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Speaker 1: During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Governor

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Speaker 1: Andrew Como sent thousands of infected elderly people to their

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Speaker 1: deaths and nursing homes. He should be ashamed of himself. Instead,

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Speaker 1: he wrote a book touting his leadership. But now the

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Speaker 1: truth has finally caught up with the governor. This is

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Speaker 1: outlowed with Jianno called off. Welcome back to Allow with

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Speaker 1: Giano Caldwell. I have a big show for you guys.

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Speaker 1: My guest this week is Janis Deane, the senior meteorologist

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Speaker 1: for Fox News Channel. She's also the bestselling author of

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Speaker 1: Mostly Sonny, How I Learned to Keep Smiling through the

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Speaker 1: Rainiest Days. In recent months, Janis has become a fearless

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Speaker 1: critic of New York Governors Andrew Como for his handling

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Speaker 1: in the coronavirus pandemic, especially his decision in March to

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Speaker 1: order nursing homes to accept infected patients. Thousands of elderly

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Speaker 1: people who died of COVID as a result. Among them

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Speaker 1: were both of janis in laws, who passed away in

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Speaker 1: New York nursing homes from the virus last year. Since then,

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Speaker 1: Janie has become such a powerful voice that a growing

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Speaker 1: number of Republicans are calling on her to run for

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Speaker 1: governor in two I'll ask her about that. I also

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Speaker 1: ask her about almost handling of the pandemic and much more.

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Speaker 1: Let's go, miss Janice Dean. How are you? I am wonderful.

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Speaker 1: It's so nice to talk to you, my friend. It's

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Speaker 1: been so long since we we've seen each other in

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Speaker 1: while myself, But it's always warm when I see you,

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Speaker 1: and your smile lights up my day. And I'm not

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Speaker 1: just saying that to say something. You're really really full

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Speaker 1: of joy and happiness. And I'm so thankful uh to

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Speaker 1: because I think you do bring joy to the world.

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Speaker 1: Oh what do I say to that? I feel exactly

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Speaker 1: the same way about you. I mean, it's been so

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Speaker 1: long since we've seen each other face to face in

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Speaker 1: to give you the world biggest hog. And um, you

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Speaker 1: know you bring sunshine as well, my friend. No, I

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Speaker 1: truly appreciate that. So thank you for coming on the

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Speaker 1: allowed with Giano Caldwell and Jennie. I want to begin

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Speaker 1: by playing a clip of you from Fox News a

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Speaker 1: few days ago, just to set up the clip for

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Speaker 1: our listeners. Back in March, New York Governor Andrew Como

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Speaker 1: signed an executive order mandating nursing homes to accept elderly

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Speaker 1: people with COVID. Thousands of people died in the nursing

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Speaker 1: homes as a result, and then just this past week,

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Speaker 1: New York Attorney General James released a damning report showing

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Speaker 1: the Como's administration under report at the number of deaths

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Speaker 1: due to COVID in New York nursing homes by perhaps

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Speaker 1: fifty This could increase the number of actual deaths just

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Speaker 1: in nursing homes from from around seven hundred the current

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Speaker 1: official figure, to over thirteen thousand. And I just want

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Speaker 1: to read this one line from the report. While we

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Speaker 1: cannot bring back the individuals wel lost to this crisis,

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Speaker 1: this report seeks to offer transparency that the public deserves

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Speaker 1: and to spur increase action to protect our most vulnerable residents.

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Speaker 1: Now here's what you said in response to all of this.

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Speaker 1: I don't really know what to say. I when I

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Speaker 1: saw the report and I knew that it was coming,

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Speaker 1: probably an hour before it was released. I called my

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Speaker 1: said that maybe the angels one, Maybe the angels will

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Speaker 1: have their day in court, and maybe this governor will

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Speaker 1: be held accountable. Harris. I didn't want to be in

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Speaker 1: this position. I'm not a political person, but my family

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Speaker 1: was affected and I wasn't seeing the coverage. I wasn't

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Speaker 1: seeing the questions being asked of this governor. He continued

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Speaker 1: to pass the blame on everyone else and everything else,

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Speaker 1: and he still to this day, will not accept any responsibility.

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Speaker 1: And there were law suits, and there were journalists that

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Speaker 1: of the families that deserved them. And finally today there

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Speaker 1: is a ray of light. There is sunshine and darkness,

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Speaker 1: and I thank this Attorney General. I know that there

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Speaker 1: have been thousands of families that have written letters and

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Speaker 1: have wanted to have answers, and I'm so grateful on

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Speaker 1: behalf of all of them for giving me love and support,

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Speaker 1: because this is never a role I thought I would

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Speaker 1: justice might be served. Wow, and I gotta tell you,

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Speaker 1: for thousands of people that you don't even know, um

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Speaker 1: an awesome, awesome action that you've taken. And I want

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Speaker 1: that's raw. That was raw emotion. I remember Harris asking

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Speaker 1: me or the producer of Harris's show, UM, Rachel, who

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Speaker 1: and she emailed me and she said, will you come

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Speaker 1: it had, and it had information that we have been

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Speaker 1: wanting for months. For ten months, we knew this governor

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Speaker 1: was hiding the numbers. And to know that the Attorney General,

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Speaker 1: by Cuomo, who conducted her own investigation into this governor

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Speaker 1: and came up with the answers we've been wanting for

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Speaker 1: so many months. It was like a ray of light.

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Speaker 1: But I will say it's just a door opening, because

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Speaker 1: I truly want this governor and his administration and his

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Speaker 1: Health Department to have to go in front of a

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Speaker 1: lost loved ones because of this governor's mandate to put

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Speaker 1: to have that happened for forty six days. So this

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Speaker 1: so I feel like he's learned nothing. He still won't

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Speaker 1: even though his Attorney General in New York has come

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Speaker 1: I would like a bipartisan investigation with subpoena power where

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Speaker 1: forty six of fifty states in terms of nursing home deaths.

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Speaker 1: So he was using the numbers that were not legit

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Speaker 1: and we had the Justice Department has an investigation into this.

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Speaker 1: There were several reporters using the Foil Act to get

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Speaker 1: Health department would say, we don't have we don't have

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Speaker 1: we need to do more research. And yet when the

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Speaker 1: from the governor. He was incredibly defensive. During a press conference,

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Speaker 1: died in a nursing home. They died. How callous can

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Speaker 1: That's that's him. Unfortunately, I've covered him for ten months

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Speaker 1: I always assumed he really really didn't care about our families,

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Speaker 1: just describe what that Tom was like for you and

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Speaker 1: coronavirus came in shortly after that, and we were in quarantine. UM,

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Speaker 1: is just another example of this megalomaniac who just can't

432
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Speaker 1: let other people lead. It's got to be him. And

433
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 1: the last I checked, we are supposed to be living

434
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: in a democracy, not a kingdom. You know what he's

435
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:15,679
Speaker 1: putting lives in danger again. Um and uh, you know,

436
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,640
Speaker 1: I just at some point someone's got to take over

437
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: and take this guy to task. How do you think

438
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,479
Speaker 1: history review him in ten fifty years do you think

439
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: the botch COVID response will be his chief legacy? I

440
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 1: do you know? If you had asked me a week

441
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 1: ago before this a g report, you would have been

442
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 1: I would have said, I just think I think he's

443
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 1: going to get away with it. I think he's going

444
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: to get away with it because he has too much

445
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:49,240
Speaker 1: protecting him and he bullies people. I mean, his administration

446
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: has attacked me, has attacked my sister in law, my family,

447
00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: the other families, his UM, his people that he surrounds

448
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 1: himself with, are online on Twitter attacking all of us

449
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: instead of helping get vaccines into people's arms. You know, Uh,

450
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 1: it's it's really incredible. I've I've heard many stories about

451
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: reporters who get calls at midnight from one of his

452
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: UM spokespeople yelling at them saying, how dare you put

453
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: that tweet up? Take it down immediately? So he's revered

454
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: and he's feared in this town in the state. But

455
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 1: I've always said, I've I've got the angels on my

456
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: side Channel, I've got the angels on my side absolutely,

457
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,239
Speaker 1: and I know that UM. When a reporter asked UM

458
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: someone from his administration about you specifically, uh, they were

459
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: very dismissive of you. Have you heard from the administration

460
00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: directly at all? Well, the times that I have written

461
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: about the governor, they do ask his office for comment,

462
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 1: and several times they've come back with instead of We're

463
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: sorry for your loss, is there anything we can do,

464
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: they've said, give us the names, or give us the

465
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: nursing homes where your husband's husband's parents parents died and

466
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: the exact dates, and it was like, prove it, prove

467
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: your husband's parents died. Ye. Twice they did that. And

468
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 1: then there was the time where his office said she's

469
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 1: not a reliable, credible source except for maybe doing the weather. Yeah. Um.

470
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 1: And then they came after my sister in law who

471
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Speaker 1: has been very vocal on social media like I have,

472
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: and Rich as a party, who is his main spokesperson,

473
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: told her to get a life. He's called these families

474
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 1: that have had lot that have lost loved ones a

475
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: death cult. You know why where they're talking about recalling

476
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom in California, and I think they should. They

477
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 1: should recall this governor because his decisions are really cost

478
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Speaker 1: in lives and has cost so many, way too many. Now,

479
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: there have been reports that Republicans in New York and

480
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: across the country are calling on you to run for governor.

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00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: I want to ask you about that after we take

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Speaker 1: a quick break. Now, you have been all over the

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00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: place all of the media talking about your experiences. You've

484
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 1: called for investigations, and there's been recent reports from a

485
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: growing number of Republicans across the country and in New York.

486
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Speaker 1: And I'm one of those Republicans who who's made this

487
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 1: this statement to talking about you running for governor and

488
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: challenging Como should he seek a fourth term in two

489
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: What can you tell us any big news to break

490
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: here on Allow with Gianno Calldwell, this is the place

491
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Speaker 1: to do it, you know. Ah, Never in a million

492
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Speaker 1: years would I have thought that at some point in

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Speaker 1: my life someone would suggest me for a political office.

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00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:21,719
Speaker 1: It's it's crazy. Um, I'm flattered, and that's very kind.

495
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 1: And I do believe that someone should get into politics

496
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: if they really want to make a change and they

497
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 1: don't want to do it for the reasons of you know,

498
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Speaker 1: being in power or career politicians like Cuomo. I mean

499
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: his his father was governor for many years and almost

500
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: tried to run to be a president. And I believe

501
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:54,840
Speaker 1: this governor, this current governor, wants to be president someday. Um.

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00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 1: I don't think I have the fortitude to do it.

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00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 1: I really UM. I love my job so much at

504
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: Fox and I've been there for seventeen years and they

505
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 1: are like a family to me. People don't realize that,

506
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: you know that, I know that they this is something

507
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,719
Speaker 1: they've never had to deal with a person that works

508
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: at the company who has had a tragedy happen and

509
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: all of a sudden have become an accidental advocate. They

510
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: have been unbelievably supportive of me and my family and

511
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 1: what I am trying to do. And you know, there

512
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: have been reporters that have gone to our media relations

513
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: people and said, well, you know, I see Janisteine at

514
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: these rallies with a microphone, like, you know, what's all?

515
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: What's that about? Isn't she just supposed to be the

516
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 1: meteorologist And they have backed me up. And I'm so

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00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 1: grateful for that. Um, I just again, it's very it's

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Speaker 1: it's so lovely that people would say that, And and

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00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: I think it's important that people who do run for

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00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: office have challenges in their life or something that happens

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00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 1: that make them really want to make an inspire change.

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00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: So I'll never say never, but I will say I

523
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 1: do so love my job at Fox. It would be

524
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: very difficult to give that up. Yeah, that sounds like

525
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: the response of a person who's really considering. I'm listening

526
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:33,319
Speaker 1: to everything is almost similar to what I had Lord

527
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 1: Trump on the podcast she told me something like that.

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00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, yeah, all right. Dean Kane just the

529
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 1: other day was on the podcast and he's considering running

530
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: for the Dean is great. He's amazing. Yeah, he's awesome,

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00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 1: Like just a genuine person, very authentic, and we appreciate that.

532
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: And you obviously are as well. Now, I know you

533
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: love your job and you do a tremendous job at it.

534
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,919
Speaker 1: You also do a trem at this job at being

535
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: an advocate for people who cannot speak up for themselves.

536
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 1: They don't have a platform, and you've done it tremendously well.

537
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,360
Speaker 1: And you've put exposure on this issue that may have

538
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: never even received it. Because of you, it is resonated

539
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: with people's hearts beyond New York State, in d C.

540
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 1: And all over the country, even the world. What better

541
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 1: person to run for office? There's somebody who's legitimately doing

542
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: it for the right reason for the people, and you

543
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: have been doing it for the people. So what what

544
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,399
Speaker 1: would the main factors be that would go into your

545
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: decision about possibly doing it? That I have no clue

546
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: how to do something. I mean, I wouldn't know the

547
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 1: first step at all, and I would have to check

548
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: obviously with my family. I know my husband would support

549
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 1: me whatever decision I made, um, and you know what

550
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 1: my kids would think. So I haven't even gone down

551
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,840
Speaker 1: that road, my friend, even thinking about it, you know, UM,

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00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: I would hope that somebody that who would take this

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00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: governor on. And to be quite honest with you, I

554
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 1: don't know if he's going to be able to run

555
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: for a fourth term after this. I I you know,

556
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: I feel like he might not be able to do it,

557
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 1: and so how about I let you know, Okay, you'll

558
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 1: let me know. It sounds as though maybe if he

559
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: doesn't run, maybe you you may not do it. Maybe

560
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: if he runs, I'm not I'm not sure. But in

561
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: any event, what would your political philosophy be and what

562
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: issues are most important to you? Even if I were

563
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: never to go into politics, I think one thing that

564
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:51,760
Speaker 1: I would like to do in my career is help

565
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: the elderly, is help the nursing homes. Because the one

566
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Speaker 1: thing that this whole event has done is shawn a

567
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: light on the fact that we need a change in

568
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 1: the way these nursing homes are run. Um, there's a

569
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 1: lot of shady business that apparently, you know from what

570
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: I've seen that goes on, UM, and that needs to

571
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 1: be fixed. We need to do this so that you know,

572
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: our relatives are family members, are taken care of to

573
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: the best of our ability. You know, UM Sean's parents

574
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 1: were not doing well and I would have loved to

575
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Speaker 1: have been able to physically put them in our homes

576
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 1: and have aids in our homes. It wasn't possible. And

577
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: for those people who aren't able to that, maybe there

578
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,720
Speaker 1: is a way to do that. Maybe we can find

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Speaker 1: funding so that we can build onto our homes to

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00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: have our loved ones you know, live with us and

581
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 1: have the ability to have people take care of them

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00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: in our own homes. Why can't we do that instead of,

583
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: you know, putting all of our faith into these nursing

584
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: homes that may not be doing it for the right reasons,

585
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:14,880
Speaker 1: to take care of our beautiful relatives, you know. So, UM,

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00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: I do see my at some point being an advocate

587
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:26,800
Speaker 1: for the elderly and people our greatest generation that deserve more,

588
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: that deserve to live in dignity, UH and and not

589
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 1: have something like a pandemic and bad decisions by bad leaders.

590
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: UM decide their faith absolutely and before I shift gears

591
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 1: because I want to talk to talk about your book.

592
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: One last question, if you were to run, would it

593
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Speaker 1: be as a democratic, republican independent? It's hard to tell

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00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 1: with you. Unlike a lot of our colleagues at Fox,

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00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,799
Speaker 1: I know you you have a very high role, let's see,

596
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: as a senior meteorologist, and you when you talk about things,

597
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: even on Twitter, you don't really have a political event

598
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 1: of any kind. It doesn't seem like it's hard to

599
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: detect what you may be on one insure or another.

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Speaker 1: So I'm not sure if you're maybe more of a

601
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Speaker 1: republican independent, Democrat or what would you care to tell

602
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 1: us or is that a conversation for another day. I

603
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: think it might be a conversation for another day because

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Speaker 1: I do love the fact that they that people don't

605
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 1: know what my you know, my politics are. I always

606
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: said that the only red and blue that I see

607
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: on my map are areas of high pressure and low pressure.

608
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it absolutely. Uh talking about

609
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Speaker 1: your best selling book, Mostly Sunny, How I Learned to

610
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: Keep Smiling through the rainiest days. For those who may

611
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: not know, could you tell us a bit about the book?

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Speaker 1: I think your message is so important especially where were

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00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: are as a country right now, a lot of people

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00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:07,439
Speaker 1: are struggling. I wrote that book, UM because I we've

615
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 1: all been through challenges, right I think. I think if

616
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 1: you look at another human being and realize that you

617
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: have never walked in their shoes, you don't know what

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00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 1: happened to them, you know, throughout their lives to make

619
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Speaker 1: them the person that they are today. And so we

620
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:29,839
Speaker 1: shouldn't judge. We should try not to. And I've been

621
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Speaker 1: through many things in my life that I've realized have

622
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,840
Speaker 1: been hard times, but they've also given me strength I

623
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Speaker 1: never knew I had. UM. Sometimes they've put me on

624
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 1: a different path altogether to where I am right now,

625
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Speaker 1: which is my greatest role as a mom, as a wife, UM,

626
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Speaker 1: as a human being. And you know, and our audience,

627
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: most of the audience knows that I was diagnosed with

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Speaker 1: multiple sclerosis over fifteen years ago, and that was really

629
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Speaker 1: one of the darkest times in my life where I

630
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: really thought my life was over. I thought that, you know,

631
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: all of these things that I had done in my

632
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 1: life and my career were probably going to end because

633
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Speaker 1: I was going to spend the rest of my life,

634
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:20,359
Speaker 1: likely in a wheelchair. UM. And so I looked at

635
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 1: during that time for books or people who could who

636
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 1: had been diagnosed as well with MS but were thriving

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00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: instead of, you know, going down this this path of

638
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 1: of uh, what was me type of thing, and you know,

639
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,759
Speaker 1: just sort of took the information and forged ahead. And

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Speaker 1: I was able to find somebody who works with us,

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Speaker 1: Neil Cavuto, who was very vocal about his diagnosis with

642
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: gnosis with MS. I went into his office and I

643
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: spent probably an hour with him, and he turned the

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Speaker 1: television off and sat next to me and handed me

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Speaker 1: clean x as while I told him that, you know,

646
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Speaker 1: what happens to my career, what happens to my um?

647
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Speaker 1: You know, will I ever get married or have children?

648
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Speaker 1: Who's gonna want me, Who's gonna you know who? I'm

649
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,440
Speaker 1: gonna be damaged goods? And he just sat there and

650
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,000
Speaker 1: he listened to me, and afterwards said, you are going

651
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Speaker 1: to be okay. You work for a great company that

652
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Speaker 1: will build ramps for wheelchairs if we need them, and

653
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: you will get through this. And that was sort of

654
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 1: a light in my life. I will never forget him

655
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Speaker 1: for that. I adore that man um. But when I

656
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Speaker 1: wrote the book, I had that in mind. I wrote

657
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,800
Speaker 1: a book so that people who were faced with challenges

658
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 1: and not just illness, but maybe you know, a death

659
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Speaker 1: in the family or some kind of issue in their life,

660
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Speaker 1: that where things are dark. I wanted to let them

661
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Speaker 1: know that things can be dark, but through those challenges

662
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: sometimes come beautiful destinations. And look at all of the

663
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Speaker 1: wonderful things that I have done in a published after

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Speaker 1: that dark period and after hearing just a good person

665
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Speaker 1: giving giving hope. So that was what that book was

666
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Speaker 1: all about. And Neil, for people who don't know, Neil Cavuto,

667
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Speaker 1: is a big part of the reason why I have

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Speaker 1: a contract with Fox News. And I'm sure you didn't

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Speaker 1: know that, UM, But Neil, I said in his office too,

670
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: and he was asking me a lot of questions and

671
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: he just thought that, UM, I had a big, bright future.

672
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Speaker 1: And he even told me, I think you have a

673
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Speaker 1: very bright future in television and that's beyond Fox News,

674
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: he told me. And I never forget how he to

675
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Speaker 1: me is a big brother and a mentor. UM. So

676
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Speaker 1: I'm thankful for for him as well. UM. You know,

677
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:50,280
Speaker 1: we may not always agree, but who does certainly on everything.

678
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Speaker 1: But I really love him I do, and I'm glad

679
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Speaker 1: that here that he's made such a positive impact on

680
00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 1: your life as well. Absolutely, he's one of the good guys.

681
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 1: He really is. He cares, He's a He is a caring,

682
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Speaker 1: wonderful human being that wants to help others. And sometimes

683
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Speaker 1: that's what we need. Sometimes we just need to sit

684
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Speaker 1: down and talk to somebody who can give us a

685
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Speaker 1: perspective and give us good advice. Um, without judgment. That

686
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Speaker 1: can change your day, and that can change your life,

687
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 1: you know, absolutely, I love I love how you said that. Now,

688
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Speaker 1: one last question for all of my listeners trucking through

689
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Speaker 1: the code right now, how bad is the rest of

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Speaker 1: the winner going to be for them? Oh? I love it.

691
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,880
Speaker 1: That's a good question, my friend. And I always say

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Speaker 1: that I don't like forecasting seven days out just because

693
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Speaker 1: anything past seven days is really a coin toss Um.

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Speaker 1: I can give you all sorts of statistics and go

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Speaker 1: down history and what kind of jet stream we've had

696
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Speaker 1: in the past, and but to be it's with you,

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Speaker 1: we we don't really know past seven days. Um. You know. Again,

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Speaker 1: we can go out sort of historically and and look

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Speaker 1: at different maps of of of you know what it

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Speaker 1: looks like now in terms of what it looked like

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Speaker 1: in the past. You know, the things that we look

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Speaker 1: at in the higher layers of the atmosphere that makes

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Speaker 1: the weather. But I will tell you that we right

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Speaker 1: now are into one of the coldest periods so far

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Speaker 1: of the season. And California is getting incredible amounts of

706
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Speaker 1: moisture right now, which is a good news bad news situation.

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Speaker 1: It's good news because it's going to help them with

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Speaker 1: the drought, um, but they are getting an incredible amount

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Speaker 1: of rain and mountain snow spreading over much of the West.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's a really amazing weather pattern that's that's

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Speaker 1: hitting them. That doesn't happen very often. And for us,

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Speaker 1: it's it's very cold in New York and that has

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Speaker 1: sort of, um, the fact that we've had Arctic air

714
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Speaker 1: kind of move in. That's set the table for maybe

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Speaker 1: some snow in our not so distant future, meaning you know,

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Speaker 1: happening now, we're going to get some snow. Um, So listen.

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Speaker 1: So far, it's been a pretty mild winter, let's just

718
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Speaker 1: say that. And we're already into February, so listen. As

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Speaker 1: much as I'd like to say that the rest of

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Speaker 1: the winter might be Okay, We've had some pretty wicked

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Speaker 1: storms in February and March that bring a lot of snow. So, um,

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Speaker 1: I wish I could give you a better sort of outlook,

723
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Speaker 1: But um, I'm just one of those people that says,

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Speaker 1: I can show you the forecast within the next three

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Speaker 1: to four days, and even that's not going to be

726
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Speaker 1: sometimes very accurate. Well, I can tell you it's it's

727
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Speaker 1: very sunny here in Florida's so I'm glad to know

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Speaker 1: that I'm not a part of any of these snow

729
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: east states like New York, Illinois or any of those

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Speaker 1: Sunshine all day for you, my friends, you got sunshine

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Speaker 1: all days exactly. That was That was at dinner with

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Speaker 1: one of our colleagues and some friends, Lisa Booth, and

733
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Speaker 1: she was saying, how love Yes, she's pretty awesome. She

734
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Speaker 1: was saying how happy she is to be out of

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Speaker 1: New York because the weather is stable, and so is

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Speaker 1: the governors. On that note, On that note, because before

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Speaker 1: we go, can you tell everyone where they can find you,

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Speaker 1: your shows, your social media handles, and if you have

739
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Speaker 1: any big projects coming up, because we would love to

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Speaker 1: support them. I actually have a book coming out in

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Speaker 1: March that I would love to come and talk to

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Speaker 1: you about when it comes out. This this book I'm

743
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,880
Speaker 1: so proud of because it's not about me. It is

744
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: about wonderful people doing kind things for others. And it's

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Speaker 1: called Make your Own Sunshine. And I do something on

746
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,399
Speaker 1: Box News Radio called the Dean's List. I've been doing

747
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: it for years now. It's a it's a good news

748
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,840
Speaker 1: story that I do every single day that I record,

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Speaker 1: and I've gotten such wonderful feedback over the years, and

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Speaker 1: I always thought to myself that that would be a

751
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: good book some days, taking my favorite Dean's lists and

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00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 1: putting them into a book and sort of expanding, giving

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00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:25,359
Speaker 1: everybody their own chapter. And so that's what I've been

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Speaker 1: working on for the past year. It started pre pandemic, uh,

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00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:34,040
Speaker 1: and then I was still writing during the pandemic. And

756
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,360
Speaker 1: I will tell you it brought great joy and and

757
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: brought me sunshine during a very dark period doing these

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00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 1: stories about wonderful people doing extraordinary things for others. From

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00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: you know, from a woman who um had a compromised child.

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Speaker 1: She had Type two diabetes and they were very scared

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Speaker 1: of her getting COVID, so she had a sign out

762
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Speaker 1: of outside her her door, outside of her house that said, please,

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Speaker 1: if you're bringing a delivery, UM, put the package on

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Speaker 1: the doorstep and you know, just leave it there, because

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Speaker 1: we have a compromised person that lives at this residence

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Speaker 1: and a FedEx driver who saw the sign and who

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Speaker 1: didn't realize he was being you know, video tape or

768
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Speaker 1: videotaped because of you know, one of those nest cameras.

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Speaker 1: He went back to his FedEx truck and got a

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Speaker 1: you know, uh, sanitizing spray and sprayed the package and

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Speaker 1: wiped it down and left. Didn't do it, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: to get any kind of um fanfare. He just he

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Speaker 1: had a child that was also compromised and knew that

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Speaker 1: he wanted to do anything he could h so that

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Speaker 1: the package was safe for that for that mom and

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Speaker 1: her child fild and she decided to put it on

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Speaker 1: Twitter and it went viral. And she's the first story

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Speaker 1: in the book. And I've become such good friends with her.

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Speaker 1: Actually we spoke during the pandemic. She knew what had

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Speaker 1: happened with my husband's parents. Um. She's been just such

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Speaker 1: a light in my life. But that's an example of

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Speaker 1: the type of stories that I focus on on this book.

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Speaker 1: It's called Make your Own Sunshine. It's a beautiful book.

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Speaker 1: It has a special place in my heart because I

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Speaker 1: wrote a lot of it during a really dark time

786
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Speaker 1: when we look forward to get in the book when

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Speaker 1: it comes out, and it comes out in March, it

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Speaker 1: does early March, early March, where we will be certainly

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Speaker 1: looking out for that. Can you give us your social

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Speaker 1: media handles please? Of course. So on Twitter I'm at Janisteine,

791
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:48,920
Speaker 1: and I'll give you a forecast, but there's also going

792
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Speaker 1: to be you know, some stormy weather when it comes

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Speaker 1: to the governor. Well that that's the only story weather

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Speaker 1: we like. And then um, on Instagram, I'm at Janisteine

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Speaker 1: fancy and then on Facebook at Janisteine. So I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: have to follow you on Instagram. I didn't have your

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Speaker 1: your Instagram. Well, I'll follow you right back. What's yours?

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Speaker 1: My friend Gianno at Gianno calledwell, got it? So that's

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Speaker 1: pretty easy, right. I gotta tell you, you've um really

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Speaker 1: really provided so much hope in this conversation. I mean

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Speaker 1: we laughed together, we cried together as it's awfully sad

802
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 1: what has taken place. But when there's someone like you

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Speaker 1: on the front lines fighting for those who can't fight

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Speaker 1: for themselves. I think at the end of the day

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Speaker 1: it will be very sunny. So we appreciate you, Jannistein,

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Speaker 1: for all that you do and all that you mean

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00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:55,959
Speaker 1: to all of us. So thank you so much, my friend,

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Speaker 1: for coming on. I truly appreciate you joining out Loud

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Speaker 1: with Gianno called well. You are a wonderful human, my friend,

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Speaker 1: and I I'm so grateful for your support and your

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Speaker 1: love and your constant I don't know humanity, I guess

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00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: is what I want to say, because I feel that

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Speaker 1: you are such a good person and I'm grateful. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much. Thanks to jan Iss Deine for a

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Speaker 1: great interview. If you're enjoying the show, please leave us

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Speaker 1: at out Loud at gengistreet sixty dot com and I'll

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Speaker 1: try to answer them in our future episodes. You can

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Speaker 1: also find me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at Giano Caldwell.

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