1 00:00:04,795 --> 00:00:22,195 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of iHeartRadio Free 2 00:00:22,235 --> 00:00:28,955 Speaker 1: Advice for Rupert Murdoch, fire Tucker Carlson now and Sean 3 00:00:29,035 --> 00:00:33,075 Speaker 1: Hannity and Laura Ingram and then denounced Tucker Carlson's January 4 00:00:33,155 --> 00:00:36,715 Speaker 1: sixth video gas lighting and then say that cliche from Casablanca. 5 00:00:36,795 --> 00:00:40,155 Speaker 1: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling with the news 6 00:00:40,195 --> 00:00:44,595 Speaker 1: content is going on in here. It failed, it backfired, 7 00:00:45,355 --> 00:00:52,035 Speaker 1: It did not stick to the wall. Rupert, punt, bail, scapegoat, 8 00:00:52,235 --> 00:00:56,195 Speaker 1: get off the sinking ship. Feed Sean Hannity to the sharks, 9 00:00:56,835 --> 00:01:01,075 Speaker 1: Let Laura Ingram sleep with the fishies. Throw Tucker Carlson 10 00:01:01,115 --> 00:01:05,035 Speaker 1: to the wolves. We're just light a match near him. 11 00:01:05,075 --> 00:01:08,435 Speaker 1: He'll explode. Probably on the air last night, he sounded impaired, 12 00:01:09,475 --> 00:01:13,155 Speaker 1: because between this and dominion, Rupert, it's either going to 13 00:01:13,235 --> 00:01:16,835 Speaker 1: be them or it's gonna be you. And history has 14 00:01:16,875 --> 00:01:21,515 Speaker 1: proven again and again it's never you. Because if you 15 00:01:21,595 --> 00:01:24,875 Speaker 1: didn't notice Rupert first, none of your other stars, not 16 00:01:24,955 --> 00:01:28,835 Speaker 1: even Hannity, the man who puts the gas in gas lighting, 17 00:01:29,515 --> 00:01:33,435 Speaker 1: fully followed Tucker Carlson down the QAnon video rabbit hole, 18 00:01:34,155 --> 00:01:37,515 Speaker 1: and then Rupert two hours before Carlson. Round two, you 19 00:01:37,635 --> 00:01:40,875 Speaker 1: got hit over the head with dominion documents. Round three. 20 00:01:41,755 --> 00:01:47,075 Speaker 1: January fourth, twenty twenty one. Tucker Carlson texts Fox producer 21 00:01:47,075 --> 00:01:51,715 Speaker 1: Alex Feiffer, quote, we are very very close to being 22 00:01:51,755 --> 00:01:55,755 Speaker 1: able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can't wait. 23 00:01:56,555 --> 00:02:04,235 Speaker 1: I hate him passionately unquote. Soon to be appearing on 24 00:02:04,275 --> 00:02:09,195 Speaker 1: a police billboard near you, Tucker Carlson says of Donald Trump, 25 00:02:09,555 --> 00:02:15,995 Speaker 1: I hate him passionately. I'm Joe Biden, and I approved 26 00:02:15,995 --> 00:02:21,835 Speaker 1: this message. As this one point six billion dollar lawsuit 27 00:02:21,915 --> 00:02:24,595 Speaker 1: is unfolding and Fox is being eaten alive by the 28 00:02:24,635 --> 00:02:27,675 Speaker 1: company it slandered. Tucker Carlson plowed ahead with his two 29 00:02:27,795 --> 00:02:32,315 Speaker 1: night January sixth video gas lighting gambit. Anyway, the cliff loomed, 30 00:02:32,635 --> 00:02:39,115 Speaker 1: yet Tucker hit the gas lighting Rupert. If this was 31 00:02:39,155 --> 00:02:42,355 Speaker 1: the Republican reaction to Carlson, If this was said by 32 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:46,955 Speaker 1: a Republican senator on the record, as it was you, Rupert, 33 00:02:47,475 --> 00:02:51,955 Speaker 1: your headquarters is on fire and your hind quarters are 34 00:02:51,995 --> 00:02:55,075 Speaker 1: in a sling. I think it's bullshit. I was here, 35 00:02:55,955 --> 00:02:59,515 Speaker 1: I was down there, and I saw maybe a few tourists, 36 00:02:59,555 --> 00:03:01,355 Speaker 1: a few people who got caught up in things. But 37 00:03:01,435 --> 00:03:04,635 Speaker 1: when you see police barricades preached, when you see police 38 00:03:04,795 --> 00:03:07,875 Speaker 1: officers assaulted, all of that, or you had to be 39 00:03:07,915 --> 00:03:10,915 Speaker 1: in close proximity to it, I just don't think it's helpful. 40 00:03:11,075 --> 00:03:14,835 Speaker 1: Senator Tom tillis Republican of North Carolina, not exactly a moderate, 41 00:03:14,875 --> 00:03:18,035 Speaker 1: not exactly an enemy of Fox quote news unquote, and 42 00:03:18,155 --> 00:03:23,555 Speaker 1: he thinks it's bullshit. And after the Capitol Police Chief 43 00:03:23,595 --> 00:03:26,875 Speaker 1: Tom Manger wrote his officers an email in which he 44 00:03:26,955 --> 00:03:31,035 Speaker 1: excoriated Tucker Carlson, raising the question of how much Carlson 45 00:03:31,115 --> 00:03:33,835 Speaker 1: was lying when he said the Capitol Police had vetted 46 00:03:33,835 --> 00:03:37,195 Speaker 1: and approved the use of the video. Mitch McConnell, the 47 00:03:37,235 --> 00:03:40,235 Speaker 1: Republican leader in the Senate, held up a copy of 48 00:03:40,315 --> 00:03:43,315 Speaker 1: Manger's letter so everybody could get a photo or a 49 00:03:43,395 --> 00:03:48,795 Speaker 1: video of him holding up Manger's letter, and McConnell promptly 50 00:03:48,915 --> 00:03:53,795 Speaker 1: used the word quote mistake and the name quote Fox 51 00:03:53,875 --> 00:03:58,315 Speaker 1: News in the same sentence. It was a mistake, in 52 00:03:58,355 --> 00:04:04,475 Speaker 1: my view, for Fox News should depict this in a 53 00:04:04,475 --> 00:04:08,555 Speaker 1: way that's completely at various with what our chief law 54 00:04:08,675 --> 00:04:12,955 Speaker 1: enforcement official here at the Capital. Carlson's on air reply 55 00:04:13,115 --> 00:04:15,755 Speaker 1: to that was to make of course, a race based 56 00:04:15,875 --> 00:04:20,995 Speaker 1: insult about McConnell's wife others. Senator Mike Brown's, Republican of 57 00:04:21,035 --> 00:04:23,595 Speaker 1: North Dakota, that was no sight seeing tour. Quote. I 58 00:04:23,635 --> 00:04:26,355 Speaker 1: thought it was an insurrection at that time. I still 59 00:04:26,355 --> 00:04:30,635 Speaker 1: think it was an insurrection today. Senator Mitt Romney, Republican 60 00:04:30,635 --> 00:04:33,275 Speaker 1: of Utah, said McCarthy made a mistake giving the video 61 00:04:33,315 --> 00:04:37,475 Speaker 1: to Carlson. Compared Carlson to Alex Jones gaslighting about Sandy 62 00:04:37,555 --> 00:04:43,435 Speaker 1: Hook said Carlson's portrayal was quote dangerous and disgusting. Senator 63 00:04:43,555 --> 00:04:48,435 Speaker 1: Chuck Grassley, Republican of he barely knows where he's from. 64 00:04:48,875 --> 00:04:53,715 Speaker 1: Chuck Grassley quote, what happened that day shouldn't have happened. 65 00:04:54,115 --> 00:04:59,755 Speaker 1: Senator John Kennedy, Republican from Green Acres quote, I was here. 66 00:04:59,995 --> 00:05:05,115 Speaker 1: It was not peaceful. It was an abomination. It's not 67 00:05:05,355 --> 00:05:12,955 Speaker 1: going well, Rupert, and that's just external internally. Nobody, nobody, 68 00:05:13,235 --> 00:05:18,555 Speaker 1: not Hannity, not Ingram, not Little Jesse. Waters even retweeted 69 00:05:18,595 --> 00:05:23,835 Speaker 1: clips of Tucker Carlson's badly edited, unconvincing con job until 70 00:05:24,035 --> 00:05:26,915 Speaker 1: Ingram did something in her show late last night at 71 00:05:26,915 --> 00:05:31,755 Speaker 1: ten pm. There was one tweet put out on Tuesday 72 00:05:31,835 --> 00:05:36,115 Speaker 1: afternoon via Sean Hannity's account. It was a link to 73 00:05:36,155 --> 00:05:39,795 Speaker 1: a story written by somebody identifying themselves as Hannity staffer, 74 00:05:40,035 --> 00:05:43,755 Speaker 1: and it was about not Tucker Carlson, not Fox News. 75 00:05:43,795 --> 00:05:46,715 Speaker 1: It was about Elon Musk reacting to the video. And 76 00:05:46,795 --> 00:05:49,315 Speaker 1: it did not mention that he saw the video on 77 00:05:49,395 --> 00:05:53,555 Speaker 1: Fox News. They didn't put the story on your website, Rupert. 78 00:05:53,995 --> 00:05:58,555 Speaker 1: They didn't run promos, not that Tuckers suckers didn't try. 79 00:05:59,035 --> 00:06:02,875 Speaker 1: Media Matters got hold of a Fox internal email quote, Ray, 80 00:06:03,435 --> 00:06:08,755 Speaker 1: please promote Tucker's exclusive jan six footage. Hello all, Tonight 81 00:06:08,795 --> 00:06:11,515 Speaker 1: will be the night two of our two night investigation 82 00:06:11,555 --> 00:06:14,875 Speaker 1: into the truth behind January sixth and what really happened 83 00:06:14,915 --> 00:06:18,435 Speaker 1: that day. This show is already facing backlash from Senator 84 00:06:18,515 --> 00:06:21,755 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer and the usual people in the media. We 85 00:06:21,955 --> 00:06:26,195 Speaker 1: look forward to providing even more footage tonight. Any promotion 86 00:06:26,315 --> 00:06:32,475 Speaker 1: before the additional footage airs tonight is greatly appreciated. First 87 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:35,235 Speaker 1: of all, we all went through a month of this 88 00:06:35,355 --> 00:06:39,915 Speaker 1: crap about Kevin McCarthy handing Tucker Carlson this video, and 89 00:06:40,035 --> 00:06:44,995 Speaker 1: there was never any Fox network wide plan about promoting it. 90 00:06:46,635 --> 00:06:49,195 Speaker 1: Hell next week, it is six years ago that Rachel 91 00:06:49,275 --> 00:06:53,755 Speaker 1: Maddow got one page of one of Trump's tax returns, 92 00:06:54,035 --> 00:06:57,715 Speaker 1: and MSNBC did everything but buy all the ads on 93 00:06:57,755 --> 00:07:01,035 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl telecast, and she promoted it for forty 94 00:07:01,075 --> 00:07:03,395 Speaker 1: five minutes in her own show. And she did everything 95 00:07:03,435 --> 00:07:05,915 Speaker 1: except where a top hat with Dion letters on it, 96 00:07:06,035 --> 00:07:09,075 Speaker 1: reading please watch me. I have lost all sense of 97 00:07:09,115 --> 00:07:13,955 Speaker 1: self respect. And you know what This desperate email from 98 00:07:13,955 --> 00:07:18,635 Speaker 1: the Tucker Carlson's staff produced Brett Baer at six PM, 99 00:07:19,195 --> 00:07:22,035 Speaker 1: running a package a news report on the video, the 100 00:07:22,115 --> 00:07:25,635 Speaker 1: first ten seconds of which was self congratulatory and positive, 101 00:07:25,755 --> 00:07:29,435 Speaker 1: but the rest of which grew ever increasingly dubious, And 102 00:07:29,595 --> 00:07:32,395 Speaker 1: after it ended, Brett Baer came on live and said, 103 00:07:32,475 --> 00:07:35,835 Speaker 1: quote and to be clear, no one here at Fox 104 00:07:35,875 --> 00:07:43,075 Speaker 1: News condones any of the violence that happened on January sixth, Well, 105 00:07:43,155 --> 00:07:49,235 Speaker 1: not no one one. And then came addition two of 106 00:07:49,275 --> 00:07:55,035 Speaker 1: this last night, Carlson sounded unusual in some way. He 107 00:07:55,155 --> 00:07:58,595 Speaker 1: complained about the reaction to episode one. Most of the 108 00:07:58,675 --> 00:08:02,915 Speaker 1: first half of his show carried just one banner, chiron graphic, 109 00:08:03,075 --> 00:08:07,315 Speaker 1: which echoed Monday's the video. Who proves this the graphic 110 00:08:07,355 --> 00:08:11,835 Speaker 1: read our reporting is accurate. The tapes confirm it yet 111 00:08:11,875 --> 00:08:15,115 Speaker 1: other than a brief snippet showing a Capitol policeman whom 112 00:08:15,115 --> 00:08:18,675 Speaker 1: he was interviewing, he didn't show any tapes the entire premise. 113 00:08:18,875 --> 00:08:21,715 Speaker 1: We look forward to providing even more footage tonight, and 114 00:08:21,875 --> 00:08:26,875 Speaker 1: essentially there was no more footage. Did somebody step in? 115 00:08:27,835 --> 00:08:31,195 Speaker 1: Did somebody at Fox stop it in hopes of staunching 116 00:08:31,195 --> 00:08:35,115 Speaker 1: the bleeding, because, in a reversal of the oldest of 117 00:08:35,195 --> 00:08:40,115 Speaker 1: news TV cliches, it led, so it bled. It was 118 00:08:40,155 --> 00:08:44,795 Speaker 1: a disaster, It was a fiasco. It was a failure 119 00:08:44,835 --> 00:08:50,275 Speaker 1: of biblical proportions. Congratulations, Fox, you fooled Elon Musk. For 120 00:08:50,355 --> 00:08:53,875 Speaker 1: God's sakes, ten times a day, Elon Musk gets fooled 121 00:08:53,875 --> 00:09:00,595 Speaker 1: by somebody calling himself catted. It was so bad. Rupert 122 00:09:01,155 --> 00:09:05,395 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy waited nearly twenty four hours to say anything 123 00:09:05,595 --> 00:09:10,235 Speaker 1: in defense of the havoc. He let Tucker Carlson reek, 124 00:09:10,755 --> 00:09:14,315 Speaker 1: and when he finally spoke, speaker McCarthy said he couldn't 125 00:09:14,395 --> 00:09:18,755 Speaker 1: really comment because he had not seen the Tucker Carlson show. 126 00:09:20,915 --> 00:09:26,355 Speaker 1: Tucker who never heard of him, And the end result 127 00:09:26,715 --> 00:09:29,795 Speaker 1: for Fox quote news unquote, we are again talking about 128 00:09:29,835 --> 00:09:34,355 Speaker 1: how it's millionaire propagandists say one thing on television and 129 00:09:34,475 --> 00:09:38,515 Speaker 1: the exact opposite off of it. Dominion Round three produced 130 00:09:38,515 --> 00:09:41,835 Speaker 1: a Tucker Carlson email, a different one other than the 131 00:09:41,835 --> 00:09:44,275 Speaker 1: one about him hating Trump, that could not have been 132 00:09:44,315 --> 00:09:47,075 Speaker 1: more timely nor appropriate if it had been written late 133 00:09:47,155 --> 00:09:51,035 Speaker 1: yesterday afternoon, with the goal of making everything worse. Six 134 00:09:51,115 --> 00:09:54,555 Speaker 1: days after the twenty twenty election, Carlson's texting some other 135 00:09:54,675 --> 00:09:57,995 Speaker 1: unknown clown at Fox about his belief the fraud crap 136 00:09:58,115 --> 00:10:01,315 Speaker 1: was not crap, and he says it was quote bad 137 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:04,155 Speaker 1: for the country to have this much doubt and suspicion 138 00:10:04,915 --> 00:10:10,035 Speaker 1: is exactly why people believe in conspiracies. Unquote. No, Tucker Carlson, 139 00:10:10,515 --> 00:10:16,475 Speaker 1: you ask people believe in conspiracies because of asses like you, 140 00:10:16,955 --> 00:10:21,515 Speaker 1: Because you're a conspiracy nut. You're a conspiracy monger, You're 141 00:10:21,515 --> 00:10:27,995 Speaker 1: a conspiracy shill. You're an amoral slime. You heard Mitt Romney. 142 00:10:28,275 --> 00:10:34,195 Speaker 1: You have become Alex Jones with a better haircut. Maybe 143 00:10:36,635 --> 00:10:40,435 Speaker 1: quote still getting mud thrown at us. Murdoch writes in 144 00:10:40,555 --> 00:10:43,755 Speaker 1: January twenty twenty one to his Fox quote news unquote 145 00:10:43,795 --> 00:10:47,115 Speaker 1: CEO Suzanne Scott, maybe Sean and Laura went too far. 146 00:10:47,915 --> 00:10:50,515 Speaker 1: All very well for Sean to tell you he was 147 00:10:50,555 --> 00:10:53,835 Speaker 1: in despair about Trump. But what did he tell his viewers. 148 00:10:56,275 --> 00:11:01,955 Speaker 1: November tenth, twenty twenty, Maria barter Romo tells Steve mannon 149 00:11:02,075 --> 00:11:05,035 Speaker 1: by text that she will not let the producer of 150 00:11:05,035 --> 00:11:10,555 Speaker 1: her show called Biden president elect quote until this moves 151 00:11:10,595 --> 00:11:15,555 Speaker 1: through the courts. Bannon replies, quote, the process is to 152 00:11:15,715 --> 00:11:21,795 Speaker 1: destroy Biden's presidency before it starts. If it starts, a 153 00:11:21,915 --> 00:11:26,315 Speaker 1: Fox anchor is colluding with a convict about how to 154 00:11:26,395 --> 00:11:31,755 Speaker 1: overthrow the government of the United States. Why, well, we 155 00:11:31,795 --> 00:11:36,555 Speaker 1: had the answer. Bannon then texted Bartomo back, quote, we 156 00:11:36,635 --> 00:11:40,355 Speaker 1: want you to run against Senator Schumer. This is your moment. 157 00:11:42,715 --> 00:11:45,475 Speaker 1: And round three of the dominion documents also brought us 158 00:11:45,475 --> 00:11:50,155 Speaker 1: more of the utter blank dedicated self prostitution of Carlson 159 00:11:50,195 --> 00:11:52,595 Speaker 1: and Hannity and ingram and in one case, all of 160 00:11:52,595 --> 00:11:57,035 Speaker 1: them in a three way text chain. Middle of November 161 00:11:57,035 --> 00:12:00,235 Speaker 1: twenty twenty is the decision desk of Fox called Arizona 162 00:12:00,235 --> 00:12:03,435 Speaker 1: for Biden, which was reality, but the Fox audience then 163 00:12:03,555 --> 00:12:09,555 Speaker 1: left because it didn't want reality. Ingram My anger at 164 00:12:09,595 --> 00:12:14,355 Speaker 1: the news channel is pronounced Carlson. It should be we'd 165 00:12:14,435 --> 00:12:16,675 Speaker 1: vote our lives to building an audience, and they let 166 00:12:16,755 --> 00:12:21,755 Speaker 1: Chris Wallace and Leland effing venerate Wrecket too much Hannity 167 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:28,075 Speaker 1: too much is correct. I'm disgusted at this point, Ingram, 168 00:12:28,195 --> 00:12:31,555 Speaker 1: I think that three of us have enormous power. We 169 00:12:31,635 --> 00:12:35,395 Speaker 1: have more in power than we now are exercise. We 170 00:12:35,475 --> 00:12:38,075 Speaker 1: should all think about how together we can fence and 171 00:12:38,355 --> 00:12:46,115 Speaker 1: change the audience that exists comes for eyes. Are there 172 00:12:46,155 --> 00:12:52,315 Speaker 1: any more questions as to why I stopped dating her? Congrats, Tucker. 173 00:12:52,915 --> 00:12:55,195 Speaker 1: The audience you think you built that you actually just 174 00:12:55,275 --> 00:13:01,675 Speaker 1: inherited from poor old O'Reilly cannot handle the truth. Congrats Laura, 175 00:13:02,355 --> 00:13:05,115 Speaker 1: You've found a way to exercise your power force a 176 00:13:05,235 --> 00:13:08,875 Speaker 1: change by getting Rupert Murdoch to fire all three of you. 177 00:13:09,595 --> 00:13:11,675 Speaker 1: And now you can all go fight it out with 178 00:13:11,755 --> 00:13:14,835 Speaker 1: Greg Kelly to see who gets the plumb eight pm 179 00:13:14,955 --> 00:13:19,475 Speaker 1: slot on Newsmax. If Greg Kelly can be distracted away 180 00:13:19,475 --> 00:13:25,915 Speaker 1: from playing with his toes. I'm having way too much 181 00:13:25,955 --> 00:13:30,995 Speaker 1: fun here. It is conceivable Rupert Murdoch will not fire them, 182 00:13:31,155 --> 00:13:34,075 Speaker 1: maybe even fifty fifty that he won't fire all of them. 183 00:13:34,475 --> 00:13:37,475 Speaker 1: But what I said before is really true. Every day 184 00:13:37,475 --> 00:13:40,475 Speaker 1: since he took over the Adelaide News in Australia in 185 00:13:40,515 --> 00:13:43,875 Speaker 1: nineteen fifty two. Whenever Rupert Murdoch has seen that it 186 00:13:44,035 --> 00:13:48,595 Speaker 1: is them or me, the them people tend to disappear. 187 00:13:49,715 --> 00:13:53,635 Speaker 1: He fired Star reporters in Australia, he closed a newspaper 188 00:13:53,675 --> 00:13:56,915 Speaker 1: in England. Rather than let the scandal evolve, which could 189 00:13:56,915 --> 00:14:00,675 Speaker 1: have destroyed him. He wrung every last dollar of O'Reilly 190 00:14:00,795 --> 00:14:06,195 Speaker 1: here and then fired him for cause yesterday. And as 191 00:14:06,195 --> 00:14:09,475 Speaker 1: the desperate email from the Tucker Carlson producer implied, it 192 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:11,875 Speaker 1: was what they pretended was the only blowback out of 193 00:14:11,915 --> 00:14:16,915 Speaker 1: the Senate, Chuck Schumer called them out, calling Carlson's first 194 00:14:16,915 --> 00:14:19,915 Speaker 1: episode of this quote one of the most shameful hours 195 00:14:19,955 --> 00:14:24,075 Speaker 1: we have ever seen on cable television. As an aside 196 00:14:24,835 --> 00:14:28,795 Speaker 1: on behalf of such MSNBC entrance in this competition as 197 00:14:29,355 --> 00:14:34,635 Speaker 1: Dietal and Daniels and Rita Cosbie Live and Direct and 198 00:14:35,235 --> 00:14:40,195 Speaker 1: Scarborough Country. I would like to have a conversation privately 199 00:14:40,195 --> 00:14:47,675 Speaker 1: with Senator Schumer later, but his major point, he's right shameful. 200 00:14:48,195 --> 00:14:51,115 Speaker 1: It was the reverse version of Murrow going after McCarthy. 201 00:14:52,235 --> 00:14:55,115 Speaker 1: Happily it blew up in Murdoch's face and in combination 202 00:14:55,155 --> 00:14:57,475 Speaker 1: with the dominion documents, not just round three, but the 203 00:14:57,555 --> 00:15:00,555 Speaker 1: earlier stuff from rounds one and two. More importantly, it 204 00:15:00,635 --> 00:15:04,875 Speaker 1: underscored that Chuck Schumer has every senatorial right to establish 205 00:15:04,915 --> 00:15:09,315 Speaker 1: a select committee to investigate the corruption at Fox Quote 206 00:15:09,355 --> 00:15:14,155 Speaker 1: News en quote and at News Corp. And by Tucker Carlson, 207 00:15:14,315 --> 00:15:17,435 Speaker 1: and by Sean Hannity, and by Laura Ingram, and by 208 00:15:17,715 --> 00:15:24,555 Speaker 1: Rupert Murdoch, Senator subpoena them. Quoting your own tweet, Tucker 209 00:15:24,635 --> 00:15:28,315 Speaker 1: Carlson is siding with the enemies of democracy. You goddamn 210 00:15:28,395 --> 00:15:31,995 Speaker 1: right he is. The whole channel is siding with the 211 00:15:32,115 --> 00:15:35,555 Speaker 1: enemies of democracy. It always has, it exists to do that. 212 00:15:35,795 --> 00:15:39,795 Speaker 1: It is an anti American crime syndicate in plain sight. 213 00:15:40,715 --> 00:15:46,435 Speaker 1: Treat it as such under oath, and if you need 214 00:15:46,475 --> 00:15:49,915 Speaker 1: a specific probable crime. There is this little matter of 215 00:15:49,955 --> 00:15:54,155 Speaker 1: Rupert Murdoch's sharing details of Joe Biden's campaign commercials with 216 00:15:54,275 --> 00:15:58,435 Speaker 1: Jared Kushner, maybe even showing them to him. It's unclear. 217 00:15:58,955 --> 00:16:01,755 Speaker 1: Murdoch answered yes when he was asked on the record 218 00:16:01,795 --> 00:16:06,755 Speaker 1: about quote giving Kushner a preview. But now in the 219 00:16:06,795 --> 00:16:09,635 Speaker 1: new tranch from Dominion, there is an email trail on 220 00:16:09,715 --> 00:16:14,075 Speaker 1: this subject. No, you are spending less on TV than Biden. 221 00:16:14,315 --> 00:16:18,755 Speaker 1: Murdoch wrote, However, my people tell me his advertisements are 222 00:16:18,795 --> 00:16:23,275 Speaker 1: a lot better creatively than yours, and Kushner replies, should 223 00:16:23,355 --> 00:16:26,835 Speaker 1: have some new creative out this week, and Murdoch replies, 224 00:16:27,315 --> 00:16:31,675 Speaker 1: your advertisement at one pm this Sunday and improvement. A 225 00:16:31,835 --> 00:16:36,835 Speaker 1: man who owns an alleged news network is not allowed 226 00:16:37,195 --> 00:16:41,755 Speaker 1: to consult one campaign about what the other campaign is doing. 227 00:16:41,795 --> 00:16:45,555 Speaker 1: And if he really did show Kushner a Biden commercial, 228 00:16:45,795 --> 00:16:50,475 Speaker 1: Rupert Murdoch should be in chains somewhere, and Senator if 229 00:16:50,475 --> 00:16:53,035 Speaker 1: this still does not seem to be reason enough to 230 00:16:53,075 --> 00:16:56,995 Speaker 1: convene a formal Senate investigation of Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. 231 00:16:57,115 --> 00:17:00,875 Speaker 1: And Fox, there is one new overriding question the nation 232 00:17:00,995 --> 00:17:07,755 Speaker 1: needs answered. Why is Hucker Carlson hiding the rest of 233 00:17:07,795 --> 00:17:13,235 Speaker 1: the January sixth video? What does Fox not want America 234 00:17:13,635 --> 00:17:34,275 Speaker 1: to see? Two can play this game? Mother Tucker still 235 00:17:34,315 --> 00:17:37,275 Speaker 1: ahead of us. In this initiship countdown, Elon Musk taunts 236 00:17:37,315 --> 00:17:39,635 Speaker 1: a disabled man who was asking him if he had 237 00:17:39,955 --> 00:17:43,195 Speaker 1: been fired or not fired by Twitter that it turns 238 00:17:43,235 --> 00:17:45,915 Speaker 1: out the guy had sold his company to Twitter and 239 00:17:45,995 --> 00:17:48,275 Speaker 1: the deal was if he was fired by Twitter, Twitter 240 00:17:48,315 --> 00:17:51,635 Speaker 1: out him one hundred million dollars. Suddenly, Musk could not 241 00:17:51,715 --> 00:17:56,755 Speaker 1: apologize fast enough. Another National Hockey League, Pride Night, is 242 00:17:56,795 --> 00:17:59,395 Speaker 1: canceled at the last minute, as the league's slogan, hockey 243 00:17:59,515 --> 00:18:01,955 Speaker 1: is for Everyone, turns out to be nothing better than 244 00:18:02,035 --> 00:18:05,155 Speaker 1: a lousy brand name. The commissioner of this league has 245 00:18:05,195 --> 00:18:08,355 Speaker 1: got to go and go now. And you ever heard 246 00:18:08,395 --> 00:18:10,795 Speaker 1: a story about a guy who suggested that they use 247 00:18:10,915 --> 00:18:14,235 Speaker 1: the name General Motors for their new company. But he 248 00:18:14,235 --> 00:18:16,715 Speaker 1: didn't bother to get a million dollars for his idea 249 00:18:16,875 --> 00:18:22,515 Speaker 1: or get anything, and then turned down some stock too. Yeah, 250 00:18:22,795 --> 00:18:26,875 Speaker 1: that was my great grandpa. Things I promised not to tell. 251 00:18:26,955 --> 00:18:34,435 Speaker 1: Coming up, that's next. This is countdown. This is countdown 252 00:18:34,715 --> 00:18:41,995 Speaker 1: with Keith Olbo. Postscripts to the news, some headlines, some updates, 253 00:18:42,035 --> 00:18:45,795 Speaker 1: some snarks, some prediction. Stateline Washington as an adjunct of 254 00:18:45,955 --> 00:18:49,555 Speaker 1: the Fox quote news unquote story. This salient question from 255 00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:54,235 Speaker 1: New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell, why are all publicly displayed 256 00:18:54,275 --> 00:18:58,515 Speaker 1: TV's in the US capital required by the Republicans to 257 00:18:58,595 --> 00:19:04,395 Speaker 1: be tuned to Fox quote news unquote. As Pascrell wrote 258 00:19:04,435 --> 00:19:08,475 Speaker 1: in a letter to Speaker McCarthy, Fox's owner admits Fox 259 00:19:08,475 --> 00:19:11,715 Speaker 1: deliberately lies to its viewers. A station that helped spark 260 00:19:11,835 --> 00:19:16,675 Speaker 1: January sixth should not be forced on visitors to our capital. Unquote, 261 00:19:17,355 --> 00:19:20,995 Speaker 1: we're forced on Americans Dateline Marilago Trump, in a radio 262 00:19:21,075 --> 00:19:24,275 Speaker 1: interview with Sean Hannity, made a little oopsie. Since the 263 00:19:24,315 --> 00:19:27,395 Speaker 1: Russians invaded Ukraine a year ago, he has insisted it 264 00:19:27,435 --> 00:19:30,315 Speaker 1: would never have happened if he had still been president. 265 00:19:30,595 --> 00:19:35,435 Speaker 1: To Hannity, he revealed, why, why, Well, he just would 266 00:19:35,435 --> 00:19:39,035 Speaker 1: have given putin part of Ukraine. Let me ask you 267 00:19:39,075 --> 00:19:41,995 Speaker 1: about Ukraine. You've said that before. Why would it not 268 00:19:42,115 --> 00:19:44,475 Speaker 1: have happened if you were president? He would have never 269 00:19:44,515 --> 00:19:47,715 Speaker 1: done it. He would have never that's without even negotiating 270 00:19:47,715 --> 00:19:50,435 Speaker 1: a deal. I could have negotiated. At worst, I could 271 00:19:50,435 --> 00:19:52,635 Speaker 1: have made a deal to take over something. You know, 272 00:19:52,675 --> 00:19:55,195 Speaker 1: there are certain areas that are Russians speaking to her 273 00:19:55,435 --> 00:19:58,515 Speaker 1: is frankly, but you could have worked a deal. Ah, 274 00:19:58,515 --> 00:20:01,755 Speaker 1: the old giveaway somebody else's country ploy, the one that 275 00:20:01,835 --> 00:20:05,995 Speaker 1: Neville Chamberlain used with such success with Hitler at Munich 276 00:20:06,035 --> 00:20:11,635 Speaker 1: in nineteen thirty eight. Swell Idea, FATS and Dateline Capitol 277 00:20:11,715 --> 00:20:15,355 Speaker 1: Hill Back inside the mind of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green. 278 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:19,475 Speaker 1: We're going in, so don't wear your good shoes. Part 279 00:20:19,515 --> 00:20:22,635 Speaker 1: of the Republican platform of doing a lot about things 280 00:20:22,635 --> 00:20:26,595 Speaker 1: that matter only a little, the persecution of the one 281 00:20:26,595 --> 00:20:30,275 Speaker 1: tenth to one third of one percent of the American 282 00:20:30,315 --> 00:20:36,915 Speaker 1: population that is transgender. Female takes testosterone. The profound and 283 00:20:37,075 --> 00:20:40,395 Speaker 1: permanent effects of the hormone can be seen in a 284 00:20:40,595 --> 00:20:47,275 Speaker 1: matter of months. Voices drop, beards sprout, body fat is redistributed, 285 00:20:47,635 --> 00:20:53,835 Speaker 1: sexual interest explodes, aggression increases, and mood can be unpredictable. Funny, 286 00:20:53,955 --> 00:20:59,235 Speaker 1: who does that description remind you of? As they say, 287 00:20:59,275 --> 00:21:06,155 Speaker 1: every Republican accusation is really a confession, isn't it? Congress Peed? 288 00:21:19,635 --> 00:21:25,195 Speaker 1: This is Sports Center? Wait? Check that in not anymore? 289 00:21:25,835 --> 00:21:32,755 Speaker 1: This is Countdown with Keith Olberman in sports. Another Pride 290 00:21:32,835 --> 00:21:37,195 Speaker 1: Night disaster in the NHL, the National Hypocrisy League. The 291 00:21:37,235 --> 00:21:41,115 Speaker 1: Minnesota Wild held their Pride Night last night, and unlike 292 00:21:41,315 --> 00:21:43,715 Speaker 1: last year when they wore the now traditional warm up 293 00:21:43,795 --> 00:21:47,875 Speaker 1: uniforms for fifteen minutes, which say nothing on them but 294 00:21:48,075 --> 00:21:50,115 Speaker 1: merely have the numbers and some of the letters in 295 00:21:50,115 --> 00:21:54,075 Speaker 1: a Pride color pattern, the team did not wear these uniforms. 296 00:21:54,075 --> 00:21:57,835 Speaker 1: The problem was the self congratulatory team press release previewing 297 00:21:57,875 --> 00:22:01,355 Speaker 1: Pride Night Minnesota was up until hours before, and it 298 00:22:01,435 --> 00:22:05,115 Speaker 1: read in part quote part of the themed game programming 299 00:22:05,195 --> 00:22:09,155 Speaker 1: includes custom designed Wild Pride jerseys warned by the team 300 00:22:09,235 --> 00:22:12,435 Speaker 1: during pregame warmups, which will be signed an auctioned off 301 00:22:12,475 --> 00:22:17,035 Speaker 1: starting March seventh. The Wild later issued a boilerplate statement 302 00:22:17,075 --> 00:22:21,875 Speaker 1: about supporting the LGBTQ community, which did not explain in 303 00:22:21,915 --> 00:22:25,475 Speaker 1: the slightest or even once what happened to the uniforms. 304 00:22:26,035 --> 00:22:28,555 Speaker 1: But if it's just like the NHL's disaster on the 305 00:22:28,595 --> 00:22:31,635 Speaker 1: New York Rangers Pride Night earlier this season and the 306 00:22:31,675 --> 00:22:35,915 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Flyers Pride Night earlier, still it's because a Russian 307 00:22:35,995 --> 00:22:38,755 Speaker 1: player or players on the Minnesota team refused to wear 308 00:22:38,795 --> 00:22:44,115 Speaker 1: the warmups with rainbow coloring for quote religious reasons. In Philadelphia, 309 00:22:44,235 --> 00:22:48,555 Speaker 1: every Flyer player except the Russian born defenseman Ivan Provorov, 310 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:53,435 Speaker 1: wore those warmups. The Flyers simply excused Provorov from the 311 00:22:53,515 --> 00:22:56,915 Speaker 1: warm up period. In New York, the culprit or culprits 312 00:22:56,915 --> 00:22:59,595 Speaker 1: have never been identified, but the Rangers only had two 313 00:22:59,835 --> 00:23:02,595 Speaker 1: Russian born players at the time on their roster, star 314 00:23:02,675 --> 00:23:06,995 Speaker 1: goalie Igor Shusterkin and forward Tammy pennerin. If the wild 315 00:23:07,075 --> 00:23:09,475 Speaker 1: hope to keep the identity of the homophobe on their 316 00:23:09,475 --> 00:23:11,755 Speaker 1: team of secret, they're going to have to move quickly. 317 00:23:12,075 --> 00:23:15,075 Speaker 1: There is only one Russian on the Minnesota roster. The 318 00:23:15,155 --> 00:23:18,075 Speaker 1: one Russian on the Minnesota roster is their star score 319 00:23:18,195 --> 00:23:23,195 Speaker 1: Corrill Caprisov. When the provof embarrassment occurred, it was explained 320 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:26,395 Speaker 1: that he was Russian Orthodox and that religion does not 321 00:23:26,475 --> 00:23:30,595 Speaker 1: approve of same sex relationships. Nobody mentioned this at the time. 322 00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:34,235 Speaker 1: That the Russian Orthodox Church did approve of something else, 323 00:23:34,635 --> 00:23:38,195 Speaker 1: namely Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and its leaders said 324 00:23:38,315 --> 00:23:41,195 Speaker 1: out loud in front of people with tape rolling that 325 00:23:41,315 --> 00:23:44,915 Speaker 1: the invasion was justified in part because they had pride 326 00:23:45,035 --> 00:23:49,675 Speaker 1: nights in Ukraine. This was a homophobic war that church 327 00:23:49,755 --> 00:23:54,195 Speaker 1: was supporting. The circles back to an underlying issue the 328 00:23:54,275 --> 00:23:56,995 Speaker 1: National Hockey League will not deal with. I should say 329 00:23:57,035 --> 00:23:59,475 Speaker 1: it's another issue it will not deal with. The NHL 330 00:23:59,515 --> 00:24:01,995 Speaker 1: is very good at pretending to do something important when 331 00:24:01,995 --> 00:24:06,875 Speaker 1: in fact it is doing nothing. Why Russian nationals permitted 332 00:24:06,915 --> 00:24:09,755 Speaker 1: to play in the NHL right now? This country is 333 00:24:09,835 --> 00:24:15,075 Speaker 1: overtly and fiercely supporting Ukraine. As it defends itself against Russia, 334 00:24:15,155 --> 00:24:18,755 Speaker 1: and so is Canada. Yet here are Russian homophobes like 335 00:24:18,875 --> 00:24:23,195 Speaker 1: Proharoff and presumably capris Off and Shasterkin and or Panarin 336 00:24:23,555 --> 00:24:27,235 Speaker 1: taking North American money, to say nothing of Alexander Ovechkin 337 00:24:27,275 --> 00:24:30,115 Speaker 1: of the Washington Capitals, who is both chasing the game's 338 00:24:30,155 --> 00:24:34,675 Speaker 1: goalscoring record and still openly supporting in public the dictator 339 00:24:34,715 --> 00:24:39,235 Speaker 1: and warmonger Putin. These players should be given a simple choice, 340 00:24:39,715 --> 00:24:43,635 Speaker 1: repudiate your Russian citizenship or get out and don't tell 341 00:24:43,635 --> 00:24:46,795 Speaker 1: me about risks to their families. They have all long 342 00:24:46,915 --> 00:24:49,795 Speaker 1: since made enough money and had enough time to get 343 00:24:49,835 --> 00:24:53,475 Speaker 1: their families out of that stinking country. It was one 344 00:24:53,555 --> 00:24:56,355 Speaker 1: thing when it was just these guys sucking some cash 345 00:24:56,355 --> 00:24:58,475 Speaker 1: out of the US and Canada, but now they are 346 00:24:58,515 --> 00:25:04,595 Speaker 1: advancing a terrorist state internationally and a homophobic one inside 347 00:25:04,755 --> 00:25:08,635 Speaker 1: our country, all while the NHL and it's commissioner, Gary 348 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:12,635 Speaker 1: Bettman push a slogan which is itself a complete lie. 349 00:25:13,275 --> 00:25:17,635 Speaker 1: Hockey is for everyone, and we should note for clarity 350 00:25:17,675 --> 00:25:20,595 Speaker 1: that everyone no longer includes gay people in the National 351 00:25:20,635 --> 00:25:23,235 Speaker 1: Hockey League. But at least the commissioner of the National 352 00:25:23,235 --> 00:25:27,715 Speaker 1: Hockey League has made sure, it does still include Russian bigots. 353 00:25:28,675 --> 00:25:32,875 Speaker 1: The Russian players have to go, and Commissioner Gary Bettman 354 00:25:34,075 --> 00:25:51,115 Speaker 1: has to be fired. Ahead. So yeah, my great grandfather 355 00:25:51,195 --> 00:25:53,515 Speaker 1: dreamed up the name General Motors. And what did he 356 00:25:53,595 --> 00:25:57,675 Speaker 1: leave his descendant me, Well, he left me this wonderful, 357 00:25:57,755 --> 00:26:02,195 Speaker 1: shiny anecdote, which I'll tell you next. First, it's time 358 00:26:02,195 --> 00:26:03,955 Speaker 1: for the daily roundup of the miss Grants, morons and 359 00:26:04,035 --> 00:26:08,275 Speaker 1: Dunning Kruger effects specimens who constitute today's whereas persons in 360 00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:13,235 Speaker 1: the world. The bronze mayor raz Baraca of Newark, New Jersey. 361 00:26:14,075 --> 00:26:17,515 Speaker 1: Nearly a month ago now, the mayor staged an elaborate 362 00:26:17,555 --> 00:26:21,155 Speaker 1: signing ceremony declaring that Newark and the United States of 363 00:26:21,435 --> 00:26:27,235 Speaker 1: Kalisa in India would become sister cities. I know, one 364 00:26:27,315 --> 00:26:30,195 Speaker 1: is a city, one is a state. Never mind, believe 365 00:26:30,235 --> 00:26:32,075 Speaker 1: it or not, that's not the real problem here. The 366 00:26:32,115 --> 00:26:34,515 Speaker 1: real problem here is there is no such place as 367 00:26:34,595 --> 00:26:38,475 Speaker 1: the United States of Galisa. It's all the invention of 368 00:26:38,475 --> 00:26:41,195 Speaker 1: a religious nut in India who's been under investigation for 369 00:26:41,275 --> 00:26:44,795 Speaker 1: sexual assault, and nobody in the mayor's office of Newark, 370 00:26:45,475 --> 00:26:48,635 Speaker 1: or in New Jersey or New York City media bothered 371 00:26:48,675 --> 00:26:53,195 Speaker 1: to even google the United States of Carlisa and you 372 00:26:53,235 --> 00:26:55,115 Speaker 1: know the sad part here is they went and made 373 00:26:55,115 --> 00:26:58,035 Speaker 1: a big old Sister Cities sign and everything over In 374 00:26:58,115 --> 00:27:02,355 Speaker 1: Newark runner up, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunac with an 375 00:27:02,435 --> 00:27:05,115 Speaker 1: unexpected second appearance in as many episodes. It's again for 376 00:27:05,115 --> 00:27:08,355 Speaker 1: a really disastrous tweet. You don't see this every day. 377 00:27:08,395 --> 00:27:11,155 Speaker 1: Soon Act sent out a warning about the UK's new 378 00:27:11,275 --> 00:27:15,195 Speaker 1: zero tolerance policy for undocumented immigration, and it reads, if 379 00:27:15,235 --> 00:27:18,315 Speaker 1: you come to the UK illegally, you can't claim asylum, 380 00:27:18,675 --> 00:27:24,475 Speaker 1: you can't benefit from our modern slavery protections. But there's 381 00:27:24,475 --> 00:27:27,035 Speaker 1: a big graphic next to it reading you will be 382 00:27:27,155 --> 00:27:33,715 Speaker 1: denied access to the UK's modern slavery system. I get it. 383 00:27:33,715 --> 00:27:36,515 Speaker 1: It's an attempt to stop human trafficking and that's a 384 00:27:36,515 --> 00:27:41,555 Speaker 1: good thing, the slavery thing, But this phrasing you can't 385 00:27:41,635 --> 00:27:45,795 Speaker 1: benefit from our modern slavery protections. You will be denied 386 00:27:45,915 --> 00:27:50,715 Speaker 1: access to the UK's modern slavery system. That doesn't say 387 00:27:50,755 --> 00:27:54,715 Speaker 1: what you think. It says like the UK's modern slavery system, 388 00:27:54,875 --> 00:27:57,275 Speaker 1: everything's up to date in twenty first century Britain. Come 389 00:27:57,315 --> 00:28:00,115 Speaker 1: for the Channel crossing, stay to enjoy access to our 390 00:28:00,435 --> 00:28:05,035 Speaker 1: modern slavery system. It just doesn't. It's not what you're 391 00:28:05,075 --> 00:28:09,115 Speaker 1: trying to say. It's the opposite. Speaking of which, our 392 00:28:09,155 --> 00:28:12,555 Speaker 1: winner again is Elon Musk, who has spent forty four 393 00:28:12,675 --> 00:28:15,755 Speaker 1: billion dollars to buy Twitter to make sure everybody could 394 00:28:15,755 --> 00:28:20,715 Speaker 1: watch himself own sixteen times a day. A man named 395 00:28:20,795 --> 00:28:25,395 Speaker 1: Harolder Torlifsson tweeted to Musk that nine days earlier his 396 00:28:25,515 --> 00:28:28,795 Speaker 1: access to his Twitter work computer had been discontinued, and 397 00:28:28,915 --> 00:28:30,755 Speaker 1: in all the time since he had not been able 398 00:28:30,795 --> 00:28:33,035 Speaker 1: to get a straight answer out of the company had 399 00:28:33,075 --> 00:28:37,555 Speaker 1: he been fired or not. Torlifsen said something about HR 400 00:28:37,755 --> 00:28:40,675 Speaker 1: asking him to be a hands on designer and he 401 00:28:40,675 --> 00:28:43,155 Speaker 1: couldn't be hands on because of his illness. He really 402 00:28:43,195 --> 00:28:46,955 Speaker 1: only could use one finger. Within about two tweets, Musk 403 00:28:47,115 --> 00:28:50,075 Speaker 1: was insulting the man and mocking his illness, which was 404 00:28:50,635 --> 00:28:54,315 Speaker 1: muscular dystrophe. He wrote that Torlifsson, who goes by the 405 00:28:54,395 --> 00:28:58,595 Speaker 1: name Halle Quote, did no actual work, claimed as his 406 00:28:58,675 --> 00:29:01,435 Speaker 1: excuse that he had a disability that prevented him from typing, 407 00:29:01,715 --> 00:29:06,795 Speaker 1: yet was simultaneously tweeting up his thumb. Musk finally told Holly, yes, 408 00:29:07,235 --> 00:29:10,595 Speaker 1: you were fired. That's when it turned out that Holly 409 00:29:10,675 --> 00:29:13,835 Speaker 1: had sold his design company to Twitter and stayed on 410 00:29:14,075 --> 00:29:17,835 Speaker 1: as an employee, and his sale deal with Twitter said 411 00:29:17,835 --> 00:29:19,515 Speaker 1: that if he were ever to be fired by Twitter, 412 00:29:19,515 --> 00:29:21,275 Speaker 1: they had to pay him the entire purchase price of 413 00:29:21,355 --> 00:29:26,835 Speaker 1: one hundred million dollars. The next musk tweet, I would 414 00:29:26,835 --> 00:29:30,195 Speaker 1: like to apologize to Hally from my misunderstanding. Blah blah 415 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:33,755 Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Elon translation, I 416 00:29:33,795 --> 00:29:36,275 Speaker 1: would like to apologize to Hallie so I can keep 417 00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:39,995 Speaker 1: my one hundred dollar million dollars musk once again. Two 418 00:29:40,075 --> 00:29:56,795 Speaker 1: days worse person in the still ahead on Countdown. My 419 00:29:56,875 --> 00:30:00,715 Speaker 1: great grandfather told this story about himself every day until 420 00:30:00,755 --> 00:30:04,115 Speaker 1: he died. It was legend in the family. There is 421 00:30:04,155 --> 00:30:09,115 Speaker 1: considerable circumstantial evidence that it is all horrifyingly true. We 422 00:30:09,155 --> 00:30:12,115 Speaker 1: even know the last date when it could have happened, 423 00:30:12,475 --> 00:30:16,315 Speaker 1: September sixteenth, nineteen oh eight, so we'll call that the 424 00:30:16,435 --> 00:30:23,075 Speaker 1: day my great grandfather gave away General Motors. Next. First, 425 00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:25,195 Speaker 1: in each edition of Countdown, we feature a dog in 426 00:30:25,235 --> 00:30:27,515 Speaker 1: need you can help. Every dog has its day to Dallas, 427 00:30:27,555 --> 00:30:31,435 Speaker 1: Texas and Lancaster Trinket, Charlotte and Biggs. Four dogs have 428 00:30:31,515 --> 00:30:34,675 Speaker 1: their day. They in the worst state of crisis, arrived 429 00:30:34,755 --> 00:30:38,635 Speaker 1: separately at the Dallas Dog r r R Rescue Dallas 430 00:30:38,715 --> 00:30:43,195 Speaker 1: Dogger Rescue, all in one week. Trinket had pneumonia, needed plasma. 431 00:30:43,475 --> 00:30:46,555 Speaker 1: Lancaster was a stray puppy with parvo. Charlotte has a 432 00:30:46,595 --> 00:30:49,475 Speaker 1: foreign body stuck inside Big so sick he need an 433 00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:53,675 Speaker 1: oxygen tent. They arrived simultaneously wiped out the rescue's funds. 434 00:30:53,995 --> 00:30:56,795 Speaker 1: They need thirty thousand to continue. They've gotten about ten. 435 00:30:57,195 --> 00:30:59,435 Speaker 1: They're trying to raise the rest on Cudley so these 436 00:30:59,515 --> 00:31:02,355 Speaker 1: four dogs can live. If you can donate, you can 437 00:31:02,395 --> 00:31:06,275 Speaker 1: find them on Cudley under hospitalization, after hospitalization, or just 438 00:31:06,395 --> 00:31:09,955 Speaker 1: check my Twitter feeds. I thank you, and Biggs, Charlotte, 439 00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:20,075 Speaker 1: Lancaster and Trinkett thank you as well. Anthony Zelinski was 440 00:31:20,155 --> 00:31:23,635 Speaker 1: born in Crackoff in Poland in eighteen sixty eight. My 441 00:31:23,675 --> 00:31:26,275 Speaker 1: sister just found some evidence that he changed the way 442 00:31:26,315 --> 00:31:30,155 Speaker 1: his name was spelled, that it was originally Zelenski with 443 00:31:30,235 --> 00:31:32,435 Speaker 1: two wys or two eyes at the end, just like 444 00:31:32,475 --> 00:31:36,555 Speaker 1: the Ukrainian president. We're kind of pleased with her discovery. Anthony, 445 00:31:36,755 --> 00:31:39,515 Speaker 1: or as my father nicknamed him, the Great financier was 446 00:31:39,555 --> 00:31:43,075 Speaker 1: a natural musician. He could sing, play any instrument, He 447 00:31:43,115 --> 00:31:45,675 Speaker 1: could compose music and lyrics. He could teach you how 448 00:31:45,675 --> 00:31:48,515 Speaker 1: to play. He could build or repair anything from a 449 00:31:48,635 --> 00:31:52,555 Speaker 1: kazoo to a grand piano, and that from his late 450 00:31:52,595 --> 00:31:55,235 Speaker 1: teens is how he made his money. He traveled all 451 00:31:55,275 --> 00:31:58,635 Speaker 1: around Europe from maybe eighteen eighty six onwards, staying at 452 00:31:58,715 --> 00:32:02,195 Speaker 1: rich people's houses for several days, teaching the girls how 453 00:32:02,235 --> 00:32:04,315 Speaker 1: to sing and the boys how to play whatever was 454 00:32:04,395 --> 00:32:08,755 Speaker 1: lying around the house, fixing the family harpsichord, cobbling together 455 00:32:08,835 --> 00:32:13,635 Speaker 1: the odd flute. One day, We're guessing around eighteen eighty 456 00:32:13,675 --> 00:32:16,035 Speaker 1: nine eighteen ninety he traveled to the home of well 457 00:32:16,075 --> 00:32:19,675 Speaker 1: off merchants in Odessa, then part of Russia, the Chevchenkos. 458 00:32:20,115 --> 00:32:22,035 Speaker 1: He taught the boys how to sing and the girls 459 00:32:22,035 --> 00:32:24,955 Speaker 1: how to play the organ, and then he fell in 460 00:32:25,115 --> 00:32:30,475 Speaker 1: love with the youngest daughter, Matrona. The Chefschenkos were not 461 00:32:30,635 --> 00:32:34,555 Speaker 1: happy when they discovered them in love and chased my 462 00:32:34,595 --> 00:32:38,475 Speaker 1: great grandfather and their daughter out of the house, out 463 00:32:38,475 --> 00:32:41,515 Speaker 1: of the city, and out of the country. Antony went 464 00:32:41,555 --> 00:32:45,115 Speaker 1: home to poland married his child bride, returned to Krakoff, 465 00:32:45,195 --> 00:32:47,355 Speaker 1: where all of his family then chased them out of 466 00:32:47,395 --> 00:32:49,835 Speaker 1: that house, out of that city, and out of that country. 467 00:32:49,995 --> 00:32:53,155 Speaker 1: Get lost with you and your Russian horror, he would 468 00:32:53,235 --> 00:32:56,675 Speaker 1: later tell the nephew for whom my father was named Teddy. 469 00:32:57,075 --> 00:33:00,235 Speaker 1: Antony and Matrona had to think fast. It's eighteen eighty nine, 470 00:33:00,275 --> 00:33:02,475 Speaker 1: eighteen ninety. Where's a hard working guy thrown out of 471 00:33:02,515 --> 00:33:05,755 Speaker 1: Russia and Poland gonna go? They arrived in New York 472 00:33:05,755 --> 00:33:08,635 Speaker 1: City within weeks. As I said, he was a natural musician. 473 00:33:08,995 --> 00:33:11,795 Speaker 1: He picked up English quickly, and supposedly within a month 474 00:33:11,875 --> 00:33:14,635 Speaker 1: or two, he was leaving his wife, my great grandmother, 475 00:33:14,955 --> 00:33:17,915 Speaker 1: in an apartment in the Bronx and getting on trains 476 00:33:17,955 --> 00:33:21,315 Speaker 1: for distant cities as far west as Chicago, going to 477 00:33:21,315 --> 00:33:23,755 Speaker 1: the rich people's homes and getting one hundred dollars to 478 00:33:23,755 --> 00:33:26,875 Speaker 1: teach the music, write music, repair musical instruments, and then 479 00:33:26,915 --> 00:33:30,275 Speaker 1: get right back on the train to New York. Though 480 00:33:30,315 --> 00:33:33,235 Speaker 1: he earned a very good income doing this, especially for 481 00:33:33,275 --> 00:33:37,315 Speaker 1: an immigrant, Anthony and Matrona lived frugally, often without hot 482 00:33:37,355 --> 00:33:41,195 Speaker 1: water in their home because my great grandfather was now driven, 483 00:33:41,835 --> 00:33:46,995 Speaker 1: driven to avenge himself Deaddy, he would tell his nephew, 484 00:33:47,035 --> 00:33:49,915 Speaker 1: who told my dad, I save every dollar I can 485 00:33:49,955 --> 00:33:52,155 Speaker 1: save I in West in the safest in Westmint, in 486 00:33:52,155 --> 00:33:55,475 Speaker 1: the world, the Polish national bonds. For one day. I 487 00:33:55,515 --> 00:33:58,475 Speaker 1: shall return to Krakow. I shall buy the biggest house 488 00:33:58,475 --> 00:34:01,075 Speaker 1: on top of the biggest hill and stand outside all 489 00:34:01,195 --> 00:34:03,995 Speaker 1: day waiving my money at my relatives who made me 490 00:34:04,035 --> 00:34:07,475 Speaker 1: and your aunt and saying to them, f you, this 491 00:34:07,755 --> 00:34:11,995 Speaker 1: is my goal. And on and on. This went for 492 00:34:12,035 --> 00:34:15,315 Speaker 1: a decade and more, until he went to Flint, Michigan, 493 00:34:15,395 --> 00:34:17,755 Speaker 1: to do his usual routine to stay at the house 494 00:34:17,795 --> 00:34:21,315 Speaker 1: of a prosperous American, write a family song, repair the 495 00:34:21,355 --> 00:34:23,835 Speaker 1: broken tuba, teach the kids to play the guitar, and 496 00:34:23,915 --> 00:34:26,955 Speaker 1: generally delight the family, in this case, the family of 497 00:34:26,955 --> 00:34:31,835 Speaker 1: a businessman who he remembered as mister Billie. Came the 498 00:34:31,995 --> 00:34:34,795 Speaker 1: end of my great grandfather's stay with mister Billy in 499 00:34:35,035 --> 00:34:39,075 Speaker 1: Michigan and his family in Michigan, and mister Bildie was 500 00:34:39,115 --> 00:34:42,115 Speaker 1: so taken with Anthony's Zolinsky that he took him personally 501 00:34:42,155 --> 00:34:45,035 Speaker 1: to the train station in Flint and went with him 502 00:34:45,155 --> 00:34:48,395 Speaker 1: onto the platform to wait for the train. Mister Zolinsky, 503 00:34:48,475 --> 00:34:50,435 Speaker 1: he said, we have been delighted to have you here, 504 00:34:51,075 --> 00:34:53,635 Speaker 1: that I would be honored if you would accept instead 505 00:34:53,635 --> 00:34:56,275 Speaker 1: of the five hundred dollars I owe you, please take 506 00:34:56,395 --> 00:34:59,955 Speaker 1: one thousand dollars in stock certificates from my business, my 507 00:35:00,075 --> 00:35:02,715 Speaker 1: way of saying thanks and hoping you can return and 508 00:35:02,915 --> 00:35:07,195 Speaker 1: visit us again. My great grandfather said he was almost 509 00:35:07,195 --> 00:35:10,955 Speaker 1: moved to tears by the gesture. But mister Billy, he explained, 510 00:35:10,955 --> 00:35:13,595 Speaker 1: I live very inexpensively, and I in west all my 511 00:35:13,675 --> 00:35:18,235 Speaker 1: money in the world's safest in Westmont, the Polish National bonds. 512 00:35:19,555 --> 00:35:22,395 Speaker 1: Mister Billy congratulated Antony on his prudence, but said, I 513 00:35:22,395 --> 00:35:24,155 Speaker 1: believe I am at the cusp of the next great 514 00:35:24,195 --> 00:35:27,195 Speaker 1: business in this country. I would again offer you this stock. 515 00:35:27,235 --> 00:35:29,315 Speaker 1: I think you will make so much money that you 516 00:35:29,355 --> 00:35:34,835 Speaker 1: could buy all the Polish National bonds. My great grandfather, 517 00:35:34,955 --> 00:35:38,395 Speaker 1: standing there on the train station in Flint, Michigan, fought 518 00:35:38,395 --> 00:35:41,795 Speaker 1: for a moment. I know, mister Billy, you mention you 519 00:35:41,875 --> 00:35:44,715 Speaker 1: own a manufactory in town. What is this you manufactor? 520 00:35:45,635 --> 00:35:48,995 Speaker 1: Mister Billy said, we are in the automobile business. Mister Zalinsky, 521 00:35:49,155 --> 00:35:52,035 Speaker 1: my great grandfather lit up. I s the streets of 522 00:35:52,075 --> 00:35:55,835 Speaker 1: New York are filled with automobiles. This is the coming thing. 523 00:35:56,435 --> 00:35:59,115 Speaker 1: But I will still take the cash and in West 524 00:35:59,155 --> 00:36:01,875 Speaker 1: in the World's safest in Westmint the Polish National bonds. 525 00:36:02,995 --> 00:36:06,555 Speaker 1: The train was late, an awkward silence now between them, 526 00:36:06,595 --> 00:36:09,875 Speaker 1: which my great grandfather finally broke. Do I know the 527 00:36:09,955 --> 00:36:13,835 Speaker 1: name of your company, mister Billy. Mister Billy replied, well, 528 00:36:13,835 --> 00:36:15,915 Speaker 1: that's the topic of the moment, mister Zelensky, and I 529 00:36:15,955 --> 00:36:17,715 Speaker 1: must say, having gotten to know you a little bit, 530 00:36:17,755 --> 00:36:21,835 Speaker 1: I'm not at all surprised you brought this subject up. Currently, 531 00:36:22,235 --> 00:36:27,595 Speaker 1: my company is called Buick Motor Cars. My great grandfather said, Ah, yes, Buke, 532 00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:31,635 Speaker 1: I've heard of Buck. You're changing the name. Not exactly, 533 00:36:31,635 --> 00:36:34,795 Speaker 1: said mister Billy. I believe the automotive business is going 534 00:36:34,835 --> 00:36:37,435 Speaker 1: to grow exponentially. But we have one large company in 535 00:36:37,435 --> 00:36:40,435 Speaker 1: the field, Ford, and we have dozens of smaller ones 536 00:36:40,475 --> 00:36:43,235 Speaker 1: like Buick. And I'm about to buy up several of 537 00:36:43,235 --> 00:36:46,395 Speaker 1: my competitors in form one big company, bigger than Ford, 538 00:36:46,795 --> 00:36:51,435 Speaker 1: and we will dominate automobiles for decades to come. Ah yes, 539 00:36:51,795 --> 00:36:55,195 Speaker 1: said my great grandfather. And what will you call this behemoth? 540 00:36:56,075 --> 00:36:58,555 Speaker 1: Mister Billy laughed again. You cut to the heart of 541 00:36:58,595 --> 00:37:01,235 Speaker 1: the matter, mister Zelensky. We are debating that right now. 542 00:37:01,435 --> 00:37:05,915 Speaker 1: We need a name that expresses our national stature. My 543 00:37:06,035 --> 00:37:08,755 Speaker 1: great grandfather shook his head at the obviousness of this. 544 00:37:09,155 --> 00:37:11,795 Speaker 1: The problem is an easy one. No, you use National 545 00:37:11,915 --> 00:37:18,275 Speaker 1: National motor Cars. Mister Billy laughed again, your insight is extraordinary. 546 00:37:18,315 --> 00:37:20,435 Speaker 1: That was our first thought as well. But would you 547 00:37:20,435 --> 00:37:23,675 Speaker 1: believe there is a company in Indiana, of all places, 548 00:37:24,315 --> 00:37:27,435 Speaker 1: they make electric automobiles which will never work, and they're 549 00:37:27,475 --> 00:37:31,355 Speaker 1: called National Motor Vehicles. We need another name. American has 550 00:37:31,395 --> 00:37:34,275 Speaker 1: also taken, Continental has taken. Damn it, mister Lewinsky. We 551 00:37:34,315 --> 00:37:36,155 Speaker 1: can't think of a good name that isn't already taken. 552 00:37:38,075 --> 00:37:40,555 Speaker 1: My great grandfather, who had just turned down the stock 553 00:37:40,995 --> 00:37:43,555 Speaker 1: in a thousand dollars worth of the stock in this company, 554 00:37:43,675 --> 00:37:46,315 Speaker 1: thought for a second. You wish to express the national, 555 00:37:46,475 --> 00:37:53,235 Speaker 1: the American, the broadly available or available National, Continental nationals. 556 00:37:53,955 --> 00:38:01,155 Speaker 1: What is the word in English? General? The general availability 557 00:38:01,395 --> 00:38:05,275 Speaker 1: of your vehiculers? Well, mister Billy, why not that? Why 558 00:38:05,315 --> 00:38:12,395 Speaker 1: not general? General automobiles, general automotive, general motor car, maybe 559 00:38:13,715 --> 00:38:17,955 Speaker 1: general motors. Now it was time for mister Billy to 560 00:38:17,995 --> 00:38:27,115 Speaker 1: become pensive. Finally he spoke, general motors does have a 561 00:38:27,195 --> 00:38:34,635 Speaker 1: certain ring to it. Mister Zelinski. Oh look, here's your train. Ah. 562 00:38:34,675 --> 00:38:37,995 Speaker 1: Mister Billy was, of course Billy Durant, and he owned 563 00:38:38,075 --> 00:38:41,195 Speaker 1: Durant Dort, and then he owned Buick, and then he 564 00:38:41,235 --> 00:38:45,195 Speaker 1: consolidated thirteen auto manufacturers and ten parts and accessory companies 565 00:38:45,195 --> 00:38:48,155 Speaker 1: together into as it was called, on the day Billy 566 00:38:48,195 --> 00:38:51,715 Speaker 1: and his partners opened the escrow account Wednesday, September sixteenth, 567 00:38:51,795 --> 00:38:56,435 Speaker 1: nineteen o eight, General Motors Holding Company, My great grandfather 568 00:38:57,035 --> 00:38:59,315 Speaker 1: having gotten another five hundred dollars to invest in the 569 00:38:59,355 --> 00:39:02,995 Speaker 1: world's safest investment instead of a thousand dollars in stock, 570 00:39:03,075 --> 00:39:06,435 Speaker 1: and not General Motors in nineteen o eight, but the 571 00:39:06,435 --> 00:39:10,595 Speaker 1: company that would become General Motors, and having given its 572 00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:15,835 Speaker 1: chairman the name General Motors for free, waved goodbye, got 573 00:39:15,835 --> 00:39:19,955 Speaker 1: on the train, returned to New York. He died fifteen 574 00:39:20,035 --> 00:39:23,155 Speaker 1: years later. And to his credit, we know of the 575 00:39:23,235 --> 00:39:26,515 Speaker 1: detail of this story because the person who told it 576 00:39:26,555 --> 00:39:28,675 Speaker 1: to everyone with a laugh, with a warning to his 577 00:39:28,755 --> 00:39:30,795 Speaker 1: relatives that none of them had the genes of a 578 00:39:30,875 --> 00:39:36,635 Speaker 1: businessman either, was my great grandfather himself. Needless to say, 579 00:39:37,715 --> 00:39:41,795 Speaker 1: this good self deprecating humor makes him my favorite of 580 00:39:41,795 --> 00:39:45,155 Speaker 1: all my ancestors, and I hope wherever he went. When 581 00:39:45,155 --> 00:39:47,635 Speaker 1: he died in nineteen twenty three, his humor went with 582 00:39:47,715 --> 00:39:50,755 Speaker 1: him because there were several postscripts to this story that 583 00:39:50,875 --> 00:39:56,795 Speaker 1: lend it authenticity and induce further rage in his descendants. 584 00:39:58,155 --> 00:40:01,075 Speaker 1: My father was very much alive in nineteen forty. He 585 00:40:01,115 --> 00:40:03,435 Speaker 1: was an eleven year old boy with his uncle Teddy 586 00:40:03,515 --> 00:40:06,875 Speaker 1: Antony's nephew, living with my dad and grandparents and my 587 00:40:06,995 --> 00:40:10,155 Speaker 1: uncles and the Bronx. My dad, who did not meet 588 00:40:10,195 --> 00:40:13,315 Speaker 1: his grandfather, Anthony Zelenski, said there was a knock on 589 00:40:13,315 --> 00:40:15,235 Speaker 1: the apartment door one day and he opened it to 590 00:40:15,235 --> 00:40:17,275 Speaker 1: the site, as he put it, of the two best 591 00:40:17,435 --> 00:40:21,555 Speaker 1: suits of clothing I had ever seen. The men wearing 592 00:40:21,595 --> 00:40:25,115 Speaker 1: them asked for my dad's uncle. He got him and 593 00:40:25,195 --> 00:40:29,315 Speaker 1: them and men began to speak Polish to uncle Teddy. Gentlemen, 594 00:40:29,875 --> 00:40:31,995 Speaker 1: we are here in America. You will please speak English 595 00:40:32,035 --> 00:40:35,915 Speaker 1: in front of my family, mister Zelinsky. One of them said, 596 00:40:35,955 --> 00:40:38,115 Speaker 1: we know that your uncle left you his investments in 597 00:40:38,195 --> 00:40:41,835 Speaker 1: Polish national bonds. He was obviously a great patriot. We 598 00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:44,875 Speaker 1: represent the Polish government in exile when we run the 599 00:40:44,955 --> 00:40:47,315 Speaker 1: Nazis out of our homeland and freedom is again hours. 600 00:40:47,355 --> 00:40:50,755 Speaker 1: I know your uncle would have, and you would want 601 00:40:50,795 --> 00:40:55,075 Speaker 1: the free Polish national state to not be burdened financially, 602 00:40:55,675 --> 00:40:58,915 Speaker 1: to be unburdened. In fact, to the greatest possible degree, 603 00:40:59,515 --> 00:41:03,315 Speaker 1: mister Zelenski, your uncle was the fourth largest private investor 604 00:41:03,355 --> 00:41:05,955 Speaker 1: in Polish national bonds in America. In fact, he was 605 00:41:06,035 --> 00:41:09,835 Speaker 1: just behind the National Bank of Mexico. Will you retire 606 00:41:10,035 --> 00:41:14,475 Speaker 1: his bonds for a nominal fee as a great Polish patriot. 607 00:41:16,835 --> 00:41:19,555 Speaker 1: My dad was never sure how nominal the fee was, 608 00:41:19,635 --> 00:41:21,595 Speaker 1: but he was convinced his uncle got less than five 609 00:41:21,715 --> 00:41:23,995 Speaker 1: hundred dollars for what was at least one hundred thousand 610 00:41:24,035 --> 00:41:27,155 Speaker 1: dollars in bonds due in the year nineteen fifty or later. 611 00:41:28,435 --> 00:41:31,035 Speaker 1: My dad did not spend his life wondering about his 612 00:41:31,075 --> 00:41:35,075 Speaker 1: grandfather's magnificent moment of investment stupidity, but it would occasionally 613 00:41:35,115 --> 00:41:37,715 Speaker 1: wake him in the middle of the night, and on 614 00:41:37,915 --> 00:41:40,635 Speaker 1: his nightly commutes from Manhattan to our little home in 615 00:41:40,675 --> 00:41:43,435 Speaker 1: the suburbs, he came to know the other regulars on 616 00:41:43,475 --> 00:41:47,755 Speaker 1: the train, just like Don Draper did on Madmen same train, 617 00:41:47,875 --> 00:41:50,235 Speaker 1: in fact, and one of the regulars on the train 618 00:41:50,315 --> 00:41:54,995 Speaker 1: turned out to be a stock historian. Eventually, Dad told 619 00:41:55,035 --> 00:41:57,715 Speaker 1: him the story of Antony's Lyinsky and Billy Durant and 620 00:41:57,795 --> 00:42:01,195 Speaker 1: General Motors, And the stock historian invited him to stop 621 00:42:01,235 --> 00:42:03,915 Speaker 1: by the office at lunch one day. Sit down, Ted, 622 00:42:04,795 --> 00:42:09,755 Speaker 1: and I mean sit down, Ted. The historian showed his math. 623 00:42:10,435 --> 00:42:13,155 Speaker 1: This was what a thousand dollars in Buick in nineteen 624 00:42:13,155 --> 00:42:16,395 Speaker 1: oh eight turned into when Billy Durant created General Motors 625 00:42:16,435 --> 00:42:19,675 Speaker 1: in nineteen oh eight. And here's where it's split. And see, 626 00:42:19,675 --> 00:42:22,195 Speaker 1: and here's where it's split again. And here's where it 627 00:42:22,355 --> 00:42:25,795 Speaker 1: quartered after they forced Durant out and then he bought Chevrolet, 628 00:42:25,915 --> 00:42:28,315 Speaker 1: and he came back in and took over General Motors again, 629 00:42:28,395 --> 00:42:31,635 Speaker 1: and it's split. And my father said, he started to sweat. 630 00:42:31,755 --> 00:42:36,075 Speaker 1: Just tell me already, Ted, the thousand dollars your great 631 00:42:36,075 --> 00:42:39,355 Speaker 1: grandfather turned down in General Motors in nineteen oh eight 632 00:42:39,435 --> 00:42:45,875 Speaker 1: would now be worth approximately sixty million dollars, my father said. 633 00:42:45,875 --> 00:42:48,555 Speaker 1: He struggled to not pass out his friend from the train, 634 00:42:48,595 --> 00:42:53,075 Speaker 1: then said, plus the value of the name. I can't 635 00:42:53,115 --> 00:42:55,915 Speaker 1: get that exactly, the stock historian said, but it's got 636 00:42:55,915 --> 00:42:59,235 Speaker 1: to be another couple million, five ten maybe, especially if 637 00:42:59,235 --> 00:43:04,555 Speaker 1: he'd taken stock in exchange for the name. There's one 638 00:43:05,155 --> 00:43:08,555 Speaker 1: twist to the knife well, so far, there's still plenty 639 00:43:08,555 --> 00:43:12,395 Speaker 1: of time for more. When the Unions ran the Soviets 640 00:43:12,435 --> 00:43:15,315 Speaker 1: out of Poland and lec Valessa became President of the 641 00:43:15,395 --> 00:43:18,395 Speaker 1: Free Poland in nineteen ninety, he gave a speech establishing 642 00:43:18,435 --> 00:43:22,315 Speaker 1: the new government. He spoke naturally in Polish, until that is, 643 00:43:22,355 --> 00:43:26,395 Speaker 1: it was time to address one topic. The president read 644 00:43:26,515 --> 00:43:29,435 Speaker 1: that part of the speech in English. My government will 645 00:43:29,475 --> 00:43:33,115 Speaker 1: recognize and honor the following years of the Polish national bonds. 646 00:43:34,915 --> 00:43:37,355 Speaker 1: My father called me in Los Angeles that night. He 647 00:43:37,435 --> 00:43:40,155 Speaker 1: had spoken to his stock, his Storian friend again and 648 00:43:40,435 --> 00:43:44,195 Speaker 1: gotten a new rough estimate. My great grandfather had turned 649 00:43:44,195 --> 00:43:48,315 Speaker 1: down sixty maybe seventy million dollars in general motors stock 650 00:43:48,435 --> 00:43:51,995 Speaker 1: to keep, say a hundred thousand dollars in Polish bonds 651 00:43:52,035 --> 00:43:54,995 Speaker 1: due in the year nineteen fifty, and lec Valessa had 652 00:43:55,035 --> 00:43:57,435 Speaker 1: just said, we'll pay on those bonds that we're due 653 00:43:57,435 --> 00:44:01,115 Speaker 1: in nineteen fifty. And so if great grandfather's nephew Teddy 654 00:44:01,875 --> 00:44:05,195 Speaker 1: had just sat on them, those bonds would have been 655 00:44:05,195 --> 00:44:12,235 Speaker 1: worth five or six million dollars. Keith, my father said, quietly, 656 00:44:12,955 --> 00:44:17,275 Speaker 1: let me remind you again what the great financier my 657 00:44:17,475 --> 00:44:23,995 Speaker 1: grandfather told everyone told all of us, none of us, 658 00:44:24,715 --> 00:44:42,995 Speaker 1: none of us have the genes of a businessman. Thank 659 00:44:42,995 --> 00:44:45,795 Speaker 1: you for listening. Countdown has come to you from these 660 00:44:45,835 --> 00:44:49,115 Speaker 1: studios el the Olberman Broadcasting Empire hi A Top its 661 00:44:49,115 --> 00:44:51,795 Speaker 1: headquarters in the Sports Capsule building here in New York, 662 00:44:52,355 --> 00:44:56,435 Speaker 1: the building I do not own. 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The best baseball 672 00:45:25,275 --> 00:45:28,875 Speaker 1: stadium organist ever. Our announcer today was Jonathan Banks from 673 00:45:28,875 --> 00:45:32,955 Speaker 1: Breaking Bad. Everything else was pretty much my fault. Let's 674 00:45:32,955 --> 00:45:36,635 Speaker 1: countdown for this the seven hundred ninety second day since 675 00:45:36,675 --> 00:45:39,955 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's first attempted coup against the democratically elected government 676 00:45:39,955 --> 00:45:43,955 Speaker 1: of the United States. Arrest him now while we still can. 677 00:45:44,715 --> 00:45:47,835 Speaker 1: The next schedule countdown is tomorrow, so until then, I'm 678 00:45:47,915 --> 00:45:51,795 Speaker 1: Keith Olberman. Good morning, good afternoon, goodnight, and good luck. 679 00:46:02,595 --> 00:46:06,555 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is at auction of iHeartRadio. 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