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Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. A few nights ago, Fox News

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Speaker 1: I think it was actually technically News Nation hosted their

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Speaker 1: Patriot Awards. Among the honorees were Milania Trump, Erica Kirk,

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Speaker 1: and a name you might be familiar with as well.

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Speaker 1: DJ Daniel from right here in Houston, Texas, a tremendously

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Speaker 1: inspiring thirteen year old young man. We had him on

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Speaker 1: our show a few months ago. We've had him before.

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Speaker 1: He's fighting brain and spinal cancer and he was given

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Speaker 1: just five months to live, but he has exceeded that prognosis.

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Speaker 1: The Secret Service did such a cool thing for DJ.

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Speaker 1: His dream is to grow up and serve in law enforcement.

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Speaker 1: I think he's been. I think he's The goal is

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Speaker 1: to be deputized by a thousand departments. He may be

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Speaker 1: over one thousand by now. It's pretty incredible. The DEA

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Speaker 1: swore a man as an honorary Special Agent. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: oh here it is that marked over twelve hundred law

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Speaker 1: enforcement agencies to honor him. We talked to him and

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Speaker 1: his father a few months ago, and I wanted to

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Speaker 1: share that discussion with you because I find it to

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Speaker 1: be a very very inspiring discussion. Both him and his father.

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Speaker 1: They were handed lemons and they made lemonade. Theotis Daniel

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Speaker 1: welcome to the programs?

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Speaker 2: Yes? There.

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Speaker 1: So this is the kind of email I've been receiving

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Speaker 1: this morning from listeners when I asked them to share

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Speaker 1: their thoughts on the speech last night. I want you

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Speaker 1: to notice the order in which he put this. Alfonso

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Speaker 1: Choppa writes my three highs from Houston last night. Number

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Speaker 1: one DJ Daniel's father lifting him high to receive his

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Speaker 1: new Secret Service patch. Number two, President Trump beatifying Joscelyn

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Speaker 1: Nungeray to a new high by renaming a wildlife refuge

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Speaker 1: in her honor of that. Listener's high point of our

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Speaker 1: president speaking to the nation and Congress was the moment

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Speaker 1: that you lifted your son up to receive his badge.

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Speaker 1: Now that's a pretty big deal, THEO to Daniel.

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Speaker 2: Yes, sir, it is. It is.

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Speaker 3: How did it?

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Speaker 1: How did it come to be that y'all learned? I mean,

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Speaker 1: how did it happen that y'all learned you? You know

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Speaker 1: you needed to be in d C.

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Speaker 2: We didn't. We just got a phone call. I thought

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Speaker 2: it was a spam at first, and it wasn't gonna

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Speaker 2: I was gonna just send it to voicemail, but I

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Speaker 2: answered it, and and at first it's like, no, this

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Speaker 2: is this has got to be somebody playing a badg joke,

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Speaker 2: and then nope, it wasn't. So they said that President

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Speaker 2: Trump and the First Lady would like us to come

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Speaker 2: from the White House and forth. What we looked like

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Speaker 2: saying no?

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Speaker 3: So we just showed up for you. You you had

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Speaker 3: the book it yourself.

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Speaker 2: Oh, they sent for us. They paid for everything. Everything

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Speaker 2: was taken care of us, and they've been a wonderful

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Speaker 2: host and everything.

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Speaker 3: When did you get to d C.

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Speaker 2: We got here on Monday?

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Speaker 3: Okay, where are we at now? Wednesday? Did y'all get

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Speaker 3: to do any sight seeing? We did.

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Speaker 2: We did a pretty good amount of looking around and

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Speaker 2: things of that. And it was kind of crispy up here,

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Speaker 2: so we we won't dressed occasion.

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Speaker 3: Okay, you weren't ready for that, no, sir, okay.

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Speaker 1: And and and before the speech did y'all did y'all

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Speaker 1: get to meet the president before that?

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Speaker 3: What? What? What's the agenda? Ben?

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Speaker 2: No, sir, we met the first Lady, We met the

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Speaker 2: whole uh uh, President Trump's family, the sons and everybody,

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Speaker 2: and the Vargie hugged everyone and it was yeah, And

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Speaker 2: and the vargie ran into mister Eli Musk in the hallway.

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Speaker 2: So he got a picture.

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Speaker 3: And I saw the picture.

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Speaker 2: I said the Bargie, is that a wax figure? He said, no, sir,

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Speaker 2: that's I said, man, I thought that was a wax figure.

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Speaker 3: Well, he is.

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Speaker 1: Pretty white, I'll tell you that. I don't think he

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Speaker 1: gets a lot of sun. So his still name is

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Speaker 1: devar Ja, Yes, sir?

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right? Uh DJ for short?

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Speaker 2: Yes, sir?

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Speaker 1: And was there a family history behind that name or

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Speaker 1: that's just the name you wanted to name him?

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Speaker 2: No, we just kind of came up. We thought we

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Speaker 2: came up with it, but I guess somebody else thought

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Speaker 3: Okay, And uh, how has he been? I'll ask him?

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Speaker 1: But in your opinion, you know him better than anybody.

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Speaker 1: How has he been through all this? Is he just

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Speaker 1: wide eyes shocked?

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Speaker 3: You said, speechless when I called you a minute ago.

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Speaker 2: Well, old folks used to say whyeye and bushy tailed?

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Speaker 2: He's all of that. Uh, he's just a ball and

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Speaker 2: full of energy and stuff. So I got him raised

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Speaker 2: up old school, so we don't make no excuses about nothing.

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Speaker 2: And we just get it done. That's that's it.

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Speaker 3: And so what is the schedule for today?

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Speaker 2: Well, we got we got to go to the airport.

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Speaker 2: We've got a lot of different media outlets. That's that's

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Speaker 2: UH that wants to deal with us, and we got

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Speaker 2: to get to the airport. Here.

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Speaker 3: Well, if I may speak to him for just a moment,

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Speaker 3: I would sure appreciate it. There you go, var, How

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Speaker 3: are you feeling right now?

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Speaker 2: Good?

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Speaker 3: What did you think last night when you got your badge?

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Speaker 2: I was not expecting. Oh, I don't even have nothing necessary.

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Speaker 2: I'm as soon as he said that, mars one huge.

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Speaker 1: Do you know how much the position pays?

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Speaker 3: Do you have to go to special training or anything?

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Speaker 1: No, sir, Hey, I got a favor to ask you.

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Speaker 1: I've heard from a number of law enforcement agencies in

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Speaker 1: the greater Houston area.

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Speaker 3: You're in Painland, right, No, sir, where do you live?

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Speaker 2: South Houston?

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Speaker 3: South Houston?

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Speaker 1: Well, I've had several law enforcement agencies reach out to

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Speaker 1: me that they would like to buy you a suit

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Speaker 1: because a secret service agent, they don't worry you form,

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Speaker 1: they wear a suit, and they wanted to get you

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Speaker 1: a custom suit. If you'd be up for that, Okay,

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Speaker 1: you'd do that, yes, sure, Well, the whole nation is

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Speaker 1: very proud of you, devar Jay.

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Speaker 3: Not because of last night.

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Speaker 1: We're just excited, but because of the way you have

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Speaker 1: battled and your very positive approach to this. It's been

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Speaker 1: an inspiration to the nation. My man, keep it up.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's crazy to me.

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Speaker 3: What's that.

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Speaker 2: If my friendsic scene this, they probably ain't gonna to

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Speaker 2: mess with me?

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Speaker 3: What do you Why is that you got too big services?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Really? Yeah, they'd be a word, they'd they'd be worried

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Speaker 3: you might arrest them or something.

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Speaker 2: Pretty much. I already told one of my friends, if

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Speaker 2: we keep on being bad, I'm end up arresting him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, but you know, devar Ja, don't underestimate. You might

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Speaker 1: be the reason somebody goes into law enforcement. You might

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Speaker 1: be the reason somebody makes a better choice. Don't underestimate

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Speaker 1: people are watching you at all times, and the way

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Speaker 1: you live your life is a testimony. And even without

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Speaker 1: saying words, they're watching you and learning from you. And

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Speaker 1: the fact that they see that the whole nation is

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Speaker 1: inspired by you, they're going to want.

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Speaker 2: To be like you.

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Speaker 3: Believe it or not. Thank you, You're welcome, my man.

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Speaker 1: I look forward to meeting you and you seeing you

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Speaker 1: in posting pictures you in your cool new suit. Have

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Speaker 1: a good trip back, ma'am. Okay, and that is devar jay.

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