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Speaker 1: With us around the table on places to say. It

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Speaker 1: is Connecticut Governor at Namont, it's got things to send back,

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Speaker 1: getting back to the office and getting back to work.

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Speaker 1: I want to hear it is. I'm sure, Governor, good

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Speaker 1: morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Got it the good day.

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Speaker 1: We're not going to stop that. I'm worried about that.

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Speaker 1: We're going to start here. There's this big story about

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Speaker 1: people fleeing blue states and go into red states. And

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Speaker 1: we know those red states, and you've got a different

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Speaker 1: story to tell. You're saying it's different for Connecticut. Why

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Speaker 1: is it different?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Wall Street Journal keeps saying, boy, everybody's fleeing

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Speaker 2: those blue states. They're raising taxes. That's why they're all leaving.

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Speaker 2: Just the opposite. In Connecticut. We've had probably fifty sixty

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Speaker 2: seventy thousand people move into the state over the last

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Speaker 2: few years. We did cut taxes. I think that's one

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Speaker 2: of the reasons. But also we kept things open during COVID.

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Speaker 2: Our schools stayed open. People looked at our suburban lifestyle.

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Speaker 2: So our city's coming back. A lot of young people

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Speaker 2: move in the state. If we want you come on back.

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Speaker 3: You said last time, you're a Bloomberg. If New York

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Speaker 3: catches a sneeze, as we catch a cold in Connecticut,

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Speaker 3: how are you dealing with the migrant crisis that we

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Speaker 3: do see New York dealing with right now? Are you

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Speaker 3: seeing an overflow into Connecticut.

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Speaker 2: We're seeing some overflow, curely, we're not being overrun like unfortunately.

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Speaker 2: I see what's happening in New York City. I talked

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Speaker 2: to Eric, I talked to Kathy quite a bit. You know,

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Speaker 2: we've got our folks standing by. We're getting you know,

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Speaker 2: motels and places in nursing homes that we had retrofitted

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Speaker 2: during COVID to get people off the street. You know,

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Speaker 3: Do you need more support from the federal government?

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Speaker 2: I do. I mean, I agree with the Democratic governors

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Speaker 2: think especially true here in New York City. But also

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Speaker 2: we've got to secure the border. We've got to be

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Speaker 2: a lot stricter on the border. You've got to do both.

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Speaker 4: We've been hearing from this administration about what they can

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Speaker 4: do going it alone. President Biden has talked about possibly

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Speaker 4: closing the border. Are you hoping he does that?

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Speaker 2: I am. I am. Look I call the Republican's bluff.

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Speaker 2: You know, they're saying, President Biden, you're not willing to

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Speaker 2: close the border, Give me the tools to do it,

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Speaker 2: and I will do it. I can't figure out why

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Speaker 2: they're pulling back now, saying it's not that much of

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Speaker 2: an emergency, We'll wait till after the next election. I

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Speaker 2: think that's the wrong move. Let's make the deal.

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Speaker 4: You've managed to cut taxes and you are in the black.

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Speaker 4: New York is not in large part because of this issue.

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Speaker 4: I'm just wondering, at what point does it challenge you're

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Speaker 4: and also deal with a pretty dramatic influx of new people.

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Speaker 2: Look, my heart goes out to Eric Adams. I mean,

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Speaker 2: this is costing the city what four billion dollars plus

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Speaker 2: your capital gains revenue is going down, so it's hitting

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Speaker 2: the city pretty hard. And your point, you know, we

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Speaker 2: and competitive. You do well, we do.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's amazing to hit Democrats not to sound like

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Speaker 1: Do you get the sense that Democrats have been roped

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Speaker 1: by reality on this issue? That we have this big,

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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden it's a problem we need

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Speaker 1: And why have we been roped by reality? Now?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, mug by reality, I would.

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Speaker 1: Forgive me helped monks here in New York.

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Speaker 2: I pulled the lens back for just one second. We

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Speaker 2: That's why more people want to come to this country.

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Speaker 1: And it's ever before without a doubt.

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Speaker 2: But you're absolutely right, it only works if we secure

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Speaker 2: our borders. Maybe Democrats were a little slow to get

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: That's why it's so important that the Republicans don't pull

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Speaker 1: I thought I thought we were friends.

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Speaker 2: Let's get it into the end zone, just to keep

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Speaker 2: you confused and see if we can get this done,

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Speaker 2: then hold the president accountable. We got the tools to

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Speaker 1: How fuls you think the president is on this issue?

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Speaker 1: And how much distance is that between him and you?

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Speaker 2: I don't think there's any distance right now. He's come

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Speaker 2: shut down the border, the illegal immigration. He was very

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Speaker 2: that sooner he's saying it now. The balls in Congress's court.

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Speaker 2: He god to give him the tools to get the

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Speaker 3: But Governor was he clear on day one? On day one,

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Speaker 3: he paused nearly all deportations. People say this was a

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Speaker 3: was under former President Trump. Was that a mistake.

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Speaker 2: People have been trying to come through our border for years,

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Speaker 2: I mean under Trump. Remember during the mid terms, he'd

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Speaker 2: like everything was a peaches and cream six years ago,

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Speaker 2: and then it changed. I think we're serious now. I

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Speaker 2: Murphy is helping to lead those negotiations. Let's get it done,

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Speaker 2: hopefully as soon as this weekend.

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Speaker 3: I think the reason why we're all talking about immigration

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Speaker 3: voters in seven swing states, which right now former President

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Speaker 3: Trump is leading Biden. How concerned are you about President

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Speaker 2: I think at the end of the day, after we

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Speaker 2: have exhausted all other alternatives, we go for the same course.

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Speaker 2: I think that will be President Biden. But I think

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Speaker 2: you're right. I think immigration is a very big issue.

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Speaker 2: People think it's about age. I think he gets immigration right.

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Speaker 2: Congress gives them the tools to get it right. We're

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Speaker 3: What do you think of individuals like Representative Dean Phillips.

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Speaker 3: He's not even saying so much that he's running to

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Speaker 3: there be more options given the fact that poll after

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Speaker 1: Is too old.

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Speaker 2: Dean who, Dean Phillips, I know you know who that is.

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Speaker 1: That's fine.

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Speaker 2: I think in a primary process, I think a lot

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Speaker 2: of options are good. I like a lot of different voices.

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Speaker 2: At some point you got to consolidate around who you

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Speaker 4: Not to shift gears completely, but I do want to

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Speaker 4: finish up on the work from home question. And I know,

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Speaker 4: I know, okay, but this is actually really important to

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Speaker 4: you because I imagine a lot of people working from

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Speaker 4: and I'm just wondering, as people do go back to offices,

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Speaker 4: do you think that that inward migration is going to slow.

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Speaker 2: No, I think it's changed forever. I really do our

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Speaker 2: people coming in and out of New York and Fairfield County.

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Speaker 2: Fridays are empty. TGIF has a whole new meeting. Nobody

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Speaker 2: goes Thursday is now party night. You know it's except

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Speaker 2: for you. Thanks God bless you. So I think for

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Speaker 2: Connecticut that means a lot more people say, Hey, I

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Speaker 2: a home. If I have to go to New York City,

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Speaker 2: a great place to visit, wouldn't want to live there.

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Speaker 2: They come in maybe one or two days a week.

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Speaker 2: And I think that's a lifestyle that works for people.

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Speaker 1: Kathy's not listening this morning.

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Speaker 2: Hey Kathy to catch up.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, buddy, governor met in the month. Thank you, sir,