Speaker 1: With its devastating hurricane season that we have faced and
Speaker 1: still waiting to see what the impact of Hurricane Milton
Speaker 1: will be here in Florida. What it's really demonstrated to
Speaker 1: us is that leadership matters. Who we vote into office matters.
Speaker 1: You can just look at Governor DeSantis' response here in
Speaker 1: Florida versus that of Mary Cooper in North Carolina, a
Speaker 1: Democrat governor or. You look at the failed response from
Speaker 1: the federal government to Hurricane Helen, waiting days to activate
Speaker 1: the military, which is what Joe Biden did. And then
Speaker 1: you look at as we wait for Hurricane Milton to hit,
Speaker 1: just the infighting between Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Kamala
Speaker 1: Harris saying, oh, I called Governor DeSantis, he didn't pick
Speaker 1: up the phone. And then you've got Joe Biden saying, well, actually,
Speaker 1: you know, I've been on the phone with Governor de Santis.
Speaker 1: He's doing everything he needs to do. I gave him
Speaker 1: my personal number. It's chaos with Democrats and their response.
Speaker 1: Then you've got second Harry Mayorkas saying that, oh, FEMA
Speaker 1: is running out of money, that they're not going to
Speaker 1: have the funds to take us through a hurricane season,
Speaker 1: and then you see these reports of FEMA spending all
Speaker 1: this money on the migrant crisis. So I guess what
Speaker 1: this is underscore to me is how much leadership matters
Speaker 1: and why it's important to make sure that we elect
Speaker 1: the right people, particularly as we head towards election season.
Speaker 1: So we're going to talk to someone who has seen
Speaker 1: the devastation in North Carolina firsthand, who has witnessed response efforts,
Speaker 1: who can really speak to the truth of what's actually
Speaker 1: going on there. He is a marine, Julio Rosas you
Speaker 1: know him. He is a reporter, a national correspondent for
Speaker 1: The Blaze. He has been on the ground during the
Speaker 1: George Floyd riots, He's been on the ground during hurricane
Speaker 1: relief efforts. He's actually in Tampa right now as we
Speaker 1: wait for Hurricane Milton.
Speaker 2: So we're going to.
Speaker 1: Get his take on what's actually happening, what should we
Speaker 1: know about the government's response, and what should you know
Speaker 1: as Milton barrels down towards Florida. Stay tuned for Julio Rosas.
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Speaker 1: CJ dot org. Well, Leo, it's great to have you
Speaker 1: on this show. We were just talking about how you're
Speaker 1: gonna be going out here. You know, obviously we're awaiting
Speaker 1: for Hurricane Milton to come through as Floridians, and you're
Speaker 1: going to be out you know, sort of looking at
Speaker 1: the disaster relief efforts and being out there. Most people
Speaker 1: run away from this stuff, but you run towards it,
Speaker 1: but you do important work and doing so Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean this is I mean, especially what we saw in
Speaker 1: the afromaticalleen for not just supported but North Carolina.
Speaker 2: It's it's important because it was because the people on
Speaker 2: the ground in North Carolina getting the word out saying, hey,
Speaker 2: people are cut off, they need help. Now, that's how
Speaker 2: the civilians were able to organize themselves and just run
Speaker 2: their own supply runs, their rescue operations for days before
Speaker 2: the federal government really came into came into the area
Speaker 2: in force. And even still, i mean almost you know,
Speaker 2: more than a week later, the federal government response is
Speaker 2: still lacking. And that's that's that's just concerning obviously, But
Speaker 2: you know, I don't have the same concerns with here
Speaker 2: in Florida just because of how well the state is
Speaker 2: run when it comes to the deak for response. But
Speaker 2: I mean, this is this is the post to be
Speaker 2: you know, once in a lifetime of hurricane for for
Speaker 2: the Gulf Coast. It looks like it's going to hit
Speaker 2: more closer or more south of Tampa Bay than initially projected,
Speaker 2: but it you know, the Tampa Bay area is still
Speaker 2: expecting to get hit pretty hard, which really does speak
Speaker 2: to you how important leadership is. You know, you had
Speaker 2: mentioned that, you know, here in Florida, we know that
Speaker 2: Governor DeSantis, you know, obviously he can't control the hurricane
Speaker 2: and the impact the hurricane has, but he certainly can
Speaker 2: control the response to it. And you know, we know
Speaker 2: that he's got it covered.
Speaker 1: We know that, you know, he's going to respond in
Speaker 1: the best way that is possible for anyone in political office.
Speaker 1: But that really hasn't seemed to be the case in
Speaker 1: North Carolina, and it certainly hasn't been the scene or
Speaker 1: it hasn't seemed to be the case with the federal
Speaker 1: government's response and helping there. I guess take us through
Speaker 1: because you know, one is the media telling the full
Speaker 1: story about what's really happening in North Carolina and some
Speaker 1: of these devastated communities. You know, I know you've been there,
Speaker 1: You've been on the ground. You know you did it,
Speaker 1: ride around with Rep. Quorry Mills. I guess, take us through,
Speaker 1: like what did you see? You know, how bad is it?
Speaker 1: You know, take us through what's happening there on the
Speaker 1: ground for so many of these people who are still missing,
Speaker 1: you know, still missing and still you know, desperately in
Speaker 1: need of help.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, So I was able to go on these
Speaker 2: flights from both an airplane and helicopters with Commerce Courtmills
Speaker 2: of Florida, uh and also Mercury One, which is Glenn
Speaker 2: Beck's disaster relief organization, And it was very It's very
Speaker 2: interesting to see because obviously the reason why the response
Speaker 2: to Hurricane Hilling up in the mountains is a lot
Speaker 2: different is because it's up in the mountains, right, And
Speaker 2: so it is without exaggeration when when I say that
Speaker 2: it wasn't just you know, there was you know, a
Speaker 2: road was washed out in one part here, in another
Speaker 2: part here, and another part here. I'm talking the entire
Speaker 2: length of the road was just gone. And these are
Speaker 2: the only roads that are able to connect these these
Speaker 2: these little smaller towns and localities. And so when it's
Speaker 2: when it's not just yeah, there's a giant pothole, but
Speaker 2: it goes on for miles. Obviously, that presents challenges for yes,
Speaker 2: that the ad and the personnel from the federal government
Speaker 2: can be in Ashville, and Ashville has been stabilized for
Speaker 2: for quite some time now. It's a matter of then
Speaker 2: gantting those people and those resources into those smaller places
Speaker 2: that are hard to get to. And that's why, that's
Speaker 2: why the media has been misleading when they just said, well, no, no,
Speaker 2: the federal government is there. I mean, look look at
Speaker 2: all the things that they were able to bring in.
Speaker 2: And that's true, but again it needs to get to
Speaker 2: more places than just Ashville or Boom. He needs to
Speaker 2: go to places like Road River, you know, Pensacola and
Speaker 2: just all these like little places that have like a
Speaker 2: thousand and a thousand, five hundred people. And that's been
Speaker 2: the big frustration is that the civilians and the veterans
Speaker 2: and the locals and volunteers are coming up from our state.
Speaker 2: They were running these operations for days before FEMA really
Speaker 2: started to show up, and so that's why there was
Speaker 2: frustration when then obviously FEMA has their way of running things,
Speaker 2: and they're trying to take over these these basically these
Speaker 2: out and these supply missions and rescue missions, but there's
Speaker 2: a bureaucracy, there's a rect tape that goes along with it,
Speaker 2: because obviously it's the federal government. That's why there was
Speaker 2: anger because people were saying, well, one, what took you
Speaker 2: so long to get here? But then two, how dare
Speaker 2: you tell us how to do things when we're running
Speaker 2: things pretty smoothly now, you know, it's almost to the
Speaker 2: point where it's like, we don't even need you guys
Speaker 2: to be able to do this. Now, that's not to
Speaker 2: say that every little bit doesn't help, but the way
Speaker 2: that FEMA and the federal government has has gone about
Speaker 2: North Carolina and those in it nearly forgotten places, that
Speaker 2: that anger and that frustration is certainly well placed front
Speaker 2: of those guys. I'm not kidding when I tell you
Speaker 2: that veterans literally just they they took over with the
Speaker 2: owner's permission, the Harley Davidson Dealership and it's basically like
Speaker 2: a forward operating base where you have basically the Ethical
Speaker 2: Operations Center. You have the airfield, impromptu airfield where the
Speaker 2: hell cut to fly in, they have to supply trucks
Speaker 2: and the ATVs and UTVs going in and out. I
Speaker 2: mean it was obviously, yeah, it was. It was kind
Speaker 2: of chaotic and a lot was happening, but there was
Speaker 2: a flow to it. I mean, there was there was
Speaker 2: a process, and I mean all the veterans were armed.
Speaker 2: I mean, it was just it was just it was
Speaker 2: it was cool to see. I mean, like this is
Speaker 2: what in private sistance. Yeah, yeah, like like the this
Speaker 2: is what America is at its best right. It's where, Okay,
Speaker 2: we have a problem. Obviously, it'd be great if the
Speaker 2: government can help us, but in the meantime, we're going
Speaker 2: to take care of it ourselves the best of our ability,
Speaker 2: and we're not going to let these people just be
Speaker 2: shrended for days and weeks on end without any help.
Speaker 2: We've got more with Julio.
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Speaker 1: And So for some of these people who are still stranded,
Speaker 1: I mean, what's the access to them. I've seen you know,
Speaker 1: you know via horseback, you know, writing via you know.
Speaker 1: I guess how I guess how difficult is it to
Speaker 1: access some of these people who are still stranded.
Speaker 2: It's it's pretty difficult. I mean, even even by helicopter.
Speaker 2: I mean, we were in a we were in a
Speaker 2: decent sized helicopter. Wasn't it wasn't as big as a
Speaker 2: black Hawk or anything. But it also it also wasn't
Speaker 2: like a two sier, right, it was kind of somewhere
Speaker 2: kind of in between that. And there were times where
Speaker 2: it was kind of difficult to find a good landing
Speaker 2: place because obviously not do you not do you just
Speaker 2: have like the regular you know, valleys and trees, But
Speaker 2: obviously now there's a debris, there's down power lines, there's
Speaker 2: there's down trees and branches that can make a landing
Speaker 2: spot kind of difficult. And so obviously the helicopter is
Speaker 2: the fastest way to kind of get to these places.
Speaker 2: But sometimes, depending on where these people are, the only
Speaker 2: way to get to get to them still is only
Speaker 2: on foot or orseback or mules or or something, and
Speaker 2: obviously that takes a lot longer. So, I mean, when
Speaker 2: we were in Pensacola, uh, North Carolina, the Chief Medical
Speaker 2: Office or just just told us basically that we're going
Speaker 2: to be digging ourselves out of this mess for months.
Speaker 2: And that's kind of a problem because we're in October
Speaker 2: right being here with Florida, it doesn't really feel that way.
Speaker 2: But the first time when we landed in Pensacola, they
Speaker 2: it was it was sun was setting and it was
Speaker 2: about sixty two degrees sixty degrees and that felt pretty
Speaker 2: cold for obviously, and they were telling us that they're
Speaker 2: pretty good on food, they're pretty good on water. What
Speaker 2: they need the most at that point is generators, fuel
Speaker 2: for the generators, chain saws, tools, and replacement parts for
Speaker 2: those chainsaws and everything, because it's gonna get cold, like
Speaker 2: it's going to get actually pretty cold there with it,
Speaker 2: you know, by by the middle of October, and so
Speaker 2: they have no power and that obviously presents a problem
Speaker 2: for for when it comes to cold weather challenges. So
Speaker 2: you know, everyone's doing the best that they can given
Speaker 2: the circumstances, but it was just devastating. I mean, it's
Speaker 2: a beautiful area. I mean, I understand why people want
Speaker 2: to live out there. I understand why people want to
Speaker 2: spend time out there. But the downside to that, unfortunately,
Speaker 2: is that they are now cut off.
Speaker 1: Why do you think it took the federal government so
Speaker 1: long to respond? I mean, it took days for the
Speaker 1: government for Biden to activate the military. And then you
Speaker 1: have Secretary my Erica is coming out and saying that
Speaker 1: FEMA is not going to have the money to take
Speaker 1: us through this hurricane season. And there's been a lot
Speaker 1: of questions about how FEMA has spent money, you know,
Speaker 1: accusations that they've spent more than one point four billion
Speaker 1: since the fall twenty two to address migrant crisis. You know,
Speaker 1: I guess why do you think it's it took so
Speaker 1: long for the government to respond. And then you know,
Speaker 1: I guess, sort of what do you make of my
Speaker 1: Erica's statement saying that, know, hey, like you're basically out
Speaker 1: of luck, females running out of money.
Speaker 2: Well, it's just it's just what we've come to expect
Speaker 2: from the Biden Harris administration. I mean, it just they
Speaker 2: take any problem that they are presented with and they
Speaker 2: just find ways to make it ten times worse. Right,
Speaker 2: And and that's typical of government just in general, right,
Speaker 2: the federal government. But when you when you have incompetent
Speaker 2: people in charge, because i mean, first of all, Biden
Speaker 2: is not even really in charge at this point. I mean, like, yes,
Speaker 2: he has the title of president, so that's a problem.
Speaker 2: And you know, Harris is kind of trying to be
Speaker 2: like the quasi. So it's just there's just this function, right,
Speaker 2: There's just and it's just a complete opposite of what
Speaker 2: we saw in the truck administration. I mean, for all
Speaker 2: the chaos that the media like to make out during
Speaker 2: his during his turn, he was the guy in charge
Speaker 2: for the most part, right, I mean like he like
Speaker 2: no one really questions his his his his command of
Speaker 2: the office. Whereas with Biden and Harris and this weird
Speaker 2: thing that they have now and it seems like they
Speaker 2: both hate each other with what they're doing. That's just
Speaker 2: a problem. That's that's the wrong way to run a government,
Speaker 2: and it's especially the wrong way to handle a government
Speaker 2: in a crisis situation. So you know there, so that's
Speaker 2: problem number one. But then also number two, I think
Speaker 2: it's just it just highlights how yeah, the spending priorities
Speaker 2: and I mean since since the border crisis, and that
Speaker 2: is not even really a border crisis, it's just a
Speaker 2: general immigration crisis for the entire country. I mean yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean it is a problem when the federal government
Speaker 2: has no problem finding the money to be able to
Speaker 2: spend literally billions of dollars on people that aren't US citizens,
Speaker 2: and yet when it comes to disaster relief, it's all, well,
Speaker 2: this is the funds and this is it, and if
Speaker 2: we need more funds, then we got to call back
Speaker 2: Congress and they got to vote and do it. It's
Speaker 2: just like it's like, well, you guys are able to
Speaker 2: kind of enagle for some other things, but when it
Speaker 2: comes to the mountain people of western North Carolina, there's
Speaker 2: all these all of a sudden, they're like, no, we
Speaker 2: gotta we got to make sure we follow procedure on that.
Speaker 2: I mean. So it's and it's not even just that,
Speaker 2: but it's also all the money that we're spending overseas
Speaker 2: and all how easy it is for the Biden Hereris
Speaker 2: administration to go ahead and do that as opposed to
Speaker 2: you know, well now their their hands are tied behind
Speaker 2: their back when it comes to zassinally. So it's just
Speaker 2: I just come back to it. It's just typical. It's
Speaker 2: expected of the people that are currently in charge. And
Speaker 2: again we don't even really know who that is. And
Speaker 2: you know, hopefully things turn around after this election, but
Speaker 2: the people in North Carolina can't wait that long.
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Speaker 2: You know what's interesting because you have those.
Speaker 1: Comments from David Axelrod, which I'm sure you've seen, kind
Speaker 1: of finding joy and the fact that some of these
Speaker 1: areas in western North Carolina that vote Trump might not
Speaker 1: be able to vote Trump. And then you know, speculating
Speaker 1: that people in Nashville, you know, their quote unquote upscale
Speaker 1: and liberal voters, and that they're going to be able
Speaker 1: to find ways to cast ballots, but basically just finding
Speaker 1: glee that some of these Trump supporters and rural storm
Speaker 1: impacted areas might not build a vote and that might
Speaker 1: impact Donald Trump electorally. To be completely cynical, is there
Speaker 1: any way that sort of the lack of response from
Speaker 1: North Carolina and the Democratic governor there, and the lack
Speaker 1: of response from the federal government, which is obviously, you know,
Speaker 1: currently occupied by Democrats, is any of it political?
Speaker 2: Do you think?
Speaker 1: In the slowness and the mismanagement and sort of the
Speaker 1: lack of care and attention.
Speaker 2: To some of these areas. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised.
Speaker 2: I mean, this administration has shown time and again they
Speaker 2: don't they hate the American people, and obviously they come supporters,
Speaker 2: and so I won't be surprised if that that's the
Speaker 2: motivation behind you. And that's a sad thing to kind
Speaker 2: of think about, you know, And that's a that's a
Speaker 2: sad thing of kind of like what the nation has
Speaker 2: kind of come to. Well, you just gotta look at
Speaker 2: a track record when it comes to other things, right,
Speaker 2: I mean the Afghanistan with drawl, I mean that that
Speaker 2: was a total mess and American citizens were left behind,
Speaker 2: American citizens were killed. Ser wars men were killed in that,
Speaker 2: and again that was because of just the complete lack
Speaker 2: of direction in a crisis situation from from on the
Speaker 2: Biden Harris administration. And so it's it's unfortunate that that
Speaker 2: conversation needs to be brought up. And they say, well, actually,
Speaker 2: you know, if it hit you know, if if there
Speaker 2: was a devastation in some of the more liberal areas
Speaker 2: in North Carolina, and you know, they probably wouldn't they
Speaker 2: wouldn't be as up up a river without a paddle
Speaker 2: as opposed to now, I think, I think that's just sad.
Speaker 2: But I will also say, and that was kind of
Speaker 2: what I was saying earlier. This is is much more
Speaker 2: difficult than say a disaster response in Florida where thing's flat.
Speaker 2: But that but so like, for example, when Biden came
Speaker 2: to visit on the last Tuesday, I believe it was
Speaker 2: last Tuesday, he was he was promising beforehand, he was
Speaker 2: promising that my visit will not interrupt rescue operations, it
Speaker 2: will not interrupt supply missions. Like this is just I
Speaker 2: just want to go down there see for myself and
Speaker 2: not interrupt anything that's going on. That sounded great, but
Speaker 2: that's not what happened because because he's the president, there's
Speaker 2: there was a no fly zone over in a thirty
Speaker 2: mile radius over you know, Asheville, and it didn't it
Speaker 2: didn't move too as he was moving because he flew over.
Speaker 2: That's a problem because again, the only way to get things,
Speaker 2: especially especially last week, the only way to get things
Speaker 2: was by helicopter, and our flight crew was grounded for
Speaker 2: two and a half hours. We did a supply mission
Speaker 2: out side of the radius, and then we had to
Speaker 2: sit for hours, you know, when time is of the essence,
Speaker 2: and so it's just like why He's like, yes, it's
Speaker 2: it's important for the leader to be engaged. It's important
Speaker 2: for the president to show show that he is looking
Speaker 2: after the situation. But even his attempt to do that
Speaker 2: just screw it over those people. I mean, it's it's
Speaker 2: so ridiculous. So there's there's there's no there's no forethought,
Speaker 2: there's no there's no forward planning when it comes to
Speaker 2: something as simple as a visit. Right, so when it
Speaker 2: comes to restoring these entire towns from scratch, almost that
Speaker 2: they're not they're not the bust and brightest clearly.
Speaker 1: Well, I think it's also just shown for the contrast
Speaker 1: in my opinion of like Republican leadership versus Democrat leadership,
Speaker 1: because you know, you look at the way that Governor
Speaker 1: DeSantis is just like anytime any of these disastrous hit
Speaker 1: he is already pre prepared.
Speaker 2: He is all over it, like you know, they're.
Speaker 1: Restoring power and like record time, like rebuilding in record time,
Speaker 1: or even you know, you look at the way Donald Trump,
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, you know, got a lot of criticism,
Speaker 1: but he was all over this stuff. You know, he
Speaker 1: was the leader, like we knew he was in charge.
Speaker 1: We knew that, you know, the government was gonna respond,
Speaker 1: we you know. And then you look at Mary Cooper
Speaker 1: Democrat governor. You know a lot of accusations of failure
Speaker 1: in response to this, or you look at off basically
Speaker 1: the Biden administration just taking days to be on the
Speaker 1: job and to even respond. It's like and then mismanagement
Speaker 1: of FEMA money. You know, it's like it's like, it's
Speaker 1: just it's such a contrast, in my opinion, between the
Speaker 1: way that Republicans lead and the way that Democrats lead.
Speaker 1: And then you look at now with as we wait
Speaker 1: for Milton. You had references earlier. But Kamala Harris trying
Speaker 1: to say that like she called Governor DeSantis, he like
Speaker 1: ignored her call, and somehow he's making it political. And
Speaker 1: then you look at Joe Biden's response to his credit
Speaker 1: saying that no, actually, you know, the governor Florida has
Speaker 1: been cooperative. He's gotten all these neat he's needed. I've
Speaker 1: spoken to him. I gave my personal number, Like basically
Speaker 1: he's all over it, which you know, I guess sort
Speaker 1: of one speaks to maybe they hated and then you
Speaker 1: know too just you know, chaos within the right administration.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Dempson didn't disarray that that that that rule
Speaker 2: is always true. Yeah, no, exactly, And I mean I
Speaker 2: I was up at the State Emergency Operations Center up
Speaker 2: in Tallahassee for you know, the h before I came
Speaker 2: down to Tampa. And look, obviously government is still government.
Speaker 2: But you're right, it doesn't matter who's in charge. It
Speaker 2: matters their experience and how they handle the pressures. I
Speaker 2: even asked the Santas so just I just said, are
Speaker 2: you can't even sleep because of it? Obviously you were
Speaker 2: working around the clock with Balen and then afterwards and
Speaker 2: then now you got to work around the clock again.
Speaker 2: And you know, he seemed, you know, and he's like, yeah,
Speaker 2: you just gotta find time. You just gotta find time
Speaker 2: for it. But you know where we are, We are
Speaker 2: all in emergency mode and that's what the job requires
Speaker 2: right now, and that's and we're gonna do that. I mean,
Speaker 2: can you? I mean, I mean Biden's been asleep at
Speaker 2: the wheel for half of his presidency and the results
Speaker 2: have shown that, right. I mean, it's obvious, like we
Speaker 2: all know this and we're and we're still kind of
Speaker 2: acting like he has a grasp of what he's facing
Speaker 2: on a daily basis. And also obviously it is it
Speaker 2: is helpful that with a state like Florida they are
Speaker 2: better prepared. But I'll even give you an example when
Speaker 2: I covered Hurricane Nadalia last year. That was a pretty
Speaker 2: strong storm and it did hit a vastly less populated
Speaker 2: area than what Milton is supposed to hit for for
Speaker 2: this week. But even the locals, they would say, yeah,
Speaker 2: we you know, ten fifteen years ago, we would be
Speaker 2: expecting to be without be without power for two, three
Speaker 2: four weeks. And now you know, since the sandis has
Speaker 2: been in charge. We can get it back within two
Speaker 2: to three days, which is obviously, you know, a big
Speaker 2: difference when it comes to something as simple as power, right, So.
Speaker 1: And also like saving lives you know as well of
Speaker 1: just you know, saving lives because you know, people die
Speaker 1: when they don't have power, especially in this heat. And
Speaker 1: you know the rest of it, it comes with it food, but.
Speaker 2: Right, And that's why and that's why I'll be with
Speaker 2: the ORDA Efficient Wildlife Commission, uh starting tonight and then
Speaker 2: as soon as it's safe to go out and try
Speaker 2: to you know, make sure everything's you know, okay, and
Speaker 2: and when you tell, we're going to be out there
Speaker 2: as soon as it's safe to do so, right, And
Speaker 2: so that could be I think Milton as of now,
Speaker 2: as this recording is supposed to hit around midnight. And
Speaker 2: so the good news is it's it's supposed to be
Speaker 2: a pretty fast hurricane, so it shouldn't linger around too
Speaker 2: long in the state in general. So that's kind of
Speaker 2: a good thing because obviously not only does that mean
Speaker 2: that rescue operations can start as soon as possible, but
Speaker 2: also the there's less less time for the rain to
Speaker 2: accumulate for their inland. But even but even still, I
Speaker 2: mean this, Orlando's supposed to get hit pretty hard by this,
Speaker 2: which is stark because I mean Orlando's in the middle
Speaker 2: of the state. Usually when storms get there, it's usually
Speaker 2: gets down rated pretty heavily to like a tropical storm
Speaker 2: or tropical depression. But apparently out with this one.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm Leo, we appreciate. So you're in Tampa right now,
Speaker 1: so I mean you're you're in the the midst of it,
Speaker 1: and no place I'd rather do right now. We and
Speaker 1: I know you've got to go hunker down. Well, we're
Speaker 1: praying for you. We appreciate everything you do. You do
Speaker 1: such a good job obviously, you know, being there on
Speaker 1: the ground and whether it's after the George Floyd riots
Speaker 1: or or you know, wherever the chaos is and and
Speaker 1: really just giving us the news and letting us know
Speaker 1: what's going on. So praying for you and your safety
Speaker 1: as well as obviously the rest of our fellow Filoridians.
Speaker 1: And thank you for making the time and please be safe.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, thank you so much. Happy to talk.
Speaker 1: That was Folio Rosas. He is the national correspondent for
Speaker 1: The Blaze. He's also the author of fiery but mostly peaceful.
Speaker 1: A marine who served our country, who's still, you know,
Speaker 1: running into the chaos to bring us the news and
Speaker 1: to let us know what's going on in the ground.
Speaker 1: So we appreciate him for joining the show. Appreciate you
Speaker 1: guys at home for listening every Monday and Thursday, but
Speaker 1: you can listen throughout the week. I want to thank
Speaker 1: John Cassio, my producer, for putting the show together.
Speaker 2: Until next time,