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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good

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Speaker 1: morning everyone, It's Tuesday, April fifteenth. Welcome to Morning Run

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Speaker 1: guaranteed at six thirty am Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

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Speaker 2: I'm Amy Roboch.

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Speaker 3: Now I'm TJ. Holmes.

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Speaker 4: It is, as you know, Tax Day, a day we

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Speaker 4: dreaded so much we actually left the country as we

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Speaker 4: told you. Yes, we're continuing our spring break, but the

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Speaker 4: work does not stop, so we are here. We will

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Speaker 4: post a picture later of our podcast suite.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it's our mobile office.

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Speaker 4: Yes it's a hut of some kind, but we'll show

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Speaker 4: that to you later. But yes, we will continue the

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Speaker 4: work as we're on spring break, like a lot of

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Speaker 4: you all are, but always good to have you. But yes,

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Speaker 4: Tax Day, some people are getting refunds, some have to

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Speaker 4: pay either way.

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Speaker 3: We'd all just like to get this day over with.

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Speaker 2: Ain't that the truth?

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Speaker 4: All right?

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Speaker 1: Yes, but some people are getting a much needed extension

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Speaker 1: today and they don't even have to ask or file

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Speaker 1: for it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Also coming up on this morning's Morning, Ron Harvard decides

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Speaker 4: it would rather go without billions of dollars than acquiesce

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Speaker 4: to Trump's list of demands.

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Speaker 1: Also on this morning's run, an employee fired for cooperating

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Speaker 1: with the FAA in that deadly helicopter crash on the Hudson,

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Speaker 1: Plus Florida becomes the first state in the nation to

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Speaker 1: officially get on board with the Gulf of America.

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Speaker 4: Plus Southern California's Morning Jolt, Katie Perry's Space Song, and

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Speaker 4: from NCAA champion to number one draft pick all no

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Speaker 4: week's work for Yukon's page.

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Speaker 3: Beckers. We'll get into that.

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Speaker 1: All right, But we begin our run this morning with

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Speaker 1: the date. It is April fifteenth, and we all know

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Speaker 1: what that means. It is a day none of us

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Speaker 1: can escape. It's tax day. Taxes are due today for

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Speaker 1: most of us. We'll explain that shortly.

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Speaker 3: All right, So, yes, for most of us.

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Speaker 4: So you have the option to delay if you need

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Speaker 4: more time. Yes, you can file an extension, but the

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Speaker 4: deadline to file is still today. That extension will buy

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Speaker 4: you six months, so you'll haven't October fifteenth to file

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Speaker 4: without penalties. Now that sounds great. All I gotta do

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Speaker 4: is file an extension. But of course, Robes a lot

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Speaker 4: of people know there is a catch.

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Speaker 1: Here, Yes, there is. While you can still get some

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Speaker 1: extra time to file. That doesn't mean you get extra

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Speaker 1: time to pay. So if you owe money, you still

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Speaker 1: have to write that check today or else face penalties

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Speaker 1: and interest. And I didn't realize this, but apparently this

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Speaker 1: is a thing until I was researching tax Day. It's

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Speaker 1: also a day to get discounts on food.

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Speaker 2: Did you know this?

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Speaker 4: I didn't know this. When you said food, I was

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Speaker 4: thinking groceries. But you're talking Chrispy Kreme Donuts, places like that, also,

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Speaker 4: Olive Garden, Burger King, restaurant chains like that across the

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Speaker 4: country are giving taxpayers a little bit of a break

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Speaker 4: and discounts and freebies on food and beverages. Today, Burger

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Speaker 4: King is actually offering one cent cheeseburgers with any purchase

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Speaker 4: of a dollar or more. So, yes, you wrote that

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Speaker 4: seven thousand dollars check to the irs, Come get you

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Speaker 4: a one cent cheese burger. Should make everything okay?

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Speaker 1: Hey, every little bit helpful? Right next step on the run.

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Speaker 1: As we alluded to earlier, it is not tax day

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Speaker 1: for everybody. People in nine states are getting an automatic

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Speaker 4: The federal government is granteing extra time for people affected

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Speaker 4: by natural disasters, mainly Hurricane Helene that was last fall.

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Speaker 4: Everyone in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina,

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Speaker 4: and South Carolina. Everybody in those states gets an automatic

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Speaker 4: extension and will happen till May first to file their taxes.

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Speaker 1: Some people in parts of Tennessee and Virginia who were

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Speaker 1: as well as people in Juneo, Alaska, who experienced an

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Speaker 2: You're eligible by your zip code. That's how it works.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I didn't realize, but this is nice for

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Speaker 4: find a place. Look, those folks need LAWDS knows they

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Speaker 4: gotta file with taxes. This is a nice thing that

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Speaker 4: is a good When we continue here on our morning

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Speaker 4: run with Harvard, Yes, the prestigious university called President Trump's bluff,

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Speaker 4: but turns out he wasn't bluffing. The Trump administration promptly

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Speaker 4: announced that it is freezing two point two billion dollars

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Speaker 4: in funding to Harvard and canceling another sixty million dollars

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Speaker 4: in federal contracts with the university after it rejected a

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Speaker 4: list of demands. So.

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Speaker 1: Those demands, sent to the university last week listed several

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Speaker 1: changes the administration wanted, including changes in admission policies, hiring practices,

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Speaker 1: and it called for an audit of the student body

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Speaker 1: and faculty for their views on diversity. President Trump claims

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Speaker 1: he wants to cut down on anti Semitism at the

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Speaker 1: etelite schools after several were the side of protests about

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Speaker 4: So in response to the administration's demands, Harvard President Alan

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Speaker 4: Garber wrote yesterday the university will not surrender its independence

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Speaker 4: or relinquish its constitutional rights. No government, regardless of which

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Speaker 4: party is in power, should dictate what private universities can teach,

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Speaker 4: whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of

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Speaker 1: He also said stripping the funding risks not only the

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Speaker 1: health and well being of millions of individuals, but also

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Speaker 1: the economic security and vitality of our nation, in addition

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Speaker 1: to violating the school's First Amendment rights. Wrong answer, according

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Speaker 1: to the administration, which announced the funding freeze, that was.

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Speaker 2: Really funny, right now? I wrote that, Yes, it was

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Speaker 2: really good.

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Speaker 1: Wrong answer, Yes, okay, so, the administration said, Harvard's statement

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Speaker 1: today reinforces the troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in

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Speaker 1: our nation's most prestigious universities and colleges. That federal investment

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Speaker 1: does not come with the responsibility to uphold civil rights laws.

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Speaker 4: And they did not stop there. They said, the disruption

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Speaker 4: The harassment of Jewish students is intolerable. It is time

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Speaker 4: for elite universities to take the problem seriously and commit

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Speaker 4: to meaningful change if they wish to continue receiving taxpayer support.

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Speaker 1: In quote woof the White House says, Harvard has failed

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Speaker 1: in recent years to live up to intellectual and civil

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Speaker 1: rights conditions that justify federal dollars. Trump has paused funding

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Speaker 1: at several other schools, in particular Columbia, which had initially

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Speaker 4: This was and I added this note here because of

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Speaker 4: course one of the most famous a lot of famous

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Speaker 4: obviously may be the most President Obama chimed in on

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Speaker 4: this on x and said that Harvard has set an

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Speaker 4: example for other higher ed institutions rejecting an unlawful and

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Speaker 4: ham handed attempt to stifle academic freedom.

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Speaker 3: So he has even chimed in on this.

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Speaker 4: A lot of people have been asking these universities to

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Speaker 4: push back on Trump's demands. And look, when you're talking

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Speaker 3: And some have caved. Harvard has not. We will see.

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Speaker 1: I have to say I had no idea that institutions

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Speaker 2: Like that actually blew my mind. That was something that

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Speaker 2: I learned as this story unfolded.

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Speaker 4: You know, I think that's a good point to make.

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Speaker 4: But a lot of these elite universities are very good

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Speaker 4: at writing grants. They know how to do it. They

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Speaker 4: know the system very well. But also they have some

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Speaker 4: who are doing research. Yeah, incredible, incredible research. So a

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Speaker 4: lot of that funding goes there. We will continue here

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Speaker 4: on this Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it's Tuesday.

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Speaker 4: It's a taxday, of course. Yeah, this Tuesday morning, run

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Speaker 4: Wall Street a little happy. Yesterday, news from the President

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Speaker 4: and possible exemptions for his tariff on auto parts.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Trump telling reporters in the Oval Office that US

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Speaker 1: automakers need time to relocate their production from Canada, Mexico

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Speaker 1: So ustock markets finished up yesterday and futures are up

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Speaker 4: Yeah, this falls news from the Trump administration that more

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Speaker 4: up with a deal over the higher tariffs imposed by

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Speaker 4: President Trump. Now, how good are these offers? According to

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Speaker 4: the White House, According to the president quote, they are

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Speaker 4: very good.

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Speaker 3: Amazing details to come.

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Speaker 1: You got to love when you just know that cadence.

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Speaker 1: Now it's like yep, that reads next up on our run.

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Speaker 1: Florida is now the first state in the nation to

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Speaker 1: officially recognize the Gulf of America. Governor Ronda Santis signed

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Speaker 1: two bills into law that require all state law books

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Speaker 4: If you do nothing else regarding this story, just go

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Speaker 4: look up the picture that they took after they signed.

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Speaker 3: It's it's good. Is the way to work?

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Speaker 2: Well, it was, it was, it was. It was funny

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Speaker 4: Okay, yes, But a few members of the state's Republican

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Speaker 4: was an interesting site. And then Desantas is sitting in

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Speaker 2: It's just like blue sharpie pens. It was great. It's great.

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Speaker 1: One state senator put it this way. In Florida, we

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Speaker 1: will always put America first. Now. This new law follows

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Speaker 1: Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to

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Speaker 1: same order, Trump also changed the name of the Alaskan mountain,

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Speaker 4: We'll continue here now on this morning ron. The next

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Speaker 4: leg takes us to southern California, where folks there got

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Speaker 4: tossed around a bit yesterday by a moderate earthquake. The

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Speaker 4: magnitude five point two quake happened around ten o'clock local

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Speaker 1: Several after measuring up to four in magnitude were recorded

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Speaker 1: as well. Thankfully, there were no immediate reports of significant

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Speaker 1: damage or injuries. But just FYI, this was all part

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Speaker 2: Really no, I did not know.

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