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Speaker 1: Mister New York Mark Simone wor well, Hey, do we

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Speaker 1: have Liz Peak. Yep, we're getting there, the great columnist,

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Speaker 1: Liz Peak. We'll talk to her about all sorts of

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Speaker 1: stuff coming up. Now. The caller before I said something

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Speaker 1: Fire department. Well, so I checked. Apparently Port Authority fire

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Speaker 1: for the fire commissioner. So I'll get you a definite

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Speaker 1: you tomorrow, but with us right now. Liz Peak, the

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Speaker 1: brilliant columnist, and you'll see her all over television. You

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Speaker 2: How you doing, I'm terrific. Thank you? How about you?

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Speaker 1: I'm good. I'm good. Where do we even start the shutdown?

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Speaker 1: The three hour lines, the four hour lines at the airport.

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Speaker 1: Who's going to get the blame for all of this?

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Speaker 3: I think everyone is getting blamed for this, honestly, Mark,

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think Republicans are taking the brunt of it,

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Speaker 3: even though it is Democrats who basically have shut down

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Speaker 3: the government by refusing to fund DHS.

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Speaker 2: But Republicans are refusing to fund part.

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Speaker 3: Of DHS at the Transportation Security Administration, which mainly is

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Speaker 3: responsible for all these lines that are making people crazy

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Speaker 3: But because Republicans are in the majority and they have

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Speaker 2: You know, the buck stops with them.

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Speaker 3: And a lot of people are saying, look, I don't

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Speaker 3: friends and relatives who have been waiting. Can you imagine

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Speaker 3: going to the airport four hours early, as the son

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Speaker 3: three hours. I mean, honestly, our legislators even thinking about

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Speaker 3: these people are putting themselves in their shoes. Well, no

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Speaker 3: they're not, because guess what they get escorted through security.

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Speaker 3: That's a custom in almost every airport. And look, I

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Speaker 3: I'll tell you right now. If you are a representative

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, they say that's why Congress did not leave

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Speaker 1: wisked through. So, but why is government so allergic to

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Speaker 1: the private sector. You know, you could bring in private

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Speaker 1: Some airports use private security and they have no problems. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Elon Musk is offered to pay all the TSA workers.

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Speaker 1: Why not cooperate with the private sector more?

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Speaker 3: In fact, there are airports, isn't it Seattle or oddly enough,

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Speaker 3: Now, after this problem, maybe they won't be so eager

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Hey, Liz peak when it comes to Iran, I'm

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think this is really offensive.

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Speaker 3: we're doing. Ay, that's incredibly bad for Morales, A shame

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Speaker 3: But see, he is just wildly antagonistic to this administration

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Speaker 3: because they called him out on a number of occasions

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Speaker 2: I mean, what is he?

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Speaker 3: Who is he to make that comment and what does

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Speaker 2: And I think they were right. I thought that was

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Speaker 3: Man and he's kind of laying it all out there

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Speaker 3: and being as offensive as he possibly can. But to

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Speaker 3: your point, yeah, Mark, he's it's really bad acting.

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Speaker 2: In my view speak speaking.

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Speaker 1: Of offensive, this mayor and his wife. The mayor is

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Speaker 1: murdered people. The wife is illustrating the most anti semitic

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Speaker 2: Okay, really good question. Let's just hope it's not eight.

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Speaker 3: Let's hope we do somehow rally the forces of opposition

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Speaker 3: and get rid of this guy after four years. My

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Speaker 3: view is, Mom, Donnie is an extraordinary politician in the

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Speaker 3: He became mayor, and he is rubbing our noses in

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Speaker 3: shame on him, But shame on voters for letting this happen.

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Speaker 3: Shame on the Jewish community for not realizing what was

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Speaker 3: this guy has no regard for whatsoever.

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Speaker 2: I think it's absolutely hideous. And again, let's just make

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Speaker 2: sure it's not eight years.

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Speaker 1: Well, we love Curtis, but if Andrew Cuomo, you're right,

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Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, and this is the guy we're going

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Speaker 3: it's a real insight. Democrats have no options, right, I mean,

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Speaker 2: Democrats have nothing. They are not able to run a

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Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, show me five Democrats who have left

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Speaker 3: That's all they can think of. It's really it is

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Speaker 3: a it's like a life sinecure to be on the

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Speaker 2: That's also possible.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, very good point. Liz Peak brilliant as always.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me. Have a great day,

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Speaker 2: and stay out of the airports.

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Speaker 1: I will take care. Hey, no, forget hey, thanks, I

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