1 00:00:04,755 --> 00:00:08,995 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:24,715 --> 00:00:28,715 Speaker 1: They were doing a gulf. I told you they were 3 00:00:28,755 --> 00:00:31,355 Speaker 1: doing a golf and they were doing a gulf. They 4 00:00:31,355 --> 00:00:34,595 Speaker 1: were driving around a golf course which Trump owns, on 5 00:00:34,795 --> 00:00:37,955 Speaker 1: nine golf carts that Trump owns, and Trump was pointing 6 00:00:37,955 --> 00:00:42,675 Speaker 1: at golf stuff that Trump owns. They were doing a gulf. 7 00:00:43,755 --> 00:00:46,635 Speaker 1: But you say, those men with him, you saw the 8 00:00:46,635 --> 00:00:50,155 Speaker 1: photo captions. Those were Devin Newness and Kevin McCarthy and 9 00:00:50,155 --> 00:00:53,715 Speaker 1: Sean Hannity and the new lawyer James Trusty, Except none 10 00:00:53,795 --> 00:00:56,035 Speaker 1: of the men in any of the photos were Devin 11 00:00:56,115 --> 00:00:59,835 Speaker 1: Newness or Kevin McCarthy or Sean Hannity or James Trusty. 12 00:01:00,155 --> 00:01:03,915 Speaker 1: One of them was Larry Glick. Larry Glick is like 13 00:01:03,995 --> 00:01:07,835 Speaker 1: the Trump vice president for golf. And one of them 14 00:01:07,835 --> 00:01:11,995 Speaker 1: was Brad Eeny, And Brad Eeny is director of grounds 15 00:01:12,075 --> 00:01:14,555 Speaker 1: at the Trump golf course in Virginia. And if Trump 16 00:01:14,955 --> 00:01:19,035 Speaker 1: is consulting Brad eni about anything more important than Carl 17 00:01:19,195 --> 00:01:23,075 Speaker 1: Speckler and the Gopher, you can relax. It means Trump 18 00:01:23,115 --> 00:01:28,395 Speaker 1: has given up. They were doing a gulf. But you 19 00:01:28,515 --> 00:01:33,715 Speaker 1: say none of them had golf sticks or mallets or whatever. 20 00:01:33,755 --> 00:01:38,395 Speaker 1: They're called. They weren't playing golf. They were just pretending 21 00:01:38,475 --> 00:01:41,995 Speaker 1: to be doing a golf. This was the mobs NFT 22 00:01:42,155 --> 00:01:46,515 Speaker 1: seven Appalachians summited Joe the barber Barbera's home west of Binghamton, 23 00:01:46,715 --> 00:01:49,275 Speaker 1: and those those guys were the heads of the various 24 00:01:49,395 --> 00:01:57,835 Speaker 1: Trump crime families. No, they we're doing a golf. This 25 00:01:58,035 --> 00:02:01,035 Speaker 1: was Trump doing one of the few things that makes 26 00:02:01,115 --> 00:02:05,435 Speaker 1: him feel almost happy, like a human being for a 27 00:02:05,475 --> 00:02:10,995 Speaker 1: few seconds a decade, showing his employees how to do 28 00:02:11,075 --> 00:02:16,235 Speaker 1: the jobs they are experts at. I have witnessed this 29 00:02:17,275 --> 00:02:21,555 Speaker 1: years ago. I lived most reluctantly in what was then 30 00:02:21,595 --> 00:02:24,755 Speaker 1: called Trump Palace on Third Avenue in New York City. 31 00:02:25,155 --> 00:02:30,195 Speaker 1: Trump and inveterate brown noser, knew I lived there and 32 00:02:30,315 --> 00:02:35,155 Speaker 1: once route me a fan letter about a piece I 33 00:02:35,195 --> 00:02:39,835 Speaker 1: had done on ESPN. A month or two later, and 34 00:02:39,875 --> 00:02:42,435 Speaker 1: I'm not proud of this, the elevators started to go 35 00:02:42,555 --> 00:02:46,235 Speaker 1: whacky in the building, so I wrote him a note back, 36 00:02:46,435 --> 00:02:50,275 Speaker 1: I brown nosed back. I belatedly thanked him for his 37 00:02:50,435 --> 00:02:53,315 Speaker 1: kind No. I mentioned in passing that I knew how 38 00:02:53,315 --> 00:02:55,675 Speaker 1: concerned he was about his property since they had his 39 00:02:55,755 --> 00:02:57,875 Speaker 1: name on them, and blah blah, blah. I'm thinking, this 40 00:02:57,955 --> 00:03:01,035 Speaker 1: is the way to get the damn elevators fixed promptly. 41 00:03:02,035 --> 00:03:05,235 Speaker 1: A couple of days later, I get a call Trump's 42 00:03:05,315 --> 00:03:08,395 Speaker 1: vice president of properties. Mr. Trump asked me to call. 43 00:03:08,475 --> 00:03:10,275 Speaker 1: I'll let you know. He's very grateful and he's gonna 44 00:03:10,355 --> 00:03:12,875 Speaker 1: fix it, and I'll be there inspecting it this afternoon, 45 00:03:12,995 --> 00:03:14,955 Speaker 1: and he and I'll be back to inspect it next week. 46 00:03:15,435 --> 00:03:18,755 Speaker 1: And they were, and there was Trump in the lobby 47 00:03:19,155 --> 00:03:22,075 Speaker 1: of my building with his vice president of this and 48 00:03:22,195 --> 00:03:24,715 Speaker 1: his executive director of that, and the equivalent of his 49 00:03:24,755 --> 00:03:28,035 Speaker 1: six Carl Spackler's and his four brad Enis, and Trump 50 00:03:28,075 --> 00:03:31,075 Speaker 1: is storming around the lobby and he's pointing wildly at 51 00:03:31,075 --> 00:03:33,475 Speaker 1: the elevators, and then he points wildly at the door 52 00:03:33,515 --> 00:03:35,915 Speaker 1: to the gym, and then he points wildly at Tom, 53 00:03:35,955 --> 00:03:38,955 Speaker 1: the concierge, and then he walks to the elevators, and 54 00:03:38,995 --> 00:03:41,435 Speaker 1: then all the vice presidents and the Carl Spackler's walk 55 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:43,795 Speaker 1: with him to the elevators, and everybody writes down what 56 00:03:43,875 --> 00:03:46,315 Speaker 1: he says, and then he strides out through the front 57 00:03:46,315 --> 00:03:49,035 Speaker 1: door as happy as a clam and they all stride 58 00:03:49,035 --> 00:03:51,275 Speaker 1: out right behind him, and he gets into a limo 59 00:03:51,555 --> 00:03:55,515 Speaker 1: and the other eight guys get in eight separate cars 60 00:03:56,115 --> 00:04:03,595 Speaker 1: exactly like at the golf course outside Washington yesterday. They 61 00:04:03,795 --> 00:04:09,635 Speaker 1: we're doing a golf don't get me wrong. All of 62 00:04:09,675 --> 00:04:12,675 Speaker 1: a sudden, in mid day the story seemed to make sense. 63 00:04:13,395 --> 00:04:17,915 Speaker 1: The Justice Department had peppered Trump Land, including Dan Scovino, 64 00:04:18,355 --> 00:04:23,075 Speaker 1: and including the Damned Women for America First Group, with 65 00:04:23,235 --> 00:04:26,555 Speaker 1: at least forties subpoenas about the coup attempt and especially 66 00:04:26,595 --> 00:04:29,955 Speaker 1: any communications anybody to had with the Justice Department in 67 00:04:29,955 --> 00:04:33,675 Speaker 1: the last weeks of the Trump administration. And they'd taken 68 00:04:33,755 --> 00:04:37,355 Speaker 1: at least two phones from Boris Epstein and Mike Roman. 69 00:04:37,595 --> 00:04:39,475 Speaker 1: And of course they're meeting on the golf course because 70 00:04:39,475 --> 00:04:42,555 Speaker 1: they're worried about bugs. Plus a bunch of them don't 71 00:04:42,555 --> 00:04:46,835 Speaker 1: have phones anymore. It makes perfect sense. No, it didn't. 72 00:04:47,755 --> 00:04:52,235 Speaker 1: They were doing a golf They were not trying to 73 00:04:52,275 --> 00:04:54,595 Speaker 1: find a way out of the Special Master case. Because 74 00:04:54,595 --> 00:04:57,235 Speaker 1: the hints late last night were that the judge Eileen 75 00:04:57,315 --> 00:04:59,795 Speaker 1: Cannon had seen the light and might be moving towards 76 00:04:59,795 --> 00:05:03,195 Speaker 1: a compromise and backing away from her damaging ruling that 77 00:05:03,275 --> 00:05:07,155 Speaker 1: the National Intelligence damn assessment and the possible prosecution of 78 00:05:07,155 --> 00:05:11,155 Speaker 1: Trump for espionas should be frozen while the Special Master 79 00:05:11,355 --> 00:05:14,555 Speaker 1: rifles through the most secret documents our government can produce. 80 00:05:15,275 --> 00:05:17,795 Speaker 1: The government said it would not contest the idea of 81 00:05:17,795 --> 00:05:20,835 Speaker 1: a Special Master so long as Judge Cannon would rule 82 00:05:20,915 --> 00:05:24,555 Speaker 1: that the hundred most classified documents in the case would 83 00:05:24,555 --> 00:05:27,635 Speaker 1: be excluded from such rifling. The government then said it 84 00:05:27,675 --> 00:05:31,755 Speaker 1: would accept the Trump nominee for this, Judge Raymond J. Deary, 85 00:05:31,995 --> 00:05:34,675 Speaker 1: as the Special Master, which by the way, would make 86 00:05:34,755 --> 00:05:39,475 Speaker 1: him Special Master. Deary and Trump's lawyers hinted the government 87 00:05:39,515 --> 00:05:44,435 Speaker 1: could continue to use quote criminal investigative tools, which you 88 00:05:44,515 --> 00:05:49,475 Speaker 1: only use if you, you know, are investigating a crime, 89 00:05:50,395 --> 00:05:54,275 Speaker 1: which is why they call him criminal investigative tools. There 90 00:05:54,475 --> 00:05:58,875 Speaker 1: is a chance the Trump appointed judge may wind up 91 00:05:58,915 --> 00:06:02,915 Speaker 1: not throwing a case to Trump or forcing the government 92 00:06:02,955 --> 00:06:05,915 Speaker 1: to go to an appeals court, and which Trump appointed 93 00:06:05,955 --> 00:06:10,235 Speaker 1: six of the eleven members to stop a nuclear kleptomaniac. 94 00:06:12,315 --> 00:06:16,755 Speaker 1: Before we leave Trump and his criminal masterminds, well his 95 00:06:16,915 --> 00:06:21,435 Speaker 1: golf masterminds, they were doing a gulf. Let me repeat 96 00:06:21,475 --> 00:06:24,555 Speaker 1: my mantra. Since about the third week I ever covered 97 00:06:24,595 --> 00:06:29,635 Speaker 1: politics on a full time basis. Circ Democracy is not 98 00:06:29,875 --> 00:06:32,675 Speaker 1: preserved by the efforts of those of us who struggle 99 00:06:32,755 --> 00:06:36,795 Speaker 1: to defend it. It is preserved by the stupidity of 100 00:06:36,835 --> 00:06:42,635 Speaker 1: those determined to destroy it. Jeffrey Clark was the environmental 101 00:06:42,715 --> 00:06:45,275 Speaker 1: lawyer who was going to become the Trump Attorney general 102 00:06:45,395 --> 00:06:49,595 Speaker 1: at the end, who would overturn democracy by seizing all 103 00:06:49,635 --> 00:06:53,635 Speaker 1: the voting machines and appointing special election prosecutors like that 104 00:06:53,955 --> 00:06:59,235 Speaker 1: bad Road Company version of Mortitia Adams. Sidney powell Well, 105 00:06:59,275 --> 00:07:02,435 Speaker 1: one of the right wing streaming networks, interviewed Jeffrey Clark, 106 00:07:02,835 --> 00:07:05,395 Speaker 1: Act of the News broke about all the Annuary six 107 00:07:05,475 --> 00:07:11,315 Speaker 1: subpoenas yesterday, and Clark had a thought, only it wasn't 108 00:07:11,315 --> 00:07:15,955 Speaker 1: a smart thought. This is really creating a lot of 109 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:18,715 Speaker 1: upsetment in the country, and a lot I think of 110 00:07:18,715 --> 00:07:23,995 Speaker 1: of outrage and justifiable outrage. Outrage you mean outrage of tude, sir, 111 00:07:24,155 --> 00:07:31,635 Speaker 1: outrage of tutinus. It's causing upsetment, Knitwit. They need to 112 00:07:31,675 --> 00:07:33,915 Speaker 1: realize that this is causing a lot of upsetment in 113 00:07:33,955 --> 00:07:38,395 Speaker 1: the country. This Clark clown claims to have been captain 114 00:07:38,435 --> 00:07:40,435 Speaker 1: of the debating team at Harvard. I will need to 115 00:07:40,475 --> 00:07:47,875 Speaker 1: see proof of that upsetment. Speaking of upsetment, CNN reported 116 00:07:47,915 --> 00:07:50,515 Speaker 1: yesterday that after he lost the election, Trump repeatedly told 117 00:07:50,555 --> 00:07:53,915 Speaker 1: aids in the last weeksuote, I'm just not going to leave. 118 00:07:54,355 --> 00:07:56,955 Speaker 1: We're never leaving. How can you leave when you won 119 00:07:57,075 --> 00:08:03,075 Speaker 1: an election? How did CNN know this well? CNN contributor 120 00:08:03,115 --> 00:08:06,355 Speaker 1: Maggie Haberman gave it to them as an exclusive excerpt 121 00:08:06,595 --> 00:08:10,395 Speaker 1: from her new book. Then why are we hearing of 122 00:08:10,435 --> 00:08:15,315 Speaker 1: these events from November and December now, as opposed to 123 00:08:15,355 --> 00:08:19,275 Speaker 1: say in Haberman's reporting for The New York Times in 124 00:08:19,355 --> 00:08:24,075 Speaker 1: November or December, or maybe last year or even early 125 00:08:24,475 --> 00:08:28,795 Speaker 1: this year. Because Maggie Haberman's new book might as well 126 00:08:28,835 --> 00:08:30,955 Speaker 1: be titled I'm not going to report any of this 127 00:08:31,035 --> 00:08:34,835 Speaker 1: until I get a book deal. This is the third 128 00:08:34,835 --> 00:08:38,595 Speaker 1: time in six months that Maggie Haberman of CNN and 129 00:08:38,635 --> 00:08:41,475 Speaker 1: The New York Times has done this with the same 130 00:08:41,595 --> 00:08:47,195 Speaker 1: damn book. On February ten, in another exclusive excerpt from 131 00:08:47,195 --> 00:08:51,155 Speaker 1: her book, Axios reported that Trump had flushed White House 132 00:08:51,235 --> 00:08:55,355 Speaker 1: documents down the White House toilet. Then on August eight, 133 00:08:55,875 --> 00:09:00,835 Speaker 1: Maggie Haberman released photos of the supposedly stuffed toilets, also 134 00:09:00,955 --> 00:09:07,195 Speaker 1: to Axios, discovering the months after September eleventh, two thousand 135 00:09:07,275 --> 00:09:10,155 Speaker 1: and one. I have not been a full time reporter 136 00:09:10,195 --> 00:09:13,875 Speaker 1: as opposed to a host or, anchor and reporter since 137 00:09:13,915 --> 00:09:17,115 Speaker 1: I was at CNN in and that's all I did 138 00:09:17,275 --> 00:09:21,195 Speaker 1: every day. But I really don't think the entire premise 139 00:09:21,235 --> 00:09:25,235 Speaker 1: of reporting has changed since then. The idea was if 140 00:09:25,275 --> 00:09:27,875 Speaker 1: you had a great story, whether it was video of 141 00:09:27,915 --> 00:09:31,595 Speaker 1: a burning building or an anonymously sourced story about a 142 00:09:31,635 --> 00:09:35,515 Speaker 1: president trying to overthrow democracy, the idea was to, you know, 143 00:09:36,835 --> 00:09:43,035 Speaker 1: reported as fast as you could. Now in the old days, 144 00:09:43,715 --> 00:09:46,155 Speaker 1: you might wait a few hours until the next edition 145 00:09:46,195 --> 00:09:50,435 Speaker 1: of your newspaper came out or your next sportscast was 146 00:09:50,475 --> 00:09:53,955 Speaker 1: scheduled on the TV, but you did not sit on 147 00:09:53,995 --> 00:09:58,715 Speaker 1: an important detail for months, especially if something you were 148 00:09:58,755 --> 00:10:02,835 Speaker 1: reporting on was actually important to, you know, the preservation 149 00:10:02,875 --> 00:10:06,635 Speaker 1: of American democracy. Yet the evil of Trump seems to 150 00:10:06,635 --> 00:10:11,355 Speaker 1: have inspired a kind of moral nihilism among those covering him. 151 00:10:11,395 --> 00:10:15,675 Speaker 1: Bob Woodward has pulled this same stunt with three different books, 152 00:10:16,275 --> 00:10:20,355 Speaker 1: including suppressing audio of Trump telling him in February of 153 00:10:21,075 --> 00:10:24,595 Speaker 1: that COVID was airborne and far more serious than anybody understood. 154 00:10:26,275 --> 00:10:30,275 Speaker 1: Not surprisingly at all. If you have ever met a reporter, 155 00:10:30,515 --> 00:10:34,795 Speaker 1: especially a newspaper reporter. This has been defended by other 156 00:10:34,915 --> 00:10:40,075 Speaker 1: newspaper reporters on the premise that time and time alone 157 00:10:40,275 --> 00:10:44,475 Speaker 1: provides context for stories of great importance. Are only great 158 00:10:44,555 --> 00:10:50,435 Speaker 1: reporters provide context, or or only large book advances provide context. 159 00:10:51,755 --> 00:10:55,715 Speaker 1: It's bullcrap. In fact, it's dereliction of duty. The Eastman 160 00:10:55,795 --> 00:10:58,755 Speaker 1: coup attempt was buried until Woodwards book with Robert Costa 161 00:10:58,835 --> 00:11:01,675 Speaker 1: came out. That Jenna Ellis how to Steal an Election 162 00:11:01,715 --> 00:11:06,355 Speaker 1: memo was hidden until John Carl's book came out. Still 163 00:11:06,435 --> 00:11:09,315 Speaker 1: for sheer audacity, the verb form of this will have 164 00:11:09,475 --> 00:11:13,995 Speaker 1: to be to Haberman. To Haberman is to hear in 165 00:11:14,075 --> 00:11:17,475 Speaker 1: real time or at any point before your book manuscript 166 00:11:17,555 --> 00:11:20,475 Speaker 1: is finalized, that the President of the United States had 167 00:11:20,515 --> 00:11:23,355 Speaker 1: decided not to leave the White House when his term 168 00:11:23,475 --> 00:11:28,115 Speaker 1: was up, for you to hear him say I'm not leaving, 169 00:11:28,155 --> 00:11:33,315 Speaker 1: and for you to reply and I'm not reporting. In fact, 170 00:11:33,675 --> 00:11:37,715 Speaker 1: Haberman's case is so egregious, and as I noted, this 171 00:11:37,795 --> 00:11:39,995 Speaker 1: is three times now that she has suppressed breaking news 172 00:11:40,035 --> 00:11:42,635 Speaker 1: with one book that it is fair to ask what 173 00:11:42,755 --> 00:11:46,595 Speaker 1: else she knows that she is still holding back until 174 00:11:46,635 --> 00:11:49,755 Speaker 1: her new book. I'm not a reporter. I'm a scheduler 175 00:11:49,795 --> 00:11:53,595 Speaker 1: of advanced self publicity comes out. There is a group 176 00:11:53,675 --> 00:11:56,955 Speaker 1: looking into all these matters. In fact, on our behalf, 177 00:11:57,675 --> 00:12:01,395 Speaker 1: it is called the House January six Committee, and bluntly, 178 00:12:01,755 --> 00:12:05,995 Speaker 1: the House January six Committee should subpoena Maggie Habberman and 179 00:12:06,115 --> 00:12:11,755 Speaker 1: put her under oath, or failing that, at least put 180 00:12:11,755 --> 00:12:23,515 Speaker 1: her under contract. Son of I mean, you can break 181 00:12:23,555 --> 00:12:25,675 Speaker 1: a story and then I'll just wait a year to 182 00:12:25,795 --> 00:12:29,755 Speaker 1: tell anybody about it. We have six months before the 183 00:12:29,795 --> 00:12:31,835 Speaker 1: world explodes. I'm gonna hold that un till my book 184 00:12:31,835 --> 00:12:36,475 Speaker 1: comes out in eight months. Still ahead on countdown Worst Persons. 185 00:12:36,515 --> 00:12:40,595 Speaker 1: One of those serious non opinion Fox News quote newscasters 186 00:12:41,075 --> 00:12:43,995 Speaker 1: claims Joe Biden said he hates half of all Americans 187 00:12:45,275 --> 00:12:48,555 Speaker 1: postscripts to the News. The January six Committee is considering 188 00:12:48,595 --> 00:12:52,195 Speaker 1: inviting Maggie Haberman, No, no Trump and Pence to testify. 189 00:12:52,675 --> 00:12:56,475 Speaker 1: Also Santa Claus. They're gonna invite Santa Claus. And in sports, 190 00:12:57,275 --> 00:13:00,875 Speaker 1: this is literally true. Bark in the Park night at 191 00:13:00,915 --> 00:13:04,915 Speaker 1: City Field in New York, the Cubs hound Chris Basset 192 00:13:05,515 --> 00:13:08,715 Speaker 1: and Coller the Mets five to two when with the 193 00:13:08,755 --> 00:13:13,315 Speaker 1: bases loaded, Darren Rough was caught barking up the wrong 194 00:13:13,355 --> 00:13:15,475 Speaker 1: tree and popped out the right field, and the Mets 195 00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:31,995 Speaker 1: screwed the That's next, This ciscountdown. This is Countdown with 196 00:13:32,115 --> 00:13:39,235 Speaker 1: Keith old woman and still ahead on countdown with his 197 00:13:39,315 --> 00:13:42,195 Speaker 1: special interest in teenagers. You would have thought Matt Gates 198 00:13:42,235 --> 00:13:44,795 Speaker 1: would have been nicer to a twelve year old. But 199 00:13:45,035 --> 00:13:46,955 Speaker 1: when that twelve year old was the child of his 200 00:13:46,995 --> 00:13:49,075 Speaker 1: election opponent, of course he's going to mock the fact 201 00:13:49,115 --> 00:13:52,955 Speaker 1: that the kid is autistic. Worst persons coming up first. 202 00:13:52,995 --> 00:13:55,275 Speaker 1: In each edition of Countdown, we feature a dog in 203 00:13:55,275 --> 00:13:57,595 Speaker 1: need whom you can help. Every dog has its day. 204 00:13:58,235 --> 00:14:01,875 Speaker 1: Willow has been through a lot in her brief eight 205 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:05,195 Speaker 1: months on this planet. A stray found in rural Texas, 206 00:14:05,675 --> 00:14:09,875 Speaker 1: crawling towards houses and human help. Moved to New York, 207 00:14:09,955 --> 00:14:13,955 Speaker 1: needing treatment for neurological problems. She really can't walk. Probably 208 00:14:13,995 --> 00:14:17,035 Speaker 1: she is a survivor of distemper as a puppy, but 209 00:14:17,195 --> 00:14:20,755 Speaker 1: even in her condition, she will crawl into the nearest 210 00:14:20,835 --> 00:14:24,715 Speaker 1: human lap and wag her tail SNAr. Special Needs Animal 211 00:14:24,795 --> 00:14:28,315 Speaker 1: Rescue and Rehabilitation in White Plains, New York, is fundraising 212 00:14:28,355 --> 00:14:31,435 Speaker 1: for Willow. On giving grid, you can find Willow there 213 00:14:31,475 --> 00:14:33,955 Speaker 1: on giving Grid and donate if you want, or just 214 00:14:33,995 --> 00:14:36,875 Speaker 1: look from my tweet about Willow on my account for 215 00:14:36,995 --> 00:14:41,555 Speaker 1: dogs in Need at tom Jumbo Grumbo on Twitter and 216 00:14:41,595 --> 00:14:55,155 Speaker 1: thank you very much for doing so. Coming up on 217 00:14:55,195 --> 00:14:58,035 Speaker 1: Countdown The good News. I beat CNN in the ratings 218 00:14:58,075 --> 00:15:01,035 Speaker 1: one night for live coverage of a Bush speech. The 219 00:15:01,115 --> 00:15:04,475 Speaker 1: bad News I was dying of sept to seemia at 220 00:15:04,475 --> 00:15:09,315 Speaker 1: the time. Always check your appendix. Coming up first, postcripts 221 00:15:09,355 --> 00:15:16,635 Speaker 1: to the news, some headlines, some thoughts, some snark. Dateline Washington. 222 00:15:16,835 --> 00:15:19,955 Speaker 1: The January six Committee is meeting today, not with cameras 223 00:15:19,995 --> 00:15:22,635 Speaker 1: nor the really good production that made its hearings the 224 00:15:22,635 --> 00:15:25,635 Speaker 1: best show and tell since Watergate. It is meeting as 225 00:15:25,675 --> 00:15:28,755 Speaker 1: a committee apparently I said. It's next public hearing reportedly 226 00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:31,195 Speaker 1: for September twenty eight, that would be two weeks from tomorrow. 227 00:15:31,555 --> 00:15:35,155 Speaker 1: It is also reportedly going to discuss offering opportunities to 228 00:15:35,395 --> 00:15:40,315 Speaker 1: Pence and Trump to testify. Obviously, nobody is expecting either 229 00:15:40,395 --> 00:15:42,315 Speaker 1: of them to have the guts to show up their 230 00:15:42,395 --> 00:15:45,675 Speaker 1: Trump and Pence, but a large percentage of the committee 231 00:15:45,715 --> 00:15:48,275 Speaker 1: would like to have the official record read at least 232 00:15:48,675 --> 00:15:52,115 Speaker 1: that the creature behind the attempted coup was offered the 233 00:15:52,195 --> 00:15:55,955 Speaker 1: chance to go on the record and spew his bull crap. Also, 234 00:15:56,035 --> 00:15:58,195 Speaker 1: it would be nice to hear Pence again defend the 235 00:15:58,235 --> 00:16:02,715 Speaker 1: mob that wanted to assassinate him. Dayline, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. If 236 00:16:02,755 --> 00:16:05,835 Speaker 1: that nut job Doug Mastriano becomes an ex governor of Pennsylvania, 237 00:16:05,875 --> 00:16:09,355 Speaker 1: conspiracy theorist Tony Shoop is likely to become his secretary 238 00:16:09,355 --> 00:16:13,515 Speaker 1: of state. Sunday, as nine eleven was commemorated, Shoop posted 239 00:16:13,555 --> 00:16:16,155 Speaker 1: a photo of a plane hitting the World Trade Center 240 00:16:16,475 --> 00:16:20,195 Speaker 1: with the message never forget and learn to question everything. 241 00:16:20,515 --> 00:16:25,635 Speaker 1: Controlled demolition Building seven, follow the money, No, none of 242 00:16:25,675 --> 00:16:29,635 Speaker 1: the above. You're just a stupid, terrified person, miss Shoop, 243 00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:33,595 Speaker 1: who cannot function in a world that might be entirely 244 00:16:33,795 --> 00:16:37,475 Speaker 1: or largely random, So you have to fabricate excuses to 245 00:16:37,515 --> 00:16:40,555 Speaker 1: give you the illusion of control over life that you 246 00:16:40,675 --> 00:16:44,715 Speaker 1: do not have and never will have. Shoop also believes 247 00:16:44,755 --> 00:16:46,955 Speaker 1: in the Cabal. If you don't know what that is, 248 00:16:46,995 --> 00:16:50,315 Speaker 1: it's a euphemism for an anti Semitic conspiracy theory. She's 249 00:16:50,355 --> 00:16:53,275 Speaker 1: also Q and on, and she's previously stated nine eleven 250 00:16:53,675 --> 00:16:56,635 Speaker 1: was a false flag. I got your false flag right, 251 00:16:56,635 --> 00:17:00,675 Speaker 1: here lady, date line seven seven seven chick Heern drive 252 00:17:00,835 --> 00:17:05,395 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Emmy Awards last night. Yeah, that's actually the 253 00:17:05,435 --> 00:17:08,755 Speaker 1: address of the theater. Just make a left at xbox 254 00:17:09,315 --> 00:17:15,155 Speaker 1: and then uh bar to the right near south Crypto. 255 00:17:15,195 --> 00:17:18,675 Speaker 1: Grant Woud No Chris Rock, no Will Smith, no slap. 256 00:17:19,595 --> 00:17:37,355 Speaker 1: None were injured. This is Sports Center. Wait, check that 257 00:17:38,515 --> 00:17:46,555 Speaker 1: not anymore. This is countdown with Keith in sports. It 258 00:17:46,635 --> 00:17:49,755 Speaker 1: remains the greatest waste in sports. Mike Trout of the 259 00:17:49,755 --> 00:17:53,355 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Angels homard in his seventh consecutive game last night. 260 00:17:53,395 --> 00:17:57,115 Speaker 1: The record is eight straight games. This is Trout's eleventh 261 00:17:57,155 --> 00:17:59,555 Speaker 1: homer in twenty one game since he returned from the 262 00:17:59,595 --> 00:18:02,355 Speaker 1: injured list. It was his thirty five in just one 263 00:18:02,475 --> 00:18:05,635 Speaker 1: hundred games this season. My Trout is now a month 264 00:18:05,715 --> 00:18:09,155 Speaker 1: past his thirtieth birthday. He's in his twelfth major league season, 265 00:18:09,195 --> 00:18:11,915 Speaker 1: all of them spent with the Angels. His team last 266 00:18:11,955 --> 00:18:16,235 Speaker 1: reached the playoffs in two thousand fourteen. Mike Chroud has 267 00:18:16,275 --> 00:18:20,235 Speaker 1: played in three postseason games in his life. They were 268 00:18:20,275 --> 00:18:23,635 Speaker 1: all losses, and he has come to the plate fifteen times, 269 00:18:23,755 --> 00:18:39,835 Speaker 1: all in an American League Division Series playoff round. Thank you, 270 00:18:39,955 --> 00:18:43,795 Speaker 1: Nancy faust and in the Unexpected Consequences Department. Three English 271 00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:47,035 Speaker 1: Premier League matches have been postponed this weekend because the 272 00:18:47,075 --> 00:18:51,355 Speaker 1: funeral of Queen Elizabeth will consume all the police resources. 273 00:18:51,835 --> 00:18:56,195 Speaker 1: So naturally, the European soccer cogniscenti are worried about how 274 00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:59,635 Speaker 1: this will affect the World Cup, which starts in November, 275 00:18:59,915 --> 00:19:03,355 Speaker 1: and how it will impact the various European Championships, which, 276 00:19:03,395 --> 00:19:07,435 Speaker 1: as you know in the international soccer, are contested every 277 00:19:07,475 --> 00:19:24,435 Speaker 1: three hours and seventeen minutes. Still ahead on countdown? How 278 00:19:24,515 --> 00:19:27,595 Speaker 1: is your appendix? Which pain tells you that there's something 279 00:19:27,595 --> 00:19:29,955 Speaker 1: wrong with your appendix? The pain when you push in 280 00:19:30,675 --> 00:19:33,075 Speaker 1: or when you let go, or when you hit it 281 00:19:33,115 --> 00:19:37,155 Speaker 1: with a brick. Learn my hilarious lessons and things I 282 00:19:37,275 --> 00:19:40,395 Speaker 1: promised not to tell. Coming up first, the daily roundup 283 00:19:40,395 --> 00:19:43,075 Speaker 1: of the misgrants, morons and Dunning Krueger effect specimens who 284 00:19:43,075 --> 00:19:48,195 Speaker 1: constitute today's worst persons in the world lebrons Harris Faulkner, 285 00:19:48,515 --> 00:19:52,195 Speaker 1: Fox News. There are dishonest people on that propaganda channel. 286 00:19:52,555 --> 00:19:56,035 Speaker 1: There are confidence tricks, then then there are just morons. 287 00:19:56,075 --> 00:19:59,555 Speaker 1: She is one of the latter, Supposedly a non opinion newscaster. 288 00:19:59,795 --> 00:20:02,915 Speaker 1: She ranted on Monday about not killing the remaining five 289 00:20:03,355 --> 00:20:06,955 Speaker 1: nine eleven terrorists. Quote, we have a president who hates 290 00:20:06,995 --> 00:20:09,155 Speaker 1: at least half of Americans. How do we know because 291 00:20:09,195 --> 00:20:12,035 Speaker 1: he keeps telling us. I can't tell if Miss Faukner 292 00:20:12,115 --> 00:20:14,875 Speaker 1: can't count or does not have the capacity to process 293 00:20:14,915 --> 00:20:18,595 Speaker 1: words more quotes. So, what about those military families, the 294 00:20:18,635 --> 00:20:20,755 Speaker 1: families whose children went to war because of what happened, 295 00:20:20,835 --> 00:20:23,155 Speaker 1: who willingly went and gave by their lives after we 296 00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:25,315 Speaker 1: were hit. What do we say to them when we 297 00:20:25,355 --> 00:20:26,915 Speaker 1: say we will make a deal for these guys who 298 00:20:26,955 --> 00:20:28,915 Speaker 1: took more than three thousand lives of Americans in this 299 00:20:28,995 --> 00:20:31,275 Speaker 1: country on American soil. What do we say to those 300 00:20:31,275 --> 00:20:33,955 Speaker 1: military families. We give up, we got tired. We like 301 00:20:34,075 --> 00:20:37,715 Speaker 1: liberalism in our justice system better than we love you. Well, 302 00:20:37,755 --> 00:20:40,435 Speaker 1: here's what you say, Faulkner. The three thousand dead of 303 00:20:40,515 --> 00:20:42,755 Speaker 1: nine eleven were not military. For the most part, they 304 00:20:42,755 --> 00:20:46,355 Speaker 1: were civilians. The military leadership of this country, the commander 305 00:20:46,355 --> 00:20:49,195 Speaker 1: in chief at the time, especially, was asleep at the 306 00:20:49,235 --> 00:20:52,035 Speaker 1: switch in two thousand one. And while it's not the 307 00:20:52,035 --> 00:20:55,555 Speaker 1: fault of the military families, the military owes the families 308 00:20:55,595 --> 00:21:00,115 Speaker 1: of the nine eleven dead, a series of endless apologies. Also, 309 00:21:00,195 --> 00:21:02,635 Speaker 1: the war that followed nine eleven that affected so many 310 00:21:02,635 --> 00:21:05,035 Speaker 1: military families that had nothing to do with nine eleven, 311 00:21:05,315 --> 00:21:07,355 Speaker 1: that was loaded up and ready to go by Bush 312 00:21:07,395 --> 00:21:10,195 Speaker 1: and company before nine eleven. The rest of us tried 313 00:21:10,235 --> 00:21:13,955 Speaker 1: to tell you military families that you were being conned, used, 314 00:21:14,595 --> 00:21:17,915 Speaker 1: literally sacrificed, but you were too busy saluting and chanting 315 00:21:18,035 --> 00:21:21,195 Speaker 1: USA U s A to listen to us or to think. 316 00:21:21,995 --> 00:21:24,355 Speaker 1: So what do we tell the military families? We tell them, 317 00:21:24,355 --> 00:21:26,555 Speaker 1: thank God the country is now being run by president 318 00:21:26,715 --> 00:21:29,035 Speaker 1: who does not send their boys to die just to 319 00:21:29,075 --> 00:21:32,755 Speaker 1: get himself re elected. Try to in his newscaster, the 320 00:21:32,835 --> 00:21:37,315 Speaker 1: silver Congressman butt head himself. Matt Gates still has not apologized. 321 00:21:37,435 --> 00:21:40,675 Speaker 1: He tweeted two photos on Saturday, one of a small 322 00:21:40,755 --> 00:21:45,035 Speaker 1: crowd of old white folk carrying his campaign signs, contrasted 323 00:21:45,035 --> 00:21:47,955 Speaker 1: to another photo of one young boy alone behind a 324 00:21:48,075 --> 00:21:51,875 Speaker 1: table draped with a campaign sign for his electoral opponent, 325 00:21:52,195 --> 00:21:56,915 Speaker 1: the disantist COVID whistleblower, Rebecca Jones. The caption Gates versus 326 00:21:56,995 --> 00:22:00,955 Speaker 1: Jones campaign events. Well, turns out the boy in the 327 00:22:00,955 --> 00:22:04,195 Speaker 1: picture is Rebecca Jones. Twelve year old son who had 328 00:22:04,275 --> 00:22:07,595 Speaker 1: joined her at a local health expo. He is autistic. 329 00:22:07,915 --> 00:22:09,675 Speaker 1: He had conked out at the expo and he was 330 00:22:09,715 --> 00:22:12,795 Speaker 1: taking a nap and Gates took a picture of him 331 00:22:12,955 --> 00:22:17,275 Speaker 1: and mocked him. Is Jones's response quote, You're a sick, 332 00:22:17,435 --> 00:22:19,995 Speaker 1: immoral son of a bitch, Matt Gates. You're going to 333 00:22:20,075 --> 00:22:22,715 Speaker 1: go to prison for your praying on underage boys and girls, 334 00:22:22,995 --> 00:22:25,795 Speaker 1: but not before I destroy you in November. If he's 335 00:22:25,835 --> 00:22:28,115 Speaker 1: following my son around and taking pictures of him and 336 00:22:28,115 --> 00:22:30,115 Speaker 1: posting them publicly, what else do you think he does 337 00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:34,995 Speaker 1: when no one's looking. Hashtag beat the purv. I think 338 00:22:35,075 --> 00:22:37,635 Speaker 1: Ms Jones is showing admirable restraint here. I don't think 339 00:22:37,635 --> 00:22:40,915 Speaker 1: I could manage it. But our winner, Florida's would be 340 00:22:41,035 --> 00:22:45,395 Speaker 1: Dictator Ron de Santis. When President Biden announced the college 341 00:22:45,475 --> 00:22:49,955 Speaker 1: loan forgiveness program, Rhonda slammed at his bribing voters. Then 342 00:22:50,075 --> 00:22:52,835 Speaker 1: last night, Rhonda tweeted a photo of a fire crew 343 00:22:52,915 --> 00:22:56,835 Speaker 1: all holding envelopes with this message, one thousand dollars bonus 344 00:22:56,915 --> 00:23:00,155 Speaker 1: checks are in the mail for Florida's first responders. These 345 00:23:00,235 --> 00:23:02,755 Speaker 1: checks are a token of our appreciation. This makes two 346 00:23:02,835 --> 00:23:05,755 Speaker 1: years in a row that we have delivered his word 347 00:23:05,835 --> 00:23:10,675 Speaker 1: delivered for our fire, rescue and law enforcement communities. Florida 348 00:23:10,715 --> 00:23:14,275 Speaker 1: Governor Ronda for giving loan debt once his bribing voters 349 00:23:14,315 --> 00:23:16,355 Speaker 1: but handing out cash two years in a row, is 350 00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:40,275 Speaker 1: delivering santis two Day's Worst Person to the number one 351 00:23:40,275 --> 00:23:43,715 Speaker 1: story on the Countdown, and my favorite topic, me and 352 00:23:43,835 --> 00:23:47,435 Speaker 1: things I promised not to tell. So it's another anniversary. 353 00:23:47,435 --> 00:23:52,795 Speaker 1: One sometime on Wednesday, September twelve, two seven, I began 354 00:23:52,835 --> 00:23:57,675 Speaker 1: to feel bad, all strained on my right side. But 355 00:23:57,795 --> 00:24:00,315 Speaker 1: my girlfriend at the time, Katie tur and I had 356 00:24:00,395 --> 00:24:03,035 Speaker 1: just moved only a few weeks before into our new apartment, 357 00:24:03,035 --> 00:24:05,315 Speaker 1: and I was still pushing boxes around and I thought 358 00:24:05,315 --> 00:24:10,075 Speaker 1: I'd just strained something. The next morning, I was still 359 00:24:10,075 --> 00:24:12,715 Speaker 1: feeling like crap, but now my stomach also hurt, and 360 00:24:12,755 --> 00:24:16,235 Speaker 1: I thought I was bloated or constipated or something, and 361 00:24:16,475 --> 00:24:18,595 Speaker 1: maybe some sit ups would help. And actually they felt 362 00:24:18,595 --> 00:24:21,675 Speaker 1: like they had relieved some of the pressure. And Katie's father, 363 00:24:21,715 --> 00:24:24,675 Speaker 1: who was among many many things in the MT, happened 364 00:24:24,675 --> 00:24:26,675 Speaker 1: to be in town. He gave me a vicodin or something, 365 00:24:26,675 --> 00:24:28,195 Speaker 1: and I took a nap and went into work a 366 00:24:28,195 --> 00:24:30,915 Speaker 1: little later than usual. At MSNBC, which I could get 367 00:24:30,915 --> 00:24:34,435 Speaker 1: away with that day because President Bush was speaking that night, 368 00:24:34,475 --> 00:24:36,595 Speaker 1: and almost all of my work that night would be 369 00:24:36,635 --> 00:24:40,075 Speaker 1: ad libbed before his speech and then after his speech. 370 00:24:40,835 --> 00:24:42,875 Speaker 1: I wrote what I needed to write quickly, and at 371 00:24:42,875 --> 00:24:45,555 Speaker 1: about seven fifteen I went out to the show line 372 00:24:45,595 --> 00:24:48,835 Speaker 1: producer Greg Cordick, who sat in exactly the right place 373 00:24:49,195 --> 00:24:50,955 Speaker 1: that he could make certain that I had left for 374 00:24:51,115 --> 00:24:53,875 Speaker 1: makeup and was going to the studio on time. I 375 00:24:53,915 --> 00:24:56,875 Speaker 1: had to walk right past him, and I said, I'm exhausted. 376 00:24:56,875 --> 00:24:58,515 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna close my eyes at my desk for 377 00:24:58,555 --> 00:25:00,275 Speaker 1: a couple of minutes. If you don't see me go 378 00:25:00,355 --> 00:25:03,115 Speaker 1: past by like seven forty, come in and wake me up. 379 00:25:03,995 --> 00:25:05,595 Speaker 1: And I sat down on I put my legs up 380 00:25:05,635 --> 00:25:07,995 Speaker 1: on my desk, I folded my hands behind my head, 381 00:25:07,995 --> 00:25:10,235 Speaker 1: and I just closed my eyes, more to rest my 382 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:12,515 Speaker 1: eyes than in any real hope of sleeping. I am 383 00:25:12,555 --> 00:25:15,275 Speaker 1: a fickle sleeper. There's not a chance I could snooze 384 00:25:15,355 --> 00:25:18,115 Speaker 1: like that. Next thing I know, it's seven forty and 385 00:25:18,115 --> 00:25:22,475 Speaker 1: I'm feeling somebody shaking me and seriously hand on each shoulder. 386 00:25:23,315 --> 00:25:25,635 Speaker 1: Apparently it took Mr Cordick a little while to wake 387 00:25:25,675 --> 00:25:27,515 Speaker 1: me up, and I thanked Greg and staggered to the 388 00:25:27,595 --> 00:25:29,555 Speaker 1: makeup room, and I realized now I had a little fever, 389 00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:31,875 Speaker 1: but it was too late to do anything about it. 390 00:25:32,075 --> 00:25:34,395 Speaker 1: So I got my makeup, went to the set, did 391 00:25:34,435 --> 00:25:36,915 Speaker 1: the lead into Bush's speech, took some notes during it, 392 00:25:36,915 --> 00:25:38,995 Speaker 1: did the post speech wrap up with the analysts, and 393 00:25:39,035 --> 00:25:40,955 Speaker 1: after two hours in the air, I got in the 394 00:25:40,995 --> 00:25:43,395 Speaker 1: car that they sent for me to go home to 395 00:25:43,555 --> 00:25:46,515 Speaker 1: New York from New Jersey, and I fell asleep again 396 00:25:46,555 --> 00:25:49,955 Speaker 1: in the car. I still thought, this is some weird 397 00:25:50,155 --> 00:25:53,555 Speaker 1: stomach flu and I am bloated beyond belief, and I 398 00:25:53,555 --> 00:25:55,475 Speaker 1: really don't feel good. But I bet that's just from 399 00:25:55,515 --> 00:25:58,875 Speaker 1: listening to George W. Bush one time too many. I'll 400 00:25:58,915 --> 00:26:02,355 Speaker 1: just go to bed. I found it was too difficult 401 00:26:02,395 --> 00:26:05,275 Speaker 1: to lie on my stomach or my side, which presented 402 00:26:05,275 --> 00:26:08,155 Speaker 1: a problem because rarely can I fall asleep on my back, 403 00:26:08,195 --> 00:26:11,195 Speaker 1: but I had to try, and the next thing I 404 00:26:11,275 --> 00:26:16,195 Speaker 1: knew it was morning. I slept like a stone, but 405 00:26:16,275 --> 00:26:19,155 Speaker 1: I still felt really bad, in fact, a little bit worse. 406 00:26:20,475 --> 00:26:22,955 Speaker 1: On top of all which, Katie was yelling at me 407 00:26:22,995 --> 00:26:25,875 Speaker 1: about something, and I had to check up for something 408 00:26:25,915 --> 00:26:28,675 Speaker 1: unrelated at my doctor's office, and I left early so 409 00:26:28,715 --> 00:26:31,595 Speaker 1: I could go buy something for the constipation. And then 410 00:26:31,635 --> 00:26:34,315 Speaker 1: when my doctor called me and he said, you look terrible. 411 00:26:34,355 --> 00:26:36,355 Speaker 1: Are you okay? And I said, no, I got this 412 00:26:36,475 --> 00:26:39,155 Speaker 1: really sore stomach and the last time I had this 413 00:26:39,235 --> 00:26:41,555 Speaker 1: fever for a while, and he kind of gasped, and 414 00:26:41,595 --> 00:26:43,955 Speaker 1: now he looked terrible, and he said, when was the 415 00:26:44,035 --> 00:26:47,635 Speaker 1: last time you ate? I said, you know, funny I have. 416 00:26:48,315 --> 00:26:50,235 Speaker 1: I haven't thought about food for a couple of days. 417 00:26:50,435 --> 00:26:52,235 Speaker 1: And then he asked me when was the last time 418 00:26:52,315 --> 00:26:54,435 Speaker 1: that happened? And I said when I was in the womb, 419 00:26:55,715 --> 00:26:57,275 Speaker 1: and he had me stand up and he pushed his 420 00:26:57,275 --> 00:26:59,835 Speaker 1: finger into my stomach about five inches to the right 421 00:26:59,875 --> 00:27:02,915 Speaker 1: of my navel, and holding the finger there, he said, 422 00:27:02,995 --> 00:27:04,955 Speaker 1: does this hurt? And I said not at all all, 423 00:27:05,875 --> 00:27:07,555 Speaker 1: And then he said does it hurt now? As I 424 00:27:07,595 --> 00:27:09,675 Speaker 1: take my finger away, And I don't remember if I 425 00:27:09,715 --> 00:27:12,195 Speaker 1: said anything or not, because I saw the proverbial stars 426 00:27:12,235 --> 00:27:14,955 Speaker 1: in front of my eyes and I let out a scream. 427 00:27:15,035 --> 00:27:17,355 Speaker 1: So he said, get back in your car, and you 428 00:27:17,395 --> 00:27:19,515 Speaker 1: go to our other office at fifty ninth and tenth 429 00:27:19,515 --> 00:27:21,835 Speaker 1: and go see our gastro specialist. And I said, sure, 430 00:27:21,835 --> 00:27:23,675 Speaker 1: it just don't poke me again, and when I got there, 431 00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:25,675 Speaker 1: they showed me right in and she taps me and 432 00:27:25,715 --> 00:27:28,075 Speaker 1: she says, why are you hunched over like that? And 433 00:27:28,115 --> 00:27:30,355 Speaker 1: I said, I'm hunched over and she says, if you 434 00:27:30,355 --> 00:27:32,275 Speaker 1: haven't eaten in two days, how come your stomach is 435 00:27:32,435 --> 00:27:35,355 Speaker 1: hard as a rock? And I said, is this a 436 00:27:35,355 --> 00:27:38,395 Speaker 1: medical quiz? Because you're the doctor? And she says, I 437 00:27:38,435 --> 00:27:40,275 Speaker 1: want you to go across the street to the hospital 438 00:27:40,275 --> 00:27:43,755 Speaker 1: emergency room. I'll call them while you're walking. Just go 439 00:27:43,955 --> 00:27:46,235 Speaker 1: right in and tell them you're the one doctor Lou 440 00:27:46,355 --> 00:27:49,955 Speaker 1: called about. Because boy, your appendix burst and although I 441 00:27:49,995 --> 00:27:54,155 Speaker 1: think you'll be fine technically you've got about oh eight, 442 00:27:54,195 --> 00:27:58,075 Speaker 1: ten twelve hours to live. Well, that got my attention. 443 00:27:59,115 --> 00:28:01,995 Speaker 1: And as I'm grabbing my jacket my bag, I say, wait, 444 00:28:02,315 --> 00:28:04,875 Speaker 1: if this isn't just constipation, how come it felt her 445 00:28:04,875 --> 00:28:06,835 Speaker 1: when I did the sit ups? And she says, because 446 00:28:06,835 --> 00:28:09,275 Speaker 1: when you did the sit ups, you only had an 447 00:28:09,315 --> 00:28:12,955 Speaker 1: infected appendix that was going to burst. When you did 448 00:28:12,995 --> 00:28:16,275 Speaker 1: the sit ups, dummy, that's when the appendix burst, you 449 00:28:16,435 --> 00:28:20,915 Speaker 1: burst it. So I said, wait, I went on TV 450 00:28:21,075 --> 00:28:26,075 Speaker 1: for two hours after my appendix burst. Shut up? She explained, 451 00:28:27,435 --> 00:28:29,675 Speaker 1: she was right. The r people saw me immediately. They 452 00:28:29,755 --> 00:28:31,595 Speaker 1: ran a bunch of tests and reminded me that if 453 00:28:31,595 --> 00:28:33,635 Speaker 1: I hadn't already, I should probably call in sick for 454 00:28:33,675 --> 00:28:36,035 Speaker 1: a couple of days. And I said, wait, what day 455 00:28:36,075 --> 00:28:38,955 Speaker 1: is today? And they helped out and they said Friday. 456 00:28:39,075 --> 00:28:41,315 Speaker 1: So I called MSNBC and I called the producer of 457 00:28:41,315 --> 00:28:43,515 Speaker 1: Football Night in America, which I was doing for NBC 458 00:28:43,595 --> 00:28:45,875 Speaker 1: on Sundays, and I said, hey, sorry, looks like I'm 459 00:28:45,915 --> 00:28:50,435 Speaker 1: technically dying from a burst appendix and they're gonna operate 460 00:28:50,475 --> 00:28:52,075 Speaker 1: on me as soon as they can get a surgeon 461 00:28:52,075 --> 00:28:54,235 Speaker 1: in here. And they say it's real unlikely I'll be 462 00:28:54,275 --> 00:28:56,715 Speaker 1: out of the hospital by Sunday or Monday. Have a 463 00:28:56,795 --> 00:28:59,755 Speaker 1: nice day. I called Katie, who had already gotten to 464 00:28:59,795 --> 00:29:02,275 Speaker 1: her job in local cable news in Brooklyn, and she 465 00:29:02,395 --> 00:29:04,435 Speaker 1: turned around to come help me out at the hospital. 466 00:29:04,715 --> 00:29:07,995 Speaker 1: And then I just waited and got goofiar and goof hear, 467 00:29:08,035 --> 00:29:11,955 Speaker 1: and goof hear and goof here. I think they operated 468 00:29:11,995 --> 00:29:15,755 Speaker 1: around seven or eight pm. The surgeon introduced himself. He 469 00:29:15,795 --> 00:29:18,955 Speaker 1: was a big sports fan, Fred Kimmel Steel, the surgeon 470 00:29:19,195 --> 00:29:23,675 Speaker 1: named by prophetic parents. And I went to the anesthesiologist 471 00:29:23,715 --> 00:29:25,675 Speaker 1: and I warned him. I said I had once woken 472 00:29:25,755 --> 00:29:28,275 Speaker 1: up from anesthesia during an endoscopy, and could he make 473 00:29:28,275 --> 00:29:32,035 Speaker 1: sure that that didn't happen again. In fact, I said 474 00:29:32,075 --> 00:29:33,995 Speaker 1: that the other day when I had my knee operated on, 475 00:29:34,395 --> 00:29:36,075 Speaker 1: and this guy did the same thing. They both are. 476 00:29:36,115 --> 00:29:39,195 Speaker 1: These anesthesiologists just laughed when I challenged them to knock 477 00:29:39,235 --> 00:29:42,355 Speaker 1: me out a little bit harder. So Dr Kimmel Steele 478 00:29:42,395 --> 00:29:44,755 Speaker 1: asked me about the latest met choke job, and this 479 00:29:44,955 --> 00:29:46,515 Speaker 1: is the one in two thousand seven, not the one 480 00:29:47,355 --> 00:29:49,315 Speaker 1: two and I started to talk about David Wright, and 481 00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:51,075 Speaker 1: the next thing I knew, I was freezing cold and 482 00:29:51,115 --> 00:29:53,155 Speaker 1: trying to open my eyes. And it was three hours 483 00:29:53,235 --> 00:29:55,755 Speaker 1: later and the surgery was over. What a mess, said 484 00:29:55,835 --> 00:29:58,435 Speaker 1: Dr kimmel Steel, never had one that bad before. Thank god, 485 00:29:58,435 --> 00:30:02,195 Speaker 1: it absess you'll be here all weekend, and I was. 486 00:30:03,195 --> 00:30:04,635 Speaker 1: The next day. They made me get out of bed, 487 00:30:04,675 --> 00:30:06,155 Speaker 1: and I think it took me half an hour to 488 00:30:06,195 --> 00:30:10,075 Speaker 1: walk about twenty ft down the hallway and back, and 489 00:30:10,115 --> 00:30:12,595 Speaker 1: there was a morphine drip and a new bag of 490 00:30:12,675 --> 00:30:15,715 Speaker 1: intravenous antibiotics every two hours, and at one point the 491 00:30:15,755 --> 00:30:18,435 Speaker 1: phone rang and I really did have to go back. 492 00:30:18,435 --> 00:30:20,835 Speaker 1: The following week and ask the producer of this actually 493 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:24,395 Speaker 1: happened or I merely hallucinated it. But the phone rang 494 00:30:24,435 --> 00:30:26,075 Speaker 1: and it was the football Night in America people, and 495 00:30:26,075 --> 00:30:27,955 Speaker 1: they said they were going to shoot video of the 496 00:30:28,075 --> 00:30:30,675 Speaker 1: hospital I was in. And I said, I don't think 497 00:30:30,715 --> 00:30:33,315 Speaker 1: you can see me from the street, and they said, right, 498 00:30:33,395 --> 00:30:34,995 Speaker 1: we know that. We're just pretty much doing this for 499 00:30:35,035 --> 00:30:37,475 Speaker 1: a laugh at your expense while you're in the hospital 500 00:30:37,475 --> 00:30:40,635 Speaker 1: and we're on TV. And then finally my appetate came 501 00:30:40,635 --> 00:30:42,395 Speaker 1: back on Monday and I was able to eat some 502 00:30:42,395 --> 00:30:45,195 Speaker 1: pancakes and they sent me home in the afternoon. And 503 00:30:45,235 --> 00:30:47,275 Speaker 1: for two days after that, I was still sweating out 504 00:30:47,275 --> 00:30:49,755 Speaker 1: the poisons and the antibiotics and the painkillers, and I 505 00:30:49,795 --> 00:30:51,915 Speaker 1: mean I was so warm I could not bear to 506 00:30:51,955 --> 00:30:55,515 Speaker 1: have a shirt on. But by Thursday, I was able 507 00:30:55,515 --> 00:30:57,675 Speaker 1: to go back to work, and just to show off, 508 00:30:58,155 --> 00:31:00,515 Speaker 1: I wrote a special comment about Bush from my first 509 00:31:00,515 --> 00:31:05,235 Speaker 1: show back. I was extremely pleased with myself. Now there 510 00:31:05,275 --> 00:31:08,595 Speaker 1: are three postscripts to this. Now, obviously I learned, and 511 00:31:08,595 --> 00:31:12,475 Speaker 1: I've just taught you the test for appendicitis or burst appendix. 512 00:31:12,715 --> 00:31:16,155 Speaker 1: If you poke it and it doesn't hurt until you 513 00:31:16,315 --> 00:31:20,475 Speaker 1: stop poking it, it's your appendix. Fat lot of good 514 00:31:20,715 --> 00:31:24,395 Speaker 1: that'll do me now I don't have an appendix. Second 515 00:31:24,955 --> 00:31:27,315 Speaker 1: weeks later, I was at dinner with my friend John 516 00:31:27,395 --> 00:31:29,835 Speaker 1: Clees from Monty Python's Flying Circus, and he said he 517 00:31:29,875 --> 00:31:32,555 Speaker 1: had heard the story about my appendix and he was 518 00:31:32,755 --> 00:31:35,675 Speaker 1: very upset with me. I did the exact same thing. 519 00:31:36,075 --> 00:31:38,315 Speaker 1: John said, it blew up, and for two days I 520 00:31:38,355 --> 00:31:40,515 Speaker 1: had no idea how serious it was. Thought it was 521 00:31:40,555 --> 00:31:44,075 Speaker 1: a cold. But don't tell people that. Don't undersell it 522 00:31:44,075 --> 00:31:47,835 Speaker 1: and call it a burst offendix. You and I we 523 00:31:47,835 --> 00:31:52,835 Speaker 1: were both dying of sept to seemia. Never let anybody 524 00:31:52,875 --> 00:31:59,235 Speaker 1: forget that, and I haven't. And the last and best 525 00:31:59,275 --> 00:32:02,355 Speaker 1: PostScript was, while I'm lying there recovering after the surgery, 526 00:32:02,355 --> 00:32:04,635 Speaker 1: the phone rings and it's my executive producer and she says, 527 00:32:04,675 --> 00:32:08,035 Speaker 1: good news. When you anchored before and after Bush's speech, 528 00:32:09,235 --> 00:32:13,235 Speaker 1: and you got sick right after you got sick, you 529 00:32:13,355 --> 00:32:17,875 Speaker 1: beat CNN and the ratings by and as Stone on 530 00:32:17,955 --> 00:32:20,155 Speaker 1: the painkillers. As I might have been, I was still 531 00:32:20,195 --> 00:32:23,315 Speaker 1: able to say to her, I beat CNN. I beat 532 00:32:23,355 --> 00:32:35,435 Speaker 1: CNN with one appendix tied behind my back. I've done 533 00:32:35,435 --> 00:32:38,555 Speaker 1: all the damage I can do here with no appendixes 534 00:32:38,915 --> 00:32:41,875 Speaker 1: tied behind my back, help me out, give this thing 535 00:32:41,875 --> 00:32:44,235 Speaker 1: a good review or a rating, or subscribe to it, 536 00:32:44,355 --> 00:32:46,195 Speaker 1: or I don't know, do something the kids say you 537 00:32:46,195 --> 00:32:49,515 Speaker 1: should do with it. The Countdown theme from Beethoven's ninth 538 00:32:49,635 --> 00:32:52,435 Speaker 1: It was arranged, produced and performed by Countdown Musical directors 539 00:32:52,435 --> 00:32:56,035 Speaker 1: Brian Ray and John Philip Chanelle. All orchestration and keyboards 540 00:32:56,035 --> 00:32:59,635 Speaker 1: by John Philip Chanelle. Guitars, bass and drums by Brian Ray, 541 00:33:00,235 --> 00:33:04,595 Speaker 1: produced by T K O Brothers. 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