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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good

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Speaker 1: morning everyone, and welcome to Morning Run. It's Tuesday, January

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Speaker 1: twenty First, I'm Amy Robot and I'm.

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Speaker 2: TJ Holmes and on the run this morning. Work hard,

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Speaker 2: Play hard. Trump wastes no time making major moves on

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Speaker 2: his first day back in office, but that didn't get

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Speaker 2: in the way of the party.

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Speaker 1: A day long celebration of his return to office capped

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Speaker 1: off with three inaugural balls. One highlight for guests have

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Speaker 1: your picture taken with Trump's mug shot.

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Speaker 2: Also pardon palooza in DC yesterday with Trump and Biden

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Speaker 2: using their pens.

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Speaker 1: And one of Trump's nominees is confirmed unanimously.

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Speaker 3: No, it wasn't hag Seth.

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Speaker 2: However, his in battle Defense secretary nominee just took a

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Speaker 2: major step closer to getting confirmed, and.

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Speaker 1: A viral debate over Elon Musk's hand gesture, and one

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Speaker 1: of Trump's high profile picks to join his administration has

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Speaker 1: already quit.

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Speaker 2: And what looked like a blowout turned to a ballgame.

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Speaker 2: Hope you didn't go to bed too early on the

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Speaker 2: college football championship game last night.

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Speaker 1: I feel like that was a shot directly aimed towards

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Speaker 1: me well and others.

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Speaker 2: You're not by yourself, You're not alone.

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Speaker 1: But like a game, you fell asleep and missed the

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Speaker 1: first half of the game, and then I fell asleep

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Speaker 1: and missed the second half of the game.

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Speaker 3: So together we have a complete picture of what happened.

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Speaker 3: For the important part, though, you were but I got

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Speaker 3: better sleep. That's actually fair.

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Speaker 1: All right, We're going to begin our morning run this

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Speaker 1: morning in DC at the Balls, and what an evening

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Speaker 1: it was with President Trump and First Lady Milania attending

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Speaker 1: all three of them.

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Speaker 2: Okay, the first one was the Commander in Chief ball

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Speaker 2: focuses on members of the military. The President First Lady

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Speaker 2: dance to Elvis's An American Trilogy. Milania, this was the

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Speaker 2: black and white get up. Yeah, that was the first

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Speaker 2: image I saw this sleep black and white gown. Her

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Speaker 2: longtime style adviser put this together for also did her

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Speaker 2: first inaugural old gown. But she was to be expected

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Speaker 2: put together.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, stunning, I think is a good word for it.

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Speaker 1: It was elegant, it was sleek, it was gorgeous. At

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Speaker 1: the Commander in Chief, bal Trump thanked service members, gave

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Speaker 1: a special shout out to Space Force. That's the branch

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Speaker 1: of the military focused on operations and defense in space.

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Speaker 1: Country band Rascal Flats performed at the ball, and there

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Speaker 1: were some famous faces spotted in the crowd.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've already mentioned hag Seth. He was at a

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Speaker 2: lot of the events yesterday, but he was at this

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Speaker 2: one in particular. Also, there was John Voyd, who's been

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Speaker 2: named as a special Ambassador to Hollywood by Trump. You

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Speaker 2: also had Kid Rock and Billy Ray Cyrus there. Cyrus

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Speaker 2: was performing at other balls later on. The next stop

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Speaker 2: for Trump and Lania after this one was the Liberty Ball,

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Speaker 2: and this was for supporters of the president and a

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Speaker 2: very special photo op was there for guests as they arrived.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I got a kick out of this one.

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Speaker 1: There was a gray backdrop when you walked in with

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Speaker 1: the Fulton County Sheriff's Office logo on it, and then.

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Speaker 3: A large photo of Trump's mugshot.

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Speaker 1: It's the one that was taken after he surrendered to

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Speaker 1: police on charges surround his alleged role in trying to

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Speaker 1: overturn the twenty twenty election results in Georgia. Well, he

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Speaker 1: denies the allegations. He believes the charges were politically motivated,

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Speaker 1: but he's clearly willing to have some fun with it

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Speaker 1: all as his guests one by one posed next to

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Speaker 1: his mug shot for a commemorative photo like none other.

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Speaker 2: Yes, fun mix of performers. There are the Liberty Ball

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Speaker 2: as well country singer Jason Aldeen, Grammy Award winning artists Nelly,

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Speaker 2: You had Billy Ray Cyrus as we mentioned before, and

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Speaker 2: also the Village People made another appearance, and then you

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Speaker 2: had the last ball of the night was the Starlight Ball.

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Speaker 2: This one was at Union Station. This was for Trump's

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Speaker 2: major donors.

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Speaker 1: Yes, country singer Gavin de Grau performed and Trump danced

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Speaker 1: the night away, staying at the ball until well after midnight.

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Speaker 1: That was quite the day for him and evening. One

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Speaker 1: of his final dances was with his family and the

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Speaker 1: vances on the dance floor, all dancing to Frank Sinatra's

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Speaker 2: That's pretty appropriate song for this group. I think you

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Speaker 2: could argue, but yeah, you're to your point. What a day,

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Speaker 1: A lot of work, a lot of play. It looked

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Speaker 1: appreciating in a way where he knows this is his

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Speaker 3: We shall see.

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Speaker 2: Don't play like that. We will continue on the next

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Speaker 2: leg of our run. And yeah, we mentioned work, and

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Speaker 2: part of his work yesterday was wiping the January sixth

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Speaker 2: slate clean. Trump kept his Day one promise and issued

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Speaker 2: a sweeping mass pardon for January sixth rioters. Which ones

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Speaker 1: Well, just about all of them. In total, more than

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Speaker 1: fifteen hundred. It was one thousand, five hundred and eighty

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Speaker 1: three people were charged. Many already were convicted on various

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Speaker 1: including violent crimes that day, have now been pardoned or

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Speaker 1: had their sentences commuted. And for those still waiting to

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Speaker 1: have their cases adjudicated, Trump ordered the Justice Department to

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Speaker 2: He commuted the sentences of fourteen people who were part

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Speaker 2: of far right groups Proud Boys and Oathkeepers. However, Enrique Tario,

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Speaker 2: who was the former leader of the Proud Boys, he

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Speaker 2: received a full pardon. He was serving twenty two years

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Speaker 2: Those serving in jail now are expected to be released

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Speaker 1: Trump has consistently referred to those charged in connection with

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Speaker 1: the January sixth attack on the Capitol as patriots and

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Speaker 1: as January sixth hostages. And look, he'd been signaling to

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Speaker 1: clemency to these rioters once he got back in office,

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Speaker 1: and that was certainly a promise we saw he delivered

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Speaker 2: Sip with the question there and the even Vance as

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Speaker 2: high up as JD Vance made public suggestions that, yeah,

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Speaker 2: did violent offenses.

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Speaker 3: That's true.

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Speaker 2: Differently, even am Bondi, I believe, during her confirmation hearing

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Speaker 2: It didn't happen. They did nothing wrong there. It has

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Speaker 1: It seemed as though, and to your point, it seemed

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Speaker 2: Well, next on the run here and like we said,

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Speaker 2: as expected and as outlined it is inaugulard dress. President

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Speaker 2: Drum went straight to work after taking the oath of

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Speaker 2: office at noon. Unclear just how many orders Trump signed

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Speaker 1: So beyond pardoning defendants in the January sixth attacks, which

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Speaker 1: ranging from strictly defining two genders as male and female,

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Speaker 2: In fact, there were a total ten executive order surrounding

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Speaker 2: designating drug cartels as global terrorists. Other executive orders renaming

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Speaker 2: Several of these. Yeah, he did mention I'm looking at

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Speaker 2: the list you have here in front of me, and

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Speaker 1: He's doing it right, I mean, he definitely outlined it.

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Speaker 1: point to do. He also is going to withdraw the

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Speaker 1: United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. He's revoking nearly

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Speaker 1: Department of Government Efficiency. Look, many of these executive orders

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Speaker 2: He's doing what he said he was going to do,

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Speaker 1: Among the many things people complain about when it comes

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Speaker 2: To take issue with some of his actions. You don't

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Speaker 2: When you finished listening to Morning Run this morning, go

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Speaker 2: to your phone, look up this video for yourself video

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Speaker 2: of what many are suggesting is Elon Musk giving a

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Speaker 2: Nazi salute during Trump's inauguration rally yesterday at Capitol One Arena.

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Speaker 1: This story and the video went everywhere after Musk spoke

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Speaker 1: during his remarks, he made a gesture to the crowd,

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Speaker 2: they actually replayed it on their air. Social media was

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Speaker 2: many people, including prominent politicians, attacked Musk and expressed shock

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Speaker 1: That's right, and for the final leg of the run.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations to the Ohio State Buckeyes. They won the College

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