1 00:00:04,795 --> 00:00:17,155 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of iHeartRadio. This 2 00:00:17,355 --> 00:00:21,075 Speaker 1: is a Countdown Fulton podcast. It was, in short, the 3 00:00:21,115 --> 00:00:25,435 Speaker 1: worst post disaster news conference in our modern American history, 4 00:00:25,795 --> 00:00:28,595 Speaker 1: after the terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed at 5 00:00:28,675 --> 00:00:32,235 Speaker 1: least ten people, when a Texas born Army veteran drove 6 00:00:32,235 --> 00:00:34,435 Speaker 1: into a New Year's Eve crowd in the French Quarter, 7 00:00:34,755 --> 00:00:38,755 Speaker 1: ran people over, shot at them, shot at police, and 8 00:00:38,955 --> 00:00:44,075 Speaker 1: prepared apparently to disperse IED's improvised explosive devices he had 9 00:00:44,115 --> 00:00:46,875 Speaker 1: brought with him, and he had, according to the FBI, 10 00:00:46,955 --> 00:00:49,955 Speaker 1: the help of others, and the suspect was then shot 11 00:00:49,995 --> 00:00:54,155 Speaker 1: and killed. And Wednesday afternoon, New Year's Day, the authorities 12 00:00:54,195 --> 00:00:58,355 Speaker 1: in New Orleans somehow managed to make it worse. The mayor, 13 00:00:58,395 --> 00:01:02,555 Speaker 1: the governor, the senator, the chief of police. If the 14 00:01:02,635 --> 00:01:06,875 Speaker 1: least sophisticated form of terrorists a car driving into a 15 00:01:06,955 --> 00:01:12,435 Speaker 1: crowd on a closed street during holiday celebrations happens in 16 00:01:12,475 --> 00:01:17,235 Speaker 1: a city known for crowds on a street closed during 17 00:01:17,275 --> 00:01:21,755 Speaker 1: holiday celebrations, do not stand there and congratulate each other 18 00:01:21,835 --> 00:01:24,355 Speaker 1: on the great job you have done and the great 19 00:01:24,435 --> 00:01:27,035 Speaker 1: job you are going to do, And do not get 20 00:01:27,075 --> 00:01:30,715 Speaker 1: mad at reporters for asking how in the hell this happened. 21 00:01:31,395 --> 00:01:35,195 Speaker 1: If you do not have information to share, don't share it. 22 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:39,395 Speaker 1: Don't blame reporters at a news conference you have called 23 00:01:39,915 --> 00:01:44,395 Speaker 1: for asking questions. If you don't want to share the information, 24 00:01:44,715 --> 00:01:49,955 Speaker 1: Governor Landry, don't share it. Don't act arrogantly and condescendingly 25 00:01:49,995 --> 00:01:54,035 Speaker 1: towards reporters asking questions on behalf of a terrified public. 26 00:01:54,635 --> 00:01:57,395 Speaker 1: The reporters do not know in advance that you are 27 00:01:57,435 --> 00:02:00,235 Speaker 1: going to refuse to answer their questions. That's why they 28 00:02:00,235 --> 00:02:04,515 Speaker 1: are asking the questions. And most of all, Superintendent of 29 00:02:04,475 --> 00:02:08,155 Speaker 1: Police and Kirkpatrick and Captain L. John Roberts do not 30 00:02:08,315 --> 00:02:11,835 Speaker 1: explain as if this were the most natural thing in 31 00:02:11,875 --> 00:02:16,515 Speaker 1: the world. That the ballards, the removable stainless steel blocks 32 00:02:16,835 --> 00:02:20,955 Speaker 1: designed to keep terrorists from driving onto pedestrian field streets 33 00:02:21,195 --> 00:02:24,635 Speaker 1: or into buildings, the bollards that you bought a decade ago, 34 00:02:25,315 --> 00:02:28,435 Speaker 1: that they did not work correctly, that they got stuck. 35 00:02:28,875 --> 00:02:32,115 Speaker 1: So two months ago you started to replace them, and 36 00:02:32,195 --> 00:02:34,555 Speaker 1: you have the new ones ready to go and they 37 00:02:34,595 --> 00:02:38,355 Speaker 1: will provide total safety. Only they weren't there on New 38 00:02:38,435 --> 00:02:41,435 Speaker 1: Year's Eve in New Orleans, so you had a police 39 00:02:41,475 --> 00:02:45,435 Speaker 1: car blocking the road but the terrorists simply drove up 40 00:02:45,475 --> 00:02:50,715 Speaker 1: onto the sidewalk instead, My god, to hear the superintendent 41 00:02:50,755 --> 00:02:55,995 Speaker 1: of police express astonishment that a terrorist, by some evidence 42 00:02:56,035 --> 00:02:59,995 Speaker 1: and inference, perhaps a suicide bomber, was willing to drive 43 00:03:00,435 --> 00:03:03,595 Speaker 1: on something other than the street, that he was willing 44 00:03:03,635 --> 00:03:06,635 Speaker 1: to drive on the side walk, as if somebody driving 45 00:03:06,675 --> 00:03:09,235 Speaker 1: on a sidewalk had never happened before in the history 46 00:03:09,275 --> 00:03:14,355 Speaker 1: of mankind. To hear a police person, a veteran police person, 47 00:03:14,555 --> 00:03:19,515 Speaker 1: the person in charge say something that incredibly naive, is 48 00:03:19,635 --> 00:03:23,515 Speaker 1: disturbing beyond measure. How could they have possibly gotten around 49 00:03:23,555 --> 00:03:29,595 Speaker 1: your impregnable defenses, Superintendent, Well, they drove past the police 50 00:03:29,595 --> 00:03:34,395 Speaker 1: car blocking the road instead of stopping. Apparently this superintendent, 51 00:03:34,435 --> 00:03:38,475 Speaker 1: who is literally my age, has never seen a car 52 00:03:38,715 --> 00:03:42,435 Speaker 1: on a sidewalk in New Orleans, or on the news 53 00:03:42,475 --> 00:03:45,835 Speaker 1: from anywhere else in the world, or even in the movies. 54 00:03:48,115 --> 00:03:52,595 Speaker 1: Superintendent promptly explained, they have plans in place, undefeatable plans 55 00:03:52,755 --> 00:03:55,555 Speaker 1: to protect New Orleans and its people, and this is 56 00:03:55,555 --> 00:03:58,475 Speaker 1: a time for leadership, and we here, we are the leaders, 57 00:03:58,635 --> 00:04:01,915 Speaker 1: and we will provide the leaderships and know the leadership 58 00:04:01,915 --> 00:04:04,435 Speaker 1: and the plans didn't work. Tuesday, night, not at all. 59 00:04:04,475 --> 00:04:09,075 Speaker 1: But the new ballards will be installed soon. Might as 60 00:04:09,115 --> 00:04:11,635 Speaker 1: well have said, the new ballards are flawless and perfect, 61 00:04:11,915 --> 00:04:14,235 Speaker 1: and you'll be taking them out of the box any 62 00:04:14,315 --> 00:04:18,355 Speaker 1: day now. And it is possible that of all the 63 00:04:18,395 --> 00:04:21,875 Speaker 1: officials at that news conference in New Orleans, the superintendent 64 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:24,835 Speaker 1: was the one who made the least complete fool of herself. 65 00:04:25,435 --> 00:04:28,235 Speaker 1: If you have ever seen the movie Airplane and heard 66 00:04:28,235 --> 00:04:30,955 Speaker 1: the news conference given by the character played by Lloyd 67 00:04:30,995 --> 00:04:35,235 Speaker 1: Bridges about a stricken airliner and how a pilot is 68 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:37,355 Speaker 1: not available, what one of the passengers is going to 69 00:04:37,395 --> 00:04:40,635 Speaker 1: land the plane, and each answer he gives is worse 70 00:04:40,995 --> 00:04:44,195 Speaker 1: and more horrifying than the last. And he's tossing off 71 00:04:44,315 --> 00:04:48,635 Speaker 1: jokes and smoking cigarettes as he gives these answers. That's 72 00:04:48,675 --> 00:04:53,875 Speaker 1: what this was. Only. Airplane was satire and those answers 73 00:04:53,875 --> 00:04:59,315 Speaker 1: were funny. Oh, in New Orleans, nobody was smoking. It 74 00:04:59,635 --> 00:05:02,595 Speaker 1: was this Governor Landry who answered every question as if 75 00:05:02,595 --> 00:05:04,955 Speaker 1: the reporters were too stupid to know it advance. He 76 00:05:04,955 --> 00:05:07,355 Speaker 1: had chosen to keep all pertinent details of the attack 77 00:05:07,395 --> 00:05:10,355 Speaker 1: to himself rather than share them with the public. It 78 00:05:10,475 --> 00:05:13,195 Speaker 1: was this man with the cadence and the tone of 79 00:05:13,235 --> 00:05:16,635 Speaker 1: a chain gang supervisor who explained that even though the 80 00:05:16,795 --> 00:05:21,675 Speaker 1: entire system failed Tuesday night, you should just trust him 81 00:05:21,955 --> 00:05:24,355 Speaker 1: and go to that college football game they just had 82 00:05:24,395 --> 00:05:29,035 Speaker 1: to postpone for a day anyhow because of successful terrorism. 83 00:05:29,515 --> 00:05:31,875 Speaker 1: Just trust him, all right, Thank you all so much, 84 00:05:32,035 --> 00:05:34,355 Speaker 1: Thank you. What gives you the confidence? Tomorrow night it'll 85 00:05:34,395 --> 00:05:41,675 Speaker 1: be safe. Right, I'm gonna be there. Why are you 86 00:05:41,795 --> 00:05:46,355 Speaker 1: confident there won't be problems tomorrow? I'll be there. He's 87 00:05:46,475 --> 00:05:50,315 Speaker 1: Governor superman. I am truly surprised Governor Landry did not 88 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:53,595 Speaker 1: say they'd never attack a football game when a governor 89 00:05:53,715 --> 00:05:56,275 Speaker 1: was at it, you know, just like they'd never drive 90 00:05:56,315 --> 00:05:58,995 Speaker 1: onto the sidewalk. What are you crazy. 91 00:06:00,595 --> 00:06:00,675 Speaker 2: For? 92 00:06:00,875 --> 00:06:06,115 Speaker 1: Sheer political self prostitution, though for sinility in action. It 93 00:06:06,195 --> 00:06:10,275 Speaker 1: was Senator Kennedy of Louisiana who stole this show, who 94 00:06:10,275 --> 00:06:14,235 Speaker 1: made it about himself, who made it about vague conspiracy 95 00:06:14,275 --> 00:06:16,915 Speaker 1: theories that he alluded to only in the background, who 96 00:06:16,995 --> 00:06:21,395 Speaker 1: made it about politics, who chose this somber tragic event 97 00:06:21,835 --> 00:06:24,835 Speaker 1: to take a stupid shot at the media, a stupid 98 00:06:24,915 --> 00:06:27,475 Speaker 1: shot in the context of the rest of the news 99 00:06:27,515 --> 00:06:32,835 Speaker 1: conference being one long stupid shot. This made the comparisons 100 00:06:32,875 --> 00:06:36,795 Speaker 1: between Senator Kennedy and Pat Buttram's mister Haney from Green 101 00:06:36,835 --> 00:06:41,715 Speaker 1: Acres and fog Horn Leghorn look embarrassing to Pat Buttram 102 00:06:41,755 --> 00:06:43,555 Speaker 1: and fog Horn Leghorn. 103 00:06:43,595 --> 00:06:48,595 Speaker 2: Ketsey speaking, and then tell the American people the truth. Now, 104 00:06:48,675 --> 00:06:51,715 Speaker 2: I don't want you to tell us yet. Any thank's 105 00:06:51,795 --> 00:06:55,955 Speaker 2: going to interfere with your investigation. And there are things 106 00:06:55,995 --> 00:06:58,075 Speaker 2: that I've been told that I think are true that 107 00:06:58,155 --> 00:07:00,435 Speaker 2: I'm not sharing with the other day because it could 108 00:07:00,435 --> 00:07:04,355 Speaker 2: interfere with their investigation. But after we get to the 109 00:07:04,395 --> 00:07:06,555 Speaker 2: bob of this, they need to tell the American people 110 00:07:06,595 --> 00:07:09,635 Speaker 2: the truth, and the people in New Orleans the truth, 111 00:07:10,075 --> 00:07:13,355 Speaker 2: and the people of America the truth. I think the 112 00:07:13,435 --> 00:07:17,515 Speaker 2: mayor and the Governor are very wise to postpone this 113 00:07:17,595 --> 00:07:21,435 Speaker 2: ballgame for twenty four hours. There's just too much stuff 114 00:07:21,515 --> 00:07:25,595 Speaker 2: we don't know, and it's it's just not worth it. 115 00:07:26,235 --> 00:07:30,755 Speaker 2: But I guess my final point is I will. 116 00:07:30,555 --> 00:07:31,235 Speaker 1: Promise you this. 117 00:07:32,395 --> 00:07:35,915 Speaker 2: I will when when it is appropriate and this investigation 118 00:07:36,235 --> 00:07:40,955 Speaker 2: is complete, you will find out what happened and who 119 00:07:41,035 --> 00:07:46,155 Speaker 2: was responsible, or I will raise fresh hell. Can I 120 00:07:46,235 --> 00:07:46,755 Speaker 2: say something? 121 00:07:47,155 --> 00:07:47,995 Speaker 1: Tell me who you're with? 122 00:07:48,275 --> 00:07:51,355 Speaker 2: W WSU OK MCBS. 123 00:07:51,395 --> 00:07:52,675 Speaker 1: NBC's over here on the rail. 124 00:07:53,115 --> 00:07:55,395 Speaker 2: Oh that unusual position. 125 00:07:59,475 --> 00:08:00,155 Speaker 1: I don't get it. 126 00:08:01,635 --> 00:08:02,475 Speaker 2: You wouldn't. 127 00:08:03,795 --> 00:08:06,035 Speaker 1: Perfect time to make could joke about the news media. 128 00:08:06,115 --> 00:08:11,715 Speaker 1: Senator resign and of course Senator Kennedy is the smart one. 129 00:08:13,795 --> 00:08:18,755 Speaker 1: Earlier before it was revealed where the dead suspect was from, Trump, 130 00:08:19,035 --> 00:08:22,675 Speaker 1: as always knew the real truth when I said that 131 00:08:22,715 --> 00:08:25,075 Speaker 1: the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals 132 00:08:25,075 --> 00:08:27,875 Speaker 1: we have in our country. That statement was constantly refuted 133 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:30,515 Speaker 1: by Democrats and the fake news media, but it turned 134 00:08:30,515 --> 00:08:32,875 Speaker 1: out to be true. The crime rate in our country 135 00:08:32,955 --> 00:08:34,955 Speaker 1: is at a level that nobody has ever seen before. 136 00:08:35,315 --> 00:08:37,795 Speaker 1: Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and 137 00:08:37,835 --> 00:08:40,515 Speaker 1: their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New 138 00:08:40,595 --> 00:08:43,995 Speaker 1: Orleans Police Department. The Trump administration will fully support the 139 00:08:44,035 --> 00:08:46,835 Speaker 1: City of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from 140 00:08:46,835 --> 00:08:50,955 Speaker 1: this act of pure evil. Pure evil is a phrase 141 00:08:51,115 --> 00:08:56,235 Speaker 1: used now to distinguish that from Trump evil. The suspect, 142 00:08:56,435 --> 00:09:00,915 Speaker 1: the dead identified suspect was a US Army veteran born 143 00:09:01,115 --> 00:09:04,555 Speaker 1: and raised in Texas. Who he might be working with 144 00:09:04,675 --> 00:09:06,915 Speaker 1: it was yet to be determined as I recorded this, 145 00:09:07,515 --> 00:09:11,235 Speaker 1: and he had an ISIS flag in his truck. Isis, 146 00:09:11,795 --> 00:09:14,675 Speaker 1: which as Trump will always remind you whenever the word 147 00:09:14,835 --> 00:09:20,475 Speaker 1: pops up. Trump defeated in twenty nineteen, in just weeks, 148 00:09:20,635 --> 00:09:25,515 Speaker 1: he will tell you there is no isis. Idiot elect 149 00:09:25,555 --> 00:09:28,435 Speaker 1: went silent after the suspect was idd and turned his 150 00:09:28,475 --> 00:09:34,595 Speaker 1: attention back to bitcoin and tariffs, and somehow got topped 151 00:09:34,595 --> 00:09:40,275 Speaker 1: by Congresswoman cave Woman Marjorie Taylor Green, very possibly the 152 00:09:40,355 --> 00:09:45,835 Speaker 1: stupidest person in America, not just in Congress. New Orleans 153 00:09:45,995 --> 00:09:48,675 Speaker 1: terrorist attacker is said to have come across the border 154 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:53,155 Speaker 1: in Eagle Pass two days ago. Exclamation point, exclamation point, 155 00:09:53,275 --> 00:09:57,955 Speaker 1: exclamation point, shut the border down? Exclamation point, exclamation point, 156 00:09:58,075 --> 00:10:01,915 Speaker 1: exclamation point. Who did our government bomb lately? That is 157 00:10:01,955 --> 00:10:07,715 Speaker 1: taking it out on innocent Americans. Terrorism is a deadly 158 00:10:07,795 --> 00:10:13,435 Speaker 1: threat to this country, nearly as much threat to as 159 00:10:13,475 --> 00:10:18,075 Speaker 1: the Marjorie Taylor Greens and the Trumps and their stupidity 160 00:10:18,435 --> 00:10:22,475 Speaker 1: and their willingness to exploit anything are deadly threats to 161 00:10:22,515 --> 00:10:28,795 Speaker 1: this country, especially when their stupidity and their willingness to 162 00:10:28,835 --> 00:10:34,195 Speaker 1: exploit anything takes place concurrently as the hot and cold 163 00:10:34,275 --> 00:10:38,555 Speaker 1: running imbecility as we are seeing from New Orleans itself. 164 00:10:39,835 --> 00:10:42,835 Speaker 1: Everybody at that news conference, with the exception of the 165 00:10:42,875 --> 00:10:46,675 Speaker 1: FBI Special Agent ALTHEA. Duncan, who, after a brief and 166 00:10:46,715 --> 00:10:48,875 Speaker 1: calm statement, spent most of the rest of her time 167 00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:52,835 Speaker 1: watching the single digit IQ. Elected officials and police people 168 00:10:53,035 --> 00:10:58,235 Speaker 1: soil themselves. Everybody but the FBI agent should resign. If 169 00:10:58,275 --> 00:11:01,195 Speaker 1: you watched any of that and you came away confident 170 00:11:01,235 --> 00:11:03,595 Speaker 1: that the authorities in New Orleans and in the state 171 00:11:03,595 --> 00:11:07,475 Speaker 1: of Louisiana have any idea what they are doing, I 172 00:11:07,595 --> 00:11:13,915 Speaker 1: congratulate you on your childlike possibly childish faith. The Sugar 173 00:11:13,955 --> 00:11:18,235 Speaker 1: Bowl college football game was postponed until Thursday night. It 174 00:11:18,315 --> 00:11:21,555 Speaker 1: should be moved to another state. The Super Bowl is 175 00:11:21,555 --> 00:11:26,035 Speaker 1: scheduled for Sunday, February ninth in New Orleans in the Superdome. 176 00:11:26,435 --> 00:11:29,355 Speaker 1: It should be moved to another state. I don't know 177 00:11:29,395 --> 00:11:32,155 Speaker 1: if Louisiana is safe or not. I do know that 178 00:11:32,195 --> 00:11:34,835 Speaker 1: the police officials and the elected officials in New Orleans 179 00:11:35,155 --> 00:11:41,635 Speaker 1: are idiots, unless they have now unboxed the new road 180 00:11:41,675 --> 00:11:45,195 Speaker 1: blocking devices by then and briefed officers on this terrible 181 00:11:45,275 --> 00:11:49,155 Speaker 1: new invention of the terrorists not stopping when a cop 182 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:56,235 Speaker 1: tells them to and instead driving on the sidewalk. This 183 00:11:56,275 --> 00:11:58,995 Speaker 1: has been a countdown bulletin podcast. The next scheduled edition 184 00:11:59,115 --> 00:12:09,115 Speaker 1: is Monday. 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