1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: It's that time time time time lucking loud. 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 2: So Michael Arry. 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: Show is on the air. It's Charlie from BlackBerry Smoke. 4 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: I can feel a good one coming on. It's the 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: Michael Berry Show. 6 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 3: Any attempt to restrict drinking and driving here is viewed 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 3: by some as downright undemocratic. 8 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 4: Two six packs, shiner, not a nine sid putine ladder, 9 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 4: luck as track center, fifth of patrol, ice down attig 10 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 4: glue cooler, Take a guess at all to do? I 11 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 4: can feel a good one coming on. Home throwing Ray 12 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 4: Wiley Hubbard sing along. 13 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 5: Red Deck Mother any blue as I had before gone. 14 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 5: Another working week is over, no cheese and sober. 15 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 6: I can feel a good one coming off yet a 16 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 6: week long. Now we gonna get the feeling right. 17 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 4: We gonna keep this party rock until the break of doll. 18 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 7: Yeah. 19 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 2: I can feel a. 20 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 6: Good one coming. All just gotta get in commented when 21 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 6: but I can't. 22 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: I put in a hard day's work, put in eleven 23 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: four hours, bay, and they ain't getting you. Truck in 24 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: the last right want of Coop Beard, three blocks. 25 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 4: In the rack top Mustang followed us down to the leaking. 26 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 8: Didn't have to think about that too long, skinny dipping 27 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 8: in the bright moonlight situation couldn't be more. 28 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 6: I can feel a good one coming on. Yeah, we 29 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 6: are all. We're gonna get to feel it ride. 30 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 5: We're gonna keep this party rock until the break of a. 31 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 6: Yeah, I can feel a good one, feel like a 32 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 6: good one. I can feel a good one coming on. 33 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 6: They're making it last. Where you can't drink when you 34 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 6: want to can't. 35 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: You have to wear a seat belt when you're driving. 36 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 6: Rasill become discutry. Whoo, Yeah, we are. 37 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 7: Nice. 38 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 6: We're gonna get to. 39 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: Feed the greatest boxing match. I ever want to keep 40 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: this potty, the greatest single round box I ever watched. 41 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: But my all time favorite, not a month goes by 42 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: that I don't go back and watch it is Thomas Hearns, 43 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: Thomas Hitman Hearns and marvelous Marvin Hagler, And if you 44 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: like to watch boxing where they actually land punches, it 45 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: is something to behold. I always loved Hearns, I admire Hagler, 46 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 1: and of course everybody loves Sugar Ray Leonard, but I 47 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: love the Hitman Tommy Hearns. I never felt like he 48 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: got his due. I think he was so much better 49 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: than history gives him credit for being. He breaks his 50 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: hand during that during that first round. It's right hand, 51 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: so the rest of the fight he's mostly reduced to 52 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: a left jab. He had opened. He had opened Hagler's 53 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: eye and it was bleeding. And I believe that had 54 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: Hearns not broken his hand, he would have he would 55 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: have just bled Haggler out by the third or fourth round. 56 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: I know I'm making excuses, but I like the hit 57 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: Man anyway. It's sad to watch people you grew up 58 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: with when you were a kid and they were strong, 59 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: and it's sad to watch them grow old. It's sad 60 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: to watch their health deteriorate, and especially too early. Uh, 61 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: Thomas Hitman Hearns has now been placed under guardianship and 62 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: conservative conservatorship. I mean, there's no doubt that taking that 63 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: many shots takes its toll. Them look getting old as hell. Anyway. 64 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: I say this because a lot of you, like me, 65 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 1: grew up watching those heydays of the Kings of boxing, 66 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: and the hit Man was was one of those. This 67 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: story is from w x y Z TV out of Detroit. 68 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 9: Thomas the Hitman Hearns wants the communit unity to know 69 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 9: he's safe. In recent weeks, some family members have claimed 70 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 9: the champion boxer was being kept from them, amid accusations 71 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 9: of financial exploitation and even allegations by Adult Protective Services 72 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 9: that some relatives had kidnapped. 73 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: The Hall of Famer. 74 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 10: Came again. 75 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 11: Mister Hearns is revered in this community for all he's done, 76 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,799 Speaker 11: for always giving back to the community, to the city 77 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 11: of Detroit, to the boxing world. 78 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 9: Attorney Wolf Muhler represents Hearn's oldest son, Ronalds. 79 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 11: So, my job with the Conservator and the court is 80 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 11: to make sure that nobody takes advantage of him and 81 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 11: he is treated with dignity and respect that he so 82 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 11: richly deserves. 83 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 9: Are you concerned that somebody or some people have been 84 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 9: taking advantage of him? 85 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 11: I think there is a lot of evidence that he's 86 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 11: been taken advantage of recently. 87 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 3: The great man has a big heart, and I haven't 88 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 3: been gone through this type of situation this time in 89 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 3: his life. 90 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: It's terrible. I am ordering you to tell me where 91 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: Thomas Hearns is. 92 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 6: Okay, so. 93 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: Tell me where he is. And that's what I would 94 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: like to assume. Legal counsel. 95 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 12: To explain the. 96 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 9: Situation at an emergency guardianship hearing in February. Only our 97 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 9: cameras were there as Oakland County Chief Probate Judge pro 98 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 9: tem Daniel O'Brien took testimony from APS workers who were 99 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 9: searching for Hearns after they said his daughter and his 100 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 9: sister would not reveal the sixty seven year old's location. 101 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 9: APS officials also said they were suspicious after a GoFundMe 102 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 9: online fundraiser was set up. 103 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 13: Your impression is they were using this Barns as some 104 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 13: kind of commercial advertiser. 105 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 9: By Wednesday morning, all sides of the family agreed to 106 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 9: allow Ronald Hearns to be in charge of his father's 107 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 9: care and finances, citing a dementia diagnosis. Judj O'Brien appointed 108 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 9: Ronald Hearns as guardian and conservator of Thomas Hearns. 109 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 10: Everybody loves mister Huntins and whats does for you, and 110 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 10: so that's what everybody. 111 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 3: Should be working forwards and not focusing on their past grievances. 112 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 3: So just keep praying for my dad and the family 113 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 3: as we moved forward. 114 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: In our life. Remember Florida Man. We haven't talked about 115 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: Florida Man in a while. A Florida man being questioned 116 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: by the popo takes off and jumps into a nearby river. 117 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: Officers jump on paddle boards and ultimately catch him in 118 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: the water. If you haven't seen this video, it's pretty 119 00:07:58,160 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: easy to find. I think I put it on our 120 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: Facebook page, but it's pretty easy to find wherever you are. Whatever. 121 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: You just just put it into whatever search a little 122 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: bit about these whore houses I know all about. Ramon 123 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: wants to know what around the world is. 124 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 14: Whistling bungholes, spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey riders, hooskerdoes, Whosker 125 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 14: don'ts nips and dazers with it without the scooter stick 126 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 14: or one single whistling kiddy chaser. 127 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: Oh my, things are looking bad in New York. It 128 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: turns out that if you tell the rich people we're 129 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: going to take all your money, they go, no, you're not, 130 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: We're going to leave, And then when they leave you 131 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: don't have any money to take. You have less. So 132 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: if you've been taking a million dollars from somebody and 133 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: you go, I'm going to take two, and he says, no, 134 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to go to Florida. Now you don't have 135 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: the million you had yesterday. On an annualized basis, you 136 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: have zero. So you're at one hoping to go to 137 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: two and instead go to zero. That's how this works. 138 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: People vote with their fee so economically illiterate but pandering 139 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: New York Governor Kathy Hochel is now telling wealthy people, Hey, 140 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: come back to New York. Come on bay. We want 141 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: you to be patriotic millionaires. And you know how you 142 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: prove your patriotism. You quote support the generous social programs 143 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: that we want to have in our state. Well, we 144 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 1: don't want those generous social programs. We're out. That's what 145 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: people are saying. She says that these quote patriotic millionaires 146 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: need to go down to Palm Beach in Florida, that's 147 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: where Trump lives, and see who we can bring back 148 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: home because our tax base has been eroded. You know 149 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: what that means. They're going broke because they keep spending 150 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: more and now they're losing their revenue source. They have 151 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: even looked at ways to penalize people in California's doing 152 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 1: the same. How dare you leave when I try to 153 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: take more of your money for taxes and. 154 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 15: Being conscious of the facts that I need people who 155 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 15: are high net worths to support the generous social programs 156 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 15: that we want to have in our state. Right now, 157 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 15: there are some patriotic millionaires we stepped up. Okay, cut 158 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 15: me the checks. I mean, just if you want to 159 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 15: be supportive. But maybe the first step should be go 160 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 15: down to Palm Beach and see what you can bring 161 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 15: back home. Because our tech space has been eroded. So 162 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 15: I fil sophically we don't have a problem. It is 163 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 15: like I have to look at the fact that we 164 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 15: are in competition with other states who have less of 165 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 15: a tax burden on their corporations and their individuals, and 166 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 15: I would say remote work changed everything. There are people 167 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 15: who can only work in an office in Manhattan and 168 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 15: work in New York State, and they were captives to 169 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 15: our state. They were going to stay. We saw that 170 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 15: that's not the case. I mean, you know Wall Street 171 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 15: businesses looking at Texas. They're not going there because they 172 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 15: have a nicer governor. I know that for sure, but 173 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 15: they're going there because of the tax. 174 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 7: Right. 175 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: We have to be smart about this. Word on the 176 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: street is that New York is running ads in Florida 177 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: begging people to please come back to New York. 178 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 16: Hello there, it's us New York. We know things got complicated, 179 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 16: the taxes, the fees, the temporary search chargers that somehow 180 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 16: felt very permanent. And yes, maybe we did take you 181 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 16: for granted, your peenthouses, your hedge funds, your rooftop swimming pools. 182 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 16: But we need to talk because while you've been off 183 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 16: in Florida, wearing shorts in January and smiling, we've been 184 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 16: here to keep everything running, the programs, the initiatives, the 185 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 16: pilot programs for the programs, and without you, well, the 186 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 16: spreadsheets are starting to look red. Remember what we had, 187 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 16: the energy, the culture, the ability to spend your money 188 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 16: in ways you didn't fully understand. Come back, not for us, 189 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 16: but for something bigger, for the dream, for the idea that, 190 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 16: no matter how high taxes get, you'll always be there 191 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 16: to make the payments. Think of it as civic pride 192 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 16: with automatic withdrawals. New York misses you, and frankly, so 193 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 16: does your text record. 194 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: New York. 195 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 16: We promised to do better, or at least do better 196 00:12:42,520 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 16: at hiding the questionable things we do with your money. 197 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: Democrats and the crazy things they say. Hoodrat Congressman Jazzy Crockett, 198 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: who had a fake cop to go along with her 199 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: fake nails, fake eyelashes in fake accent. That cop was 200 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: recently wasn't a cop. It was a fake cop pretending 201 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: to be a cop. He got in a shootout with 202 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: cops after the election as they were coming to arrest him. 203 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,079 Speaker 1: And he's dead now and she didn't want to speak 204 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: to it, but here we go. Well, she still likes 205 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: being in the news, so she still has to say 206 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 1: crazy stuff. And her recent assertion is that Donald Trump 207 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: is the pro drug trafficking president. Oh, let's try that 208 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: one out. 209 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 17: International drug traffickers love Donald Trump because they know that 210 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 17: even if they are arrested, it's easy enough to get 211 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 17: a pardon from him. The data shows that Donald Trump 212 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 17: is one of the most pro drug trafficking presidents in 213 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 17: modern day history. Since he took office, prosecutions for drug 214 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 17: trafficking have fallen to the lowest levels in decades because 215 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 17: the agent's task with going after drug cartels have either 216 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 17: been fired or forced to start rating your local home 217 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:17,359 Speaker 17: depot or illegally breaking into the homes of American citizens 218 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 17: or monitoring community schools and churches so that the government 219 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 17: can disappear in entire families. It was never about protecting Americans. 220 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 17: It was never about bringing democracy to Venezuela. It was 221 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 17: never about stopping illicit drugs from entering the country. Like 222 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 17: everything else this administration does, it was about corruption. 223 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: But you know it's good sometimes to give voice to 224 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: these stupid things that these people do. Is Donald Trump 225 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: the prodrug trafficking president. Let's look at the data. This 226 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: was FBI Director Cash Pttel talking to members of Congress 227 00:14:55,920 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: that enough fentanyl was seized last year alone to kill 228 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy million people. 229 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 18: The counter narcotic mission can't be complete without state and 230 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 18: local law enforcement, so we are emvetting more task force 231 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 18: officers across the country on the specific counter narcotics mission. 232 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 18: We've also stood up with our interagency partners in Tucson, Arizona, 233 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 18: the Southern Border Intelligence Center specifically on the counter narcotic mission, 234 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 18: so that we can utilize the Department of War and 235 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 18: interagency capabilities on the. 236 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: Law enforcement front. 237 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 18: That's why we seized enough fentanyl in twenty twenty five 238 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 18: to kill one hundred and seventy eight million Americans. That's 239 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 18: a thirty one percent increase year over year, and here's 240 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 18: a statistic that everybody should be proud of. Opiate overdose 241 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 18: debts from last year dropped twenty points. Twenty points from 242 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 18: across the country and in Oklahoma specifically Centator, we seized 243 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 18: enough kilograms with cocaine to include a two hundred and 244 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 18: thirty two percent increase in the state of Oklahoma alone, 245 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 18: and enough fentanyl to kill five hundred I was in 246 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 18: Oklahoma's We can't do that unless we have great police partnerships, 247 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 18: which has been a priority of mine, which is why 248 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 18: I have I've embedded police officers here at headquarters from 249 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 18: around the country to make sure we have that connectivity. 250 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 18: And I've shortened a task force officer onboarding pipeline from 251 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 18: one to two years to ninety days. 252 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: I don't claim to be the smartest guy in the world, 253 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: but I read a lot. I look at a lot 254 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: of different opinions, and I listen and I triangulate varying opinions, 255 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: and one of the things I've come to the conclusion 256 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: of is it is a good idea. With the money 257 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: that I work very hard to hold on to, that 258 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: I diversify my holdings and so I own gold. You 259 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: can go to Michael likesgol dot com to use the 260 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: same company that I use. We've already seen, for instance, 261 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: the first bank failure of twenty twenty six is in Chicago. 262 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: Regulators shut down the Metropolitan Capital Bank and Trust in 263 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: River North. Are there more to come? Possibly? Maybe even probably. 264 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: I don't have any inside information, but I believe that 265 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: Gold is what it has always been a buffer for 266 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: me in a way to diversify. If you want the 267 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: white glove service from the folks I use, which is 268 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: gold Co, go to Michael likes gold dot com. Michael 269 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: likes gold dot com. Michael likes gold dot com. 270 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 13: A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. 271 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: A depression is when you lose. 272 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 2: Your It's Michael Berry. 273 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 13: And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his. 274 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 2: I got you, chuck on. 275 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 6: My blue t a jet, burn my hands load. 276 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: It's hard to be that you're the man. I got 277 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: your pick of cook, I got girl, I got girls. 278 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: I can't do anything between. I got it. 279 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 6: Getting ready my. 280 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: Cops. Another story we didn't get to, but we need to. 281 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: The The uh drive by media has mostly ignored this story. 282 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: What day was this? From this was from Monday. I 283 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 1: go back and make sure that everything I wanted to 284 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: get to I get to. Nine members of a liberal 285 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: terror cell convicted for a twenty twenty five attack. Last 286 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: year attack edit the ice facility in North Texas that 287 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: left one police officer wounded. This case marks the first 288 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: federal indictment involving Antifa related domestic terrorism. I like where 289 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: this is going. 290 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 19: Eight of the nine defendants on trial were found guilty 291 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 19: on the support for terrorism charges. Only one defendant, Benjamin Song, 292 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 19: the one who shot a policeolice officer, was convicted of 293 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 19: attempted murder. 294 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: My heart breaks for really. 295 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 19: The case stems from an incident on July fourth, twenty 296 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 19: twenty five. Eight of the defendants went to the Alpharto 297 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 19: Ice atention facility to stage what they called a noise 298 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 19: demonstration with fireworks, but they also brought firearms. Facility employees 299 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 19: called police. Benjamin's Song shot and injured an Alpharto police 300 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 19: officer responding to the scene. Police also recovered multiple rifles, pistols, 301 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 19: two way radios, and body armor from the scene. 302 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: I know the jury did their very bad They were 303 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: delivered in their deliberations as far as what they see 304 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 1: over seed. 305 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 19: A couple of the defense attorneys spoke to reporters outside 306 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 19: the Fort Worth Federal Courthouse Friday. They didn't shy away 307 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 19: from sharing their disappointment with the verdict and criticism on 308 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 19: how the case was handled. 309 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: This case was re charged. 310 00:19:54,840 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 19: This is the US government's first ever Antifax related Prosecution's. 311 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: How it's been the Bryant Or being labeled a terrorist 312 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: organization and not just how it was all we'll reached 313 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 1: by the government. 314 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 19: There was support for the defendants throughout the trial. Demonstrators 315 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 19: set up across the street and family members were present 316 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 19: as well. As the prisoners left the courthouse, supporters chased 317 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 19: down the vans and chanted. Prosecutors didn't speak after the verdict, 318 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 19: but in a statement, ICE director Todd Lyons said, quote, 319 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 19: let today's outcome serve as a warning those who target 320 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 19: federal officers with intimidation, ambush tactics, or political violence will 321 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 19: be investigated, prosecuted, and held accountable. The Department of Justice 322 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 19: says that sentencing hearings are pending. One of the defense 323 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 19: attorneys told us today they'd happen in June. Benjamin's Song 324 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 19: faces twenty years to life in prison. Seven of the 325 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 19: de a sentence ranging from ten to sixty years, and 326 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 19: Daniel Rowanda Sanchez Estrada FeAsS up to forty years in 327 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 19: federal prison. He was found guilty on charges relating to 328 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 19: concealing documents. 329 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: Ramon says, y'all tell me if he's a writer. I 330 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: feel like we played this story. I know we talked 331 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: about it, but he says we didn't. He says, we 332 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: didn't play it. So you know the details by now. 333 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 1: Fake Congressman Jasmine Crockett had a fake cop as her 334 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: security the lead of her security detail, and they were 335 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: on their way to arrest the fake cop representing the 336 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: fake congressman with the fake nails and the fake eyelashes, 337 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: with the fake accent, making fake claims, and he fires 338 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: on the cops and they have to fire back, and 339 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 1: they kill him. And she hadn't commented. Now I think 340 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: it's racism or I can't. I didn't really get the 341 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: volume was down while I was watching her, but she 342 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: was snapping those fingers. Apparently racism or something killed him. 343 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: I really don't. You can't keep up with this woman. 344 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: But here was that story because Ramon said, I didn't 345 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: play it, but I don't believe him. 346 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 12: He was her right hand man. He was her bodyguard. 347 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 12: He was the one standing next to her. 348 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 7: Those who knew him as Mike King say he presented 349 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 7: himself as a professional bodyguard for Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. 350 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 12: Upon meeting him, he did show me his Capitol Police ID. 351 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 12: He had a Capitol Police pen on his shirt. 352 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 7: Jennis Crowther is a retired Dallas police officer who now 353 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 7: works as a dignitary protection specialist. She says the man 354 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 7: she called Mike took this photo of her with Crockett 355 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 7: during a campaign stop she was hired to work last year. 356 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 7: Last week, the congresswoman's bodyguard led Dallas police on a 357 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 7: chase to a hospital parking garage for bodycam video shows 358 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 7: he was shot and killed after pulling a gun that 359 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 7: authorities say was stolen. It turns out that King's name 360 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 7: was actually Diamond Masaret Robinson. The thirty nine year old 361 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 7: had multiple convictions for theft as recently as twenty seventeen 362 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 7: before changing his name, which authorities say allowed him to 363 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 7: not only become Crockett's personal bodyguard, but also start an 364 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 7: online business helping law enforcement officers find off duty work. 365 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: He was he's very good at hiding his true identity. 366 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 7: Police say it was stolen government license plates from a 367 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 7: Navy office in Irving that finally got police onto him 368 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 7: last week in downtown Dallas. 369 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 15: Robinson had been using fictitious information and wearing police style 370 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 15: uniforms to falsely represent himself as a federal agent. 371 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 7: Authorities later found eleven weapons inside Robinson's apartment. The congresswoman's 372 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 7: office released a statement today saying she was saddened and shocked. 373 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 7: We are praying for the friends and family of the 374 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 7: man that we knew as Mike King. Mike had been 375 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 7: in and around our team for years. There was never 376 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 7: any reason to say suspect that he wasn't who he 377 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 7: held himself out to be. 378 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 12: Well, I'm shocked. I'm just as shocked as I'm sure 379 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 12: Missus Crockett was. I trusted him. I had no reason 380 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,239 Speaker 12: to believe that he was not who he said he was. 381 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 12: He checked all the boxes of being a dignitary protection specialist. Well, 382 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 12: I think this whole incident is going to bring about 383 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 12: a change to where people are vetted better. 384 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 1: Anti ice liberals protecting a child rapist. Oh, you don't 385 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 1: want illegal aliens kicked out of the country. So you 386 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: hate ICE because they're the ones doing their jobs. So 387 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: you protect a child rapist, almost said racist, Oh, that 388 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: would be really bad, protecting a child rapist. Oh, you 389 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: don't want illegal aliens kicked out of the country, so 390 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,959 Speaker 1: you hate ICE because they're the ones doing their jobs, 391 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: So you protect a child race rapist, almost said racist, Oh, 392 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: that would be really bad. A month ago, ICE agents 393 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: were trying to arrest an illegal alien from El Salvador, 394 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: wanted for child rape and living near a school. Of 395 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,880 Speaker 1: course he was in Boston. Liberals blew the operation by 396 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: interfering and confronting the agents. It took a month for 397 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: agents to finally arrest that same illegal. Tom Homan on 398 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: Fox said this, I. 399 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 10: Didn't you know all against Sanctsurius cities over ten years, 400 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 10: because we know they released some public safety threats back 401 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 10: in the community, and these agitators are out, they're interfering 402 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 10: with ICE operations. I can't tell you how many serious 403 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:47,159 Speaker 10: public safety threads and national security threads escaped because that 404 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 10: heads up or there. Whether the whistles are the screaming 405 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 10: or you know, you and I talked about this about 406 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 10: a year ago where AOC was saying, well, I want 407 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 10: to educate my constituency about their constitutional rights. What she 408 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 10: was actually doing is educating them how to invade, arrest, 409 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 10: don't answer door. If you have the right to do this, 410 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 10: right to do that. And Massachusetts, what we're talking about 411 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 10: right now. About a year ago, I gave a speech 412 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 10: at Seapack and I was angry at the speech because 413 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 10: just before I gave that speech, I read lists of 414 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 10: ten words of criminals we took off the streets of Massachusetts. 415 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 10: Eight of them, eight of them raped children. So the 416 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 10: agentators don't they understand it? Then they're just they're just 417 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 10: they're they're just idiots. But they need to understand. Seventy 418 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 10: percent of everybody arrested the public safety or a criminal. 419 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 10: That's who we're going to arrest. And Schumer out there 420 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 10: saying that I just terrorizing the communities. No, the people 421 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 10: were arresting are terrorizing communities. And that's why we're out 422 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 10: there putting our lives online to arrest the people and 423 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 10: take them off the street and make this country states again. 424 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 20: Ah like this, No more like women, Michael, I'm not gay, 425 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 20: no more. 426 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 13: A simple motto. Promises made, promises kept. We're going to 427 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:05,639 Speaker 13: keep our promises. 428 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: Nothing will stop me from. 429 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 6: Keeping my word to you, the people. 430 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 13: We will make America safe, strong, prosperous, powerful and free again. 431 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 13: And I'm asking every citizen all across our land to 432 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 13: join me in this noble and righteous endeavor. 433 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: That's what it is. 434 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 13: It's time to put the divisions of the past four 435 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:31,239 Speaker 13: years behind us. It's time to unite, and we're going 436 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 13: to try. 437 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: We're going to try. 438 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 13: We have to try, and it's going to happen. Success 439 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 13: will bring us together. I've seen that. 440 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: I've seen that. 441 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 13: I saw that in the first term, when we became 442 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 13: more and more successful, people started coming together. Success is 443 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 13: going to bring us together, and we are going to 444 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 13: start by all putting America first. We have to put 445 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 13: our country first for at least a period of time. 446 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 13: We have to fix it. 447 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: Us together, we can. 448 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 13: Truly make America great again for all Americans. So I 449 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 13: want to just tell you what a great honor this is. 450 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 13: I want to thank you. 451 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 17: I will not let you down. 452 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 13: America's future will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer, and 453 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 13: stronger than it has ever been before. God bless you, 454 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 13: and God bless America. 455 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. What an amazing time to be 456 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: an American, What an amazing time to be a human being. 457 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a student of history, as many of 458 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: you are, and even if you're not a student of history, 459 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: you recognize it. Throughout the course of history, it is 460 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: mostly misery, privation, slavery, indentured servitude, poor, poor living conditions, 461 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: poor health conditions, short life cycle. And yet here we 462 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: are in this glorious, wonderful time, two hundred and fifty 463 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 1: years after a Scotsman Adam Smith writes The Wealth of Nations, 464 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: which is maybe basically the Bible of capitalism, and at 465 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: the same time, concurrently, Thomas Jefferson is the lead drafter 466 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: of this beautiful declaration of Independence, and then we would 467 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: go on a few years later to our constitution. We 468 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: are celebrating two hundred and fifty years a special time. 469 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: It's nice to have a president who's excited about that. 470 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: It's nice to see our people proud of this time. 471 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: But I don't know if you'll find anybody more excited 472 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 1: than Andy Ross about this country and the exciting things 473 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: going on in this country. We decided to talk about 474 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 1: what's going on in this country. The two hundred and 475 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: fiftieth anniversary of our declaration of independence. Our country is 476 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty years young, and so Andy Ross 477 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: is our guest. He's the founder and CEO of American Rebel, 478 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: a leading manufacturer of gun safes and other concealed Carrie apparel. 479 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: He's a country rocker or a former TV host. His 480 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: show Maximum Archery ran for ten years on the Outdoor Channel, 481 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: the Sportsman Channel, Pursuit Network. This guy loves this country, 482 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: loves life, and we're honored to have him. Andy Ross, 483 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to the program. 484 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 2: Thank you very much for having me. Happy to be 485 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 2: here today. 486 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: Andy, Why are people so excited about our country right 487 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: now and two hundred and fifty years in. 488 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 2: Well, you know, two hundred and fifty is just a 489 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: milestone number. And I think what's exciting to me is 490 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 2: it's making people reflect back on history, hopefully open up 491 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 2: dialogues with older generations and really understanding, you know what 492 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 2: it took for the you know, for people to turn 493 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 2: rawland into farms, to build railroads across the country, for 494 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 2: people to start businesses and garages and have him turn 495 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 2: into multimillion dollar companies. You know, you can only do 496 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 2: that in one country. And we're blessed to have done 497 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 2: it for two hundred and fifty years. 498 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: Do you think that the American people are and that 499 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: the American experiment has been so successful by some sort 500 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: of divine ordination, by a culture? By what to what 501 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: do you attribute this? Because it is, as you said, 502 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: unique throughout history. 503 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 2: Well, well, you know, men risk their lives to start 504 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 2: a country where the average and ordinary citizens of the 505 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 2: country could govern themselves, and that is unique. And it 506 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 2: was it was, you know, was that possible? And we've 507 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 2: proven that it is that we can govern ourselves. Although 508 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 2: not everything's perfect, as you know every day, but over 509 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 2: over a whole we've built the best country nation on 510 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 2: this rock. And you know, it was a it was 511 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 2: a brave idea and it caught lots lots of loss 512 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 2: of life and challenges. That we've done it. 513 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: We have done it, and I think it's good. Gordon Bethune, 514 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: when he was the CEO of then Continental Airlines that 515 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: was subsumed within United Airlines, but the Great Continental Airlines, 516 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: he wrote a book called First. It's called Sorry Worse 517 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 1: to First, And I was running for mayor and he 518 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 1: endorsed me, and he was a mentor of mine, and 519 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: he said, Michael, tell him what you're going to do, 520 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: do it, and then never forget tell them what you did. 521 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: There is I think amongst some Americans and the liberal 522 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: left has pushed this this idea that we don't want 523 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: to be the ugly American. We don't want to brag 524 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: on who we are, We don't want to be proud 525 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: of who we are. I tell listeners all the time, 526 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: Andy Ross, if you want to send me an email 527 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: bragging on your kid. He just got his eagle scout. 528 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 1: She just made the volleyball team. They just got their 529 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: first job, they just joined the Marines. 530 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 6: You do that. 531 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: There are certain things is it is glorious and whole 532 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: some to brag about, and the history of our country. 533 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: We need to tell our young people how proud they 534 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: should be to be an American and how proud they 535 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 1: should be of this country. 536 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 2: Absolutely, you know they they this country has done one 537 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 2: thing better than any other country, well many things better 538 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 2: than any other country. But what this country offers is 539 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 2: opportunity mixed with difficulty. There is opportunity everywhere in this country, 540 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 2: and yes it comes with difficulty. You're gonna, you're gonna, 541 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,640 Speaker 2: You're not going to succeed every day. You may not 542 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 2: succeed your first several times out. You know, if you 543 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,239 Speaker 2: want to start a podcast, there's opportunity to do that, 544 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 2: and I'm sure it's full of obstacles and difficulty. If 545 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 2: you want to start a company, a family business, a 546 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 2: music career, any any form of business, or pursue any 547 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 2: hobby or any dream, you can do that in this country. 548 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 2: And why in the world it and be celebrated and 549 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 2: wouldn't be as an honor of pride, you know, is 550 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,840 Speaker 2: beyond me. But I can guarantee you here in Nashville, Tennessee, 551 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 2: we are we are walking with pride and pride in 552 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:16,919 Speaker 2: our step and in our heart and our words. 553 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 1: I love Nashville, I love the people, love the Tennesseeans. 554 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: You know, there wouldn't be it. My son Crockett Marcosberry 555 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 1: is named for Davy Crockett, a great Tennessee And there 556 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,359 Speaker 1: would not be a Texas Uh without the great state 557 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: of Tennessee. There's such a spirit, such a wonderful spirit 558 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: of the people of Tennessee. And I have noticed that 559 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 1: Tennessee does a great job when people move there. I'm 560 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 1: a proud Texan through and through and I am a 561 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 1: Texas first in everything I do. But I could say 562 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: so many nice things about the state of Tennessee and 563 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: the people there and the spirit of that place and 564 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: people moving that moving there are are incorporated as part. 565 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 1: I think it's the reason a lot of people are 566 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,839 Speaker 1: moving there and sadly moving away from New York and California, 567 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: who were historically in our country, two of the greatest states, 568 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: world class states. And yet here we are, and that's 569 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,280 Speaker 1: what we're doing. I am up against a break. Andy Ross, 570 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:24,879 Speaker 1: you are amazing. I love your unapologetic love of this 571 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 1: country in everything you do. Andy Ross, founder and CEO 572 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:32,479 Speaker 1: of American Rebel, a leading manufacturer of gun safs other 573 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: concealed Harry apparel. He's a country rocker, former TV host. 574 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,760 Speaker 1: He had a show called Maximum Archery for ten years 575 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,760 Speaker 1: on Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel, Pursuit Network, and by golly, 576 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 1: he loves America and you know what we all should. 577 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:53,000 Speaker 1: He he's a gentleman. Us thank you, I mean, good night.