1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: This is America's Truncking Network with Kevin Gordon. 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 2: Lulhablebard. Thanks for tuning in on this Friday morning. We 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: got initial jobless claims yesterday yesterday morning, Thursday morning, and 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 2: as usual, good news is followed by bad headlines or 5 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 2: so so headlines or twisted headlines from the spoon fed 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 2: regurgitators in the mainstream media. They just can't accept the 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 2: fact that there are certain parts of the economy that 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,959 Speaker 2: are doing well and better than what they want them 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: to do. And I keep saying, are they betting against 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 2: this president? Or are they betting against the US? And 11 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: sometimes I think they're betting against the US. Well, let's 12 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 2: look at some of the headlines here before we get 13 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: into it. We're talking about initial jobless claims. Let's see 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: what's the worst one here. This is an okay headline, 15 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 2: Treasury yields are up after unexpected dropping a new jobless claims. 16 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 2: Another headline. This is a so so headline from Reuters. 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 2: A US labor market remains stable, trade deficit widens in February. 18 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: So they've got to give a little bad news along 19 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 2: with the good news. We have a first half of 20 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: this headline is good and then the other half is 21 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 2: where the hell they come up with this initial job 22 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: as claims and this from Yahoo Finance. Initial job as 23 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 2: claims unexpectedly fall as cooling labor market hold steady. I 24 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: don't know where they're getting the idea of cooling labor market, 25 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 2: but let's play the game. Pretty decent headline here is 26 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: US initial job as claims fall to just shy of 27 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 2: a two year low, which is very good. That's from 28 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: Bloomberg dot Com and from Seeking Alpha. Initial job as 29 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: claims unexpectedly fall in past week, which is pretty much 30 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: a straight up headline looking at the well, we've got 31 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: two of the stories here, one from let's see Reuters 32 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: and the other one from Yahoo Finance. I think this 33 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 2: one is the best one. Here. We'll get into this. 34 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: This is from your Reuters. New applications for US unemployment 35 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 2: benefits unexpectedly fell last week amid low layoffs, suggesting labor 36 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: market conditions remained calm. In March, the economists warned that 37 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 2: a prolonged war in the Middle East posed a downside risk. 38 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: Where any hell are they getting the idea of a 39 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: prolonged war? Wednesday night, Donald Trump gave an address from 40 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: the Oval Office. I didn't talk about it last night 41 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: because there was really actually there was no new news 42 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 2: in there, stuff that he's been saying all along, So 43 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 2: I didn't bother mentioning it last night. But you would 44 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 2: have thought that the world came to an end when 45 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: you look at what the stock market did, what oil 46 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 2: prices did, and now these comments from these people. You know, 47 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 2: they've been saying, well, this is going to be a 48 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: prolonged war, or what is the timetable? When is this 49 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: going to end? And he gave the indication on Thursday 50 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: night that it was going to I'm sorry Wednesday night, 51 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 2: that it was actually going to be about a two 52 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: week period of time, and that he was going to 53 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: move to a position of where we are not reliant 54 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 2: on the oil coming out of the Middle East. We 55 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: are fine here in the United States as far as 56 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 2: our crude oil is concerned, because of the move that 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 2: he made with Venezuela, as far as their oil is concerned. 58 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 2: That is, we have access to that and we are 59 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: fine here. It's the European countries that are dependent on 60 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: Middle East oil. China, India, Korea, Japan, all these countries 61 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: are reliant on that Suez Canal Red Sea for trade 62 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 2: and stuff going through that area that helps their economy, 63 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: and yet they haven't stepped up to the plate to 64 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: do a darn thing about trying to get rid of 65 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 2: that cancer in the Middle East that has been causing 66 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: terrorism and problems for the last forty seven years. And 67 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: as we've seen, I've said this before, one of the 68 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: interesting things about this presidency is that things that have 69 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 2: just been what would you say, the go along to 70 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 2: get along things that we're in. You know, people just 71 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 2: get used to in terms of terror attacks. You know, 72 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 2: once in a while, a terror attack here, terror attack there, 73 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: and they go back to normal. The quid just kind 74 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: of the whole idea of things just kind of going on. 75 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 2: But what he has done throughout his two terms in 76 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 2: president is talked about issues that nobody wants to. The 77 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 2: status quo is the word I'm looking for. Everything's on 78 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 2: the status quo. But he'll put put out something and say, 79 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 2: why is this this way? This shouldn't be this way, 80 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 2: Why are we why are we doing things over here? 81 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: Why are we putting up with this cancer, Why are 82 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 2: we putting up with drug trade? Why are we putting 83 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 2: up with an invasion from the southern border. Why are 84 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 2: we doing? And people act as though that that that 85 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 2: this is just you know that that he's you know, chaotic, 86 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 2: that he's going through things that he's not even thinking about. 87 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: He has been, and they've started putting these out where 88 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 2: he started talking about some of these things back in 89 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 2: nineteen eighty, nineteen eighty eight, all the quotes in nineteen 90 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: ninety two and all this stuff from him where even 91 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: Oprah Winfrey was sitting there talking to him and saying, 92 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 2: you know, you ought to run for president. I think 93 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 2: you'd make a good president. Everybody seems to forget all that. 94 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: Everybody wants to forget about the stuff that he's been 95 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 2: talking about and the stuff that he's been right about. 96 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 2: In terms of the invasion from the southern border, they 97 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 2: said it couldn't be controlled. He'd cut it down within 98 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 2: a month of getting rid of illegal immigrants. And every 99 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 2: step of the way, all they want to do is 100 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: fight him. All they want to do is downplay what 101 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 2: he's doing as far as the economy is concerned. And 102 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,160 Speaker 2: they're talking about these forever wars and saying that, well, 103 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: he campaigned that he wouldn't get us into a war. No, 104 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 2: he said he would not get into a forever war. 105 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: But you know, when you look at what he did 106 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 2: during the first time with Solomoni and some of the 107 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: other things that they took care of, and now he's 108 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: got the track record with Maduro, he's got the track 109 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 2: record with negotiations around the world. And everybody's acting that 110 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: they don't pay any attention to the history there. And 111 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 2: it's just irritating as hell to hear some of the 112 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 2: stuff from the spoonfed regurgitators in the mainstream media. As again, 113 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: the prolonged war, you know, they're talking about remained calm. 114 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 2: In March, the job market, the economists warned that a 115 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 2: prolonged war in the Middle East posed it downside risk, 116 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 2: which is bs there's not going to be a prolonged war, 117 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 2: month long, uit, month long. Oh my goodness, we had 118 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 2: an eighteen year war. And he went through the terms 119 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 2: in terms of how long World War One was, how 120 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 2: long World War II was, how long, the Korean War, Vietnam, 121 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 2: all the Golf War, all these sort of things, And 122 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 2: he went through the timeline there. And we've been at 123 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: this for four weeks, and they're acting as though we've 124 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 2: been at it for eighteen years. The month long US, 125 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 2: the month long US Israeli with Iran has hadded another 126 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 2: layer of uncertainty to businesses, which we're trying to navigate 127 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 2: a forever shifting trade policy. It's not a forever trade 128 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 2: shifting trade policy. It's very upfront. You have high tariffs 129 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 2: on our products going in your country. We have no 130 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 2: tariffs on your stuff coming into our country. We're going 131 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: to level the playing fields so we have fair trade, 132 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 2: not just free trade. So I don't get you know, 133 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 2: they just jeez. The war has sent global oil markets 134 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 2: soaring more than fifty percent. The national average retail gasoline 135 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: price this week top four dollars a gallon for the 136 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 2: first time in more than three years, actually back during 137 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 2: the Biden administration, when it got up to five dollars 138 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: a gallon. Apparently they want to forget that. They don't 139 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 2: want to mention the fact that that's where it went 140 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 2: when Biden stopped did not take any steps to stop 141 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 2: Russia from invading Ukraine. But okay, they want to forget 142 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 2: about that. Higher energy costs in stock market sell off 143 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 2: because the conflicts would slow consumer spending. About three point 144 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 2: two trillion dollars was a raise from the stock market 145 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 2: in March. Donald Trump on the Wednesday vowed more aggressive strike. Now, 146 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 2: remember the stock market two years ago April the Second 147 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: Liberation Day in twenty twenty five. The market took a 148 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: big drop because of the announcements of the terriffs, and 149 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 2: what happened a month later, things bounced back. Not only 150 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: did they bounce back, but they went considerably higher and 151 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 2: started second setting all time records not just for the month, 152 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 2: not for the day, not for them, but all time 153 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: records for the history of the stock market. There is 154 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,479 Speaker 2: a track record there that apparently the spoon fed regurgitators 155 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 2: in mainstream media want to ignore initial job as claims 156 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 2: for state unemployment benefits dropped nine thousand to a seasonally 157 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 2: adjusted two hundred and two thousand for the week, and 158 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 2: it marched the twenty eight March twenty eighth Labor Department 159 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 2: set On Thursday, Economists polled by Reuters had to expected 160 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 2: two hundred and twelve thousand, so they missed that number 161 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 2: by five percent. But you know, again, it's in the 162 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 2: good range. Let's see, claims have moved in a two 163 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 2: hundred and one thousand to two hundred and thirty thousand 164 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 2: range this year, consistent with what economists describe as a 165 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 2: low higher low fire job market and even lying Jerry 166 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 2: Powell talks about that the job market is steady, not weak, 167 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 2: but steady, and all this talk is going on about this, 168 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 2: and it's just irritating to me when they talk about 169 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: the bad news or try to find bad news when 170 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 2: you actually have good news coming up. We've got a 171 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 2: very good guest we met down there at Matt's Mid 172 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 2: America Trucking Show. Talk to Nicole Ward. We'll be doing 173 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 2: that interview, showing running that interview in the next segment. 174 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: Nicole Ward. She is founder and president of AAWTA African 175 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 2: American Women Trucking Association. I'm Kevin Gordon, America's truck In 176 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 2: Network seven hundred WLW DO. 177 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: This is the breathing repard on America's Trucking Network on 178 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: seven hundred WLW. 179 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 2: Looking ahead to the racing weekend. 180 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 3: The only action is NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series running Friday 181 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 3: night at Rockingham Speedway. The NASCAR Cup Series, O'Reilly Auto 182 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 3: Parts Series, IndyCar, Formula One, and NHR all have the 183 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,079 Speaker 3: weekend off to celebrate Easter. NASCAR will hold a goodyear 184 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 3: tire test set for Chicago Lands Speedway coming up Tuesday, 185 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 3: April twenty. 186 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 2: First I do. 187 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: This is the reefing repoard on America's drugging edwork on 188 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: seven hundred WLW. 189 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 3: Have a good weekend, Happy Easter, everyone, Seg Dennison. 190 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: A t n. 191 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 4: It happens all the time. Your neighbor's pet zebra gets loose. 192 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 4: It starts biting people and knocking over mailbox and then 193 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 4: pooping on launch mounting your cement goos right, So then 194 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 4: you gotta go in the house and you gotta get 195 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 4: your zebra product again. 196 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: And then you stun it and it starts to come to. 197 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 4: So you got to get the duct tape out, and 198 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 4: then you gotta wrap it in a tarp and then 199 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 4: you bring it back to your neighbor. But now you've 200 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 4: missed part of my show, The Scott's Loan Show. 201 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 2: Don't worry. 202 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 4: You can still listen to the podcast on the iHeartRadio 203 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 4: app and catch it you missed, and then save the 204 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 4: stun gun, duct tape and tart for the neighbor. 205 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 5: When Luis got a positive colorectal cancer screening result, he 206 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 5: didn't know what. 207 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: Listen I've been talking to her off the air a 208 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 2: lot of times over the course of the show. Here 209 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 2: Nicole Ward. She is founder and president of aa WTA, 210 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 2: which is the African American Women's Trucking Association. Welcome to 211 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 2: the program. 212 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 6: Hello, Hello Kevin, and welcome having me here. I'm excited 213 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 6: to be here. 214 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 2: It's my pleasure to have you. So tell us about 215 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 2: your organization founding kind of a history type of thing. 216 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 6: Love to tell you about more about African American Women 217 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 6: Chucking Association. 218 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 7: So we're officially four years old. 219 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 6: I mean, we are babies in this industry and we 220 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 6: have done amazing things. Within five months of our existence, 221 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 6: we had the opportunity to represent women in trucking, all right, 222 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 6: So we sat on the FMCSA those of you that 223 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 6: don't know what fmc ESTATE stands for. That's the Federal 224 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 6: Motor Carry Safety Administration Advisory Board where we represented women 225 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:21,599 Speaker 6: in trucking and really one of the sixteen trucking associations 226 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 6: to really push advocacy and education and resources and just 227 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 6: to ensure that we're here as a support system for 228 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 6: women that are in the industry, especially minority women that 229 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 6: are in this industry. 230 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 2: How did you get involved in the trucking industry in 231 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 2: the first place. Let's go let's go back. 232 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, now that's a good one. 233 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. 234 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 6: I definitely started in trucking by accident. I like to 235 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 6: say that I had an amazing ex boyfriend, and I 236 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 6: say amazing because I'm better than here. 237 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 2: How can somebody that's an act be amazed? 238 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 7: Well that's okay, that's another way. Yeah, well we'll get 239 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 7: into that. 240 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 6: So we'll give him some kudos for putting me in 241 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 6: a position to under stand trucking right and having an 242 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 6: idea of some of the things that were needed because 243 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 6: having the opportunity to work with him in his industry. 244 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 6: He had twenty two trucks, and when it came down 245 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 6: to his back office, it was just pretty terrible. And 246 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 6: so I kind of started trucking logistics on the backside 247 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 6: as a driver where most people started, and then I 248 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 6: kind of fell my way into dispatching, became a broker, 249 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 6: had a small trucking company where I hired and fired 250 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 6: my mom at least two or three times, as she 251 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 6: was my first driver. 252 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 2: And you don't fire your mom right before Thanksgiving, uh Christmas, 253 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 2: because you could get you know, exactly. 254 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 7: Yes, we waited to watermelon season to do that. Yeah, yeah, no, gotcha. 255 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 2: That's it. 256 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 6: That's pretty much my start when it came to trucking logistics. 257 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 6: That fell into it by accident and just increased my 258 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 6: love for it. 259 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 2: And that's an interesting thing because in talking to people, 260 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 2: the women and trucking and the people that I've come 261 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 2: in contact with over the well, wow, you guys started 262 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 2: your organization four years ago. I started taking over the 263 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 2: show four years ago, so I'm going into my fifth year. 264 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 2: And what is interesting is the people that got women, 265 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 2: especially that got involved in the trucking industry. You say 266 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 2: by accident, and I think to a certain extent that 267 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 2: is a lot of people either either knew a trucker 268 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 2: that's worked someplace where they're from from, familiar with people 269 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 2: in the family that's relatives, et cetera. And the fact 270 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 2: that this is kind of blended over and making sure 271 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:34,119 Speaker 2: that people let's just say it's not a traditional pathway 272 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 2: for women, correct but realizing that there's not just there's 273 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 2: all the back office, there's one logistics, there's the everything. 274 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 6: And so when people think chucking all the time, they 275 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 6: think that it's what we call behind the wheel. And 276 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 6: so with AUTA, we make sure that women especially know 277 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 6: that there's more programs and there's more opportunity in trucking 278 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 6: than just being behind the wheel. It's also being behind 279 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 6: the desk, and so that's why we think it's very important, 280 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 6: especially when it comes down to pathways. 281 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 7: And I use myself as an example. 282 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 6: I'm the founder of the African American Woman Trucking Association. 283 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 6: I've never been behind the wheel, but I've been behind 284 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 6: the desk and that's where I started, which is also 285 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 6: a very important function in trucking. 286 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 2: Well, I am a recovering accountant, so you understand, yeah, 287 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 2: understanding how a business works from the inside outreach in 288 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 2: terms of just looking at the entire big picture as 289 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: opposed to just focusing on a component of it. Being 290 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 2: in an office environment and being in that position, of course, 291 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 2: probably wouldn't be a bad idea though, to maybe get 292 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 2: a little bit of in your spare time, possibly get 293 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 2: by will. 294 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 7: Oh no, I can't just not legally, Okay, well we 295 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 7: won't talk about there. 296 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 6: We won't talk about that. I one hundred percent understand 297 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 6: the logistics. You couldn't have a carry or be a carrier, 298 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 6: have a trucking company without understanding both components of it, 299 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 6: and so we definitely will reran a successful trucking company 300 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 6: a small carrier. I got the three trucks including my mom, 301 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 6: plus more and decided to just full time be the founder. 302 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: We're speaking with Nicole Ward. She is founder and president 303 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 2: of a w T, a African American Women Trucking Association. Yeah, 304 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 2: and so what is the what has been the biggest 305 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 2: surprise that you've had in terms of when you got 306 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 2: involved in the trucking industry itself. 307 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 6: I would say the lack of support. And that's a 308 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 6: true story for women entering the industry. There wasn't really 309 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 6: a support highway guide on what to do, how to 310 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 6: do it, who to do it with when I first 311 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 6: got into this industry. 312 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 7: And as women, it is different. 313 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 6: We do need to have different bathroom breaks because we 314 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 6: have really parts and we. 315 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 7: Do need to have all of these different things. 316 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 2: Which is one of the things that we've talked about 317 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 2: several times on this program is that as a result 318 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 2: of COVID, a lot of these uh or a lot 319 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 2: of these warehouses, delivery points, picked up points and whatever 320 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 2: are not allowing the truckers to use it into the bathroom. 321 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 2: That on a man's perspective, you can probably get a bottom, well, 322 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 2: catch a bottom, catch a tree of bush somewhere along 323 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 2: the line, But women squad and that is that is 324 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 2: to me just one of the just the common decency 325 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 2: of the thing that and I can't believe that there 326 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 2: is actually going to be required regulations and laws pushing 327 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 2: for that. You would think a common sense type of 328 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 2: thing would come into play. 329 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 6: Would However, I like to always bring up that this 330 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 6: is a male dominated industry, right and women have just 331 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 6: really started getting to this industry. We're less than twelve percent, 332 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 6: so when a lot of the rules. 333 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 2: Of bathrooms are not male died and the need for thethroom, 334 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 2: so you would think that they would understand. And again, 335 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 2: from a safety standpoint, if you're delivering a load and 336 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 2: you know that you're going to have to you're getting 337 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 2: to that point, you're going to have to pull off 338 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: the road, you're gonna have to park, get in go. 339 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 2: That's time off the road, time off the delivery delay 340 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 2: in delivery of getting that product to the shipper, and 341 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 2: you would think that they would appreciate it getting there 342 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 2: on time and say, hey. 343 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 6: Come on in Kevin, we have to make you president 344 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 6: because everything that you think is what I think as well. 345 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 6: And unfortunately industry doesn't always think the same way as us. 346 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 6: I mean, we were the ones that were doing the thinking, 347 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 6: people would. 348 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 7: Be in a better position, Betchett. So this is why 349 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 7: associations are so important. 350 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 6: Is the way that you think is how I think. 351 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 6: And we have to push those regulations. 352 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 2: We have to to make the changes exactly we're speaking 353 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,200 Speaker 2: with Nicole Ward. She is founder and president of African 354 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 2: American Women Trucking Association. And just all the exciting things 355 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,640 Speaker 2: that are going on. You've got some exciting stuff that's 356 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 2: happening here in the near future, correct. 357 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 7: Very near future. 358 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 6: One of them being today in a few hours. 359 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 2: Well probably one of the biggest things too, is being 360 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 2: on the air with me. I mean right now, Yeah, 361 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 2: you got you so I put that one. 362 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 6: You know, well, hey, I'm a lucky Yeah I get 363 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 6: to sit in the seat with. 364 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 7: Talk about auDA oneed A great day. Yeah, I love you. 365 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 2: Got some television background today rights going to be doing 366 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 2: a lot of media stuff. 367 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 6: Well, I would like to say special shout out to 368 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 6: my executive producer, Miss Tanya Shepherd. She's flown in to 369 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 6: just have some amazing conversations. We have some big plans 370 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 6: that are happening in the future. 371 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 7: Trucking is important. 372 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 6: It's important to make sure that we're able to highlight 373 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 6: trucking in a way that the average consumer can receive 374 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 6: it and to digest it. And I personally think I'm 375 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 6: the girl to bring it to the industry. 376 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 7: My background is. 377 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 6: Amazing, not just being in the TV industry working with 378 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 6: BT and some of the other bigger networks, but also 379 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 6: my contributions to trucking. 380 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 7: I'm not just talking this, I live it. 381 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 6: I'm knocking on the doors of your warehouses or distribution 382 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 6: centers to provide work for opportunities to the women. 383 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 7: In my trucking association. I have a lot of boots 384 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 7: on the ground. 385 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 2: What about getting women involved in it in the first place, 386 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,199 Speaker 2: I mean, once women are involved, but the outreach to 387 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 2: get women interested in it, how's that? 388 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 6: Well, that's part of the marketing plans, right, because how 389 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 6: can A lot of times women can't see themselves in 390 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 6: this industry because they don't have any. 391 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 7: Women that they can identify with. 392 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 6: But when you think about trucking, you don't think about me, 393 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 6: So that gives them an opportunities to see themselves in 394 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 6: somebody like myself and be excited to enter the industry 395 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 6: and note that they're going to have a certain level 396 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 6: of support that's also in this industry as they come in. 397 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 2: And what is interesting is a lot of people that 398 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 2: I've talked to they when you talk in terms of 399 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 2: a male dominated, dominating industry, you kind of have a 400 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 2: preconceived perception of what that might be. Correct, But I 401 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 2: think it's probably surprising the support system that is there 402 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 2: that male dominated. 403 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 6: That I can talk a little bit about that, right 404 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 6: if that's okay, sure, yeah, because I did talk about 405 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 6: it being male dominated. 406 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 7: But you brought up a really, really great point. 407 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 2: Vall. We need to take a quick break. Here. 408 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 7: We'll take a quick break, and you don't want to 409 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 7: miss this. 410 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 2: I'm Kevin Gordon, America's Trucking Network seven hundred WLW. 411 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 8: Treat and the Tri State overnight mostly Claudia, chants of 412 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 8: showers and storms. The low down to sixty six, partly 413 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 8: sunny Friday, with showers in a possible storm, especially during 414 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 8: the afternoon, a high eighty one, showers in a possible 415 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 8: storm mainly during the afternoon. How where Saturday highs again 416 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 8: in the lower eighties. Sunday chance of early showers, otherwise 417 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 8: mostly sunny, but colder, ties only in the mid fifties. Nationally, 418 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 8: from the Dakotas to northern Minnesota, heavy snow scene with 419 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 8: freezing rain and a wintry mixed scene from the northern 420 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 8: plains across the Upper Great Lakes region and northern New England. Meanwhile, 421 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 8: strong to severe storms impacting the southern plains into the Midwest. 422 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 2: This is America's Trucking Network seven hundred. I'm Kevin Gordon, 423 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 2: continuing our conversation with Nicole Ward. She is founder and 424 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 2: president of AAWTA, which is African American Women Trucking Association. 425 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 2: And we were talking about in the previous segment all 426 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 2: about the organization and been in four years and development 427 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 2: started four years ago and where everything is progressing. But 428 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 2: we stopped by talking about having being been the trucking industry, 429 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 2: having been mostly a male dominated industry, of how that 430 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 2: is changing, but the normal perception of what she would 431 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: expect a male dominated industry to be chauvin astic or whatever. 432 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 7: Correct. 433 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 2: There is an awful lot of support and appreciation for 434 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 2: and respect for the women in the industry, and. 435 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 6: I thank you for just leading with that, Kevin, because 436 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 6: I think that's important to highlight. 437 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 2: Was that a surprise, team, No, not necessarily. I think 438 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 2: it might be a surprise to a lot of women, 439 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 2: I believe. 440 00:22:58,600 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 8: It or not. 441 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 6: That's why I was so happy, because when you find 442 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 6: it at forgat not to say that men are not 443 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 6: advocating for women, but there are certain ones that are 444 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 6: highlighting the advocacy and you were just so happen to be. 445 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 7: That one that is doing so. So I want to say. 446 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 6: Thank you for highlighting, you know, just the industry, women 447 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 6: in the industry, the showing that certain level of support 448 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 6: that we need and women need to hear to feel 449 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 6: comfortable coming. 450 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 7: Into the industry that you guys do welcome us such. 451 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 7: It is not that you don't want us in the industry. 452 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 7: Just make sure you know your business. And I think 453 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 7: that's a lot that's with anything. 454 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, as long as you're qualifying, as long as 455 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 2: you're doing the job. Let's care. Now, you know, in 456 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 2: terms of opening the doors and making sure that things 457 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 2: are going with the women in the industry, what efforts 458 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 2: are being done in terms of getting women in the 459 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 2: industry are you guys a big part of that too. 460 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 6: I wouldn't even use the Mid America Trucking Show as 461 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 6: an important highlight. They're able to see women a show 462 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 6: that most of the time do you expect. 463 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 7: To just be men. This is our third year partnering with. 464 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 6: With them BAX and just to see the increase of 465 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,479 Speaker 6: women that are here that are physically behind the wheel 466 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 6: or interested in getting behind the wheel. They're physically coming 467 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 6: into these spaces to see who that they can collaborate with. 468 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 7: And then with Autumn being there, we have women that. 469 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 6: Are drivers, professional drivers. They're able to connect with them 470 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 6: and understand exactly their disposition, their support, the support that 471 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 6: we offer women and other associations like with and others 472 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 6: that are here as well. 473 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 2: You spoke before, and of course we're speaking with Nicole Ward. 474 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 2: She is the founder and president of a a w T, 475 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 2: a African American Women Trucking Association. You had mentioned in 476 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 2: the previous segment talking about knocking on warehouse doors, knocking 477 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 2: on other doors to open those doors, open those doors. 478 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 2: What about at the school level, what about going in 479 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,479 Speaker 2: terms of finding the trade schools or people that were 480 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 2: you know coming up Because I think you know, one 481 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 2: of the thing thing is and you know, you go 482 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 2: back in your life and you think in terms of 483 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 2: you know, at fourteen fifteen years old, would you have 484 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 2: ever on your wildness imagination thought that, oh I'm going 485 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 2: to be involved in the trucking industry. 486 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 6: Not at all, And I actually love that you brought 487 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 6: that up. One of the things that African American Woman 488 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 6: Trucking Association is we work with youth developments. We did 489 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 6: an apprenticeship program with the cap County in the state 490 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 6: of Georgia where we work with Department of Labor, and 491 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 6: we provided an apprenticeship program for youth the agents between of 492 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 6: sixteen and twenty one, providing that opportunity to learn about 493 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 6: trucking logistics and supply chain. They spent eight to twelve 494 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 6: weeks getting a certification or they're able to take that 495 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 6: certification and ensure that it was transferable into the real 496 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 6: world right with some transferable skills pertaining to whether it's 497 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 6: life skills, soft skills with our trucking industry, just learning 498 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 6: a little bit behind the desk. We put them in 499 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 6: that position to learn and to get involved early. 500 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 7: And those that are. 501 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 6: Interested in taking a professional route or taking the non 502 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 6: traditional education. We provide those opportunities to them. We work, 503 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 6: We work with the cab County, Bulting count and a 504 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 6: lot of the City of Atlanta to ensure that the 505 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 6: school systems know that those youths, especially the youth that 506 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 6: they typically deemed as not having opportunities, know that there 507 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 6: are opportunities out there, and we provide them a lot 508 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 6: of that, a lot of the education. So we are 509 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 6: in the school systems letting them know that chucking logistics 510 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 6: is an option for them. 511 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, letting them know. And you know, we always here 512 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 2: this buzzword empowerment. Yes, yes, I think a lot of 513 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 2: times that's just lip service. Empowerment comes from actually learning something, 514 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 2: having the skills to apply to that correct, and actually 515 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 2: knowing that you have a skill set to go out. 516 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 2: That is empowerment. That that's just not lip service, correct correct, 517 00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 2: having the knowledge base to actually perform that particular function. 518 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 6: And the support afterwards. That is one of the biggest things. 519 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 6: We're not just gearing people up for the education and 520 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 6: saying God in the world would be great. We're saying 521 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 6: we're gonna hold your hand. Yeah, And that's the difference 522 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 6: between our Trucking Association and so many others we offer. 523 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 6: The education we call Driven Together education program is for women, 524 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 6: for men, those facing barriers to entry, youth development. So 525 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 6: we're covering the bases of the non traditional routes and 526 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 6: we're making sure we're going out there getting the people. 527 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 6: Let them know that we have the education, we have 528 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 6: the resources. We're empowering you, but we're also here to 529 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 6: mentor you. 530 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 2: After Again, we're speaking with Nicole Wards. She is the 531 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 2: founder and president of African American Women Trucking Association, And 532 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 2: that cannot be emphasized enough because I think one of 533 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 2: the one of the things that as we talked about 534 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 2: before is that a lot of the people that get 535 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 2: involved in the trucking industry itself, either because I've talked 536 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 2: to the people from Women and Trucking around the corner 537 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 2: here around about right there and where they where the nurses. 538 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,400 Speaker 2: They had cases where nurses just after COVID were kind 539 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,199 Speaker 2: of burn out and wanted to go to a different 540 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 2: profession and you would think, oh, trucking in one of them, 541 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 2: but they wind up in that somebody that was a 542 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,199 Speaker 2: server at a truck stop talking to people about opportunities 543 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 2: and because of them talking to her, she decided to 544 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 2: get into the trucking industry. And when you grow up, 545 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 2: you're usually experienced with the people that are around you, 546 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 2: what businesses they're involved in, family members, et cetera. Well, 547 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 2: this is a different avenue of making where at the 548 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 2: school level, and I go back to the high school 549 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 2: years and coming up some of the stuff that you're 550 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 2: not aware of. And I think a lot of these 551 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 2: as far as the educational process at the or not preschool, 552 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 2: but at the high school level, of making it sure 553 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 2: that these people in the edge ucation world are aware 554 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 2: of these opportunities, non traditional opportunities, things that are out 555 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 2: there available for people. And I think that is one 556 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 2: of the things that I think has always been lacking 557 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 2: at schools. 558 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 6: I agree, So that's why I definitely mentioned the city 559 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 6: of Atlanta. They have done a tremendous great, a great 560 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 6: job just to ensure that their education system is aware 561 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 6: of the different avenues that their students can go to 562 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 6: upon graduation. I mean, I sat with about thirty three 563 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 6: teachers about two weeks ago, and I had a conversation 564 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 6: of what non traditional looks like, Why aren't we getting 565 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 6: students that are not gearing up to go to these 566 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 6: four year colleges or universities. How come we're not getting 567 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 6: them that is excited to become truck drivers, or to 568 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 6: become plumbers, to become electricians, all the things that we need. 569 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 6: Non traditional education should be just as exciting. I want 570 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 6: the students to walk through my facilities and get excited 571 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 6: about registering after they graduate to become a CDL driver. 572 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 7: How exciting is that? 573 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 2: Exactly? 574 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 7: They should have that same experience. 575 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 2: And in December I attended Rush Truck Centers what they 576 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 2: have as their their tech rodeo and seeing some of 577 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 2: the competitors there and seeing some of the women in 578 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 2: the body shop and in some of the untraditional roles, 579 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 2: and it was very interesting and well not eye opening. 580 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 2: You kind of expect what you what has been developing, 581 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 2: but again not having that that traditional role and not 582 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 2: having that that model as you will, just making sure 583 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 2: that it is available and people are aware of it. 584 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 2: And when you're talking about the plumbers, the carpenters, electricians 585 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 2: and all this, yeah, there's always been this big push 586 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 2: you got to go, you know, four years of colleague 587 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 2: you need that college degree. Well you don't necessarily that 588 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 2: there's a there's an old joke about a plumber that 589 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 2: showed up a doctor's house and the guy sees the 590 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 2: bill and he goes. He goes, now that's awfully expensive, 591 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 2: and the plumber says to him, well, that's what I 592 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 2: thought when I was a doctor. So the career opportunities 593 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 2: are out there. It's not it's you know, it isn't 594 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 2: the doctor, it isn't the lawyer. There's all kinds of 595 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 2: pathways to wealth that in the trades, et cetera. And 596 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 2: so that's where we are. And I think the more 597 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 2: we talk about it, the more people know about it, 598 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 2: the better off we're going to be. Absolutely thank you 599 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 2: for stopping by. Nicole. My guess has been Nicole Ward. 600 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: She is the founder and president of aa WT a 601 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 2: African American Women Trucking Association. Again, thanks for stopping by. 602 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 7: Thank you. 603 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 2: I'm Kevin Gordon, America's Trucking Network seven hundred. W LW 604 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 2: enjoyed that interview with Nicole Ward, founder and president of 605 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 2: aa w T, a African American Women Trucking Association. I 606 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 2: don't know that I have ever interviewed somebody who was 607 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 2: enthusiastic and as very positive and very outgoing as she was, 608 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 2: and she is just an absolute ball of fire. I 609 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 2: really enjoyed talking with her. In the first segment, we 610 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 2: talked about unemployment. The initial job as claims good number. 611 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 2: You would think that would have been celebrated and so on, 612 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 2: but no, they had to downplay that a little bit. 613 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 2: And if you miss that, or if you miss any 614 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,239 Speaker 2: of the segments any of our shows, make sure your 615 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 2: head up that iHeartRadio app brought you by our friends 616 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 2: at Rush Truck Centers and buried in that store, not 617 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 2: buried in the story, but as part of the story. 618 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 2: They were talking about the trade deficit widening, yet it 619 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 2: is within a reasonable range and there is really no 620 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 2: panic there voluntarily. This is interesting. Volatility from tariff policy 621 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 2: continues to impact trade data. A separate report from the 622 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 2: Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau showed 623 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 2: that the trade deficit widened for point nine percent to 624 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 2: fifty seven point three billion in February. Economists had forecasts 625 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 2: of the trade gap increasing this sixty one billion. Well 626 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 2: you know, they missed it by four billion dollars. And 627 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 2: you would think that they would say, well, you know, 628 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 2: lower than expected, but no, they're going to make it 629 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 2: seem as though that it's a bad thing. Two agencies 630 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 2: are still catching up on data releases following last year's 631 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 2: government hut Schumer shutdown. I should say that they of course, 632 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 2: they don't call it that. US Supreme Court in February 633 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 2: struck down Trump's broad teriffs, which he pursued under the 634 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 2: law meant for use in national emergencies. Well, I think 635 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 2: when you have a national emergency, or when you have 636 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 2: an invasion from the southern border, when you have countries 637 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 2: taking advantage of us and costing US American jobs, and 638 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 2: that they are charging high tariffs on our goods going 639 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 2: into their countries, basically creating a problem as far as 640 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 2: our economy is concerned, I would call that a national emergency. 641 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 2: I would say that when they have high tariff barriers 642 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 2: and we have none, that if we try to level 643 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 2: the playing field, I would say that that is an 644 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,799 Speaker 2: emergency because who are we protecting? Are we interested? Is 645 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:14,760 Speaker 2: the president supposed to be concerned about the jobs in France, Germany, 646 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 2: in England or that, or is he president of the 647 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 2: United States? You know, he is concerned about the people 648 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:25,320 Speaker 2: in the United States, the jobs here, bringing those jobs back. 649 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, everybody talked about how shocked 650 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 2: they were after the pandemic or during the plandemic, how 651 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,840 Speaker 2: much was overseas, how much we depended upon foreign countries 652 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 2: for stuff that were necessities in this country. And then nobody, 653 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 2: well Donald Trump during the latter stages, well towards the 654 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 2: end of his presidency. Of course, the plandemic happened in 655 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 2: twenty twenty, which was the election year, so there wasn't 656 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 2: much he could do about that. But Biden, did he 657 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,240 Speaker 2: do anything about it. No, he let our southern border 658 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,799 Speaker 2: be invaded. He didn't try to do anything in terms 659 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,359 Speaker 2: of trade policy or any thing along those lines. As 660 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 2: a matter of fact, inflation went up dramatically nine point 661 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,919 Speaker 2: one percent in June of twenty twenty two. I mean, 662 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,680 Speaker 2: all the stuff that he did to destroy our economy 663 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,839 Speaker 2: and bring our economy down, nobody talked about it back then, 664 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,560 Speaker 2: other than the people on my side of the aisle. 665 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 2: And then when Trump comes into office, he tells everybody 666 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 2: during the campaign what he's going to do, that he's 667 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 2: going to slap terras on people, that he was going 668 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 2: to even the playing field, bring jobs back to the 669 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 2: United States, so we're not so dependent on there. What 670 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 2: we learned back in nineteen seventies with the oil embargo 671 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,360 Speaker 2: that was slapped on us because of our support of Israel. 672 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 2: When the Arab nations tried to attack Israel and wipe 673 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,080 Speaker 2: them off the face of the earth, they bush back 674 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,760 Speaker 2: because of our assistance and the weapons that we provided. 675 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 2: We got punished for that by the oil embargo, and 676 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 2: the presidents at that point in time said that ain't 677 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 2: going to happen again. We're going to build up, as 678 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 2: we're going to create and build up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 679 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 2: We're going to start drilling and drilling and drilling here 680 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 2: in the United States, becoming more energy independent. We became 681 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 2: energy independent than the first Trump administration. So now we're 682 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,759 Speaker 2: no longer as reliant on the Middle East as we 683 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 2: as we had been. And coupling with that that we 684 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,520 Speaker 2: shouldn't be dependent on China for our medicine, We shouldn't 685 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 2: be dependent on China for chips or for things that 686 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 2: are part of our national security. I would say that 687 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 2: as a national emergency, if we've got stuff that is 688 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 2: dependent on us and necessities for our country, that is 689 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 2: a national emergency and the Supreme Court was dead wrong 690 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 2: and a bunch of idiots for actually voting against or 691 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 2: going against Trump on those trade and tariffs. I just 692 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 2: I don't understand. You know, who are they working for. 693 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 2: Are they the supreme court of the world. Are they 694 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 2: the Supreme Court of the United States? Are they trying 695 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,720 Speaker 2: to protect us? Are they trying to benefit the workers 696 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 2: here in the United States, or are they trying to 697 00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,359 Speaker 2: benefit the workers who overseas. I just don't understand the thing. 698 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:03,479 Speaker 2: And again, you got one person standing in the breach there, 699 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,320 Speaker 2: standing up for the American people, and every time you 700 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 2: turn around, somebody wants to take him to court. They 701 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 2: want to go to the federal court, have something stopped, 702 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 2: have something interfered with, so that they can delay the progress. 703 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 2: And if you look at where things were headed when 704 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,239 Speaker 2: you talked about at the beginning of the year of 705 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 2: last year that we were going to have a one 706 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 2: point nine percent GDP and we were on part to 707 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,239 Speaker 2: have a five point GDP by the end of the year. 708 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 2: But the Democrats what did they do? They stepped in, 709 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,920 Speaker 2: had a forty three day shutdown during right at the 710 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 2: height of the holiday season. Military people, air traffic controllers, 711 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 2: a bunch of people, and the federal government went without pay, 712 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,759 Speaker 2: which affected our economy. Whose side are they on and 713 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 2: the reason they did that was that they wanted to 714 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 2: give subsidies and reimbursement and low healthcare costs to illegal aliens, 715 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,000 Speaker 2: illegal immigrants. Again, whose side of the are they on 716 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:04,240 Speaker 2: our side or are they on the side of people 717 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 2: who are here illegally? And when you look at the 718 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 2: numbers as far as the trade deficit and so on, 719 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,040 Speaker 2: that is balancing out, that is getting lower and lower 720 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 2: because we're trying to bring some of these jobs back 721 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,760 Speaker 2: to the United States and it's not going to happen overnight, 722 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,319 Speaker 2: but we were heading in the right direction. And Phil 723 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 2: Flynn and his Energy report, he was I got to 724 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 2: tell you, he was somewhat dumbfounded by what he saw 725 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 2: in terms of after the speech last night. In fact, 726 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:36,280 Speaker 2: in his Energy report he talks about that as oil 727 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,520 Speaker 2: soars overnight the President Trump's speech on fears of an 728 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 2: extended military campaign. The reality is the President of the 729 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:46,440 Speaker 2: President did not say anything new, and the market is 730 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 2: ignoring the most important part that Operation Epic Fury was 731 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:54,360 Speaker 2: nearing completion. Sure of the President did say US forces 732 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,600 Speaker 2: would hit them extremely hard over the next two to 733 00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,440 Speaker 2: three weeks and bring them back to the Stone Age, 734 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 2: and that America would finish the job, which is what 735 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,719 Speaker 2: he has said all along. The President also made no 736 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,960 Speaker 2: mention of moving to boots on the ground, which should 737 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 2: ease fears for and not raise them. Yet after the speech, 738 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:17,000 Speaker 2: Wall Street trembles in his report. This is directly from 739 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,440 Speaker 2: his report, And yet after the speech, Wall Street trembles 740 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:24,600 Speaker 2: with uncertainty and uncertainty swirls. The paniced reaction in the 741 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:28,719 Speaker 2: markets is yet another case of the herd overplaying its hand. 742 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 2: Critics are quick to shout that President Trump's campaign to 743 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 2: end nearly half a century of Iranian terror is reckless, really, 744 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,000 Speaker 2: but they missed the far bigger picture of the pivotal 745 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,640 Speaker 2: moment not just for global security, but for the millions 746 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:46,600 Speaker 2: suffering under the oppression in Iran. So you got to 747 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 2: ask yourself the question when you listen to these stock traders, 748 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,319 Speaker 2: bond traders and so on that are betting against the 749 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:58,680 Speaker 2: United States and take every opportunity to sell off and 750 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,040 Speaker 2: to pull down the ecomom me, or pull down the 751 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:05,279 Speaker 2: stock market, or to raise oil prices based on what 752 00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:09,200 Speaker 2: is there is there is there going to be oil 753 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:11,640 Speaker 2: fields that are going to be taken out and destroyed, 754 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 2: and then the flow of oil is not going to happen. No, 755 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,680 Speaker 2: it's like they're jacking this up. It seems like they 756 00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:21,759 Speaker 2: are more concerned about making their dollars now, making themselves 757 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,959 Speaker 2: richer now, and not looking forward into that. What would 758 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:30,360 Speaker 2: happen if Iran ever got a nuclear weapon? All the 759 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,399 Speaker 2: money in the world aren't going to do you any 760 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:37,520 Speaker 2: good if your country is in senders because they have 761 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:41,040 Speaker 2: shot a nuclear weapon into your country? Are you not 762 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,920 Speaker 2: concerned about your grandchildren? Are you not concerned about your country? 763 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 2: Are you not concerned about your children? You're more concerned 764 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 2: about making money right now, and maybe a little bit 765 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 2: of inconvenience is not something that you can tolerate. I 766 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,200 Speaker 2: got to wonder where these people are coming from and 767 00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:00,560 Speaker 2: what are they looking at? And we got to mit 768 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:04,600 Speaker 2: Phil Flynn in his Energy Report talking about watching the 769 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,960 Speaker 2: market's knee jerk reaction. I can't help but recall the 770 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,200 Speaker 2: wild swings and dire predictions that a company President Trump's 771 00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:17,400 Speaker 2: first Liberation day. Back then, many economists and armshair critics 772 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 2: lined up to declare financial armageddon recession, inflation, the sky 773 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,439 Speaker 2: was supposed to fall. Yet here we are one year 774 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 2: later Liberation Day anniversary and the world hasn't ended. In fact, 775 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,840 Speaker 2: it is prospered. Maybe now is the perfect moment to 776 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,799 Speaker 2: revisit them. And he talks about what he said back 777 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,799 Speaker 2: last year. I mean, it is absolutely amazing and what 778 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:47,080 Speaker 2: they're ignoring as opposed to what they should be concentrating on. Well, folks, 779 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,040 Speaker 2: that does it for us. Stay tuned for ATI Radio 780 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,320 Speaker 2: Attop the Hour. I'm Kevin Gordon, America's truck in Network 781 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,879 Speaker 2: seven hundred WLW. 782 00:41:55,640 --> 00:42:02,600 Speaker 4: News Traffic and Weather News Radio seven hundred l W Cincinnati. 783 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,280 Speaker 5: For the second time in about a month, a cabinet 784 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,400 Speaker 5: member is fired with your top of the Hour report. 785 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:14,359 Speaker 5: I'mley mallin breaking Now. First it was Christinome. Now it's 786 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:18,240 Speaker 5: Attorney General Pam Bondi. She faced criticism over her handling 787 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,440 Speaker 5: of the Epstein files for both the public Demanding Justice 788 00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:23,120 Speaker 5: and President Donald Trump. 789 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,600 Speaker 9: Bondi had gone to the White House promising transparency but 790 00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:30,720 Speaker 9: handing out mostly old Epstein files, leaving many of Trump's 791 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:32,720 Speaker 9: MAGA supporters underwhelmed. 792 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,080 Speaker 2: And there was this moment on Fox News the DOJ 793 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 2: may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein's climates. Well, 794 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:40,760 Speaker 2: that really happened. 795 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,760 Speaker 6: It's sitting on my desk right now to review. 796 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,480 Speaker 9: But DOJ later trying to shut down the release of 797 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:50,279 Speaker 9: the Epstein files and acknowledging there was no list. White 798 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,920 Speaker 9: House Chief of Staff Susie Wilde said on the record 799 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:57,120 Speaker 9: in a Vanity Fair interview, the Bondi quote completely whiffed 800 00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:58,080 Speaker 9: on Epstein. 801 00:42:58,200 --> 00:42:58,839 Speaker 2: ABC New