1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Welcome in as verdict with center Ted Cruz ben Ferguson 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: with you as well. 3 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 2: Center. 4 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: You had one heck of a weekend as I was 5 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: carrying one hundred pounds of golf equipment in Orlando, Florida 6 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: for seven hours and fifteen minutes. If anyone was counting 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,159 Speaker 1: on how long that round lasted. You were at the 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: World Cup living it up with yours. By the way, 9 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: I just want to be clear your daughter picked a 10 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: better sport watching World Cup than mine. Carrying a bag 11 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: in the sun. Congratulations you want on that one? 12 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 3: Okay, I need to ask what the hell was one 13 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 3: hundred pounds? Is your son like playing golf with anples? Like, 14 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 3: how exactly does that work? 15 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: So this is what is in the bag. It's all 16 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: the stuff. The ball is normal, that's all there. 17 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: Right. Then you have the push cart. 18 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: But then you have like seven or eight bottles of water, 19 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: plus enough to eat when you're missing a meal to 20 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: keep them like keep eating because you're out there so long. 21 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: And when you put all that together with the rain 22 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: gear and the umbrellas and the ice and the food, 23 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,319 Speaker 1: it is literally one hundred and something pounds that kid use. 24 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 3: So is there some rule in like kids golf that 25 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 3: you can't have a golf cart. 26 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: You're not allowed to a World Championships. 27 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: The caddy and the player must walk the entire eighteen holes. 28 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 3: Just because there's like some mean jerk in charge of 29 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 3: the whole thing, like like why exactly? 30 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: I So it's very interesting if you your spectators can 31 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: use a cart when you get there. There is it 32 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: is straight up like if you want to say you're 33 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: world champion, you're going to walk the whole thing and 34 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: there will be no one to help you. 35 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 2: And if you want to quit, you can quit. 36 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: But the strongest survive it was, I mean it was 37 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: a strongest survived scenario. 38 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 2: So that's the that's how it works. 39 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: So if you're ever board and you want a caddy, 40 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: you it's a great workout, I assure you. 41 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 3: All right, So Ben, I can give you the precise 42 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 3: odds of that that would be zero points zero zero percent. 43 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 3: I will not be caddy. I will cheer you on. 44 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 3: By the way, I like, how did Bradley do? 45 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: So he came in he played ten and unders in 46 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: the under Armour Worlds and so he got the invite, 47 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: so we did it. He's nine, so he's one of 48 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: the youngest kids. He came in forty third in the world, 49 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: which was awesome for him. 50 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: Wow, that's awesome. And by the way, the difference between 51 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 3: nine and ten is big. I mean, like at this age, 52 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: a year is massive. 53 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 2: It's massive. 54 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: So our goal was to try to make it in 55 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: the top fifty in the world, because there's one hundred 56 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: and nine kids that got in and he came in 57 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: forty third. So I was like, dude, you got to 58 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: Now next year you get to come back. You automatically, 59 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: We'll get to come back and next year you'll play 60 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: the same course. 61 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 4: Is the top fifty get in automatically. 62 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, he'll get in automatic. 63 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 4: That's the cutoffs. 64 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: That's the cutoff. So that was the best part. So 65 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: he is back and I told him and he was disappointed. 66 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: He wanted to be in the top twenty. And it 67 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: was these other kids. They were some of them had 68 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: like two year graduating years. 69 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 2: They have your your career, right. 70 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 3: So the other kids, the kids that won, is it 71 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: their drive? Do they hit the ball further? 72 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 2: Yeah? Is it? 73 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 3: They're short gamers. They're putting like, like where is the differential? 74 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:02,119 Speaker 1: It's immature. You can see them. So definitely. Just how 75 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: far they hit the ball is way like in a year, 76 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: Bradley would probably hit the ball another twenty five to 77 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: thirty five yards further. Minimum with the tea could be 78 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: as much as fifty. And so when you're hitting that 79 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: much farther, you're now hitting eight irons and pitching wedges 80 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: and nine irons in the green, whereas then if you're back, 81 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: you're hitting in you know, not near as accurate of shots. 82 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: You're hitting five irons or hybrids in. And it just 83 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:25,839 Speaker 1: it's all the difference in the world. 84 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 4: So it's I don't play golf. 85 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 3: Everything you said there sounded like the teacher on Charlie Brown. 86 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 3: Wow wah wah wah wah wah, why whah, but look 87 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 3: like like some different clubs and the BALI goes into 88 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 3: the holy. 89 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: You know what I learned, By the way, do you 90 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: want to know what I learned on this adventure with? Like? 91 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: So you got to get your kid to drink enough 92 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,839 Speaker 1: water to survive. Bradley hates like energy drinks. He does 93 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: not like anything flavored. There are electrolyte gummies, folks, I 94 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: have found them. They work, and he would eat the 95 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: gummies all day. 96 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: So there. There's your tip. If you got what. 97 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 3: I just heard is that Ben is feeding his son 98 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 3: marijuana gummies. 99 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's where you heard from Colorado, right, Yeah, a 100 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: mile high gummies. 101 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 3: And I gotta say, as a nine year old, he's 102 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: the most mellow golf player you've ever seen. 103 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 4: Yeah. Man, the course looks great. 104 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 2: It was fun. We met by the way. We had 105 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 2: Verdict listeners there. It was nice. 106 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 3: You told me that you had several that are like, hey, 107 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 3: I listened to the pod. 108 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was quite fun. They're like when's Ted coming out? 109 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: And somebody yelled at across the fairway during the practice route, 110 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: like I don't know who they were. They were older 111 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: kids and a dad and he yelled, He's like, where's 112 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: Ted at. I was like, I don't know, and then 113 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: we just kept walking. 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All right, Senator, So let's let's talk about 156 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: you got not only like two cool things. One you 157 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: got to go to the World Cup, but two you 158 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: got to take one of your daughters with you, which 159 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: is like that's like core memories you got to make. 160 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, So, look Sunday, I went to the World Cup 161 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 3: finals that they were in New York. Actually New Jersey 162 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 3: was kind of funny. It was in New Jersey, but 163 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 3: the branding was all New York slash New Jersey. I 164 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 3: felt bad for New Jersey because we weren't actually in 165 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 3: New York, but somehow New York got top billing. 166 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 2: Everybody stayed that came to the game. 167 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: That's the reality, right, You stay in New York City, 168 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: then you go over to New Jersey, and then you 169 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: get out of there as fast. 170 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 2: As you can. 171 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 3: So it was really fun. And I had two tickets, 172 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 3: so Heidi and I were going to go. And then 173 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 3: I asked my two girls, Caroline and Catherine, hey, do 174 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 3: you all want to go to the World Cup. They 175 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 3: both wanted to go, but my youngest daughter, Katherine, you know, 176 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 3: both are girls. She's fifteen, and Catherine and I we 177 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: do sporting events at like going back. All right, let 178 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 3: me tell some history on this, going back to twenty seventeen. 179 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 3: Twenty seventeen the World Series between Houston Astros and the Dodgers. 180 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 4: So I was blessed. 181 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 3: I went to Game three, four, and five of the 182 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 3: World Series. Game three I took my dad. I mean, 183 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 3: what a great chance, take your dad to a World Series. 184 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 3: That's just really cool, that's incredible. Game four I took Heidi, 185 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: total and complete waste. I adore my wife. 186 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 2: She would say that right, yes, yes. 187 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 3: She's my best friend in the world. But in like 188 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 3: the third inning, she turned to me and said, did 189 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 3: they score a touchdown? And I said, I am offended 190 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: that you are in this stadium taking a seat that 191 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 3: should be taken by a real baseball fan. All Right, 192 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 3: so Game five I invite initially my daughter Caroline. And 193 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 3: Caroline was nine at the time, and I adore Caroline. 194 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 3: She is an incredible kid. She is brilliant, but she 195 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 3: is God help her just like her dad. She is 196 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 3: a pain in the ass. 197 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 4: And I say that I am too. I love it. 198 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 3: But I say, hey, sweetheart, do you want to go 199 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 3: to the World Series? She said sure, but she said 200 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 3: but I'm going to root for the Dodgers. 201 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: And and You're like, why, oh wait, I know the 202 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: answer this. 203 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 3: So Heidi is a native Californian and so she grew 204 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 3: up in California rooting for the Dodgers. But secondly, Caroline 205 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: just did not, and at eighteen today just sort of 206 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 3: likes to screw with her dad, like like she she 207 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 3: knew that would piss me off. So she liked that answer. 208 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 3: And my response to Caroline said, sweetheart, I love you, 209 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 3: but I'll be damned if I'm going to take you 210 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 3: to the game. If you're going to root for the Dodgers, 211 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 3: you know, if any one you want, but I ain't 212 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 3: taking you. 213 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 214 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 3: And Catherine, it was the day after her seventh birthday 215 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 3: and she looks up with those big brown eyes. She 216 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 3: blinks twice and she goes, Daddy, I'll root for the 217 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 3: Astros And I said, ye, sold. 218 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 2: Sold, and the smartest answer of her life. 219 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 3: So I took Catherine. And if you remember Game five 220 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 3: of the twenty seventeen World Series, that's the game that 221 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: went to one thirty in the morning. Was an unbelievable game. 222 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 3: And Catherine and I are jumping, we're hugging, and I 223 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 3: told her she it was a day after she turned seven, 224 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 3: and I said, sweetheart, you don't really appreciate this now, 225 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 3: but you were going to tell your grandkids you were 226 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 3: at this game. You've just witnessed the greatest game in 227 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 3: the history of the Houston Astros. It was amazing and 228 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 3: what that started is a tradition. Look, the Astros one 229 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 3: made it to the next seven Alcs's Yep, we made 230 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 3: it to four. 231 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: World Series game that I don't know if it'll ever 232 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: happen again. 233 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 3: Okay, we made it to four World Series and we 234 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 3: won too, And I told Catherine, I said, you don't understand. 235 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 3: This doesn't happen. This is like a freakish perfect storm. 236 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 3: And that Game five of the twenty seventeen World Series 237 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 3: started a tradition where Katherine and I have gone to 238 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 3: almost every single home playoff game of the Astros for 239 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 3: the last eight years. And it's just what she and 240 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 3: I do. We don't make it to a lot of 241 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 3: regular season games because there's so many of them and 242 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 3: it's hard, but you get to playoff time and I 243 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: work in yeah, and listen, we're often in DC, I'm 244 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 3: in session, and during the playoffs, I'll get on a plane, 245 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 3: I'll fly home, I'll take her to the game. I'll 246 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 3: go to sleep, I'll wake up at four in the morning, 247 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 3: get on a plane at the krack of dawn and 248 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 3: come back to DC. 249 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 4: And I'll just do that. 250 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 3: And so I feel immensely grateful, Like from age seven 251 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 3: to age fifteen, I've been able to go to I 252 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 3: don't know, forty playoff games with Catherine. I mean, it's 253 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 3: been it has been the daddy daughter tradition. So on 254 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 3: the World Cup, I said, okay, we got tickets to 255 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 3: the finals, and Heidi wanted to go. She's like, all right, 256 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 3: this sounds like fun. And Caroline wanted to go actually, 257 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 3: but then Catherine really really wanted to go. And I'm 258 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 3: going to give Heidi props. She said, you know what, 259 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 3: I'd like to be there, but Catherine really. 260 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 4: Wants to go. 261 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 3: And she also said, look, she's fifteen. In a couple 262 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 3: of years, she'd go off to college. 263 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 4: She's going to be gone. 264 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 3: This is a daddy daughter moment. So I took Catherine. 265 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 3: We had a blast the game. Did you watch the game? 266 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 2: It was good? Yeah? I watched it. 267 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a really good game. Now now listen, 268 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 3: I'm not going to pretend that I'm a huge soccer fan. 269 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 4: I haven't watched the Martian World country four years. 270 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: That's like, and there's nothing wrong with that. Like I 271 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: could care less World Cup happens. 272 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 3: Okay, I care And by the way, this World Cup 273 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 3: A were hosting. But b I loved chearing on the 274 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 3: American team and it was really fun. I loved seeing 275 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,959 Speaker 3: these foreigners, these Europeans coming to America, these Japanese coming 276 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 3: to America and falling in love with our country. That 277 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 3: was the patriotic aspect. Did you follow Freddy online? 278 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think the whole world did if you 279 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: were online, because it was the best part of the 280 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: whole thing. 281 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 3: Look, Freddie is this this German tourist who came to 282 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 3: go to the Games and he drove from like Louisiana 283 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 3: to Arkansas to Texas and he just he tweeted about 284 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 3: it and like he encountered a BUCkies and he's like, 285 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 3: oh my god, what what is this thing? And it 286 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 3: was the most beautiful I've never met Freddie. I don't 287 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 3: know the guy. I don't imagine I'll ever meet him, 288 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 3: but I loved his genuine love for America and watching that. 289 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 3: There's another great thing that I had fun on Twitter 290 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 3: retweeting these things. There was another great moment when the 291 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 3: team from Norway landed at DFW and there were like 292 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 3: twenty Fort Worth cops that were sitting on the tarmac 293 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 3: and as the team came down, they were all doing 294 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 3: the row and it was so cool, like these Fort 295 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:49,719 Speaker 3: Worth police officers welcome being the Norway team. That was 296 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 3: an amazing thing. So I've enjoyed cheering on the Americans 297 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 3: of the World Cup and then in the final, you know, 298 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 3: it's interesting. I had a bunch of people ask all right, 299 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,559 Speaker 3: who are you rooting for? And I'll admit I was 300 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 3: a little conflicted. Look, Argentine, yes, and I'll tell you why, Argentina. 301 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 2: I want to know who are you ready for? The way? 302 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 4: Okay? 303 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: Because I lived there in the summer in ale Conte 304 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: and fell over the people there and I was like, 305 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: this is amazing. 306 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 3: So here's why I was conflicted, a Argentina. Messi is 307 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 3: one of the greatest soccer players to ever lived, and 308 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 3: I just love excellence. It's sort of like Michael Jordan, 309 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 3: like watching someone. Messi is by any measure, you could 310 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 3: argue who the top one is, but Messi's in the 311 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 3: top five any way you look at it. He's in 312 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 3: the top five. And so I like excellence. But I 313 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 3: actually made the decision going. 314 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 4: Into the game. I'm going to root for Spain. 315 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 3: And the reason is my dad, as you know, was 316 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 3: born in Cuba, but my grandfather, my Abuelo, was born 317 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 3: in the Canary Islands, which is part of Spain. The 318 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 3: Canary Islands. My grandfather was born in the Canary Islands 319 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 3: and then he came to Cuba. He was born in 320 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 3: nineteen hundred he came to Cuba in nineteen oh one, 321 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 3: and so so my family going back before is Spanish 322 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 3: in tradition. 323 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 4: So I said, all right, I'm gonna I'm gonna root 324 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 4: for Spain. 325 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 3: But I look, I didn't feel strongly. It was just 326 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 3: sort of like, all right, who you want to root for? 327 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 3: I guess, okay, since my family has origins in Spain, 328 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 3: let's root for Spain. I gotta say the game number one, 329 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 3: Spain dominated the game, and I'm not it was. 330 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: I mean, they from their defense to their offense to 331 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: everything in between. 332 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 2: They were a fine oiled machine and. 333 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: You could tell they got their mojo going and actually 334 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: improved during the tournament. Yes, not all teams did that, 335 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: by the way, Like you had some spotty games for 336 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: some of the teams are spotty halves. 337 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 2: They just kept getting better. 338 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 4: Well. 339 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 3: And look, as I said, I'm not a big soccer fan. 340 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 3: I don't watch a lot of games, but in high 341 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 3: school I played soccer. So in high school I played 342 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 3: I played basketball, which was my main sport. I played 343 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 3: soccer and football, so I like all three and I enjoyed. 344 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 3: You know, I was a you know, I was a 345 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 3: right midfielder, and so you know, play offense and def 346 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 3: and I liked it, like soccer was a fun sport 347 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 3: to play. 348 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 4: Did you play soccer as. 349 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: A kid, And I mean when I was you know, 350 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: church ball as they called a kindergarten, first, second, third grade. 351 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 2: And then I was. 352 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 3: Out, Look, you were a tennis guy. You're kind of 353 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 3: a puffy, so that's okay. 354 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: I was not going to be a soccer player. I 355 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: have a hard time getting excited about sports where no 356 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: one wins a lot. 357 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 3: I understand. I will tell you my high school team. 358 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 3: We would slide tackle a ton and I had one 359 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 3: guy who was on my team who actually got two 360 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 3: yellow cards, which are not allowed to You're supposed to 361 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 3: get a red card and get thrown out, but the 362 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 3: refs forgot. They gave him two yellow cards because our 363 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 3: team was violent. We weren't that good, but we were violent, 364 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,119 Speaker 3: and he wore two yellow bracelets and sort of celebration 365 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 3: of getting two yellow cards and not being thrown out 366 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 3: of a game. And we had another guy, Mike, who 367 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 3: was a buddy of mine, who was a defender who 368 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 3: would slide tackle. Was his cleats in the air and 369 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 3: he would rip like like guys shins and he became 370 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 3: a Rien Marine. He was a tough guy. But anyway, 371 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 3: so look, I like soccer playing as a kid, but 372 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 3: I'm not a big fan. But but I will say 373 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 3: the game. What was amazing is number one, the Spanish 374 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 3: offense dominated and they just eighty percent of the game 375 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 3: was played well, the Spanish offense was on offense on 376 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 3: the Argentinian side of the field, and just score after score. 377 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 3: And let me say, the Argentinian goal gold. 378 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: Audience, what could you tell was like argentinan or was 379 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: actually like Spain, like not Americans there picking a team, 380 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: but like authentic genuine fans of the country. 381 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 3: There were a bunch of both. I don't know that 382 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 3: it felt in the stadium like one was more dominant 383 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 3: than the other. There were a bunch of Spanish fans 384 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 3: wearing Spanish colors, but there were a bunch of Argentinian fans. 385 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 3: So it was a pretty it felt pretty even. But 386 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 3: look the Spanish they were just taking shots on goal, 387 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 3: shots on goal. And that Argentinian goalkeeper, that guy played 388 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 3: an incredible game. I mean the saves that he had. Frankly, 389 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 3: at the end of the regular period, it should have 390 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 3: been three zero four zero Spain like the number of 391 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 3: shots on goal, and it was impressive that goalkeeper almost 392 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 3: single handedly kept Argentina in the game. And I was 393 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 3: really hoping. I wanted Spain to win, but I really 394 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 3: wanted Messi to score a goal. And it's kind of like, 395 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 3: you're watching, I assume this is his last hurrah. And 396 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 3: it was sort of like if you go see a 397 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 3: game of Michael Jordan or Tom Brady at the end 398 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 3: of the career, you want Jordan to win the game. 399 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 3: You want Tom Brady to throw the great touchdown pass 400 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 3: by the way I did see. So I've been to 401 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 3: one Super Bowl game in my life, and it was 402 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 3: the Super Bowl. 403 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: I would say, what was the game? 404 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 4: Houston? 405 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 3: And it was New England versus Atlanta, and it was 406 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,479 Speaker 3: my It was in my hometown. So I'm like, all right, 407 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 3: let's go to that. And look, I frankly didn't care 408 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 3: between New England and Atlanta, and neither of them have 409 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 3: been the Texans or even the Cowboys. I'd be rooting 410 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 3: for them, but it was not a Texas team, so 411 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 3: I was kind of indifferent. And I came in and 412 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 3: I said, look, I don't care who wins, but I 413 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 3: want a really good game. I want it close. I 414 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 3: wanted exciting, and it ended up being the first Super 415 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 3: Bowl game in history that went to overtime. And if 416 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 3: you remember, that was the overtime game where Tom Brady 417 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 3: came back and won it, and it was really cool, 418 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 3: like Brady, I think is unequivocally the goat. I used 419 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 3: to think Montana was. And when Brady moved from New 420 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 3: England to Tampa Bay, it was just the most study move. 421 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 4: And then he won again. 422 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 3: It was like, all right, I've got an amazing team, 423 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 3: I've got a fantastic you know, supporting cast. Let me 424 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 3: go somewhere else and I'm gonna win here. And it 425 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 3: was just like, all right, that that qualifies. So I 426 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 3: was thrilled to watch Brady do that overtime drive down 427 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 3: the field, and I have to admit watching it, you're 428 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 3: kind of like, yeah, they're going to win, like you 429 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 3: just it reminded me of you. 430 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: Could tell there was momentum, and it was yeah, it 431 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: was hard to see where how they would lose the game. 432 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 3: So twenty years ago, I was very fortunate to go 433 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 3: to the Rose Bowl game that was Texas versus USC 434 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 3: and it was the National championship and Heidi and I went. 435 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 3: And this is long before I was in the Senate. 436 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 4: I was just you know, I was a lawyer. 437 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 3: I was SG and I went with a good buddy 438 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 3: of mine who had tickets, who invited me, and we 439 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 3: went there. By the way, this is the only argument 440 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 3: I've won in twenty five years of marriage. So we're 441 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 3: going there, Kellie. 442 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: I believe this. I believe that this is the only 443 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: one I will stand by you. I think that's probably 444 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: very accurate. 445 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 2: But keep going. 446 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 4: So we're going there. 447 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 3: And Heidi is a native California and she got a 448 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 3: bunch of family down in southern California, and she said, Okay, 449 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 3: we're going to wear USC red. And I said, sweetheart, 450 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 3: I love you, but if you do that, I'm throwing 451 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 3: you out of the truck. And Heidi just doesn't care 452 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 3: about sports. It's not a thing that matters to her. 453 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 3: And so she recognized that I did care, and so 454 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 3: I dressed my darling California wife in burn range from 455 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 3: head to toe, and we saw I think, unquestionably one 456 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,639 Speaker 3: of the greatest college football games ever. I think it 457 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 3: may be the greatest where it we're like Vince Young, 458 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 3: the comeback, you know, we're down four minutes and fifteen 459 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 3: seconds and we're down, and just like Brady, you knew 460 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 3: that game, Vince Young was like a man among boys, yep, 461 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 3: and it was extraordinary. So that was and Brady reminded 462 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 3: me of that. Like the overtime, I had the same 463 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 3: feeling where it's just like Patriots are gonna win. So 464 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 3: I was hoping Messi would do that, like like I 465 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 3: would have loved to have been the Swan song the 466 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 3: end of an incredible career. Messi scored. I still wanted 467 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 3: Spain to win, but I wanted Messi to score. You know, 468 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 3: he had one good shot on goal from from the 469 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 3: right side of the field, but it went I think 470 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 3: high end of the right and he didn't get it. 471 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 3: But it was an awesome time. Do you know the 472 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 3: coolest part of the whole thing? 473 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 2: What was that? 474 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 3: So where we were sitting two boxes over, there were 475 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 3: a bunch of rap stars, like Drake was there, and 476 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 3: I don't even know, a bunch of rap stars that 477 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 3: I've never heard of, because I rap's not my thing, 478 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 3: so I don't know that world. But Catherine was just 479 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 3: like a gog. 480 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 4: She likes rap. I don't like rap. It's not my thing. 481 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 3: But she was like, oh, that's so and so, that's 482 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 3: so and so, and she took a couple of pictures 483 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 3: and she was so excited and she's like, Dad, can 484 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 3: we ever see them? And I'm like, sweetheart, I can 485 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 3: take you a lot of places. I'm just like, there 486 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 3: are places I've got a little bit of stroke, like 487 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 3: a box full of rock rap stars. 488 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 4: That's just not my Yeah, all power to them. 489 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, this is not a place where where you know, 490 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 3: Ted Cruz comes knocking on the door and they're like, yeah, 491 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 3: we're thrilled to see it. So but Catherine was ecstatic. 492 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 3: She she left and said, all right, this was the 493 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 3: coolest day of my life. 494 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 2: And so there you go. 495 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: Okay, so you got Dad, you got you, and you've 496 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: got dad points that will last you maybe a day 497 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:28,679 Speaker 1: and a half may. 498 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 3: By the way, by the way, do you know who 499 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 3: we met and at the game? Who Drew Barrymore? 500 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 2: Yeah? 501 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, so so it it made me feel a 502 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 3: little bad because Catherine. 503 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 4: Didn't know who Drew Barrymore was. 504 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 3: And I'm like, oh god, I feel old, like like 505 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 3: she like you and I grew up with her. I mean, 506 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 3: she was any tea like she was, and I'd never 507 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 3: met her, and and look, you know she's she's a 508 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 3: terrific actress. But to be honest, Republican politicians are not 509 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 3: necessarily all that popular among Hollywood actors. She was the 510 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 3: nicest person, and she was charming. We had a great 511 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 3: conversation and she was real and fun, and I like, 512 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 3: I really liked her, Like. 513 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: Wait, by the way, that's the way it should be, 514 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: like I meet you know you and I were very blessed. 515 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 4: By the way. Drew is huggy. 516 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 3: So like every person she met, she'd go and hug them, 517 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,479 Speaker 3: so like she hugged me, and I'm like, well a crap, Drew, 518 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 3: Drew Barrymore is hugging me. 519 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 4: And it was. It wasn't fake. 520 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 3: It was just kind of a real She's an expressive, 521 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 3: nice person and we had we probably spent twenty minutes 522 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 3: talking together, and it was really cool, all right. 523 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: So I asked her, I think, did I tell you 524 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: when I was in New York the other day there 525 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: was a and I promised I would not use her name, 526 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: Did I I tell you who I met walking in 527 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: and out there hotel? Very very famous actress, And she 528 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: walked over and she said, you do a great job 529 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: on TV. I don't always agree with you, but you 530 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: always make me laugh. Just don't tell anybody I told 531 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: you that I promised. I same thing like with the 532 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 1: Barrymore thing. So kind fockingly nice. Spent multiple minutes having 533 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: this conversation, and then it was like, by the way, 534 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: don't out me or tell anybody that we like met 535 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: in this way. And I was like, I understand, you 536 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: got to keep your street credit in Hollywood. 537 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 2: But the same thing with BEARNR. 538 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: It's nice when you meet somebody like that and they're 539 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: actually really really kind. 540 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 3: Well, and I asked her, I said, all right, what's 541 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 3: your favorite movie you did and you know? And her 542 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 3: response was interesting. She said ET and she was a 543 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 3: little girl, but she was awesome ET. And then she 544 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 3: said Charlie's Angels and I actually hoped, Catherine, I'm actually 545 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 3: bummed Catherine didn't know Charlie's Angels. 546 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 4: That was a good movie, that was well done. 547 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 2: It was a great movie. 548 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:40,479 Speaker 3: And then Drew said all the Adam Sandler movies and 549 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 3: she mentioned Fifty First Dates and I told her, I said, 550 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 3: look good, I said, that's I liked Fifty First Dates. 551 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 3: That was a sweet movie. It was touching. I have 552 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 3: not met Adam Sandler. I've heard he's a conservative. I 553 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 3: have friends who know him, so I'm like one connection away. 554 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 3: But I just like Adam Sam He's funny, he's a 555 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 3: good guy, and that movie is just look, all right, 556 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 3: I'm gonna this is gonna weaken my like bro Creds, 557 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 3: but but I kind of like some rom coms and 558 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 3: like Fifty First Dates. It was a neat premise. But 559 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 3: the way, by the way, if you haven't watched Fifty 560 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 3: First Dates, it's. 561 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: About it's hysterical and cute. 562 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 3: It is hysterical and cute, and it's about someone who 563 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 3: has like memory loss. 564 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: Frontal low memory loss. Every day they forget what happened 565 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: the day. 566 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 3: Before, and so you end up with Adam Sandler and 567 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,239 Speaker 3: Drew Barrymore having a first date every day and like 568 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 3: waking up not remembering their whole history. And it's just 569 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 3: it's a cute and fun show, and I like, I 570 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 3: was happy she said that was one of her favorite, 571 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 3: because that's what I would say was he was my 572 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 3: favorite of her movies. 573 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: So you went from that back to DC straight to 574 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: the Oval Monday morning. Yeah, for a very interesting meeting 575 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: on AI at the White House. 576 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 2: Talk about that a little bit. 577 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, So I took Amtrak and came from Manhattan down 578 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 3: to DC on Monday, and then I had a meeting 579 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 3: at the Oval Monday. 580 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 2: And by the way, that is. 581 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: What we call welcome back to your real life when 582 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: you go from the World Cup Drew Barrymore to Amtrak 583 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: to DC. I just that's an interesting step down really quick. 584 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: And that's probably got on purpose doing that. 585 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 2: But keep going. 586 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, look look it was. And so the 587 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 3: meeting in the Oval, I was with the President. I 588 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 3: was with Marsha Blackburn, Senator from Tennessee, and I was 589 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 3: with Scott bess at the Treasury Secretary, and Kevin Hasset 590 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 3: at the head of the National Economic Council, and several 591 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 3: other members of the White House staff, and we were 592 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 3: talking about AI, artificial intelligence, and it was a discussion 593 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 3: about what to do about it. And listen, Marcia has 594 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 3: a package of bills that she's pitching. And it's a 595 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 3: package of bills. It's kids safety bills, it's requiring app 596 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 3: store to verify ages. It's a bill called no Fakes, 597 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 3: which which deals with preventing people from from pirting and competing, 598 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 3: copying people's voices and images, and so she was pitching 599 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 3: to the President, you should support my package of bills. 600 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 3: And I'm chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, Transportation, 601 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 3: which has jurisdiction over a ton of stuff, including AI, 602 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 3: and so we're going to have a mark up in 603 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 3: the next couple of weeks on a bunch of AI bills, 604 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 3: and Marsha wants her a bill to be one of them. 605 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 3: And so she laid it out, and I got to 606 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 3: say a lot of discussions. She's pushing the president back 607 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 3: my bill, back my bill, back my bill, and I 608 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 3: stayed quiet for much of the meeting. The meeting was 609 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 3: like hour hour and a half long, and then I 610 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 3: said at the end, I said, listen, if Marcia introduces 611 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 3: the bill, I'll mark it up. I'll put it up 612 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 3: on the committee for a vote. And I said, I 613 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 3: expect all supported. All. To be honest, I'd never read 614 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 3: the bill until she had it to me, so I like, 615 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 3: she handed me a hundred page bill and I didn't 616 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 3: know what was in it, but I said, look, from 617 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 3: what she's described in it, I anticipate. 618 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 4: I'll support it. 619 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 3: But I also said it was kind of near the 620 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 3: end of the meeting, but I said, because they had 621 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 3: handed the president a truth social post supporting the bill, 622 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 3: and I said, look, someone needs to tell you this 623 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 3: bill has very little, if any chance of passing. And 624 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 3: like Trump was surprised, and I just said, look, there 625 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 3: are different elements of it. 626 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 4: Right now. 627 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 3: There are no Democrats backing this bill. It's not clear 628 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 3: that every Republican on the committee will back the bill. 629 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 3: Maybe they will, they might, And I said, let me 630 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 3: get clear. I'll mark it up and I expect to 631 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 3: vote for it. So I'm not the opposition here, but 632 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 3: I just want you to know that at this point 633 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 3: there's opposition from Democrats in the Senate, there's opposition potentially 634 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 3: from some Republicans in the Senate, and there's strong opposition 635 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 3: on aspects of the bill from Republican leadership in the House. 636 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 3: And so I just said, I don't want you to 637 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 3: be surprised. You lean in and say let's go pass 638 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 3: this bill and then it doesn't pass. And so Trump said, 639 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 3: all right, well, then I'm not going to support it. 640 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 3: I don't want to support something that doesn't have a 641 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 3: path to passage. And so we're going to mark up 642 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 3: a series of bills. I've told Marshap she wants me 643 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 3: to mark up her bill. 644 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 4: We will. I don't know she will ask for it 645 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 4: or not. 646 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 2: Can you ask a politics question on this? 647 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 3: Yeah? 648 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: How much of her bill is her pushing because she's 649 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: running for governor and really trying to get Tennessee's hands 650 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: on a lot of AI and AI infrastructure and AI 651 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: in the state. Not blame her for that, but like, 652 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: is that part of this hardcore push where you're in 653 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: the Senate You're going I understand both sides of this 654 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: or am I reading the room wrong? 655 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 3: So listen, they're different components of it. So let's take 656 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 3: the different elements of the bill. The first bill is COSA, 657 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 3: and COSA is a kid's safety bill. It's a good bill. 658 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 3: I've supported it. I've voted for it in the last Congress. 659 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 3: It passed the Senate ninety three to three. So I'm 660 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 3: all four COSA. I'm a yes, I want it to pass. 661 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 3: Here's the problem. After it passed the Senate ninety three 662 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 3: to three, it went to the House and the House 663 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 3: refused to take it up. Why because because the Speaker 664 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 3: of the House and Steve Scalise, the Majority leader, opposed 665 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 3: the bill. And the bill puts what's called a duty 666 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 3: of care on the tech companies that that that if 667 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 3: there's content that harms kids, they can be sued, and 668 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 3: the House leadership doesn't support that. And so look, frankly, 669 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 3: what I told Marsha a year and a half ago 670 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 3: is I said, listen, Mop, I'll back COOS again. We 671 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 3: can pass it again. I'm fine with that, but it 672 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 3: will never become law until you sit down with Johnson 673 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 3: and Scalise and work out an agreement. Because if they 674 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 3: refuse to take up the bill, you want to pass 675 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 3: it again. 676 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 4: We can do it. You'll get mine. 677 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 2: They're not going to take it up. 678 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 3: If the House won't take it up, it's not going 679 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 3: to become in the US Code. And so I said, 680 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 3: what you need to do is sit down and negotiate 681 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 3: a compromise and it won't be everything you want, but 682 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 3: you need to find something the House is willing to 683 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 3: pass that hasn't happened. So that's a real impediment. I'm 684 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 3: going to vote for COSA. I want COSA to pass, 685 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 3: but right now the House is not going to take 686 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 3: it up. There's a second component, which is called the 687 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 3: App Store Accountability app, which is putting liability on an 688 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 3: app store for age verification. Now, there are a couple 689 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 3: of problems with that. Number One, there are tech companies 690 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 3: like Meta, like Facebook that support it, but Apple and 691 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 3: Google hate it because they're the app stores and they're like, wait, 692 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,720 Speaker 3: you're making me liable. So Apple and Google don't like it, 693 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 3: and so they're both the tech companies are divided. They're 694 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 3: lobbying on both sides. And there's a competing bill that 695 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,800 Speaker 3: is called the Parents Over Platforms Bill, which is frankly 696 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 3: the Apple and Google bill, and there are several Republicans 697 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 3: on the committee that support that bill. And so I said, look, 698 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 3: this is just a pissing match between giant tech companies. 699 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 3: I'd like to see age verification. I support age verification, 700 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 3: I'm pushing for it. But every Democrat opposes age verification. 701 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 3: So I said, listen, it's a simple math. If you 702 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 3: lose all the Democrats and if you're losing some Republicans, 703 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 3: I don't see how this passes. 704 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 4: Like it's just a math. 705 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 3: Like I'm not opposed to it, I will vote yes, 706 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 3: but how do you get to the votes to pass it? 707 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 3: There is additionally her bill no Fakes Now no Fakes. 708 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 3: I'm on the Judiciary Committee. Judiciary Committee has already passed 709 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,520 Speaker 3: no Fakes. It was a voice vote. I was fine 710 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 3: with it. No Fakes has a lot of good elements 711 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 3: to it, So no fakes is protecting. Say you have 712 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 3: a musician and someone uses AI to create a fake 713 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 3: song for a musician, it makes you liable for that. 714 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 3: In politics. By the way, this is coming. It hasn't 715 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 3: really happened yet, but it's coming soon. You're going to 716 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 3: see someone create AI and take a video of a 717 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 3: politician a fake video and be like we should eat 718 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 3: live kittens, and it's going to be you're not going 719 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,799 Speaker 3: to be able to tell that it's fake, like it's 720 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 3: going to appear to be the real problem. 721 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 2: You can have to respond to a ridiculous, absurd video, right. 722 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 3: And by the way, Amy Klovichar last year had a 723 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 3: video of a hearing where she said a bunch of 724 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 3: things that were derogatory that she would never have said, 725 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 3: but it looked entirely real and she had to respond 726 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 3: to that. That's going to explode a lot. So finding 727 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,879 Speaker 3: some protections to say, look, someone can't use your name 728 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 3: image and likeness and create a counterfeit that nobody knows 729 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:51,839 Speaker 3: is fake. I'm quite supportive of that. When the judiciary 730 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 3: passed this bill, there were several Republicans Mike Lee, Eric Schmidt, 731 00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 3: and myself who raised free speech concern because the way 732 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,400 Speaker 3: the language is written it's quite broad. So, for example, 733 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 3: Trump send out the meme of a Keem Jeffries and 734 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 3: Chuck Schumer wearing sombrero singing yes, now that was parody, 735 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 3: it wasn't real, and I've retweeted it then amplified it. 736 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 3: But there is an argument that under the language and 737 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:27,440 Speaker 3: no fakes, that could be banned. Now there is some 738 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:32,359 Speaker 3: language saying bonafide satire is okay, but there's a lot 739 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 3: of gray area. You think of Spencer Pratt and the 740 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 3: hysterical ads he put out with Gavin Newsom and Karen 741 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:45,720 Speaker 3: Bass just like doing horrible things to people of California. 742 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 3: I have a concern that under the language and no fakes, 743 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 3: the tech platforms would take down those ads because they'd say, 744 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 3: you're using Gavin Newsom's image in a way that he 745 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,319 Speaker 3: has not approved. And so my point was, look, I'd 746 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 3: love to see this get done, but I also want 747 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 3: to protect free speech. So my point to the President was, Hey, 748 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 3: if you want to endorse this, great, I've got no 749 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 3: problem with it, but you need to know that I 750 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,880 Speaker 3: don't see a path that this actually gets to pass 751 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,479 Speaker 3: in the Senate take sixty votes. Given that I don't 752 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,319 Speaker 3: know of a single Democrat supporting this bill, and there 753 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 3: may be Republicans opposing this bill, the math doesn't work. 754 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,960 Speaker 3: And so the President decided not to support it. Listen, 755 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 3: I still expect that we will take up in the 756 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 3: next couple of weeks a series of AI bills. And 757 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,200 Speaker 3: by the way, we will do a podcast when we 758 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,760 Speaker 3: do that markup where we talk about the AI bills 759 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 3: we pass. But what I'm trying to do right now 760 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:50,840 Speaker 3: is find all right, let me use a Kamala Harris 761 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:57,439 Speaker 3: phrase the ven diagram, that is the intersection of what 762 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,400 Speaker 3: bills could make a positive impact protecting people from some 763 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,320 Speaker 3: of the harms of AI yep, but at the same 764 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,759 Speaker 3: time that have a real pass to passage. And so 765 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 3: we'll move several bills on that. But I'm trying to 766 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:15,239 Speaker 3: find exactly the right intersection right there. And and so 767 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,799 Speaker 3: we had that conversation, and the President agreed with me. 768 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: It's gonna be very interesting to see AI is changing 769 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,319 Speaker 1: the world. We've talked about a lot here, We'll keep 770 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,360 Speaker 1: talking about it. Don't forget. We do this show Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 771 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,319 Speaker 1: Hit that subscriber auto download button. I love that you 772 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:29,719 Speaker 1: got to go to the World Cup, and I love 773 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,279 Speaker 1: you got to have those memories with your daughter. What 774 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,239 Speaker 1: a fun time for you, guys. And I'm glad you're 775 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: back in DC getting a fight with the comedies there. 776 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 1: And we will see you guys back here in a 777 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:38,840 Speaker 1: couple of days.