 476 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 2: a talk back because we'd love to hear about your experience. 477 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 2: I love this. If you're an Elvis fan. My wife 478 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 2: is an enormous Elvis Presley fan, so she's gonna be 479 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 2: excited about this. You were recommending a new documentary. 480 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's a really cool movie. It's called Epic Elvis 481 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 8: Presley in Concert. And if you're a big Elvis fan, 482 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 8: you know about his final career thing at the International 483 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 8: Hotel in Las Vegas sixty nine I think seventy six. 484 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 8: There was almost no footage of ale of that ever, 485 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 8: and Baz Luhrman, who directed the Elvis movie with Austin 486 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 8: Butler Warner Brothers, gave him access to their salt mines 487 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 8: in Kansas City where they keep these old negatives and 488 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 8: he found hours and hours of footage of this legendary concert. 489 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 8: And Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings and who 490 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 8: did the Beatles get back? He helped him clean up 491 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 8: that footage. Wow, and I saw it in Toronto. And 492 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 8: they use also an interview footage from an Elvis press 493 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 8: conference that had never been released. So he tells his 494 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 8: own story and you see eighty percent of this footage 495 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 8: has never been seen before. And what you get is 496 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 8: everyone thinks toward the end that Elvis was kind of 497 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 8: just this, you know, fat, untalented guy, because that is 498 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 8: the cartoon we've turned him into since his death, which 499 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 8: is extremely upsetting. But you see a top tier entertainer, 500 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 8: it's like you're adding Elvis concert. I was talking to 501 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,360 Speaker 8: Baz Luhrman yesterday actually, and he said, I'm giving him 502 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 8: the world tour he never had. But if you're a fan, 503 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 8: I really when I saw there at the Toronto Film Festival, 504 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 8: there are women standing up dancing. 505 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 2: He's still got it will there? Is it going to 506 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 2: be in theaters first? Yeah? 507 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 8: Actually the theater down by me and Union Square has 508 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 8: eight showings of it on Friday. I though, what documentary? 509 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 8: It's not really when I say documentary, and that's a 510 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 8: very stuffy word. This is an exciting concert interspersed with 511 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 8: kind of bits of Elvis's life. Really, it's a concert movie. 512 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 8: Oh that's great, and it's like looking through a window. 513 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 2: It's so clean. I'm definitely going. We'll go this weekend. 514 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 2: You know what, I don't know about the James Bond movie. 515 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,919 Speaker 2: I don't know about any of the rumors, but I 516 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 2: have to say they must have the best publicist in 517 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 2: the business, because everybody is constantly talking about this movie 518 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 2: that is not anywhere close to being put out because 519 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 2: of who's going to be in it, Who's going to 520 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 2: be the new James, but who's going to be the 521 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 2: new James Bond girl? So please feed into it, tell 522 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 2: us the latest rumor. 523 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 8: I mean, as a journalist, I feel a journalist in quotes. 524 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 8: I'm starting to feel guilty about talking about it anymore 525 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 8: because I've come on this show and said, you know 526 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,479 Speaker 8: very absolutely who it's going to be. 527 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 2: Every week, there's an audience for it. It was absolutely 528 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 2: an audience which said there's an audience for it. 529 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 8: But they'll say there will be okay, sources that say 530 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 8: that it's gonna be Aaron Taylor Johnson, it's going to 531 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 8: be Calm Turner. And this week the the gossip site 532 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 8: dumois is saying it's going to be Jacob Belordi. You've 533 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 8: made a look, but Douomoi is actually, I don't want 534 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 8: to say reputable, but popular, and they get a lot 535 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 8: of things. 536 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 2: Right. Oh, you stopped me from mucking you. I was 537 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 2: about to muck you when you just saw my face 538 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 2: and you stop the muck. 539 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 8: Ohky well mock away. I couldn't care less. 540 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 2: Oh wow, all right, Well, Johnny Alexiski, thanks so much 541 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 2: for coming in today. I appreciate your time. 542 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,719 Speaker 8: So Jacob Elordi of Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein, who's nominated 543 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 8: for the Oscar. He's the late He's twenty eight, which 544 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 8: seems very young, but if you can believe Sean Connery, 545 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 8: I believe was thirty. George Lazenby was twenty nine in 546 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 8: the sixties, being thirty looked a lot older because they 547 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 8: actually had hardship. Yeah, so no plastic surgery and no moisturizers, 548 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 8: so he does look very young, and he's like six' 549 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 8: five or. Something BUT i think that's an alright. Rumor 550 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 8: some of The brits will hate it because He's, australian 551 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 8: so he'll have, to you, know sharpen up that accent a. 552 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 2: Bit Johnny, Oleczinski New York post entertainment, Critic that wraps 553 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 2: Up Saturday morning for this. Week thanks for, listening and 554 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 2: thanks To Natalie vodka And Peter ayrolano for putting the 555 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 2: show together this. Week have a great rest of your. 556 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: Weekend this has been a podcast FROM wr