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Speaker 1: good news. On Friday, stock markets loved it. Stock markets

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Speaker 1: It's just the latest twist and turn in the ongoing

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Speaker 1: With me here in studio, Eli Yoakley of The Morning

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Speaker 1: and uh, he said that he wasn't sure if Rudy

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Speaker 1: tell us you have the tweet. Tell us exactly the exchange,

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Speaker 1: I'll let you do this. Go ahead. Well, I just

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Speaker 1: saw that Olivia asked, Juliana feels still Trump's lawyer, which

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Speaker 1: And by the way, in the break we were talking

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Speaker 1: It's the cafe and the basement of the Senate. Uh.

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Speaker 1: They don't use paper straws. That's all I'm gonna say.

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Speaker 1: Have a wall of cliff bars though. Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: What is on your radar? Eli looking forward to watching

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Speaker 1: to say he has perfect health. Steaks are so high

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna save them. Just marry one woman, assuming

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Speaker 1: But the question from the audience was, what will you

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Speaker 1: that was a hilarious response coming from someone who's rising

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Speaker 1: radar anyone else in that debate? Buddha Jedge of Rourke,

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is opinion now, and I resent a

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Speaker 1: So the debate is on your radar. What's on your radar?

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Speaker 1: To catch folks up to speed, Houston Rockets general manager

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Speaker 1: Houston Rockets. Caveat, but this is interesting. Next week Congress

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Speaker 1: what's on your radar. Here's what's on my radar. Did

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