1 00:00:04,795 --> 00:00:22,875 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of iHeartRadio. Republicans 2 00:00:22,875 --> 00:00:28,835 Speaker 1: in Disarray, gopan crisis, fascists all funked up a debt 3 00:00:28,875 --> 00:00:32,955 Speaker 1: deal so internally disastrous that for support Congressman Chip Roy 4 00:00:32,995 --> 00:00:36,315 Speaker 1: of Texas has turned to stuff I said on this 5 00:00:36,475 --> 00:00:41,635 Speaker 1: podcast in a moment. But first Trump and new evidence 6 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:45,035 Speaker 1: that he led a conspiracy to obstruct justice within marri 7 00:00:45,115 --> 00:00:49,435 Speaker 1: Lago and within the larger obstruction conspiracy that Trump may 8 00:00:49,435 --> 00:00:52,955 Speaker 1: have had a team of aids and the box moving 9 00:00:53,075 --> 00:00:56,835 Speaker 1: guy who were literally playing hide and go seek with 10 00:00:56,955 --> 00:01:00,675 Speaker 1: the stolen classified documents, shifting them from place to place 11 00:01:00,875 --> 00:01:04,515 Speaker 1: and trying to burn the security video of them shifting 12 00:01:04,835 --> 00:01:07,395 Speaker 1: from place to place in order to keep the FBI 13 00:01:07,475 --> 00:01:10,275 Speaker 1: from finding them, in order to keep the DOJ from 14 00:01:10,315 --> 00:01:13,555 Speaker 1: getting them, and in order to prevent even Trump's own 15 00:01:13,635 --> 00:01:18,555 Speaker 1: lawyer from knowing about them. The newest stuff The Washington 16 00:01:18,635 --> 00:01:21,835 Speaker 1: Post now reporting that the guy who helped Trump Valet 17 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:25,595 Speaker 1: Walt n Aouda move the boxes full of stolen classified 18 00:01:25,635 --> 00:01:29,955 Speaker 1: documents at Mary Lago is now suspected of then trying 19 00:01:29,995 --> 00:01:34,075 Speaker 1: to find out how could you get rid of security 20 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:40,755 Speaker 1: video at OO say Mary Lago showing hypothetically a guy 21 00:01:40,795 --> 00:01:45,115 Speaker 1: who helped move boxes full of stolen classified documents, and 22 00:01:45,195 --> 00:01:49,635 Speaker 1: not just that, but that Trump's primary mariy Lago lawyer 23 00:01:49,755 --> 00:01:52,915 Speaker 1: told Jack Smith's grand jury that he was told to 24 00:01:52,955 --> 00:01:56,675 Speaker 1: search for the classified documents that the DOJ and FBI 25 00:01:56,795 --> 00:02:00,515 Speaker 1: wanted in that storage room, and when he asked if 26 00:02:00,515 --> 00:02:03,875 Speaker 1: he should search anywhere else like in Trump's office, he 27 00:02:03,995 --> 00:02:09,195 Speaker 1: was quote steered away and quote waved off. And Trump's 28 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:11,875 Speaker 1: office is, of course where the FBI ultimately found the 29 00:02:11,875 --> 00:02:14,635 Speaker 1: most sensitive of all the documents when it came back 30 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:18,675 Speaker 1: a month later. The lawyer was, of course Evan Corkoran, 31 00:02:18,755 --> 00:02:22,635 Speaker 1: and his story first and then the box guy, and 32 00:02:22,675 --> 00:02:25,115 Speaker 1: the story is from Hugo Lowell in The Guardian that 33 00:02:25,155 --> 00:02:29,275 Speaker 1: Corkoran quote recounted that several Trump aids had told him 34 00:02:29,635 --> 00:02:33,435 Speaker 1: to search the storage room because that was where all 35 00:02:33,475 --> 00:02:35,355 Speaker 1: the materials that had been brought from the White House 36 00:02:35,355 --> 00:02:38,195 Speaker 1: at the end of Trump's presidency ended up being deposited. 37 00:02:38,915 --> 00:02:42,675 Speaker 1: Corkoran found thirty eight classified documents in the storage room. 38 00:02:43,035 --> 00:02:46,035 Speaker 1: He then asked whether he should search anywhere else like 39 00:02:46,075 --> 00:02:52,195 Speaker 1: Trump's office, but was steered away. Corkoran never searched the 40 00:02:52,275 --> 00:02:57,035 Speaker 1: office end quote. It is hazy in the Guardian story, 41 00:02:57,315 --> 00:03:00,315 Speaker 1: and one presumes it is also hazy inside the Jacksmith 42 00:03:00,395 --> 00:03:04,595 Speaker 1: grand jury. Whether Evan Corkoran was completely misled by Trump, 43 00:03:05,275 --> 00:03:08,795 Speaker 1: or if Evan Corcoran winked along with the clear message 44 00:03:08,835 --> 00:03:13,155 Speaker 1: there's no need to search over there. Over here's the 45 00:03:13,235 --> 00:03:18,075 Speaker 1: only place any documents could possibly be. The possibility that 46 00:03:18,115 --> 00:03:20,995 Speaker 1: he was not fooled, that he was complicit, that he 47 00:03:21,155 --> 00:03:24,795 Speaker 1: was an accessory to some degree, is underscored by the 48 00:03:24,795 --> 00:03:27,355 Speaker 1: fact that when on June third, the FBI came over 49 00:03:27,395 --> 00:03:30,795 Speaker 1: to pick up what Trump claimed were the only classified 50 00:03:30,835 --> 00:03:34,115 Speaker 1: documents in his possession, the thirty eight that Corcoran found 51 00:03:34,155 --> 00:03:36,555 Speaker 1: in the storage room, and when it came time for 52 00:03:36,595 --> 00:03:39,795 Speaker 1: a legal memo to be written that day asserting that 53 00:03:39,795 --> 00:03:43,955 Speaker 1: the Trump people had conducted a quote diligent search, Evan 54 00:03:44,035 --> 00:03:47,475 Speaker 1: Corkoran sure as hell did not sign that document. Evan 55 00:03:47,515 --> 00:03:52,715 Speaker 1: Corcoran wrote that document, and he had TV spokesmodel lawyer 56 00:03:52,915 --> 00:03:58,475 Speaker 1: Christina bob sign it. Now as to whether or not 57 00:03:58,595 --> 00:04:01,235 Speaker 1: this is all on tape, and if not, why not, 58 00:04:01,995 --> 00:04:05,155 Speaker 1: The Washington Post now reporting that the same unknown Trump 59 00:04:05,235 --> 00:04:09,555 Speaker 1: staffer who was seen on June's second security video helping 60 00:04:09,595 --> 00:04:13,355 Speaker 1: Walt Nyoda move boxes into the storage area the day 61 00:04:13,355 --> 00:04:16,715 Speaker 1: before the FBI got there, presumably after Trumpet kept the 62 00:04:16,755 --> 00:04:19,995 Speaker 1: documents he'd wanted to keep or trade for better signage 63 00:04:19,995 --> 00:04:23,195 Speaker 1: at a golf tournament. He has now been accused of 64 00:04:23,355 --> 00:04:28,235 Speaker 1: asking a Mari Lago it guy quote how the security 65 00:04:28,395 --> 00:04:34,235 Speaker 1: cameras work and how long images remained stored in the system. 66 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:38,035 Speaker 1: The Post reports that mystery employee number one told Jack 67 00:04:38,075 --> 00:04:41,995 Speaker 1: Smith's investigators that the conversation was innocent, and he knew 68 00:04:42,035 --> 00:04:47,355 Speaker 1: nothing about the investigation nor the subpoena. The other subpoena 69 00:04:47,795 --> 00:04:51,235 Speaker 1: that had just been delivered that was now demanding the 70 00:04:51,355 --> 00:04:56,595 Speaker 1: June second security video. It was just an amazing coincidence. 71 00:04:57,115 --> 00:05:00,635 Speaker 1: He gets caught on video moving boxes the FBI wanted 72 00:05:00,675 --> 00:05:03,315 Speaker 1: to get its hands on. A few weeks later, there's 73 00:05:03,315 --> 00:05:06,715 Speaker 1: a subpoena for that video. And he then just happens 74 00:05:06,755 --> 00:05:09,915 Speaker 1: to talk to Trump's security guy about the details of 75 00:05:09,955 --> 00:05:12,995 Speaker 1: the Mari Lago CC video system and how often it 76 00:05:13,115 --> 00:05:17,035 Speaker 1: records over stuff. And he was just making security video 77 00:05:17,515 --> 00:05:24,155 Speaker 1: small talk as one does. Hey bro, how many megapixels 78 00:05:24,155 --> 00:05:26,835 Speaker 1: you're running here? And how good is the night vision? 79 00:05:26,915 --> 00:05:30,515 Speaker 1: And then and the VMD and where's the charge couple device, 80 00:05:30,875 --> 00:05:36,755 Speaker 1: and uh, how's the missus. Of course, he wasn't trying 81 00:05:36,755 --> 00:05:41,395 Speaker 1: to figure out how to delete video or disable the systems, 82 00:05:41,435 --> 00:05:44,475 Speaker 1: so nobody would ever see him moving the boxes ever. Again, 83 00:05:45,395 --> 00:05:49,355 Speaker 1: and the post does not specifically link this amazingly timed 84 00:05:49,435 --> 00:05:55,715 Speaker 1: coincidental conversation to Trump as if maybe Trump suggested that 85 00:05:55,795 --> 00:05:58,595 Speaker 1: he should talk to the it guy, but it does 86 00:05:58,715 --> 00:06:02,475 Speaker 1: conveniently note in the story quote advisors to Trump said 87 00:06:02,515 --> 00:06:07,795 Speaker 1: the former president was annoy with conversations last summer over 88 00:06:07,875 --> 00:06:16,915 Speaker 1: how to handle subpoenas seeking video footage. The leaks about 89 00:06:16,995 --> 00:06:21,075 Speaker 1: Attorney Corcoran and the boxman with the amazingly plot specific 90 00:06:21,195 --> 00:06:24,035 Speaker 1: interest in what the it dude could tell him about 91 00:06:24,075 --> 00:06:29,275 Speaker 1: how the security video system worked are clearly the special counsels. 92 00:06:29,475 --> 00:06:33,755 Speaker 1: Shots across the bow against Corkoran and anybody who talked 93 00:06:33,755 --> 00:06:36,075 Speaker 1: to Corkoran about where he could and could not search, 94 00:06:36,755 --> 00:06:39,715 Speaker 1: and of course shots across the bow against that unnamed 95 00:06:39,715 --> 00:06:42,755 Speaker 1: employee whose lawyer may suddenly say to him, hey, you 96 00:06:42,755 --> 00:06:44,595 Speaker 1: know what, they may try to nail you as an 97 00:06:44,595 --> 00:06:49,155 Speaker 1: accessory to obstruction of justice. And it's more info fed 98 00:06:49,195 --> 00:06:52,795 Speaker 1: to a waiting public that when Jack Smith indicts Trump 99 00:06:53,035 --> 00:06:55,555 Speaker 1: it will be as much about destruction of evidence and 100 00:06:55,635 --> 00:07:00,275 Speaker 1: obstruction as it will be about espionage, And just to 101 00:07:00,395 --> 00:07:04,635 Speaker 1: ratchet it up one more notch, the Daily Beast reported 102 00:07:04,795 --> 00:07:09,355 Speaker 1: yesterday rather vaguely that quote. Now that federal investigators have 103 00:07:09,475 --> 00:07:13,675 Speaker 1: turned the interrogation spotlight on some of Trump's lawyers themselves, 104 00:07:14,195 --> 00:07:16,995 Speaker 1: defense attorneys on the team seem to be questioning whether 105 00:07:17,035 --> 00:07:23,155 Speaker 1: their colleagues may actually turn into snitches, which is intriguing, 106 00:07:24,035 --> 00:07:27,275 Speaker 1: which is plausible, but which leaves out the key takeaway 107 00:07:27,315 --> 00:07:30,075 Speaker 1: from the Post and Guardian stories. One of their colleagues 108 00:07:30,075 --> 00:07:34,155 Speaker 1: already turned into a snitch. Jack Smith has Evan Corcoran's 109 00:07:34,195 --> 00:07:38,075 Speaker 1: fifty pages of handwritten contemporaneous notes of his conversations with 110 00:07:38,235 --> 00:07:41,515 Speaker 1: Trump about these documents, and Jack Smith clearly has Evan 111 00:07:41,555 --> 00:07:44,835 Speaker 1: Corkoran's testimony, and frankly, if the trial started tomorrow, the 112 00:07:44,915 --> 00:07:48,195 Speaker 1: key witness for Jack Smith on the document's part of 113 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:52,235 Speaker 1: the people versus Donald Trump would be Evan Corkoran Esquire, 114 00:07:53,995 --> 00:07:57,315 Speaker 1: followed by the box moving guy who just likes to 115 00:07:57,395 --> 00:08:01,755 Speaker 1: keep updated on how many you know terabytes they're running 116 00:08:01,835 --> 00:08:05,435 Speaker 1: round the resort and what's the FIFO on that? Fourteen days, 117 00:08:05,955 --> 00:08:10,275 Speaker 1: twenty eight days the FIFO, the FIFO, the first in, 118 00:08:10,435 --> 00:08:14,995 Speaker 1: first out deletion principle in the SSD, the SSD the 119 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:21,035 Speaker 1: Solid state drives. And why am I asking? Well, well, 120 00:08:21,075 --> 00:08:24,995 Speaker 1: we were talking it over at the bar last night, 121 00:08:25,355 --> 00:08:30,315 Speaker 1: me and President, Me and Dona, Me and don No, no, no, no, 122 00:08:30,355 --> 00:08:33,395 Speaker 1: not don I forget his name, No, no, Evan. That's right, 123 00:08:33,435 --> 00:08:37,515 Speaker 1: Me and Evan were talking. We're talking FIFO on SSD's 124 00:08:38,395 --> 00:08:47,035 Speaker 1: over a bud light. I gotta go now. The debt 125 00:08:47,075 --> 00:08:50,635 Speaker 1: ceiling cataclysm that would be the cataclysm within the Republican 126 00:08:50,675 --> 00:08:53,275 Speaker 1: Party over whether to support the debt deal or scuttle it, 127 00:08:53,395 --> 00:08:56,995 Speaker 1: or oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, or deify Kevin McCarthy, 128 00:08:57,235 --> 00:09:01,355 Speaker 1: or expose Kevin McCarthy for making secret voting deals to 129 00:09:01,475 --> 00:09:04,595 Speaker 1: become speaker. That the rest of his caucus was utterly 130 00:09:04,835 --> 00:09:09,275 Speaker 1: unaware of. This cataclysm is so bad that the Republican 131 00:09:09,315 --> 00:09:14,115 Speaker 1: who revealed what now appears to actually be a secret 132 00:09:14,115 --> 00:09:16,275 Speaker 1: agreement that any bill coming out of the Rules Committee 133 00:09:16,315 --> 00:09:19,515 Speaker 1: had to be unanimous among the nine Republicans, which was 134 00:09:19,595 --> 00:09:23,635 Speaker 1: news to everybody. Butt Congressman Chip Roy of Texas. And 135 00:09:23,675 --> 00:09:26,755 Speaker 1: how can you trust Chip Roy when he's sitting at 136 00:09:26,755 --> 00:09:31,515 Speaker 1: a hearing and quoting, Well, he wasn't quoting Evan Carkoran. 137 00:09:32,115 --> 00:09:35,435 Speaker 2: I could go down a list of other quotes the 138 00:09:36,195 --> 00:09:42,595 Speaker 2: ever important policy genius Keith Oberman. Biden has still kicked 139 00:09:42,675 --> 00:09:47,715 Speaker 2: McCarthy's but now he must also kick Joe manchins butt 140 00:09:47,755 --> 00:09:49,675 Speaker 2: and his pipeline out of the debt deal. 141 00:09:50,795 --> 00:10:00,075 Speaker 1: I said, ass Chip, Biden kicked Kevin McCarthy's ass. This 142 00:10:00,195 --> 00:10:05,995 Speaker 1: is a grown man fifty years old who's to chip. 143 00:10:07,395 --> 00:10:13,355 Speaker 1: His real name is Charles Charles Chip. Where I grew up, 144 00:10:13,355 --> 00:10:17,315 Speaker 1: we used to have a company called Charles Chips. They 145 00:10:17,395 --> 00:10:22,275 Speaker 1: used to deliver bags of potato chips to your house, 146 00:10:24,235 --> 00:10:30,795 Speaker 1: just potato chips and pretzels in big, old ups sized vans, 147 00:10:31,355 --> 00:10:34,075 Speaker 1: which is about as bad a business model as you 148 00:10:34,115 --> 00:10:37,355 Speaker 1: can come up with Charles Chips. But they only went 149 00:10:37,435 --> 00:10:40,915 Speaker 1: bankrupt the two times. All right, So back to the 150 00:10:40,915 --> 00:10:43,675 Speaker 1: bad business model that is the Republican's handling of the 151 00:10:43,715 --> 00:10:46,755 Speaker 1: debt deal. After Congressman Dan Bishop said he had no 152 00:10:46,795 --> 00:10:50,115 Speaker 1: confidence in Kevin McCarthy, he said McCarthy was lying. McCarthy 153 00:10:50,155 --> 00:10:53,115 Speaker 1: then walks into the House Republican Conference meeting and says, 154 00:10:53,915 --> 00:11:01,435 Speaker 1: I thrive for these moments, which isn't a thing I 155 00:11:02,155 --> 00:11:07,195 Speaker 1: thrive for these moments. I'm not even sure what he 156 00:11:07,315 --> 00:11:11,395 Speaker 1: was trying to say, let alone what he meant. Kevin 157 00:11:11,435 --> 00:11:15,395 Speaker 1: thinks he thrives in these moments? Is that? What was 158 00:11:15,435 --> 00:11:18,835 Speaker 1: he trying to say, thrives in these moments? He lives 159 00:11:19,555 --> 00:11:25,955 Speaker 1: for these moments? Or what's the fifo on that? Fourteen days, 160 00:11:28,275 --> 00:11:31,155 Speaker 1: though there are at least thirty Republican knows in the 161 00:11:31,195 --> 00:11:34,035 Speaker 1: House on the deal, there has yet to be a 162 00:11:34,075 --> 00:11:37,475 Speaker 1: motion to vacate the chair. And the bill was approved 163 00:11:37,515 --> 00:11:39,915 Speaker 1: by the Rules Committee, and it is still on schedule 164 00:11:40,155 --> 00:11:43,635 Speaker 1: for a full floor vote tonight. Oh and it got 165 00:11:43,635 --> 00:11:46,635 Speaker 1: out of rules without all nine Republican votes, just seven 166 00:11:46,675 --> 00:11:48,875 Speaker 1: of them. And chip Roy voted no. And he warned 167 00:11:48,915 --> 00:11:52,235 Speaker 1: that House Republicans have now been quote torn asunder. And 168 00:11:52,355 --> 00:11:54,755 Speaker 1: chip you might very well think you had a veto 169 00:11:54,835 --> 00:12:00,035 Speaker 1: in there. I could not possibly comment. If you want 170 00:12:00,035 --> 00:12:02,475 Speaker 1: to quote for today's hearing, that's a pretty good one, 171 00:12:02,475 --> 00:12:06,515 Speaker 1: feel free. I could not possibly come. It's from House cards. 172 00:12:06,955 --> 00:12:09,795 Speaker 1: And while we're here, I think it is really sad 173 00:12:10,715 --> 00:12:15,195 Speaker 1: that the third paragraph on chip Roy's Wikipedia page emphasizes 174 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:18,675 Speaker 1: that while he was at UVA, he was a dorm 175 00:12:18,755 --> 00:12:23,075 Speaker 1: resident assistant for a year. Quote meeting future pro football 176 00:12:23,115 --> 00:12:27,235 Speaker 1: players Tiki and Rendez Barber. Ooh you met them? 177 00:12:27,475 --> 00:12:27,835 Speaker 3: Cool? 178 00:12:28,315 --> 00:12:32,155 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's great. Did you get an autograph Tiki Barber? 179 00:12:32,795 --> 00:12:34,795 Speaker 1: You know, I worked with Tiki Barber for two years 180 00:12:34,795 --> 00:12:38,195 Speaker 1: on Football Night in America on NBC. But it's cool 181 00:12:38,235 --> 00:12:42,115 Speaker 1: you met him, Chip, you were a dorm ari, really 182 00:12:43,875 --> 00:12:48,795 Speaker 1: really cool. Chip. Parenthetically to the point I was making 183 00:12:48,835 --> 00:12:51,635 Speaker 1: in the tweet the Chipster quoted, and he could have 184 00:12:51,635 --> 00:12:55,075 Speaker 1: at least plugged the podcast. The point I was making 185 00:12:55,515 --> 00:12:59,675 Speaker 1: about the Joe Manchion Memorial pipeline the Mountain Valley and 186 00:12:59,755 --> 00:13:03,755 Speaker 1: that's an oxy moron if anybody cares. And now Tim 187 00:13:03,915 --> 00:13:06,675 Speaker 1: Kaine's movement to strip it out of the debt deal 188 00:13:06,995 --> 00:13:10,715 Speaker 1: has been joined by all six Virginia Democrats in the House, 189 00:13:12,075 --> 00:13:14,635 Speaker 1: so there is at least a chance. You'll also have 190 00:13:14,715 --> 00:13:17,395 Speaker 1: noticed that the CBO scored the whole thing and found that, yes, 191 00:13:17,435 --> 00:13:20,675 Speaker 1: the number of recipients now subject to new work and 192 00:13:20,755 --> 00:13:25,875 Speaker 1: other requirements for SNAP benefits is almost exactly equivalent to 193 00:13:25,915 --> 00:13:28,955 Speaker 1: the number of recipients who will no longer be subject 194 00:13:28,995 --> 00:13:32,955 Speaker 1: to work and other requirements. It is a push, and 195 00:13:32,995 --> 00:13:35,515 Speaker 1: I'll note that, barring one or two other small things, 196 00:13:35,555 --> 00:13:38,915 Speaker 1: Democrats who didn't talk about either the pipeline or the 197 00:13:38,955 --> 00:13:41,875 Speaker 1: snap benefits, they have largely been silent about this whole thing, 198 00:13:42,275 --> 00:13:46,395 Speaker 1: and they have let the ever important policy geniuses like 199 00:13:46,515 --> 00:13:49,435 Speaker 1: my own self do the heavy talking here while we've 200 00:13:49,475 --> 00:13:52,435 Speaker 1: all left the stage to the Republicans so they can 201 00:13:52,595 --> 00:13:56,155 Speaker 1: self destruct and then reform out of the goop and 202 00:13:56,235 --> 00:14:00,955 Speaker 1: then self destruct again. And lastly, on this I think 203 00:14:00,995 --> 00:14:03,675 Speaker 1: it is fantastic that Congressman Matt Gates has been able 204 00:14:03,715 --> 00:14:07,715 Speaker 1: to take time out from his substantive policy debate that 205 00:14:07,755 --> 00:14:12,115 Speaker 1: he cannot possibly understand to host the show on Newsmax 206 00:14:12,195 --> 00:14:15,675 Speaker 1: TV and boast that the rerun of it at eleven 207 00:14:15,715 --> 00:14:18,995 Speaker 1: PM last Friday had higher ratings than the rerun of 208 00:14:19,075 --> 00:14:22,915 Speaker 1: Anderson Cooper's Show on CNN, which was guest hosted by 209 00:14:22,955 --> 00:14:27,795 Speaker 1: the effervescent John King. And it is just as fantastic 210 00:14:28,115 --> 00:14:31,835 Speaker 1: that Kevin McCarthy could take time out from his version 211 00:14:32,075 --> 00:14:35,755 Speaker 1: of the Battle of Bosworth Field to go on radio 212 00:14:36,515 --> 00:14:43,275 Speaker 1: with Hugh Hewitt and announced that after this glittering triumph, 213 00:14:43,475 --> 00:14:47,315 Speaker 1: he McCarthy will dedicate himself to the Republican's next goal 214 00:14:47,675 --> 00:14:53,475 Speaker 1: to quote eliminate the wokeism, because, as we all know, 215 00:14:54,115 --> 00:15:05,635 Speaker 1: Kevin thrives for these moons. Also note here, I have 216 00:15:05,715 --> 00:15:08,275 Speaker 1: an infinite amount of time on this podcast. Yet I 217 00:15:08,315 --> 00:15:10,475 Speaker 1: do not have enough time to list all of the 218 00:15:10,515 --> 00:15:16,595 Speaker 1: degradations and perversions and madnesses and ecstatic religious visions and 219 00:15:16,675 --> 00:15:21,195 Speaker 1: disloyalties of the disgraced former General and National Security Advisor 220 00:15:21,275 --> 00:15:25,275 Speaker 1: Michael Flynn. But I give him immense credit because he 221 00:15:25,435 --> 00:15:31,235 Speaker 1: has at least not lost his capacity to shock me. 222 00:15:32,355 --> 00:15:36,715 Speaker 1: General Michael Flynn has started a new line of business. 223 00:15:37,235 --> 00:15:43,035 Speaker 1: General Michael Flynn is now selling a product. General Michael 224 00:15:43,115 --> 00:15:50,675 Speaker 1: Flynn is in fact, now selling sperm. You heard me, 225 00:15:51,435 --> 00:15:58,915 Speaker 1: Michael Flynn is now selling sperm. That's next. This is 226 00:15:58,995 --> 00:16:05,955 Speaker 1: kind of down. This is Countdown with Keith Olberman. 227 00:16:18,395 --> 00:16:24,795 Speaker 3: This is Sports Center. Wait, check that not anymore. This 228 00:16:25,635 --> 00:16:31,115 Speaker 3: is Countdown with Keith Alberman in sports. How could it 229 00:16:31,195 --> 00:16:35,035 Speaker 3: possibly go more wrong for the Los Angeles Dodgers. First 230 00:16:35,035 --> 00:16:39,275 Speaker 3: they invited a satirical fundraising drag group called the Sisters 231 00:16:39,315 --> 00:16:43,675 Speaker 3: of Perpetual Indulgence to Pride Night at Dodgers Stadium. Then 232 00:16:44,155 --> 00:16:47,275 Speaker 3: when the infamous Catholic League, which is actually just one 233 00:16:47,355 --> 00:16:50,875 Speaker 3: obnoxious guy named Bill came after them for doing that. 234 00:16:51,235 --> 00:16:56,195 Speaker 3: They disinvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from Pride Night. Then, 235 00:16:56,315 --> 00:17:00,275 Speaker 3: after blowback, including support for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 236 00:17:00,395 --> 00:17:06,595 Speaker 3: from actual Catholic nuns, the Dodgers reinvited them. On Monday, 237 00:17:06,635 --> 00:17:09,675 Speaker 3: relief pitcher Anthony Bass of the Toronto Blue Jays posted 238 00:17:09,715 --> 00:17:12,715 Speaker 3: a video from some guy calling for boycotts of Target 239 00:17:12,755 --> 00:17:16,155 Speaker 3: and Bud happily leaving the Dodgers out of it. This 240 00:17:16,355 --> 00:17:20,515 Speaker 3: is evil, this is demonic, said the video that Bass posted. Yesterday, 241 00:17:20,635 --> 00:17:24,075 Speaker 3: Bass issued a stiff, thirty second apology that looked like 242 00:17:24,115 --> 00:17:28,555 Speaker 3: a very well rehearsed live hostage video. A baseball blogger 243 00:17:28,635 --> 00:17:32,195 Speaker 3: named Tyrone Palmer noted Anthony Bass is calling for a 244 00:17:32,195 --> 00:17:35,515 Speaker 3: boycott of Target. Judging by his four point five zero 245 00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:39,795 Speaker 3: er and four walks per nine innings, it looks like 246 00:17:39,875 --> 00:17:45,915 Speaker 3: he's been boycotting targets all season long. Almost simultaneous to 247 00:17:46,035 --> 00:17:51,235 Speaker 3: Bass's Forest apology, another mediocre pitcher named Trevor Williams of 248 00:17:51,275 --> 00:17:56,355 Speaker 3: the Washington Nationals posted a two screenshot screed in which 249 00:17:56,395 --> 00:17:59,835 Speaker 3: he said he was quote deeply troubled that the Dodgers 250 00:17:59,875 --> 00:18:03,195 Speaker 3: were inviting The Sisters claimed the decision was a quote 251 00:18:03,275 --> 00:18:08,195 Speaker 3: violation of the Dodgers discrimination policy and encourage his quote 252 00:18:08,435 --> 00:18:12,635 Speaker 3: fellow Catholics to reconsider their support of an organization that 253 00:18:12,715 --> 00:18:16,395 Speaker 3: allows this kind of mockery of its fans to occur. 254 00:18:17,515 --> 00:18:20,275 Speaker 3: Williams is not quite as bad as Bass, but if 255 00:18:20,275 --> 00:18:24,355 Speaker 3: he disappeared from baseball tomorrow you probably would not notice, 256 00:18:24,515 --> 00:18:27,515 Speaker 3: and he might because while he might not be as 257 00:18:27,555 --> 00:18:31,675 Speaker 3: bad as Bass, Bass also did not attack another team, 258 00:18:31,915 --> 00:18:37,195 Speaker 3: the La Dodgers, no less, and encourage fans to boycott them. 259 00:18:37,595 --> 00:18:40,235 Speaker 3: You're in the same business, pal, or at least you were. 260 00:18:40,875 --> 00:18:43,475 Speaker 3: The whole thing just keeps getting worse and worse because 261 00:18:43,475 --> 00:18:48,475 Speaker 3: of one decision. This Catholic league, which convinced the Dodgers 262 00:18:48,515 --> 00:18:52,995 Speaker 3: to uninvite these crazy drag nuns, is actually just one 263 00:18:53,075 --> 00:18:57,635 Speaker 3: guy named Bill Donahue, a loud mouthed homophobe and bully. 264 00:18:57,755 --> 00:19:00,475 Speaker 3: All the cable networks figured him out in the nineties 265 00:19:00,475 --> 00:19:03,795 Speaker 3: and stopped putting him on. When the Dodgers finally figured 266 00:19:03,795 --> 00:19:07,035 Speaker 3: that out, they reverse course and reinvited the Sisters. But 267 00:19:07,115 --> 00:19:10,035 Speaker 3: then last week, the Dodgers team leader, the veteran pitcher 268 00:19:10,075 --> 00:19:14,275 Speaker 3: Clayton Kershaw, personally announced that the Dodgers would also be 269 00:19:14,355 --> 00:19:19,115 Speaker 3: staging Christian Faith and Family Day after an interruption that 270 00:19:19,195 --> 00:19:22,835 Speaker 3: began with the pandemic. Now it becomes evident that Kershaw 271 00:19:22,915 --> 00:19:26,955 Speaker 3: decided to announce this himself. Quote, I think we were 272 00:19:26,995 --> 00:19:29,555 Speaker 3: always going to do Christian Faith Day this year, but 273 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:32,395 Speaker 3: I think the timing of our announcement was sped up, 274 00:19:32,675 --> 00:19:35,715 Speaker 3: Kershaw told the La Times. Yes, it was in response 275 00:19:35,795 --> 00:19:39,715 Speaker 3: to the highlighting of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence by 276 00:19:39,755 --> 00:19:45,635 Speaker 3: the Dodgers. So Kershaw announced his team was going to 277 00:19:45,715 --> 00:19:49,075 Speaker 3: hold a Christian event, boxing the Dodgers into holding the 278 00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:53,035 Speaker 3: Christian event. The team will not comment about its own star. 279 00:19:53,875 --> 00:19:57,115 Speaker 3: And just to complicate this more, Kershaw has always participated 280 00:19:57,155 --> 00:19:59,875 Speaker 3: in Pride Night, Quoting him again, this has nothing to 281 00:19:59,875 --> 00:20:03,435 Speaker 3: do with the LGBTQ community or Pride or anything like that. 282 00:20:03,715 --> 00:20:05,915 Speaker 3: This is simply a group that was making fun of 283 00:20:05,955 --> 00:20:10,595 Speaker 3: a religion that I don't agree with. Moral When Bill 284 00:20:10,675 --> 00:20:15,195 Speaker 3: Donahue of the Catholic quote League unquote calls whatever bad 285 00:20:15,275 --> 00:20:18,195 Speaker 3: thing you think he's tried to make happen, there is 286 00:20:18,355 --> 00:20:21,195 Speaker 3: really only one bad thing that can happen, and that 287 00:20:21,395 --> 00:20:24,555 Speaker 3: is this. You can forget that when Bill Donahue calls 288 00:20:24,595 --> 00:20:27,995 Speaker 3: you must immediately hang up on him. 289 00:20:28,555 --> 00:20:31,235 Speaker 1: Another moment of baseball fund At least this one's between 290 00:20:31,275 --> 00:20:34,035 Speaker 1: the lines sort of. First, the Houston Astros mocked the 291 00:20:34,035 --> 00:20:37,355 Speaker 1: fans of the Oakland A's, the moribund, lame duct team 292 00:20:37,395 --> 00:20:41,355 Speaker 1: that's probably moving to Las Vegas after ownership basically starved 293 00:20:41,355 --> 00:20:44,315 Speaker 1: the franchise to death over the last five years. The 294 00:20:44,355 --> 00:20:48,195 Speaker 1: Astros tweeted a video of their offensive explosion in Oakland 295 00:20:48,195 --> 00:20:52,995 Speaker 1: recently with this caption ten runs in front of tens 296 00:20:53,075 --> 00:20:57,475 Speaker 1: of fans. This was retweeted forty six hundred times, It 297 00:20:57,555 --> 00:21:01,515 Speaker 1: got seventeen thousand likes and seven million views, and then, 298 00:21:02,195 --> 00:21:06,515 Speaker 1: amid the criticism, the Astros del the tweet, thereby making 299 00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:10,235 Speaker 1: it twice as bad, and the beginning of the end 300 00:21:10,355 --> 00:21:14,075 Speaker 1: of TV sports as we know it is underway, or 301 00:21:14,115 --> 00:21:17,435 Speaker 1: something like that. The terminology here gets kind of confusing. 302 00:21:17,475 --> 00:21:21,035 Speaker 1: The Sports Business Journal reports that Diamond Sports Group, which 303 00:21:21,115 --> 00:21:24,595 Speaker 1: runs the Bally Sports regional networks, which carry dozens of 304 00:21:24,635 --> 00:21:28,115 Speaker 1: local team broadcasts in many sports, and which went bankrupt 305 00:21:28,195 --> 00:21:31,555 Speaker 1: in March, has for the first time forfeited its rights 306 00:21:31,555 --> 00:21:34,075 Speaker 1: to one of those teams games. It has told the 307 00:21:34,115 --> 00:21:37,355 Speaker 1: San Diego Padres, it will not be making its next 308 00:21:37,395 --> 00:21:40,875 Speaker 1: payment to them on the twenty year one point two 309 00:21:41,075 --> 00:21:44,595 Speaker 1: billion dollar deal, and so the TV rights for the 310 00:21:44,635 --> 00:21:48,875 Speaker 1: Padres revert back to the Padres. And I guess now 311 00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:50,715 Speaker 1: the announcers will just have to go door to door 312 00:21:50,755 --> 00:21:53,075 Speaker 1: every morning asking if anybody wants to watch that night's 313 00:21:53,115 --> 00:21:55,635 Speaker 1: game and how much they'd be willing to pay for it. 314 00:22:17,555 --> 00:22:20,435 Speaker 1: Thank you, Nancy Faust. And if you're wondering where tennis 315 00:22:20,475 --> 00:22:24,355 Speaker 1: gets its reputation for disconnection from reality. At the French Open, 316 00:22:24,435 --> 00:22:28,395 Speaker 1: Marta Costiuk lost to number two women's seed Arena Sabelenka. 317 00:22:28,755 --> 00:22:32,515 Speaker 1: Costiuk refused to shake Sabolenka's hand after the match. She 318 00:22:32,635 --> 00:22:36,155 Speaker 1: never shakes Sabolenka's hand after the match and they always 319 00:22:36,235 --> 00:22:40,475 Speaker 1: play and yes, it is because Costiuk is from Ukraine 320 00:22:40,715 --> 00:22:45,955 Speaker 1: and Sabolenka is from Belarus, which supports Russia's terrorism in Ukraine. 321 00:22:46,195 --> 00:22:49,275 Speaker 1: And Costiuk will not shake her hand and did not 322 00:22:49,435 --> 00:22:52,755 Speaker 1: shake her hand, and the French Open crowd at Roland 323 00:22:52,795 --> 00:22:59,235 Speaker 1: Garo Stadium promptly booed the Ukrainian for not shaking her hand. 324 00:22:59,955 --> 00:23:03,475 Speaker 1: And this is how stupid that is. Costiuc of Ukraine 325 00:23:03,795 --> 00:23:06,195 Speaker 1: said she was in embarrassed for the French crowd for 326 00:23:06,275 --> 00:23:10,075 Speaker 1: booing her, But then Sablenka of Belarus said even she 327 00:23:10,395 --> 00:23:13,995 Speaker 1: was amazed that the French crowd had booed costiuc when 328 00:23:14,115 --> 00:23:19,275 Speaker 1: both players in this dynamics say you've screwed up, You've 329 00:23:19,355 --> 00:23:35,475 Speaker 1: screwed up coming up. One day, I was the mild 330 00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:38,995 Speaker 1: mannered host of a mild mannered news magazine on MSNBC 331 00:23:39,195 --> 00:23:41,435 Speaker 1: that led the show with stories like, oh, the new 332 00:23:41,555 --> 00:23:43,995 Speaker 1: edition of the Farmer's Almanac is out, let's go live 333 00:23:44,075 --> 00:23:47,155 Speaker 1: to the publisher, or tonight we devote the hour to 334 00:23:47,395 --> 00:23:52,915 Speaker 1: Saturday Night Live's newest breakout star, Chris Catan. And then 335 00:23:52,955 --> 00:23:55,355 Speaker 1: the next day I was anchoring the State of the 336 00:23:55,435 --> 00:23:59,235 Speaker 1: Union broadcast and getting quoted by politicians as I was 337 00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:02,595 Speaker 1: yesterday by Chip Next first, the daily round up of 338 00:24:02,595 --> 00:24:05,075 Speaker 1: the miss Grants, Morons and Dunning Kruger effects Bestman's who 339 00:24:05,115 --> 00:24:09,595 Speaker 1: constitute today's worst persons in the world, The Bronze. Kayleie 340 00:24:09,675 --> 00:24:13,755 Speaker 1: Campbell Layton, posting on Facebook identifying as the wife of 341 00:24:13,835 --> 00:24:17,155 Speaker 1: Ryan Layton, a marine based in twenty nine Palms, California. 342 00:24:17,275 --> 00:24:20,795 Speaker 1: Quote Biden left many military service dogs to die in 343 00:24:20,875 --> 00:24:25,435 Speaker 1: cobble after the evacuation. I'm calling for public execution of 344 00:24:25,475 --> 00:24:29,795 Speaker 1: this old man, and you can't change my mind. Now. 345 00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:32,315 Speaker 1: I'm a dog lover, and the fate of the service 346 00:24:32,355 --> 00:24:36,275 Speaker 1: dogs in Afghanistan grieves me, as any dog at risk 347 00:24:36,515 --> 00:24:40,515 Speaker 1: grieves me. And this woman has also done the military 348 00:24:40,715 --> 00:24:44,555 Speaker 1: is racist against white people, posts and videos about target 349 00:24:44,595 --> 00:24:46,835 Speaker 1: and she should have been arrested already for this threat 350 00:24:46,835 --> 00:24:49,515 Speaker 1: against the president, and her husband needs to be thrown 351 00:24:49,515 --> 00:24:54,195 Speaker 1: out of the Marines and directly into well. I'm assuming 352 00:24:54,315 --> 00:25:01,115 Speaker 1: Congress Ryan chip Layton, runner up Elon musk Shot and 353 00:25:01,195 --> 00:25:04,195 Speaker 1: Chaser time shot. We all told him so. We told 354 00:25:04,235 --> 00:25:07,035 Speaker 1: him the blue two checks are not status symbols, they're 355 00:25:07,035 --> 00:25:13,955 Speaker 1: ID cards. But he didn't listen because he's a super genius. Yesterday, 356 00:25:13,995 --> 00:25:20,475 Speaker 1: an account called aoc Press began impersonating Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortes, 357 00:25:20,795 --> 00:25:23,035 Speaker 1: and it had a blue check mark, and some of 358 00:25:23,035 --> 00:25:26,955 Speaker 1: its tweets included wild policy statements, and thus the new 359 00:25:27,035 --> 00:25:30,715 Speaker 1: cognizanity of Twitter. Those with grilled cheese for brains who 360 00:25:30,795 --> 00:25:33,435 Speaker 1: also paid ninety six dollars a year for a blue 361 00:25:33,515 --> 00:25:36,515 Speaker 1: check mark that's bigger than their private parts, they began 362 00:25:36,595 --> 00:25:40,035 Speaker 1: to believe it really was the congresswoman saying these stupid things. 363 00:25:40,435 --> 00:25:43,475 Speaker 1: And that's when Musk replied to one of the fake 364 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:49,275 Speaker 1: account's tweets, thereby amplifying it no pain, no gain. Also 365 00:25:49,475 --> 00:25:54,635 Speaker 1: no brain, no pain, and no brain, no shame. If 366 00:25:54,675 --> 00:25:57,715 Speaker 1: that's the shot, here's the chaser. Yesterday, Fidelity Investments, which 367 00:25:57,755 --> 00:26:01,035 Speaker 1: put money in when Musk bought Twitter, wrote down the 368 00:26:01,115 --> 00:26:04,035 Speaker 1: value of its share of the company and his He 369 00:26:04,075 --> 00:26:07,155 Speaker 1: bought it for forty four billion. Fidelity says it is 370 00:26:07,195 --> 00:26:12,955 Speaker 1: now worth fifteen billion. Elon bought it all right, but 371 00:26:12,995 --> 00:26:17,115 Speaker 1: the winner Michael Flynn, Yeah, that one, not the whole 372 00:26:17,155 --> 00:26:20,435 Speaker 1: treason and overthrowing the government start. This is his new venture. 373 00:26:20,675 --> 00:26:24,435 Speaker 1: He is described as a founding partner of for the Pure, 374 00:26:25,515 --> 00:26:28,475 Speaker 1: which is one stop shopping for the vaxer crowd quote 375 00:26:28,475 --> 00:26:32,915 Speaker 1: an online community of health conscious COVID nineteen unvaccinated people 376 00:26:33,195 --> 00:26:36,715 Speaker 1: where health conscious individuals who have rejected the vaccine can 377 00:26:36,715 --> 00:26:40,995 Speaker 1: connect and find everything they need. Friendships, dating, curated news 378 00:26:41,515 --> 00:26:47,355 Speaker 1: service providers, doctors, blood donors, fertility options, jobs, shopping events, etc. 379 00:26:48,355 --> 00:26:53,435 Speaker 1: Wait what was that last one? Blood donors, No, no, no, 380 00:26:53,555 --> 00:27:01,715 Speaker 1: Before that, doctors, blood donors, fertility options. Fertility options, you 381 00:27:01,795 --> 00:27:07,435 Speaker 1: mean you mean it's an unvaccinated sperm bank. Michael Flynn 382 00:27:07,475 --> 00:27:14,555 Speaker 1: is now selling unvaccinated sperm. Michael Well selling sperm is 383 00:27:15,235 --> 00:27:18,315 Speaker 1: I guess better than selling out the country. Flynn two 384 00:27:18,395 --> 00:27:39,355 Speaker 1: days worst person in the sperm world, still ahead on countdown. 385 00:27:39,435 --> 00:27:41,555 Speaker 1: Chip Roy is not the first to invoke my name 386 00:27:41,595 --> 00:27:45,275 Speaker 1: happily or otherwise in Congress or the Senate or whatnot. 387 00:27:45,635 --> 00:27:48,475 Speaker 1: Dick Cheney and John McCain both muttered angry jokes in 388 00:27:48,515 --> 00:27:50,795 Speaker 1: my direction within days of each other. And then there 389 00:27:50,835 --> 00:27:53,035 Speaker 1: was the night I anchored the nineteen ninety eight State 390 00:27:53,035 --> 00:27:55,595 Speaker 1: of the Union, when two weeks earlier I was not 391 00:27:55,675 --> 00:28:00,115 Speaker 1: even a political correspondent, not even close. That's saga. Next. First, 392 00:28:00,115 --> 00:28:02,315 Speaker 1: in each tradition of Countdown, we feature a dog. Indeed, 393 00:28:02,355 --> 00:28:04,995 Speaker 1: you can help. Every dog has its day. This is 394 00:28:05,035 --> 00:28:08,875 Speaker 1: about Bentley. Bentley is a big black dog with big ears, 395 00:28:08,955 --> 00:28:12,555 Speaker 1: and he's pretty calm and pretty happy. And somebody in Fullerton, California, 396 00:28:12,755 --> 00:28:15,475 Speaker 1: rescued him from a pound and clearly did not quite 397 00:28:15,515 --> 00:28:18,075 Speaker 1: get the whole what do we do next part and 398 00:28:18,075 --> 00:28:21,035 Speaker 1: simply took Bentley to a dog boarding place, a kennel 399 00:28:21,355 --> 00:28:24,355 Speaker 1: an upscale kennel that calls itself a pet lodge, and 400 00:28:24,435 --> 00:28:27,115 Speaker 1: it got him a space, and it left him there 401 00:28:27,395 --> 00:28:30,795 Speaker 1: for two hundred and eighteen nights at thirty eight dollars 402 00:28:30,795 --> 00:28:35,155 Speaker 1: a night and eighty four dollars to board one healthy dog. 403 00:28:35,835 --> 00:28:38,875 Speaker 1: My friend Alana Rizzo from MLB Network and her rescue 404 00:28:38,875 --> 00:28:42,515 Speaker 1: Gidrey's Guardian, is contributing to ransoming Bentley and she could 405 00:28:42,555 --> 00:28:45,275 Speaker 1: use your financial help. You can find her on Twitter 406 00:28:45,315 --> 00:28:48,875 Speaker 1: at Gidresguardian dot org or on my Twitter feeds. I 407 00:28:48,995 --> 00:28:51,675 Speaker 1: thank you, and Bentley thanks you from the Dog Hotel 408 00:28:51,675 --> 00:28:54,435 Speaker 1: in California, where you can check out but you can 409 00:28:54,555 --> 00:29:02,355 Speaker 1: never leave. Now to the number one story on the 410 00:29:02,355 --> 00:29:04,755 Speaker 1: Countdown and Things I promised not to tell and the 411 00:29:04,795 --> 00:29:09,595 Speaker 1: State of the Union nineteen ninety eight. When I left 412 00:29:09,835 --> 00:29:13,035 Speaker 1: ESPN and signed with MSNBC the first time in nineteen 413 00:29:13,075 --> 00:29:15,835 Speaker 1: ninety seven, it was not to become a political commentator 414 00:29:15,875 --> 00:29:18,635 Speaker 1: nor even anchor. I went there to do what the 415 00:29:18,635 --> 00:29:23,675 Speaker 1: president of NBC News America needed most, a live, hour 416 00:29:23,755 --> 00:29:28,835 Speaker 1: long news magazine show from Secaucus, New Jersey, so unfocused 417 00:29:28,835 --> 00:29:31,875 Speaker 1: that on consecutive nights, we led with the threat of 418 00:29:31,915 --> 00:29:34,995 Speaker 1: a terrorist group called al Qaeda, and then The next 419 00:29:35,075 --> 00:29:39,155 Speaker 1: night we led with the publication of the Farmers Almanac. 420 00:29:40,355 --> 00:29:43,395 Speaker 1: I mean, this was the news at eight pm, the 421 00:29:43,475 --> 00:29:47,475 Speaker 1: lead story that published the Farmers Almanac. Again, here's our 422 00:29:47,595 --> 00:29:51,235 Speaker 1: live guest, the publisher. Here's a going to rain next year. 423 00:29:52,715 --> 00:29:58,915 Speaker 1: I had regrets. Anyway, the good part of the job 424 00:29:58,995 --> 00:30:01,755 Speaker 1: was sports. I hosted baseball in the World Series and 425 00:30:01,875 --> 00:30:04,355 Speaker 1: even did some Super Bowl stuff for NBC, And in 426 00:30:04,395 --> 00:30:06,795 Speaker 1: mid January of nineteen ninety eight, I flew to the 427 00:30:06,835 --> 00:30:10,715 Speaker 1: West Coast to work on that and do this magazine show, 428 00:30:10,835 --> 00:30:15,395 Speaker 1: The Big Show on MSNBC from entertainment venues in LA, 429 00:30:15,435 --> 00:30:19,275 Speaker 1: most of them associated with NBC. On the afternoon of Tuesday, 430 00:30:19,355 --> 00:30:21,835 Speaker 1: January twentieth, nineteen ninety eight, we were on the set 431 00:30:21,835 --> 00:30:24,795 Speaker 1: of Third Rock from the Sun preparing to interview at 432 00:30:24,835 --> 00:30:30,115 Speaker 1: Star John Lithgow when my producer Phil Griffins sidled over, You, 433 00:30:30,315 --> 00:30:32,675 Speaker 1: my little friend, are about to become a political host. 434 00:30:32,955 --> 00:30:37,715 Speaker 1: The President got caught with some chippy in the White House. Chippy, 435 00:30:38,675 --> 00:30:43,675 Speaker 1: oh not sex, sex looks like just you know, and 436 00:30:43,715 --> 00:30:46,515 Speaker 1: then he lied about it in the deposition Saturday. I 437 00:30:46,515 --> 00:30:48,235 Speaker 1: asked him how in the hell anybody knew about what 438 00:30:48,275 --> 00:30:50,755 Speaker 1: the deposition said? When it was just four days after 439 00:30:50,795 --> 00:30:53,075 Speaker 1: he gave the deposition, and those things are supposed to be, 440 00:30:53,155 --> 00:30:56,635 Speaker 1: you know, secret, beats me. Drudge put it out yesterday 441 00:30:57,155 --> 00:30:59,715 Speaker 1: and I asked him if credible news organizations like NBC 442 00:30:59,795 --> 00:31:03,475 Speaker 1: were actually quoting an internet guy best known for his 443 00:31:03,675 --> 00:31:08,235 Speaker 1: hat about what was a potentially impeachable offense. A lot 444 00:31:08,235 --> 00:31:11,115 Speaker 1: of people were close on this story. Griffin said, we 445 00:31:11,115 --> 00:31:14,995 Speaker 1: were close. Lisa Myers almost had it Sunday night. Newsweek 446 00:31:14,995 --> 00:31:17,795 Speaker 1: finally put out a more detailed version about ninety minutes ago. 447 00:31:18,115 --> 00:31:20,715 Speaker 1: It was their scoop. Judge just stole it from them. 448 00:31:20,835 --> 00:31:22,995 Speaker 1: I think it was Isakov who wrote it. You'll have 449 00:31:23,035 --> 00:31:25,315 Speaker 1: to interview Tim Russer to lead the show. The president 450 00:31:25,355 --> 00:31:30,035 Speaker 1: may resign. We'll do it from right here. Back that up. 451 00:31:30,075 --> 00:31:31,955 Speaker 1: What was that you said, we'll do it from right here, 452 00:31:32,115 --> 00:31:34,835 Speaker 1: No part about the president resigning. Oh yeah, the president 453 00:31:34,915 --> 00:31:39,355 Speaker 1: might resign. Thus, half an hour later, I was hooked 454 00:31:39,395 --> 00:31:42,515 Speaker 1: up by satellite with Tim Russert from the Washington Bureau, 455 00:31:42,915 --> 00:31:45,715 Speaker 1: listening to him outline the possibilities that the president might 456 00:31:45,755 --> 00:31:50,835 Speaker 1: resign before sunrise. I nodded with as much gravitas as 457 00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:54,035 Speaker 1: I could fake, despite the elements of farce that were 458 00:31:54,035 --> 00:31:57,155 Speaker 1: apparently obvious only to me in the story and in 459 00:31:57,195 --> 00:32:00,195 Speaker 1: where I was seated. In the background of my close 460 00:32:00,275 --> 00:32:03,315 Speaker 1: up stood the refrigerator from the kitchen set of Lithgo's 461 00:32:03,395 --> 00:32:06,235 Speaker 1: show Third Rock from the Sun, and on the refrigerator 462 00:32:06,555 --> 00:32:10,075 Speaker 1: complete with its decorative magnets speaking their silent and suddenly 463 00:32:10,115 --> 00:32:14,955 Speaker 1: completely hip gag. The magnets were a banana surrounded on 464 00:32:15,035 --> 00:32:19,475 Speaker 1: either side by a strawberry. Phil I said to Phil 465 00:32:19,515 --> 00:32:21,875 Speaker 1: as we tried to plan a smooth transition from that 466 00:32:21,995 --> 00:32:24,955 Speaker 1: taped Russert interview about the possible impeachment or resignation of 467 00:32:25,035 --> 00:32:28,395 Speaker 1: the president to a taped interview with John Lithgow, and 468 00:32:28,435 --> 00:32:30,755 Speaker 1: then back to the live speculations of a couple of 469 00:32:30,755 --> 00:32:33,355 Speaker 1: political writers for the rest of the hour. We're not 470 00:32:33,395 --> 00:32:36,035 Speaker 1: going to have to do this every day, are we, 471 00:32:36,995 --> 00:32:39,035 Speaker 1: Griffin laugh, Of course not. What do you think this 472 00:32:39,115 --> 00:32:41,835 Speaker 1: is the end of the world. He was right. We 473 00:32:41,875 --> 00:32:43,955 Speaker 1: did not do it every day. We did it for 474 00:32:43,995 --> 00:32:49,315 Speaker 1: two hundred and eighteen consecutive shows, starting that night with 475 00:32:49,435 --> 00:32:52,795 Speaker 1: the banana and the strawberry magnets over my shoulder. Our 476 00:32:52,915 --> 00:32:58,755 Speaker 1: ratings kept doubling. Following Tuesday, my thirty eighth birthday. I 477 00:32:58,915 --> 00:33:01,635 Speaker 1: was back in New York hosting a roundtable of political 478 00:33:01,675 --> 00:33:04,115 Speaker 1: heavyweights in the hour leading up to Bill Clinton State 479 00:33:04,155 --> 00:33:07,395 Speaker 1: of the Union dress that night. Andy Lack of NBC 480 00:33:07,435 --> 00:33:09,715 Speaker 1: News and Phil Griffin had decided that I should host 481 00:33:09,915 --> 00:33:13,915 Speaker 1: a second live report once the NBC Network guys Russert, 482 00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:17,515 Speaker 1: Tom Brokaw a couple of others had wrapped up their analysis, 483 00:33:17,555 --> 00:33:20,395 Speaker 1: which we were also carrying on MSNBC. So I would 484 00:33:20,435 --> 00:33:24,155 Speaker 1: come on at eleven o'clock after Brokaw and russered two hours. 485 00:33:24,155 --> 00:33:27,955 Speaker 1: My little friend, this is our nightline. I was doing 486 00:33:27,955 --> 00:33:30,035 Speaker 1: my best to keep a straight face when during a 487 00:33:30,035 --> 00:33:33,555 Speaker 1: commercial break at maybe eleven forty five, maybe midnight, halfway 488 00:33:33,595 --> 00:33:36,915 Speaker 1: through my wrap up show, Griffin materialized next to my 489 00:33:36,995 --> 00:33:41,155 Speaker 1: anchor desk. He had this stunned but not unhappy look, 490 00:33:42,115 --> 00:33:43,755 Speaker 1: like when he used to smoke a lot of dope 491 00:33:43,795 --> 00:33:46,475 Speaker 1: when we worked together in the eighties. We have the 492 00:33:46,515 --> 00:33:49,435 Speaker 1: preliminary ratings, my little friend, I hope you're sitting down, 493 00:33:50,195 --> 00:33:54,155 Speaker 1: I pointed at myself, seated in the chair. The pregame 494 00:33:54,195 --> 00:33:57,955 Speaker 1: show that did a one point one. Our average rating 495 00:33:58,275 --> 00:34:01,315 Speaker 1: at MSNBC before this presidential stuff came up, had been 496 00:34:01,355 --> 00:34:05,595 Speaker 1: an zero point three. This was now four times previous ratings. 497 00:34:06,235 --> 00:34:08,155 Speaker 1: In the past week, it had searched to an zero 498 00:34:08,155 --> 00:34:11,075 Speaker 1: point six, and Griffin had insisted to me that Andy 499 00:34:11,155 --> 00:34:13,715 Speaker 1: Lack was so happy he had wet his pants. But 500 00:34:13,875 --> 00:34:16,355 Speaker 1: this is the kicker here, buddy. We have the immediate 501 00:34:16,395 --> 00:34:19,795 Speaker 1: Since the President finally stopped talking, speech, did an eight, 502 00:34:20,315 --> 00:34:23,795 Speaker 1: broke on Russer the wrap up, did an six. Since 503 00:34:23,835 --> 00:34:27,355 Speaker 1: eleven o'clock, you've been doing a one point seven. You 504 00:34:27,395 --> 00:34:30,475 Speaker 1: have had three times the audience of Tom Brokaw, three 505 00:34:30,515 --> 00:34:33,635 Speaker 1: times the audience of the old man himself. This isn't 506 00:34:33,675 --> 00:34:36,275 Speaker 1: just people crossing over from NBC to watch more. This 507 00:34:36,315 --> 00:34:39,355 Speaker 1: is people watching the speech, turning off the old man, 508 00:34:39,595 --> 00:34:44,115 Speaker 1: then turning back at eleven to watch you. I tried 509 00:34:44,115 --> 00:34:47,315 Speaker 1: to assimilate what he was telling me. For the first 510 00:34:47,315 --> 00:34:51,395 Speaker 1: time in my life, my ego refused to cooperate. The 511 00:34:51,435 --> 00:34:54,035 Speaker 1: stage manager barked his queue of thirty seconds until the 512 00:34:54,115 --> 00:34:56,755 Speaker 1: end of the commercial break. Phil Griffin shook my hand. Oh, 513 00:34:56,795 --> 00:34:58,875 Speaker 1: and by the way, that thing you said at the 514 00:34:58,875 --> 00:35:00,715 Speaker 1: start of the hour about it. It was as if 515 00:35:00,755 --> 00:35:03,075 Speaker 1: the Intern had opened the door to the chamber and said, 516 00:35:03,315 --> 00:35:07,555 Speaker 1: mister speaker, the President the United states. That's already included 517 00:35:07,595 --> 00:35:11,915 Speaker 1: in the Associated Press story one point seven, My little friend, 518 00:35:11,995 --> 00:35:14,595 Speaker 1: don't f it up. Actually, you can't f it up. 519 00:35:14,595 --> 00:35:17,955 Speaker 1: We're in for the long haul now. Revel in it 520 00:35:18,155 --> 00:35:22,595 Speaker 1: me quoted about the Clinton Lewinsky story in the main 521 00:35:22,715 --> 00:35:25,195 Speaker 1: coverage of the State of the Union address on the 522 00:35:25,235 --> 00:35:29,835 Speaker 1: Associated Press wire. Eight months after I stopped giving the 523 00:35:29,955 --> 00:35:34,475 Speaker 1: scores of the Greater Stuttgart Invitational tennis tournament on ESPN, 524 00:35:35,915 --> 00:35:39,675 Speaker 1: I had this sudden, horrible feeling that the usually slow 525 00:35:39,795 --> 00:35:43,875 Speaker 1: to decide American viewing public had instantly concluded that, for 526 00:35:43,955 --> 00:35:47,795 Speaker 1: some reason elusive even to me, they really like to 527 00:35:47,835 --> 00:35:53,315 Speaker 1: hear me talk about the whereabouts of the president's penis. 528 00:35:54,115 --> 00:35:56,515 Speaker 1: If I could have figured out how to f up 529 00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:58,795 Speaker 1: the rest of the hour, I would have done it 530 00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:02,955 Speaker 1: right then I didn't. The next day it got worse. 531 00:36:03,035 --> 00:36:05,235 Speaker 1: The ratings were so great last night, buddy, they want 532 00:36:05,275 --> 00:36:07,555 Speaker 1: us to go live every night at eight and eleven 533 00:36:07,995 --> 00:36:10,195 Speaker 1: only about the president. The eleven is going to be 534 00:36:10,235 --> 00:36:13,275 Speaker 1: called crisis in Washington. Finally we get what we want. 535 00:36:13,635 --> 00:36:18,395 Speaker 1: Phil Griffin was dancing around, it'll be our nightline. Since 536 00:36:18,475 --> 00:36:21,675 Speaker 1: joining MSNBC, I had not taken any time off and 537 00:36:21,755 --> 00:36:24,635 Speaker 1: I actually had a vacation booked in Hawaii the next 538 00:36:24,635 --> 00:36:29,515 Speaker 1: week with a young lady. Uh, yeah, about that. Phil 539 00:36:29,595 --> 00:36:32,835 Speaker 1: finally announced, well, that's what we have to talk about, Keith. 540 00:36:32,835 --> 00:36:34,355 Speaker 1: They want you to commit to this for at least 541 00:36:34,395 --> 00:36:38,715 Speaker 1: six weeks, so it's this or Hawaii. I explained Hawaii 542 00:36:38,755 --> 00:36:42,315 Speaker 1: to Phil. Lac said he'd probably pay for you to 543 00:36:42,355 --> 00:36:45,755 Speaker 1: go do that whenever this is over. I said, in 544 00:36:45,795 --> 00:36:48,435 Speaker 1: my opinion, that probably would not be good enough, and 545 00:36:48,475 --> 00:36:50,915 Speaker 1: Griffin said neither did he, but that it was just 546 00:36:50,955 --> 00:36:54,795 Speaker 1: for openers, and Lack told him that I could have 547 00:36:54,955 --> 00:36:58,555 Speaker 1: three wishes and I could anchor NBC Nightly News at 548 00:36:58,635 --> 00:37:00,715 Speaker 1: least on the weekends and a couple of times during 549 00:37:00,715 --> 00:37:04,275 Speaker 1: the week. Just personally, I'd recommend you do it. I 550 00:37:04,275 --> 00:37:06,155 Speaker 1: got the pressure that the show's going to happen whether 551 00:37:06,195 --> 00:37:08,675 Speaker 1: we agree to it or not. Griffin said. He mentioned 552 00:37:08,675 --> 00:37:11,755 Speaker 1: something about Brian Williams or maybe John Gibson being poor 553 00:37:11,795 --> 00:37:17,035 Speaker 1: second choices, but viable ones. He said, viable ones I 554 00:37:17,115 --> 00:37:20,235 Speaker 1: told Phil had some calls to make. Griffin suggested Lack 555 00:37:20,355 --> 00:37:22,995 Speaker 1: needed a decision within the hour, that he wanted White 556 00:37:23,035 --> 00:37:27,155 Speaker 1: House and Crisis on the air that night. Wait, that 557 00:37:27,195 --> 00:37:29,635 Speaker 1: didn't sound like what he'd called it before. Phil Is 558 00:37:29,675 --> 00:37:34,435 Speaker 1: it White House in crisis or crisis in Washington? Phil 559 00:37:34,475 --> 00:37:37,515 Speaker 1: Griffin seemed introspective for a moment, then got in touch 560 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:41,795 Speaker 1: with the news executive within what's the difference, It's going 561 00:37:41,875 --> 00:37:46,035 Speaker 1: to be our nightline. I almost suggested to him that 562 00:37:46,035 --> 00:37:49,715 Speaker 1: that should be the title MSNBC presents It's going to 563 00:37:49,755 --> 00:37:55,475 Speaker 1: be our nightline. On and on. This went for weeks 564 00:37:55,755 --> 00:37:59,195 Speaker 1: four months. I mocked the story. The ratings went up. 565 00:37:59,715 --> 00:38:02,275 Speaker 1: I tried to quit the show. The ratings went up. 566 00:38:02,835 --> 00:38:05,915 Speaker 1: I gave a speech insulting the network for covering the story. 567 00:38:05,955 --> 00:38:09,555 Speaker 1: Twenty four to seven. The ratings went up. Fox Sports 568 00:38:09,595 --> 00:38:12,395 Speaker 1: approached me and offered me five times when NBC was 569 00:38:12,435 --> 00:38:14,715 Speaker 1: paying me to go out to LA to do their 570 00:38:14,795 --> 00:38:18,275 Speaker 1: sportscast LA, which was kind of near Hawaii, nowhere near 571 00:38:18,275 --> 00:38:23,275 Speaker 1: the Clinton Lewinski story. And the ratings went up. And 572 00:38:23,355 --> 00:38:25,315 Speaker 1: I was debating all this and the fact that I 573 00:38:25,355 --> 00:38:27,275 Speaker 1: had a contract and I had agreed to do it. 574 00:38:27,315 --> 00:38:29,395 Speaker 1: And then one night in early spring, I got home 575 00:38:29,435 --> 00:38:31,795 Speaker 1: after another night of this crap. I put my feet up. 576 00:38:31,835 --> 00:38:34,795 Speaker 1: I was half watching something on NBC while really just 577 00:38:34,875 --> 00:38:37,395 Speaker 1: staring off into the distance. Wondering what I had done 578 00:38:37,475 --> 00:38:40,595 Speaker 1: to deserve this, mulling my own future when the snare 579 00:38:40,715 --> 00:38:44,115 Speaker 1: drum and the violent string section of an NBC News 580 00:38:44,195 --> 00:38:48,635 Speaker 1: promo interrupted me Wednesday on a very special edition of Nightline, 581 00:38:48,915 --> 00:38:52,955 Speaker 1: Jane Paully and the former Miss America there she was 582 00:38:52,995 --> 00:38:56,635 Speaker 1: for a second, had tilted her look grave, journalistic, even scholarly. 583 00:38:56,995 --> 00:39:00,995 Speaker 1: Jane Paully, the ten year host of NBC's landmark Today Show, 584 00:39:01,275 --> 00:39:03,475 Speaker 1: the one who had then switched to primetime because the 585 00:39:03,595 --> 00:39:06,915 Speaker 1: journalism had slowly ebbed out of morning television and she 586 00:39:06,955 --> 00:39:09,235 Speaker 1: couldn't do it anymore. She was sitting there in a 587 00:39:09,275 --> 00:39:12,475 Speaker 1: two shot with a Miss America from too many Miss 588 00:39:12,475 --> 00:39:17,035 Speaker 1: Americas ago, the former brunette, former redhead, now former blonde, 589 00:39:17,035 --> 00:39:19,715 Speaker 1: whose jet black hair made her look a little frightening. 590 00:39:20,435 --> 00:39:23,115 Speaker 1: Why the hell was Jane Paul interviewing her on the 591 00:39:23,195 --> 00:39:28,035 Speaker 1: signature albeit superficial NBC thrice weekly magazine show Nightline No 592 00:39:28,155 --> 00:39:30,675 Speaker 1: less Well, in a split second, the promo gave me 593 00:39:30,755 --> 00:39:34,435 Speaker 1: my answer. Jane, did you have sex with the President 594 00:39:34,435 --> 00:39:39,075 Speaker 1: of the United States? Ex Miss America? Yes, Yes, I did, announcer. 595 00:39:39,155 --> 00:39:41,715 Speaker 1: That's Wednesday on a very special edition to Nightline only 596 00:39:41,755 --> 00:39:47,635 Speaker 1: on NBC America's news source with genuine terror. I screamed, 597 00:39:48,355 --> 00:39:51,915 Speaker 1: I shouted aloud to no one check please, and I 598 00:39:51,995 --> 00:40:09,435 Speaker 1: called my agent to talk about Fox. I've done all 599 00:40:09,475 --> 00:40:11,355 Speaker 1: the damage I can do. Here here are the credits. 600 00:40:11,395 --> 00:40:13,835 Speaker 1: Most of the music was arranged, produced, and performed by 601 00:40:13,835 --> 00:40:16,635 Speaker 1: Brian Ray and John Phillip Chanel, who are the Countdown 602 00:40:16,715 --> 00:40:21,395 Speaker 1: musical directors. All orchestration and keyboards by John Phillip Chanel, Guitars, 603 00:40:21,435 --> 00:40:25,035 Speaker 1: bass and drums by Brian Ray, produced by Tko Brothers. 604 00:40:25,355 --> 00:40:28,115 Speaker 1: Other Beethoven selections have been arranged and performed by No 605 00:40:28,275 --> 00:40:31,955 Speaker 1: Horns Allowed. Sports music is the Olderman theme from ESPN 606 00:40:31,995 --> 00:40:34,835 Speaker 1: two and it was written by Mitch Warren Davis courtesy 607 00:40:34,835 --> 00:40:38,395 Speaker 1: of ESPN, Inc. Musical comments by Nancy Fauss. The best 608 00:40:38,395 --> 00:40:41,675 Speaker 1: baseball stadium organist ever. Our announcer was my friend Stevie 609 00:40:41,795 --> 00:40:44,915 Speaker 1: van zandt Everything else was pretty much my fault. So 610 00:40:44,915 --> 00:40:47,275 Speaker 1: that's countdown for this, the eight hundred and seventy sixth 611 00:40:47,395 --> 00:40:50,675 Speaker 1: day since Donald Trump's first attempted coup against the democratically 612 00:40:50,675 --> 00:40:53,555 Speaker 1: elected government of the United States. Don't forget to keep 613 00:40:53,635 --> 00:40:57,275 Speaker 1: arresting him while we still can. The next scheduled Countdown 614 00:40:57,315 --> 00:41:00,955 Speaker 1: is tomorrow till then, I'm the ever Important policy Genius 615 00:41:01,035 --> 00:41:05,715 Speaker 1: Keith Olderman. Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck. 616 00:41:10,715 --> 00:41:17,635 Speaker 2: The ever important policy Genius Keith Olberman. 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