1 00:00:04,795 --> 00:00:22,395 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of iHeartRadio. So 2 00:00:22,515 --> 00:00:26,195 Speaker 1: that's two Supreme Court justices. The Senate Judiciary Committee has 3 00:00:26,195 --> 00:00:29,155 Speaker 1: to subpoena and refer to the DOJ for criminal prosecution. 4 00:00:29,355 --> 00:00:31,675 Speaker 1: Oh right, they can't because Senator Feinstein has now had 5 00:00:31,715 --> 00:00:34,235 Speaker 1: shingles since the year eighteen eighty six. Well, at least 6 00:00:34,275 --> 00:00:37,755 Speaker 1: get John Roberts in to testify voluntarily, because oh right, 7 00:00:38,035 --> 00:00:41,235 Speaker 1: he says no. But here I've been closed to copy 8 00:00:41,235 --> 00:00:43,955 Speaker 1: of the statement of Ethics, Principles and Practices to which 9 00:00:44,035 --> 00:00:50,235 Speaker 1: all of the justices pretend to subscribe to. We have 10 00:00:50,275 --> 00:00:53,915 Speaker 1: to get Neil Gorsich off the Supreme Court immediately. He's 11 00:00:53,915 --> 00:00:59,195 Speaker 1: a crook. Another crook, another Republican theocratic religious bought and 12 00:00:59,315 --> 00:01:04,435 Speaker 1: paid for court crook. Politico revealing that from twenty fifteen 13 00:01:04,795 --> 00:01:08,995 Speaker 1: to twenty seventeen, this scumbag, Neil Gorsich was trying to 14 00:01:09,115 --> 00:01:13,635 Speaker 1: unload a three thousand square foot log house and forty 15 00:01:13,675 --> 00:01:17,435 Speaker 1: acres that he co owned in Granby, Colorado. No buyers, 16 00:01:17,595 --> 00:01:22,755 Speaker 1: no interest, and then suddenly, on April sixteenth, twenty seventeen, 17 00:01:22,795 --> 00:01:25,995 Speaker 1: Gorsich and his two partners managed to sell the place 18 00:01:26,355 --> 00:01:29,715 Speaker 1: and the price was one million, eight hundred and twenty 19 00:01:29,715 --> 00:01:33,275 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars, and the twenty percent of it gorsicch 20 00:01:33,355 --> 00:01:37,395 Speaker 1: owned brought him somewhere between a quarter of and a 21 00:01:37,475 --> 00:01:43,235 Speaker 1: half of a million dollars. What happened in the interim 22 00:01:44,235 --> 00:01:47,115 Speaker 1: was there a sudden run on log cabins in the 23 00:01:47,155 --> 00:01:54,595 Speaker 1: Colorado Mountains. No. On April seventh, twenty seventeen, Neil Gorsich's 24 00:01:54,675 --> 00:01:59,475 Speaker 1: nomination to the Supreme Court was confirmed, and nine days 25 00:01:59,555 --> 00:02:04,115 Speaker 1: later the sale was confirmed. And six years later the 26 00:02:04,155 --> 00:02:07,395 Speaker 1: buyer was also confirmed. And we now know the buyer 27 00:02:07,515 --> 00:02:11,155 Speaker 1: is Brian Duffy, the chief executive and head of the 28 00:02:11,195 --> 00:02:16,035 Speaker 1: litigation department of the law firm Greenberg Troig. And oh 29 00:02:16,075 --> 00:02:20,355 Speaker 1: what a shock this is. Since then, Greenberg Troreg has 30 00:02:20,355 --> 00:02:25,315 Speaker 1: been involved in at least twenty two cases brought to 31 00:02:25,395 --> 00:02:29,795 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court, and Neil Gorsich has voted on twelve 32 00:02:29,795 --> 00:02:31,755 Speaker 1: of them. And guess what the batting average of the 33 00:02:31,835 --> 00:02:35,795 Speaker 1: chairman of Greenberg Trarig, Brian Duffy before the guy he 34 00:02:35,835 --> 00:02:37,955 Speaker 1: paid at least a quarter of a million dollars to 35 00:02:38,355 --> 00:02:42,315 Speaker 1: that batting average is six sixty seven. No, actually he's 36 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:47,035 Speaker 1: hitting seven hundred a Greenberg Trarig lawyer also represented North 37 00:02:47,115 --> 00:02:50,075 Speaker 1: Dakota in the state's bid to unroll the Clean Air 38 00:02:50,155 --> 00:02:53,195 Speaker 1: Act in Gorsicch and the Court ruled sixty three against 39 00:02:53,235 --> 00:02:57,755 Speaker 1: the EPA in that one. And this Brian Duffy, who 40 00:02:57,795 --> 00:03:01,115 Speaker 1: gave a sitting Supreme Court justice a brand new one 41 00:03:01,355 --> 00:03:03,995 Speaker 1: at least two hundred and fifty grand and maybe five 42 00:03:04,075 --> 00:03:09,115 Speaker 1: hundred grand nine days after the justice's robes came back 43 00:03:09,115 --> 00:03:13,475 Speaker 1: from the tailors quote, I've never spoken to Gorsich, I've 44 00:03:13,515 --> 00:03:17,195 Speaker 1: never met him, but surely there are ways for us 45 00:03:17,315 --> 00:03:20,795 Speaker 1: mere mortals to know about this. And why didn't we 46 00:03:20,875 --> 00:03:23,755 Speaker 1: know about this? Are there? No disclosure forms? Are there? 47 00:03:23,755 --> 00:03:28,435 Speaker 1: No prisons? Are there? No workhouses? Gorsich did not disclose 48 00:03:28,515 --> 00:03:33,555 Speaker 1: the identity of the purchaser. Politico reports that box was 49 00:03:33,675 --> 00:03:47,195 Speaker 1: left blank, blank blank as our collective mother blanking governmental ethic. Well, 50 00:03:47,195 --> 00:03:50,915 Speaker 1: shouldn't it be on the disclosure form under his income? Nope? 51 00:03:51,075 --> 00:03:53,115 Speaker 1: All he had to do is fill in who wrote 52 00:03:53,115 --> 00:03:56,515 Speaker 1: the check for his income? And Gorsch wrote in Walden 53 00:03:56,595 --> 00:04:00,275 Speaker 1: Group LLC, and who is Walden Group ls It is 54 00:04:00,355 --> 00:04:03,315 Speaker 1: the business name that Gorsich and his two parters gave 55 00:04:03,515 --> 00:04:08,115 Speaker 1: them sell a Supreme Court Justice does not have to 56 00:04:08,155 --> 00:04:10,395 Speaker 1: say who bought the house. He didn't even have to 57 00:04:10,435 --> 00:04:12,915 Speaker 1: say it was a house. He only has to say 58 00:04:12,955 --> 00:04:16,595 Speaker 1: who gave him money. In this case, the people who 59 00:04:16,675 --> 00:04:21,835 Speaker 1: gave him money was the corporate version of himself. Goddamn it, 60 00:04:21,875 --> 00:04:24,715 Speaker 1: Dick Durbin has to subpoena a coursich immediately. And h 61 00:04:24,755 --> 00:04:28,475 Speaker 1: oh no, Diane Feinstein is not taking calls and cannot 62 00:04:28,515 --> 00:04:31,355 Speaker 1: be disturbed. How dare you suggest that she should resign 63 00:04:31,555 --> 00:04:35,115 Speaker 1: so Senate Judiciary can approve judges again and get subpoenas 64 00:04:35,155 --> 00:04:41,235 Speaker 1: out anytime in this lifetime. Oh but thank god, Chairman 65 00:04:41,315 --> 00:04:48,155 Speaker 1: Durbin has saved the day by issuing another statement. We 66 00:04:48,235 --> 00:04:51,555 Speaker 1: have seen a steady stream of revelations regarding Supreme Court 67 00:04:51,715 --> 00:04:55,635 Speaker 1: justice's fallings. Sir. If the Court does not take adequate action, 68 00:04:55,835 --> 00:05:00,035 Speaker 1: Congress must committee closely examine it. Oh sorry, no, it's 69 00:05:00,075 --> 00:05:05,195 Speaker 1: the same statement. Dick Durbin is rapidly turning into Susan Collins. No, well, 70 00:05:05,315 --> 00:05:10,075 Speaker 1: that's not fair. When Susan Collins expresses her meaningless concern, 71 00:05:10,355 --> 00:05:14,195 Speaker 1: the people she's concerned about respond to her personally. When 72 00:05:14,275 --> 00:05:17,555 Speaker 1: Durbin wrote to Chief Justice Roberts, Roberts had a judicial 73 00:05:17,595 --> 00:05:20,515 Speaker 1: conference committee. Flunky right back to say the letter had 74 00:05:20,555 --> 00:05:24,515 Speaker 1: been referred to a committee. And now Roberts has finally 75 00:05:24,555 --> 00:05:27,835 Speaker 1: condescended to send Durbin a note saying, no, guess what, 76 00:05:27,915 --> 00:05:31,035 Speaker 1: I'm not stopping by. Why don't you subpoenamy? All right, 77 00:05:31,275 --> 00:05:34,835 Speaker 1: Feinstein is not currently in this plane of consciousness. Best 78 00:05:34,875 --> 00:05:41,835 Speaker 1: of luck in your investigations, Dick. Corruption in this country 79 00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:45,075 Speaker 1: is working twenty four to seven, and checks and Balances 80 00:05:45,395 --> 00:05:50,115 Speaker 1: has checked out, quote the fact that he was going 81 00:05:50,155 --> 00:05:53,315 Speaker 1: to be a Supreme Court justice. The buyer of the 82 00:05:53,315 --> 00:05:57,435 Speaker 1: Gorsich property, Duffy told Politico with a straight face and 83 00:05:57,515 --> 00:05:59,715 Speaker 1: with the condescension of somebody who not only knows he's 84 00:05:59,715 --> 00:06:01,915 Speaker 1: going to get away with it, but knows he's going 85 00:06:01,955 --> 00:06:04,995 Speaker 1: to make money later from getting away with it, was 86 00:06:05,115 --> 00:06:08,275 Speaker 1: absolutely irrelevant to the purchase of that property. It's a 87 00:06:08,355 --> 00:06:11,395 Speaker 1: wonderful piece of property, and we're so glad we bought 88 00:06:11,395 --> 00:06:15,595 Speaker 1: it unquote, and Duffy might as well have added, ps 89 00:06:16,475 --> 00:06:21,555 Speaker 1: f you, the corruption does not stop there. And you 90 00:06:21,635 --> 00:06:25,515 Speaker 1: may notice that this is the invisible thread in today's news. 91 00:06:26,395 --> 00:06:31,195 Speaker 1: Harlan Crow, we found out yesterday did have family business 92 00:06:31,195 --> 00:06:34,155 Speaker 1: in front of the Clarence Thomas Court. Despite that fig Leaf, 93 00:06:34,195 --> 00:06:36,555 Speaker 1: all the fascists have been hiding behind that he didn't. 94 00:06:37,075 --> 00:06:40,555 Speaker 1: He has done something startling. And when you say that 95 00:06:40,675 --> 00:06:44,435 Speaker 1: somebody who has his own wing of Nazi memorabilia in 96 00:06:44,515 --> 00:06:51,315 Speaker 1: his house has done something startling, it's goddamned startling. The 97 00:06:51,475 --> 00:06:57,515 Speaker 1: Intercept and the Project on Government Oversight Pogo reporting that 98 00:06:57,555 --> 00:07:00,755 Speaker 1: Harlan Crowe and his brother Trammel and his family quote 99 00:07:01,355 --> 00:07:07,515 Speaker 1: bought citizenship in Saint Kitts and Nevis, the notorious home 100 00:07:07,595 --> 00:07:11,715 Speaker 1: for tax dodging and the avoidance of you know laws. 101 00:07:13,635 --> 00:07:16,235 Speaker 1: I mean they have a leaked document from the Office 102 00:07:16,235 --> 00:07:20,035 Speaker 1: of the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts to the Crow attorney, 103 00:07:20,115 --> 00:07:25,195 Speaker 1: reading quote ray application for citizenship by investment on behalf 104 00:07:25,235 --> 00:07:28,555 Speaker 1: of mister Harlan Rogers Crowe and family. We are pleased 105 00:07:28,595 --> 00:07:34,195 Speaker 1: to advise you at the application for citizenship by investment 106 00:07:34,235 --> 00:07:37,635 Speaker 1: on behalf of the above named applicant has been approved. 107 00:07:38,355 --> 00:07:45,315 Speaker 1: In short, Harlan Crowe, Clarence Thomas's quote friend unquote bought 108 00:07:45,995 --> 00:07:49,595 Speaker 1: so called golden passports at a cost of hundreds of 109 00:07:49,675 --> 00:07:52,395 Speaker 1: thousands of dollars I mean more than the Colorado lawyer 110 00:07:52,475 --> 00:07:56,435 Speaker 1: paid Justice Gorsich that's how expensive they are. So now, 111 00:07:56,515 --> 00:08:00,235 Speaker 1: just in case Diane Feinstein ever returns to the Senate 112 00:08:00,955 --> 00:08:04,315 Speaker 1: one of the planet or resigns where the Democrats find 113 00:08:04,395 --> 00:08:08,675 Speaker 1: one set of balls among them, Harlan Crow can always 114 00:08:08,715 --> 00:08:14,195 Speaker 1: flee to Saint KITT's. I mean, right now, the Supreme 115 00:08:14,235 --> 00:08:18,795 Speaker 1: Court is so bad that Brett the money Star, Well, 116 00:08:18,835 --> 00:08:21,395 Speaker 1: we can help make your dreams come true. Use the 117 00:08:21,435 --> 00:08:26,395 Speaker 1: money for anything you desire, Imagine anything you desire. Kavanaugh 118 00:08:27,035 --> 00:08:30,275 Speaker 1: would only be the third or fourth justice that you 119 00:08:30,315 --> 00:08:34,955 Speaker 1: would choose in a Supreme Court corruption fantasy league. Draft 120 00:08:36,395 --> 00:08:43,915 Speaker 1: Jesus H. Christ. And now, because I feel like collectively 121 00:08:43,915 --> 00:08:46,195 Speaker 1: as a nation, we have not been corrupt enough today, 122 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:49,555 Speaker 1: Nikki Hayley, who is running for the Republican nomination for 123 00:08:49,675 --> 00:08:54,435 Speaker 1: president even though nobody knows why, received stock options last 124 00:08:54,475 --> 00:08:58,195 Speaker 1: month apparently worth nearly three hundred thousand dollars just weeks 125 00:08:58,195 --> 00:09:00,675 Speaker 1: after declaring her candidacy. She is on the board of 126 00:09:00,715 --> 00:09:04,595 Speaker 1: directors of Great Southern Homes, and even though presidential can 127 00:09:04,795 --> 00:09:08,275 Speaker 1: eight traditionally quit directorships, Nikki has not had a job 128 00:09:08,355 --> 00:09:11,075 Speaker 1: since she quit being un ambassador, and so there she 129 00:09:11,315 --> 00:09:14,755 Speaker 1: was minding her own business when Great Southern merged with 130 00:09:14,875 --> 00:09:18,035 Speaker 1: Diamond Head Holdings, and what plops out of the sky 131 00:09:18,875 --> 00:09:21,755 Speaker 1: but twenty six, seven hundred and three shares of the 132 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:25,795 Speaker 1: new company in her name. Ah, And this couldn't possibly 133 00:09:25,795 --> 00:09:28,715 Speaker 1: have anything to do with Haley packing the South Carolina 134 00:09:28,955 --> 00:09:31,515 Speaker 1: building codes councils seven years ago. And what do you know, 135 00:09:31,755 --> 00:09:35,635 Speaker 1: suddenly requirements for sprinklers vanished from new homes there. And 136 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:39,435 Speaker 1: this is a fundamental crisis. If if you're the head 137 00:09:39,435 --> 00:09:41,555 Speaker 1: of a massive Colorado law firm who just paid a 138 00:09:41,555 --> 00:09:43,635 Speaker 1: Supreme Court justice at least a quarter of a million 139 00:09:43,635 --> 00:09:46,835 Speaker 1: dollars for his little gray home in the West Hope, 140 00:09:46,875 --> 00:09:49,795 Speaker 1: he's got sprinklers out there in the gorstch Log cabin. 141 00:09:49,835 --> 00:09:55,515 Speaker 1: I'm really worried about this guy. And speaking of presidential candidates, 142 00:09:55,515 --> 00:09:58,955 Speaker 1: it's been four weeks since we heard from the hearings 143 00:09:58,955 --> 00:10:01,595 Speaker 1: that were supposed to be starting in Tallahassee and the 144 00:10:02,075 --> 00:10:05,395 Speaker 1: bi annual efforts by the Republicans in Flow to take 145 00:10:05,435 --> 00:10:09,035 Speaker 1: their law requiring any state officer to resign before running 146 00:10:09,035 --> 00:10:12,795 Speaker 1: for a federal office and suspend those laws until there 147 00:10:12,835 --> 00:10:16,275 Speaker 1: are no state officers considering running for a federal office, 148 00:10:16,315 --> 00:10:19,515 Speaker 1: and then when the law could not affect anybody, then 149 00:10:19,595 --> 00:10:23,115 Speaker 1: you reinstitute the law. This time, this would be the 150 00:10:23,155 --> 00:10:26,555 Speaker 1: DeSantis version of this three card Monty scam. There's a 151 00:10:26,635 --> 00:10:30,235 Speaker 1: law against this. Okay, suspend it. Okay, nobody's trying to 152 00:10:30,275 --> 00:10:33,515 Speaker 1: break this law. Okay, put the law back and force. Well, 153 00:10:33,555 --> 00:10:36,515 Speaker 1: now we do have an update on the DeSantis let's 154 00:10:36,555 --> 00:10:41,355 Speaker 1: suspend the law gambit. Charles Gasparino X Wall Street Journal, 155 00:10:41,435 --> 00:10:44,395 Speaker 1: XCNBC formerly pushed the fact that he was a Pulitzer 156 00:10:44,395 --> 00:10:48,035 Speaker 1: Prize nominee until everybody said, wait, anybody can be nominated 157 00:10:48,075 --> 00:10:51,355 Speaker 1: for a Pulitzer Prize. Now he's still at Fox Business. 158 00:10:51,395 --> 00:10:54,235 Speaker 1: In the New York Post and reporting, quote my GOP 159 00:10:54,435 --> 00:10:58,555 Speaker 1: sources with ties to Florida's GOP leadership say, the rumor 160 00:10:58,715 --> 00:11:03,115 Speaker 1: is Trump plans to go to Tallahassee and kill this 161 00:11:03,275 --> 00:11:11,795 Speaker 1: bill to totally derayl DeSantis. Oh great, the local version 162 00:11:11,835 --> 00:11:15,995 Speaker 1: of January sixth. January sixth, the sequel January sixth to 163 00:11:16,395 --> 00:11:21,315 Speaker 1: Electric Bugaloo. Because we just haven't had a good coup 164 00:11:21,355 --> 00:11:24,315 Speaker 1: attempt lately in this country, and of course it always 165 00:11:24,555 --> 00:11:27,355 Speaker 1: circles back to Trump and the first Republican attempt to 166 00:11:27,395 --> 00:11:30,155 Speaker 1: overthrow the government. And you've probably by now heard the 167 00:11:30,195 --> 00:11:34,155 Speaker 1: Abby Grosberg tape of Ted Cruz trying to spell it 168 00:11:34,195 --> 00:11:37,435 Speaker 1: out to that idiot Maria Bartiromo that the way to 169 00:11:37,555 --> 00:11:40,835 Speaker 1: inaugurate Trump instead of Biden is to throw the slates 170 00:11:40,835 --> 00:11:44,435 Speaker 1: of electors of several different states into doubt, and then 171 00:11:44,475 --> 00:11:47,435 Speaker 1: you create a Grand Commission, just like they did after 172 00:11:47,475 --> 00:11:51,075 Speaker 1: the corrupt Hayes Tilden presidential election of eighteen seventy six, 173 00:11:51,315 --> 00:11:56,915 Speaker 1: and the commission could find profound voter fraud over there 174 00:11:56,915 --> 00:12:00,515 Speaker 1: in that sort of direction one of them states and 175 00:12:00,595 --> 00:12:04,155 Speaker 1: declare that the electors supporting Trump should be counted by 176 00:12:04,155 --> 00:12:07,435 Speaker 1: the Electoral College instead of the electors supporting Biden, and 177 00:12:07,435 --> 00:12:12,195 Speaker 1: thus you could use the constitution to kill democracy. We 178 00:12:12,315 --> 00:12:15,995 Speaker 1: think Maria understood, but it's hard to tell. There were 179 00:12:16,115 --> 00:12:20,515 Speaker 1: gasps when this tape was played yesterday, except that's what 180 00:12:20,675 --> 00:12:24,955 Speaker 1: the objections by the Senators and the congressmen, the Republican conspirators, 181 00:12:25,235 --> 00:12:27,835 Speaker 1: that's what they were about. That's what those guys were 182 00:12:27,915 --> 00:12:32,475 Speaker 1: doing on January sixth when they were interrupted by a 183 00:12:32,475 --> 00:12:35,675 Speaker 1: different coup coming down the street. And I'm not saying 184 00:12:35,795 --> 00:12:39,955 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz should not be arrested, tried, and at least imprisoned, 185 00:12:40,235 --> 00:12:45,555 Speaker 1: I'm just saying there's no gasping required here. The Republicans, 186 00:12:46,235 --> 00:12:48,715 Speaker 1: not the mob outside the Capitol, but the mob inside 187 00:12:48,755 --> 00:12:51,555 Speaker 1: the capitol. They tried to overthrow the government in January 188 00:12:51,555 --> 00:12:55,315 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, remember, and they will try it again. 189 00:12:58,115 --> 00:13:03,155 Speaker 1: The leaders of our nation are so corrupt or complacent 190 00:13:03,195 --> 00:13:07,555 Speaker 1: about corruption that the various rival gangs of corruption are 191 00:13:07,595 --> 00:13:10,675 Speaker 1: now blaming each other for all the corruption. It was 192 00:13:10,755 --> 00:13:14,475 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's words, the man said yesterday. It was his motivation. 193 00:13:14,555 --> 00:13:18,195 Speaker 1: It was his anchor that caused what occurred, who said 194 00:13:18,195 --> 00:13:22,555 Speaker 1: that the lawyer for Enrique Tario, the former leader of 195 00:13:22,595 --> 00:13:25,195 Speaker 1: the Proud Boys, you know, the stand back and stand 196 00:13:25,235 --> 00:13:28,995 Speaker 1: by Proud Boys. And Tario has turned on Trump because, 197 00:13:29,075 --> 00:13:32,555 Speaker 1: to repurpose the words of Jane Adams, the cure for 198 00:13:32,635 --> 00:13:39,435 Speaker 1: the ills of corruption is more corruption. And speaking of 199 00:13:39,475 --> 00:13:43,235 Speaker 1: trials and corruption and Trump, the e Jen Carrol case 200 00:13:43,275 --> 00:13:46,515 Speaker 1: went before the jury yesterday as the trial opened, and 201 00:13:46,555 --> 00:13:50,035 Speaker 1: her attorney Sean Crowley said in her opening statement that 202 00:13:50,115 --> 00:13:54,075 Speaker 1: Carol and two other alleged victims will testify. Quote three women, 203 00:13:54,555 --> 00:14:00,635 Speaker 1: one clear pattern. Pounce, kiss, grab, grope, don't wait. When 204 00:14:00,675 --> 00:14:05,515 Speaker 1: you're a star, you can do anything you want. Well played, 205 00:14:06,315 --> 00:14:10,155 Speaker 1: and when they speak up about what happened, attack, humiliate them, 206 00:14:10,275 --> 00:14:14,195 Speaker 1: call them liars, call them too ugly to assault. Unquote. 207 00:14:14,235 --> 00:14:17,275 Speaker 1: I hope she now follows this up with Trump's infamous 208 00:14:17,315 --> 00:14:21,835 Speaker 1: quote about Carol. That quote, She's not my type, which 209 00:14:21,835 --> 00:14:25,875 Speaker 1: it just dawns on me now, is actually short for 210 00:14:26,235 --> 00:14:30,875 Speaker 1: and Carol's attorney should say this, it's short for. Well, 211 00:14:30,875 --> 00:14:33,995 Speaker 1: what else could he be saying here? She's not my type. 212 00:14:34,715 --> 00:14:39,555 Speaker 1: What he's saying here is she's not my type to rape. 213 00:14:39,835 --> 00:15:00,475 Speaker 1: Trump was saying that he would choose different women to rape. Yeah, 214 00:15:00,515 --> 00:15:03,475 Speaker 1: the country has always been this corrupt, but a long 215 00:15:03,515 --> 00:15:07,355 Speaker 1: time ago people used to be afraid of getting caught. Well, 216 00:15:07,355 --> 00:15:11,755 Speaker 1: we just subpoena of them all. But oh, Diane Feinstein 217 00:15:12,155 --> 00:15:14,195 Speaker 1: still ahead on this edition of Countdown. For those of 218 00:15:14,195 --> 00:15:17,315 Speaker 1: you who do not like corruption, there's more corruption. The 219 00:15:17,355 --> 00:15:21,075 Speaker 1: woman Jeff Schell got fired over at NBC is now 220 00:15:21,155 --> 00:15:26,035 Speaker 1: linked to an eighty year old buy out tycoon and 221 00:15:26,155 --> 00:15:30,555 Speaker 1: part owner of the National Hockey League, Seattle Kraken eighty 222 00:15:31,435 --> 00:15:35,835 Speaker 1: I'm doing something wrong over here. Plus the Tucker Carlson 223 00:15:35,915 --> 00:15:40,315 Speaker 1: doomsday plan and the fascist radio host who says it's 224 00:15:40,315 --> 00:15:44,675 Speaker 1: American tradition to ban books and quote weird sexual behaviors 225 00:15:44,715 --> 00:15:49,915 Speaker 1: and such and so forth. Oh yeah, why is that important? 226 00:15:50,075 --> 00:15:51,955 Speaker 1: Because this is the guy who was in a gay 227 00:15:52,075 --> 00:15:55,635 Speaker 1: sex scene in a movie. And I felt a little 228 00:15:55,675 --> 00:15:57,835 Speaker 1: twinge in my side yesterday might have been all that 229 00:15:57,875 --> 00:16:01,475 Speaker 1: corruption I ate just above the belt. And all of 230 00:16:01,475 --> 00:16:03,595 Speaker 1: you who have been through what I have been through 231 00:16:04,115 --> 00:16:06,915 Speaker 1: knows what happens when you feel that twinge in that spot. 232 00:16:06,955 --> 00:16:09,435 Speaker 1: You flash back to the day they told you the 233 00:16:09,515 --> 00:16:14,715 Speaker 1: appendix is first run for the hills only. I kept 234 00:16:14,755 --> 00:16:18,315 Speaker 1: working for two days. I didn't know my appendix at first. 235 00:16:18,755 --> 00:16:22,275 Speaker 1: That was interesting things I promised not to tell ahead. 236 00:16:22,595 --> 00:16:32,235 Speaker 1: That's next. This is countdown. This is countdown with Keith 237 00:16:32,275 --> 00:16:40,795 Speaker 1: Olboomen coming up. So the reporter who helped Jeff Shell 238 00:16:41,035 --> 00:16:44,755 Speaker 1: lose his job as CEO of NBC. She was reportedly 239 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:47,195 Speaker 1: also hooking up with the owner of the National Hockey 240 00:16:47,275 --> 00:16:54,435 Speaker 1: League's Seattle Kraken, the eighty year old owner. First postscripts 241 00:16:54,435 --> 00:16:57,355 Speaker 1: to the news, some headlines, some updates, some snarks, some predictions. 242 00:16:57,755 --> 00:17:00,835 Speaker 1: Dateline Washington and for some reason, President Biden is too 243 00:17:00,875 --> 00:17:02,875 Speaker 1: old to run for reelection at the age of eighty 244 00:17:03,755 --> 00:17:06,275 Speaker 1: eighty one. On election Day, I mean Trump will be 245 00:17:06,355 --> 00:17:10,395 Speaker 1: seventy eight on election day. But go on, honestly, what 246 00:17:10,515 --> 00:17:13,155 Speaker 1: has Biden not done as president? I mean I wanted 247 00:17:13,195 --> 00:17:16,115 Speaker 1: Trump in jail by now. On the other hand, no 248 00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:19,795 Speaker 1: second coup. We're functioning internationally again. We've got the stain 249 00:17:19,915 --> 00:17:23,395 Speaker 1: of Trump wiped off, nearly all the government Ukraine has 250 00:17:23,435 --> 00:17:27,875 Speaker 1: gone extraordinarily well. He attacked Maga by name. He's treating 251 00:17:27,915 --> 00:17:30,755 Speaker 1: them as terrorists. Only the crooked Supreme Court has held 252 00:17:30,795 --> 00:17:34,395 Speaker 1: back his domestic policy. He did defeat Trump and humiliated 253 00:17:34,475 --> 00:17:36,715 Speaker 1: him repeatedly since, and he can do it again. And 254 00:17:36,755 --> 00:17:39,955 Speaker 1: your younger choice with a better chance of keeping that 255 00:17:40,035 --> 00:17:42,875 Speaker 1: Republican with the mindset of a serial killer from getting 256 00:17:42,915 --> 00:17:47,835 Speaker 1: back into the White House is who the Vice President. 257 00:17:48,795 --> 00:17:55,995 Speaker 1: Gavin newsom Me who Dateline New York lots of follow 258 00:17:56,115 --> 00:17:58,595 Speaker 1: up to the firing of the Mother Tucker, saw a 259 00:17:58,635 --> 00:18:01,355 Speaker 1: lot of people across the political spectrum asking why he 260 00:18:01,435 --> 00:18:05,915 Speaker 1: has not said anything yet, And once again, pay attention 261 00:18:05,995 --> 00:18:09,435 Speaker 1: to this. Please, if they are paying him out and 262 00:18:09,515 --> 00:18:12,195 Speaker 1: he says anything without their permission, they can fire him 263 00:18:12,235 --> 00:18:15,675 Speaker 1: for cause. And you want him to say something for 264 00:18:15,755 --> 00:18:18,355 Speaker 1: which he then has to forfeit like forty million dollars 265 00:18:19,155 --> 00:18:22,355 Speaker 1: Aren't we enjoying this time when he's not saying anything. 266 00:18:22,395 --> 00:18:24,995 Speaker 1: Aren't we enjoying this interval in which he says nothing? 267 00:18:25,235 --> 00:18:28,635 Speaker 1: This is the good days. This is the first time 268 00:18:28,675 --> 00:18:31,475 Speaker 1: I've ever been in agreement with Tucker Carlson. Shut up 269 00:18:31,515 --> 00:18:36,315 Speaker 1: and stay shut up. This nugget from Vanity Fair. Monday morning, 270 00:18:36,395 --> 00:18:39,515 Speaker 1: as the phone rang at the Carlson house and CEO 271 00:18:39,675 --> 00:18:44,195 Speaker 1: Suzanne Scott said, Hi, you're fired. Tucker Carlson was expecting 272 00:18:44,195 --> 00:18:49,555 Speaker 1: an update on his contract negotiations. He was expecting to 273 00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:52,275 Speaker 1: hear about his new deal that would go through the 274 00:18:52,355 --> 00:19:15,435 Speaker 1: year twenty twenty nine. Thank you, Nancy Faust. Instead, Tucker 275 00:19:15,475 --> 00:19:19,995 Speaker 1: Carlson got the sack and Rolling Stone's report that Fox 276 00:19:20,075 --> 00:19:22,875 Speaker 1: has kept a file of dirt on him, ready to 277 00:19:22,955 --> 00:19:25,275 Speaker 1: leak if he does try to get out an anti 278 00:19:25,355 --> 00:19:29,155 Speaker 1: Fox message now or in the future. Eight sources telling 279 00:19:29,195 --> 00:19:32,555 Speaker 1: that magazine say that the infamous Arena Bragante is the 280 00:19:32,675 --> 00:19:36,315 Speaker 1: keeper at Fox of the tuck muck. No indication what's 281 00:19:36,355 --> 00:19:39,195 Speaker 1: in there that isn't also in the Abbey Grosberg suit 282 00:19:39,355 --> 00:19:42,835 Speaker 1: or in the Dominion revelations. Lots of people recoiled at 283 00:19:42,835 --> 00:19:45,835 Speaker 1: this news, even seem to have a little empathy for Carlson. 284 00:19:46,755 --> 00:19:50,755 Speaker 1: This is standard operating procedure in high price TV. NBC 285 00:19:50,955 --> 00:19:54,595 Speaker 1: kept a file like that on me, and even after 286 00:19:54,675 --> 00:19:57,355 Speaker 1: we negotiated a settlement that saved me the trouble of 287 00:19:57,435 --> 00:20:01,475 Speaker 1: suing them when they preached my contract twice in twenty ten, 288 00:20:01,835 --> 00:20:04,035 Speaker 1: they still leaked a lot of it, right down to 289 00:20:04,075 --> 00:20:07,755 Speaker 1: a story that I occasionally used to wear five toed 290 00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:12,115 Speaker 1: running shoes in the office at thirty Rock. When I 291 00:20:12,195 --> 00:20:14,515 Speaker 1: left Current TV and I had to sue them for 292 00:20:14,555 --> 00:20:16,715 Speaker 1: the fifty million they owed me and stopped paying me 293 00:20:16,755 --> 00:20:19,875 Speaker 1: because they didn't want to anymore, they released a story 294 00:20:20,035 --> 00:20:23,355 Speaker 1: that I was so haughty and arrogant that I demanded 295 00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:29,075 Speaker 1: that Current replace my car service because the driver smelled bad. Well, 296 00:20:29,115 --> 00:20:32,755 Speaker 1: of course the driver smelled bad he was smoking cigarettes 297 00:20:32,795 --> 00:20:36,635 Speaker 1: in the car. Then the reason he was smoking cigarettes 298 00:20:36,675 --> 00:20:39,035 Speaker 1: in his car was that Current TV had stopped paying 299 00:20:39,075 --> 00:20:42,435 Speaker 1: its bills, including for the car service they were contractually 300 00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:45,595 Speaker 1: obligated to provide for me, and for the insurance they 301 00:20:45,635 --> 00:20:49,835 Speaker 1: had on me. So like six different services understandably refused 302 00:20:49,875 --> 00:20:52,035 Speaker 1: to pick me up anymore because we weren't paying them. 303 00:20:52,395 --> 00:20:54,795 Speaker 1: We were now down to the car service where the 304 00:20:54,915 --> 00:20:59,955 Speaker 1: drivers were allowed to smoke. Okay, a couple of numbers. No, 305 00:21:00,115 --> 00:21:03,355 Speaker 1: Fox quote news unquote did not collapse with the firing 306 00:21:03,395 --> 00:21:06,515 Speaker 1: of Tucker Carlson. Eight v one percent of his usual 307 00:21:06,555 --> 00:21:10,155 Speaker 1: audience showed up for the first post firing show. Anyway, 308 00:21:10,395 --> 00:21:13,195 Speaker 1: that's two point six million compared to the one and 309 00:21:13,235 --> 00:21:17,235 Speaker 1: a half million on MSNBC. There was a boost at 310 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:20,475 Speaker 1: Fox rival Newsmax. It had averaged one hundred and ninety 311 00:21:20,515 --> 00:21:23,875 Speaker 1: two thousand viewers the previous three Mondays. It had five 312 00:21:23,955 --> 00:21:27,395 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty one thousand this Monday. Lastly, I have 313 00:21:27,475 --> 00:21:30,475 Speaker 1: been asked a couple of times what made Tucker Carlson, 314 00:21:30,515 --> 00:21:34,435 Speaker 1: who had seemed like a kind of rational, albeit foppily 315 00:21:34,555 --> 00:21:41,115 Speaker 1: dressed conservative at CNN and then MSNBC, turning into this flaming, raging, racist, 316 00:21:41,235 --> 00:21:46,475 Speaker 1: maniacal conspiracy theorist at Fox. Well, there's a mistaken assumption here. 317 00:21:46,515 --> 00:21:49,315 Speaker 1: I worked with him. My impression of him, and this 318 00:21:49,355 --> 00:21:52,075 Speaker 1: is two thousand and five, six seven eight. My impression 319 00:21:52,075 --> 00:21:56,075 Speaker 1: of Tucker Carlson was he was a flaming, raging, racist, 320 00:21:56,155 --> 00:21:59,315 Speaker 1: maniacal conspiracy theorist who thought that the best way to 321 00:21:59,315 --> 00:22:02,115 Speaker 1: make money in television was to pretend he wasn't any 322 00:22:02,155 --> 00:22:04,595 Speaker 1: of that and was instead just Joe College in a 323 00:22:04,755 --> 00:22:08,835 Speaker 1: bow tie. Here, in brief is what I think happened. 324 00:22:09,275 --> 00:22:14,075 Speaker 1: His MSNBC show, The Situation with Tucker Carlson, premiered on 325 00:22:14,235 --> 00:22:17,835 Speaker 1: June thirteenth, two thousand and five. Unfortunately for him, at 326 00:22:17,875 --> 00:22:21,235 Speaker 1: just about the same time The Situation Room with Wolf 327 00:22:21,235 --> 00:22:25,635 Speaker 1: Blitzer appeared on CNN, well the day that Tucker started. 328 00:22:25,675 --> 00:22:30,075 Speaker 1: The other shows on MSNBC included Dan Abrams Reports, Hardball 329 00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:33,995 Speaker 1: with Chris Matthews, Countdown with Your Friend and Mine, Tucson 330 00:22:34,155 --> 00:22:36,995 Speaker 1: at nine, and one of his regular liberal foils on 331 00:22:37,035 --> 00:22:40,035 Speaker 1: that show being Rachel Meadow, and then it was Scarborough 332 00:22:40,115 --> 00:22:44,635 Speaker 1: Country at ten. The Situation with Tucker Carlson was panned 333 00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:48,315 Speaker 1: so quickly and so uniformly, that critics were calling for 334 00:22:48,395 --> 00:22:52,755 Speaker 1: its cancelation in newspapers the next week. In fact, I 335 00:22:52,915 --> 00:22:56,675 Speaker 1: swear this is true. I started the Worst Persons in 336 00:22:56,715 --> 00:23:01,075 Speaker 1: the World segment to defend Tucker Carlson from one of 337 00:23:01,075 --> 00:23:03,835 Speaker 1: the newspaper critics, because these were the same idiots who 338 00:23:03,915 --> 00:23:07,115 Speaker 1: kept saying msn NBC change shows too frequently, and here 339 00:23:07,155 --> 00:23:10,635 Speaker 1: she was demanding that Carlson should be canceled. After episode 340 00:23:10,715 --> 00:23:14,235 Speaker 1: seven or something. Well, soon enough, they moved the show 341 00:23:14,275 --> 00:23:16,235 Speaker 1: to six pm, and then in two thousand and eight 342 00:23:16,235 --> 00:23:19,635 Speaker 1: they canceled Tucker outright. And this is what happened to 343 00:23:19,715 --> 00:23:23,275 Speaker 1: the other people that Carlson saw while he was failing 344 00:23:23,315 --> 00:23:26,875 Speaker 1: at MSNBC. I was doing well in two thousand and five, 345 00:23:26,915 --> 00:23:29,235 Speaker 1: but by two thousand and six I had the top 346 00:23:29,315 --> 00:23:31,515 Speaker 1: rated cable news show that wasn't on Fox, and a 347 00:23:31,555 --> 00:23:34,995 Speaker 1: new contract for very many dollars and a bidding war 348 00:23:35,035 --> 00:23:38,835 Speaker 1: between NBC and CNN. After Don Imis got fired and 349 00:23:38,875 --> 00:23:41,755 Speaker 1: the original choice to replace him in the mornings, David Gregory, 350 00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:44,715 Speaker 1: did not work out, Scarborough was asked to try it, 351 00:23:44,995 --> 00:23:48,395 Speaker 1: and while he sucks, he has achieved success in the 352 00:23:48,395 --> 00:23:50,675 Speaker 1: morning that he did not have at night, and he 353 00:23:50,755 --> 00:23:53,315 Speaker 1: managed to marry somebody else's wife, so I guess this 354 00:23:53,395 --> 00:23:56,955 Speaker 1: worked out for him. Matthews got a syndicated political show 355 00:23:56,955 --> 00:24:00,395 Speaker 1: on NBC lasted about ten years before they finally fired him. 356 00:24:00,595 --> 00:24:04,315 Speaker 1: Carlson's sidekick, Mattow became my backup host, and then I 357 00:24:04,315 --> 00:24:07,275 Speaker 1: got her her own show in his old time slot, 358 00:24:07,395 --> 00:24:09,515 Speaker 1: and she promptly went out and beat Larry King in 359 00:24:09,555 --> 00:24:12,755 Speaker 1: the ratings and in the other old time slot that 360 00:24:12,795 --> 00:24:16,475 Speaker 1: Tucker had MSNBC put on at six o'clock, Ed Schultz, 361 00:24:17,275 --> 00:24:21,395 Speaker 1: even Dan Abrams became general manager of the network for 362 00:24:21,475 --> 00:24:25,355 Speaker 1: a while. Anyway, In short, everybody at MSNBC except Tarker 363 00:24:25,355 --> 00:24:29,715 Speaker 1: Carlson succeeded. I think it broke his brain. I know 364 00:24:29,795 --> 00:24:34,475 Speaker 1: it broke his ability to conceal his evil and bluntly, look, 365 00:24:34,555 --> 00:24:36,555 Speaker 1: I hate the guy as much as anybody else in 366 00:24:36,595 --> 00:24:40,195 Speaker 1: the world. He's made a lot of money being evil. 367 00:24:40,875 --> 00:24:44,995 Speaker 1: Even now his shame and his shock are slightly blunted 368 00:24:45,035 --> 00:24:50,035 Speaker 1: by the forty million or more, Fox will still wind 369 00:24:50,155 --> 00:25:06,875 Speaker 1: up paying him still ahead on countdown. Back to that 370 00:25:07,035 --> 00:25:09,955 Speaker 1: era two thousand and seven, not only did I work 371 00:25:10,035 --> 00:25:12,835 Speaker 1: two days after I burst my appendix, but I beat 372 00:25:12,915 --> 00:25:16,035 Speaker 1: CNN in the ratings. And that was back when that 373 00:25:16,155 --> 00:25:20,555 Speaker 1: was difficult. Today, my first appendix could beat CNN in 374 00:25:20,555 --> 00:25:23,275 Speaker 1: the ratings by itself first time. For the daily round 375 00:25:23,315 --> 00:25:25,315 Speaker 1: up of the miss Grants, morons and Dunning Krueger effects 376 00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:30,035 Speaker 1: specimens who constitute the segment started to defend Tucker Carlson 377 00:25:30,395 --> 00:25:34,635 Speaker 1: Today's worst persons in the world. The Bronze the Harvard 378 00:25:34,675 --> 00:25:37,715 Speaker 1: Journal of Law and Public Policy, bunch of conservative Harvard 379 00:25:37,755 --> 00:25:40,195 Speaker 1: law students, and you know what conservative law students are 380 00:25:40,275 --> 00:25:44,555 Speaker 1: learning to do. That's right, overturn democracy. They posted an 381 00:25:44,595 --> 00:25:49,995 Speaker 1: online symposium, the Jurisprudence of Justice Samuel Alito. Now, if 382 00:25:50,035 --> 00:25:51,635 Speaker 1: you don't want to read it, or you don't have 383 00:25:51,675 --> 00:25:54,635 Speaker 1: a computer, don't worry. Alito will be happy to leak 384 00:25:54,675 --> 00:26:00,235 Speaker 1: it to you himself. The Bronze host Michael Knowles from 385 00:26:00,315 --> 00:26:04,475 Speaker 1: The Daily Wire, the guy who threatened to eliminate transgenderism 386 00:26:04,755 --> 00:26:07,155 Speaker 1: entirely from the United States entirely would include all the 387 00:26:07,195 --> 00:26:12,675 Speaker 1: transgender people too. Now Knowles is defending well, basically every 388 00:26:12,715 --> 00:26:16,435 Speaker 1: other fascist idea all wants. Quote. Banning books is very American. 389 00:26:16,715 --> 00:26:20,075 Speaker 1: Banning drag shows is obviously very American. All sorts of 390 00:26:20,155 --> 00:26:23,635 Speaker 1: weird sexual behaviors were illegal in the United States until 391 00:26:23,675 --> 00:26:27,195 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court invented some right to do weird sex 392 00:26:27,315 --> 00:26:31,675 Speaker 1: stuff unquote. This is not just fascism by this guy, Knowles, 393 00:26:31,675 --> 00:26:35,515 Speaker 1: it's masochism. As a failed actor, Knowles starred in a 394 00:26:35,555 --> 00:26:39,155 Speaker 1: twenty twelve student movie called The House of Shades, in 395 00:26:39,195 --> 00:26:43,475 Speaker 1: which he performed a gay sex scene. Not that there's 396 00:26:43,515 --> 00:26:46,595 Speaker 1: anything wrong with a gay sex scene, except twenty twenty 397 00:26:46,675 --> 00:26:50,195 Speaker 1: three Michael Knowles would obviously be saying that twenty twelve, 398 00:26:50,195 --> 00:26:53,035 Speaker 1: Michael Knowles was breaking the law by performing a gay 399 00:26:53,075 --> 00:26:57,035 Speaker 1: sex scene. There's a lot going on inside this guy. 400 00:26:58,115 --> 00:27:01,715 Speaker 1: But our winner, well, a lot of moving parts in 401 00:27:01,755 --> 00:27:04,555 Speaker 1: this one. Let's just include all of them. The win, 402 00:27:05,195 --> 00:27:09,355 Speaker 1: Jeff Shell, Hadley Gamble, and David Bonderman. Let me see 403 00:27:09,395 --> 00:27:11,795 Speaker 1: if I can sort through all this for you. Clear 404 00:27:11,915 --> 00:27:15,675 Speaker 1: picture coming in now in the relationship with Hadley Gamble 405 00:27:15,675 --> 00:27:18,715 Speaker 1: that got my lying ex friend Jeff Shell fired for 406 00:27:18,955 --> 00:27:23,315 Speaker 1: cause as chairman of NBC Universal on Sunday, as we 407 00:27:23,355 --> 00:27:26,875 Speaker 1: refer to it around here, schadenfreud to Sunday and he 408 00:27:26,955 --> 00:27:29,635 Speaker 1: got no dollars on the way out. CNN reporting that 409 00:27:29,675 --> 00:27:34,395 Speaker 1: Hadley gambles CNBC contract was expiring and she had been 410 00:27:34,395 --> 00:27:37,995 Speaker 1: told CNBC was not renewing her. This seems to have 411 00:27:38,035 --> 00:27:42,475 Speaker 1: been concurrent with her filing harassment complaint against Shell. It's 412 00:27:42,515 --> 00:27:45,755 Speaker 1: not clear which was first, or if perhaps Shell offered 413 00:27:45,795 --> 00:27:48,475 Speaker 1: to give her a new deal if she gave him 414 00:27:49,075 --> 00:27:51,515 Speaker 1: a new deal. But now The New York Post has 415 00:27:51,555 --> 00:27:53,675 Speaker 1: a new twist to this. While she was still in 416 00:27:53,715 --> 00:27:57,115 Speaker 1: the relationship with Shell, who was one of her bosses 417 00:27:57,155 --> 00:28:00,435 Speaker 1: throughout the whole thing. A whistleblower at a company called 418 00:28:00,515 --> 00:28:04,795 Speaker 1: TPG Equity, one of its managing directors, filed a complain 419 00:28:04,915 --> 00:28:09,715 Speaker 1: to the Securities in Exchange Security is and Exchange Commission. 420 00:28:10,115 --> 00:28:13,595 Speaker 1: I've got a complain here about this Hadley Gamble from CNBC. 421 00:28:13,955 --> 00:28:17,635 Speaker 1: The complaint to the SEC said the buyout firms eighty 422 00:28:17,755 --> 00:28:21,475 Speaker 1: year old owner David Bonderman was also in a relationship 423 00:28:21,555 --> 00:28:25,755 Speaker 1: with Hadley Gamble, and he was billing investors in the 424 00:28:25,795 --> 00:28:30,115 Speaker 1: company for the costs of this relationship. Bondermanworth they reported 425 00:28:30,115 --> 00:28:32,235 Speaker 1: six billion dollars and known to spend some of it 426 00:28:32,315 --> 00:28:35,915 Speaker 1: by bringing in the stones to play at his private parties. Quote, 427 00:28:36,635 --> 00:28:40,275 Speaker 1: according to the whistleblower complaint, is known within the company 428 00:28:40,315 --> 00:28:44,515 Speaker 1: to have regular female companions on which he lavishes gifts 429 00:28:45,075 --> 00:28:48,675 Speaker 1: or to whom he otherwise provides benefits, often brings them 430 00:28:48,715 --> 00:28:52,115 Speaker 1: with him on business trips. Miss Gamble especially is known 431 00:28:52,155 --> 00:28:57,315 Speaker 1: to fly with him regularly on TPG's planes. Apparently there 432 00:28:57,315 --> 00:29:00,395 Speaker 1: was something to this complaint. The company settled the complaint 433 00:29:00,395 --> 00:29:04,595 Speaker 1: with the SEC for thirteen million dollars. Since this viole, 434 00:29:05,275 --> 00:29:09,275 Speaker 1: mister Bonderman, who was eighty and his daughter became the 435 00:29:09,275 --> 00:29:12,515 Speaker 1: co majority owners of the National Hockey League team, the 436 00:29:12,515 --> 00:29:17,835 Speaker 1: Seattle Kracking. So this scandal now includes a gamble, some cracking, 437 00:29:18,475 --> 00:29:23,275 Speaker 1: and a Shell Hadley gamble, Jeff Shell and David Hey. 438 00:29:23,995 --> 00:29:26,875 Speaker 1: Now I own a hockey team, want to come ride 439 00:29:26,955 --> 00:29:32,515 Speaker 1: on my Zamboni Bonderman two days? I like that one 440 00:29:32,635 --> 00:29:49,915 Speaker 1: Worse persons and the Zamboni world still ahead on Countdown. 441 00:29:50,595 --> 00:29:54,115 Speaker 1: It blowed up good. It blowed up real good. In 442 00:29:54,155 --> 00:29:58,155 Speaker 1: this case, it was my appendix. And when I finally 443 00:29:58,235 --> 00:30:03,395 Speaker 1: found out about it two days later, I was completely 444 00:30:03,435 --> 00:30:08,075 Speaker 1: surprised and almost dead things I promise not to tell 445 00:30:08,155 --> 00:30:10,835 Speaker 1: coming up first. In each tradition of Countdown, we feature 446 00:30:10,835 --> 00:30:12,915 Speaker 1: a dog in need you can help. Every dog has 447 00:30:12,955 --> 00:30:16,755 Speaker 1: its day. This time it is Titus. Here in New York. 448 00:30:17,195 --> 00:30:21,915 Speaker 1: Titus is a big, smiling, shy, but unusually affectionate, sixty 449 00:30:21,995 --> 00:30:25,755 Speaker 1: pound brown pity mix. He was three years old and 450 00:30:25,795 --> 00:30:29,115 Speaker 1: he was low maintenance, and his quote unquote humans dumped 451 00:30:29,195 --> 00:30:32,435 Speaker 1: him because they didn't have time anymore. They took him 452 00:30:32,435 --> 00:30:35,635 Speaker 1: to a kill shelter. Titus is okay with dogs. He 453 00:30:35,675 --> 00:30:38,755 Speaker 1: loves toys and fetch and walks. He's never bitten anybody. 454 00:30:38,755 --> 00:30:41,435 Speaker 1: He's never been worse than shy to anybody, and yet 455 00:30:41,475 --> 00:30:44,755 Speaker 1: he is on the kill list. He needs an adopter 456 00:30:44,995 --> 00:30:47,875 Speaker 1: or foster or our pledges to help defray the cost 457 00:30:47,915 --> 00:30:50,675 Speaker 1: of a rescue to save his life. You can find 458 00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:54,035 Speaker 1: Titus on my Twitter feeds. Please help if you can, 459 00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:58,195 Speaker 1: and our team may help too. I thank you, and 460 00:30:58,235 --> 00:31:12,435 Speaker 1: Titus thanks you. Sometime on Wednesday, September twelfth, two thousand 461 00:31:12,475 --> 00:31:16,555 Speaker 1: and seven, I began to feel bad, all strained on 462 00:31:16,635 --> 00:31:20,395 Speaker 1: my right side. But my girlfriend at the time, Katie Turr, 463 00:31:20,435 --> 00:31:22,715 Speaker 1: and I had just moved only a few weeks before 464 00:31:22,755 --> 00:31:25,435 Speaker 1: into our new apartment, and I was still pushing boxes 465 00:31:25,435 --> 00:31:28,875 Speaker 1: around and I thought I'd just strained something. The next morning, 466 00:31:29,235 --> 00:31:32,195 Speaker 1: the thirteenth, I was still feeling like crap, but now 467 00:31:32,235 --> 00:31:34,475 Speaker 1: my stomach also hurt, and I thought I was bloated 468 00:31:34,635 --> 00:31:38,555 Speaker 1: or constipated or something, and maybe some sit ups would help. 469 00:31:38,555 --> 00:31:40,235 Speaker 1: And actually they felt like they had relieved some of 470 00:31:40,235 --> 00:31:43,755 Speaker 1: the pressure. And Katie's father, who was among many many 471 00:31:43,755 --> 00:31:46,355 Speaker 1: things in emt happened to be in town. He gave 472 00:31:46,355 --> 00:31:47,795 Speaker 1: me a vic it in or something, and I took 473 00:31:47,795 --> 00:31:49,555 Speaker 1: a nap and went into work a little later than 474 00:31:49,635 --> 00:31:52,195 Speaker 1: usual at MSNBC, which I could get away with that 475 00:31:52,315 --> 00:31:55,835 Speaker 1: day because President Bush was speaking that night, and almost 476 00:31:55,875 --> 00:31:58,035 Speaker 1: all of my work that night would be ad libbed 477 00:31:58,235 --> 00:32:01,955 Speaker 1: before his speech and then after his speech. I wrote 478 00:32:01,995 --> 00:32:04,155 Speaker 1: what I needed to write quickly, and at about seven 479 00:32:04,275 --> 00:32:06,835 Speaker 1: fifteen and I went out to the show line producer 480 00:32:06,875 --> 00:32:10,075 Speaker 1: Greg Kordick, who sat in exactly the right place that 481 00:32:10,115 --> 00:32:12,235 Speaker 1: he could make certain that I had left tour makeup 482 00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:14,835 Speaker 1: and was going to the studio on time. I had 483 00:32:14,835 --> 00:32:17,595 Speaker 1: to walk right past him, and I said, I'm exhausted. 484 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:19,195 Speaker 1: I'm just going to close my eyes at my desk 485 00:32:19,235 --> 00:32:20,875 Speaker 1: for a couple of minutes. If you don't see me 486 00:32:20,955 --> 00:32:23,475 Speaker 1: go pass by like seven forty, come in and wake 487 00:32:23,555 --> 00:32:26,155 Speaker 1: me up. And I sat down and put my legs 488 00:32:26,235 --> 00:32:28,755 Speaker 1: up on my desk. I folded my hands behind my head, 489 00:32:28,755 --> 00:32:30,995 Speaker 1: and I just closed my eyes, more to rest my 490 00:32:31,035 --> 00:32:33,275 Speaker 1: eyes than in any real hope of sleeping. I am 491 00:32:33,315 --> 00:32:36,115 Speaker 1: a fickle sleeper. There's not a chance I could snooze 492 00:32:36,115 --> 00:32:38,835 Speaker 1: like that. Next day, I know it's seven forty and 493 00:32:38,835 --> 00:32:42,515 Speaker 1: I'm feeling somebody shaking me and seriously, a hand on 494 00:32:42,555 --> 00:32:45,955 Speaker 1: each shoulder. Apparently it took mister Cordick a little while 495 00:32:46,035 --> 00:32:48,155 Speaker 1: to wake me up, and I thanked Greg and staggered 496 00:32:48,195 --> 00:32:49,675 Speaker 1: to the makeup room, and I realized now I had 497 00:32:49,715 --> 00:32:51,835 Speaker 1: a little fever, but it was too late to do 498 00:32:51,875 --> 00:32:54,555 Speaker 1: anything about it. So I got my makeup, went to 499 00:32:54,595 --> 00:32:56,915 Speaker 1: the set, did the lead into Bush's speech, took some 500 00:32:56,995 --> 00:32:59,035 Speaker 1: notes during it, did the post speech wrap up with 501 00:32:59,075 --> 00:33:01,275 Speaker 1: the analysts, and after two hours on the air, I 502 00:33:01,315 --> 00:33:02,955 Speaker 1: got in the car that they sent for me to 503 00:33:02,995 --> 00:33:06,395 Speaker 1: go home to New York from New Jersey, and I 504 00:33:06,435 --> 00:33:09,915 Speaker 1: fell asleep again in the car. I still thought, this 505 00:33:09,955 --> 00:33:14,115 Speaker 1: is some weird stomach flu and I'm bloated beyond belief, 506 00:33:14,155 --> 00:33:15,915 Speaker 1: and I really don't feel good. But I bet that's 507 00:33:15,955 --> 00:33:18,555 Speaker 1: just from listening to George W. Bush one time too many. 508 00:33:19,435 --> 00:33:22,675 Speaker 1: I'll just go to bed. I found it was too 509 00:33:22,675 --> 00:33:25,555 Speaker 1: difficult to lie on my stomach or my side, which 510 00:33:25,595 --> 00:33:28,315 Speaker 1: presented a problem because rarely can I fall asleep on 511 00:33:28,395 --> 00:33:31,715 Speaker 1: my back. But I had to try, and the next 512 00:33:31,755 --> 00:33:36,315 Speaker 1: thing I knew it was morning. I slept like a stone. 513 00:33:36,875 --> 00:33:39,275 Speaker 1: But I still felt really bad, in fact, a little 514 00:33:39,275 --> 00:33:43,475 Speaker 1: bit worse. On top of all which, Katie was yelling 515 00:33:43,515 --> 00:33:46,235 Speaker 1: at me about something, and I had a check up 516 00:33:46,235 --> 00:33:48,675 Speaker 1: for something unrelated at my doctor's office, and I left 517 00:33:49,035 --> 00:33:51,475 Speaker 1: early so I could go buy something for the constipation. 518 00:33:51,955 --> 00:33:53,955 Speaker 1: And then when my doctor called me and he said, 519 00:33:54,155 --> 00:33:56,595 Speaker 1: you look terrible. Are you okay? And I said no, 520 00:33:56,715 --> 00:33:59,555 Speaker 1: I got this really sore stomach and the last time 521 00:33:59,555 --> 00:34:01,915 Speaker 1: I had this fever for a while he kind of gasped, 522 00:34:02,235 --> 00:34:04,595 Speaker 1: and now he looked terrible, and he said, who was 523 00:34:04,715 --> 00:34:08,235 Speaker 1: the last time you ate? I said, you know, funny, 524 00:34:08,235 --> 00:34:10,995 Speaker 1: I haven't thought about food for a couple of days. 525 00:34:11,195 --> 00:34:12,995 Speaker 1: And then he asked me when was the last time 526 00:34:13,035 --> 00:34:15,235 Speaker 1: that happened? And I said when I was in the womb, 527 00:34:16,475 --> 00:34:18,035 Speaker 1: and he had me stand up and he pushed his 528 00:34:18,035 --> 00:34:20,595 Speaker 1: finger into my stomach about five inches to the right 529 00:34:20,635 --> 00:34:23,715 Speaker 1: of my navel, and holding the finger there, he said, 530 00:34:23,755 --> 00:34:26,715 Speaker 1: does this hurt? And I said not at all, And 531 00:34:26,755 --> 00:34:28,555 Speaker 1: then he said does it hurt now? As I take 532 00:34:28,595 --> 00:34:30,675 Speaker 1: my finger away, And I don't remember if I said 533 00:34:30,715 --> 00:34:33,115 Speaker 1: anything or not, because I saw the proverbial stars in 534 00:34:33,115 --> 00:34:35,515 Speaker 1: front of my eyes and I let out a scream. 535 00:34:35,795 --> 00:34:38,115 Speaker 1: So he said, get back in your car, and you 536 00:34:38,195 --> 00:34:40,235 Speaker 1: go to our other office at fifty ninth and tenth 537 00:34:40,275 --> 00:34:42,595 Speaker 1: and go see our gastro specialist. And I said, sure, 538 00:34:42,755 --> 00:34:44,435 Speaker 1: just don't poke me again. And when I got there, 539 00:34:44,475 --> 00:34:46,435 Speaker 1: they showed me right in and she taps me and 540 00:34:46,475 --> 00:34:48,835 Speaker 1: she says, why are you hunched over like that? And 541 00:34:48,875 --> 00:34:51,115 Speaker 1: I said, I'm hunched over and she says, if you 542 00:34:51,115 --> 00:34:53,035 Speaker 1: haven't eaten in two days, how come your stomach is 543 00:34:53,195 --> 00:34:56,115 Speaker 1: heard is a rock? And I said, is this a 544 00:34:56,155 --> 00:34:59,155 Speaker 1: medical quiz? Because you're the doctor, And she says, I 545 00:34:59,195 --> 00:35:00,995 Speaker 1: want you to go across the street to the hospital 546 00:35:01,035 --> 00:35:04,515 Speaker 1: emergency room. I'll call them while you're walking. Just go 547 00:35:04,715 --> 00:35:07,035 Speaker 1: write in and tell them you're the one doctor Lou 548 00:35:07,155 --> 00:35:10,715 Speaker 1: called about. Because boy, your appendix burst. And although I 549 00:35:10,755 --> 00:35:14,875 Speaker 1: think you'll be fine, technically you've got about oh eight, 550 00:35:14,995 --> 00:35:18,715 Speaker 1: ten twelve hours to live. Well, that got my attention. 551 00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:22,755 Speaker 1: And as I'm grabbing my jacket my bag, I say, wait, 552 00:35:23,115 --> 00:35:25,555 Speaker 1: if this isn't just constipation, how come it felt better 553 00:35:25,595 --> 00:35:27,595 Speaker 1: when I did the sit ups? And she says, because 554 00:35:27,635 --> 00:35:30,075 Speaker 1: when you did the sit ups, you only had an 555 00:35:30,075 --> 00:35:33,715 Speaker 1: infected appendix that was going to burst. When you did 556 00:35:33,755 --> 00:35:37,115 Speaker 1: the sit ups, dummy, that's when the appendix burst, you 557 00:35:37,195 --> 00:35:41,675 Speaker 1: burst it. So I said, wait, I went on TV 558 00:35:41,835 --> 00:35:46,835 Speaker 1: for two hours after my appendix burst. Shut up. She explained, 559 00:35:48,195 --> 00:35:50,435 Speaker 1: she was right. The our people saw me immediately, they 560 00:35:50,515 --> 00:35:52,355 Speaker 1: ran a bunch of tests and reminded me that if 561 00:35:52,355 --> 00:35:54,435 Speaker 1: I hadn't already, I should probably call in sick for 562 00:35:54,435 --> 00:35:57,275 Speaker 1: a couple days. And I said, wait, what day is today? 563 00:35:57,515 --> 00:36:00,115 Speaker 1: And they helped out and they said Friday. So I 564 00:36:00,155 --> 00:36:02,595 Speaker 1: called MSNBC and I called the producer of Football Night 565 00:36:02,595 --> 00:36:04,915 Speaker 1: in America, which I was doing for NBC on Sunday days, 566 00:36:04,915 --> 00:36:07,795 Speaker 1: and I said, hey, sorry, looks like I'm technically dying 567 00:36:08,035 --> 00:36:11,355 Speaker 1: from a burst appendix and they're going to operate on 568 00:36:11,395 --> 00:36:13,115 Speaker 1: me as soon as they can get a surgeon in here. 569 00:36:13,155 --> 00:36:15,275 Speaker 1: And they say it's real unlikely I'll be out of 570 00:36:15,315 --> 00:36:18,035 Speaker 1: the hospital by Sunday or Monday. Have a nice day. 571 00:36:18,995 --> 00:36:20,915 Speaker 1: I called Katie, who had already gotten to her job 572 00:36:20,955 --> 00:36:23,715 Speaker 1: in local cable news in Brooklyn, and she turned around 573 00:36:23,715 --> 00:36:25,675 Speaker 1: to come help me out at the hospital. And then 574 00:36:25,715 --> 00:36:29,715 Speaker 1: I just waited and got Goofyer and Goofier and Goofier 575 00:36:30,435 --> 00:36:34,515 Speaker 1: and Goofier. I think they operated around seven or eight pm. 576 00:36:35,075 --> 00:36:37,595 Speaker 1: The surgeon introduced himself. He was a big sports fan, 577 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:43,115 Speaker 1: Fred Kimmelsteel, the surgeon named by prophetic parents. And I 578 00:36:43,155 --> 00:36:45,715 Speaker 1: went to the anesthesiologist and I warned him. I said, 579 00:36:45,715 --> 00:36:48,515 Speaker 1: I'd once woken up from anesthesia during an endoscopy, and 580 00:36:48,555 --> 00:36:52,515 Speaker 1: could he make sure that that didn't happen again. In fact, 581 00:36:52,515 --> 00:36:53,795 Speaker 1: I said that the other day when I had my 582 00:36:53,875 --> 00:36:56,355 Speaker 1: knee operated on, and this guy did the same thing. 583 00:36:56,395 --> 00:36:59,395 Speaker 1: They both of these anesthesiologists just laughed when I challenged 584 00:36:59,435 --> 00:37:01,955 Speaker 1: them to knock me out a little bit harder. So 585 00:37:02,235 --> 00:37:05,355 Speaker 1: doctor Kimmel Steele asked me about the latest met choke job. 586 00:37:05,475 --> 00:37:07,035 Speaker 1: This is the one in two thousand and seven, not 587 00:37:07,115 --> 00:37:09,075 Speaker 1: the one in twenty twenty two, and I started to 588 00:37:09,075 --> 00:37:10,795 Speaker 1: talk about David Wright, and the next thing I knew, 589 00:37:10,835 --> 00:37:12,915 Speaker 1: I was freezing cold and trying to open my eyes. 590 00:37:13,035 --> 00:37:15,355 Speaker 1: And it was three hours later and the surgery was over. 591 00:37:15,555 --> 00:37:17,915 Speaker 1: What a mess, said doctor Kimmel Steel. Never had one 592 00:37:17,915 --> 00:37:20,755 Speaker 1: that bad before. Thank god it absesss you'll be here 593 00:37:20,795 --> 00:37:24,795 Speaker 1: all weekend, And I was. The next day. They made 594 00:37:24,795 --> 00:37:26,035 Speaker 1: me get out of bed, and I think it took 595 00:37:26,075 --> 00:37:29,075 Speaker 1: me half an hour to walk about twenty feet down 596 00:37:29,115 --> 00:37:32,195 Speaker 1: the hallway and back, and there was a morphine drip 597 00:37:32,595 --> 00:37:35,635 Speaker 1: and a new bag of intravenous antibiotics every two hours, 598 00:37:35,635 --> 00:37:38,315 Speaker 1: and at one point the phone rang and I really 599 00:37:38,315 --> 00:37:40,515 Speaker 1: did have to go back the following weekend. Ask the 600 00:37:40,555 --> 00:37:43,635 Speaker 1: producer if this actually happened, or I merely hallucinated it. 601 00:37:44,315 --> 00:37:46,075 Speaker 1: But the phone rang and it was the football night 602 00:37:46,115 --> 00:37:47,595 Speaker 1: in America people and they said they were going to 603 00:37:47,635 --> 00:37:50,955 Speaker 1: shoot video of the hospital I was in. And I said, 604 00:37:50,995 --> 00:37:52,835 Speaker 1: I don't think you can see me from the street, 605 00:37:53,115 --> 00:37:55,155 Speaker 1: and they said, right, we know that. We're just pretty 606 00:37:55,195 --> 00:37:57,515 Speaker 1: much doing this for a laugh at your expense while 607 00:37:57,515 --> 00:38:00,195 Speaker 1: you're in the hospital and we're on TV. And then 608 00:38:00,235 --> 00:38:02,475 Speaker 1: finally my appetite came back on Monday and I was 609 00:38:02,515 --> 00:38:04,395 Speaker 1: able to eat some pancakes and they sent me home 610 00:38:04,395 --> 00:38:06,955 Speaker 1: in the air afternoon. And for two days after that, 611 00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:09,595 Speaker 1: I was still sweating out the poisons and the antibiotics 612 00:38:09,595 --> 00:38:11,795 Speaker 1: and the painkillers, and I mean I was so warm 613 00:38:11,795 --> 00:38:14,235 Speaker 1: I could not bear to have a shirt on. But 614 00:38:15,115 --> 00:38:16,995 Speaker 1: by Thursday I was able to go back to work, 615 00:38:16,995 --> 00:38:20,075 Speaker 1: and just to show off, I wrote a special comment 616 00:38:20,075 --> 00:38:23,275 Speaker 1: about Bush from my first show back. I was extremely 617 00:38:23,315 --> 00:38:28,195 Speaker 1: pleased with myself. Now there are three postscripts to this. Now, 618 00:38:28,235 --> 00:38:31,115 Speaker 1: obviously I learned, and I've just taught you the test 619 00:38:31,195 --> 00:38:34,315 Speaker 1: for appendicitis or a burst appendix. If you poke it 620 00:38:34,755 --> 00:38:38,595 Speaker 1: and it doesn't hurt until you stop poking it, it's 621 00:38:38,635 --> 00:38:42,315 Speaker 1: your appendix. Fat lot of good. That'll do me now 622 00:38:42,355 --> 00:38:46,675 Speaker 1: I don't have an appendix. Second weeks later, I was 623 00:38:46,715 --> 00:38:49,435 Speaker 1: at dinner with my friend John Clees from Monty Python's 624 00:38:49,435 --> 00:38:52,235 Speaker 1: Flying Circus, and he said he'd heard the story about 625 00:38:52,235 --> 00:38:54,955 Speaker 1: my appendix and he was very upset with me. I 626 00:38:54,995 --> 00:38:58,235 Speaker 1: did the exact same thing. John said, it blew up, 627 00:38:58,275 --> 00:39:00,235 Speaker 1: and for two days I had no idea how serious 628 00:39:00,275 --> 00:39:03,275 Speaker 1: it was. Thought it was a cold. But don't kill 629 00:39:03,315 --> 00:39:06,235 Speaker 1: people that don't underset and call it a burst appendix. 630 00:39:06,755 --> 00:39:12,555 Speaker 1: You and I we were both dying of septacemia. Never 631 00:39:12,715 --> 00:39:19,475 Speaker 1: let anybody forget that, and I haven't. And the last 632 00:39:19,515 --> 00:39:22,555 Speaker 1: and best PostScript was, while I'm lying there recovering after 633 00:39:22,595 --> 00:39:24,995 Speaker 1: the surgery, the phone rings and it's my executive producer 634 00:39:25,035 --> 00:39:27,635 Speaker 1: and she says, good news. When you anchored before and 635 00:39:27,675 --> 00:39:32,035 Speaker 1: after Bush's speech and you got sick or after you 636 00:39:32,115 --> 00:39:35,715 Speaker 1: got sick, you beat CNN in the ratings by like 637 00:39:35,755 --> 00:39:39,715 Speaker 1: twenty five percent, and as stone on them painkillers as 638 00:39:39,755 --> 00:39:41,515 Speaker 1: I might have been, I was still able to say 639 00:39:41,515 --> 00:39:44,955 Speaker 1: to her, I beat CNN. I beat CNN with one 640 00:39:44,995 --> 00:40:01,195 Speaker 1: appendix tied behind my back. I've done all the damage 641 00:40:01,195 --> 00:40:02,955 Speaker 1: I can do. Here Here are the credits, most of 642 00:40:02,995 --> 00:40:05,635 Speaker 1: The music arrange produced and performed by Brian Ray and 643 00:40:05,715 --> 00:40:08,995 Speaker 1: John Phillip Shanelle, who are the Countdown musical directors. All 644 00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:12,755 Speaker 1: orchestration and keyboards by John Phillip Shanelle, Guitars, bass and 645 00:40:12,835 --> 00:40:16,595 Speaker 1: drums by Brian Ray, produced by Tko Brothers. Other Beethoven 646 00:40:16,675 --> 00:40:19,075 Speaker 1: selections have been arranged and performed by the group No 647 00:40:19,195 --> 00:40:22,755 Speaker 1: Horns Allowed. The sports music is the Olberman theme from 648 00:40:22,995 --> 00:40:26,075 Speaker 1: ESPN two. It was written by Mitch Warren Davis courtesy 649 00:40:26,075 --> 00:40:29,475 Speaker 1: of ESPN, Inc. Musical comments from Nancy Faust, the best 650 00:40:29,475 --> 00:40:33,395 Speaker 1: baseball stadium organist ever, and our announcer today was Jonathan Banks. 651 00:40:34,075 --> 00:40:37,955 Speaker 1: Everything else is pretty much my fault. So that's countdown 652 00:40:37,955 --> 00:40:40,315 Speaker 1: for this the eight hundred and forty first day since 653 00:40:40,355 --> 00:40:43,835 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's first attempted coup against the democratically elected government 654 00:40:43,835 --> 00:40:46,995 Speaker 1: of the United States with the assistance of Ted Cruz. 655 00:40:47,955 --> 00:40:50,795 Speaker 1: Don't forget to keep arresting him while we still can. 656 00:40:51,555 --> 00:40:54,515 Speaker 1: The next scheduled countdown is tomorrow. Until then, I'm Keith Olderman. 657 00:40:54,675 --> 00:41:04,435 Speaker 1: Good Morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck. 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