1 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about America's cities tonight. We're gonna talk 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: about how bad they've become. I'm maybe gonna tell you 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: the worst city in America tonight, but I do need 4 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: to say something just right off the top. I know 5 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: it's popular, very very popular on the right with our people. 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: You're people my people. Maybe you've done this, maybe I've 7 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: done this. I probably have to simply dump on the city. 8 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: That's the cities in general. City suck, city suck. I've 9 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: never lived there. That's why I'm in the country. City suck. 10 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: Maybe that's your stance now. I personally I love cities. 11 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,279 Speaker 1: I love the country too. I love it all. I've 12 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: lived everywhere. I find joy in all of it. I 13 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: can be in the mountains and happy. I can be 14 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: on a lake and happy. I can be walking through 15 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: downtown Manhattan be very very happy, and I enjoy it all. 16 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what you feel, though, whether you hate 17 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: cities or you love cities, you should know the nation's 18 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: major cities are a huge part of the nation. Why 19 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: because you need to consider them basically the book cover 20 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: of your country. When you think of Japan, what do 21 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: you think of just now be honest with yourself. What 22 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: popped into your head when I said in Japan, what 23 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: do you think of Tokyo? Of course you did it. 24 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: I could do this with country after country after country. France, 25 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 1: what are you thinking about Paris? It's on the book cover. 26 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: No matter what you feel about cities, the condition of 27 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: the cities in your nation is a huge part of 28 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: how the world perceives your nation. And right now we 29 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: are in a bad spot. Probably the most important city 30 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: in America, maybe in the entire world, is New York City. Well, 31 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: New York is going down the toilet, and it freaking 32 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: sucks because I love New York City. Now, Eric Adams 33 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: is out there telling you they have a brand. We 34 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: have a brand. New York has a brand, and when 35 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: people see it, it means something, you know, when we 36 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: go there. It's not Kansas doesn't have a brand. Yes, 37 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: Kansas doesn't have a brand. You also don't get thrown 38 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: in front of a subway to die in Kansas. This 39 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: is something that now happens routinely in New York City. 40 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: It's become one of the most popular crimes. All these 41 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: mentally ill, violent lunatics get sprung out of jail. They 42 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: go down to the subway and they look for some 43 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: unsuspecting souls so they can throw him in front of 44 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: a car. Violent crime is up, murders up. Eric Adams 45 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: is out there saying, ignore the violent crime, ignore the 46 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: hemorrhaging of the NYPD. You just have a let have 47 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: a weird perception of things, and we're dealing with the 48 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: perception of fear that people are feeling. That's the combination, 49 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: and I must deal with that perception and the actual crime. 50 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: We can't get away from the fact we have three 51 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: point five million people using our subway system. We have 52 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: to be honest about that. And those average of six 53 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: crimes a day is not given the impression that our 54 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: system is out of controls. Just six crimes a day. 55 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: Stop whining about being thrown in front of a subway 56 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 1: car or the potential of it. It's six crimes a day, 57 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: it's no big deal. This is another reason why the cities, 58 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: all of them, are going downhill. It's not just where 59 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: they are, it's where they're going. It's not as if 60 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: these cities have seen the state of themselves and they've 61 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: bottomed out and now there's this robust movement within the 62 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: city that we got to turn things around. Guys, there's 63 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: no change coming at all. Have you seen Chicago? They 64 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: call it shirak for a reason. Chicago is a war 65 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: so an absolute war zone, fully automatic weapons. And it's more, 66 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: it's moved out from beyond just the ugly parts of Chicago, 67 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: the parts we are always crime ridden. Now now it's 68 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: moved into the quote nicer parts. We're gonna talk to 69 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: Catalina Lauf about that a little later on in the show. 70 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: She's from there. But what's the mayor's response? Is she 71 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: holding a round table right now? We got to crack 72 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: down on this crime? No, no, no, no. Mayor Laurie 73 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: Lightfoot and her crew cut they're putting out TikTok videos. 74 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 1: She's all right, this is the extended right now. I 75 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,679 Speaker 1: can get I can rab it while you slip it, gladden. 76 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: I can do alum little tricks and keep the sadded 77 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: a second. You can creeping, you can go there and 78 00:04:50,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: kissing and every Tammi Lemark. Look, I had to see it, 79 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: so you have to see it now too. But here's 80 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 1: the thing. She's running for reelection this year, and you 81 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: know the truth is much as that sucks as much 82 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: as it really sucks. She's gonna win. She's gonna win 83 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: very easily. This is what the people of Chicago want. 84 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: Sad but true. When Lory Lightfoot goes out there and 85 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: tells people to still wear masks, indoors hard to feel 86 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: bad for him. They keep voting for it. When you're 87 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: in a public space, whether you're you know, at work, 88 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: whether you're going into a restaurant a gym, or whether 89 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: you're going to entertainment like doctor or who was at 90 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: last night with the Nutcracker, wear a mask. I really 91 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: do think it's important as we move inside for people 92 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: to be conscious of the fact that the endside conditions 93 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: are a breeding REALND for viruses in COVID nineteen is 94 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 1: no different. You remember when she banned people from going 95 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: to the salon at the beginning of COVID, then promptly 96 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: got busted going to the salon for code getting her 97 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: crew cut bows down. Look, maybe you're in a big 98 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: city right now, and maybe you've been hearing me tell 99 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: you for a long time you've got to move, you 100 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: gotta get out, and maybe you've been saying this to yourself. 101 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: But Jesse, I'll just tough it out. No, I've got 102 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: to I've got this going here, I've got that going here. 103 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: I've got to stay. I want to stay, Jesse. I 104 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: have so much history here, my family grew up here, 105 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: and I get all those things. There's no judgment here. 106 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: I get all those things. But you do know that 107 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: the COVID stuff. Maybe you were just hanging on for 108 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: dear life, wait until you got past that. The COVID 109 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: stuff is going to come back. You know that, right, No, 110 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: probably not for COVID, although maybe for COVID. But now 111 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: they know. Now, all these big city tyrant mayors know 112 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: that they can become kings like that. Anytime. They please 113 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: scare the public enough, they'll have you wearing things on 114 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: your face. Have your schools in lockdown. Look, Los Angeles, 115 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, round this thing out here. Their public health 116 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: director already signal in it. LA County will follow the 117 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: CDC guidance for communities designated at the high community level, 118 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: including universal indoor masking, universal indoor masking. You see, you 119 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: now live in a tyranny, a complete and utter tyranny. See, 120 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: the American cities have been democrat for run for a 121 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: long time, many many, many decades. That's not new but 122 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: there have been different kinds of Democrats, tough on crime democrats, 123 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: Democrats here, democrat there. All these cities are run by 124 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: communists now with communist dais, and these communists mayors, these 125 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: communist das. Here's the thing, they keep getting reelected, they 126 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: keep getting sent right back. This idiot you're about to 127 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: see is La mayor, Karen Bass. Are you still going 128 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: to allow lapd and sanitation officers to do these sweeps 129 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: of encampments. No, these are not sweeps at all. This 130 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: is getting people to move on their own. This is 131 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: moving people from tents to hotels or motels. The city's 132 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: taking the homeless people and putting them up in hotels. 133 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: And you're looking at that and saying that nutball. They 134 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: got to get rid of that idiot, don't Karen Bass. Oh, 135 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: they just tried. We even had Hollywood celebrities shocked at 136 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: the condition of Los Angeles coming out campaigning hard against 137 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 1: Karen Bass. And after all that, the voters went to 138 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: the pools and promptly reelected one Karen Bass. It's not 139 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: just the state of American cities. And I honestly don't 140 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: know yet which one I'm going to pick is the worst. 141 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: But it's not just the state of American cities. It's 142 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: the direction. It's the direction. It's not that the American 143 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: cities are three hundred pounds overweight. Obis and just get 144 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: right at that point where they're turning things around. Got 145 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: a gym membership, went on a walk today? Eight Let 146 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: us know. It's that the American cities are three hundred 147 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: pounds and they're currently sitting in front of a meat 148 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: lover's pizza, watching TV with no plans to diet or 149 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: exercise at all. They're going down and down and down. 150 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: And that is the truth. All that may have made 151 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 1: you uncomfortable, but I am right. Dave Ruben has quite 152 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: a bit of an experience with Los Angeles. We're going 153 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: to ask him about that next. Our tax rates, again 154 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,559 Speaker 1: are lower than the state of Texas. I just want 155 00:09:55,559 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: to mind everybody out there of Texans pay high our taxes. Californians, 156 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: we have the highest tax rate among them with New York. 157 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: But not everybody lives in that rarefied world. In fact, 158 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: you don't, so you pay less taxes. It's just so 159 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: important to get that out. I just as the lazy 160 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: Punditryan that is dalling. It's actually it's about practice, because 161 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: these books claim to be sophisticated, some of them released. 162 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: Joining me now, my friend Dave Ruben, once a resident 163 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: of California, LA. He's obviously hosted the Reuben Report. Dave, 164 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: how are those California taxes? Man Jesse. I don't want 165 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: to mince words here because I know you want me 166 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 1: to bring it as I destroy Los Angeles Now. I 167 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: hate that man. I believe him to be a soulless 168 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: lizard person. Gavin Knewsome cannot say anything true if his 169 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: life depended on it. I actually challenged my audience on 170 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: the show, send me videotape of Gavin Newsom saying something 171 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: true and I will post it and play it unedited. 172 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:14,319 Speaker 1: Is the slimiest, smarmiest Everything about him is exactly what 173 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: everyone hates about politicians. Look at him with the slick 174 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 1: back hair and the facial that he just got in, 175 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: the faked tan and the whole thing. But I don't 176 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: care about it. The physical stuff, Okay, that's just silly stuff. 177 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: The guy is a liar when it comes to absolutely everything. 178 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: Ninety five percent of Texans do not pay more taxes 179 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: than they would in California. California lost something like seven 180 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 1: hundred to eight hundred thousand people in the last three years. 181 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 1: Florida has gained about eight hundred thousand. Texas has gained 182 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: around five hundred thousand. People are fleeing because of the taxes, 183 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 1: they're fleeing because of the regulation, but actually they're mostly 184 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: fleeing because of him. That's the truth. People knew the 185 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: taxes were high in Cali, they knew that there was 186 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: a lot of regulation in Calli. It was always going 187 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: to be a little tougher to run a business there. 188 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: But after the three years of what he has done, 189 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: that has demolished the state. The cities are absolute dumps. 190 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:09,599 Speaker 1: Crime is through the roof, the homelessness everywhere. You know, 191 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: I'm in the free State of Florida now though I'm 192 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: feeling pretty good about life, we're living life pretty good. 193 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: You know. You bring up a good point about the 194 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: look too, because if you were to tell a person 195 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: just hey, blank slate, sit down and write the cardboard 196 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: cutout of the slimy politician, you would, honestly you would 197 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: build Gavin Newsom. Many of them would build something that 198 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: is Gavin Newsom. Yet he's not only governor of the 199 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: most powerful state in the Union. I think we all 200 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,119 Speaker 1: know he's going to make a serious run of the presidency, 201 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: whether it be in twenty four or twenty eight. How 202 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: does a scumbag like this appeal to enough people to 203 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: rise that high. Oh well, it's very simple. He's a Democrat, 204 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: which means that he gets Democrat privilege, which is that 205 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: you can lie about everything, you can fail at everything 206 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: you do, you can enrich yourself while you impoverish your constituents, 207 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: and you keep rising. I mean, really think about it, 208 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: really think about it. This man was mayor of San Francisco. 209 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: San Francisco was one of the most beautiful, flourishing cities 210 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: in all of the United States, the proximity to Silicon Valley, 211 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: the tech world fifteen twenty years ago, that's when he 212 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: was mayor. The explosion of wealth and ingenuity and the 213 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: influx of people from not only this country but all 214 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: over the world who just wanted to work at any 215 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: of these companies, right, any of the big tech companies, 216 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 1: and he demolished it. San Francisco is a disgusting cesspool. 217 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: You can go. I have friends. I have one friend 218 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 1: left actually, who lives in San Francisco. I had a 219 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,719 Speaker 1: bunch that we're there. I have one friend left. He's 220 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: quite wealthy. I'm talking, you know, like hundreds of millions, 221 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: lives on one of the nicest streets in San Francisco. 222 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: I lent to dinner at his house and when I 223 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: was waiting for the uber outside of his house, the 224 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 1: guy's got a pretty freaking swink house. I did not 225 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: feel safe outside the house. That's the level. So it's 226 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: not just that they're taking over the poorer areas or something. 227 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: It's reaching everywhere. It's not safe to send your kids 228 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: to school there, the drugs on the street, the homelessness. 229 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: He's just you know. And then on top of the 230 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: fact that they hire based on you know, diversity equity inclusions, 231 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: so your teachers are awful, your engineers, your city planners, 232 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: it's the entire thing. And you're right. He is ready 233 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: to run for president. There is no doubt he is 234 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: licking his chops right now hoping that this silly you know, 235 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: Biden with the files in the backyard or in the garage, 236 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: that that takes out Joe so he can run and 237 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: move Kamala out of the side. I mean, this guy 238 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: is bad news. But when you're a Democrat, you can 239 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: destroy everything and they love you for it. Which brings 240 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: me to Los Angeles. Karen Bass, you mentioned homelessness. Well 241 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: here's old Karen. Is it just straight up affordability. We 242 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: have people who are intense who actually work full time. 243 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: We have thousands of children who are intent, some with 244 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: mothers who fled domestic violence, some who are teenagers who 245 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: aged out of foster care. Some people who were formally 246 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: incarcerated because they are not able to find housing are intents. 247 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: So we have to have a comprehensive approach and address 248 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: the reasons why people were on house. But first and foremost, 249 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: we have to get people off the streets. People are 250 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: literally dying on the streets in Los Angeles and this 251 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: has got to stop. Dave, I actually haven't been to 252 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: LA for five or six years. I used to have 253 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: a real good time out there every now and then, 254 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: but I have been told by people like you that 255 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: it has gotten bad. Oh yeah, I mean I fled 256 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. I saw the encroachment of those ten cities 257 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: that you guys are shown they took. They completely took 258 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: over downtown, so downtown was demolished there was no businesses 259 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: left anywhere, and then they were spreading into the rural neighborhoods. 260 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: And then of course they passed these crazy laws that 261 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: if you build a structure on public land like a 262 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: public park, that they won't move it, So then everyone 263 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: starts moving into the public So you have literally kids 264 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: playing on swings next door to crack addicts and methoddics 265 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: who are doing whatever it is that methoddics and crack 266 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: addicts do. You'd have to get Hunter Biden on the 267 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: show to get the answer on that one. But it's 268 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: spreading everywhere. And look, Karen Bass and the rest of them. 269 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm really sick of saying, well, these people have good intentions. 270 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: It's irrelevant to be first off, the road to hell 271 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: is paved with good intentions. And if they cannot see, 272 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: the proof is in the pudding of what they have done. 273 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: The idea that these people work full time jobs in 274 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: these tents and they're you know, there's kids and families. 275 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: They're no, they're mostly drug addicts. They're people who got 276 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: and I have sympathy for the people that got hooked 277 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: on drugs and that are out of work and all 278 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: of these things. But it's the policies of these buffoons 279 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: who make it so that businesses cannot thrive there, so 280 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: people can't get good jobs. And then you put high 281 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: regulations in so that builders that want to build housing 282 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: and all and apartment buildings and everything else, they say, 283 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: forget this, we have to the amount of stuff and 284 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: the hoops that we have to jump through to build 285 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: a basic building here. Let's go to Florida or Texas 286 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: where we can build three of them for half the price. 287 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: And then you get left with this urban decay. So 288 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: this is what they want. And by the way, the 289 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: other thing that they're doing, you know this, they're putting 290 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 1: the homeless people in four star hotels there. So there's 291 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: nothing like going on your honeymoon to Los Angeles. You 292 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 1: go see the Hollywood sign and then you walk into 293 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: the Ritz Carlton and you know you got a crack 294 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:25,199 Speaker 1: addict orgy. I guess that's something they do. Oh now, 295 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 1: I just picture that, Dave, Now I picture that. How 296 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: are we supposed to know what today? Setting that aside, 297 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: my buddy is a shopkeeper there, and the two things 298 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 1: he complains to me most are the regulations, which you 299 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: just pointed out. All the hoops he has to jump through, 300 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: and the crime he just he's constantly chasing people. It's 301 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: an everyday occurrence. He's chasing criminals out of his story. 302 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: He said, Jesse, I'm basically a cop. How about is 303 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: the crime there? Oh, it's bad. I mean, you know, Jesse, 304 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: you probably know this. But when Rudy Giuliani took over 305 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,959 Speaker 1: New York City after four years of progressive David Dinkins 306 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: who destroyed the city, the first thing he did was 307 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: he got those guys who would stand outside the Midtown 308 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: Tunnel with the newspapers wet rags and wash your windows. 309 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: And it was like, well, that wasn't a huge crime, 310 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: but people that were coming into I lived in the suburb, 311 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: so we would come into the city to visit my 312 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: grandparents and you'd get out of the tunnel and then 313 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: you'd have, you know, basically a homeless guy with a 314 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: dirty rag washing your car down, and it was that 315 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: was how you entered the city, and that kind of 316 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: set the tone for the city. So the first thing 317 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: he did was get rid of those guys. And what's 318 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,479 Speaker 1: happening in La that your friend is dealing with right 319 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 1: now is on top of the fact that you have 320 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: just the general state of people can just commit crimes 321 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: and do whatever they want and don't do anything. You 322 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 1: have DA's who actually encourage it, because once you say 323 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: to somebody, you know what, you can trespass, we won't arrestue, 324 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: you can resist arrest, we won't arrestue. If you're still deodorant, 325 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: we won't arrest you. Well, then you're encouraging more and 326 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: more people to do it. And you're also saying to 327 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: the decent citizen, let's say of New York City in 328 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: this case, you know, oh, not going to arrest people 329 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: for paying you know, the subway turnstile, the two fifty. 330 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: So you're just a sucker if you do it. And 331 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: that encourages more and more of this stuff. But you've 332 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: also everyone watching this has seen the videos. You know, 333 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 1: these guys walk into cvs or Walgreens, they put their 334 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: arm on a shelf, they clear it out, and then 335 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: there's no cops. The cops don't want to work in 336 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 1: LA anymore. And you can't blame them because Garcetti and 337 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: now Bass, they're not going to back the blue so 338 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: good cops. You know where they're going. They're going to Florida. 339 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: Where Rhonda Santis has given them a bonus for coming here. 340 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: Of course, Orda's going to also be the law enforcement 341 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 1: capital of the country. Day Rubin, appreciate your brother. Was 342 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:41,360 Speaker 1: I clear about my feelings on all this? You were, Crystal, 343 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: my friend, Crystal, see your man, good boss. All right, 344 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: that's la about New York. Carol mark Witz is going 345 00:19:51,280 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: to join us next for the first time in life. 346 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: Even in the late eighties and nineties, when the crime 347 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: rate was killing two thousand people a year, I never 348 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: felt as unsafe as I do now just walking around. 349 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: That's not good. I remember I had to visit New 350 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: York City recently. Had to sit down with one of 351 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 1: the radio suits, the head of the station up there, 352 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,680 Speaker 1: and it was me and the wife, and it was 353 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: supposed to be him and his wife, and he showed 354 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,639 Speaker 1: up without her, and he said, now she doesn't come 355 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:40,640 Speaker 1: into the city anymore. Lifelong new Yorkers joining me now, 356 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: the great Carol Markowitz, of course, of the New York 357 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: Post and Fox News. Carol, what's it like in New 358 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: York these days? Are you in New York right now? 359 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: I'm not. I moved to Florida a year ago, and 360 00:20:54,160 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: I've never been happier. Okay, people are obviously afraid. I 361 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: hear a ton of this. Look, I personally didn't feel 362 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: that safe walking around, and I'm not small, it's just 363 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: as a place that seems dangerous now. So it's interesting 364 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: that David Patterson said that, because you know, the numbers 365 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: say that it was worse than the eighties and early nineties, 366 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: and so why our New Yorkers feeling this unsafe? And 367 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: my argument would be because the Wolke have taken over 368 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 1: New York City and so we can't get to step 369 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: one of fighting crime, which is admitting the crime as 370 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: a problem. So what you have is, you know, somebody 371 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: will say I'm afraid to go into Manhattan, and all 372 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: of these people will say, what that's crazy. Look at 373 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: the statistics from nineteen ninety one. They were so much, 374 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: so much more murderer than so much more robbery, so 375 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 1: much more rape. What are you even afraid of? And 376 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: you're like, I still don't want murder or rape or 377 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: robbery at the high numbers we have now, And that 378 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 1: becomes this argument of maybe you're racist, Maybe you shouldn't 379 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: be saying that in a public forum. And these are 380 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: real things that people say in response to concern about crime. 381 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: So people like David Patterson, it's not that crime is 382 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: as bad as it was, you know, in the eighties 383 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: and nineties, But then again, where they've undone, you know, 384 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: decades of good police work to get to that point. 385 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: It's that you can't even admit that crime is bad 386 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 1: right now in New York City. And if you can't 387 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: get to that, you can't fight it. Carol, It's gotten 388 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: so bad so fast. That's really what hits me in 389 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: so much of this seems to come back to COVID. 390 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: I remember it was bizarre. I had to go up 391 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,560 Speaker 1: to New York City sadly during COVID. It was not 392 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: a fun place then. It was like a zombie land. 393 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: The streets were empty, the sidewalks were empty. That seems 394 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: like the beginning of it going downhill, but it obviously wasn't. 395 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: That wasn't so I really think it was the collision 396 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: of COVID and cancel culture, where it became not acceptable 397 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: to talk about things. And if you did talk about them, 398 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: if you said that, you know, COVID, perhaps we shouldn't 399 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: close schools indefinitely, then you could get fired from your 400 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: job and people have. It actually happened that people were 401 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: fired for their opinions, very normal, straight laced opinions about 402 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,719 Speaker 1: how we should handle COVID, and people had their lives ruined. 403 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: And so what happened is people saw that this was 404 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: going on for people who had the wrong opinion about COVID, 405 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: and they didn't want to have the wrong opinion about 406 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: crime too. And I was living in Park Slope, which is, like, 407 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: you know, just imagine the most left area, but also 408 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: one of the wealthier areas of New York City. So 409 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 1: super left, super wealthy, crime does not exist to these people, 410 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: and if you talk about crime, you're a bad person 411 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: for even mentioning it or noticing it. And so I 412 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: saw people get deluged with hate on these sites and around, 413 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: you know, the community, for daring to speak up. There 414 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: was a whole story about how this woman's dog was 415 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: killed by a homeless guy in Park Slope, and they 416 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 1: tried to organize like a naborhood watch group, and of 417 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: course they was shut down because they're racist. How dare 418 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: they even want to stop crime? And having this kind 419 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: of neighborhood watch group is the epitome of racism. Good 420 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: grief back to the COVID thing really quickly explain to 421 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: people who didn't live in one of these blue cities 422 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: like New York, how bad was the COVID tyranny in 423 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: New York describing it was like living there. So it's 424 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: funny because so many people think that the restrictions are 425 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: over in places like New York, but they're not. First 426 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 1: of all, masks could come back at any time. They're 427 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: frequently in discussion about bringing back masks as soon as 428 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: the numbers spike a little bit. But also, if you're 429 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: not vaccinated, you are not allowed inside your child's school 430 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: in New York City today right now. I mean, you know, 431 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 1: and I think people just don't know that this continues. 432 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: My son's school in Brooklyn was until this week having 433 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: events only outdoors and Jesse. They're not in Florida or 434 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: Texas where the weather is nice. There in like thirty 435 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: five degrees shivering outside trying to you know, stay safe. 436 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,360 Speaker 1: So this was all still going on, but it was crazy. 437 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: It was like outdoor masking, you know, well into twenty 438 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: twenty two in schools and elsewhere. We moved in January 439 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, and my kids were all still masking 440 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: in school. So this went on and how crazy things 441 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 1: things really were New York City went on for so long, 442 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: and it was impossible to see the city find its 443 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: way back. And that's really, you know why we're having 444 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,399 Speaker 1: the conversation we're having. And it's twenty twenty three and 445 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: New York is still in a bad place, and it's 446 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: because of all these things that happened. It turned out 447 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: you couldn't, you know, make everybody insane and then just 448 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: make everybody back to being sane again. It just didn't work. 449 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: New York Governor Kathy Hokel got Up had this to 450 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,479 Speaker 1: say about cash less bail, But I believe there are 451 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: several things we can agree upon. First, that the size 452 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: of someone's bank account should not determine whether or not 453 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: they sit in jail or go home, even before they've 454 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: been convicted of a crime. That was the goal of 455 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: Bowery Form. It was a righteous one, and I stand 456 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: by it, Carol. As you know, I'm a terrible person. 457 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: I've never pretended otherwise, but it's very hard for me 458 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: to feel bad for New Yorkers when I hear speeches 459 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: like that, and I know the crime's going to continue 460 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: to get worse when they just went out once again 461 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: and voted for it over and over again. They vote 462 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: for Eric Adams, they vote for Kathy Hogel. Why am 463 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: I supposed to care anymore? We'll think about all the 464 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: people who didn't vote for Kathy Hogel. It was actually 465 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: pretty close. And the thing is that I care about 466 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,479 Speaker 1: those people who are trying so hard to get New 467 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: York back to normalcy, but they just don't have the numbers, 468 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: and there's still quite a lot of them. And again, 469 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: how close the election was was pretty good. But yeah, 470 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: they didn't win, and that sucks. But a lot of 471 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: people can't leave. They lifelong businesses, they have families there, etc. 472 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: But you know, I would say it's interesting because I 473 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 1: am actually a very good person. So for a long 474 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: time I also thought, why does your bank account dictate, 475 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: you know, whether or not you're out on bail. But 476 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: it's just this is such a great example of the 477 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: sheer lunacy. I never wanted zero bail. Zero is crazy. 478 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,919 Speaker 1: Why would you have zero bail? Okay, you know there 479 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: was once a shoplifting story. A shoplifter had managed to 480 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: get away from the police, and because he had gotten 481 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: away from the police, they had had him in the 482 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: back of the car and he managed to escape. It 483 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: was a whole thing. He had a ten thousand dollar bail, 484 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: this like homeless teenager who was shoplifting, and I was like, 485 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 1: that's crazy. Obviously ten thousand to him is like ten million. 486 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: So I always wanted the bail to kind of match 487 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: up with the crime or the person. Sure, but zero 488 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: zero is like just saying we don't care about crime, 489 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: we don't want to fight this, and let's let everybody 490 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: out back out on the streets to commit more crime. 491 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: Zero is bananas. Can it be saved now? I'm not 492 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: under the impression that it would be anytime soon. You 493 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: got a George Sorosda, you got Eric Adams. Kathy Hokel's 494 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: an idiot. I know change isn't coming anytime soon. I know. 495 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: Traditionally you would say, well, it'll bottom out eventually. New 496 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: York's been down before. Carol, I'm sorry, I just don't 497 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: see it. With this modern day Democratic Party, I don't 498 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: see it. I think it will. And here's why. I 499 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: think that a lot of the people who voted for 500 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: this kind of madness, and maybe voted even for Kathy 501 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: Hogel again really are not. They don't think it's going 502 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: to bottom out, So if it does, I do think 503 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: New York will bounce back. I do think it needs 504 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: to hit rock bottom, and that's really sad, but I 505 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: believe that New Yorkers will fight back once it gets 506 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: past a certain point. People can put up with a lot, 507 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: and they can really deal with Like I just saw 508 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 1: this during COVID. They were willing to deal with so much, 509 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: and they they weren't standing up and fighting back. But 510 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,239 Speaker 1: I think if the crime level continues to go up, 511 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,959 Speaker 1: I can see New York finally realizing what it has 512 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: done and really fighting back against these policies. Well, I 513 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: hope you're right, because it sucks now, Carol Mark Woods, 514 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: thank you many, Thank you. Jesse. All right, we'll be back. 515 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: I just sid as a crew. What do you got 516 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: a grenade? That's not a grenade, by the way, But look, 517 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 1: that's still not pleasant, especially when you're walking home joining me. Now, 518 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: my friend Catalina allows she ran for Congress in Illinois 519 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: eleventh District, just outside of Chicago. All right, Catalina, that 520 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: little video, notwithstanding how bad is the crime there, you 521 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: still go into the city. Absolutely not. It's horrible and 522 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: getting worse weekend over a weekend, you know, predominantly it 523 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: used to be centered in unfortunately, the South and West Side, 524 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: getting related predominantly black on black crime, and it has 525 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: now moved to all areas, to the tourist parts, the 526 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: north side, you name. It. Are not only just seeing 527 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: gun homicides increase, murder rates increase, but just petty crimes 528 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: as well. And you know, I think it's a matter 529 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: of not only the poor leadership that we have. You 530 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: know Lori Lightfoot, sure you've seen her TikTok videos. She'd 531 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: rather be doing that than actually doing anything substantive, but 532 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: Kim Fox as well, and the unfortunate reality that the 533 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: economic situation in the city, and what was one of 534 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: the most incredible cities in the country, in the world, 535 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: is now just suffering at an alarming rate. People are 536 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: moving out, businesses are moving out, and it's just unfortunately 537 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: not the same as it was even five years ago. 538 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: You know what, it is true because Chicago was sick 539 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: back of the day. I've had some seriously great times 540 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: in that town. All right, you've watched it deteriorate. You 541 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: mentioned Kim Fox. Focus on that for a second. Is 542 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: she the main reason? Who is this woman? What's her problem? Yes? So, 543 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: Kim Fox, the state's Attorney, was first elected in twenty sixteen. 544 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: She was heavily backed by George Soros, who has always 545 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: made it a big part of his platform in the 546 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: candidates that he supports are kind of the social justice characters. 547 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 1: I believe he backed Chessa being out in San Francisco. 548 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: Who is I think recently recently resigned. And so we 549 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: have now this problem in Kim Fox, who in the 550 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: three years that she has been the state prosecutor, the 551 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: state's attorney, twenty five thousand felony cases have been dropped, 552 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: twenty five thousand, over three hundred people are around two 553 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty three hundred people have left her office 554 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: because they are just so sickened by what's going on. 555 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: Law enforcement has retirements of upwards of two hundred percent, 556 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:43,080 Speaker 1: and the crime rates are going up. So I would say, 557 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,719 Speaker 1: who or who else are we supposed to point fingers 558 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: at if it's not the person who should be prosecuting 559 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: people who deserve to be prosecuted. Katalina, it shocks me 560 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: that they allowed this, even a nutball like Kim Fox 561 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: and LORI lightfoot that they allowed this to get out 562 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: of the bad neighborhoods. Okay, poor neighborhoods have crime problems. 563 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: That's not exactly something new, that's the history of the world. 564 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: But allowing this to get up into the districts where 565 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: women go to town with their husbands and buy seven 566 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: thousand dollars purses kind of seems like a dumb business decision, 567 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: doesn't it. Absolutely, And you know what it all stemmed. 568 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: I believe the beginning of this was not only the pandemic. 569 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: We had some of the most draconian lockdowns in Cook 570 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: County which really destroyed the restaurants and the businesses magnificacent 571 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 1: mile if you've heard that term before, where all the 572 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: nice the Michigan Avenue is all the nice hotels, the restaurants, 573 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: the shopping all that suffered significantly. But then you had 574 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 1: the riots of BLM riots after the George Floyd incident, 575 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 1: and that really impacted the city. You had upwards of 576 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: sixty six millions millions of dollars worth of damage. Crime 577 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: went up. People who were a part of that crime 578 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: were never had slap on the wrist, were never thrown 579 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: in jail or for crimes that they committed all because 580 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: of the state's attorney. And so you see that effect. 581 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: When people aren't being a hell's accountable for their actions, 582 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: then they're going to think that this is a free 583 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: for all, and this is any criminal in any city 584 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: or any state. If you do not lay down the law, 585 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,360 Speaker 1: criminals will continue to believe that if they're not going 586 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 1: to get caught, they're going to continue to do what 587 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: they're doing. So until we have better leadership, a better 588 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,320 Speaker 1: state's attorney, a better mayor, this is, unfortunately the consequences 589 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: of a Democrat run city. And unfortunately, again, you know, 590 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,160 Speaker 1: our city has been I've lived here my whole life 591 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: in Illinois. Chicago was always a staple for all of us, 592 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: especially out here in the suburbs, in the quiet suburbs. 593 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 1: You go to Chicago for a weekend, and unfortunately it 594 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: has changed. People are moving out left and right, and 595 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,359 Speaker 1: it's just I don't know what it's going to take. 596 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 1: It's going to take better leadership and better policies implemented. 597 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: But on top of that, think of about the emotional 598 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: and the psychological impact on our law enforcement community. As 599 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,360 Speaker 1: a former member nominee for US Congress. I was able 600 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: to talk with a lot of our cops and a 601 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,399 Speaker 1: lot of law enforcement officials who had to move out 602 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: here because they were forced to choose between their own 603 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,799 Speaker 1: safety and or, you know, their careers and their livelihoods. 604 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 1: So they come out to the suburbs, they try to 605 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: join the law enforcement out here because it was just 606 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: too dangerous to do it out in Cook County in Chicago. 607 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,760 Speaker 1: Because of the policies that are impacting our law enforcement 608 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,879 Speaker 1: community as well. I don't know if you heard about 609 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: the Bail Reform Bill, a safety Act that was going 610 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 1: to eliminate cash bail, allowing second degree murder suspects to 611 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 1: walk free. And you know, these things have consequences. And 612 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:50,320 Speaker 1: on top of that all of the gun legislation that 613 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,000 Speaker 1: they have tried to continue to push. So when we 614 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 1: already feel unsafe, law enforcement feels unsafe, can't even do 615 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 1: their job. They now prevent They want to prevent law 616 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: abiding citizens from defending themselves. Do they still have the 617 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,800 Speaker 1: Polish sausage sandwiches there? I've had so many great Polar 618 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: sausage sandwiches in Chicago. I just can't get enough of them. Yes, 619 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: and deep Dish pizza. Oh, don't tell me you're a 620 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 1: deep dish pizza person. Come on, sorry from Chicago man. Gosh, 621 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: all right, Well, something that actually is not fun and delicious, 622 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,120 Speaker 1: something that's actually despicable is the news story that came 623 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: out six hundred Chicago educators. Do I have that number right? 624 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: Over six hundred educators involved in pedophilia in adult to student. 625 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 1: This is a quote adult to student sexual misconduct. And 626 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 1: the twenty one twenty two school year, that's not six Catalina, 627 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: that's six hundred. What it's absolutely sick. And what's even 628 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,320 Speaker 1: more sick is that the media refuses to cover it 629 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 1: still now, The Chicago Tribune, the Daily Herald, any of 630 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 1: these major media outlets here in Illinois refuse to cover it. 631 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,359 Speaker 1: Which we know that with more media exposure, a lot 632 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,799 Speaker 1: of these people would be held more accountable. People would 633 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,360 Speaker 1: create a movement if they knew what was happening, especially 634 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:26,880 Speaker 1: the parents. But this is being completely hidden from the 635 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,439 Speaker 1: people in Chicago, and it's it's so sad and sick 636 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: that this is what has become. Not to mention, just 637 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:38,919 Speaker 1: the literacy rights are continuing to drop. I believe it's 638 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,799 Speaker 1: only fifteen percent of Chicago public school kids are proficient 639 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,320 Speaker 1: in math and reading, and then you have all of 640 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 1: this going on on top of that. So what is 641 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,880 Speaker 1: what are you doing to what? We know what you're doing, teachers, 642 00:37:56,120 --> 00:38:03,440 Speaker 1: but who is holding them accountable? Absolutely nobody? Fifteen percent? 643 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,800 Speaker 1: And reading in math, well, math sucks, but reading is 644 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,319 Speaker 1: really important. Catalina, thank you so much, Come back soon, 645 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:16,080 Speaker 1: thank you. All right, So what's the worst city? I 646 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:35,520 Speaker 1: will tell you. Thanks, So what's the worst city? Maybe 647 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,040 Speaker 1: you're thinking, oh, yes, see, if you've been to Philly, 648 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: it's got to be Philly or Minneapolis. Man, Minneapolis has 649 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,120 Speaker 1: gone down hill. It's actually really sad. Friends of mine 650 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,640 Speaker 1: telling me what's happening up there. But you'd be wrong. 651 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:50,840 Speaker 1: It's actually not New York. It's not LA it's not Chicago, 652 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:55,360 Speaker 1: it's not Minneapolis, it's not Philadelphia. The worst city in 653 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,200 Speaker 1: the United States of America is Washington, DC. And it's 654 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 1: not particularly close. And I'll tell you why. A couple 655 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: of things. There are a couple of big reasons why 656 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,879 Speaker 1: Washington DC has the same crime problems they're suffering from 657 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 1: in Philly and New York and all the other places. 658 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: Of course, but Washington, DC doesn't have something that the 659 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,680 Speaker 1: other cities do. You See, if I walk into New 660 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,239 Speaker 1: York City tonight, I'm not going to, But if I do, 661 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,399 Speaker 1: or if I walk into Chicago tonight, or I walk 662 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 1: into La tonight, you know what one of my main 663 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:29,200 Speaker 1: challenges will be. One not getting shot, Yes, that's an 664 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,879 Speaker 1: important part. But two, one of my main challenges will 665 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:37,880 Speaker 1: be figuring out what the best place to eat is, because, 666 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,879 Speaker 1: at least in a big city, even the crime ridden ones, 667 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:45,799 Speaker 1: there's great food everywhere. Do you have any idea how 668 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,920 Speaker 1: horrible the food scene is in Washington, d C. For 669 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:53,279 Speaker 1: a city of its size and wealth, the restaurants selection 670 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: is pathetic. It's not even bad, it's below whatever's below bad. 671 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 1: I went with pathetic, it's bad. Two the airport situation. 672 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 1: There are three really big ones that surround Washington, d 673 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 1: C or at least close by, and they all suck. 674 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:13,759 Speaker 1: If I fly into New York City, I at least 675 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:19,800 Speaker 1: have options. Chicago, here's not bad, LA great airport, Washington, 676 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:24,399 Speaker 1: d C sucks. And finally, and I mean this as 677 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 1: somebody who has lived for a year in Washington, DC, 678 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 1: you know why, on top of the crime and a 679 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,439 Speaker 1: bad food and the bad airports. You know why, it's 680 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,680 Speaker 1: really the worst the people. You know, one of the 681 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: main reasons I moved away. I moved there, lasted a 682 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,279 Speaker 1: little less than a year and packed up the family moved. 683 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:45,240 Speaker 1: You want to know one of the reasons. Everyone's so rude. 684 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,840 Speaker 1: There's no holding doors open for people. No yes, ma'am, no, 685 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 1: no sir. Most people won't even make eye contact with you. 686 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: Give you a little nod, hello, how you doing. That's 687 00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,320 Speaker 1: how I grew up. Everyone walks around with its permanent 688 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: scow on their face and they're looking down all the time. Washington, 689 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,959 Speaker 1: DC sucks. All right, it's been fun. We'll do it again. 690 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,360 Speaker 1: Each morning, the President of the United States receives a 691 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,960 Speaker 1: highly classified briefing on the most important issues facing the country. 692 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,920 Speaker 1: It's called the President's Daily Brief, or PDB. It's delivered 693 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,960 Speaker 1: by America's spies and analysts. 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