1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: We are obviously continuing to update you on Hurricane Ian 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: as it makes landfall on the western coast of Florida, 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: and we will continue throughout the course of the show, 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: but we head now out to the Great State of Colorado. 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: We've got a lot of you listening out there our 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: dinner affiliate where we are number one in the entire 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: market KDFD Grand Junction, kg l N, k n z 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: Z Aspen not a bad place, k and OFM and 11 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: Lovelin K call all of you. We appreciate you listening 12 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: in the great state of Colorado. As I said, and 13 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: we are joined now by Heidi Ganal, who is making 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: a big run in Colorado to turn that state back 15 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: into a red state. And we're trying to emphasize and 16 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: focus on so many of these battleground states and elections 17 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: that might not be getting enough attention. And how do 18 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: we know how busy you are running your campaign. But 19 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: thanks for coming on with us. And one of the 20 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: topics that Buck and I have been talking about a 21 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: great deal is the rise in crime, and Colorado, particularly 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: the Denver area, is seeing a surgeon crime due to 23 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: the Democrat filed policies on crime. What are you seeing there? 24 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: How would you change it? Well? Thanks, Clay, I so 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: appreciate the time, love you guys and all you do 26 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: for our cause and just being a voice for those 27 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: of us that don't have one socially out in Colorado, 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: where our state has taken a terrible turn in the 29 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: last few years under Jared Pois. We are number two 30 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: in fentinol desks in the country. Here it's just flowing 31 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 1: across our border because Poets made us a sanctuary state 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: and he decriminalized s fentin al so that's beting a 33 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: lot of the crime. But we have all the wrong 34 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: stats on crime. I mean, you think we were talking 35 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: about Chicago. We're number one in auto sest, number one 36 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: in property crime, number one in bank robberies here in Colorado. 37 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: So it's a hot mess here now. Jared Poulis, you 38 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: mentioned a hidie. It's block. Thanks for being with us 39 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: that he declared a sanctuary city. He made in twenty 40 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: nineteen possession of up to four grams of fentinyl a misdemeanor. 41 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's usually when people think of decriminalization, 42 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: they think of marijuana. Decriminalizing fentanyl possession. That seems like 43 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: something people need to know about. It's terrible. I mean, 44 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: we are just losing kids left and right. It's we 45 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: call it fentyl poisoning because it's not really overdose. They 46 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: don't even know that the xanax or the odder all 47 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: they're messing around with is blaced with it. I've had 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: so many families come up and talk to me about losing, 49 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: you know, their loved ones, their kids, their sisters, their brothers, 50 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: and fentanyl is just everywhere in Colorado. Law enforcement said, unfortunately, 51 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: their hands are tied because we're a sanctuary state. They 52 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: can't coordinate with ICE to stop it from flowing across 53 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: our southern border of Colorado. And so it's ever you were, 54 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: and it's fueling a lot of the crime and the homelessness. 55 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: Homelessness is terrible here. It's taken over Denver Drango Grant Junction, 56 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: and the governor drives by Denver every day. He lives 57 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: in Boulder and sees what's going on. Hasn't done, you know, 58 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: alick to do to fix it. It's just not getting 59 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: handled here in Colorado. So I call myself a mom 60 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: on a mission. I've got four great kids. I want 61 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: to turn our state around. I'm the only elected statewide 62 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: Republican in Colorado right now, so I'm excited. We've got 63 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: a great shot to take out Jared Polis and to 64 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: get our Colorado back. Heidi, We've talked to a lot 65 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: of moms. We've had a lot of them, and you 66 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: may have heard him some on this show running all 67 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: over the country, who are just fed up. I'm a dad, 68 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: frankly who's fed up. But so many suburban moms, in particular. 69 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: You just mentioned that you have four kids, it seems, 70 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: are open to the message based on crime, based on inflation, 71 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: also based on Frankly, what's going on in our schools. 72 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: What are you here from other moms as you run 73 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: around the state of Colorado. We should also mention, by 74 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: the way, that you are going to be having the 75 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: first debate against the governor there tonight in Pueblo, Colorado. 76 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: KCSJ is our affiliate there. What are you hearing from 77 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: moms and what do you expect to do in this 78 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: debate tonight? Well, just like what happened in Virginia. Parents 79 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: across Colorado are really ticked off, including me. They flipped 80 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: ten school boards last year, and we've got an incredible 81 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 1: parents coalition. We've got a great some other coalitions that 82 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: are helping us. But at the end of the day, 83 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: I think parents are going to be who flipped Colorado. 84 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: We've got one of the highest suicide rates for kids, 85 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: one of the highest drug addiction rates for kids here 86 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: in Colorado. Obviously fentnol plays into it. You know, we 87 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: have school shootings here and the governor and Democrats have 88 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: decided to pull school resource officers out of schools here. 89 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: So I call Colorado one of the most dangerous states 90 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: for kids now, which is just terrible. That is not 91 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: who we are here. We're speaking Heidigenal, She's running for 92 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: the governor's office in Colorado. Heidi, tell us about inflation 93 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: in your states specifically and how it ties to the 94 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: policies of the Polish administration. Well, we are number one, 95 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,239 Speaker 1: another great award in inflation in the country, fifteen point 96 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: six percent since Biden took office, and a lot of 97 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: that is due to Jared Polis's tax and spem policies. 98 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: He's added eighty five new taxes and fees. He's grown 99 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: the size of government here in Colorado by twenty five percent. 100 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: He's added four thousand new full time employees into the 101 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: agencies and done over five hundred executive orders. So it's 102 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: comical to me when he goes on the mainstream media 103 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: and talks about how moderate he is or he's libertarian. 104 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: There is nothing moderate about Jared Polis. He is doing 105 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: very extreme things here in Colorado when he wants to 106 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: run for president, to do it to the rest of 107 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: the country. So when you look at this race, you 108 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: also have a really competitive Senate race. Many people are 109 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: not paying attention to Colorado. Sometimes that can work to 110 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: your advantage. What are you seeing on the ground about 111 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: the Independence moving potentially towards the Republican Party and this 112 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: being something of because I think it's going to happen 113 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: hide a red wave, Like we're a little bit less 114 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: than six weeks away from this election, are you seeing 115 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: it growing as you travel around the state. It is 116 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: you know, I say, we're going to have to win 117 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: by hand to hand combat. On the ground, like we 118 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: are door knocking, going to rallies, having town halls, We're 119 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: meeting voters where they are, and we're not just talking 120 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: to Republicans. We love our Republicans, but we're talking to 121 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: unaffiliated voters who make up forty five percent of the 122 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: voters in Colorado. And we're talking to Democrats too. I 123 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: went to the cider festival in Morrison, right by Red 124 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: Rocks last weekend, and I talked to probably twenty different Democrats, 125 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: and not one of them would commit that they were 126 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: voting for Jared Polis. They're they're as upset as we 127 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: are about inflation, about crime, about homelessness, and about sentinel. 128 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: Where can people go, Hidi? I mean, this is a 129 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: winnable race for you. You are running a great campaign 130 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: so far, and it would be so fantastic to have 131 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: some sanity in the governor's mansion for Colorado, a great 132 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: state that has been governed poorly in recent years. For 133 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: Colorados who want to get involved, want to help, where 134 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: should they go? They should go to Heidi forgov dot com. 135 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: Like I said, I'm a mom who cares about education 136 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: and school choice. 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We appreciate all of you listening to us. 181 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: We are dealing with the catastrophic potential impacts of Hurricane 182 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: Ian as it nears nears nears the west coast of Florida. 183 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: And right now, let's take one minute of Ron de Santas, 184 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: who was speaking giving the latest on this hurricane. Then 185 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: we're going to be joined by Joe Bastardi, who is 186 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: incredible at covering all of these weather related events for Fox. 187 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: But first, just a quick check in with Governor Rond 188 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: Santis standing water and please, if you're going to use 189 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 1: a generator for your home, do not allow that to 190 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: be inside. The exhaust needs to be outdoors. Stay out 191 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: of the way of emergency crews, out of floodwaters, and 192 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: away from all down power lines. Stay off the roads. 193 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: There's no need to rush back. You're going to have 194 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: a massive surge of people that are going to be 195 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: going in to provide, of course, life safety assistance for 196 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: those who may have stayed in some of the more 197 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: hazardous areas. You're also going to have power workers going in. 198 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: We were just in Lake City I was thanking we 199 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: had all these power workers, these line workers from all 200 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: these different states. I saw him from Texas, Louisiana, all 201 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: these different places. Stage. We have a massive, massive mobile 202 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: zay Okay, that's Ronda Santis, and we appreciate everybody who's 203 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: going in from so many different states to help people 204 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: in Florida. We will update you with any additional information 205 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: that he is providing right now, live with his update, 206 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: But we want to bring in now Joe Bastardi, who 207 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 1: has been covering storms like these for a very long time. 208 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: He's got a book, The Weaponization of Weather in the 209 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: Phony Climate War. Most recently he is the chief forecaster 210 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: at WeatherBell Analytics LC. Joe, Thanks, sir, I know it's 211 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: been a crazy day for you, certainly as you track 212 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: this storm. What should our listeners, both in Florida and 213 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: beyond know about the latest on this storm. Well, first 214 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: of all, this is what the Good Lord above made 215 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: me to do, and we actually I actually posted a blog. 216 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,599 Speaker 1: It got on Wednesday, but it was written Monday on 217 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: Sea Fact. I don't know if you guys, I post 218 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: quite often yere on Sea Fact, trying to get people 219 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: ahead of the game on the weather, and the title 220 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: of the blog last Wednesday was attention Governor de santists 221 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: And part of the reason I wrote that was because 222 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: we were even then, before this was even developing. We 223 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: were saying, telling our clients, this is coming for Florida's 224 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: go the a major impact storm. And you wonder, well, 225 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: how the heck you're saying that it's because of what 226 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: the old time pattern recognition. I'm sixty seven years old. 227 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: My dad was a meteorologist. He taught me that you 228 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: should have a functional, working knowledge of what the atmosphere 229 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 1: is doing before you go rely on computer models. So 230 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: we got way ahead of the storm. And one of 231 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: the biggest things about this storm I'm emphasizing to everyone 232 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: is while Governor De Santis has done a unbelievable job 233 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: mobilizing this army, the army needs to be fed, and 234 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: the supply chain situation in the country for people recovering 235 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: here is not good. It's not like it was three 236 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: or four years ago. For while you've got the electric 237 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: crews and all these people staging, and they're in there, 238 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: when you start considering the legitis stick of what about 239 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: windows blown out and what about the idea that this 240 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: is not just done here. Even though it will be 241 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: a lesser intense storm, this is going to be a major, 242 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: perhaps devastating, impactful storm from Jacksonville up toward Charleston as 243 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: far as the coastal communities go. And it won't be 244 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 1: the amount of wind the window probably be seventy five 245 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: eighty miles an hour, But the fact that in those 246 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: areas that I want to talk about, those areas for people, 247 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: because everybody's focused on Fort Myers, we start focusing yesterday, 248 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: you know, Fort Myers, Naples in there. We start focusing 249 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: yesterday further north because there's a second battle coming here. 250 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: It's already starting because guys, this big cool high in 251 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: the northeast, there's strong northeasterly winds already piling water up 252 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:54,199 Speaker 1: from Jacksonville into Savannah and Charleston. The tides are coming up, 253 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 1: and then this is going to come off the coast, 254 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: probably near Cape Canaveral tomorrow afternoon Tomorrow night, and then 255 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: come north between Savannah and Charleston, I think later Friday. 256 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: So you'll have the water that's two three four feet 257 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: above normal and then the storm surge coming up. And 258 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: so we want to we want to be concerned about 259 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: that area. This is a done deal as far as 260 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: these areas, They're going to be devastated. And it's been 261 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: my you know, people, people that I talked to a 262 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: week ago, some of my friends then there. I say, 263 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: you got to get out there and stay out of there. 264 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: And the reason why is the recovery. It may not 265 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: be you know, three, four or five days. You know, 266 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: Charlie it was four days, but Charlie was a much 267 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: smaller storm as far as stature goes, as far as 268 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: the size, and it ran through Florida. This thing is 269 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: going to crawl five to ten miles an hour. It's 270 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: probably going to break non thunderstorm wind speed records. You know, 271 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: you get a thunderstorm, you get these you know, big 272 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: strong wind gusts. But places like Orlando and even up 273 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: the I four quarter, all these places are going to 274 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: probably have wind gusts over hurricane force and not just 275 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: for five ten minutes. There'll be twelve eighteen hours where 276 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: the wind will be gusting. It won't always be over 277 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: hurricane force, but it's a very very slow moving system. 278 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: Those of you who have been in a hurricane, especially 279 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: on the East coast, although we've had no land falling 280 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: hurricanes in Long Island or New England. Sandy went to 281 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: the south, of course, in New Jersey, but we've had 282 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: no landfalling hurricanes in thirty two years in the northeast. 283 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: And for those of you who remember hurricanes because they 284 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: used to hit once every seven years, hurricanes were much 285 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: more frequent from the thirties on into the early nineties. 286 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: They move fast, even in Florida, they are usually moving 287 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: pretty fast. When you get something that moves slow like 288 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: Harvey did, Harvey gets trapped by a cold upper troup 289 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: the same way, the upper upper twelf of blow pressures 290 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: capturing this storm and making it move slower. When they 291 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: move slow like this, it's a relentless pounding. It's not 292 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: only it's a psychological thing. It's like being in a 293 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: trench and you can't come out for a long time. 294 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: So we were trying to get people out of there. 295 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: Even if there were in areas where, well, my building 296 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: can take two hundred mile hour winds, that's fine, But 297 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: what if you're still without water seven eight days behind? 298 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: And that is a product of what has happened with 299 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: the supply chain in this country. Okay, Joe, so you 300 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on. Joe Bastardi. You said you've been 301 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: using and using your knowledge. You're sixty seven years old. 302 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: What does this storm remind you of in terms of 303 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: a hurricane that other people out there listening to us 304 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: right now might have experienced. Where is the analogy that 305 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: you would draw as to what it may be like 306 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 1: when it is finally here and finished. Well, it's a 307 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: slower moving version of Donna in nineteen sixty Right, Florida 308 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: hasn't been hit, guys. This is only the sixth time 309 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: since nineteen sixty five a major hurricane has crossed the 310 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: south south coast of Florida. In the fifty years before that, 311 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: there were sixteen hurricanes. I can't go I can reference 312 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: the forty seven hurricane. I can reference Cape Sable hurricane 313 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: which came across near Cape Sable, went out and then 314 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 1: turned around hit Savannah. Right, I can reference us. But 315 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: who remembers those And that's one of the problems that 316 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: you see. The reason why people get after me and 317 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: this climate change thing is because they're relying on the 318 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: fact that nobody knows these things. So when you know 319 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: and understand that, you can communicate with people. So this 320 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: simply hasn't been a storm like this since we were 321 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,719 Speaker 1: back in the nineteen forties when Florida looked like you know, 322 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: railroad tracks crossing it. Now, we had Andrew, of course, 323 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: and we had Charlie. But Charlie was a small storm 324 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: that moved quite fast. All right, this one's going to 325 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: take its time. And in addition, because it's going to 326 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: take its time and get back over the Atlantic. And 327 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: this is something my company has been those of you 328 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: watching what's going on on Twitter, and some people follow me, 329 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: you've been watching our track and then the hurricanes cunder 330 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: goes to our track. And this morning we made a 331 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 1: big deal about intensity, and I see their latest bullet 332 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: and his is back up to sixty five miles an 333 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: hour again off the Florida coast when it goes into 334 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: South Carolina there too. So as far as the reference goes, 335 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: the slow movement of the storm is very unusual. It's 336 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: not climate change because it's not because it's it's moving 337 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 1: slow because a trough of low pressure has captured it 338 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: in the upper levels of the Joe just to be Joe, 339 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: just to be clear, and we got Joe us starting 340 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: with us. Now, who's sharing his expertise and exactly this 341 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: hurricanes and what's going on right now in Florida. It 342 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: sounds like you're saying, this is the most the most 343 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: destructive force hurricane that we have seen in a hundred years. 344 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: Is that the totality of it? Okay, Let's see, there 345 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: are many many different problems here, guys. Okay, think about this. 346 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: The Saint John's River, all right, it flows north, doesn't 347 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: flow south like most rivers. And I say, so, what right, Well, 348 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: if you get two feet of rain in the river 349 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: basin area and meanwhile, northeast winds are jamming a coastal 350 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: surge into the inlet where the Saint John Saint John's 351 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: River empties into what's going to happen when the coastal 352 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: surge meets the flood the flood surge coming in this 353 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: case downstream, which is north right. So you you have 354 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: one set of circumstances after another here. But it was 355 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: all you could see coming. That's what That's what really 356 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: bothers me about this whole thing. The pattern recognition said, 357 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: you know, we had Earl, then we had Fiona developing 358 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: in a certain place, and you could see western Caribbean 359 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: here it comes right. You can see it down the 360 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 1: road from ten to fifteen days away, as plain as 361 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: the nose in my Italian face. And the reason we 362 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: knew that is previous storms had developed in their Okay, 363 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: you got Wilma that developed in there, for instance, Charlie 364 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: developed in their They had similar patterns. But the difference 365 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: now is in the end game of the storm and 366 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: the logistics of trying to clean up after the storm. 367 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: So it's and it's moving up the I four corridor. 368 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: Charlie went up the I four corridor, but it was 369 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: a very small storm, weakened dramatically and it was in 370 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: and out in six to twelve hours. This is coming 371 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 1: up through or Landell, It's going to Cape Kennedy in 372 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: those areas and then then getting out of the water 373 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: and coming back north. Each storm, you know, when I 374 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: bring up storms, each one it's like a family going 375 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: to a family reunion. But every member of the family 376 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: is not the same, so you have to deal with 377 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: the unique situation that the storm is in. The genesis 378 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: of this was very easy to see where it's going 379 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: to go and the way I say, well, it was 380 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: easy to see. Just go look at what was said 381 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: by my company, Okay, and from halfar out right. So, Joe, 382 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: you're saying, obviously, it's going to be really really bad 383 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: on the west coast of Florida, and that's where people 384 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: are focusing on right now. But you're telling us, as 385 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 1: this storm slowly moves across Florida, that places like Orlando 386 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 1: and then up on the Atlantic coast, the Jacksonville's, the Savannahs, 387 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: the Charleston's, they're gonna, in your mind, also deal with 388 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: some substantial damage from this storm. And in other words, 389 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 1: it's not just going straight across Florida back out into 390 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: the Atlantic. It's going to sweep up around the Atlantic 391 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: coast for the South, I wouldn't hit a bunch of 392 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,879 Speaker 1: these places too. Yeah, I would say it's going to 393 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: move northward. So I think and will probably have their 394 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: highest wind gust on record from a tropical cyclone. I 395 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: don't think Jacksonville beats would happen in nineteen sixty four. 396 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: Like Tampa, Jacksonville doesn't get hit by major hurricanes because 397 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: of the configuration of the coastline. Jacksonville got hit one 398 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: time nineteen sixty four doors their benchmarks storm. The benchmark 399 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: storm in Savannah's nineteen forty seven. I don't think it's 400 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: going to beat that. I don't think it's going to 401 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: be you going Charleston or Gracie in Charleston. But it 402 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: is going to be a top ten impact event for 403 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: those areas. Also obviously for this area of Florida's probably 404 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: going to be ranked as number one. Although if Donna, 405 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: Donna came today to that area, right, people don't remember 406 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty with Donna was well as every bit as 407 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: bad as this, right, but it moved right through and 408 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: then it hit North Carolina, then it went out hit 409 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: New England, and every state from Maine to Florida had 410 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: hurricane force winds. In this particular case, this will be 411 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: confined to the southeast. I don't really think this gets 412 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: much further north in the mid Atlantic states, and what 413 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: it does, it will just be a regular Northeastern won't 414 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 1: be a big problem. But the second part of this 415 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: storm is going to be a significant, major event. Later Thursday, 416 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: in the Saturday Morning, Joe but Starring, chief forecaster at 417 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: WeatherBell Analytics. His book is The Weaponization of Weather in 418 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: the Phony Climate War. Joe, we know you're super busy. 419 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: Thank you for sharing your expertise with us to appreciate 420 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: you being on. Yeah, thanks for having me. I've always 421 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: wanted to be on with you guys. It's always been 422 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: a big fan question. Enjoyiate that the only whether you go. 423 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: We might have to talk to you again later this week. 424 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,719 Speaker 1: I've got expertise in weather and great radio. I mean, 425 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: what else there you go. He's a genius, clearly, but 426 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 1: I mean, really the historical knowledge, they're incredible discussion. We 427 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: may have talked to him later this week or early 428 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: next week about the lasting impact here. 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Kentucky 455 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: Senator Rant Paul Is with us NOW and University of 456 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, who tied with Leah Thomas in 457 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: the two hundred yard freestyle of the NCAA Women's Championship. 458 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: Riley Gaines also with us. I thank you both for 459 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: joining us. Appreciate it. Thanks thanks for Senator Paul. Let's 460 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: start with you. What is this initiative that you're you're 461 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,919 Speaker 1: pushing here or just this campaign? I know we're going 462 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: to have an ad you've released today up at clayanbuck 463 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 1: dot com on just the fairness of allowing only women 464 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: to compete in women's sports. What do people need to know? 465 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: You know, my wife and I saw Riley Gaines on 466 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: television being brave enough to stand up for in sports 467 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 1: and that really only women. I know this is a 468 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: radical idea, but that only women should be in women's sports, 469 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: and we thought, my goodness, what a brave young woman 470 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: who swam at University of Kentucky, you know, my home state, 471 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 1: all American, and this great champion, and she's brave enough, 472 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: you know, despite all the sort of silent threats of 473 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 1: bullying and you know, repercussions if you do this, She's 474 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: been brave enough. And there haven't been that many have 475 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: done it, most of them been cowed into silence. But 476 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: the thing is is somebody has to stand up. And 477 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: so both my wife and I said, you know, we 478 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: want to endorse what Riley Gaines is doing, and as 479 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: a consequence, Riley Gaines said, well, she wanted to endorse 480 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: what we are doing, so it worked out very well. Riley. 481 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: I want to ask you, how has this been for 482 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: you in terms of first of all, how did the 483 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: University of Kentucky, how has it been handled by your school? 484 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: And also have you gotten a lot of other female 485 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: swimmers or just female athletes in general who have reached 486 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: out to you privately to say thank you for what 487 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 1: you're doing. Yeah. I have had so much support from 488 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: my university and a really across the state of Kentucky. Um. 489 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: I think the speaks volumes. UM. I didn't realize initially 490 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: when speaking out that so many girls across the country 491 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: are silent. Um. So what I'm dealing with is truly 492 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: an anomaly. And so I'm so grateful for everyone in 493 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 1: the athletic department. Mitch Barnhart, Oh my gosh, I can't 494 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: say enough good things about him. But in terms of 495 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: getting other people messaging me privately, that's exactly what it's been. 496 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: There's been a lot of messaging privately, and of course 497 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: it's because people are scared, especially girls, you know, within 498 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: the IVY leagues. They are so emotionally blackmailed. People at 499 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 1: their schools, within the athletic department are are telling them 500 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 1: that they will never get into grad school, they will 501 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 1: never get a job. Their school has taken their stance 502 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 1: for them. And if they so two to speak out 503 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: and any harm comes to any sort of transgender athletes, 504 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,719 Speaker 1: they are solely responsible. And so these girls are silent, 505 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 1: They're intimidated and feel like they're in the wrong for thinking. 506 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: Can can I ask you, Riley, just in that moment 507 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: when you were in the NCAA Women's Freestyle two hundred 508 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: yard Championship and they're telling you you've tied with a 509 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: six foot four mail who now goes by Leah Thomas, 510 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: did people like were they expecting you? And I mean 511 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: the people that were really there at that time, the 512 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: officials running the race and the other team and your team, 513 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: they were expecting you to be okay with this. Well, 514 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: I initially didn't even want to swim the race. I know, 515 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: you know, there's great movement behind striking something and so 516 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: I thought to myself, I'm not going to swim this race. 517 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to stand on the block. And so I 518 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: went to an official and told them, Hey, what happens 519 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: if I don't swim? He said, if you don't swim, 520 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: it is next person up. He said, we will not 521 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: reserve your spot. There will be someone swimming in that lane. 522 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: And so at that point, I don't want to sacrifice 523 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: everything I've worked for to give it to someone else 524 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: and not make a difference. And so I told myself, Okay, 525 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: final swim, but I'm not going on the podium. But then, 526 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: of course we tied, and I thought to myself, this 527 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: is all happening so quickly. But I thought to myself, 528 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: maybe if I get on that podium with Leah Thomas, 529 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: people will see the direct comparison between a six four 530 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: biological man and a five five woman. Can I just 531 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: say you, I mean, you must be a heck of 532 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: a swimmer. It's amazing that you tied with a six 533 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: foot four man who's a college swimmer. I think there's 534 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: some speculation there in terms of if Leah Thomas was 535 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: trying as hard as possible, because if Leah had been 536 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: going times that Thomas went earlier in the season, it 537 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: would have been Thomas would have won. I see interest interesting, Well, 538 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: you're still the best female swimmer in the country in 539 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: the NCAA two hundred yard freestyle, so you're actually the 540 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: champion on that event. Senator rand Paul, can I ask you, 541 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: is this a matter of what happens here with this? 542 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: I mean, yes, you're you're running this ad. We're gonna 543 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: have it up at clanbuck dot com. People should know 544 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: more about this. Riley is speaking out, But is this 545 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 1: a matter of federal legislation? What has to happen now 546 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: to sure that this isn't normal and this isn't acceptable 547 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: and it's not fair. I think we have to win 548 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: the public argument. But there's also other avenues. I mean, 549 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: the NCAA makes rules, the Olympic Committee on Swimming makes rules, 550 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: the amateur committees make rules, and people have to push back. 551 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: If they don't push back, they're just going to let 552 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: men take over women's sports. Imagine if there were five 553 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: of these Leah thomas Is that showed up that were 554 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: former men's swimming you know, been on the swimming team 555 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: in college, on the men's team, and switch over and 556 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: they take all the all the first top five places. 557 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 1: Can you imagine what happens? But we have to win 558 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: the argument. I think the arguments on our side. Then 559 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: people need to It needs to be mothers and fathers 560 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: of daughters who are swimming saying we're not going to 561 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: let this happen, protesting the amateur rules, the Olympic rules, 562 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 1: the NCAA rules. And then is there a possibility government 563 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: gets involved? Maybe, I mean different state governments are looking 564 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: at this now. A lot of these universities receive state funds. 565 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: That was the argument for Title nine in the first place, 566 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: is that if they're receiving state funds, the state funds 567 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: from come from taxpayers equally. Maybe men and women should 568 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: have to be treated equally in sports, and there's some 569 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: logic behind that, and so the state legislature may be 570 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: a recourse, and ultimately maybe the federal government. If people 571 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: know me well, they know I'm hesitant to do anything 572 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: that begins at the federal government, to begin privately first, 573 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: then locally, then state, then maybe up here. But I'm 574 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: open to all avenues. But I do want the argument 575 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: to be had, and I don't want people to be 576 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: shamed and to quietly just sit at home and say, rumble, rumble, rumble, 577 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: this is unfair, but not actually speak out. So I'm 578 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: proud of Briday Games for speaking out, and I want 579 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: to see more of this. I'm hoping she'll be an 580 00:31:55,880 --> 00:32:00,120 Speaker 1: example to another generation of young girls coming up and 581 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: also to other, you know, world class athletes competing at 582 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: that level, that they shouldn't just give awaid their sport 583 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: to men. I mean, Senator Paul, I've also got to 584 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: ask you you're you're a doctor. We often have you 585 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: on the on the show to talk about Fauci and 586 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: the COVID. We should say the COVID madness. Now, I 587 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: really just think the COVID wrongness. I mean, they've effectively 588 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: been wrong about everything, and a lot of doctors were 589 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: mobilized in that effort to be wrong on a matter 590 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,719 Speaker 1: of many matters of public policy. I see a lot 591 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 1: of mds now popping up here and there saying men 592 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: and women not really a lot of biological difference. Actually, 593 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: it just feels like there are people who are destroying 594 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: the the respect and the credibility of medical professionals in 595 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: pursuit of a number of things. But this is one 596 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: of them pretending that there isn't a biological difference between 597 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 1: men and women that matters in sports, matters in a 598 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: whole range of things. Yeah, I think that when when 599 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: they say things like that that are so clearly refutable 600 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: by just by looking at people and looking at the 601 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,200 Speaker 1: sheer size. But also there's all kinds of statistical evidence. 602 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, I think it's the top four 603 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: hundred boy runners of the two hundred meters are faster 604 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: than the fastest girl college two hundred meters. I mean, 605 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 1: it just is It's not something you know, to denigrate women. 606 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 1: It's just there are different sizes, different sizes of muscles, 607 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: different size of lungs, and to say there isn't is 608 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: just to be anti science, to be you know, a 609 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: flat earther. And so I don't think they can win 610 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: this argument. That's the problem. Even with the COVID people, 611 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 1: they come out with things that the common man has 612 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 1: read enough to know that they're not being honest with us. 613 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: It's the same thing here. They're gonna tell us Leah 614 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: Thomas has no advantage being six foot four, you know, 615 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: and so that's just nobody believes that, and so they 616 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: lose their credibility. I don't think they win the argument. 617 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: I think they lose their credibility. But it still requires 618 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: people to speak out and point out their hypocrisy and inconsistencies. Riley. 619 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: For people who want to support you or any initiatives 620 00:33:58,520 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: that you're doing to try to get the word out, 621 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: where should they go? So I am co chairing a 622 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,880 Speaker 1: new federal pack called nine Pack. The website is www 623 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 1: dot ninepac dot org. It mentions what this pack is 624 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: in place for and of course if people are willing 625 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,840 Speaker 1: to donate and give back, that's a great way to 626 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: help protect biological women in sports. Senator Rand Paul and 627 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: Riley Gaines, both of Kentucky, thank you so much, appreciate it. 628 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: Thanks Jo. 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Okay, I understand 647 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: for a large majority of you out there, you don't 648 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time thinking about pipelines delivering oil 649 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 1: and gas around the world and what their impact is. 650 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 1: So this story may not be getting the amount of 651 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,880 Speaker 1: attention it ordinarily would, certainly because Hurricane Ian is hitting 652 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: and that is going to completely and understandably gobble up 653 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: all the attention in the United States. But Buck and 654 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,720 Speaker 1: I wanted to make sure that we address this story 655 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: because from a geopolitical perspective, it is the biggest story 656 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,759 Speaker 1: that is going on right now in the world, and 657 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:11,080 Speaker 1: that story is that Nordstream one and Nordstream two, two 658 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 1: pipelines that were designed to take natural gas from Russia 659 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: to Germany. And you can correct me if I'm at 660 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: getting of these facts wrong, Buck, because I think you're 661 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 1: even better plugged in on this than I am. Have 662 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 1: suddenly been blown up effectively underwater, and there are now 663 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 1: billions of dollars in damages to these pipelines, and the 664 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,000 Speaker 1: natural gas that would otherwise be coming from Russia to 665 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 1: Europe is now not able to get there. And there 666 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:45,279 Speaker 1: is essentially an international who've done it underway in the 667 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,439 Speaker 1: world to try and figure out who is responsible for 668 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: blowing up intentionally. It appears, based on all the evidence, 669 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: nord Stream one and nord Stream two pipelines undersea now 670 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,560 Speaker 1: buck the question I asked as we went to break, 671 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,719 Speaker 1: I'll toss you this one because I'm curious to what 672 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: extent do you think our top intelligence agencies wipe the 673 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 1: CIA are aware in the United States of who is 674 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 1: responsible at this moment as we speak, and with what 675 00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:15,279 Speaker 1: degree of certitude would you anticipate they are aware? Well, 676 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: here's The Daily Mail has reported here that it was 677 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 1: quote revealed last night that the CIA warned weeks ago 678 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: that the pipes could be attacked after agents sent a 679 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: strategic warning to European allies, including Germany, and this is 680 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: according to sources talking to Der Spiegel, the German paper, 681 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: though they refused to say whether Russia or was identified 682 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:43,360 Speaker 1: as a culprit. So somehow there was apparently, or reportedly, 683 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 1: I should say, some warning that came from the US 684 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,000 Speaker 1: intelligence community weeks ago that these pipes could be attacked. 685 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 1: That's interesting. Another interesting data point on this is that 686 00:37:55,400 --> 00:38:00,919 Speaker 1: some pipelines from a pipeline from the Baltic just went 687 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,040 Speaker 1: into operation right this was and I know the explosions 688 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: came on this same day that Poland, Norway and Denmark 689 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,880 Speaker 1: opened a new natural gas pipeline under the Baltick. See 690 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 1: that is very interesting. Some would say a little too 691 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: convenient timing for something like this to happen. The big 692 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,160 Speaker 1: debate right now to your question about how much how 693 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:30,120 Speaker 1: much they know? I think that they you know, usually 694 00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: in the intelligence community they always say it's like it's 695 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,399 Speaker 1: like filling in a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't even 696 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,279 Speaker 1: know what the final puzzle looks like. That's the old 697 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,719 Speaker 1: thing they talk about. They probably have some indicators, but 698 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:45,319 Speaker 1: not enough to one hundred percent. No. However, there are 699 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:49,759 Speaker 1: people who are pointing back to and a look, I 700 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,600 Speaker 1: don't know, and I don't think I know. I want 701 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,520 Speaker 1: to be clear about that. But here is Joe Biden 702 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,600 Speaker 1: saying something. This is not helpful because now we get 703 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 1: into the motives, the component of this. Here's I had 704 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,720 Speaker 1: in earlier this year, the President United States. If Russian 705 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 1: invades that means tanks or troops crossing the border of 706 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:14,799 Speaker 1: Ukraine again, then there will be there will be no 707 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: longer on ours team too. We will bring it into it. 708 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:22,279 Speaker 1: But how will you how will you do that exactly? 709 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 1: Since the project in control of the project is within 710 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 1: Germany's control, we will I promise you, We'll be able 711 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,279 Speaker 1: to do it. I promise you will be able to 712 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 1: do it. Doesn't help about a pipeline that is not 713 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:39,359 Speaker 1: controlled by the US, that is not running on US 714 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,000 Speaker 1: soil or US territorial waters, or even near the US anywhere. 715 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:49,359 Speaker 1: And so people are pointing to that. I think when 716 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,360 Speaker 1: you think, when you look at motive here, Clay, it 717 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,640 Speaker 1: would seem strange for Russia. Germany is about to get 718 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,480 Speaker 1: This is a pipeline that connects into Germany. And this 719 00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: has always been the leverage that Russia has over Germany. 720 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 1: German it gets thirty of its natural gas from Russia 721 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,200 Speaker 1: directly right they're about to head into winter time. It 722 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,239 Speaker 1: is going to be shockingly expensive to a lot of 723 00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 1: people to just keep the heat on in their homes. 724 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:17,279 Speaker 1: It's very cold in Dusseldorf in December and January. Okay, 725 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,240 Speaker 1: so this is gonna be a big problem. The question 726 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 1: I think that has to be answered is with the 727 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:26,000 Speaker 1: Russians just stop sending the gas that would be within 728 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:31,359 Speaker 1: their power too. Why do sabotage unless meaning self sabotage 729 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,960 Speaker 1: of the Russian pipeline that would also cut off funding. 730 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 1: Unless this is their last play to try to bring 731 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:42,040 Speaker 1: the European component of the Pro Ukraine Alliance to its 732 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:45,040 Speaker 1: knees to get a final settlement. That's right. That's one 733 00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:48,800 Speaker 1: version of how to make it look like the US 734 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,479 Speaker 1: was responsible, right for people out there who would say, Okay, 735 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,160 Speaker 1: this is why it's a who've done it? Because Russia 736 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,839 Speaker 1: could turn off the natural gas spigot and just say 737 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,879 Speaker 1: we're not going to give our gas to Europe. If 738 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: they did that, though, we would know, oh, Russia's making 739 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:07,120 Speaker 1: the calculated decision to do that. If Russia blew up 740 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,120 Speaker 1: a part of the pipeline to make that natural gas 741 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:13,759 Speaker 1: impossible to send. They have the audio clip we just 742 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,399 Speaker 1: played of Joe Biden too, saying that the US could 743 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: do something about it. Then they can point their finger 744 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,440 Speaker 1: at the United States and say, oh, the United States 745 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,680 Speaker 1: did this to try to cut Russia's legs out from 746 00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,960 Speaker 1: underneath it. So the who done it? And I think 747 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,279 Speaker 1: it's fair to say the who done it because we 748 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,400 Speaker 1: don't know is Russia or the United States backed interest? 749 00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,960 Speaker 1: Right like, who's responsible for it? And it's worth noting 750 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,279 Speaker 1: in the backdrop of all this, the background of all this, 751 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 1: we haven't talked to you that much about Ukraine because honestly, 752 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:46,720 Speaker 1: we think there are generally more important things to handle 753 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:54,839 Speaker 1: here at home. But the Russians have been conscripted recently. Yes, 754 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:58,920 Speaker 1: Russians are protesting. There's violence in the streets over this. 755 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 1: They've been loosed using territory, substantial territory to Ukrainian. Ukrainian offensive. 756 00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,719 Speaker 1: Putin's back is more against the wall right now than 757 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,919 Speaker 1: it has ever been during this conflict. And you throw 758 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 1: this pipeline sabotage. Everyone's calling it sabotage every country to EU, 759 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:19,799 Speaker 1: the US, Russia not accidental It's not accidental, folks. This 760 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,640 Speaker 1: is how very bad things happen. This is how things 761 00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,800 Speaker 1: spiral out of control very quickly. So Clay's right. Today, 762 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,840 Speaker 1: the biggest story in the country is certainly this storm 763 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,520 Speaker 1: coming ashore. It has already come ashore in Florida. But 764 00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:35,880 Speaker 1: in the background of our or in the back of 765 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:37,560 Speaker 1: our minds, we do have to keep an eye on 766 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,200 Speaker 1: the situation of this pipeline. Russia putin a lot of 767 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:44,799 Speaker 1: talk about maybe Putin's backup is up against the wall, 768 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,800 Speaker 1: and nukes tackle nukes. What would we do in response, 769 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,000 Speaker 1: Clay a lot of questions. It's a mess and it 770 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:57,320 Speaker 1: may get much worse soon. Clay, Travis, and Buck Sexton 771 00:42:58,040 --> 00:42:59,120 Speaker 1: on the front lines.