1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: The Michael Barry Show. There were things that didn't get 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: to this week that I think were important, and we 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: will get to those now. The Schumer shutdown has been 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: going strong for let's see, it was thirty days on Thursday. 5 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 2: Is that right? 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: And Democrats knew they had to give in. It was 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: bad right. Connecticut Congressman Johanna Hayes tried to convince people otherwise, 8 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: but this was not a compelling argument. 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 3: One of your colleagues, Jared Golden, who's from Maine. He 10 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 3: says that the party's position your own party edition on 11 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: the shutdown is quote wrong. He criticized the decisions to 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 3: make the Obamacare subsidies temporary, adding quote I'm just uncomfortable 13 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 3: lying about the strategy to win and shutting down the government. 14 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 3: We've never been the party that does that. What do 15 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 3: you say to his suggestion that that is the motivation winning. 16 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 4: We're still not the party who does it. The Republicans 17 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 4: have the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, 18 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 4: so I refuse to accept the notion that Democrats are 19 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 4: responsible when we're in the majority and the minority. 20 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: The Democrats thought they had leverage in the shutdown, but 21 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: they didn't. CNN's Harry Inton, this is CNN again. CNN's 22 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: polling says Republicans in Congress saw a bump in their 23 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: approval rating since the Schumer shutdown began. It turns out 24 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: it helped the Republicans, and I'll tell you why. It's 25 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: because Trump knows messaging. 26 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 2: Take a look here the shift in net popularity versus 27 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: pre shutdown among the g When we're looking at the 28 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 2: Republican Party overall, that brand actually up two points. That's 29 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: within the margin enviar, but clearly it hasn't dropped. Come 30 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 2: over this side of the screen, look at the net 31 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: approval ratings for Republicans in Congress. It's actually up five 32 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: points since pre shutdown. So what we're seeing here is 33 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: the Republican brand in Congress has actually improved somewhat compared 34 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: to where we were pre shutdown, despite the fact the 35 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: Republicans control. And that's the math that John Thune and 36 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: Mike Johnson are looking at, is, Hey, why should we 37 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: give an electorally speaking when our brand has actually improved 38 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 2: a little bit. Now we say their position is getting 39 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: better with whom, Yeah, okay, with whom? So I think 40 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: it's two groups that it's so important to keep an 41 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: eye out on all right, changing the Republican Congresses and 42 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: net approval rating versus pre shutdown. It's rallying the base, 43 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: for sure. Look at this, the net approval rating up 44 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 2: twelve points versus pre shutdown. But it's not just with 45 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 2: the base. It's also with the middle of the electorate. 46 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 2: Look at this among independents it's up eight points as well. 47 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: So we've got a situation here where Republicans with this 48 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: shutdown are actually rallying their base. But it's also something 49 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: that's not hurting them with the folks in the middle 50 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: of anything. It's helping them with folks in the middle. 51 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: And this is the type of math that if you're 52 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: Republicans you like to see, right, because something could rally 53 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 2: the base but alienate those in the middle, or something 54 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: could rally those in the middle but alienate the base. 55 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 2: But the truth is we're not seeing that. What we're 56 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 2: seeing is the Republican brand has actually gotten better among independents, 57 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: and it's also gotten among Republicans as well, that Republican 58 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 2: brand when it comes to those in Congress. So again, 59 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 2: what's what's the electoral reason that Republicans were given at 60 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 2: this point. 61 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: The crazy things that men do for booty, A now 62 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: former New York State trooper shot himself in the leg 63 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: while on duty in order to gain sympathy from his 64 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: ex girlfriend. Nurse, Oh my, my, my, this is man. 65 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: You thought you thought old boy that shot Ronald Reagan 66 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: was bad, trying to get Jodie Foster's attention. CBS New 67 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: York City with the story. 68 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 5: Last year, there was applause and support for a state 69 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 5: trooper who said that he was shot on Long Island. 70 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 5: But it turned out to be a lie, and today 71 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 5: he was sentenced for shooting himself and making the whole 72 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 5: thing up. As Carolyn Gusof reports, new evidence shows he 73 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 5: did his homework before the shooting. 74 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 6: Sentencing day for former New York State Trooper Thomas Mascia, 75 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 6: and though he pleaded guilty, he said nothing when the 76 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 6: judge asked if he had a statement. 77 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 7: It's mortified at his behavior. He regrets it, obviously, and 78 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 7: it was a mistake. He regrets it and he'll live 79 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 7: with it the rest of his life. 80 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 6: His attorney said. Lifelong struggles with mental health led Massia 81 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 6: to shoot himself in the leg last year, then concoct 82 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 6: a story he was shot while on duty, setting off 83 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 6: a manhunt for a motorist he even described as dark skinned, 84 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 6: a planned and researched farce, say prosecutors to get attention 85 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 6: and sympathy. 86 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 3: There was an ex girlfriend he was trying to impress, 87 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 3: and I we believe that he wanted the public to 88 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 3: see him as a hero. 89 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 4: Shot. 90 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 6: Just released evidence shows the bullet casings. Massia admits he 91 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 6: scattered on the Southern State Parkway at a stage of 92 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 6: fake crime scene, a highway he allegedly chose because of 93 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 6: its lack of cameras. Internet searches show research into which 94 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 6: body part to shoot and what temporary new jersey plates 95 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 6: look like so he could describe a fleeing car. Following 96 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 6: the shooting, everyone started out rooting for you, the judge 97 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 6: told Massia, calling the wild goose chase he set off 98 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 6: dangerous and outrageous, sentencing Massi out to six months in jail, 99 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 6: five years probation, two hundred and eighty nine thousand dollars 100 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 6: in restitution for the manhunt for a phantom shooter, and 101 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 6: mental health treatment. 102 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 7: Why did this occur? Doesn't just occur out of the blue. 103 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 7: It occurs because it was a result of many years 104 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 7: of the mental health issues that were never treated. 105 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 6: His parents will serve no time charged with illegal gun 106 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 6: possession during a search of their home. Of the six 107 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 6: month sentence, Massia is only required to serve four and 108 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 6: he'll spend that time in protective custody for his own 109 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 6: safety in Mineola, Long Island. 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