1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 2: It is Verdict with Ted Cruz, Weekend Review, Ben Ferguson 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 2: with you, and these are the stories you may have 4 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 2: missed that we talked about this week. First up, Biden's 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 2: autopen dilemma and the New York Times now exposing exactly 6 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 2: what may have been done without the President's knowledge, and 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 2: there's an official investigation. 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: We'll dive into that. 9 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 2: Also, first hand account of the tragedy and an update 10 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 2: of what's happening with the Texas floods. And finally, Stephen Colbert, 11 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: not only did he alienate half the country, but he 12 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 2: destroyed a show that had been around for decades. Stephen 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: Colbert has been canceled. It's the Weekend Review and it 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: starts right now. Finally, Sinader, I want to move to 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 2: another issue, and it is really exploded over the last 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 2: twenty four hours, and that is new information that we 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 2: now have on Biden's use of the autopen. It is 18 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 2: a scandal that I don't think people underst and just 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 2: how big it is and what has now been admitted 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: to when it comes the autopen usage and Joe Biden 21 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 2: maybe not knowing it was being used at all. 22 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: Well, so the New York Times on July thirteenth, wrote 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: a major story that says Biden says he made the 24 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: clemency decisions that were recorded with autopen, and you and 25 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: I talked about in an earlier podcast that the Department of 26 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: Justice has an opinion that it issued a number of 27 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: years ago the Office Legal Counsel about whether you can 28 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: use an autopen for presidential signatures, whether that's a presidential 29 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: signature on an executive order, a presidential signature on a 30 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: law that is being signed in a law, or a 31 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: presidential signature on a pardon. And what the Department of 32 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: Justice has concluded is that you can use an autopen 33 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: for any of those. But the test is the authority 34 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: is the president's and the presidents alone, so the president 35 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: cannot delegate that authority to anyone else. The president has 36 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: to make the decision. And what Department of Justice explained, 37 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 1: and this was years ago, is that the operative legal 38 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: test is did the president make the individual determination to 39 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: sign the executive order, to sign the specific piece of 40 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: legislation to grant the pardon. And if the president made 41 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: that individualized determination, then you can use an autopen to 42 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 1: reflect that, but the president has to be the decider 43 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: and so that's the legal standard. But what the New 44 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: York Times reported was, quote, mister Biden did not individually 45 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to 46 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: large numbers of people. He and aids confirmed. Rather, after 47 00:02:55,520 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: extensive discussion of different possible criteria, he signed off on 48 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: the standards he wanted to be used to determine which 49 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: convicts would qualify for a reduction in sentence. Even after 50 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: mister Biden made that decision, one former AID said, the 51 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: Bureau of Prisons kept providing additional information about specific inmates, 52 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: resulting in small changes to the list. Rather than ask 53 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: mister Biden to keep signing revised versions, his staff waited 54 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: and then ran the final version through the auto pen, 55 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: which they saw as a routine procedure. The AID said, 56 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: that is stunning because under the Department of Justice guidance, 57 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: those pardons aren't valid. If the President didn't decide I 58 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: am going to pardon Ben Ferguson, you know, if he 59 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: didn't know that, that would not be sufficient. And the 60 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: New York Times the consequence of this listen. I think 61 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: the Trump White House needs to go through the records 62 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: and look, they have the records because they're now in 63 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: charge of the White House, and examine what specifically has 64 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: a paper trail that shows Biden signed off on the 65 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: specific action, and those that that there is no paper trail, 66 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: that there is no evidence. In the New York Times 67 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: is reporting there admitting, oh yeah, they're broad categories. He 68 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 1: didn't know about it all. He didn't know the specific people. 69 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: Those are null and void. Those have no legal force. 70 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: And my recommendation to Pambondi in the Department of Justice 71 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: is they should look specifically at the most vulnerable and 72 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: and and devise and implement a legal challenge to challenge 73 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: these and to make clear that an unelected aid running 74 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: an auto pen does not have the power to grant 75 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: a pardon under the United States Constitution. 76 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 2: So, now that we have this information, the big question 77 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 2: is when do these pardons, what happens next, how do 78 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 2: you go about undoing this, and how big of a 79 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 2: legal fight is that going to be? 80 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: Well, it's going to be a termination number one of 81 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: the White House and the White House Counsel assessing what 82 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: of the records show? What records did they keep of 83 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: Biden's signing off. We know that he personally signed the 84 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: pardon for Hunter Biden, So that one he knew about 85 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: and he did. 86 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 2: So, so that one is is that also very telling? 87 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: Yes? 88 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 2: And is that going to be used in many ways 89 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,599 Speaker 2: as an example of like, dude, he had no idea 90 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 2: what was going on over here? The ones he did 91 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 2: know about, he knew, he damned it well, better signed 92 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 2: them himself. His son is a great example of that. 93 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: Does that actually hurt the argument for Biden? All the 94 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: others are. 95 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: Valid potentially, although they are arguing that they discussed it 96 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: with him and he approved. And so some of the 97 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: high profile ones, like you look at Anthony Fauci who 98 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: was pardoned, they're maintaining they discussed it with Biden and 99 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: Biden said he wanted to he wanted to pardon him. 100 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: If that's true, if he made the decision and directed 101 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: them to sign a pardon, then under the Department of 102 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: Justices OLC memorandum, that is valid. The question is are 103 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: there ones And according to the New York Times, there 104 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: are a lot that Biden did not know and did 105 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: not approve the specific individual receiving the pardon, And if 106 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: he didn't know and didn't approve, then it's not a 107 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: valid part. 108 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 2: So when you look at the timeline of this moving forward, 109 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 2: and some of these could be very significant. One that 110 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 2: comes to mind is doctor Anthony Fauci for example. This could, 111 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: I mean, open up a whole lot of can of 112 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: worms on a lot of different issues. 113 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: It could. It depends what so what I believe. I 114 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: believe the White House should go through systematically through the 115 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: records and see what the records demonstrate, and the Department 116 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: of Justice should pick starting with a test case to 117 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: go challenge this. The look for a fact pattern in 118 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: which there is the clearest absence of any approval from 119 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: the actual president and go so challenge those in particular. 120 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 2: Now, if you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 121 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 2: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 122 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: from earlier this week. Now onto story number two. 123 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: I'll tell you there was an article just came out 124 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: in Texas Monthly about what happened, and I want to 125 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: take a few minutes and actually read a significant portion 126 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 1: of the article. The articles by a fellow named Aaron Parsley, 127 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: and it's entitled The River House Broke. We rushed in 128 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: the river, and he's telling a first hand story about 129 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: his family that had a house right along the water 130 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: loopy river. I want you just to listen to this. Rosemary, 131 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: the four year old, woke up first. She told my 132 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: brother in law Lance that there was something on the roof. 133 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: Seven of us were at my family's river house on 134 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: the Guadaloupe between Ingram and Hunt for the fourth Our 135 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: little stretch of river is wide, green, cool, deep and slow. 136 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: It's some of the best swimming anywhere, and one of 137 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: the most beautiful spots in Texas as far as I'm concerned. 138 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: I've spent many peaceful afternoons there, floating and staring up 139 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: at the cypress trees that tower over the water. The house, 140 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: a one story cabin on stilts about fifty yards from 141 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: the river up the steeply slope. Yard, was built right 142 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: after the nineteen eighty seven flood that devastated this region, 143 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: killing ten teenagers. Concrete pillars put our family's place a 144 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: few feet feet above what officials consider the one hundred 145 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: year floodplain. More than once, I'd tried to imagine the 146 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: water's rising that high, but it seemed impossible. I woke 147 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: around three am to the sound of thunder and rain. 148 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: My only thought was I hope it stopped so I 149 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: could go on an early morning run. Shortly before four thirty. 150 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: I would later learn Rosemary climbed down from the top 151 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: bunk of the kid's bedroom and went to get her father. 152 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: Lance stepped out of bed to see what was causing 153 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: all the pounding and creaking. I stirred about that time too, 154 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: and heard what I figured was the kids running around 155 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: the house, excited by the storm. What's going on, I asked, 156 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:16,479 Speaker 1: We're in trouble. Dad said, big trouble. I looked past them. 157 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: The river was as high as the deck, twenty feet 158 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: above the ground. We talked through our options. Getting onto 159 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: the roof was impossible. We had no ladder and the 160 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: eaves were about eight feet above the deck. Patrick weighed 161 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: whether we could all climb through a window onto the 162 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: live oak, whose branches were near the back of the house, 163 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: then realized it wasn't reachable. Lance called nine one one, 164 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: but the dispatcher said he didn't know when anyone could 165 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: get to us. As we reassembled in the kitchen, the 166 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: vinyl flooring under our feet started to bubble, then water 167 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: began to pool. My dad walked into the bedroom and 168 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: saw the carpet floating off the floor. The river's musty 169 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: scent permeated the house, mixed with what smelled like freshly 170 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: chopped wood. My sister sat Rosemary and Clay on the 171 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: kitchen island countertop. Rosemary was four and Clay was twenty 172 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: months old. We discussed whether we could get them higher, 173 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 1: maybe even on top of the cabinets, in the small 174 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: space below the ceiling. Then the roof over the porch 175 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: crashed down, and we heard glass shatter in my father's room, 176 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: just off the kitchen. Rosemary asked, why did the window break? 177 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: Clay started to cry. When the sliding glass doors open 178 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: and water poured in. Lance ran to it, shoved it closed, 179 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: and held it shut. The pendant lamps began to swing 180 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: wildly over the kitchen counter. The house was shifting. It 181 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: lurked sharply, and we all struggled to stay on our feet. 182 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: It felt like walking down the aisle of a plane 183 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: during strong turbulence. We're moving, we're moving, Patrick said. The 184 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: realization was terrifying. The rushing, still rising water had lifted 185 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: the house off its pillars. It was afloat, and then 186 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: it wasn't. I saw part of the deck rip away. 187 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: I heard windows break, from every corner. Cracks split the walls. 188 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: We crashed into something, probably a tree. I don't know 189 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: how long It took ten seconds, maybe fifteen, for the 190 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: house to come apart. Alyssa managed to keep both kids 191 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: on the countertop, one hand on each, still trying to 192 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: reassure them. As the house came undone, she grabbed one 193 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: in each arm. This is the part that will forever 194 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: haunt me. If I or anyone else had been closer 195 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: to them, we would have helped her. We would have 196 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: grabbed one of the kids. But we simply didn't know 197 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: that we were about to be plunged into the water. 198 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 1: We simply didn't know. As we were thrust into churning water, 199 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: into darkness, our disintegrating house sucked us down into the river. 200 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: The last thing I remember from inside the house was 201 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: seeing the refrigerator coming at me. Patrick saw the countertop 202 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 1: tear away from the kitchen island with Alyssa and the 203 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: kids on it. As the river carried me downstream, I 204 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,119 Speaker 1: struggled to stay above water. I was surrounded by branches, 205 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:45,599 Speaker 1: by twisted metal, by uprooted trees, by countless smaller objects, 206 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: bottles of sunscreen, books, couch cushions, coolers that came from 207 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: inside our home or somebody else's. I realized I lost 208 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: my shoes and my phone. I grabbed at every branch 209 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: in every tree that was still standing. A few snapped 210 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: off in my hands, leaving me with a fistful of leaves. 211 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: I managed to briefly hold onto one, perhaps for a 212 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: few seconds, until the force of the water and the 213 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: constant assault from debris ripped me away. I latched onto 214 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: a tree with branches large enough to support me and 215 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: pulled myself out of the water. My breathing was frantic, 216 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: but my mind was focused. I considered the possibility of death. 217 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: I thought, if I survive, I'll be the only one. 218 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: The tree began to crack, creak, and moan. Then it 219 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: slowly fell into the river, and so did I. I 220 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: reached for another tree and climbed as high as I could, 221 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: a couple of feet above the rushing water. I stepped 222 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: up to a higher branch, and then another. If this 223 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: tree collapsed, I wasn't sure if I would fight to 224 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 1: stay above the water again. I pleaded with the tree 225 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: to hold me, to withstand the power of the river. Please, 226 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: I whispered, please, over the roar of the water and 227 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: the crackling of the trees. I heard screaming. It was guttural, primal. 228 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: Who's there, I called, I'm in a tree too. We 229 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: have to hang on, someone will help. It's Alyssa, my sister, screamed, 230 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: I'm with Rosemary. Clay is gone. The memory of those 231 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: words will never leave me. A combination of profound relief 232 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: and unbearable sadness overwhelms me now, even as I type this. 233 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: Alyssa and I kept yelling to each other, though neither 234 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: of us could clearly make out what the other was saying. 235 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: Be strong for Rosemary, I implored, you have to survive this. Intermittently, 236 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: I could hear just one word, Clay, as Alyssa cried 237 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: out out for her son. Then I noticed Patrick running 238 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: along the river bank. I couldn't believe he was there, 239 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: fully dressed, wearing his tank top and shorts, his shoes 240 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: somehow still on. He had lost only his wedding ring. 241 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: He told me later, Patrick, I'm here, I yelled. For 242 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: the first time, I thought we had a shot at surviving. 243 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: Patrick was the first normal thing since the house broke apart. 244 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: It was like being alone on an alien planet. And 245 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: another human being randomly arrives, and then Lance came jogging 246 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: up after him. They'd ended up in the same pecan tree, 247 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: about two hundred feet away from the river bank and 248 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: about two thousand feet from where our house once stood. 249 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: Lance has a watch with a flashlight that he turned 250 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: on after Rosemary woke him up. Patrick said he spotted 251 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: the beam after he climbed into the tree. They were 252 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: only a few yards apart, close enough that they could 253 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: talk without yelling. Lance kept repeating, my son, my daughter, 254 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: there's no way in wherever's roiling churn. With Rosemary clinging 255 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: to her neck while she paddled with one arm, Alissa 256 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: had somehow managed to push her daughter onto a branch, 257 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: which Rosemary hugged with her arms and legs. Lying flat, 258 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: Alissa stayed in the water just below her, gripping the 259 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: tree's trunk, and as the waters were seated, she stood 260 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: uncomfortably on a branch below her. Alissa would tell me 261 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: five days later that Rosemary wanted to play I spy 262 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: while they waded in the tree. Patrick waded into the 263 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: water to intercept a blue kayak that was floating by 264 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: an older couple watching from a house on a nearby 265 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: hill brought Lance and Patrick an inflatable inner tube, and 266 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: they decided the tube was the better option to catch Rosemary, 267 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: more control softer landing. After that, Rosemary's rescue happened quickly. 268 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: Patrick and Lance rigged the inner tube with a grin 269 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: de garden hose they found and tied it around a 270 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: down tree. Lance waded into the water, positioning the tube 271 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: beneath his daughter. I stood downriver, ready to catch Rosemary 272 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: if she missed the target and got caught in the stream. 273 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: Alissa urged us to hurry, saying she didn't think she 274 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: could hold onto the tree much longer. She had to 275 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: pry Rosemary's hands from the branch. Rosemary, terrified, started to cry. 276 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: Then my sister cradled her daughter and dropped her twenty 277 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 1: feet into the river where her father was waiting. She 278 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: landed directly in the middle of the inner tube, and 279 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: we all cheered. Lance carried his daughter to shore. My 280 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: sister jumped into the water right after, and I grabbed her, 281 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: put my arm around her, and together we walked to safety. 282 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: Alissa collapsed on the river bank, crying out for Clay. 283 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: Rosemary became calm when she reached dry land, but her 284 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: face had a blue cast. We were all shivering. We 285 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: told Rosemary how brave she'd been and that she was 286 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: now safe and it was going to be okay. 287 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 2: That's the reality of what it was like for so 288 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 2: many down there, and it happened. That article describes it, 289 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 2: I think perfectly, so quickly. 290 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: I want you to take a look at this picture. 291 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: This is Rosemary and Clay. Rosemary survived, Clay did not. 292 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: This family, like so many Texas families, is rejoicing at 293 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 1: the lives that were saved and is forever grieving at 294 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: the lives that were lost. And this family, like so 295 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: many Texas families, needs their friends, their loved ones, to 296 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: hold them tight. They need God's blessing and mercy and grace. 297 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: And I will tell you everyone in Texas is standing 298 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: with this family, is standing with all of the parents 299 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 1: at Mystic, is standing with all the little girls who 300 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: lost friends. Just today, I was visiting with parents who 301 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: had two daughters at Mystic. One survived, one did not. 302 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: They talked about the surviving daughter and the guilt and 303 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: grief that every one of the survivors feels. Survivors guilt. 304 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 1: Why did my friend, why did my sister die and 305 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: I didn't, and those girls it's going to take a 306 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 1: whole lot of love and a whole lot of time 307 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: for them to walk through that grief will do that. 308 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: That's who Texans are. But these are hard times. As before. 309 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 2: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation 310 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 2: on this topic, you can go back and dow the 311 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 2: podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 312 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: I want to get back to the big story number 313 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 2: three of the week. You may have missed, Senator, there 314 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 2: is just some news that shocked the left. I don't 315 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 2: know how this could be true, but the Late Show 316 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 2: has been destroyed by Stephen Colbert at the point where 317 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 2: they're like, we're not even just firing you, We're just 318 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 2: canceling the entire brand that has been a staple an 319 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 2: American culture, an iconic show for decades. And now they're 320 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 2: just like, yeah, we're done. I mean, it's amazing, right, 321 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 2: You alienate half the country, you hate half the country, 322 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 2: you mock half the country. No one could have seen 323 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 2: this coming. 324 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: Well, look, I got to say we you and I 325 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: talked about just a few minutes ago. I'm not tired 326 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: of winning yet, Stephen Colbert is a vicious, dishonest, partisan leftist. 327 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: He is utterly consumed with Trump derangement syndrome, and he hates, 328 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: he despises more than half of America. He thinks we're idiots, 329 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: he thinks we're racist, he thinks were morons. Is a condescending, 330 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: arrogant jackass. Now, look, I say this with direct experience. 331 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: I've been on Colbert's show. There used to be a time. Listen. 332 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: I'm someone. I love comedy. I love late night comedy. 333 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 1: I grew up watching in SNL. I grew up watching 334 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: Johnny Carson and Jay Leno and like really fun late 335 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: night comedy. And by the way, if you've got a 336 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 1: sense of humor, you can laugh at both sides. I'm 337 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: okay with late night comics making fun of Republicans making 338 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: fun of Democrats. Look, both sides are funny. There's lots 339 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: of jokes to tell. There used to be a time. 340 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: I've been the Senate thirteen years. When I got there, 341 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: it was part of the job. I've done just about 342 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: every late night show. I've done Jay Leno, I've done Colbert, 343 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: I've done Jimmy Kimmel, I've done Jimmy fallon. It was 344 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: a fun part of the job. It's disappeared none of 345 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: the late night shows have Republicans on anymore. They don't 346 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: invite anyone. In fact, it was really fitting even Colbert's 347 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: show where he announced I've been canceled, I'm pulled off 348 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: the air. You know who his guest was Adam Schiff 349 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: because of course it was Adam Shift because and Colbert's 350 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: the worst of them. He's a vicious, nasty So I 351 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,199 Speaker 1: remember when when I first did a show. You know, 352 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 1: you know, the hosts come by and they talk to 353 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: you in the green room and they chat with you, 354 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: and and you know, I said, look like all of 355 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: these late night comics they think they're going to be 356 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: you know that they're going to be this like meet 357 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,400 Speaker 1: the press, Like we're going to ask you really tough questions. 358 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: By the way, Democrats they have love fests. They laugh, 359 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: they joke, they kid around. But with the Republicans, they're 360 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: going to nail you to the ground. And I'm like, look, 361 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: you want to ask tough questions, that's fine, But you 362 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: go on a late night comedy showed to to to humanize, 363 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: to say a little bit of who you are, to 364 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: laugh and Colbert just got angry. He's just like, I 365 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,680 Speaker 1: want to prove you are evil, you are the devil. 366 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: And by by the way, they don't even do that anymore. 367 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: They just don't have Republicans on and and and Colbert, 368 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: of all of them, was the worst. By the way, 369 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: Jimmy Fallon of the late night guys is the best. Yeah, Fallin. 370 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: You know, it's interesting Fallon inherited Jay Leno's audience. Jay 371 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: Leno inherited Johnny Carson's audience. Their audience is a lot 372 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: of Midwestern conservatives. And so Jimmy Fallon like, like, I 373 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: had a great time. I did Jimmy Fallon back back 374 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: when I was running for president. He had a very 375 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: funny skit where he dressed up as as as Donald 376 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: Trump and and called me and went back and forth. 377 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: But he was he was the one late night host 378 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: who was not a jerk. Actually Leno wasn't either, but 379 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: that was that was early on. Colbert is directly responsible, 380 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: along with his compatriots, with destroying late night comedy. And 381 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: I want to play. 382 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 2: By the way, it's because it wasn't humor. 383 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: It's not funny. It's just I I hate you. I 384 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: hate you it is not funny. 385 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's also By the way, the reason why I 386 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 2: think Shanks was at the SP's because Historius like humor. 387 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 2: Humor is actually back, and Colbert turned his show into 388 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 2: this like sanctimonious woke lecture every night, attacking half of America. 389 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: Well, and let me prove it. I want to play 390 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: just just a a selection of you know, he became 391 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: this this like scold for you must get the COVID vaccine. 392 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: And here are a couple of examples of this bizarre 393 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: song he did. You're gonna listen to it. I wish 394 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 1: you could see the videos because the videos have him 395 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: dancing like a fruitcake nut dressed as a human syringe. 396 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: But just listen to it because you can get a 397 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: sense of just how sanctimonious he was. Give a listen. 398 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 3: Find out the way the vaccine is changing the scene 399 00:24:46,760 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 3: in our new recurring segment, the vac scene, shut job, 400 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 3: shot job longer Stoll. Why the can can you ask? 401 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 3: I asked that myself. The answer public domain. It's the 402 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 3: answer of most things, really. 403 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 4: The vaccine, shot shot, the vaccine. We have a vacine. 404 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: Get your shot right now in your art, your mom, 405 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 1: get your shot, your mom. 406 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 4: Get your shot. 407 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 2: But by the way, I just wonder, like how many 408 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 2: of those segments had vaccine commercials from pharmaceutical companies in there, 409 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 2: and it's like, hey, I got you, I'll do a 410 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 2: big thing. 411 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: They Stephen Colbert sponsored by Pfizer, right exactly. 412 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 2: They put this thing out. It's ten minutes and forty 413 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 2: nine seconds long. By the way, I say they literally 414 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 2: the video we just played from you was the quote vaccine. 415 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,160 Speaker 2: The box set the Late Show is Stephen Colbert. They 416 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 2: put this out themselves and were that proud of it. 417 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: No, they were proud of it. And it's it's vicious, 418 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: it's nasty, and it's not funny, like I'm fine with 419 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: a comedy host that makes fun of everyone. That's you know, 420 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: one of my favorite movies. And we didn't include this 421 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: one we did on July fourth our our movie section. 422 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: But one of my favorite movies was Team America World. 423 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: Please did you ever see that? 424 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 4: Ben? 425 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 2: Oh? 426 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, great movie, hysterical movie, and it's done. It is. 427 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: It's puppets, and it makes fun of both sides and 428 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: make funs of Republicans, but it make fun of Democrats. 429 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: And now I will warn you it is profane. I 430 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: had the incredibly poor judgment to play this video for 431 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: my in laws on a family vacation, and I will 432 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: tell you about nine minutes into it, when they had 433 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 1: dropped the thirty second F bomb, I was like, okay, Wow, 434 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: this was a really bad idea, and my mother in 435 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: law is frowning at me, and I'm like, wow, okay, 436 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: never mind. But unbelievably funny because it's actually comedy. It's 437 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: making fun just watching Stephen Colbert saying I hate Donald Trump. Yes, Stephen, 438 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: we got you. But you know what, Stephen Colbert is 439 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: now unemployed. He's been canceled. He's been canceled because, oddly enough, 440 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 1: Americans don't like to listen to someone screaming at them. 441 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. I'm 442 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,920 Speaker 1: smarter than you. I'm a left wing elitist. I make 443 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: millions of dollars and I despise you. And so I 444 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: got to say, in response to his his musical medley 445 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: urging everyone you must get the vaccine, I have a 446 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: different musical medley that I want to say, not just 447 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: to Stephen Colbert, but also to NPR and d PBS. 448 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: Here's my musical response. 449 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 2: Truly amazing. You gotta love that song right there. Don't 450 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 2: forget we do this podcast, this show, I say, as 451 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 2: a podcast three days a week, so make sure you 452 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 2: subscribe to Verdict with Ted Cruz wherever you get your 453 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 2: podcasts and Sata and I will see you back here 454 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 2: wherever you are, next weekend and hopefully here us three 455 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 2: days a week on the podcast. Have a great one.