1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Coming up next, our final News round Up and Information 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: Overload hour. All Right, News round Up, Information Overload Hour, 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: Sean Hannity Show. We need a little fun on a Friday, 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: we just do. It's a These are tough days anyway, 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: Forty six days till Election Day. Best election coverage available 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: on your radio dial. I don't even know. I'm kind 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 1: of torn on admitting this publicly, but it's true. So 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: I always tell my audience the truth. But I happen 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: to be really really good friends with Stephen A. And 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: my son is a sports nut, loves sports, I mean 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: Saturday Sunday. I can't get in touch with my son 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: unless I'm writing him about football, because that's all that's 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: his entire life is devoted to college in pro football 14 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: and anyway. So one day I was with my son 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: and he didn't know that we were close friends, and 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: he said, yeah, I could call him right now. He said, 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: no way. Now. I don't think my son's ever watched 18 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: or listen to my shows, but he watches every show 19 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: that Stephen A does and every show he's ever did. 20 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: And the good news about Stephen A is he's got 21 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: a brand new podcast he's starting, which I think is 22 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: such a great idea for him. He's so loved by everybody. 23 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: And it's called No Mercy with stephen A Smith. Now 24 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: you spell no okay n ow, which is pretty interesting 25 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 1: to me. Now here's the lineup that distinguished guests. Snoop 26 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: Dogg is gonna be on, LLL Cool Jay is gonna 27 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: be on, Sue Bird is gonna be on, Chris Cuomo 28 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: is gonna be on, and guess who else is going 29 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 1: to be on this? This podcast yours truly, and this 30 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: is going to destroy the podcast and destroy stephen A's 31 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: credibility with us on what are we friends with that 32 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 1: guy Hannity for? But I'm proud to call him my friend. 33 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 1: He's one of the most gifted, talented broadcasters I've ever met. 34 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: He's a dear, dear friend. I'm proud of all of 35 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: his success, happy for all of his success. Stephen A, 36 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: are you sure you don't want to bail on this? 37 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: It might just kill your entire podcast. I love how 38 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: you try to paint it like it's dangerous for you 39 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: to be talking to me. No, it's will get to you. 40 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: Let's get that right, right is all mine? Nobody's gonna 41 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: bother you they're gonna bother me, especially folks in the 42 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: black community, but I don't care. It's not fair and 43 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: I don't think I will pay attention to that nothing. 44 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: Can I just say something? Why would people be upset 45 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: when you have two people we agree on some things, 46 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: we disagree on other things. You've been on this show 47 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: many times. You've been on TV with me yea and 48 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: disagree with you and trying to and disagree. You still won't. 49 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: You still won't listen, but I won't listen. But I'll 50 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: hear you. I'll hear you out, but you're not going 51 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: to change my mind. There's a difference. I definitely want 52 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: to hear well. First. Number one, your success on ESPN 53 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: is unprecedented. I mean the show is a phenomenal show. 54 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: You are a phenomenal broadcaster. I'm always interested in what 55 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: you have to say. I love your fights with like 56 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: Mad Dog Russo and some other people. It's just a 57 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: lot of fun to watch. And I love sports, as 58 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, absolutely you don't know sports, but that's 59 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: not like you do. You don't know it, but but 60 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: you do love to watch it. There's no question. And 61 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: shockingly to your listeners. Let me take something I have 62 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: taken your mind on a couple of times, but we 63 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: won't get into that today. At the end of the day, 64 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: though I really appreciate the kind words. Thank you so much, man, 65 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: and I have been very blessed and fortunate to to 66 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: really succeed at ESPN. I've had my ups, I've had 67 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: my downs, but if theirness and credit to you. You've 68 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: always been supportive of me, even when you've disagreed with 69 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: me from time to time, and so I know I 70 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: will send you notes occasionally because I know that there 71 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: are people, for whatever reason, you know, the talk police 72 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: out there that can't stand in a different opinion. I 73 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: have never one time stephen A supported a boycott or 74 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: firing of somebody because of what they said on air, 75 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: and I never will because that, you know, people in life, 76 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: we're shooting it by the hip. There's not one word 77 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: that I've said in this interview that I thought about beforehand. 78 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: It's just a conversation with two friends. We're on the air. 79 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: Sometimes you may slip up and say something didn't come 80 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: quite come out the way you wanted it to come out, 81 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: and everybody's there, you know, fire him, get rid of this. 82 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: What if the person said something then thought about it 83 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: later and they regret it and they apologize. You and 84 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: I talked about that, and I've agreed with you for 85 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: the most part. I just understand where it comes from 86 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: in this day and age or what happens, especially in 87 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: the world of sports. We'll use that as an example 88 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: for the content to do it for the purposes of 89 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: this conversation. When you have advertisers and sponsors who bolt 90 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: and ultimately threatened too effect dramatically affect your bottom line, 91 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: then if you're a business, sometimes that leaves you with 92 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: no choice. So when it comes to something like that, 93 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: I understand it. My problem is, especially in you and 94 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 1: I have this in common, especially when it comes to 95 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 1: people in this business. In our business, the willingness to 96 00:04:56,040 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: pounce on somebody would be unforgiving for whatever they is. 97 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: Is that they said that you may disagree with and 98 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: what have you, and do you think their careers shit? 99 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: And I'm like, wait a minute. We're in a business. 100 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: We understand you're speaking live, you're speaking off the cuff 101 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 1: and extemporaneously. Stuff comes with it, and sometimes you may 102 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: say something that you regret. And so to me, America 103 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: is supposed to be the land of second chances in 104 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: that regard, and that's where you and I are aligned, 105 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: and I thinking, especially when it comes to people in 106 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: this business, they have no excuse for being so unforgiving 107 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: about both folks speaking or mistakenly speaking or uttering a 108 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: word or a sentence or whatever the case can be. 109 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: You know, I love sports. One thing I don't like 110 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: about sports is when politics gets into sports, Like I 111 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: don't want to rehash the history of Colin Kaepernick and 112 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: all that. I don't think it's good for sports. And 113 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why. The great look one of the 114 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: coolest things is when you go to a football game, 115 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: you go to a basketball game, you go to a 116 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: baseball game, whatever the event happens to be. And what 117 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: happens you have people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, all races, 118 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: and they're they're usually with a shared passion a home 119 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: team the sport that they all love. How many times 120 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: have you been in the stands steven A and you 121 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: find yourself high fiving a stranger, or buying a stranger 122 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: a beer, or sharing your popcorn with people. I mean, 123 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: that's the atmosphere when you when you're at a sports stadium. 124 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: The last thing we need to interject is do you 125 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: like Donald Trump or not like Donald Trump? Do you 126 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: want to stand for the national anthem and not stand 127 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: for the national anthem? It bothers me when politics intersects 128 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: with sports. Well, first of all, a couple of things. 129 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: Number One, you bother a lot of people, So get 130 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: over it. They're gonna bother you with some things. That's 131 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: number one. Number two, you and I and in your defense, 132 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: you and the great one Mark Levin, y'all have both 133 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: disagreed with me on this. Let's take the Kaefernick situation 134 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 1: into consideration. Kaepernick took a position. His position was to 135 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: kneel before tipoff time during the national anthem. He did 136 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: not interfere with the game. It did not violate his 137 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: rights as an American citizen. It did not impede anybody's 138 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: ability to enjoy the sixty minutes of football it came 139 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: to watch. It did not violate any NFL by laws. 140 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: So at the end of the day, you're seeing something 141 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: you don't like for a few seconds from an American 142 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: citizen that had every right to do what he did, 143 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: even if you disagree with it. That did not interfere 144 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: with the game. Now, if he was taking the knee 145 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: on the football field, weren't even supposed to be taking 146 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: the snap and drop it back to pass, we got 147 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: a different problem. If he's taking the knee and it's 148 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: interrupting the play and what people came to watch, that's 149 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: a different animal. But for him to do something just 150 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: because you don't like it doesn't mean that it ruins 151 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: the eggs together. Let's take me out of the equation here. Sure, 152 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: look look at what it did to the sport. It 153 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: hurt the sport of football. It divides all those people 154 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: with all those diverse backgrounds in that crowd. It divided 155 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: the It's the greatest opportunity to unite people, and instead 156 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: people are united. You got one group of fans over 157 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: here clapping, one group of fans over here booing. Now 158 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: instead of the high fiving, the buying the beer and 159 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: sharing the popcorn. You know, now you've you've taken a 160 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: moment where people can put aside differences and find a 161 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: common passion, and you're you're ruining it with politics. It's 162 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: not the time and place for it. Well, wait a minute, 163 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: Wait a minute. I believe in freedom. He's free to 164 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: do it. The NFL is free to make their rules, right, 165 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: but I think it's a bad idea. We're wait a minute, 166 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: but do people tell us that Sean Baby tell us 167 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: that when the ratings dropped and the audience and the 168 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: audiences dip for NFL games, Fine, then you saw people modifying, 169 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: You're thinking. But when they saw that, ultimately they could 170 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: lock arms with one another and what have you. What 171 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: happens is people returned to the games. Listen, they really 172 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: only returned towards the end of last year, and this 173 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: year has been their best ratings year in like ten years. 174 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 1: So I think the drop was significant. And my argument 175 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: back to is Colin Kaepernick. I believe in freedom. I 176 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: believe in liberty. I also believe the NFL as an 177 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: organization has their own rules and regulations. That's up to them. 178 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: But is it Is it a good business plan? No? 179 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: And it is it ruining an opportunity for people with 180 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: such diverse backgrounds to share their passion together. I think 181 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: it's it's just not the time and place for it. 182 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: But the reality is shown people are not going to 183 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: always be aligned. You to the mind that every day 184 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: I do the tenth of millions of people who agree 185 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: with you. I know tens of millions of people who 186 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: disagree with you, they're all your friends. Talk to you. 187 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: They wouldn't they wouldn't want to. They wouldn't want to 188 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: be interviewed by you. They wouldn't want to interview you. 189 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: They wouldn't want to talk. You're sending me home for 190 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: the weekend with you know, with a self esteem problem. 191 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: Go ahead, it's not a self esteem problem. The point 192 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: is it happened. But ultimately America becomes better because in 193 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,719 Speaker 1: the end, you know what you learn to appreciate a 194 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: the fact that you have the lifuit to disagree and 195 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: you can still move forward. Well, we got to do 196 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: as a society is encourage folks that it's okay to 197 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 1: disagree without being so damned disagreeable. I'll tell you what 198 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: I'll tell you. I'll tell you what I do love. 199 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: Here's a cool moment at the end of every football 200 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: game here. Sorry if they show it. Sometimes they show it, 201 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: sometimes they don't. We'll have people from both teams and 202 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: sometimes even the reps at the end of a hard 203 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: hitting game that you know, football players are gladiators. I mean, 204 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 1: the average career of football players what three and a 205 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: half years. Yea, most people are not playing in the 206 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: NFL's because okay, they're not playing as long as Tom Brady, 207 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: who is just phenomenal to watch. What a great storyline 208 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: for all of us that love sports. But here's the thing. 209 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: At the end of that game, they form a circle 210 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: and they get arm in arm and both teams together, 211 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: coaches together included, sometimes the refs included, after they've tried 212 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: to beat each other's brains out on the field, and 213 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: they pray together, thankful for the opportunity to have the 214 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: jobs that they have and perform in front of such 215 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: large crowds. And then you know, shake hands, high five, 216 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: give each other a hug, and go to their respective 217 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: locker rooms. That's will allow the sports expert to retort 218 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: that is not every player. Nope. The fact of the 219 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: matter is there's plenty of players who don't lock on it, 220 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 1: take a knee and sharing the prayer because they don't 221 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 1: like each other. They didn't get they didn't count, criminal 222 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: acted with one another. But they don't lock onms with 223 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: one another. By the way, I love fighting in sports. 224 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: I've been a hockey player in my whole life. Yeah, 225 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: and hot Net must never get rid of fire. I 226 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: love the fight that broke out with the Tampa Bay 227 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: Buccaneers last weekend. Right, I'm only telling you you just 228 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: made your own point. You pointed out how some come together. 229 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: I pointed out how not all come together. But it's not. 230 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 1: It's not politics. God, isn't really politics. There's a big difference, 231 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,320 Speaker 1: I think, you know, because here's here's the thinking of 232 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: people that half of people in a stadium. If you're 233 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,599 Speaker 1: taking knee during the national anthem, how many how many? 234 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: How many people thought bled died, lost their limbs, were 235 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: disfigured fighting under that flag out of respect for them. Not. 236 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: You can have your political disagreements, is it, And you 237 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: could speak out loudly. But NFL players usually have a 238 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: pretty big platform outside of the game, and and they 239 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: can certainly use that platform to raise money and make 240 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: make things better in the in the cities they live in. 241 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stop you right there. Okay, Yeah, you do 242 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: have people who do that, and it shouldn't be politicized 243 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: fair enough, But you also have people who don't believe 244 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 1: it was politics at all. They believe it was real 245 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: life issues being being you know, confronted that that was 246 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: confronting a disenfranchise community for many, many years. They don't 247 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: view it as politics. The interpretation of it is not political, 248 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: so they don't view it the way Sean Hannity or 249 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: people who think like let me give you an example 250 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: where I agree with you, not politics to them. I've 251 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: watched your show enough to know that you have been 252 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: a very strong advocate for more minorities and positions on 253 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: the coaching side, for football and other sports and in 254 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: upper management, and I agree with you. I absolutely think 255 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: that some of these organizations have been atrocious in terms 256 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: of their outreach. There's so much talent out there, and 257 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: I don't think they've I think they've gotten the message now, 258 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: but it's taken people like you are pointing it out 259 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: for a long period of time to get that accomplished. Yeah, exactly, 260 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: And I'm not going to stop. But in the same breath, 261 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: the very people that I support getting these positions to 262 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: speak to your point, I'm going to hold them accountable 263 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: to the importance of upholding the standard that comes with 264 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: the job. And if you don't do that, there's a 265 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: price that you have to be played, that you have 266 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: to pay. Because what we don't want to do is 267 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: dilct dilute rather the importance of those circumstances, because all right, 268 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: stay right there, I'm not cutting you off. I'm gonna 269 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: hold you over. I rarely do this. I'm gonna hold 270 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: you over, give you five more minutes. On the other side, 271 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: I've got to take a break. You understand that. No 272 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: Mercy by Stephen A. Smith. It's launching September twenty six, 273 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: which is Monday. You don't want to miss it. I'm 274 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: not sure what day I'm gonna be on, but I'll 275 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: beyond Lo Cool j Snoop Dogg will beyond. I'm sure 276 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: a lot of athletes are gonna make it. We'll continue 277 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: more with Stephen A. Smith on the other side. As 278 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: we continue right, twenty five nouns at the top of 279 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: the hour, Thanks for being one of us. Eight hundred 280 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: and nine four one Sean. You want to be a 281 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: part of the program, We'll get to your calls. Five 282 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: more minutes with Stephen A. Smith. I will be a guest. 283 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what day yet. His new podcast is 284 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: launching on Monday. It's called No Mercy with Stephen A. Smith, 285 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: starts Monday. I'm gonna be one of his first guests. 286 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: I know, Hello, Cool Jay is gonna be one. Snoop 287 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: Dog is gonna be one. Why wouldn't you put all 288 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 1: of us on together. I think that'd be a great podcast. 289 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: It would be a big, great, great podcast. But I'd 290 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: have to prep them for you. First of all, you're 291 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: gonna do money. They'll have to get you to You're 292 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: gonna do one to the talking. You're gonna give very 293 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: little time to ask questions. Okay, you're gonna do all 294 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: you And this is what I tell people about it. 295 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: It's like, you know, you can't let Sean Hannity, you know, 296 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: just just give his spiel. I said, stop, that's him. 297 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: Sean Hannity is Sean Hannity all day, every day. You 298 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: ain't changing them. The people really bother. Really do people 299 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: give you a hard time because we're friends, Yes, they do. 300 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: They don't. They don't understand why I can talk how 301 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: I can even talk to you because I don't see 302 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: a lot of your views. But the bottom line is 303 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: I tell him all the time. First of all, sometimes 304 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: he's actually right. I hate to admit it, but he 305 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: is number one. Number two. Listen. The bottom line is this, 306 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: You've always been real about who you are, and I'm 307 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: good with that. It doesn't I don't have to agree 308 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: with you to respect you and where you're coming from. 309 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: When I don't like something, I pick up the phone 310 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: and call you if I'm if I if I'm challenged 311 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: with something that you're saying. You know, when I get 312 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: to listen to you, I let you know, and you'll 313 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: let me know what you'll tell other people. You actually 314 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: do say from time to time. It's rare, it's rare, 315 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: but you have actually said to me you got a 316 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: good point. I got, But you know, I'll tell you 317 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: the one thing that You're not gonna like this, but 318 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you the one thing that bonds us, 319 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: the one thing that where our friendship lies. We both 320 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:05,640 Speaker 1: have a strong belief in God, a creator, natural law. 321 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: We're endowed by our creator. I believe God created every man, 322 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: woman and child on this earth. That that for me 323 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: is fundamental, and it is basic, and it is ingrained 324 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: in my heart, mind and soul, and I want every 325 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: human being. The word education is rooted in the Latin 326 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: derivative at ducree to bring forth from within. I believe 327 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: every child born has talent and ability directly given to 328 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: them from God, and a good education nurtures that talent. 329 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: You have to live in a safetown and community. You 330 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,919 Speaker 1: have to have law in order to have it. You 331 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: need a school to teach us reading, writing, mass science, history, 332 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: and computers, which we don't have in many places unfortunately. 333 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: And those are the things that I talk about. But 334 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,959 Speaker 1: you know, when you have the common humanity, you can 335 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 1: that's a great starting point for a friendship that's come 336 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: down it's a common humanity. There's a quite a few 337 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: things I don't agree with in terms of what you say, 338 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: but it's not that it's the fact that we've got 339 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: politicians on Capitol Hill and they're objective, or some things 340 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 1: that transpired behind the scenes that there away from the 341 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: kind of things you just alluded to. It's problematic for 342 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 1: me in more ways than it is for you in 343 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: some cases, and in more ways than it is to 344 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: you than me in other cases. And so because of that, 345 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: we we sort of get lost in the shuffle because 346 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 1: we think things should be done a different way. We 347 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: think there's a different avenue that you could go down 348 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: to accomplish. You can disagree talking about, but it is 349 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: without being that disagreeable. Wait you you asked me for 350 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 1: twenty minutes from your podcast, and I laughed. I said, 351 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: there's no way. Yeah, I'm gonna be able to do. 352 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: You're gonna be able to do a twenty minute podcast. 353 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: I'll predict it's gonna go over an hour. I predict 354 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna cut you down about forty minutes. I 355 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 1: can tell you that much, no matter how much you too. 356 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: But I will tell you this though. Here's the thing. 357 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: You are right, because this is the thing. You say 358 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: a lot of interesting and compelling things that open the 359 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: floodgates of dialogue. And that's what I really got to 360 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: give you credit for, because even when I disagree with something, 361 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: I love going to other people to regurgitate what you said, 362 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: to see how they would feel and how they react 363 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: when the cameras are off and they're away from everybody else. 364 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 1: Those kinds of things are food for thought, and you 365 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: always provide that. So I really appreciate that coming from you. 366 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:35,399 Speaker 1: As annoying as you can be, why don't we end 367 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: up on that high note, as annoying as you can bet? 368 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 1: All right, here's the deal. You know what day you 369 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: want me next week? For this podcast or you don't know, 370 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have you not yet, I'm gonna have you 371 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: on within the next two weeks. I might the first 372 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: two weeks is where I'm going, and I might close 373 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: that second week. I don't know yet. I don't know yet. 374 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: It depends on how you sounded, what you say. I 375 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: don't know. Oh, so you're gonna edit it. You already said, 376 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 1: so you know how you are. I might have getting 377 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: five questions with you. Come on, maybe they have you 378 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: got to five at an hour. That'd be a record 379 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: of anybody interviewing. I usually take the ball and I 380 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: don't stop. I run. That's a that's a sports analogy. Listen. 381 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm proud of you. I'm honored to be I thank 382 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 1: you for your friendship. I think the world of you. 383 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: You've made my son's day. If frankly, you made his 384 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: year when you spend time with them talking sports with him, 385 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: he loved it. We're all going to get together pretty soon. 386 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: A new podcast is called NOM What's up? You're treating? 387 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: Don't be cheat, you're treating. I'm treating, of course. Okay, 388 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: don't you expecting. I'm never Linda, Have I ever not 389 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: paid for dinner, Linda. Linda has been around me for 390 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: twenty years. Have I ever not paid for dinner when 391 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: we got When anybody goes out to dinner, I would 392 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: say that both you and Stephen A, dear friends, are 393 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 1: equally giving and kind and always pay for everything. It's 394 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: my pleasure. Listen. I wish you all the success with 395 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 1: this continued success at ESPN, and I'm proud to be 396 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 1: your friend. I'm very honored that you come on the show, 397 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: and I look forward to being on your podcast. It's 398 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 1: called no Mercy, but they spell no know. I'm not 399 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: sure why, but Stephen will tell it. I'm sure explain 400 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: it at some point, sir, Good luck starting Monday. All right, 401 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: my friend, thank you? Eight nine sean our number? You 402 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: want to be a part of the program. Uh, isn't 403 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,959 Speaker 1: you great? Love? Steven A David Michigan, Dave, how are 404 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 1: you glad? You called so with Stephen A? And that 405 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: was no intention at all? But I don't think that 406 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: a basketball game, a football game, or a baseball game 407 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:41,919 Speaker 1: is any place to show your anger and meal for 408 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: the game. I'm sorry we have flag. I've got uncles 409 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: that died. No, I've got uncles that come from now. 410 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: I'm just completely disturbed. I've got uncles that died later 411 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: from Agent Orange. I grew up in the sixty seventies 412 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: and eighties. I'm sixty years old, right, No, Sean, and 413 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: I I'm sorry. That just suck a chord with me. 414 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: And that was not what I called to talk to 415 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: you about. Sean. That's all right, Listen, I understand you're 416 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: responding to our conversation with Steve and a what's on 417 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: your mind today? What's going on in Michigan. By the way, 418 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: You've got a gubernatorial candidate there that I think can 419 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: do pretty well. You know what, I'm really dumbfounded because 420 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: we've got to put people at the poles, honestly, got 421 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: We've got to put Republicans at the poles to watch 422 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: this stuff. Um, I believe that the start was sold 423 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: from us, and I'm not kidding. I mean, why would 424 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,959 Speaker 1: they put paper all over the window and stop us 425 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: from coming in to watch the counts. I mean, it's 426 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: just absolutely crazy. And there is a two standard system, Sean, 427 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. And I realized that when 428 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: I started listening to you and telling me about Hillary. 429 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: You know, I mean and bleach Fit never heard of 430 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: it before, you know, I mean, it is it's a 431 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: it's a two standard system. Look at the FBI. M 432 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: my gosh, look at what Biden's done and his son, 433 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: and are you kidding me? If Trump did that tough, 434 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: they'd be all over him right now. They're trying to 435 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 1: attack him just for the fact that they can't. I mean, 436 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: they want to stop him from running for president, showing 437 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 1: you know that I know that. I mean, it is 438 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:18,000 Speaker 1: absolutely on real blows my mind what a system we 439 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: have here. When I found out how crooked the FBI was, 440 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 1: I mean unreal, I told my wife, I said, are 441 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: you kidding me? Are we living in a third world country? 442 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 1: Or what? My wife is right beside me, you know, 443 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: voting for for Donald Trump and voting I mean, we're magnus. 444 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: So unfortunately they may be coming for us. Shuck. You know, 445 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: it's crazy, it looks it. Listen right now what we're hearing, 446 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,439 Speaker 1: and I can't wait to hear from more from these 447 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: whistle blowers. We heard from John Solomon today and one 448 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: whistle blower. But we're now learning that these FBI agents 449 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:55,479 Speaker 1: are saying that that once great agency now has been 450 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: taken over by politics. It's been politicized. We already know 451 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: that the DJ's weapon. As we already know, we have 452 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: a dual system of justice. This is why in forty 453 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: six days, the people you elect, and I'm talking about 454 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,719 Speaker 1: at the state level, the ags that you are electing, 455 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: the governors that you are electing, that we'll have standards 456 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: in terms of voting, etc. Integrity standards so everyone can 457 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: have confidence in election outcomes and we don't have, you know, 458 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: the constant, never ending chaos, especially in some states. We 459 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 1: need all of this. It's good for the country. Sorry. 460 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: So we've already found out that there's two different standards 461 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,120 Speaker 1: for Governor Whitney here and the rest of the country. 462 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 1: I mean soon when we started to deal with COVID, 463 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: her husband's going to get us boat out of a 464 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: freaking dock, and she said that we can't use a 465 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: boat with a motor. My gosh, I'm a fisherman, Shaun, 466 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: my father lost seventy years old and him and I 467 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: have been best front since I met my wife, which 468 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: was forty years ago, and we fish and we hunt. 469 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: But we were allowed to use a motor at tax 470 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: that have to do with COVID shock it'sself. Yeah, so 471 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: all right, I gotta roll my friend god Bush. Appreciate 472 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: you being with us South Carolina. Peter on the Sean 473 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 1: Hannity Show. Hi Showan, Hey, thank you very much for 474 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: taking my call. I've been a long time listener and 475 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: started listening to you when you were just on that 476 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: local station in that little city called New York City. Anyways, 477 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: I've gone, thank you, thirty eight years of commercial real 478 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: estate experience, and I have a few thoughts and comments 479 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: that I wanted to share with you and your audience, Okay, 480 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 1: with regard appraisals and that litigation that's taken place in 481 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: New York State, if I may, Okay, yes, sir. I 482 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 1: started to look at that two and twenty two pages 483 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: and I read about thirty pages and I gave up 484 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 1: on it. I mean, it's just just loaded with a 485 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: bunch of bunch of phil Okay. But anyways, my comment is, 486 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 1: bank valuation is different than property valuation. The bank is 487 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: only interested in one thing risk. Okay, They're not really 488 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: interested in appraisals. They measure risk and that's all they 489 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: care about. When they consider a loan. They try to 490 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: arrive at the loan amount and minimize any risk that 491 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: they have. They look at the borrower right, look at 492 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: the asset value, and in many cases they look at 493 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: it on a global scale. They look at the assets 494 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: that the borrow borrower owns, so they're not just looking 495 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: at that one asset. They're conservative and they look at 496 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 1: more than their value. It's all about the ability to 497 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: repay the law if something should go wrong. So well, look, 498 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 1: to me, this is the dumbest thing ever. I mean, 499 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,959 Speaker 1: anyone that's ever done a real estate deal, anybody knows 500 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: that you have to get an appraisal, and appraisals can vary. 501 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: I mean, people take into account different factors. They might 502 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: come up with a different number. That's why anybody that's 503 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: going to lend money, any real financial institution, any real bank, 504 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: is going to do their own diligence, their own valuations, 505 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 1: and they're going to make a determination whether or not 506 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 1: your valuation is real and correct or not. And if 507 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: there's a disagreement, you might negotiate it out, or they're 508 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: just going to say no and they're going to deny 509 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: your application for the loan. They're not going to give 510 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: it to you. They have a responsibility financially, a fiduciary 511 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: responsibility to people that put money in their financial institution 512 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,719 Speaker 1: to make money. It's not that complicated exactly. You know, 513 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: I deal with this every single day, and I performed 514 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: a number of what we call bovis or broker opinion 515 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: of valuations. It's an opinion, okay, And I'd work with 516 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 1: the praisers over the years, and I perform I look 517 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: at the computer every single day, and I deal with investors, buyers, sellers, 518 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: and we use the same approach to arrive and have value. 519 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: But they can they don't represent real value. We only 520 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 1: provide an opinion, and a praiser only provides an opinion. 521 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: There's a difference, you know, there's a big differ between 522 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: market value. And I know people that tell me all 523 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: the time, my home is worth blankety blankety blankety blankets 524 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: up so much money since, Okay, it's really only worth 525 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: that if you can get a buyer that will pay that, 526 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: you can think it's worth. Let's say you think your 527 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,199 Speaker 1: home is worth a million dollars, Well you can think that, 528 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: but unless somebody's willing to pay a million dollars for 529 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: that home, it's not really worth a million dollars. Now 530 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: you look at comparable sales and a neighborhood, it gives 531 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: you a pretty good feel of what the going rate 532 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: might be, and you might come to an educated guess 533 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 1: you probably are somewhere in that area. But then you 534 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: have market forces that might change the dynamics. If you 535 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: go back six months ago, you had people day one 536 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: open house and flooded with twenty five potential buyers, and 537 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: five of the buyers are offering above asking price and 538 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: bidding against each other to get the house because of 539 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: the scarcity in the market. And you see that and 540 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: still happening in someplace is in Florida, but not like 541 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: it was. But I think Florida will fare better because 542 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: they have an influx and migration of Florida from other states, 543 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,719 Speaker 1: and states like New York are going to be hit 544 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: really hard in the real estate market. Um. Anyway, you 545 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: make really good points. It's just sad that this is 546 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: all about politics, and it's all about destroying one family, 547 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: one one person, and one corporation. And then, and I 548 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: think the professor Dershwitz is right. Latitia James, based on 549 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: her comments running for office, should have accused herself in 550 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: this case. Anyway, appreciate the call, my friend eight hundred 551 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: nine for one, Shawn, if you want to be a 552 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 1: part of the Program's gonna wrap things up with today, 553 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: a great Hannity Tonight, Ninetiestern Night, McCarthy. 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