1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: In a recent podcast interview, former President Barack Obama finally 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: addressed the AI generated video that Donald Trump shared on 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: his truth social account. It's a video that depicted the 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: former president and former First Lady. 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 2: Michelle as apes. 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: President Obama said that the shame and decorum that once 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: guided public officials has been lost and is no more 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: than a clown show on social media and TV now. 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: He noted that the majority of Americans find the behavior 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: deeply troubling, and he emphasized that most people still believe 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: in decency, courtesy, and kindness. Obama said the bad behavior 12 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: is ultimately a distraction from more pressing issues. Basically true. 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 3: I mean he's just a special guy. Then it's just 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 3: a special guy. They just know how to handle stuff. 15 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 3: Reason number one. I can't be president because I don't 16 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 3: know how. I hell let you and your wife, Well, 17 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 3: you ain't gonna believe is here? Oh hell yeah? 18 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: Oh hell yeah. Yeah. But he's right. 19 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: Most Americans find this troubling. We don't like it. We 20 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: do still believe in decency and courtesy and kindness. 21 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 2: We do. 22 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 3: You know, even if family few. When I'm talking to 23 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 3: the audience on commercial breaks, I know it's a lot 24 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 3: of Trump supporters in there, you know, not necessarily Maga. 25 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,199 Speaker 3: Maga is different from the Trump supporters. It's two different 26 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 3: fan base. Even they laugh at it because I say, hey, man, 27 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 3: how many Trump supporters in here? And you know the 28 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 3: strangers raise their hands. 29 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 4: Listen. 30 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 3: I have no problem with you. I have no problem 31 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: with who you voted for, you being conservative anything. I said. 32 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 3: I have some conservative viewpoints from my own, I say. 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 3: But I'm very liberal too, I say, so whatever there, 34 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: I said, But you have got to admit you have 35 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 3: got to be how many times have you been at 36 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 3: your house watching TV, eating and looked over that TV 37 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 3: and said, what the hell did he say? 38 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 2: Boy? 39 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 3: They bust out laughing because they know, man, he's just 40 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 3: not a He's not presidential at all. I go a 41 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 3: little bit deeper than that, but you know, yeah. 42 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: All right. 43 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: Moving on, the debate continues over whether hip hop, whether 44 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: or not hip hop belongs in the rock and Roll 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. Famous bass guitarist Gene Simmons of Kiss 46 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: has had a long standing opinion that hip hop has 47 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: nothing to do with rock and roll. Recently, in an interview, 48 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: Simmons reignited the debate by stating that rap is a 49 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: quote spoken word art rather than rock. Simmons says that 50 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: he respects artists like Ice Cube, but maintains rappers should 51 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: have their own hall of Fame. TMZ caught up with 52 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: Truck D from Public Enemy, and Chuck D said the 53 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: gene Simmons should be reminded that soul, reggae, and rap 54 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: are natural evolutions of the genre. He noted that rock 55 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: itself owes its roots to black music. 56 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 2: What do you think, Steve. 57 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 3: Period, I mean, that's absolutely true. Yes, it doesn't really 58 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 3: make a difference to me. I mean, you know, in 59 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 3: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as Aretha Franklin. 60 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 3: You know, it's a Chaka Khan. You know, it's uh, 61 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 3: you know. 62 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: Stuff not just rock artists, is what you're saying. 63 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, but if you you can't put none 64 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 3: of them in there, you know, Richard, uh. 65 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: Little Richard, Yes, all of that, all of it, all 66 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: of it. 67 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: Man and bro. 68 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 3: It's just been a travesy the way we've had to 69 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 3: go through. I think hip hop should get you know, 70 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 3: they own stuff started too. But then at the same time, 71 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 3: I would have no problem none if they put a 72 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 3: Public Enemy in the rock and Roll Hall of Fame 73 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 3: if they put up because this dude, Richard. 74 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: What's his name and Simmons in charging it. 75 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: Richard Simmons, you know he ain't charging nothing. 76 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I mean there are hip hop artists in 77 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: the rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as it should be. 78 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: You know, this is a genre of music and a lifestyle. 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 3: One hip hop artist is in the rock and roll home. 80 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 2: Grand Master Flash, I think, yeah. 81 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 3: Well he and quit complaining because we in now next Well, 82 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 3: well they in there. 83 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: I'm not really but it's in Cleveland though, so you 84 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: have somewhat of a connection. 85 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. So we do what we want to do up there. Yes, Gene, 86 00:04:58,279 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 3: you keep running your mouth, you're gonna be. 87 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 2: Out your tongue back in your mouth. Yeah, yes, to 88 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: take that makeup off some of it, all right. Finally, 89 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 2: sax Global. 90 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: Okay, Carlo, we need to hold hands on this one. 91 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 2: Yes. Oh my heyn and when you're doing this story, 92 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: I know that's what you said. We need to hold hands. Yes. 93 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: Sax Global, the parent company of Saxmith Avenue stores and 94 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: Nemon Marcus stores, have announced the closure of eight Sacks 95 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: with Fifth Avenue locations and one Neeman Marcus store as 96 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: part of a Chapter eleven bankruptcy restructuring. 97 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, sacks. Yeah. 98 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: The closures represent the initial initial phades of settling to 99 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: close five billion dollars in total debt from the twenty 100 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: twenty four merger of the two retailers. SAX stores in Birmingham, Alabama, Columbus, Ohio, 101 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: East Rutherford, New Jersey, New Orleans, Louisiana, Philly, Phoenix. 102 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, yeah, hotels, yeah, and there many times. 103 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, they're closing soon a Richmond, Virginia, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, 104 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: they're all closing soon. But Boston's Neiman Marcus is the 105 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: only Nemon Marcus store schedule to close at this time. 106 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: Thank you know, I would have passed out time. 107 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 2: March. 108 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: That coming up twenty minutes after today, guys, is ash Wednesday. 109 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: We want to know what you're giving up for lent. 110 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: We'll talk about it right after this. You're listening to 111 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: Harvey Morning Show.