1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: Are doing this? We do this great, Chris Merrill I 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: AM six forty more stimulating talk on demand anytime on 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. See tomorrow on the show, you are 5 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 2: going to hear about how you are hosed if you're 6 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: under forty, you are just completely out of luck, just hosed, 7 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 2: and how to run a romance scam. Important stuff on 8 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: tomorrow's program. Important stuff. In the meantime, after months of resistance, 9 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 2: you heard Mark talking about the House of Representatives passing 10 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 2: a near unanimous bill four twenty seven to one, with 11 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 2: only the Distinguished Gentleman from Louisiana voting against it, forcing 12 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: the US Department of Justice to release all the internal 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: internal files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Mike Johnson previously blocked 14 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 2: that action and delayed the vote. Supported the bill, he 15 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: called it flawed. Though the measure heads to the Senate 16 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 2: and then to the President's desk. This is the report 17 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: from ABC. 18 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 3: For months, House Republicans fought to keep the Epstein files buried. 19 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: Today the bill is passed. 20 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 3: Nearly all of them voted for the Justice Department to 21 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 3: release the files. 22 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: Huh, why the change of heart, Today's Today's a pivot 23 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 2: is probably the starkest example that the party has a 24 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: leader and they will follow that leader to the end, 25 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 2: for better or for worse. It's been very effective for them. 26 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: The Democrats have no leader, They have no charismatic leader, 27 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: they have no one like that. They haven't since Obama. 28 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: They don't have anybody, but the Republicans do. The trouble 29 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: is is that when we're talking about Epstein, we're talking 30 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 2: about one of the most heinous crimes that you could imagine. 31 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: We're also talking about the thing that really helped propel 32 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: Maga via the QAnon wing into the forefront. I mean, 33 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: it started back with Pizzagate, right, and it was like, 34 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 2: we're gonna we gotta take down the child sex traffickers, 35 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: we gotta, we gotta, we gotta bust up the sex rings, 36 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: We've got to stop all this. And then you have 37 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 2: an opportunity to say, here is maybe the most famous 38 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 2: child lester since Jared from Subway. And you've got the 39 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: entire Republican Party saying, nah, not important. The entire Republican 40 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: parties say for four. And when you've got Marjorie Taylor 41 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 2: Green and Lauren Bobert, who are way to the right. 42 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 2: Thomas Matthew's very conservative. They've all been very supportive of MAGA, 43 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: who are breaking with the President on this and basically 44 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 2: forcing the vote. Remember, just last week, the President called 45 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: Lauren Bobert to the situation room. Now we think that 46 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: had to do with trying to talk her out of 47 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: this vote. We think, I don't know, maybe he saw 48 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 2: a video of her inside of a theater or something 49 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 2: and wanted to discuss that. But he called her and 50 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: basically she told him no. She told him no, and 51 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 2: so he saw the writing on the wall and he said, Okay, 52 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 2: go ahead and vote for it. So then all the 53 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 2: Republicans go. I don't want to be left behind. I 54 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: don't want to be the person that says, no, don't 55 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 2: expose sex traffickers, child molesters, pedophiles. I don't want to 56 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 2: be that person except for the one guy in Louisiana, 57 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: But everybody else said yeah, no, now we are now 58 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: we are anti pedophile. Before it was like no, you 59 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 2: can't release this, no move on moo Democrat hoas. But 60 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: now all of a sudden, it's not. 61 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 3: A complete one eighty coming after President Donald Trump encouraged 62 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 3: them to pass the bill. 63 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 4: This is not just about survivors, It's about every American 64 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 4: who believes in accountability, fairness, and the promise of justice. 65 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 3: Survivors of Bepstein demanding the now sealed files be released, 66 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: holding up photos of what they look like when they 67 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 3: were abused. 68 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: This was me at fourteen years old. I was a child, 69 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 2: I was in ninth grade. He stole a lot from me. 70 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 3: And then this afternoon, a surprisingly quick moved by the 71 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,679 Speaker 3: Senate Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting unanimous consent. 72 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 5: The Senate has now passed the Epstein Bill as soon 73 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 5: as it comes over from the. 74 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 3: House, and it automatically passes the Senate without any changes. 75 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 3: Once that happens, the President would have to sign it. Democrats, though, 76 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 3: pointing out that Trump can quite easily make the files 77 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 3: public immediately. 78 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, why hasn't he. 79 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 6: I want to remind the president as well that he 80 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 6: has the power to release the files today. 81 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. Remember this is the same president who, when he 82 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: was being investigated for having classified files next to his commode, 83 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 2: said that the president can be classify files anytime he wants. 84 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 2: He can say he wants them to classify he can 85 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 2: just think that he wants them to classified and they 86 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 2: are instantly declassified. That's the mindset. And yet when it 87 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 2: comes to the Epstein files, it's taken this Act of 88 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 2: Congress literally to do it. And even then the swearing 89 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 2: in of Adelated Grahoma seem to have something to do 90 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 2: with delaying this vote. But does that mean that we're 91 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: going to see the files? Does that mean that the 92 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 2: files are going to be released? Does that mean that 93 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 2: all of a sudden there's going to be transparency. No, 94 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 2: because even though Congress is mandating the release of the 95 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: Epstein records, there are still significant portions that may remain hidden. 96 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 2: And why what's the thing that happened last week about 97 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: the Epstein files. The President wanted to reopen the investigation, 98 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 2: he said, into the Democrats and Bill Clinton. So remember 99 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 2: the DOJ earlier this year said there's nothing there. This 100 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 2: is after, of course the Pambondi and Cash Bettel. We're 101 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: all saying, oh, yeah, it's there, and she said, the 102 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: list is on my desk and I just need to 103 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 2: go through it and we're gonna bring it all out. 104 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 2: And then all of a sudden it was like, no, 105 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 2: we're not No, we're not. No, we're not. Then it 106 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: appeared that the writing was on the wall and there 107 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 2: was some back room scrambling to try to figure out, 108 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 2: how do we stop things from being released even though 109 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 2: we make it look like things are being released. And 110 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 2: that's exactly what's happening. They've ordered an investigation into those 111 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 2: Epstein files because they closed the previous investigation, so now 112 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 2: they can redact and they can hold back certain pieces 113 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 2: of information from the investigation. So even though it's been 114 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 2: voted to release those files, they're gonna go, oh, you 115 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 2: know what, Nah, we're still investigating. Oh, I can't release that. 116 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 2: It's under investigation. Uh, you can't release that. It's classified. 117 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 2: Can't release that has got grand jury protection because of 118 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 2: the ongoing investigation. So this notion that whoo it happened, 119 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 2: it's gonna go on. No no. And while there may 120 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: be some people that are reading into this and they're going, Okay, now, look, 121 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: MAGA is split. They're no longer supporting the president. Look, 122 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 2: they they voted against him, they pressured him, and now 123 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 2: those files are going to be released. No No, There 124 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 2: was a there was a very clever maneuver to try 125 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 2: to prevent that from happening, and why to protect the 126 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: guy that the president said he doesn't even know. I 127 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 2: don't even know the guy. I barely remember it. 128 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 7: Come on, this is what I'm talking about, Chris. Let's 129 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 7: get to the truth there. He actually said that he 130 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 7: hasn't had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in many years. 131 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 7: Oh okay, and he kicked them out of Mara Lago. Yeah, 132 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 7: sick person. 133 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 2: Kicked him out. We found out he was a sick person. 134 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 2: So why don't we see the finals? I know, I know, Well, 135 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 2: there might be some victims in there that don't want 136 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 2: to come forward. That's fine. Redact those names, that's fine. 137 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 2: What about everyone else that wants justice? They're not getting it. 138 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 2: They're not getting it. Uh, guys, do you want to 139 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 2: talk any more about politics? I got a little bit 140 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 2: more on politics. I don't want to talk about I 141 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 2: got some more. I'm going to take a little politics pause. 142 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 2: Okay with you, Richie can do a politics pause. Let's 143 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 2: take a break. Okay, I just want a little break 144 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 2: from politics. Let's just do that. Let's talk about Let's 145 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 2: talk about the things that we love. We love cheering 146 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 2: on that amazing play, the double play. We love cheering 147 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: on the extra inning Game seven World Series. We like 148 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 2: to wear the hats of our favorite team. We'd like 149 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 2: to follow the stats. We love watching baseball because it's 150 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 2: so pure. But now when Washington isn't busy covering up 151 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: Epstein files, they're looking into America's pastime might not be 152 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 2: so pure as what we thought. Why Congress thinks they 153 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 2: need to get involved in the Lakers and the Dodgers 154 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 2: business is next, Chris Merrill. 155 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,479 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 156 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 2: And I'm Chris Merril. KFI AM six forty more stimulating 157 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 2: talk Listen anytime on demand on the iHeart Radio app. 158 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 2: Tomorrow on the program You're Being Hosed by Netflix, Tomorrow's show. 159 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 2: Actually I caught as we were putting it together, because look, 160 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: it's not done, but we have general ideas, unless, of 161 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 2: course there's breaking news that kind of thing. But you know, 162 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 2: we've got some ideas where we want to go tomorrow, 163 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 2: and I think that the tomorrow's theme is hoses. So 164 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 2: just tomorrow on the show, a lot of people get 165 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 2: in hos all over the place. The big hosing. Speaking 166 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 2: of hosing, sounds like our heroes are falling fast, you know. 167 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:16,319 Speaker 2: But the NBA investigation, right they're looking into Lakers, former 168 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 2: Lakers player and friend of Lebron James, and other teams 169 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 2: for getting involved in some gambling, whether it's on games 170 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: or it's they're involved in some sort of an illicit 171 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 2: poker ring. You know that. NBC News was talking about 172 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 2: it tonight. 173 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 8: New details as the NBA expands its investigation into the 174 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 8: gambling schemes still rocking. Professional basketball investigators hired by the 175 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 8: league now asking multiple teams for access to cell phones 176 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 8: and phone records, according to a new report from The Athletic. 177 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 2: NBC News has. 178 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 8: Not independently confirmed the reporting, but The Athletic, citing six 179 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 8: league sources, says the law firm hired by the NBA 180 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 8: is expected to seek documents from at least ten Lakers employees. 181 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, not great. Also, NBC News, NBC News, we don't 182 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: know anything beyond what we're telling you, but we're gonna 183 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 2: report on someone else's reporting. Well done, guys. Meanwhile, Major 184 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 2: League Baseball is being scrutinized and the Senate is getting involved. 185 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 2: This is from a place called All Sports. Three point sixty. 186 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 5: Baseball's integrity is under intense scrutiny. Senate lawmakers demand answers 187 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 5: from MLB Commissioner Rob manfred amid a shocking gambling scandal 188 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 5: rocking the sport. 189 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 2: Hey, is this an AI voice or not? And it 190 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 2: sounds like it definitely. It's definitely got an AI feel 191 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:36,119 Speaker 2: to it, doesn't. 192 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 5: It just days after Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Class and 193 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 5: Luis Ortiz were federally indicted for allegedly rigging games to 194 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 5: benefit gamblers. 195 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 2: I'm hearing breaths, So AI is adding breaths now? 196 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 5: Might I think it might be the quality of the clip, Okay, 197 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 5: ra I think it is a person the Senate Commerce Committee. 198 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 8: Yeah. 199 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 2: I feel like maybe they've just got a really yeah, 200 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 2: or maybe they're aiming to sound like AI on purpose. Bo. 201 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 2: I feel like it's like a young reporter, like this 202 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 2: is how reporters sound. I do that my first radio job. God, 203 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 2: thank god there's no tape of it, because I first 204 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: got hired to do some news anchoring at a really 205 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 2: small station in my hometown. It was so bad. It 206 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 2: was so bad, like they had to pull me aside 207 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 2: and go, what are you doing? Don't do that? Just read. 208 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 2: I was trying to sound all official, and this is 209 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 2: happening in the news today, is what I would say. 210 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 2: It was terrible, so bad. Uh, there isn't one. I'm 211 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: sure you have one though, that you might want to 212 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 2: share with you don't, No, I know, I don't. I don't. 213 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 2: If I did, we would have a good laugh at 214 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 2: If I did, I would pull it and we'd have 215 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 2: a good laugh. I can't even find my original air check. 216 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: If I could. If I ever find my original air check, 217 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 2: which is still on tape somewhere, well, when you do, 218 00:12:57,679 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 2: you better email that to us so we can play 219 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 2: it on the air. Let me tell you. If I 220 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 2: run across it, I promise I will, I will email 221 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 2: it to you. I just don't know if it exists anymore. 222 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 2: It might be in a box like at my parents' 223 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 2: house or something. 224 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 5: All right, continue on the Senate Commerce Committee led by 225 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 5: Ted Cruz and Maria can't well. 226 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 2: Oh you know who might have an old air checking 227 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 2: me is Neil Savedra because I sent him one back 228 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 2: in twenty ten. That's how I first got involved with KFI. 229 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 2: Uh huh. I was told don't At the time, it 230 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 2: was clear channel uh and they said do not contact 231 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 2: the stations directly. You know. It was like, you know, 232 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 2: if you are interested in working for a clear channel station, 233 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 2: send it through our our web portal. And I was 234 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 2: like no, so so I sent it directly to the station, 235 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 2: which which the companies said explicitly do not do this. 236 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 2: But I was like, what are they gonna do? Not 237 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 2: hire me for a job I don't have, you know, 238 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 2: So I did, and and Neil picked it out. He's like, hey, 239 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 2: it's pretty good. And he took it to the program 240 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 2: director and he was like, oh, this guy's not bad 241 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 2: and you got hired. Yeah, well they actually I got 242 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 2: a phone call from KFI. I was doing a talk 243 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 2: show on a five hundred AM station in Kansas and 244 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 2: I get a phone call from the old program director, 245 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 2: Robin while I was in a news break, and I'm 246 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 2: like hello, and she goes, this is Robin Bertolucci k 247 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 2: if I, and I was like, I don't even know 248 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 2: what this is. This is amazing. Who's this? He goes, hey, 249 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 2: I think you got some potential. Send me a longer 250 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 2: air check. So I sent her. She says, send me 251 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 2: the next hour of your show, okay, and then she goes, 252 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 2: stay in touch. I don't have anything right now? I did. 253 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 2: Here we are that's so cool? Yeah? I got great? Yeah, 254 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: break the rules. We love that. I don't know. Maybe 255 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 2: Neil still got that CD laying around somewhere. Okay, back 256 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 2: to the story here, back to listen. This is the 257 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 2: important stuff talked about my career to rejectory. Let's talk 258 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 2: about Major League Baseball. 259 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 5: The Senate Commerce Committee, led by Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell, 260 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 5: fired off a letter pressing MLB for transparency. Their question 261 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 5: hits hard. If MLB caught former that felt a I 262 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 5: like if MLB caught former Pirates player Toukapita Marcano betting 263 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 5: on hundreds of games? Why did classes alleged scheme fly 264 00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 5: under the radar for two years? 265 00:14:59,360 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: Yeah? Good question. 266 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 5: This isn't just a one off scandal. It points to 267 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 5: deeper vulnerabilities threatening America's pastime. Senators are demanding detailed information 268 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 5: on MLB's policies, investigations, and communications with betting platforms, hoping 269 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 5: to uncover how widespread game manipulation might be. 270 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, and how how high up does it go? That's 271 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 2: the other one, too, right, how high up does it go? Now? Remember, 272 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 2: because Major League Baseball is a regulated monopoly, the Senate 273 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 2: oversees it. This is why when it came to the 274 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 2: steroid scandal, the Senate had to do the investigation. Right, 275 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 2: we had the Senate hearings on steroids and baseball. It's 276 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 2: all because it's a regulated monopoly. Because of the anti 277 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 2: trust laws, the Senate has to oversee this, or the Congress, 278 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 2: I guess I should say overseas it. So that's why 279 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 2: you've got the Senators that are getting involved in this. 280 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: This isn't. This isn't just like when when you've got 281 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 2: tech companies, tech CEOs sitting up there and fending off 282 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 2: questions about how they do business because the Senate is 283 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: doing some sort of a lame investigation. There's just you know, performative. 284 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 2: This is actually the job of Congress to keep an 285 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 2: eye on Major League Baseball. And uh oh. Also, I 286 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 2: see mediaight is reporting that UFC fighters say that they've 287 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 2: been asked to fix fights as well. Guys, you keep 288 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 2: doing this nonsense. We're gonna lose sports gambling. Oh we 289 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 2: did in California. So yes, dang, don't ruin it. You 290 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 2: just got it back and you can't wait to ruin it. 291 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 2: Stop that, stop it just be good for like a 292 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 2: decade or two, would you unbelievable? All right, great news. 293 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 2: The US government is going to pay for your Christmas. 294 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 2: You're gonna find out why. Next. I'm Chris Merril. 295 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand, Phili. 296 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 2: I'musy's name. Right after March nine o'clock news. It's a 297 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 2: news business reboot that could be happening, and find out 298 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 2: how that's playing out. As we're looking at another major 299 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 2: merger could be coming down the pike. However, I wanted 300 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 2: to give you some good news. The good news is 301 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 2: this Christmas is free this year. 302 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. 303 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,479 Speaker 2: The holiday season is when we try to take whatever 304 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 2: a little bit that we've been able to save up 305 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 2: or for many of us, we just use our credit 306 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 2: cards and we try to try to end it on 307 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 2: a positive note. Peace on earth, goodwill to all. Here's 308 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 2: some material stuff, right, that's what we do. And this 309 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 2: year it's basically going to be free. And it's because 310 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 2: the President says he's paying us two grand a pop. 311 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 9: The White House says President Trump is committed to sending 312 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 9: most Americans a two thousand dollars tariff dividend check. Trump 313 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 9: proposed the policy on social media, saying dividends would be 314 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 9: paid to everyone, accept quote high income people. 315 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,959 Speaker 2: So I'm getting paid. Yeh. 316 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 9: Earlier this week, the Treasury Secretary cast out on the payments. 317 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 9: What a dividends may come in lots of forms. Now, 318 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 9: the White House says the President has made clear he 319 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 9: wants the payments to happen, and his team of economic 320 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:09,719 Speaker 9: advisors are looking into it. 321 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 2: All right, Look, I'm okay with lots of forms. I'll 322 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 2: take cash, I take check, dude, direct deposit. That's fine, 323 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:21,440 Speaker 2: you got a payment whatever, Thank you exactly. Bingo boy, 324 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 2: you nailed it too. However, Scott Besten says, oh no, 325 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 2: that two thousand dollars could come in the form of 326 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 2: like the money that you're saving because of our big 327 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 2: beautiful bill. No no, no, no, no no no no no 328 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 2: no no no no. Yeah. Well, we're not taxing overtime 329 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 2: and tips, so that could be some of it. And 330 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 2: you know you're I mean, we're not gonna give you 331 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,479 Speaker 2: a check, No no, no. President Trump says, we're getting checks 332 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 2: two brand a piece. That's two for me, that's two 333 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 2: for my wife. That means it's four thousand dollars. That 334 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 2: we can spend on Christmas, we are going shopping for 335 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 2: a new wall. Do you know why we're opping for 336 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 2: a new wall? Anybody? Anybody? Because we don't have any 337 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 2: walls that are going to hold the massive TV that 338 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 2: we're buying with our four thousand dollars. 339 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: Business report. 340 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 9: Alexis Christophers is here. 341 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 2: For more on that, so for MABC News. 342 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 9: By the way, so Alexis, who would be eligible for 343 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 9: this payment and how would it work? 344 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 6: Great questions. 345 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 2: We don't really know. We just don't know. 346 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 6: In short, they're very short here on details. We know 347 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 6: that President Trump has said he wants these checks to 348 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 6: go to high income earners. 349 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 2: No, does not want them to go to high incomerners. 350 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 6: What do they define as high income earners? 351 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 9: We don't know one, but high income earners. 352 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 6: Right, everybody bought Yes, I don't know if I said that, 353 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 6: but yet everybody bought high income earners. 354 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm glad she corrected her. 355 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 6: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett was on ABC News and he said, look, 356 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 6: this can take the many different forms. He said, maybe 357 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 6: it would take the form of a tax cut. It's 358 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 6: not to really equate a dividend check with a tax cut, 359 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 6: but says they're exploring all legal options to get this done, 360 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 6: and we do not have a timeline. 361 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 2: Uh, okay, you can get this done. You know why 362 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 2: you can get this done. You know why I know 363 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 2: you can get this done because you already did it. 364 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 2: In Trump's first term. We got two stimmys and then 365 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,640 Speaker 2: Biden gave us the third stimmy, So now just give 366 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 2: me a stimmy. 367 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,199 Speaker 6: We also don't know what these checks be going to 368 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 6: just adults or to children? Are they going to all Americans? 369 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 2: Lot? Oh my gosh, I'm stealing my kids checks. We've 370 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 2: got three kids as ten thousand dollars between the All 371 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 2: is good, good, this is going to be amazing awsome questions. 372 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 2: You know what? You know what this means. This means 373 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 2: I can finally afford to add Netflix back to my 374 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: streaming library. 375 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 9: AY policy expert at the Tax Foundation estimates that this 376 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 9: would cost three hundred billion dollars. The Committee for Responsible 377 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 9: Federal Budget says about. 378 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 3: Six hundred billion. 379 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 9: The Treasury Department says President Trump's tariffs have yielded about 380 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 9: one hundred ninety five billion dollars in revenue. So how 381 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 9: is this math working out? 382 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 8: Well? 383 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 2: Whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. Stick to reporting. 384 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 2: Let let the geeks deal with the math. Okay, don't 385 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 2: start telling me. You can't you can't be what no, 386 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 2: you just First of all, the tariffs have yielded US 387 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 2: ten trillion dollars at least three trillion dollars they've they've 388 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 2: given us, they've give us way more than whatever it 389 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 2: is that you're saying or what the Treasury Department is saying. 390 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 2: Those are all lies. Second of all, how could it 391 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 2: possibly no? What are you are you telling me now 392 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 2: that the administration is not worried about running up the 393 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 2: national debt? Bolgoney. That's why we have the tariffs in 394 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 2: the first place, is to pay down debt, which is 395 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 2: why not paying it down and giving us voter buy 396 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 2: off checks is entirely smart. So just terrible. This is 397 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 2: terrible media, terrible, all right. This is this is why 398 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 2: you get called piggies, and this is why they need 399 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 2: to take your license away. 400 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 6: It's not working out. In short, I mean, you're right 401 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 6: there lies. The Tax Foundation did do the math on this. 402 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 6: What they did is they took one hundred and fifty 403 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 6: million adult recipients. If we're using one hundred thousand dollars 404 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 6: as what defines a high income earner, So those earning 405 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 6: less than one hundred thousand dollars a year would be 406 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 6: one hundred and fifty million adults. If he times that 407 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 6: by the two thousand checks, you get three hundred billion dollars, 408 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 6: which is more than the government has taken in in 409 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 6: these tariffs. 410 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 2: So again, you know that's what you say because of 411 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 2: your calculator, which is probably made in China. 412 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 6: Oh oh, again, we don't know what form this will take. 413 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 6: If it's going to happen at all, it would need 414 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 6: congressional approval. It's also not the first time the president 415 00:22:58,880 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 6: has probably no. 416 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 2: Congressional approval since when. No, we don't need congressional approval 417 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 2: just to spend money. That's not that's not the way 418 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 2: we're doing Nope, not how we do things in America. 419 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 6: And it's also not the first time the president has 420 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 6: promised these checks. You remember when Elon musk hut it 421 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 6: up the DOGE, a department within the government. 422 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 2: Do I Ever, he saved us so much money. 423 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 6: Cutting federal workers. He said, Oh, all of the money 424 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 6: we're saving from there can be given back to Americans. 425 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 2: Exactly, that's right. We cut all those workers, we took 426 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 2: their jobs, we put them on unemployment, and then we 427 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 2: cut unemployment and we cut off snap benefits so that 428 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 2: we could pay down the debt or pay off the 429 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,479 Speaker 2: American people so they'll keep voting for us either way. 430 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 2: We did it. And you guys remember the checks we 431 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 2: got from that, and. 432 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 6: We see that never happen. So when short, don't run 433 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 6: out and spend two thousand dollars on your credit card 434 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 6: thinking you're getting it from the government because it's we 435 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 6: don't know yet, all right. 436 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 2: I don't like your attitude right now. I don't like 437 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 2: it out there telling us about how, oh they've promised 438 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 2: these checks before and they didn't give them to us, 439 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 2: and oh, the president can't do this unilaterally and he'd 440 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 2: have to have approval from Congress, and oh there are 441 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 2: still some GOP representatives and senators who are actually a 442 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 2: fiscal budget hawks who don't want to see the debt 443 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 2: run up so much higher, and all these other lame 444 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 2: excuses from the lamestream media. This is why nobody likes 445 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 2: you literally ripping two thousand dollars out of my hands. 446 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 2: And basically, now I'm gonna have to get by on 447 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 2: my dinky sixty five inch flat screen TV. Unbelievable. When 448 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 2: can we just come together as a country and agree 449 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 2: that we should all get whatever we want whenever we 450 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 2: want it. That's what I voted for, That's what I expect. 451 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 2: That's why I'm here. Thank you say, that's why Ali 452 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 2: came here. But also Ali is part of the problem, 453 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 2: so I we're gonna have him deported. Hey now, yeah, sorry, Belle, 454 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 2: you got an accent. That means you're out of here. 455 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 2: We're sending you to South Sudan. So I mean enjoy 456 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 2: that here. It's nice, the nicest time in here, bathing suit. 457 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 2: You're told that the economy is fine. That is, until, 458 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 2: of course, you try to buy be for pasta or 459 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,479 Speaker 2: pay rent. The President says it's partisan whining. His allies 460 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 2: are blaming immigrants. Tariffs were supposed to fix it and 461 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 2: then give us a check. Obviously, but when approval ratings 462 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 2: are tanking and grocery bills are climbing, who's going to 463 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 2: eat that cost? That's next. I'm Chris Merrill. 464 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM sixty on demand. 465 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 2: Hence fight going on behind the scenes, Ali and I 466 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 2: are about to throw down. You'll find out why that 467 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 2: is coming up here after nine o'clock, we'll do a 468 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 2: little bit of entertainment and we'll give Ali one chance 469 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 2: to stay on this show. But if he gets if 470 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 2: he answers this wrong, then he is toast. Bring it off, 471 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:11,719 Speaker 2: is telling it's toast, pal toast. You've seen beef prices 472 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 2: are up significantly bigly, as they say, The President says, 473 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 2: costs their way down, and yet pasta we're looking at 474 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 2: twice the price. Italian producers are facing huge EUS tariffs. 475 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 2: The President keeps saying, nope, anybody that's talking about economic concerns, 476 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 2: those are partisan attacks. His approval ratings on the economy 477 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 2: are dropping. Poles are showing that the majority of Americans 478 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 2: are a citing affordability including food is their top concern, 479 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 2: of course, housing and healthcare. Although you heard the story 480 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 2: from Mark talking about how home sales are up right now, 481 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 2: we'll we'll talk more about that tomorrow on the show 482 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 2: that Trump ally Scott Bessant is of course the Treasury 483 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 2: Secretary has a different reason that beef prices are high. 484 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 2: And I did not have this one on my prediction list. 485 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: Year, a disease that had been we've been rid of. 486 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 2: So what he's talking about is a low number of 487 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 2: cattle or ranchers don't have as much cattle because of 488 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 2: the screw worm, which was also Richie's name in high school. Hey, hey, 489 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 2: you're not wrong. Yeah, thank you. You and I'm a friend. 490 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 2: We are simpatico. So so the screw worm, it ran 491 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 2: havoc through the cattle herts in the same way the 492 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 2: bird flew decimated a lot of our bird flocks and 493 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 2: drove up the price of eggs and chicken. This screw 494 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 2: worm did this to the cattle, and that's part of 495 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 2: the reason we have beef prices are so high, and 496 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 2: we had to send twenty billion dollars to Argentina and 497 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 2: then now we're looking at lifting terrace on Argentinean beef. 498 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 2: But Scott Besen says, we never should have had this 499 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 2: screw worm in the first place. 500 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 7: In North America made its way up through South America. 501 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 7: As these migrants, they have brought some of their cattle 502 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 7: with them. 503 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 2: Yep, we just blamed illegal immigration for the screwworm. And 504 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 2: the logic is that migrants from the Golden Triangle who 505 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 2: up until now, we thought we're just throwing backpacks with 506 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 2: what they could handle on, grabbing their families and heading 507 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 2: to the United States. Now, whether they had legitimate asylum 508 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 2: claims or not, it's not something I'm going to litigate tonight. 509 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 2: But this is the first I've heard of anybody driving 510 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 2: a herd of cattle to the United States. And let's 511 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 2: also keep in mind, this isn't as though it's one 512 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 2: migrant doing this. It would have to be lots. And 513 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 2: I guess they're doing this massive cattle drive across Mexico, 514 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 2: through the mountains, through the cartelkit territory, and then somehow 515 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 2: loading the cattle on top of what was the name 516 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 2: of that train, Mark? Do you remember? No, everybody, everybody 517 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 2: was riding on top of the train. Remember it was like, 518 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 2: I just feel like you should start playing the Rawhide 519 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 2: theme if you're gonna keep talking about this. Oh, that's 520 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 2: not bad. Why didn't I think of that before? I'll 521 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 2: come on, Okay, I got I got up going to 522 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 2: the States. 523 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 10: We are going out because it is the land of 524 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 10: milk and honey. We are not leaving our cottle behind 525 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 10: starting a new life the United States. 526 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 2: So evidently they were loading these cattle on the top 527 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 2: of the train that they all rode to get to 528 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 2: the United States, and then they were I guess, riding 529 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 2: the cattle across the Rio Grande and through the barbed 530 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 2: wire fencing that Greg Abbott put in the river UH 531 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 2: to sneak into the Uni United States. Because I don't 532 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 2: think that we had a lot of asylum seekers that 533 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 2: were driving herds of cattle and then turning themselves over 534 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 2: to CBP or it feels like we would have heard 535 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 2: about that. And then once they give to the United 536 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,719 Speaker 2: States and they get their asylum claims, I guess they 537 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 2: find some sort of a babysitter to watch their screwworm 538 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 2: infected cattle while they go stand in front of a 539 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 2: home depot looking for work. YEP, nailed it. It may 540 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 2: surprise you to find that Besson's claim has no evidence, 541 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 2: but don't worry. We'll come up with some sort of 542 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 2: an AI video on that shortly. I'm sure. Hey, when 543 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 2: people say, now, can we stop talking about politics tonight? Please? 544 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 2: Thank you? Okay, Richie, I'm going to follow your lead 545 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 2: on this one. You're producing the show, and I'm trusting you. 546 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:44,719 Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you why Ali might get fired here 547 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 2: very shortly, and it will be all because of something 548 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 2: he said that is coming up in just a few moments. 549 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 2: And when people say that they are protecting your news 550 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 2: and deciding what's best for you at the local news 551 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 2: station down the street, well things are about to change. 552 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 2: The media business is rewriting itself very quickly. That is next. 553 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 2: I'm Chris Merril KFI AM six forty live everywhere in 554 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio 555 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: App, KFI AM six forty on demand