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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good morning, everyone,

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Speaker 1: and welcome to Morning Run. It's Friday, March twenty eighth.

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Speaker 2: I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ Holden. On this Friday

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Speaker 2: Morning Run. We have a developing story this morning, a

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Speaker 2: powerful earthquake in Asia. Rescue and recovery efforts are underway.

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Speaker 2: Buildings have collapsed, reports of people trapped under rubble. Will

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Speaker 2: give all those details to you in just a second.

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Speaker 1: Also on the Run this morning, the leaders of our

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Speaker 1: government have been ordered to save their texts after a

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Speaker 1: lawsuit maintains they broke the law by using a signal

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Speaker 1: group chat to discuss war plans in Yemen.

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Speaker 2: Plus twenty thousand job cuts from the federal agency in

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Speaker 2: charge of the country's health, and Trump tells one of

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Speaker 2: his cabinet dominies to keep her day job.

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Speaker 1: Also, King Charles is hospitalized and then released. But there

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Speaker 1: are so many questions today as the Palace stays mum

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Speaker 1: on the details. And the VP and his wife are

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Speaker 1: headed to Greenland, but they probably won't see any Greenlanders.

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Speaker 2: And guess who's not a fan of the white lotus

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Speaker 2: Duke University. And if you went to bed early. You

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Speaker 2: missed the first overtime game of the NCAA tournament last night.

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Speaker 2: Lucky us, Lucky aus. We didn't miss it, but man

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Speaker 2: ended up in tears at the end of that game,

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Speaker 2: and that is not a joke. We will explain why.

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Speaker 1: Coming so so so frustrating. All right, We will get

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Speaker 1: into all of that in just a moment, but we

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Speaker 1: begin our run with that breaking and developing story. In

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Speaker 1: me and Maar and Thailand, a massive magnitude seven point

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Speaker 1: seven earthquake has rocked those countries, followed by a powerful

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Speaker 1: six point four aftershock.

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Speaker 2: The quakes epicenter was near me and Mar's second largest

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Speaker 2: city of Mandalay, and could be felt in Thailand, Bangladesh, India,

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Speaker 2: Laos and China. As of this recording, the report's still

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Speaker 2: coming in about casualties and damage in the area.

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Speaker 1: Here's what we know right now. Several buildings have collapsed

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Speaker 1: in Mandalai. Pictures and videos have been circulating on social media,

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Speaker 1: but information is still scarce. Witnesses have told some media

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Speaker 1: outlets that the situation quote is very bad, describing the

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Speaker 1: scene with thousands of people outside in the streets, afraid

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Speaker 2: And neighboring Thailand have at least one person confirmed killed.

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Speaker 2: There fifty others injured when a high rise building under

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Speaker 2: construction collapsed in Bangkok. An unknown number of people remain

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Speaker 2: trapped under the rubble, according to authorities there Is Island's

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Speaker 2: Prime minister has declared the entire city of Bangkok and

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Speaker 1: There is real concern now about what happens next as

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Speaker 1: search and rescue operations are underway. Me and mar is

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Speaker 1: one of Asia's poorest countries, and it's in the midst

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Speaker 1: four years ago. That is making this all This country

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Speaker 1: very ill equipped to handle a natural disaster of this magnitude.

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Speaker 1: Some countries have already started to step up. India, one

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Speaker 3: No damage, has already offered their support.

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Speaker 1: But there are more aftershocks possible over the next twenty

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Speaker 1: four hours.

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Speaker 3: Officials are warning all right, next.

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Speaker 2: Leg of our run, we'll continue this morning, we'll head

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Speaker 2: back home. Do not delete. A federal judge has ordered

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Speaker 2: the Trump officials who were on that signal group chat

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Speaker 2: discussing strikes on Yemen to save all of the messages

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Speaker 2: they exchanged in the days leading up to the attack.

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Speaker 1: The judge's order covers the period between March eleventh and

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Speaker 1: March fifteenth, as the administration was putting its plan together

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Speaker 1: for the strikes. A nonprofit watchdog group, American Oversight, filed

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Speaker 1: a lawsuit this week that accused President Trump's National Security

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Speaker 1: A team of violating federal laws by using Signal that's

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Speaker 1: that encrypted commercial platform to text about highly sensitive national

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Speaker 1: security matters.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the group chat was discovered after National Security Advisor

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Speaker 2: Mike walt who did raise his hand and say he

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Speaker 2: took full responsibility for this, but he mistakenly added the

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Speaker 2: Atlantics editor in chief Jeffrey go to the chat room.

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Speaker 2: He then wrote a story about the massive security breach.

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Speaker 2: Earlier this week, The Atlantic published the entire Signal chat

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Speaker 2: between Waltz, defend Secretary Pete HEGs, Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

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Speaker 2: Tulsey Gabbertt.

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Speaker 1: Who's who of people who determine our national safety and security?

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Speaker 1: The judge has not determined whether anyone in the Trump

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Speaker 1: administration violated that law by using signal, but he made

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Speaker 1: it clear he issued this order to make sure none

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Speaker 1: this is the same judge who has been handling several

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Speaker 1: other significant lawsuits against Trump, including a major immigration case.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, President Trump has already taken to social media saying

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Speaker 2: it was statistically impossible for the same judge to be

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Speaker 2: assigned to this particular case. Trump and his allies have

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Speaker 2: already gone after this judge and said he should be

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Speaker 2: impeached for some of his decisions. This is the same

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Speaker 2: judge with the planes.

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Speaker 1: Correct, Yes, and in fact his name is Judge Boseburg.

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Speaker 1: He took a moment to explain to the before he

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Speaker 1: oversaw this case yesterday why and how he had become

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Speaker 1: involved in the case. He said he had been assigned

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Speaker 1: to the signal case by the normal process of random selection.

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Speaker 1: There are twenty four judges in the district, and he

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Speaker 1: just happened to get a couple of the big ones

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Speaker 1: that Trump is not so happy about him handling.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I mean that's possible, you know what. I hesitate

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Speaker 2: when I hear he was explaining himself.

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Speaker 1: Right beforehand, but he felt the need to because Trump's

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Speaker 1: made such a big public issue about him being assigned

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Speaker 1: to this.

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Speaker 3: All right, I know what you're thinking, but I'm telling you.

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Speaker 3: I'm telling you it's all legit.

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Speaker 1: Next up on our run, we're going to stay in

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Speaker 1: our nation's capital. The federal agency in charge of this

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Speaker 1: nation's health is losing twenty thousand workers, and RFK Junior

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Speaker 1: says it's all part of the plan to make America

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Speaker 1: healthy again.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The Department of Health and Human Services will lay

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Speaker 2: off ten thousand workers. Another ten thousand people have already

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Speaker 2: left voluntarily through early retirement and those deferred resignations and

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Speaker 2: a few other things. So in total, that is twenty

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Speaker 1: Right, So, this so called dramatic restructuring is going to

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Speaker 1: take the HHS workforce from eighty two thousand down to

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Speaker 1: sixty two thousand. According to the Department, this will save

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Speaker 1: taxpayers one point eight billion dollars a year. They broke

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Speaker 1: down where the employees are leaving from, and they did

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Speaker 1: mention in the FDA these layoffs and certainly the people

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Speaker 1: here that would actually be deeply concerning if there were

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Speaker 2: All right, we will continue here on our run this morning.

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Speaker 2: And President Trump has had a change of heart about

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Speaker 2: Congresswoman elist Stephonic being his ambassador to the UN. Now,

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Speaker 2: this was a bit of a stunner yesterday from the

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Speaker 2: White House announcing that Stephanic's nomination was being pulled.

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Speaker 1: Yes, Stephonic, a Republican from New York who's counted as

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Speaker 1: So why pull her nomination now? Well, the President determined

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Speaker 1: he needs her more in the House of Representatives.

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Speaker 2: This is an interesting strategy. Republicans have such a thin

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Speaker 2: to become UN ambassador, that seat becomes open. There's going

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Speaker 2: to be a special election for the district. And though

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Speaker 2: to the seat, it was a risk the President apparently

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Speaker 2: just was not willing to take.

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Speaker 1: Trump said this with a very tight majority I don't

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Speaker 1: Aleasa's seat. Stefanik was apparently down to limited staff on

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Speaker 3: This is a big deal.

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Speaker 1: This is a big role within our government and certainly

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Speaker 1: a team player and she's gonna stay in DC now.

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Speaker 3: But I'm sure there's some disappointment on her side.

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Speaker 2: They made a deal that she's going to get because

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Speaker 2: some power back. I didn't see.

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Speaker 1: Excess she how apparently she's not going to get back

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Speaker 1: So she's going to be taking a back seat for sure.

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Speaker 1: But they're yes, they're trying to figure something out for her.

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Speaker 2: But it's that serious that they say, hey, we cannot

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Speaker 2: allow you to go do this other important role because

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Speaker 2: we just need your vote. I think they can only

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Speaker 2: take two maybe Republicans We've seen this on several votes already.

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Speaker 2: How tight I was trying to get these numbers, and

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Speaker 2: this was remarkable that threw a lot of people off yesterday.

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Speaker 2: up here, the Vice President and the Second Lady are

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Speaker 2: taking a trip today to a country that did not

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Speaker 2: invite them. They're leading a US delegation to Greenland in

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Speaker 2: a trip that's had several changes to its itinerary after

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Speaker 1: attend a very popular dog sled race there. Vice President

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Speaker 1: Vans later said, you know what, he was going to

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Speaker 1: But then there were protests against them showing up uninvited.

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Speaker 2: Yes, so as possible, they will only see Americans when

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Speaker 2: they go to Greenland, So there's no chance for Greenland's

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Speaker 2: hotland and have all those images. But Trump, as you know,

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Speaker 2: has been talking about the US acquiring Greenland since his

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Speaker 2: this week the President said it's quote something we need,

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Speaker 2: We're gonna have it. So it does. He just will

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Speaker 2: not let this thing go.

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Speaker 1: And it just doesn't sit well with Greenlanders, with lots

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Speaker 2: Know, it doesn't feel good to folks. They keep saying

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Speaker 2: this is just about expanding the United States. There's something

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Speaker 2: about it's a power grab. Yes, that's what you're essentially

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Speaker 2: suggesting that this is nothing more than that.

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Speaker 1: Pretty much is what it is. Right, would you not say,

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Speaker 1: I don't.

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Speaker 2: Know he said this important strategically we have a military

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Speaker 2: base there, but we've had it there. It doesn't chance

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Speaker 2: we already have what we need. There is the argument,

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Speaker 2: we don't need to say we own the whole thing,

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Speaker 2: and they're now Americans.

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Speaker 3: Can you imagine maybe he just wants it. We don't

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Speaker 3: need it.

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Speaker 2: All right, folks will stay with us here on this

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Speaker 2: this morning, why is everybody loving the white lotus except

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to this Friday morning run, and next up

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Speaker 2: It's amazing, so we'll continue, you know, this Friday morning

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Speaker 1: The statement, attributed to the school's VP of Communication goes

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Speaker 2: They were putting out a phone number, a suit for

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Speaker 1: For the final leg of our run March madness. Well,

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Speaker 2: So the first weekend we were the darlings and on

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Speaker 3: It is our quote of the day.

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Speaker 2: Greatness is achieved not by shortcuts, but by the dedication

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Speaker 1: I know I had always heard. I think my mom

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Speaker 1: With what you got less than two.

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Speaker 1: Two hours and fifty There was a few stumbles in there.

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Speaker 3: I apologize. I got two hours and fifty minutes to sleep.

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Speaker 2: I made me rovok and I am a well rested CJ. Holmes. Really,

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Speaker 2: we appreciate you all running with us. Have a great weekend, folks.

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Speaker 2: We'll see you and runs next week.

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