WEBVTT - Former Presidential and New York City Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang Talks Politics, No-bull Mobile

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio News. I showed a story

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<v Speaker 1>with you because I don't know if you noticed. It's

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be about eighty degrees here on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>Does that mean the mosquitoes are coming back?

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<v Speaker 3>I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I think enough. I could sit outside and like, I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't feel like I would get bitten, but the night

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<v Speaker 2>before got bitten.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not quite sweat weather, but it's getting close.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's getting close.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was chilly this morning when I walked the doctors.

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<v Speaker 2>Mister autumn man might make an appearance, mister odam.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. One of our spotlight stories by our O'Brian K. Sullivan,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's entitled high Summer Temperatures hangover much of the

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<v Speaker 1>US Heartland, and it says a late blast of warm

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<v Speaker 1>weather is bringing summer like temperatures to the US Midwest,

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<v Speaker 1>laying the transition into heating season in the natural gas market.

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<v Speaker 1>We are Bloomberg, so we always think about the markets impacted,

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<v Speaker 1>no matter what. Temperatures are set to rise as much

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<v Speaker 1>as fifteen degrees fahrenheit or more above normal throughout the

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<v Speaker 1>Great Plans in Midwest with thirty seven till daily highs

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<v Speaker 1>that could be tied or broken through next week, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we'll see the warm weather slow the transition into

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<v Speaker 1>heating season. But it is also likely to prolong drought

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<v Speaker 1>conditions across the eastern US jew to the accompanying dry air.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow. Yeah, okay, high pressure dome. It's settled across the

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<v Speaker 2>center of the country near Chicago. It'll spread eastward through

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<v Speaker 2>the weekend. The heat sticks around homes and businesses will

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<v Speaker 2>keep air conditioners running longer. Usually at this time of

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<v Speaker 2>the year, energy demand starts to shift from being driven

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<v Speaker 2>by the need to keep places cool to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>they're warm enough. But this year is warmer than normal

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<v Speaker 2>readings will slow that transition, as you mentioned, Carol, into

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<v Speaker 2>heating season. According to report from Bloomberg.

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<v Speaker 1>Ne Ef, you know, we still have air on at home.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So I was just gonna ask you, but my

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<v Speaker 2>husband literally.

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<v Speaker 1>Goes from air conditioning to heating, so and I like

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<v Speaker 1>to open windows and have like you know.

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<v Speaker 2>But there was a nice couple of weeks in September

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<v Speaker 2>when we could keep all the windows open.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Then toward the end of September into this week, we

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<v Speaker 2>did air conditioning. But last night and the night before

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<v Speaker 2>windows open.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything was nice, right, it's just fresh flowing around. But

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<v Speaker 1>like there are market implications, right, and we certainly see

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<v Speaker 1>this play, and so we'll keep an eye on this

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<v Speaker 1>and see, you know what it could mean. The thing

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<v Speaker 1>that I think is interesting is that the warmer it

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<v Speaker 1>is and Brian Sullivan in case Sullivan points us out

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<v Speaker 1>in the story, he says a potentially longer lasting fallout

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<v Speaker 1>is that the dryer accompanying the rising temps will likely

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<v Speaker 1>prolong the drought conditions across the eastern US. This is

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<v Speaker 1>according to Orovec, more than ninety two percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>Northeast from Maine to West Virginia is abnormally dry, and

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<v Speaker 1>several states, including New Hampshire and Vermont, are either completely

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<v Speaker 1>or nearly covered by drought. That's according to the US

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<v Speaker 1>Drought Monitors. So you think about crops, you think about fires,

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<v Speaker 1>you think about just the implications when land is so dry.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I talk about the Boeing story?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>My dad used to do this when we'd be like, Dad,

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<v Speaker 1>can I can? I was like, I don't know, can

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<v Speaker 1>you I can?

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<v Speaker 2>May I talk about the bowing story?

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<v Speaker 3>There you go, mister Stenovek.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the most red story in the hour on

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<v Speaker 2>the Bloomberg terminal. We talked about it very briefly, but

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<v Speaker 2>we're getting some more details. Boeing's Triple seven X is

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<v Speaker 2>slated to fly commercially for the first time in early

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty seven instead of next year. Our team Julie

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<v Speaker 2>Johnson and Sid Philip exclusively reporting this. Deutsche Luftanza, the

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<v Speaker 2>launch customer for the wide body aircraft, is already laying

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<v Speaker 2>the groundwork for a fresh setback. The German airline is

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<v Speaker 2>not including the Triple seven X and its fleet plans

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<v Speaker 2>until twenty twenty seven, said one of the people, who

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<v Speaker 2>asked not to be identified because the matter is confidential.

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<v Speaker 2>Officials at Emirates, the Triple seven x's biggest customer, have

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<v Speaker 2>also grown more cautious as it looks at entry into service,

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<v Speaker 2>possibly not before twenty twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>So we did see Boeing shares They were up about

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<v Speaker 1>one percent in today's session. The stock we've seen it

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<v Speaker 1>making its way back here in twenty twenty five after

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<v Speaker 1>what seemed like several years right of problems at the airline.

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<v Speaker 1>Maker stock is up almost twenty three percent year today.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know when you do have a delay in

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<v Speaker 1>a launch like this, there are potentially implications. Analysts estimating

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<v Speaker 1>the non cash accounting charge could run from two and

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<v Speaker 1>a half billion to as much as four billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>The Boeing has not detailed the extent of the cost.

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<v Speaker 1>Company reports on October twenty ninth, So I'm assuming this

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<v Speaker 1>will be a big topic.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know how long we've been talking about the

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<v Speaker 2>start of deliveries for the upgraded Triple seven planes?

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<v Speaker 1>Not easy? Tip.

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<v Speaker 2>It was originally due to fly commercially in twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well then we had a little thing called the

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<v Speaker 1>global pandemic.

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<v Speaker 3>We did, and other things we did.

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<v Speaker 2>Boeing has already racked more than eleven billion dollars in

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<v Speaker 2>cost overruns for this plane. It's encountered a string of

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<v Speaker 2>setbacks and faced tough FA scrutiny in the aftermath of

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<v Speaker 2>two fatal seven thirty seven Max crashes last decade.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so it's I mean, listen, we know it's not easy,

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<v Speaker 1>we know it's difficult. I'm still always kind of blown

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<v Speaker 1>away by the mathematics and the financials of planes and

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<v Speaker 1>airlines and making plants because these things are.

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<v Speaker 2>Super super expensive.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a wide body.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so as opposed to the seven thirty seven, seven

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven max and narrowbody.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening and watching Bloomberg Business Week, just a quick

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<v Speaker 1>reminder of how we closed on this Thursday, S and

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<v Speaker 1>P five hundred sixty seven fifteen up four points. Believe

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<v Speaker 1>that was a record, and the Nasdaq one hundred twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four eight ninety two that was up about ninety one points.

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<v Speaker 1>So once again we're talking about records on Wall Street,

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<v Speaker 1>which is something that we hadn't seen for a few days,

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<v Speaker 1>but there was a period where it was one after another.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, to get to our next guest, he's somebody who

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<v Speaker 2>wears many hats. Andrew Yang is with us. He's the

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<v Speaker 2>founder and CEO of Noble Mobile. You might know him

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<v Speaker 2>though as former Democratic presidential candidate in the twenty twenty race,

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<v Speaker 2>and in twenty twenty one he made a failed run

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<v Speaker 2>to be Democratic nominee for the New York City mayoil race.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the founder of the Independent Forward Party, also a

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<v Speaker 2>best selling author. He's often on our radar, and just

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<v Speaker 2>this past summer, Political reported that Elon Musk and Andrew

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<v Speaker 2>Yang connected on creating a third party to a beend

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<v Speaker 2>America's political system.

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<v Speaker 1>Andrew Yang, Welcome, Welcome to Bloomberg BusinessWeek. DEII great to

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<v Speaker 1>have you with us. How are you?

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<v Speaker 3>It's great to be here. What an awesome intro. I'll

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<v Speaker 3>take it.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot, there's a lot. What's more fun more

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<v Speaker 1>challenging starting up a company or being an entrepreneur or

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<v Speaker 1>running for political office?

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<v Speaker 3>Wow? It depends on the office. I will say. I

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<v Speaker 3>thought that being the CEO of a startup might prepare

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<v Speaker 3>me for running for office, But it turns out that

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<v Speaker 3>as a candidate, people want to know more about you,

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<v Speaker 3>like you become the product, and there's nothing that can

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<v Speaker 3>prepare you for that. So if that sounds good to you,

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<v Speaker 3>feel free to run for office.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So wait, did you like so then starting running

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<v Speaker 1>a company?

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<v Speaker 3>Starting with a company? You no?

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks? Are you done with politics?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm too young to be done with politics. And even

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<v Speaker 3>what we're doing with Noble Mobile, we're trying to lower

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<v Speaker 3>people's cell phone bills, which strikes me as something that's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of tangential to politics. It's something that you know

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<v Speaker 3>is touching policy. But I'm sure I'll run for something

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<v Speaker 3>again at some point.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to get to Noble Mobile in just a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>And like you said, there is this idea of actually

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<v Speaker 2>getting people to use their phone, which is really interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to go back to this idea of you

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<v Speaker 2>and Elon teaming up to create a third party to

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<v Speaker 2>up in America's political system. Are you talking to him

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<v Speaker 2>right now about that?

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<v Speaker 3>We are in touch to this day. He did endorse

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<v Speaker 3>me in twenty twenty, and his team and I share

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<v Speaker 3>many many people in common in our networks. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>like it's stay tuned really well.

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<v Speaker 2>Some folks would argue that he has changed a lot

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<v Speaker 2>since twenty twenty, or at least his positions have changed

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<v Speaker 2>a lot, and in fact, in twenty twenty four he

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<v Speaker 2>said he wasn't going to even get involved in the

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<v Speaker 2>presidential race, and then he did, to the tune of

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds of billions of dollars and even serving as a

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<v Speaker 2>special appointee in the administration. Politically, are you aligned with him?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm aligned with anyone who thinks that the current system

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<v Speaker 3>is not working, that the two party system is designed

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<v Speaker 3>to not actually deliver results or solve problems. And there

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<v Speaker 3>are times when Elon has definitely had that point of view.

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<v Speaker 3>He's looked up at we need something new and it's

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<v Speaker 3>going to take i'd say, a real coalition of Americans

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<v Speaker 3>that might not line up along traditional politics to make

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<v Speaker 3>that case.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you do you agree with all the things he

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<v Speaker 1>did under Doge?

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<v Speaker 3>I do not agree with everything he said he did Underdoge?

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<v Speaker 1>Have you and he talked about that?

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<v Speaker 3>We talked about the current mission, which is to try

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<v Speaker 3>and improve the American political system to a point where

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<v Speaker 3>it actually seems both problem solving and responsive.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think is most broken? Is it the

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<v Speaker 1>money in politics and politicians worrying more about making sure

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<v Speaker 1>they get re elected rather than listening to their constituents.

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<v Speaker 3>In a word, incentives, which is that if someone does

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<v Speaker 3>the right thing, they're probably shortening their political career. If

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<v Speaker 3>they go along with what their base wants, they might

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<v Speaker 3>have a lifetime appointment.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, so it seems like the AVC answer to that

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<v Speaker 2>is term limits.

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<v Speaker 3>That is a very popular answer, one that I endore.

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<v Speaker 3>Seventy five percent of Americans think we should have term

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<v Speaker 3>limits because they don't want folks heading to DC and

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<v Speaker 3>squatting there for decades.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it third party likely?

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<v Speaker 3>It's not just likely, it's real. I mean, we have

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<v Speaker 3>dozens of elected officials around the country right now, because

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<v Speaker 3>it turns out that there are tens of thousands of

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<v Speaker 3>local elected offices that are nonpartisan and that can be mayors,

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<v Speaker 3>that can be county executives, that can be city councilor

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<v Speaker 3>board of ed. So the Ford Party is racking up

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<v Speaker 3>wins all over the country as we speak.

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<v Speaker 1>But we really still have a Congress that's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're divided between the Republicans and Democrats, Like that's how

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<v Speaker 1>we divide things still, And this is.

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<v Speaker 3>The fascinating thing. How many US Senators would you need

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<v Speaker 3>to form a folk rum in this divided time? Maybe three,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe four? And there are two Senators who already are independents,

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<v Speaker 3>and you can see something similar happening in the House.

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<v Speaker 3>It would be a slightly larger number. It might be

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<v Speaker 3>six or eight. So you don't need an upstart movement

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<v Speaker 3>like forward to win fifty one Senate. You need us

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<v Speaker 3>to get three or so. And that I think is

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<v Speaker 3>going to happen sometime in the next three or five years.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think within your lifetime there will be a

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<v Speaker 2>president who wins who is not a Democrat or a Republican?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I do. And I will point people to a

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<v Speaker 3>guy named Mike Duggan who's running for a governor of

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<v Speaker 3>Michigan right now, third term mayor of Detroit, sky high

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<v Speaker 3>approval ratings because he turned that city around. He's running

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<v Speaker 3>for governor and he said, look, it's not Democratic or Republican.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the future of politics in the state. It's independent.

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<v Speaker 3>And right now he's the front runner. So there's no

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<v Speaker 3>reason why someone can't make that similar case nationwide. It

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<v Speaker 3>might even be Mike Duggan.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I understand the politics of it. What I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand is the structure of it in the primaries and

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<v Speaker 2>how that would actually work and actually get past the primaries.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I'd love this question so much. Imagine this. Imagine

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<v Speaker 3>a primary where Mike Bloomberg, you know, sorry, I keep

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<v Speaker 3>name checking you, Mike, Mike Bloomberg, Mark Cuban, Matthew McConaughey, Oprah,

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<v Speaker 3>whomever you're favorite flavor of independent is runs in a

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<v Speaker 3>primary that every American can vote vote on their smartphone,

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<v Speaker 3>as opposed to waiting to hear what Iowens and South

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<v Speaker 3>Carolinians think. And then you'd have tens of millions of

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<v Speaker 3>Americans saying I like Cuban, I like this person, and

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<v Speaker 3>that would be genuine, lowercase de democracy, and there is

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<v Speaker 3>nothing stopping that from happening in twenty twenty eight. In

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<v Speaker 3>twenty thirty two, the technology is obviously mature, and the

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<v Speaker 3>will is there if you look at the.

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<v Speaker 1>Numbers, So why does it happen?

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe it will happen in twenty eight. All it takes

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<v Speaker 3>is one major figure stepping forward and saying, hey, guys,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm running as an independent and this is how we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to choose. And by the way, if you have

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<v Speaker 3>Mark Cuban decided to take that challenge, then you'd have

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<v Speaker 3>a whole dozen other people following in his wake.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think he's going to run? Do you talk

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<v Speaker 1>to him about it?

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<v Speaker 3>I do talk to Mark, And let me say that

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<v Speaker 3>Mark has definitely thought long and hard about running for president.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, tell us about Noble Mobile. You announced it

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<v Speaker 1>in September. Tell us about it because it does unlike

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little bit different than a lot of our

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<v Speaker 1>Celle carriers.

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<v Speaker 3>Imagine this. Imagine a carrier that actually paid you to

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<v Speaker 3>doom scroll a little bit less fifty dollars for unlimited,

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<v Speaker 3>which is less than what ninety percent of Americans are paying,

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<v Speaker 3>and we'll give you up to twenty dollars cash back

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<v Speaker 3>based on your data use, so you know that extra

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<v Speaker 3>time on x or Instagram, you're actually costing yourself a

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<v Speaker 3>smidge of money, and it's an incentive for you to

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<v Speaker 3>put your phone down. Noble Mobile. We're also having offline

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<v Speaker 3>parties around the country for people to log off, touch

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<v Speaker 3>grass and come look at each other's faces.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I hear parents around the world rejoicing.

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<v Speaker 3>We use the phone to.

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<v Speaker 2>Vote, but don't use it to just doom scroll.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes. Look, I'm a heavy phone user and I got

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<v Speaker 3>money back from Noble, so you know if I get

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<v Speaker 3>money back, anyone will. But I think it's necessary to operate.

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<v Speaker 3>But I also know there's such thing as too much

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<v Speaker 3>of a good thing, and like and have I gotten

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<v Speaker 3>anxious or depressed based upon staring at the screen for

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<v Speaker 3>too long? One hundred percent? Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you take us into the relationship that you have

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<v Speaker 2>with T Mobile. It's an MVNO multiple more mobile virtual

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<v Speaker 2>network operator and it's like a mid mobile for example.

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<v Speaker 2>They're the rise of these independent They lease the spectrum

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<v Speaker 2>at least from a traditional operator. How does that relationship work.

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<v Speaker 3>Love the question. So we went out to the folks

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<v Speaker 3>at T Mobile and said, hey, we'd love to make

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<v Speaker 3>data available to the American people a closer to true cost,

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<v Speaker 3>like Mark Cuban did with generic drugs and cost plus

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<v Speaker 3>drugs and T Mobile. Because they're actually innovative, they thought,

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<v Speaker 3>you know what, we're actually going to work with you

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<v Speaker 3>to make this possible because it's going to be good

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<v Speaker 3>for consumers. And they liked the better relationship with technology angle,

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<v Speaker 3>and so they have lent us or leased us spectrum

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<v Speaker 3>or data that we can then sell to the American

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<v Speaker 3>people at much closer to true value. Because if you

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<v Speaker 3>think about it, why are Americans spending eighty three a

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<v Speaker 3>month on our wireless when Europeans are spending forty. I

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<v Speaker 3>had a friend who worked in London. He came back

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<v Speaker 3>and got sticker shock when he went to the wireless store.

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<v Speaker 3>And when you reflect on why that is, we all

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<v Speaker 3>know why that is. It's because you have carriers that

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<v Speaker 3>are paying twenty billion dollars in dividends and raising prices

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<v Speaker 3>while not actually investing in their networks.

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<v Speaker 1>What are your expectations in terms of ramp up and

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<v Speaker 1>folks signing on.

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<v Speaker 3>We've already doubled some of our early projections. People are

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<v Speaker 3>responding very well to the Noble Mobile brand and mission.

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<v Speaker 3>Because nine out of ten of us, and I'll use

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<v Speaker 3>myself as an example, listeners will be able to relate

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<v Speaker 3>to this. I was spending one hundred and forty a

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<v Speaker 3>month on Verizon for years. I've been a Verizon customer

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<v Speaker 3>for twenty five years. Never questioned it. I joined Verison

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<v Speaker 3>because they had the best network, and then I looked

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<v Speaker 3>up in years it passed and I was like, wait,

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<v Speaker 3>what am I paying for? So now I took my

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<v Speaker 3>bill from one hundred and forty to forty six or

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<v Speaker 3>so and everything works better than ever. So that's the

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<v Speaker 3>kind of experience people respond to as soon as their

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<v Speaker 3>friend tells them, Yo, I've done this and it's real.

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<v Speaker 1>Sony, tell us how many people are like signed on?

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<v Speaker 3>We're growing every hour. Let's put it that way.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, can I.

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<v Speaker 2>Blow up your your experience with the MVN, Now you.

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<v Speaker 1>Can blow me up?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so do it. So.

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<v Speaker 2>Carol and I have spent a lot of years together.

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<v Speaker 2>We talk about everything, including cell phone plans, and a

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<v Speaker 2>few years ago she decided to move away from the

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<v Speaker 2>big carriers, sign up for MVN. No, it didn't work.

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<v Speaker 1>We ran out of data and how do you get

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<v Speaker 1>pretty mess and.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you get throttled too? So like your data would

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<v Speaker 2>be slow?

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<v Speaker 1>They were very slow, and we were myself and my

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<v Speaker 1>daughter were complaining to my husband, He's like, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what your problem is and then it hit him

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<v Speaker 1>and he's and we were not happy.

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<v Speaker 3>I am begging you to try Noble Mobile because I

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<v Speaker 3>see the data throughputs and we do not slow it down.

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<v Speaker 3>It's truly unlimited. If you give us fifty dollars that month,

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<v Speaker 3>unlimited all you can eat data as fast as you

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<v Speaker 3>can find.

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<v Speaker 2>So why can you do that? But T Mobile can

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<v Speaker 2>offer that, or Verizon can off for that, or AT

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<v Speaker 2>and T can out for that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean you'd have to talk to some of those

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<v Speaker 3>other companies.

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<v Speaker 2>You're literally using T mobile speck drum.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I actually it's a great question what it is. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>going to say, it's like it's a company approach. So

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<v Speaker 3>from our perspective, we're on a mission to delight consumers

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<v Speaker 3>and make sure we build a better product and a

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<v Speaker 3>better offering. And you know, it's not building a better

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<v Speaker 3>offering slowing you down at the end of the month

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<v Speaker 3>because you've gone through some arbitrary data cap it's truly unlimited. Uh,

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<v Speaker 3>and we can do this quite profitably.

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<v Speaker 1>Know we did. We're not on them anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>We switched back. I'm begging you to because your impulse

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<v Speaker 3>to look at it was light to check out.

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<v Speaker 1>Right over to the family, Andrew, and we'll discuss it.

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<v Speaker 3>What are the I will say, I'll give you our

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<v Speaker 3>list for free for a year, accept, Carol.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you met Bloomberg? We don't do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, no, you guys. You guys are very buttoned up.

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<v Speaker 3>It's true. I apologize seriously.

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<v Speaker 1>Just got a minute left here, and I want to

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<v Speaker 1>go back to politics. The implications of kind of our

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<v Speaker 1>political world right now. I don't want to point fingers

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<v Speaker 1>or anything. We were divided and we had a democratic president.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been divided with a Republican president. What are the

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<v Speaker 1>implications of this and do we find a way out

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<v Speaker 1>of it? Now?

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<v Speaker 3>The polarization's getting worse and worse. The shutdown is an

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<v Speaker 3>emblem of that. I looked at the numbers and the

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<v Speaker 3>trends aren't good. And so really the question is, how

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<v Speaker 3>do we get out of this, and it's a very

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<v Speaker 3>very short list of things that could happen. Number one

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<v Speaker 3>would be a miraculous restoration of one party or the

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<v Speaker 3>other to some degree of common sense, which if you

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<v Speaker 3>look at it doesn't seem like it's in the offing.

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<v Speaker 3>And then number two is that fifty percent of Americans

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<v Speaker 3>who self identifies independents raise their hands and say, you

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<v Speaker 3>know what, I want something new, I want something different,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's America. We can build it. Mike Bloomberg, you

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<v Speaker 3>would be our patron saints. I'm on your airwaves right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Bloomberg, of course, the founder and head of Bloomberg LP,

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<v Speaker 1>home of Bloomberg TV and Radio and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Andrew Yang,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're ready to announce what's next next?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh well, I appreciate that. I really really want you

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<v Speaker 3>to try a noble bowl because you have the right

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<v Speaker 3>impulse and someone did you wrong. We'll do it right.