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Adam hit it.

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Adam Curry.

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John C.

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DeVora.

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It's Sunday, March 15, 2026.

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This is your award-winning Cuban nation media

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assassination episode 1851.

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This is no agenda.

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Sniffing the sleeper cells and broadcasting live from

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the heart of the Texas hill country here

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in FEMA region number six in the morning,

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everybody.

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I'm Adam Curry.

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And coming to you from the Pacific Northwest

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where only tourists use umbrellas.

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I'm Mimi Smith-Dvorak.

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Here's Crackpot and Buzzkill.

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In the morning.

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So I wonder how much longer John's going

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to be out.

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We might have to actually change the jingle.

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I mean, people are complaining like you still

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got John's name in the credits.

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Although I'm pretty sure I put your name

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in, but okay.

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John's probably going to get out of the

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hospital this week.

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So he's well on his way to recovering

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at Jane Brennan's house.

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So we're hoping that he's back sooner than

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later.

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Well, I received a phone call on Friday

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from John from the hospital.

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I was like, what?

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From, and here's the thing.

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From Sutter Health.

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So no, it's a 415 number.

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I'm like, oh, that's some Google scammer.

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Cause of course I don't have John's actual

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cell phone number.

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No, why would I have that after 18

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years?

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So he goes to voicemail and like, hey,

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yeah, let's check it in.

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Check it in.

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I call him back.

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I say, dude, what's up?

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He's like, it was the sweetest thing.

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He says, yeah, you know, I just really

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wanted to apologize that I'm not there doing

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the show.

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I'm like, what are you talking about?

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You have the best excuse ever.

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This is fabulous.

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He sounded really good, Mimi.

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I got to tell you, he sounded upbeat.

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I saw the picture in the newsletter.

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Do they not let him shave in the

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hospital?

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No, that's his form of protest.

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He's not shaving until he's out.

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Oh, okay.

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So when you say he'll come out this

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week, do you know?

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I mean, is that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday?

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What's the prognosis?

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I don't know.

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We have to extract him somehow.

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This week sometime, you know, maybe Tuesday or

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Oh, Thursday.

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Oh, so he can do the show on

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Thursday.

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Easy.

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We'll see.

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I tell you, he was like, oh, you

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know, I could do a show from the

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hospital.

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I'm like, this is probably not a good

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idea.

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He really wants to get back to the

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show.

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He sure does.

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Which is fine with me.

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You know, Mimi, you've been doing a great

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job.

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There are many people who love you.

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Many people who think you're great.

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And no one actually hates you.

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No one.

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No, not a single one.

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There's like, yeah, well, you know, I need

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John.

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But Mimi's okay.

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We got a couple of those.

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But you've been, the reception is phenomenal.

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People are already saying you and Tina should

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do a show together, which, hey, I'm good

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with.

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We'll see.

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There's lots of things to do.

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So, but yeah, so that's the full update

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is this week he'll be released and it'll

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be, gosh, it'll be a full two weeks.

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Is it more than two weeks now?

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How long has it been?

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Actually, it's been a week.

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think.

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Friday, it'll be two weeks.

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Since surgery.

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Surgery.

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But he went in on a Tuesday.

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So Tuesday, it'll be two weeks.

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For those of you just tuning in and

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wondering, where's John?

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John has had some ricketyk.

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We call that ricketyk surgery in the lowlands.

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So he had his ricketyker.

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He's going to come back.

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He's going to be better than ever.

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Again, I have to say, I've never heard

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him sound so upbeat.

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He's usually more demure.

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And now there's something different.

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Do you notice it?

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Yeah, his heart is working.

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Well, it's pumping blood.

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The jury is still out whether his heart

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is actually working as intended.

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So Mimi's here.

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Man, you got a lot of clips.

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She's brought in the media deconstruction.

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I will start us off with a supercut.

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Usually, it's lame left-wing media and lame

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Democrats.

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For once in a blue moon, it's the

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opposite side.

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This is a short-term disruption for the

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long-term gain.

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Short-term pain for the long-term gain.

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Short-term pain be for long-term gain.

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We're going to have some short-term pain

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with long-term gain.

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Short-term pain for a long-term gain.

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Short-term pain, yes, but we've got some

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long-term gain.

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Short-term spike for a long-term gain.

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Some short-term pain for American consumers.

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We may have to deal with that in

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the short-term.

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Short-term and temporary.

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Temporary short-term pain.

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It's going to suck in the short-term.

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Some short-term pain.

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Short-term pain.

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We have to focus on the short-term.

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Short-term and long-term.

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Short-term.

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Hopefully, this is a short-term pain.

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Short-term is highly outweighed of the long

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-term benefits.

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Some short-term pain for the long-term

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gain.

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Short-term sacrifice for a long-term gain.

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Yeah, baby, short-term.

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Short-term pain, long-term gain.

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It's all in the cards, everybody.

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Do we have calci bets yet on when

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this thing is going to end?

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And what is actually ending?

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What is the end?

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What do you call the end?

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I have no idea.

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I kind of got a little burned out

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listening to the news, so I went a

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different direction today.

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I've got the Sunday morning shows for you.

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Everybody came out.

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Everybody had something to say.

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And maybe we'll start with this little update

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from ABC.

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A U.S. refueling jet crashed in western

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Iraq, killing all six American crew members on

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board.

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Officials say two KC-135 planes were flying

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a combat mission over friendly airspace when one

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went down for reasons still unknown.

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The second plane landing safely in Israel.

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Images obtained by Con-11 showing damage to

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its tail section.

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An urgent investigation is underway.

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The Pentagon saying the crash was not caused

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by hostile or friendly fire.

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War is hell.

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War is chaos.

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And as we saw yesterday with the tragic

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crash of our KC-135 tanker, bad things

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can happen.

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The U.S. is deploying 5,000 Marines

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and sailors aboard three Navy amphibious ships to

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the Middle East.

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Officials stressing this does not mean ground troops

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will enter Iran.

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And with Iran attacking oil tankers, the Strait

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of Hormuz, where 20% of the world

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oil flows, is tightly blocked.

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The U.S. vowing to get the dangerous

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shipping lanes reopened.

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They are exercising sheer desperation in the Straits

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of Hormuz.

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Something we're dealing with.

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We have been dealing with it.

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Don't need to worry about it.

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More than a dozen ships have been hit

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near Iran.

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Oil prices climbing and gas prices rising in

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the U.S. by nearly 70 cents a

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gallon since the war began.

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In an effort to stabilize the markets, the

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U.S. now easing sanctions on Russian oil

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sales.

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Officials acknowledging those sales will allow Russia to

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make money in the short term.

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The move coming just days after sources told

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ABC News Russia was providing intelligence to the

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Iranians to help them target American troops and

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ships in the region.

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President Trump pressed on whether Russia may be

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helping Iran.

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Do you think Putin is helping them?

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I think he might be helping them a

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little bit.

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Yeah, I guess.

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And he probably thinks we're helping Ukraine, right?

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That's actually from ABC.

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That's a pretty good overview of how everyone's

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talking about this.

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And the president pops up in the most,

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in the strangest places.

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He's like, he's like, I'm going to call

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that guy.

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Yeah, hold on, let me call that guy.

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And this was, what's this guy's name?

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Brian Kilmeade.

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Yeah, Brian Kilmeade.

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Who used to have me on his show,

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but I don't know.

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It ended for some reason.

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I probably said something weird about him.

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So he went back and looked at, so

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I had never heard of Karg Island.

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Now you having lived in Iran, had you

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ever heard of it?

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I've heard of it.

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I've never been there.

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Well, no, there's nothing to see, even less

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to see now.

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But according to Brian Kilmeade, the president was

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talking about Karg Island as early as on

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record 1988.

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So the year was 1988.

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This president, this future president, Donald Trump was

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selling a book called The Art of the

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Deal.

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He gave an interview to a British newspaper,

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at which time you talked about Iran.

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You said we have to win back respect

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for America on the world stage.

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And you had stern words for the Islamic

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Republic.

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You said they've been beating us up psychologically,

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making us look like a bunch of fools.

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One bullet shot of one of our men

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or ships, I do a number on Karg

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Island.

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I go in and I take it.

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Now here in 2026, you are president.

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Are you thinking about taking Karg Island where

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90% of the Iranian oil goes through?

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And what do you think about, do you

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remember that interview and that school of thought?

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Never run, I can't answer a question like

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that.

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And you should be even asking it.

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It's one of so many different things.

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It's not high on the list, but it's

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one of so many different things.

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And I can change my mind in seconds.

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No, of course.

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You know, if he had asked a question,

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who would answer a question like that?

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I mean, you're asking me a question.

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Karg Island, okay, everything.

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Who would ask a question like that?

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And what fool would answer it, okay?

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Let's say I was gonna do it or

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let's say I wasn't gonna do it.

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What would I tell you?

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Yes, Brian, I'm thinking about doing it.

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Let me let me let you know what

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time and when it'll take place.

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It's not, you know, it's sort of a

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foolish question.

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A little surprising for you because you're a

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smart man.

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I am, but you were just pretty amazing

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that you thought about it in 1988.

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So I did, but I thought about a

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lot of other things.

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But you know what else I thought about

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a long time before it happened one year

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before it happened?

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Almost exactly is Osama bin Laden.

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I said you have to go out and

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kill Osama bin Laden.

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He's big trouble.

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Kill him.

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Nobody did anything.

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One year later, he knocked down the World

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Trade Center.

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Let's talk about China.

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It turns out- You know that it

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was in a book.

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Did you know that I wrote it in

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a book?

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I wrote it.

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One of my many bestsellers.

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Yeah.

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Go get Osama bin Laden.

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Because I saw him interviewed.

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And I said, wow, that guy's trouble.

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And I said, you better go get him.

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And one year before he knocked down the

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World Trade Center.

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And you know that Clinton had a chance

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to get him?

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Yep.

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And didn't do it.

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And he thought he would be accused of

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doing a wag the dog thing.

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Nostradamus, President Trump.

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Is that one of those Trump phones he's

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calling in on?

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Because that's a pretty low quality.

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He needs to up his game a little

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bit on that.

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Yeah, or he's on the satellite phone.

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You know, I'm sick of it.

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The media is just totally pissed me off

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this week.

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So there's that.

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Yes, well, doesn't mean we don't have to

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make you even sicker by talking about it.

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Oh, no, no, it's fine.

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So actually, I have a clip called The

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Media Lies, which is a good example of

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why I'm irked.

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Okay, let's take.

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Let's talk a little bit about the pharma

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stuff and the affordability tour that he's doing.

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Because, I'm sorry, Jesse, is it over your

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head?

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No, no, no.

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It is.

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I'm sorry, talk about the Hotsy Totsy Club.

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Hotsy Totsy?

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That's like the strip joint and where I

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come from.

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Okay, anyway, so- Talk about that.

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I know, that's why I said it.

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What does the Hotsy Totsy Club have to

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do with pharma?

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Well, nothing.

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That's why Jesse was the first I talked

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about that.

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That was pretty good.

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What's Hotsy Totsy to me?

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Where was that, in Seattle?

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No, it's in El Cerrito.

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El Cerrito, California?

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94530.

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Wow, man, I used to drive down El

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Camino in El Cerrito.

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What was I listening to?

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What was that?

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You were listening to the Fox on the

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Five, and that was Emily Campagna, who's the

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one who brought up Hotsy Totsy Club during

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a break, and then they kept bringing it

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back up.

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Hotsy Totsy?

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But here we go.

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The Hotsy Totsy Club is a bar in

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Albany.

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It's not in El Cerrito.

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Oh, oh, oh, I see.

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We're fact-checking.

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Oh, wait a minute.

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Gambling?

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The media is wrong?

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Oh, no.

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It's the oldest bar in the East Bay.

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It opened in 1939.

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It's not a strip club.

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The place is so tiny that the stripper

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would have to go outside and strip and

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then run into the bar.

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El Camino Real is in the west side

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of the bay.

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It's on San Pablo Avenue, and it's in

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Albany, 94706.

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So it was like, can't you guys like,

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don't you guys have phones to like maybe

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Google it?

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No, no.

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I'm sorry.

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You're clearly thinking about something else than our

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mainstream media, especially the Fox and Friends.

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My goodness.

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I can't believe you watch that.

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Well, then there's the entire thing that the

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whole, the Lobster Gate.

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Wait a minute.

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You're going away.

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I want to stay on Iran.

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You're going to lobsters?

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What is this?

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The lobsters are relevant to Iran.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Let's start with the first, which one?

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The National Desk.

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I don't know what I have CNN.

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What is the National?

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Oh, I see it.

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00:14:27,130 --> 00:14:27,570
I got you.

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00:14:29,330 --> 00:14:32,550
I'm Christine Frizzell in Washington with tonight's Waste

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Watch report.

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Any day now, we expect the Trump administration

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to ask Congress for a lot more money,

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additional funds to assist paying for the war

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with Iran.

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Which reportedly is costing about $890 million a

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day.

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Well, it turns out some of the money

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they're asking for will go to fill a

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hole created by the Defense Department at the

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end of the last fiscal year with spending

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on items many people would see as wasteful.

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Among the Pentagon's most shocking purchases in a

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single month, $6.9 million on Lobster Tail,

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$2 million on King Crab, and $15.1

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million on Rib Eye Steak.

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No, is this now some kind of scandal

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that you've uncovered here?

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Well, let's go to Schiff Post Video, and

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it actually has Colbert in it.

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Last year on fruit basket stands, where the

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Pentagon spent $12,000.

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That's a lot of fruit basket stands, but

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that's not all.

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They wasted a whole lot more money than

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that, take a look.

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So far, this war has cost over $6

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billion, but burning through cash is nothing new

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for Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, because a

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government watchdog discovered that he blew billions on

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things like $5.3 million for new iPads,

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$60,000 for Herman Miller recliners, and $12

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,000 for fruit basket stands.

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Wait, you're ordering what?

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That's what I think, what?

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So anyway, $12,000 for fruit, okay?

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Wait, you're ordering fruit?

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This is my emotional state, right?

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Okay, you're ordering fruit baskets so fancy they

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come with a stand?

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Come on, Pete.

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If you need fruit at work, do the

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normal thing.

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Put a clementine in your tote and find

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it three weeks later when it's a furry

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gray golf ball.

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Hegseth also went all out on the buffet.

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Reportedly, the Pentagon spent $2 million on crab

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legs, $6.9 million on lobster tail, and

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over $15 million on ribeye steaks.

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No, no, no, no, no, boo.

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They're just hearkening back to our founders.

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As Paul Revere declared on his famous ride,

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one if by surf, two if by turf.

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Is that really the material they're doing?

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So they can't even come up with something

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better?

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They have to harp about the Department of

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War budget, which of course we know has

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always been inflated and out of control?

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Well, let's go to CNN.

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Welcome, everyone.

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I'm Cole from Cole's Ants, and today we're

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going to be trying- No, no, no,

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wrong, wrong, wrong.

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No, CNN, I'm sorry.

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I got it, I got it, I got

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it.

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There you go.

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He has spent $15 million in one month

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for ribeye steak, $6.9 million for lobster

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tail, $225 million for furniture.

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He spent more in the month of September

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than most countries on Earth spent in their

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defense.

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Paul, do you believe- All for himself?

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Lobster tails?

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Do you believe- No, no, no, no,

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no.

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Lobster tails?

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Do you believe the Secretary of Defense is

532
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personally eating all the lobster?

533
00:17:37,150 --> 00:17:38,430
Well, he can't eat the troops.

534
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Oh, really, the troops are getting lobster.

535
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Frequently in theater- Oh, my God.

536
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Troops who are going to war.

537
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Oh, my God.

538
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Great meal, you know that.

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That getting lobster, you are so full of

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it.

541
00:17:47,250 --> 00:17:47,390
You are so full of it.

542
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You're going to get killed over this, Internet,

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do something.

544
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Oh, brother.

545
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One more, that would be the Times of

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India picked this up.

547
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Oh, goodness.

548
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The cost of living crisis in the United

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States may be ballooning, making life for most

550
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average Americans rather difficult.

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There's clearly no such problem for the country's

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Defense Department.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hexett approved spending

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at the Pentagon worth more than $93 billion

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in the month of September alone, including on

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00:18:22,530 --> 00:18:25,250
luxury food items and iPads.

557
00:18:25,910 --> 00:18:28,930
A new analysis published by Government Watchdog opened

558
00:18:28,930 --> 00:18:31,610
the books, found that from September till the

559
00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:36,350
end of 2025, Pete Hexett reportedly burnt through

560
00:18:36,350 --> 00:18:41,430
cash, including spending a staggering $9 million on

561
00:18:41,430 --> 00:18:44,330
just crab and lobster dinners.

562
00:18:44,830 --> 00:18:46,470
All this in the run up to the

563
00:18:46,470 --> 00:18:47,110
Iran war.

564
00:18:47,730 --> 00:18:50,850
According to military.com, an increase in military

565
00:18:50,850 --> 00:18:54,710
officials eating pricey meals has traditionally been viewed

566
00:18:54,710 --> 00:18:56,850
as a sign that something may be brewing,

567
00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:59,790
such as President Donald Trump's war in Iran.

568
00:19:00,110 --> 00:19:02,850
Though it appears Hexett has been dining well

569
00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:05,510
at the Pentagon since at least last spring.

570
00:19:05,850 --> 00:19:07,410
These people are nuts.

571
00:19:08,310 --> 00:19:08,550
Yep.

572
00:19:08,910 --> 00:19:11,410
So all over the web, there were so

573
00:19:11,410 --> 00:19:12,910
many pushbacks to this.

574
00:19:13,530 --> 00:19:15,070
Well, it explains it.

575
00:19:15,310 --> 00:19:17,430
And the one I have is Will Kane

576
00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:19,510
about steak and lobster.

577
00:19:19,690 --> 00:19:20,110
All right.

578
00:19:20,490 --> 00:19:23,230
In 2010 in Afghanistan, I was working with

579
00:19:23,230 --> 00:19:25,090
two other Marine EOD techs, Brian Smith and

580
00:19:25,090 --> 00:19:25,730
Chindo Mesa.

581
00:19:26,490 --> 00:19:27,950
We had been out all day long working

582
00:19:27,950 --> 00:19:29,830
some ideas as difficult day.

583
00:19:29,930 --> 00:19:31,490
We had a few really close calls that

584
00:19:31,490 --> 00:19:31,770
day.

585
00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:34,050
When we got back, we sat down and

586
00:19:34,050 --> 00:19:35,510
I've got this picture of us just sitting

587
00:19:35,510 --> 00:19:37,790
on a ledge, a patrol based karma.

588
00:19:38,190 --> 00:19:40,590
And there's a stack of MREs behind us.

589
00:19:40,690 --> 00:19:42,130
And I remember Mesa looking at me and

590
00:19:42,130 --> 00:19:44,290
saying, man, I just hope I don't get

591
00:19:44,290 --> 00:19:46,570
that chicken Tetrazzini or something like that.

592
00:19:46,650 --> 00:19:47,830
Like we've been out all day is a

593
00:19:47,830 --> 00:19:48,490
tough day.

594
00:19:48,750 --> 00:19:49,850
It's like, man, I hope we get a

595
00:19:49,850 --> 00:19:50,510
decent MRE.

596
00:19:50,870 --> 00:19:52,290
And then somebody comes around the corner like,

597
00:19:52,410 --> 00:19:53,750
hey, guys, it's steak and lobster.

598
00:19:53,850 --> 00:19:54,830
Not it's surf and turf.

599
00:19:54,910 --> 00:19:56,370
A lot of train had come in, which

600
00:19:56,370 --> 00:19:59,470
was insane because the route was littered with

601
00:19:59,470 --> 00:20:00,150
IEDs.

602
00:20:00,690 --> 00:20:02,050
And now I've got another picture of the

603
00:20:02,050 --> 00:20:04,030
three of us eating steak in the room

604
00:20:04,030 --> 00:20:05,650
that we lived in later that night.

605
00:20:05,770 --> 00:20:07,070
What's funny is the look on our faces

606
00:20:07,070 --> 00:20:09,110
from the one picture to the others about

607
00:20:09,110 --> 00:20:10,390
the same because we're in war.

608
00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:13,910
But after that day for weeks, we talked

609
00:20:13,910 --> 00:20:14,930
about steak and lobster nights.

610
00:20:15,010 --> 00:20:16,310
The only one I've ever gotten overseas.

611
00:20:16,770 --> 00:20:18,250
It was in the middle of a really

612
00:20:18,250 --> 00:20:18,950
tough summer.

613
00:20:20,050 --> 00:20:21,890
Brian got blown up a few weeks later.

614
00:20:22,730 --> 00:20:23,750
He's not with us anymore.

615
00:20:23,850 --> 00:20:25,370
He died of stomach cancer last year.

616
00:20:25,370 --> 00:20:26,630
And I got blown up a couple of

617
00:20:26,630 --> 00:20:27,130
months later.

618
00:20:27,350 --> 00:20:30,930
You see these tweets about Pete Hegseth has

619
00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:33,170
spent $15 million on steak and lobster.

620
00:20:33,570 --> 00:20:34,570
Are you serious?

621
00:20:34,670 --> 00:20:37,370
That is the only thing about home.

622
00:20:37,370 --> 00:20:38,830
That's the only thing that makes you feel

623
00:20:38,830 --> 00:20:40,750
special for the entire time you're there watching

624
00:20:40,750 --> 00:20:41,590
your buddies die.

625
00:20:41,650 --> 00:20:42,590
And you're mad about that.

626
00:20:42,770 --> 00:20:44,790
The fact that people aren't smart enough to

627
00:20:44,790 --> 00:20:47,330
even look up what that's for before they

628
00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:48,110
criticize it.

629
00:20:48,150 --> 00:20:49,970
And I guarantee you, none of them said

630
00:20:49,970 --> 00:20:53,750
a word when Biden surrendered Afghanistan, killed 13

631
00:20:53,750 --> 00:20:54,190
of us.

632
00:20:54,190 --> 00:20:57,110
Or when the whole DOD spent tens of

633
00:20:57,110 --> 00:20:59,530
millions of dollars on going woke.

634
00:20:59,950 --> 00:21:00,870
Come on.

635
00:21:01,810 --> 00:21:07,530
It's really something when CNN and Colbert, when

636
00:21:07,530 --> 00:21:10,010
they're not talking about the actual war, but

637
00:21:10,010 --> 00:21:12,170
they're talking about the lobster budget.

638
00:21:12,350 --> 00:21:14,210
What kind of call must have gone out?

639
00:21:14,370 --> 00:21:16,430
Someone sent out a message somewhere.

640
00:21:16,970 --> 00:21:18,090
Like, don't do it.

641
00:21:18,290 --> 00:21:19,010
It's gotta be.

642
00:21:20,510 --> 00:21:23,050
And I never thought I would say ABC

643
00:21:23,050 --> 00:21:24,370
was a little more serious.

644
00:21:24,730 --> 00:21:26,950
But the morning news shows, the Sunday morning

645
00:21:26,950 --> 00:21:29,190
news shows, at least they got down to

646
00:21:29,190 --> 00:21:31,330
some actual topics about what's happening.

647
00:21:31,870 --> 00:21:35,470
This is Martha Raddatz, and this is about

648
00:21:35,470 --> 00:21:37,730
the thing that affects people probably more than

649
00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:40,170
the lobster budget is the price of oil

650
00:21:40,170 --> 00:21:41,790
and the prices at the gas pump.

651
00:21:41,930 --> 00:21:43,770
Let's bring in our experts on the economic

652
00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:46,930
fallout, the strategy inside Iran, and the lessons

653
00:21:46,930 --> 00:21:47,870
learned so far.

654
00:21:47,970 --> 00:21:50,310
Let's start with Diane Swank, the chief economist

655
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:52,890
and managing director at KPMG, one of the

656
00:21:52,890 --> 00:21:54,850
largest accounting firms in the world.

657
00:21:54,970 --> 00:21:56,390
And good morning, Diane.

658
00:21:56,490 --> 00:21:58,130
I want to ask you right away, we've

659
00:21:58,130 --> 00:22:00,530
already seen rising oil prices, gas prices.

660
00:22:00,650 --> 00:22:01,850
What's your read on what's happening?

661
00:22:03,790 --> 00:22:06,030
Well, the longer this lasts, the longer the

662
00:22:06,030 --> 00:22:08,090
tail of it are in terms of higher

663
00:22:08,090 --> 00:22:09,370
prices at the pump.

664
00:22:09,610 --> 00:22:13,030
But more importantly, disruptions to global supply chains.

665
00:22:13,210 --> 00:22:15,870
We know that from the pandemic and from

666
00:22:15,870 --> 00:22:18,210
our sources in the Middle East, when you

667
00:22:18,210 --> 00:22:21,490
shut production down and idle production, it's easier

668
00:22:21,490 --> 00:22:23,810
to turn the lights then ramp it back

669
00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:24,370
up again.

670
00:22:24,550 --> 00:22:26,610
It could take weeks to months to get

671
00:22:26,610 --> 00:22:28,610
much of- This lady is hyperventilating.

672
00:22:29,770 --> 00:22:32,350
Yeah, that's currently been idled in the Middle

673
00:22:32,350 --> 00:22:33,790
East back online again.

674
00:22:34,170 --> 00:22:37,170
And that means it's compounding the disruptions to

675
00:22:37,170 --> 00:22:38,610
supply chains the world over.

676
00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:41,110
We're now looking at a scenario where we

677
00:22:41,110 --> 00:22:44,090
expect oil prices to hover above $100 a

678
00:22:44,090 --> 00:22:46,490
barrel and maybe even spike in the weeks

679
00:22:46,490 --> 00:22:47,070
to come.

680
00:22:47,370 --> 00:22:49,690
That will show up as much as soon

681
00:22:49,690 --> 00:22:51,710
as four to six weeks from the initial

682
00:22:51,710 --> 00:22:54,610
shock in things like food prices at the

683
00:22:54,610 --> 00:22:56,870
grocery store because of transportation costs.

684
00:22:56,970 --> 00:22:59,810
It starts rippling through the economy fairly quickly

685
00:22:59,810 --> 00:23:01,670
and we're already three weeks in.

686
00:23:01,830 --> 00:23:04,430
So we're very concerned that this is much

687
00:23:04,430 --> 00:23:07,590
more of a stagflationary shock than what we

688
00:23:07,590 --> 00:23:11,730
saw in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.

689
00:23:11,910 --> 00:23:15,950
That's because we don't have the backdrop of

690
00:23:15,950 --> 00:23:18,710
creating hundreds of thousands of jobs each month.

691
00:23:18,850 --> 00:23:21,310
And remember, with the inflation that we saw

692
00:23:21,310 --> 00:23:25,410
back then, we also saw most Americans feeling

693
00:23:25,410 --> 00:23:27,710
that the US economy was in a recession

694
00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:30,510
even though we were generating hundreds of thousands

695
00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:31,690
of jobs a month.

696
00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:37,090
So the strategy for keeping oil prices within

697
00:23:37,090 --> 00:23:40,710
reach has been to have 30 countries release

698
00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:44,790
strategic petroleum reserves, and then the one that

699
00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:47,030
is most irksome to people like your friend

700
00:23:47,030 --> 00:23:51,030
Adam Schiff is the easing of Russian sanctions.

701
00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,510
Let me ask you about these Russian sanctions.

702
00:23:53,730 --> 00:23:56,170
You obviously supported Russian sanctions.

703
00:23:56,370 --> 00:23:59,470
The administration has scaled some back arguing removing

704
00:23:59,470 --> 00:24:02,930
them on Russian oil experts will ultimately help

705
00:24:02,930 --> 00:24:05,150
lower prices for consumers.

706
00:24:05,330 --> 00:24:08,530
My question for you, Senator, with Americans feeling

707
00:24:08,530 --> 00:24:11,290
pain at the pump, as you know, is

708
00:24:11,290 --> 00:24:15,530
easing pressure on Russia, which is temporary, worth

709
00:24:15,530 --> 00:24:15,750
it?

710
00:24:18,430 --> 00:24:20,770
I think this is a terrible decision, but

711
00:24:20,770 --> 00:24:22,170
it is one of the things that comes

712
00:24:22,650 --> 00:24:25,270
about as a result of the unpredictability of

713
00:24:25,270 --> 00:24:25,570
war.

714
00:24:26,330 --> 00:24:30,470
We are now giving Russia essentially $140 million

715
00:24:30,470 --> 00:24:35,130
a day by releasing these from these sanctions,

716
00:24:35,510 --> 00:24:38,430
$140 million a day when Iran is providing

717
00:24:38,430 --> 00:24:41,430
intelligence to better when Russia is providing intelligence

718
00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:45,410
to Iran to better attack and kill American

719
00:24:45,410 --> 00:24:45,830
troops.

720
00:24:46,470 --> 00:24:48,270
And you're darn right when you ask the

721
00:24:48,270 --> 00:24:49,090
secretary about this.

722
00:24:49,330 --> 00:24:53,470
It is rewarding Russia and it is punishing

723
00:24:53,470 --> 00:24:54,070
Ukraine.

724
00:24:54,390 --> 00:24:57,270
And for the president when he's criticized about

725
00:24:57,270 --> 00:25:00,290
lifting the sanctions on Russia to somehow turn

726
00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:03,130
around and blame Zelensky, blame Ukraine.

727
00:25:03,870 --> 00:25:05,570
No, Russia is the problem here.

728
00:25:05,630 --> 00:25:08,650
And we are enriching our adversary Russia at

729
00:25:08,650 --> 00:25:12,430
Ukraine's expense because the administration didn't properly foresee

730
00:25:12,430 --> 00:25:14,730
how much this war with Iran was going

731
00:25:14,730 --> 00:25:17,830
to raise oil prices and gas prices for

732
00:25:17,830 --> 00:25:18,370
Americans.

733
00:25:18,690 --> 00:25:21,130
So terrible and tragic decision.

734
00:25:21,290 --> 00:25:21,750
Tragic.

735
00:25:21,870 --> 00:25:26,050
Which only empowers Russia to make war more

736
00:25:26,050 --> 00:25:27,230
fully against Ukraine.

737
00:25:27,450 --> 00:25:29,830
I'm still trying to get confirmation, but everyone's

738
00:25:29,830 --> 00:25:31,850
talking about how many dollars worth, how many

739
00:25:31,850 --> 00:25:32,530
dollars worth.

740
00:25:32,670 --> 00:25:33,650
Oh, Russia is selling this.

741
00:25:34,270 --> 00:25:36,930
And from what I understand, the stable coin,

742
00:25:37,070 --> 00:25:40,010
which is backed by U.S. treasuries, is

743
00:25:40,010 --> 00:25:42,510
a digital U.S. dollar not used in

744
00:25:42,510 --> 00:25:43,270
the United States.

745
00:25:43,570 --> 00:25:45,570
There may or might not ever be used,

746
00:25:45,570 --> 00:25:50,250
except for Shopify, I think uses it or

747
00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:52,090
allows you to use it, probably for international

748
00:25:52,090 --> 00:25:52,670
customers.

749
00:25:52,830 --> 00:25:55,650
The volume has gone to $33 trillion.

750
00:25:56,910 --> 00:26:01,050
And I'm thinking, yeah, I'm thinking that part

751
00:26:01,050 --> 00:26:04,290
of the deal, although not explicitly mentioned anywhere

752
00:26:04,290 --> 00:26:06,470
is, yeah, OK, but as long as everyone's

753
00:26:06,470 --> 00:26:08,650
buying it with our stable coin, that's OK.

754
00:26:09,290 --> 00:26:11,810
And I think that's happening, which is part

755
00:26:11,810 --> 00:26:14,390
of the, I think, a much bigger strategy,

756
00:26:14,390 --> 00:26:18,130
which a numbnut like Adam Schiff doesn't see.

757
00:26:18,650 --> 00:26:21,290
He's just pissed about Putin and Russiagate.

758
00:26:23,170 --> 00:26:26,630
Here's our energy secretary, Chris Wright, with Manhans

759
00:26:26,630 --> 00:26:29,550
Welker, about these temporary purchases.

760
00:26:29,890 --> 00:26:31,670
Mr. Secretary, let's talk about Russia.

761
00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:35,710
The Treasury Department temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian

762
00:26:35,710 --> 00:26:38,810
oil this week amid reports that Russia is

763
00:26:38,810 --> 00:26:42,490
giving Iran intelligence to target U.S. assets

764
00:26:42,490 --> 00:26:43,470
in the region.

765
00:26:43,470 --> 00:26:46,290
Why is the United States rewarding Russia?

766
00:26:49,010 --> 00:26:50,910
So this is not rewarding Russia.

767
00:26:51,050 --> 00:26:52,670
I understand that it can be seen that

768
00:26:52,670 --> 00:26:53,030
way.

769
00:26:53,250 --> 00:26:54,470
How else can it be seen?

770
00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,910
But Mr. Secretary, how else can it be

771
00:26:56,910 --> 00:26:58,530
seen if the U.S. is lifting sanctions

772
00:26:58,530 --> 00:26:59,210
on Russia?

773
00:27:00,450 --> 00:27:02,930
It can only be rewarding.

774
00:27:03,150 --> 00:27:05,110
Can't be anything else but a reward for

775
00:27:05,110 --> 00:27:05,330
him.

776
00:27:07,150 --> 00:27:10,110
Because the oil we're lifting sanction on is

777
00:27:10,110 --> 00:27:13,270
already on the water waiting to unload in

778
00:27:13,270 --> 00:27:14,250
a Chinese port.

779
00:27:14,250 --> 00:27:16,070
But it'll wait there for six or eight

780
00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:16,390
weeks.

781
00:27:16,750 --> 00:27:18,650
So instead of letting that oil sit there

782
00:27:18,650 --> 00:27:21,330
idly, we told the Indians and then the

783
00:27:21,330 --> 00:27:23,670
broader nations of Asia, go ahead and buy

784
00:27:23,670 --> 00:27:25,850
that oil, bring it into your port now

785
00:27:25,850 --> 00:27:27,470
and keep your refineries running.

786
00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:29,890
That oil was already exported, already going to

787
00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:30,290
be sold.

788
00:27:30,430 --> 00:27:32,810
We're just changing the destination of where it'll

789
00:27:32,810 --> 00:27:33,330
be sold.

790
00:27:33,710 --> 00:27:35,890
And by doing that, we're keeping a little

791
00:27:35,890 --> 00:27:38,070
bit of a lid on oil prices and

792
00:27:38,070 --> 00:27:39,810
helping our allies across Asia.

793
00:27:40,110 --> 00:27:42,650
I don't think anybody really sees what's going

794
00:27:42,650 --> 00:27:42,910
on.

795
00:27:42,910 --> 00:27:44,590
It seems so obvious to me.

796
00:27:45,170 --> 00:27:46,590
OK, what do you see?

797
00:27:47,810 --> 00:27:51,150
The city of London has had a lock

798
00:27:51,150 --> 00:27:56,890
on oil shipping, insurance, etc.

799
00:27:57,130 --> 00:28:03,710
Lloyd's of London, the entire Persian oil system

800
00:28:03,710 --> 00:28:05,390
was set up by the Brits.

801
00:28:05,650 --> 00:28:09,610
It was the British-Persian oil company.

802
00:28:09,910 --> 00:28:11,150
British Petroleum, right?

803
00:28:11,270 --> 00:28:12,290
Became BP.

804
00:28:13,330 --> 00:28:17,550
And as far as I'm concerned, the Brits,

805
00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:19,730
after they kind of, you know, lost their

806
00:28:19,730 --> 00:28:22,470
colonies, you know, they turned to a financial

807
00:28:22,470 --> 00:28:25,890
colonization and they funded all kinds of nonsense

808
00:28:25,890 --> 00:28:28,150
in the Middle East to keep everybody busy

809
00:28:28,150 --> 00:28:30,830
and everybody fighting, including the creation of the

810
00:28:30,830 --> 00:28:31,590
state of Israel.

811
00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:34,950
They funded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt when

812
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:36,650
the Suez Canal was in danger.

813
00:28:36,990 --> 00:28:40,730
All of this happened after Churchill switched the

814
00:28:40,730 --> 00:28:43,910
British Navy from coal to oil.

815
00:28:44,170 --> 00:28:45,870
And they've been in control of this.

816
00:28:45,950 --> 00:28:47,610
And Trump is now, as far as I

817
00:28:47,610 --> 00:28:50,690
can see, he's going in and saying, look,

818
00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:55,010
look, we're going to ensure that this is

819
00:28:55,010 --> 00:28:55,330
working.

820
00:28:55,970 --> 00:28:59,030
And we're going to be escorting ships, which

821
00:28:59,030 --> 00:29:00,490
is not the first time we've done it.

822
00:29:00,510 --> 00:29:01,490
It's happened many times.

823
00:29:01,650 --> 00:29:03,310
Did a lot when the Houthis were acting

824
00:29:03,310 --> 00:29:03,590
up.

825
00:29:03,750 --> 00:29:05,710
And we're going to offer insurance.

826
00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:09,190
And we're going to protect the global oil

827
00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:09,570
trade.

828
00:29:09,570 --> 00:29:13,210
And we're going to take the benefits from

829
00:29:13,210 --> 00:29:15,130
that, unless you guys jump in and help

830
00:29:15,130 --> 00:29:15,330
out.

831
00:29:15,390 --> 00:29:18,150
And that's what this continuous call is.

832
00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:20,250
It's like, other countries need to come in.

833
00:29:20,510 --> 00:29:22,470
And he's doing this on purpose because he

834
00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:23,670
knows they're not going to.

835
00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:25,450
So be like, all right, we'll take the

836
00:29:25,450 --> 00:29:25,790
risk.

837
00:29:26,150 --> 00:29:27,730
And we're going to take all the financial

838
00:29:27,730 --> 00:29:29,690
benefits and screw you.

839
00:29:29,990 --> 00:29:32,770
In that planning, we see right now the

840
00:29:32,770 --> 00:29:35,990
president is seeking help in opening up that

841
00:29:35,990 --> 00:29:37,330
straight from other nations.

842
00:29:37,610 --> 00:29:39,810
He says that many countries will be sending

843
00:29:39,810 --> 00:29:40,410
warships.

844
00:29:40,510 --> 00:29:42,230
Can you tell me who those countries are?

845
00:29:42,550 --> 00:29:45,230
And the president said, hopefully, China, France, Japan,

846
00:29:45,430 --> 00:29:47,390
South Korea will send them as well.

847
00:29:47,530 --> 00:29:49,150
Was this not done before?

848
00:29:49,490 --> 00:29:50,570
Why is it happening now?

849
00:29:50,630 --> 00:29:52,370
And who are those countries?

850
00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:57,860
Look, broader dialogues about energy security have been

851
00:29:57,860 --> 00:30:00,360
going on since the Trump administration arrived.

852
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,460
For example, my engagement with the International Energy

853
00:30:03,460 --> 00:30:04,000
Agency.

854
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,500
But dialogue about this specific military operation did

855
00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:10,560
not happen broadly right in front of it.

856
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,560
The element of surprise was essential so that

857
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,400
we could as quickly as possible destroy their

858
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,640
military capabilities and their ability to project power.

859
00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:22,520
But yes, all nations of the world depend

860
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,480
on products that come from the Straits of

861
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:24,840
Hormuz.

862
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,420
China top on that list, Japan, Korea, all

863
00:30:28,420 --> 00:30:32,460
the Asian nations is where the energy that

864
00:30:32,460 --> 00:30:34,440
comes out of the Straits of Hormuz flows

865
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:34,780
to.

866
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,480
So those are the nations that most immediately

867
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:38,760
impacted by this.

868
00:30:39,020 --> 00:30:40,740
So of course, it's quite logical to have

869
00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:42,760
a broad coalition of the nations of the

870
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,060
world, work to reopen the Straits.

871
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,780
But first and foremost right now, is to

872
00:30:47,780 --> 00:30:52,580
finish to destroy Iran's ability to project military

873
00:30:52,580 --> 00:30:55,100
force in the region and around the world.

874
00:30:55,260 --> 00:30:57,660
Chris Wright was getting around this morning.

875
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,360
He had the same story with everybody, ABC,

876
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:01,200
NBC.

877
00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:04,320
President Trump told me on Saturday he's reaching

878
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,660
out to other countries to enlist their help

879
00:31:06,660 --> 00:31:08,800
to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

880
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,940
And then in a post later in the

881
00:31:10,940 --> 00:31:12,840
day, he named some of the countries, China,

882
00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:15,900
Japan, UK, France, and South Korea.

883
00:31:16,340 --> 00:31:20,080
He told me some countries have committed to

884
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:21,180
aiding the United States.

885
00:31:21,340 --> 00:31:23,180
Could you be specific with me, Mr. Secretary?

886
00:31:23,380 --> 00:31:26,340
Which countries specifically are going to help secure

887
00:31:26,340 --> 00:31:27,560
the Strait of Hormuz?

888
00:31:29,660 --> 00:31:31,580
So I won't get in front of the

889
00:31:31,580 --> 00:31:33,660
president or announcements on that, but I've been

890
00:31:33,660 --> 00:31:35,160
in dialogue with some of those nations.

891
00:31:35,180 --> 00:31:36,540
So I know that to be true.

892
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,700
But I'm not gonna leak any news in

893
00:31:39,700 --> 00:31:40,440
front of the president.

894
00:31:40,980 --> 00:31:43,840
But the world depends on the flows through

895
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,020
Hormuz, and most importantly, the Asian nations.

896
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,680
Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, India, a meaningful part

897
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,860
of their total energy supplies come from the

898
00:31:53,860 --> 00:31:54,560
Straits of Hormuz.

899
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,000
So of course, the whole world will be

900
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,440
united on the need to open Hormuz.

901
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:01,920
And clearly, we will have the support of

902
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,280
other nations to achieve that objective.

903
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,720
But in the short term, we have to

904
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:11,120
end Iran's ability to kill American soldiers, terrorize

905
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,880
their neighbors, and continue to put global energy

906
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,700
supplies at risk, as they've done for 47

907
00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:17,580
years.

908
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:18,980
47 years.

909
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:20,580
My favorite 47 years.

910
00:32:20,820 --> 00:32:21,080
I know.

911
00:32:23,460 --> 00:32:26,640
You know, the whole thing here is I

912
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,540
love the way that it's this constant pounding

913
00:32:30,540 --> 00:32:32,000
on the same questions.

914
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:34,360
And you know what?

915
00:32:35,180 --> 00:32:37,620
If you listen to the European news, I

916
00:32:37,620 --> 00:32:40,100
don't hear that anybody's feeling all that engaged.

917
00:32:40,380 --> 00:32:42,440
Like certainly not England, if you listen to

918
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:43,440
Starmer.

919
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,360
No, they don't want to be a part

920
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:47,900
of it because they want it to be

921
00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:48,660
the way it is.

922
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,860
But it benefits them.

923
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,640
That's why Lloyd's of London is saying, can

924
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,700
we get in on that insurance deal, you

925
00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:58,820
know, that you're providing, Mr. President?

926
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,400
Because we really don't want to lose all

927
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:00,900
that revenue.

928
00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:04,020
This is, this strategy, if it is what

929
00:33:04,020 --> 00:33:05,440
I think it is, and if it works,

930
00:33:05,820 --> 00:33:10,380
will take away probably $5 to $15 per

931
00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:13,020
barrel of oil in just risk.

932
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,560
That has always been the premium for Wall

933
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,460
Street on oil.

934
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,420
And mainly the City of London.

935
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,200
They're the guys that have been running this.

936
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:25,600
Yep.

937
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,840
You know, and if we then somehow are

938
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,340
able to keep the petrodollar scam going with

939
00:33:31,340 --> 00:33:33,860
stablecoin, it could be, we could have, you

940
00:33:33,860 --> 00:33:35,700
know, at least 10 more years of prosperity

941
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,760
until everything falls apart.

942
00:33:39,020 --> 00:33:40,920
And then here's the best China.

943
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,380
China was one of the names mentioned, which

944
00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:45,900
got a lot of attention, notable because they're

945
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:47,440
a strategic partner of Iran.

946
00:33:47,620 --> 00:33:50,880
Is the US prepared to share intelligence with

947
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,640
China for helping to secure the waterway?

948
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,400
The United States is always in dialogue with

949
00:33:59,400 --> 00:33:59,940
the Chinese.

950
00:33:59,940 --> 00:34:02,420
They're the second largest economy in the world.

951
00:34:02,740 --> 00:34:04,300
And they're a very important nation in the

952
00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:04,620
world.

953
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,219
Opening the Straits of Hormuz is even more

954
00:34:07,219 --> 00:34:09,280
important for China than it is for the

955
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:09,960
United States.

956
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,280
But we care about the global economy.

957
00:34:12,699 --> 00:34:14,020
We care first about Americans.

958
00:34:14,540 --> 00:34:17,620
But Americans live in a globalized world.

959
00:34:17,940 --> 00:34:19,420
So we care about all the nations.

960
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,620
So there, of course, are tensions with China

961
00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:23,219
as well.

962
00:34:23,580 --> 00:34:25,580
But we will continue a productive dialogue.

963
00:34:25,739 --> 00:34:27,639
And I do expect China will be a

964
00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:30,340
constructive partner in reopening the Straits of Hormuz.

965
00:34:31,420 --> 00:34:32,620
That would be interesting.

966
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,840
What I find kind of fun to watch,

967
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:37,940
and I see it in the troll room,

968
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,719
because Mimi, you and I were old, John,

969
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:40,360
we're all old.

970
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:43,940
And we've been around, and all people see

971
00:34:43,940 --> 00:34:44,980
is the war aspect.

972
00:34:45,159 --> 00:34:48,320
They don't understand how bad it's really been

973
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,800
in the Middle East.

974
00:34:49,940 --> 00:34:51,800
And that all of this has always been

975
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:52,480
about oil.

976
00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:58,250
And you can't have an actor like Iran

977
00:34:59,010 --> 00:35:02,210
working in cahoots with other foreign entities controlling

978
00:35:02,210 --> 00:35:02,910
all of that.

979
00:35:03,830 --> 00:35:05,890
And so people focus on, ah, we're always

980
00:35:05,890 --> 00:35:07,110
war, America's war.

981
00:35:07,690 --> 00:35:10,250
Yeah, that's what it's always been, always.

982
00:35:10,810 --> 00:35:12,650
The country was founded on war.

983
00:35:13,050 --> 00:35:14,730
But people somehow don't want to see that.

984
00:35:15,330 --> 00:35:17,110
Like, oh, I don't like it.

985
00:35:17,510 --> 00:35:19,970
I just want to be, you know, let

986
00:35:19,970 --> 00:35:21,730
everyone take our money.

987
00:35:21,910 --> 00:35:24,830
We used to be the muscle for the

988
00:35:24,830 --> 00:35:26,050
Brits and for the Europeans.

989
00:35:26,050 --> 00:35:28,650
They would take all the profits, and we

990
00:35:28,650 --> 00:35:29,410
fight the wars.

991
00:35:29,550 --> 00:35:31,090
And Trump is turning that around.

992
00:35:32,290 --> 00:35:33,130
There's that.

993
00:35:33,350 --> 00:35:35,530
And there's also the entire thing that people

994
00:35:35,530 --> 00:35:38,290
seem to want to forget, besides the oil,

995
00:35:38,510 --> 00:35:41,070
is the IRGC was pushing a lot of

996
00:35:41,070 --> 00:35:42,810
money into terrorist organizations.

997
00:35:43,170 --> 00:35:43,590
Everywhere.

998
00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:45,170
Everywhere.

999
00:35:45,470 --> 00:35:47,870
So they've done so much disruption in the

1000
00:35:47,870 --> 00:35:50,970
world, not just the United States, it's everywhere.

1001
00:35:52,110 --> 00:35:55,210
And, you know, it had to be stopped

1002
00:35:55,210 --> 00:35:58,190
at some point, because it was really destabilizing

1003
00:35:59,150 --> 00:36:01,210
the world and also changing the, you know,

1004
00:36:01,290 --> 00:36:03,630
do we want to all start speaking Chinese?

1005
00:36:03,850 --> 00:36:05,130
I mean, there's always that aspect.

1006
00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:06,690
Well, I'm not too worried about that.

1007
00:36:06,870 --> 00:36:10,650
But if you really objectively look at it,

1008
00:36:10,750 --> 00:36:12,670
and, you know, it's very difficult for people

1009
00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:14,630
because they see this, everything is through the

1010
00:36:14,630 --> 00:36:16,410
lens of Epstein and AIPAC.

1011
00:36:17,230 --> 00:36:18,710
And, well, Israel is doing this.

1012
00:36:18,870 --> 00:36:21,250
Israel is taking the incoming missiles.

1013
00:36:22,790 --> 00:36:26,190
And Israel was created by, well, it all

1014
00:36:26,190 --> 00:36:30,030
started off with the, what is it?

1015
00:36:30,810 --> 00:36:34,430
Pike's, you know, Sykes-Picot agreement.

1016
00:36:34,430 --> 00:36:37,890
That's when Britain and France, after World War

1017
00:36:37,890 --> 00:36:40,150
I, took out the map and went, okay,

1018
00:36:40,550 --> 00:36:42,970
you guys take this part, we'll take this

1019
00:36:42,970 --> 00:36:43,930
part, name the countries.

1020
00:36:44,010 --> 00:36:44,510
What do you want to be?

1021
00:36:44,530 --> 00:36:46,490
I call that Jordan, call that Syria, whatever.

1022
00:36:46,850 --> 00:36:50,010
And then they created the state of Israel,

1023
00:36:50,650 --> 00:36:53,190
literally so they could have control over the

1024
00:36:53,190 --> 00:36:56,170
waterways, Suez Canal, be close to Egypt.

1025
00:36:56,350 --> 00:37:00,710
They funded Muslim Brotherhood to overthrow, was it,

1026
00:37:02,250 --> 00:37:03,590
who was that at the time?

1027
00:37:03,670 --> 00:37:04,050
Habas?

1028
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:05,010
No, that's not his name.

1029
00:37:06,550 --> 00:37:07,930
You know, the guy who was, all of

1030
00:37:07,930 --> 00:37:09,390
a sudden he just said, oh, no, the

1031
00:37:09,390 --> 00:37:10,330
Suez Canal is ours.

1032
00:37:10,450 --> 00:37:12,950
They've always been the troublemaker.

1033
00:37:13,270 --> 00:37:13,670
Always.

1034
00:37:14,510 --> 00:37:14,950
Well, yeah.

1035
00:37:15,170 --> 00:37:16,690
And, but the other thing is that the

1036
00:37:16,690 --> 00:37:18,850
entire Middle East is not, like, if you

1037
00:37:18,850 --> 00:37:23,210
say, oh, you know, Turkey.

1038
00:37:23,210 --> 00:37:26,010
It's not, it's a bunch of different tribes.

1039
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:28,210
Yeah, well, it was the Ottoman Empire was

1040
00:37:28,210 --> 00:37:29,550
one huge thing.

1041
00:37:30,070 --> 00:37:31,950
But it was a million different tribes that

1042
00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:32,690
had been conquered.

1043
00:37:33,310 --> 00:37:34,330
You know, everywhere there.

1044
00:37:34,490 --> 00:37:35,070
Thank you, Manohla.

1045
00:37:35,250 --> 00:37:36,230
Nasser, that's who it was.

1046
00:37:36,310 --> 00:37:36,810
Nasser, yeah.

1047
00:37:37,590 --> 00:37:40,170
But so, you know, we're dealing with tribal

1048
00:37:40,170 --> 00:37:40,670
elements.

1049
00:37:40,830 --> 00:37:41,910
We're dealing with different religions.

1050
00:37:42,050 --> 00:37:43,050
We're dealing with all this.

1051
00:37:43,350 --> 00:37:45,750
When one group stands out as being the

1052
00:37:45,750 --> 00:37:47,890
real troublemakers, you got to put, I mean,

1053
00:37:48,270 --> 00:37:50,350
historically, we've always crushed them.

1054
00:37:50,990 --> 00:37:51,870
Everybody's crushed them.

1055
00:37:51,930 --> 00:37:52,590
That's what we do.

1056
00:37:52,590 --> 00:37:56,310
You know, we're humans that don't like to,

1057
00:37:58,250 --> 00:38:00,530
we don't like one group to get too,

1058
00:38:01,690 --> 00:38:03,650
to cause too much trouble for everyone else.

1059
00:38:04,430 --> 00:38:07,850
So in the Middle East, you know, the

1060
00:38:07,850 --> 00:38:11,350
IRGC definitely started causing trouble for everyone.

1061
00:38:13,210 --> 00:38:15,910
And, you know, oil is just, I don't

1062
00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:16,230
know.

1063
00:38:16,530 --> 00:38:18,190
I mean, I lived through the oil crisis

1064
00:38:18,190 --> 00:38:21,450
when the Arab nations decided they were going

1065
00:38:21,450 --> 00:38:23,890
to raise our oil prices.

1066
00:38:24,030 --> 00:38:24,170
Right.

1067
00:38:24,270 --> 00:38:25,350
And they did a really good job.

1068
00:38:25,830 --> 00:38:27,870
So, but here's the difference.

1069
00:38:28,010 --> 00:38:29,350
And I, and, you know, John and I

1070
00:38:29,350 --> 00:38:32,410
agree that this plan was in motion, maybe

1071
00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:33,850
even during Trump one.

1072
00:38:34,450 --> 00:38:37,350
Abraham Accords, he got Saudi Arabia, he said,

1073
00:38:37,410 --> 00:38:39,530
look, you Saudi guys, this is not going

1074
00:38:39,530 --> 00:38:41,010
to fly for that much longer.

1075
00:38:41,470 --> 00:38:43,390
You're going to become the technology hub.

1076
00:38:43,490 --> 00:38:46,190
Qatar, you'll be the banking hub of the

1077
00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:47,510
Middle East.

1078
00:38:47,570 --> 00:38:48,930
And we're all going to play together.

1079
00:38:49,010 --> 00:38:50,030
And they are.

1080
00:38:50,030 --> 00:38:52,030
That's what people are missing.

1081
00:38:52,130 --> 00:38:52,670
They are.

1082
00:38:53,210 --> 00:38:55,250
Everything's going to be redone.

1083
00:38:56,270 --> 00:38:58,410
And, you know, our part of the deal

1084
00:38:58,410 --> 00:39:00,610
is, all right, we got to stop this.

1085
00:39:00,750 --> 00:39:02,270
And notice that Trump is not, he's not

1086
00:39:02,270 --> 00:39:06,910
blowing up the oil facility on the island.

1087
00:39:07,950 --> 00:39:08,090
No.

1088
00:39:08,190 --> 00:39:09,230
No, that would be stupid.

1089
00:39:10,350 --> 00:39:11,930
That's the prize.

1090
00:39:12,770 --> 00:39:15,110
And when you look at the fact that

1091
00:39:16,390 --> 00:39:18,670
in Tehran, there have been like, I don't

1092
00:39:18,670 --> 00:39:20,730
know, in all of Iran, I think there've

1093
00:39:20,730 --> 00:39:23,470
been like 1,500 civilians, although it's not

1094
00:39:23,470 --> 00:39:27,210
sure if it's actually civilians or IRGC, have

1095
00:39:27,210 --> 00:39:27,750
been killed.

1096
00:39:28,190 --> 00:39:30,470
Well, how many bombs have we dropped?

1097
00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:33,250
I mean, with the amount of bombs that

1098
00:39:33,250 --> 00:39:35,010
you'd think it would be flattened like Dresden

1099
00:39:35,010 --> 00:39:36,850
in World War II, but these are so,

1100
00:39:37,050 --> 00:39:38,230
it's very surgical.

1101
00:39:39,130 --> 00:39:41,790
And, you know, it is doing exactly like,

1102
00:39:41,990 --> 00:39:44,190
it's actually the cleanest war I've ever seen

1103
00:39:44,190 --> 00:39:44,950
in my life.

1104
00:39:45,230 --> 00:39:46,270
It's clean.

1105
00:39:46,530 --> 00:39:48,070
Look, no blood on my hands.

1106
00:39:48,110 --> 00:39:48,810
It's clean.

1107
00:39:49,350 --> 00:39:52,450
Well, I mean, so as a kid, we

1108
00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:55,190
went to, as we were coming back for

1109
00:39:55,190 --> 00:39:56,650
the Middle East, we stopped in Lebanon.

1110
00:39:57,230 --> 00:39:58,850
It was a beautiful, beautiful city.

1111
00:39:59,010 --> 00:40:00,450
It was completely intact.

1112
00:40:00,630 --> 00:40:01,270
It was gorgeous.

1113
00:40:01,470 --> 00:40:03,170
What year was this?

1114
00:40:03,250 --> 00:40:05,150
This was before the Civil War?

1115
00:40:05,930 --> 00:40:10,710
It was in 1966 during the international airstrike.

1116
00:40:10,930 --> 00:40:13,990
So we could only do little hops on

1117
00:40:13,990 --> 00:40:14,770
local airlines.

1118
00:40:15,030 --> 00:40:16,570
And we stayed about a week and a

1119
00:40:16,570 --> 00:40:17,250
half in Lebanon.

1120
00:40:17,430 --> 00:40:18,230
It was beautiful.

1121
00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:22,550
And then the PLO came in and ruined

1122
00:40:22,550 --> 00:40:23,150
everything.

1123
00:40:24,190 --> 00:40:25,650
Absolutely flattened everything.

1124
00:40:26,330 --> 00:40:28,370
I mean, just horrible.

1125
00:40:29,130 --> 00:40:31,750
So, you know, from my perspective, I'm looking

1126
00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:33,230
at what's going on in Iran and I'm

1127
00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:35,150
going, God, they're leaving a lot of buildings

1128
00:40:35,150 --> 00:40:35,510
up.

1129
00:40:36,930 --> 00:40:38,830
You know, they're just, they're just taking out

1130
00:40:38,830 --> 00:40:40,730
one apartment on one floor of an apartment

1131
00:40:40,730 --> 00:40:41,090
building.

1132
00:40:41,170 --> 00:40:42,030
That's kind of cool.

1133
00:40:42,970 --> 00:40:47,730
All right, Mimi Warmonger laughing about coolness of

1134
00:40:47,730 --> 00:40:48,350
buildings.

1135
00:40:48,350 --> 00:40:48,850
Okay.

1136
00:40:49,450 --> 00:40:51,430
So, well, no, but I think you're right.

1137
00:40:51,730 --> 00:40:55,810
And I also lived through the oil crisis.

1138
00:40:55,930 --> 00:40:59,190
We had car-free Sundays in Holland and

1139
00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:00,270
it wasn't like car-free.

1140
00:41:00,390 --> 00:41:01,430
It was car for boating.

1141
00:41:02,110 --> 00:41:04,230
So you could not drive on Sunday.

1142
00:41:04,990 --> 00:41:07,590
Well, we had the every other day, depending

1143
00:41:07,590 --> 00:41:08,610
on your license plate.

1144
00:41:08,770 --> 00:41:10,590
If your license plate ended in an even

1145
00:41:10,590 --> 00:41:11,950
number, you could only go to a gas

1146
00:41:11,950 --> 00:41:13,070
station on an even day.

1147
00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:15,650
And if it was an odd day, you

1148
00:41:15,650 --> 00:41:16,850
could only go on an odd day.

1149
00:41:17,850 --> 00:41:20,870
And lines around the block and gas prices

1150
00:41:20,870 --> 00:41:23,390
that tripled in the course of just a

1151
00:41:23,390 --> 00:41:24,790
few weeks.

1152
00:41:25,570 --> 00:41:27,370
So, I mean, you know, this happened.

1153
00:41:27,730 --> 00:41:29,970
You know, to me, oil's always been unstable.

1154
00:41:30,930 --> 00:41:33,910
And yes, the way I see it, this

1155
00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:37,870
president and people like, yeah, you just, all

1156
00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:39,370
you do is lick Trump's boots.

1157
00:41:40,270 --> 00:41:42,290
Now I see it for what it is.

1158
00:41:42,490 --> 00:41:44,310
He doesn't, he knows what's coming with the

1159
00:41:44,310 --> 00:41:44,770
midterms.

1160
00:41:45,330 --> 00:41:47,370
He's trying to get the SAVE Act passed

1161
00:41:47,370 --> 00:41:49,010
and it probably won't happen.

1162
00:41:49,450 --> 00:41:52,570
So the House will be lost to the

1163
00:41:52,570 --> 00:41:55,830
Democrats through that Washington state mail-in voting,

1164
00:41:56,010 --> 00:41:58,330
California state mail-in voting, all the scams.

1165
00:42:00,250 --> 00:42:01,910
And he may even lose the Senate.

1166
00:42:02,070 --> 00:42:03,670
So he's just going balls to the wall.

1167
00:42:03,730 --> 00:42:04,730
He's like, I'm going to do this.

1168
00:42:04,790 --> 00:42:05,630
I'm going to do this now.

1169
00:42:05,810 --> 00:42:08,010
It's short-term pain for long-term gain.

1170
00:42:08,150 --> 00:42:10,090
But I think that's probably true.

1171
00:42:11,450 --> 00:42:13,310
Oh, I think so.

1172
00:42:13,950 --> 00:42:16,910
And it will change everything.

1173
00:42:18,490 --> 00:42:20,990
And everyone's investing in American production.

1174
00:42:21,390 --> 00:42:22,570
The plan is clear.

1175
00:42:22,690 --> 00:42:24,050
Whether he's going to pull it off, I

1176
00:42:24,050 --> 00:42:25,590
don't know, but at least I see the

1177
00:42:25,590 --> 00:42:25,970
plan.

1178
00:42:26,450 --> 00:42:29,070
And I think that these, the mainstream media,

1179
00:42:29,310 --> 00:42:31,650
that they, you know, they're focusing, oh, lobster

1180
00:42:31,650 --> 00:42:32,210
dinners.

1181
00:42:35,490 --> 00:42:36,370
They're lost.

1182
00:42:37,870 --> 00:42:39,750
Or they see it and they know and

1183
00:42:39,750 --> 00:42:41,290
they're told to shut up about it.

1184
00:42:42,350 --> 00:42:44,270
I don't see why it's so difficult.

1185
00:42:50,070 --> 00:42:53,010
I see, all I see that the mainstream

1186
00:42:53,010 --> 00:42:57,110
media is doing is pushing talking points that

1187
00:42:57,110 --> 00:43:00,010
they are over and over and over again.

1188
00:43:00,090 --> 00:43:01,510
I mean, the lobster thing is part of

1189
00:43:01,510 --> 00:43:01,610
it.

1190
00:43:01,670 --> 00:43:02,410
No one remembers.

1191
00:43:02,610 --> 00:43:04,730
No one, nobody looks into it far enough

1192
00:43:04,730 --> 00:43:07,130
to say, oh, well, gee, you know, this

1193
00:43:07,130 --> 00:43:09,030
is something we've done for years and years.

1194
00:43:09,090 --> 00:43:12,310
And it's increased morale in the military.

1195
00:43:13,890 --> 00:43:17,390
We have, you know, all the numbers that

1196
00:43:17,390 --> 00:43:20,250
keep flying at people about, oh, oil barrel

1197
00:43:20,250 --> 00:43:20,890
this much.

1198
00:43:21,530 --> 00:43:24,110
Who can grasp exactly what they're saying?

1199
00:43:24,650 --> 00:43:26,490
You know, it's really like it.

1200
00:43:26,710 --> 00:43:28,910
They're talking, they're either talking down to people

1201
00:43:28,910 --> 00:43:30,290
or talking over their heads.

1202
00:43:30,510 --> 00:43:31,710
That's all I see in the media.

1203
00:43:31,950 --> 00:43:36,070
It seems like it's a nonstop barrage of

1204
00:43:36,070 --> 00:43:37,010
just nonsense.

1205
00:43:37,450 --> 00:43:39,550
You know, it's like saying, you know, the

1206
00:43:39,550 --> 00:43:40,350
media lies.

1207
00:43:40,350 --> 00:43:43,230
The media doesn't tell us the full story.

1208
00:43:43,770 --> 00:43:44,190
They.

1209
00:43:44,770 --> 00:43:45,370
What?

1210
00:43:45,830 --> 00:43:46,470
Yeah.

1211
00:43:46,850 --> 00:43:50,330
And so I started kind of looking at

1212
00:43:50,330 --> 00:43:51,070
like that.

1213
00:43:51,270 --> 00:43:54,170
Like, I guess the other thing that's been

1214
00:43:54,170 --> 00:43:55,410
going on is.

1215
00:43:58,350 --> 00:44:03,550
The president has gone after Antifa, Antifa, whatever

1216
00:44:03,550 --> 00:44:04,410
you want to call it.

1217
00:44:04,510 --> 00:44:06,570
And and, you know, I guess.

1218
00:44:06,830 --> 00:44:09,970
Well, he's he's classified them as a terrorist

1219
00:44:09,970 --> 00:44:10,330
group.

1220
00:44:10,990 --> 00:44:14,650
Which is insane because they aren't a cohesive

1221
00:44:14,650 --> 00:44:15,270
group.

1222
00:44:15,950 --> 00:44:16,750
But what?

1223
00:44:17,830 --> 00:44:21,030
OK, well, how about the black flag or

1224
00:44:21,030 --> 00:44:21,290
whatever?

1225
00:44:21,530 --> 00:44:22,790
I mean, it comes from Europe.

1226
00:44:23,250 --> 00:44:24,030
The what?

1227
00:44:24,210 --> 00:44:24,550
Yes.

1228
00:44:24,890 --> 00:44:26,490
And actually, I have.

1229
00:44:28,230 --> 00:44:30,230
This last week, one of the things that

1230
00:44:30,230 --> 00:44:32,390
went on was Newsmax went on and on

1231
00:44:32,390 --> 00:44:34,250
and on the right squad, which I thought

1232
00:44:34,250 --> 00:44:36,230
was supposed to be pro Trump.

1233
00:44:36,730 --> 00:44:38,870
I have a series of parts where they

1234
00:44:38,870 --> 00:44:43,590
were going after a, you know, they're talking

1235
00:44:43,590 --> 00:44:46,110
about an Antifa and.

1236
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,620
And then I actually have this lovely history

1237
00:44:51,620 --> 00:44:53,860
of the history of Antifa, which kind of

1238
00:44:53,860 --> 00:44:55,960
for me, puts things in better perspective.

1239
00:44:56,820 --> 00:45:00,620
Antifa is short for antifascist or antifascist and

1240
00:45:00,620 --> 00:45:02,860
has its roots in Weimar Germany during the

1241
00:45:02,860 --> 00:45:06,260
1920s, born as a militant response to rising

1242
00:45:06,260 --> 00:45:08,800
fascist movements, particularly the Nazi Party.

1243
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,880
In 1932, the German Communist Party or KPD

1244
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:17,800
launched the Antifaschistische Aktion, a paramilitary street movement

1245
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:21,780
to fight the SA or Sturmabteilung, the stormtroopers

1246
00:45:21,780 --> 00:45:24,120
and other right wing paramilitary groups.

1247
00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:26,480
Soon the movement spread all over Europe.

1248
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,780
This early Antifa was Marxist, Stalinist in its

1249
00:45:29,780 --> 00:45:33,080
ideology and controlled by the Soviet aligned KPD.

1250
00:45:33,380 --> 00:45:35,780
And its goal was to eliminate political rivals

1251
00:45:35,780 --> 00:45:38,580
on both the far right and democratic left,

1252
00:45:38,580 --> 00:45:39,920
including social Democrats.

1253
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,400
It was a true communist movement.

1254
00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:45,360
After Hitler came to power, he imprisoned or

1255
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,460
killed political rivals, especially the communists.

1256
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:52,440
In fact, despite modern myth, Dachau concentration camp

1257
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:53,880
was not built for Jews.

1258
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,880
He was specifically built in 1933 to hold

1259
00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,180
political and social criminals with a focus on

1260
00:46:00,180 --> 00:46:01,420
the Antifa communists.

1261
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,060
After World War II and the defeat of

1262
00:46:04,060 --> 00:46:07,580
the Axis powers, Europe's Antifa groups disbanded or

1263
00:46:07,580 --> 00:46:08,900
simply rebranded.

1264
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:12,880
Anti-fascism was absorbed into mainstream democratic institutions

1265
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:15,420
coming to the United States as a pro

1266
00:46:15,420 --> 00:46:16,400
-Marxist movement.

1267
00:46:17,060 --> 00:46:17,160
Yeah.

1268
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,280
Well, yeah, they don't have a headquarters, but

1269
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,680
I think the minute you say, I'm Antifa,

1270
00:46:24,060 --> 00:46:25,200
you're a terrorist.

1271
00:46:26,260 --> 00:46:29,320
Well, let's go to the next two clips,

1272
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:30,480
the rest of this history.

1273
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:31,600
So there's two more.

1274
00:46:31,700 --> 00:46:32,580
They're both short.

1275
00:46:33,140 --> 00:46:36,100
Antifa arrived in the US in the 1980s,

1276
00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:39,140
growing from the punk and anarchist subcultures like

1277
00:46:39,140 --> 00:46:42,760
Anti-Racist Action or ARA, which started in

1278
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:44,300
Minnesota in 1987.

1279
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:48,300
Through the 1990s and 2000s, chapters spread to

1280
00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:51,200
major cities, often aligned with other anarchist and

1281
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:52,520
anti-capitalist groups.

1282
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:57,360
After 2016, Antifa exploded into public consciousness following

1283
00:46:57,360 --> 00:46:58,720
the election of Donald Trump.

1284
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:00,520
What is it about Minnesota?

1285
00:47:01,420 --> 00:47:04,680
Why is this such a hotbed for organizations

1286
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:05,460
like this?

1287
00:47:05,460 --> 00:47:07,540
I wondered about that myself.

1288
00:47:07,860 --> 00:47:08,460
Like what?

1289
00:47:09,180 --> 00:47:10,860
So then part three kind of wraps it

1290
00:47:10,860 --> 00:47:11,340
all up.

1291
00:47:11,540 --> 00:47:15,040
Trump repeatedly condemned Antifa, labeling it a domestic

1292
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:18,440
terror group, although Barack Obama holdovers in the

1293
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,700
FBI and Department of Justice never formally did.

1294
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,680
The political left, including the mainstream media outlets,

1295
00:47:24,900 --> 00:47:27,900
refused to label Antifa as a criminal or

1296
00:47:27,900 --> 00:47:29,480
domestic terror organization.

1297
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,180
This was despite the billions of dollars in

1298
00:47:32,180 --> 00:47:34,980
property damage, physical harm and loss of life.

1299
00:47:34,980 --> 00:47:37,220
While they continued to claim that far-right

1300
00:47:37,220 --> 00:47:39,140
groups were committing the major crimes.

1301
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:42,020
And here's where myth and reality diverge.

1302
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,920
Antifa was never a centralized organization as it

1303
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,680
had no national leadership, no bank accounts, no

1304
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,740
headquarters and no official membership cards.

1305
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,960
It operates as a loose, decentralized network of

1306
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:58,880
activists, often organizing through affinity groups, social media

1307
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:00,700
or encrypted messaging apps.

1308
00:48:00,820 --> 00:48:03,280
There are no known formal leaders and that's

1309
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:03,920
by design.

1310
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:07,800
In fact, Antifa prides itself on being leaderless

1311
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,240
and horizontal in structure.

1312
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:11,520
There are key figures, many anonymous.

1313
00:48:12,380 --> 00:48:16,080
Wasn't this exactly why Scott Besson said, we're

1314
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,240
following the money, we're going to find out

1315
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:20,700
who is funding them, which we all know

1316
00:48:20,700 --> 00:48:23,000
eventually comes back to Open Society Institute.

1317
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:24,080
It has to.

1318
00:48:25,180 --> 00:48:28,060
Well, if you, so there was a, so

1319
00:48:28,060 --> 00:48:30,500
if we go to the Newsmax right squad,

1320
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:33,340
they talk about Antifa funding and enabling.

1321
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,960
And I find it really interesting the way

1322
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,020
you hear it.

1323
00:48:39,300 --> 00:48:42,280
Just listen, it's really kind of, it is

1324
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:43,020
four parts.

1325
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:46,060
The third one, I really can't stand, but

1326
00:48:46,060 --> 00:48:46,520
it's okay.

1327
00:48:46,580 --> 00:48:49,640
So let's go through the Newsmax right squad,

1328
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:51,360
which is talking about Antifa.

1329
00:48:51,940 --> 00:48:54,380
But President Trump's latest move in his crackdown

1330
00:48:54,380 --> 00:48:57,660
on crime is designating Antifa as a major

1331
00:48:57,660 --> 00:49:01,000
terrorist organization, writing, I am pleased to inform

1332
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,160
our many USA patriots that I am designating

1333
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:08,620
Antifa, a sick, dangerous, radical left disaster as

1334
00:49:08,620 --> 00:49:10,520
a major terrorist organization.

1335
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,500
I will also be strongly recommending that those

1336
00:49:13,500 --> 00:49:17,040
funding Antifa be thoroughly investigated in accordance with

1337
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,660
the highest legal standards and practices.

1338
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:23,620
So Mercedes, I'm really interested to see what

1339
00:49:23,620 --> 00:49:25,800
comes out of the investigation as to who

1340
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:29,500
is funding Antifa and actually enabling this group.

1341
00:49:29,580 --> 00:49:30,580
It's about time.

1342
00:49:30,660 --> 00:49:32,560
I'll tell you right now, Matt's at CPAC

1343
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:33,240
Australia.

1344
00:49:34,020 --> 00:49:35,760
And I would say about two or three

1345
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:39,120
years ago, Antifa showed up to the CPAC

1346
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:43,540
event, threatened violence, threatened to kill them, tried

1347
00:49:43,540 --> 00:49:44,640
to get into the room.

1348
00:49:45,060 --> 00:49:47,120
It was a major security issue.

1349
00:49:47,340 --> 00:49:51,740
Antifa is a worldwide organization that spends time

1350
00:49:51,740 --> 00:49:56,140
with intimidation and violent tactics that it's been

1351
00:49:56,140 --> 00:49:57,920
unchecked for far too long.

1352
00:49:57,980 --> 00:49:59,180
So we need to get down to the

1353
00:49:59,180 --> 00:50:01,160
bottom of who is funding Antifa.

1354
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,700
They have caused so much destruction in this

1355
00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:05,240
country, but let me tell you, they're in

1356
00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:07,060
other countries as well, as we've seen in

1357
00:50:07,060 --> 00:50:07,800
the case of Australia.

1358
00:50:08,620 --> 00:50:12,120
Interesting comment from the troll room that Minnesota

1359
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:13,460
borders on Canada.

1360
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:15,260
Yeah, there's that.

1361
00:50:15,420 --> 00:50:17,600
That may make it easy for elements to

1362
00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:19,900
come in first stop.

1363
00:50:20,740 --> 00:50:21,860
Yep, there's that.

1364
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:23,300
But I'm on the border too.

1365
00:50:23,900 --> 00:50:24,380
And...

1366
00:50:24,380 --> 00:50:27,340
Well, yeah, exactly, exactly.

1367
00:50:27,620 --> 00:50:29,700
It's a horrible state with a horrible governor.

1368
00:50:30,020 --> 00:50:31,140
Yeah, exactly.

1369
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:31,680
Yes.

1370
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:35,380
So if you go to the next...

1371
00:50:35,380 --> 00:50:37,260
Are you on the train tracks?

1372
00:50:37,700 --> 00:50:39,320
What do I hear out there?

1373
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,700
Oh, that's my grandfather clock.

1374
00:50:46,620 --> 00:50:49,060
Sounds like a train going by.

1375
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:49,500
Okay.

1376
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,060
It's like an 1800s grandfather clock.

1377
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:53,800
The thing is lovely, but it is noisy.

1378
00:50:54,980 --> 00:50:57,960
So the next in the series of this

1379
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:02,000
Newsmax we get a guy who I think

1380
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:02,920
totally wimps out.

1381
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:04,340
And this is what I hear in most

1382
00:51:04,340 --> 00:51:05,380
media is this guy.

1383
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:07,920
Good thing that we're designating this hate group

1384
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:09,540
as a major terrorist organization.

1385
00:51:09,860 --> 00:51:11,720
Well, I'd like to see who the leaders

1386
00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:11,960
are.

1387
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:12,700
Who are they?

1388
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:14,120
I don't know.

1389
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:14,980
Bring them out, let's look at them.

1390
00:51:15,260 --> 00:51:20,580
Again, there are some questions about what Antifa

1391
00:51:20,580 --> 00:51:21,840
is, who they are.

1392
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:26,100
So if we're going to designate them a

1393
00:51:26,100 --> 00:51:28,480
terror organization, we should know who they are.

1394
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:30,400
Before we even get to who's funding it

1395
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:31,340
and all of that.

1396
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:33,640
And as far as attaching it to the

1397
00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:36,660
political violence that we've seen recently, there's no

1398
00:51:36,660 --> 00:51:37,260
connection.

1399
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:39,460
Tyler Robinson isn't connected to Antifa.

1400
00:51:39,740 --> 00:51:40,920
He's not connected to anybody.

1401
00:51:41,020 --> 00:51:42,140
Well, I don't think that has anything to

1402
00:51:42,140 --> 00:51:43,400
do with the terrorist organization.

1403
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:44,080
Fair enough.

1404
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:45,620
But if you're using that as a jumping

1405
00:51:45,620 --> 00:51:47,760
off point, which it seems like, then it's

1406
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:49,940
clearly because you're worried about political violence.

1407
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:52,560
The political violence we've seen recently has not

1408
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:55,920
been from anybody connected to any global organizations,

1409
00:51:56,060 --> 00:51:57,980
at least as far as law enforcement just

1410
00:51:57,980 --> 00:51:59,260
seems like something that's law.

1411
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:00,100
And who is this guy?

1412
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:02,640
Oh, I forgot to get his name.

1413
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:04,180
I don't think they ever identified him.

1414
00:52:04,220 --> 00:52:06,820
He's this black guy who just is completely

1415
00:52:06,820 --> 00:52:08,380
an apologist and coming up.

1416
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,260
He's supposed to be the voice of the

1417
00:52:10,260 --> 00:52:10,880
other side.

1418
00:52:11,820 --> 00:52:16,200
And we know that it doesn't have leaders

1419
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:17,820
and we know that it doesn't have clear

1420
00:52:17,820 --> 00:52:18,220
things.

1421
00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:21,920
Why is he making this big excuse?

1422
00:52:24,540 --> 00:52:26,300
I have the last one, which is final,

1423
00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:28,060
which just annoyed me even more.

1424
00:52:28,340 --> 00:52:29,840
Well, you missed number three.

1425
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:31,100
Number three is the one you hated.

1426
00:52:32,420 --> 00:52:33,640
We just heard number three.

1427
00:52:33,740 --> 00:52:34,660
No, that was number two.

1428
00:52:35,420 --> 00:52:36,020
Oh, was it?

1429
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:38,040
Okay, well, number three is also another wimp.

1430
00:52:38,620 --> 00:52:40,400
Well, it is definitely long overdue.

1431
00:52:40,540 --> 00:52:42,480
Look, Antifa was founded in Germany in the

1432
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:45,960
1930s, and they're a left-wing terror group.

1433
00:52:46,020 --> 00:52:47,400
And they have been from the very beginning.

1434
00:52:47,500 --> 00:52:50,600
They've been terrorizing Germany for years, home invasions

1435
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:52,620
and kidnappings and a great deal of violence

1436
00:52:52,620 --> 00:52:52,940
by them.

1437
00:52:53,420 --> 00:52:54,780
And I said, you know how the Democrats

1438
00:52:54,780 --> 00:52:56,980
are all upset that federal agents might wear

1439
00:52:56,980 --> 00:52:59,140
a mask when they're on a raid like

1440
00:52:59,140 --> 00:53:01,060
a surgeon to conceal their identity from the

1441
00:53:01,060 --> 00:53:03,960
gangs that are here from Venezuela and Mexico

1442
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:06,260
and El Salvador because of the Democrats.

1443
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:10,080
Honestly, these Antifa people were looting and burning

1444
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:13,680
Portland and Seattle with their black uniforms, their

1445
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:15,900
black ski masks, their black masks to conceal

1446
00:53:15,900 --> 00:53:16,500
their identity.

1447
00:53:16,780 --> 00:53:18,420
And you notice that the Democrats never said

1448
00:53:18,420 --> 00:53:20,340
a word about them wearing masks and covering

1449
00:53:20,340 --> 00:53:23,060
up their identities when they're burning cities to

1450
00:53:23,060 --> 00:53:23,980
the ground and looting.

1451
00:53:23,980 --> 00:53:26,280
I just got a note from the constitutional

1452
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:30,920
lawyer, Rob, he says conspiracies don't need to

1453
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:32,340
have a leader to be illegal.

1454
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:33,240
Thank you, Rob.

1455
00:53:33,500 --> 00:53:34,140
Good point.

1456
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:34,740
Yeah.

1457
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:36,200
Conspiracy is conspiracy.

1458
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:38,360
So you can be a terrorist conspiracy.

1459
00:53:40,340 --> 00:53:44,240
Well, these guys are all, it's all so

1460
00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:46,780
blah, blah, blah, chat, chat, chat.

1461
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:49,180
We can play part four.

1462
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:49,680
It's final.

1463
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:50,460
I think it's short.

1464
00:53:50,580 --> 00:53:52,440
And then I will get to my point.

1465
00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:56,060
The Antifa for the past, I mean, specifically

1466
00:53:56,060 --> 00:53:58,560
10 years in the United States has been

1467
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:01,380
showing up to every protest, whether it's creating

1468
00:54:01,380 --> 00:54:04,180
their own protest from the left wing or

1469
00:54:04,180 --> 00:54:06,420
showing up to right wing protests, including even

1470
00:54:06,420 --> 00:54:09,140
a libertarian free speech event in Massachusetts a

1471
00:54:09,140 --> 00:54:11,720
few years back and assaulting people, causing terror,

1472
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,680
taking over state buildings, federal buildings, tossing rocks

1473
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:16,680
at police officers.

1474
00:54:17,140 --> 00:54:19,120
And if you ask people who have covered

1475
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,120
these riots over the years, they tell you

1476
00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:22,900
that no matter where they are in the

1477
00:54:22,900 --> 00:54:26,520
country, seemingly these same Antifa people with the

1478
00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:28,740
same hats and the same t-shirts show

1479
00:54:28,740 --> 00:54:29,880
up at every single event.

1480
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:31,860
So somebody's paying for them to fly around

1481
00:54:31,860 --> 00:54:32,240
the country.

1482
00:54:32,540 --> 00:54:32,920
All right.

1483
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:34,120
Agreed.

1484
00:54:34,420 --> 00:54:36,160
Somebody's paying for it.

1485
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:39,760
So meanwhile, there's these great guys on YouTube.

1486
00:54:40,220 --> 00:54:41,600
You know, Nick Shirley is the one who's

1487
00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:43,680
become the most, you know, well known.

1488
00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:46,420
But there's other guys, you know, like Tyler

1489
00:54:46,420 --> 00:54:48,900
Oliveira, although he does more long form.

1490
00:54:49,260 --> 00:54:50,920
But the best of all of them that

1491
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:52,540
I found is called Nate Freedman.

1492
00:54:53,220 --> 00:54:55,620
And Nate Freedman mostly goes to, I mean,

1493
00:54:55,620 --> 00:54:57,300
he just goes to these different events.

1494
00:54:59,140 --> 00:55:02,940
And he's actually laid out everything on who

1495
00:55:02,940 --> 00:55:03,700
these people are.

1496
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:05,440
He's identified people.

1497
00:55:05,540 --> 00:55:06,300
He's taken pictures.

1498
00:55:06,540 --> 00:55:07,140
He's got this.

1499
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:11,300
He has a rundown of the protest money.

1500
00:55:11,420 --> 00:55:12,300
It's kind of a long clip.

1501
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:15,900
It's two minutes, but it's just like, how

1502
00:55:15,900 --> 00:55:18,920
come our news sources can't do this?

1503
00:55:18,980 --> 00:55:21,480
Let's not ask the hard questions.

1504
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:23,820
If he has answers, I'm interested.

1505
00:55:24,340 --> 00:55:26,540
They hosted a vigil for Ayatollah Khomeini in

1506
00:55:26,540 --> 00:55:28,420
Washington Square Park in New York City.

1507
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:30,600
I plan on interviewing the people who set

1508
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:30,980
it up.

1509
00:55:31,140 --> 00:55:33,900
What ended up transpiring was something else entirely.

1510
00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:35,820
To follow the money, we see that this

1511
00:55:35,820 --> 00:55:38,240
vigil was endorsed by the World's Worker Party.

1512
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:40,540
The World's Worker Party was founded in 1959

1513
00:55:40,540 --> 00:55:43,200
as a Marxist-Leninist organization that wants to

1514
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:44,340
dismantle capitalism.

1515
00:55:44,780 --> 00:55:47,340
WWP leaders helped launch one of the most

1516
00:55:47,340 --> 00:55:50,140
visible protest coalitions in the country, the Answer

1517
00:55:50,140 --> 00:55:52,480
Coalition, the group you see printed on almost

1518
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:54,660
all the protest signs you see across the

1519
00:55:54,660 --> 00:55:55,080
country.

1520
00:55:55,300 --> 00:55:56,500
They get a lot of their money from

1521
00:55:56,500 --> 00:55:59,200
Soros through their fiscal sponsor, the Progress Unity

1522
00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:01,100
Fund, which gets their money from the Tides

1523
00:56:01,100 --> 00:56:01,640
Foundation.

1524
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:05,000
And George Soros gave $25.8 million to

1525
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,180
the Tides Foundation in just one year.

1526
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:10,080
According to reporter David Korn, by 2002, the

1527
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:12,480
Answer Coalition was widely described as operating as

1528
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:14,840
a front for the Communist Workers World Party.

1529
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:18,180
Korn noted that several leading figures within Answer,

1530
00:56:18,460 --> 00:56:22,260
including spokesperson Brian Becker, were members of WWP.

1531
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,080
He also reported that many Answer chapters operated

1532
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:28,100
out of Workers World Party offices, and that

1533
00:56:28,100 --> 00:56:32,100
speakers at Answer press conferences were frequently WWP

1534
00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:32,680
activists.

1535
00:56:33,060 --> 00:56:35,060
Brian Becker has a long resume within the

1536
00:56:35,060 --> 00:56:36,340
far-left activist network.

1537
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:38,380
Not only is he the national director of

1538
00:56:38,380 --> 00:56:41,420
Answer Coalition alongside Sarah Flounders, another figure we'll

1539
00:56:41,420 --> 00:56:43,740
expose in just a second, he previously worked

1540
00:56:43,740 --> 00:56:46,520
for the International Action Center and was a

1541
00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:49,160
member of the Workers World Party, before later

1542
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:51,420
splitting off to help co-found the Party

1543
00:56:51,420 --> 00:56:53,960
for Socialism and Liberation, another name that you

1544
00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:55,700
see printed on so many signs.

1545
00:56:56,020 --> 00:56:58,880
Today, Becker hosts political education classes at the

1546
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:00,700
People's Forum in New York City, while calling

1547
00:57:00,700 --> 00:57:02,880
the shots at mass protests across the country

1548
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:04,540
through Answer Coalition and PSL.

1549
00:57:04,860 --> 00:57:06,540
You remember the People's Forum, the one that

1550
00:57:06,540 --> 00:57:08,720
we just exposed, where they were putting signs

1551
00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:09,420
into two vans?

1552
00:57:09,540 --> 00:57:11,680
Well, his lectures at the People's Forum include

1553
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:14,020
Lenin and the path to revolution and history

1554
00:57:14,020 --> 00:57:15,320
of the Communist Manifesto.

1555
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:17,380
We know those educators at the People's Forum

1556
00:57:17,380 --> 00:57:19,680
can be paid close to $80,000 to

1557
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:20,100
protest.

1558
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:21,860
Sarah Flounders, who we were just speaking about,

1559
00:57:21,940 --> 00:57:24,520
has spent decades cheerleading America's enemies.

1560
00:57:24,860 --> 00:57:26,720
Here she is in a group photo, proudly

1561
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:29,180
standing in front of a PFLP flag, and

1562
00:57:29,180 --> 00:57:33,220
protesting with Sammy Doon, alongside another protester that

1563
00:57:33,220 --> 00:57:34,140
you know quite well.

1564
00:57:34,220 --> 00:57:35,960
So this is just a little bit about

1565
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:37,940
what's behind this vigil, more to come as

1566
00:57:37,940 --> 00:57:39,300
my investigation is ongoing.

1567
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:41,640
All right, so it's, we're back to the

1568
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:43,100
same old, same old people.

1569
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:48,420
Exactly, nothing's changed, but if it's common knowledge,

1570
00:57:48,420 --> 00:57:50,660
how come everybody's like, oh, we don't know

1571
00:57:50,660 --> 00:57:51,900
who they are, and what are we going

1572
00:57:51,900 --> 00:57:53,040
to do, and how do we follow the

1573
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:53,300
money?

1574
00:57:53,940 --> 00:57:55,180
I mean, hello?

1575
00:57:57,140 --> 00:57:59,240
I mean, and so if, I've got a

1576
00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:02,140
gut feel that's basically, where he makes a

1577
00:58:02,140 --> 00:58:05,440
comment about Waltz and Nick Shirley, and I

1578
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:08,500
think this is, sums a lot of this

1579
00:58:08,500 --> 00:58:09,140
up for me.

1580
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:10,960
First, I got to talk about Waltz first,

1581
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:12,340
because he said we're only hearing about it

1582
00:58:12,340 --> 00:58:13,160
because of the prosecution.

1583
00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:15,760
No, you tried to silence the whistleblowers.

1584
00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:17,920
Yeah, you tried, you smeared people who wanted

1585
00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:20,260
to investigate, because you caught any look into

1586
00:58:20,260 --> 00:58:22,800
the Somali fraud, you were considered racist.

1587
00:58:23,300 --> 00:58:24,540
The only, there are two reasons why we're

1588
00:58:24,540 --> 00:58:27,660
hearing about this, because Kamala picked him as

1589
00:58:27,660 --> 00:58:30,460
VP, because she felt he was less gay

1590
00:58:30,460 --> 00:58:32,340
than Mayor Pete, when in fact he makes

1591
00:58:32,340 --> 00:58:33,960
Mayor Pete look like Chuck Norris.

1592
00:58:34,380 --> 00:58:38,320
And also, we know, we really know about

1593
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:40,820
this stuff, because some 23-year-old Mormon

1594
00:58:40,820 --> 00:58:44,000
named Nick decided to do what journalists used

1595
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:45,740
to do, and hit the pavement.

1596
00:58:45,740 --> 00:58:48,840
He actually went to the story, which myself

1597
00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:50,280
included, nobody does.

1598
00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:53,020
You know, it's like we sit, we surf,

1599
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,420
now Nick Shirley's doing the work for me.

1600
00:58:55,540 --> 00:58:56,720
Hey, hey, hey, click, click, click.

1601
00:58:56,860 --> 00:58:58,500
And he did the work, he did the

1602
00:58:58,500 --> 00:58:59,740
work for everybody.

1603
00:59:00,180 --> 00:59:02,240
I mean, and I think that's why you're

1604
00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:03,800
hearing about the hospice stories in California.

1605
00:59:04,140 --> 00:59:05,800
It's a fitting story for California, because California

1606
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:06,900
is in hospice.

1607
00:59:07,060 --> 00:59:08,380
Just make the state comfortable.

1608
00:59:09,580 --> 00:59:09,980
Yeah.

1609
00:59:11,340 --> 00:59:14,360
But at the same time, in Washington anyway,

1610
00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:19,700
we are having our independent journalists under attack.

1611
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:22,080
And I have a clip, Washington State Journalism,

1612
00:59:22,140 --> 00:59:24,680
and this is Brandy Cruz, who does a

1613
00:59:24,680 --> 00:59:26,700
really nice podcast for Washington State.

1614
00:59:27,020 --> 00:59:29,280
There's clearly something also going on in Washington

1615
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,400
State with some of these Somalis who are

1616
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,560
supposed to be running daycare organizations.

1617
00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:35,240
And so they're out there doing the work

1618
00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:37,020
that the legacy media won't do.

1619
00:59:37,100 --> 00:59:39,100
And look, sometimes journalism is uncomfortable.

1620
00:59:39,540 --> 00:59:41,800
Sometimes journalism means going and knocking on doors.

1621
00:59:42,080 --> 00:59:43,040
That's what you do.

1622
00:59:43,100 --> 00:59:44,440
And it used to be a widely accepted

1623
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:45,020
practice.

1624
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:46,760
And I know that because I was in

1625
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:47,920
TV and I hated it.

1626
00:59:48,080 --> 00:59:50,800
So knocking on doors and surprising people or

1627
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:53,080
chasing them down to ask for comment, that's

1628
00:59:53,080 --> 00:59:55,460
something journalists do or they did.

1629
00:59:55,700 --> 00:59:57,820
And so if your complaint is that Jonathan

1630
00:59:57,820 --> 01:00:00,640
or Cam Higby or Nick Shirley are putting

1631
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:02,960
a camera in people's faces, journalists haven't been

1632
01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:04,300
putting cameras in people's faces for as long

1633
01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:05,860
as journalists have had cameras.

1634
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:07,620
You're an idealist.

1635
01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:08,460
Now I get it, Mimi.

1636
01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:11,360
You really have this feeling that people can

1637
01:00:11,360 --> 01:00:15,280
be independent journalists on YouTube, which is probably

1638
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:16,820
the stupidest thing ever.

1639
01:00:17,340 --> 01:00:18,680
Ask Andy Ngo.

1640
01:00:18,980 --> 01:00:19,780
Where's Andy Ngo?

1641
01:00:20,540 --> 01:00:24,600
He basically got de-platformed and annihilated after

1642
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:25,580
he got his ass kicked.

1643
01:00:25,900 --> 01:00:28,680
What she's talking about is our state has

1644
01:00:28,680 --> 01:00:32,380
actually, they're pushing two different bills to make

1645
01:00:32,380 --> 01:00:35,640
it illegal to record anybody in either a

1646
01:00:35,640 --> 01:00:39,860
public office or harass people with a camera.

1647
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:40,960
We can't have that.

1648
01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:42,260
No, we can't have that.

1649
01:00:42,260 --> 01:00:44,240
No, no, no, no.

1650
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:47,620
The system is a lot bigger and a

1651
01:00:47,620 --> 01:00:49,180
lot tighter than people realize.

1652
01:00:49,820 --> 01:00:52,140
Well, there's also someone who's come up with,

1653
01:00:52,460 --> 01:00:54,660
locally, who has a substat column and he's

1654
01:00:54,660 --> 01:00:56,960
actually exposing some of the judges and judicial

1655
01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:57,460
things.

1656
01:00:58,120 --> 01:00:59,580
And his articles are good.

1657
01:00:59,700 --> 01:01:01,240
You know, they're fairly well-researched.

1658
01:01:01,300 --> 01:01:03,220
I mean, you know, it's a fun read.

1659
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:07,100
But now one of the judges is suing

1660
01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:09,360
him, demanding that he take down all of

1661
01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:12,700
his articles or face $2,000 a day

1662
01:01:12,700 --> 01:01:13,840
in fines.

1663
01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:18,260
And it's like, our judges are elected as

1664
01:01:18,260 --> 01:01:19,080
a public figure.

1665
01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:20,720
He should be able to write anything he

1666
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:21,360
wants about him.

1667
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:23,360
But there is this move to like, oh

1668
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:25,080
God, we have to crack down because we

1669
01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:26,980
have the major media handled.

1670
01:01:27,340 --> 01:01:28,740
They'll say whatever we want.

1671
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:30,940
But now what we have to do is

1672
01:01:30,940 --> 01:01:32,680
muzzle all these other idiots.

1673
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:34,160
Mimi the freedom fighter.

1674
01:01:34,660 --> 01:01:39,160
The only thing that works is podcasting.

1675
01:01:39,160 --> 01:01:40,340
Nothing else works.

1676
01:01:40,580 --> 01:01:43,300
You'll be eliminated from all other platforms.

1677
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:47,160
I see it every single day, including Substack.

1678
01:01:47,260 --> 01:01:48,780
Substack is on deck.

1679
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:50,280
It's going to happen.

1680
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:52,120
You know, the minute you bring money into

1681
01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:55,420
the equation with advertising or subscriptions, you're a

1682
01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:55,700
target.

1683
01:01:56,340 --> 01:01:57,300
It doesn't work.

1684
01:01:57,360 --> 01:01:58,060
It doesn't work.

1685
01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:02,300
So with the mainstream media not willing to,

1686
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:07,120
because of course, they're also compromised when it

1687
01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:09,600
comes to the funding of groups like Antifa,

1688
01:02:10,700 --> 01:02:13,440
whatever else, you know, the whole World Workers

1689
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:13,960
Party.

1690
01:02:14,980 --> 01:02:20,180
We have the socialists slash Marxist slash communists

1691
01:02:20,180 --> 01:02:23,500
have had quite a stronghold in America since

1692
01:02:23,500 --> 01:02:24,580
before I was born.

1693
01:02:25,380 --> 01:02:26,960
We had the Red Scare.

1694
01:02:27,340 --> 01:02:29,440
It turns out that wasn't all that crazy.

1695
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:33,640
Now we have these groups working kind of

1696
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:34,400
hand in hand.

1697
01:02:34,660 --> 01:02:37,980
They call it the Green Red Alliance.

1698
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:43,960
So it's socialists, Marxists, and Muslim Brotherhood.

1699
01:02:45,400 --> 01:02:47,260
It's all part of the same thing.

1700
01:02:47,620 --> 01:02:50,680
And what will happen, if certainly if the

1701
01:02:50,680 --> 01:02:52,800
Muslim Brotherhood and people are so worried about

1702
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:55,300
Islam and Muslims, that's not your problem.

1703
01:02:55,380 --> 01:02:57,000
The Muslim Brotherhood is the problem.

1704
01:02:57,100 --> 01:02:59,640
They are also deemed a terrorist organization in

1705
01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:00,040
America.

1706
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,400
And they need to be taken care of

1707
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:06,240
because those guys, and this happened throughout history,

1708
01:03:06,660 --> 01:03:08,360
they will kill the Marxists in the end.

1709
01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:10,500
The Marxists will be the ones who get

1710
01:03:10,500 --> 01:03:11,360
killed.

1711
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:14,760
So that'll kind of fix that, but we

1712
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:15,840
don't want that to happen.

1713
01:03:16,220 --> 01:03:18,400
And so what the mainstream media does, the

1714
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:20,660
only thing they can do is, well, now

1715
01:03:20,660 --> 01:03:22,920
let's be afraid of each other.

1716
01:03:23,100 --> 01:03:25,160
A nation on edge this week after multiple

1717
01:03:25,160 --> 01:03:28,040
attacks on US soil and heightened security threats

1718
01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:29,420
since the start of the war in Iran.

1719
01:03:29,900 --> 01:03:31,780
On Thursday, a pair of incidents on a

1720
01:03:31,780 --> 01:03:34,240
college campus and a synagogue hours apart.

1721
01:03:35,940 --> 01:03:38,780
In West Bloomfield, Michigan, 41-year-old Ayman

1722
01:03:38,780 --> 01:03:41,660
Mohamed Ghazali, originally from Lebanon, rammed a truck

1723
01:03:41,660 --> 01:03:43,800
full of explosives through the doors of Temple

1724
01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:46,620
Israel, driving down the hall, exchanging fire with

1725
01:03:46,620 --> 01:03:47,560
security guards.

1726
01:03:47,980 --> 01:03:50,240
Yesterday's attack was anti-Semitism.

1727
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:53,200
It was hate, plain and simple.

1728
01:03:53,620 --> 01:03:56,100
Authorities say Ghazali, who became a US citizen

1729
01:03:56,100 --> 01:03:59,220
in 2016, recently posted that an Israeli strike

1730
01:03:59,220 --> 01:04:01,400
on Lebanon killed his two brothers, a niece

1731
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:02,060
and a nephew.

1732
01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:04,780
And at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia,

1733
01:04:05,020 --> 01:04:07,460
Professor and Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shah killed by

1734
01:04:07,460 --> 01:04:09,240
a man with ties to ISIS in what

1735
01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:11,280
the FBI suspects was an act of terror.

1736
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:13,840
The suspect, 36-year-old Mohamed Jalloh, who

1737
01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:16,040
opened fire in a classroom, was convicted in

1738
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:18,780
2016 of attempting to provide material support to

1739
01:04:18,780 --> 01:04:21,220
ISIS, trying to acquire weapons for an attack

1740
01:04:21,220 --> 01:04:22,060
in the United States.

1741
01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:24,980
He was released from prison in 2024 after

1742
01:04:24,980 --> 01:04:27,240
serving eight years of an 11-year sentence.

1743
01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:30,060
Thursday's attacks came during a tense two weeks

1744
01:04:30,060 --> 01:04:31,640
since the beginning of the war in Iran,

1745
01:04:31,940 --> 01:04:34,560
with authorities repeatedly warning of higher risk for

1746
01:04:34,560 --> 01:04:35,360
the US homeland.

1747
01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:37,300
You made such an excellent point on the

1748
01:04:37,300 --> 01:04:40,800
last show that ISIS and Iran are, they

1749
01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:43,580
are polar opposites, they hate each other, but

1750
01:04:43,580 --> 01:04:44,660
here just- Mortal enemies.

1751
01:04:44,760 --> 01:04:46,540
Kind of gets folded into each other.

1752
01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:47,680
We have been in a heightened state of

1753
01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:49,500
alert in New York City since the start

1754
01:04:49,500 --> 01:04:51,220
of hostilities in Iran.

1755
01:04:51,500 --> 01:04:53,540
Last weekend, two teens were charged with bringing

1756
01:04:53,540 --> 01:04:55,920
homemade bombs to a protest outside New York

1757
01:04:55,920 --> 01:04:58,260
City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's house, and what authorities

1758
01:04:58,260 --> 01:05:00,440
deemed an attempted ISIS-inspired attack.

1759
01:05:00,660 --> 01:05:02,360
And at the onset of the war, a

1760
01:05:02,360 --> 01:05:04,100
deadly mass shooting at a bar in Austin,

1761
01:05:04,260 --> 01:05:06,320
Texas, where a gunman wearing a t-shirt

1762
01:05:06,320 --> 01:05:08,280
with an Iranian flag went on a murderous

1763
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:10,640
rampage just hours after the US and Israel

1764
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:11,440
- That's interesting.

1765
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:13,400
He was not wearing it, he was wearing

1766
01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:16,520
a sweatshirt that said property of Allah.

1767
01:05:17,380 --> 01:05:19,880
Not a t-shirt with an Iranian flag,

1768
01:05:19,940 --> 01:05:21,820
but doesn't matter, you get the point, be

1769
01:05:21,820 --> 01:05:22,220
afraid.

1770
01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:24,020
Instead of the war, a deadly mass shooting

1771
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:26,080
at a bar in Austin, Texas, where a

1772
01:05:26,080 --> 01:05:27,740
gunman wearing a t-shirt with an Iranian

1773
01:05:27,740 --> 01:05:30,300
flag went on a murderous rampage just hours

1774
01:05:30,300 --> 01:05:32,560
after the US and Israel first struck Iran.

1775
01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:35,100
That attack killing three and injuring more than

1776
01:05:35,100 --> 01:05:35,840
a dozen others.

1777
01:05:36,680 --> 01:05:39,140
Law enforcement officials are clear, Martha, the US

1778
01:05:39,140 --> 01:05:41,620
and Israeli strikes on Iran are causing a

1779
01:05:41,620 --> 01:05:45,480
surge in threats, particularly anti-Semitic threats aimed

1780
01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:47,920
at the Jewish community, and the recent pattern

1781
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:51,100
of violence, they say, combined with Iran's retaliatory

1782
01:05:51,100 --> 01:05:53,100
rhetoric warrants heightened vigilance.

1783
01:05:53,540 --> 01:05:55,660
So in the 18 years John and I

1784
01:05:55,660 --> 01:05:58,600
have been doing this show, there's always an

1785
01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:01,720
old friend, an old friend that always crops

1786
01:06:01,720 --> 01:06:04,360
up every couple of years, and our old

1787
01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:05,220
friend is back.

1788
01:06:06,840 --> 01:06:09,120
I'm joined now by Congressman Adam Smith, the

1789
01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:11,180
top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee.

1790
01:06:11,340 --> 01:06:13,720
Good morning to you, Congressman, you heard that

1791
01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:16,620
report from Aaron Kutersky about these attacks on

1792
01:06:16,620 --> 01:06:18,780
US soil, it's something we've talked about for

1793
01:06:18,780 --> 01:06:21,660
years, these lone wolves, but has this war

1794
01:06:21,660 --> 01:06:23,600
sparked these, do you believe?

1795
01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:27,800
Well, it's exacerbated the problem without question, I

1796
01:06:27,800 --> 01:06:29,240
think it would be wrong to say it

1797
01:06:29,240 --> 01:06:31,380
sparked it, we've seen these attacks before this

1798
01:06:31,380 --> 01:06:33,800
war, and we have a long running problem

1799
01:06:33,800 --> 01:06:37,060
with very terrorist organizations associated with ISIS trying

1800
01:06:37,060 --> 01:06:39,020
to strike us here on our own soil.

1801
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:41,020
We need to be prepared for those, we

1802
01:06:41,020 --> 01:06:43,000
need to look at what the Justice Department,

1803
01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:44,780
the FBI are doing to protect us from

1804
01:06:44,780 --> 01:06:45,060
that.

1805
01:06:45,340 --> 01:06:47,400
So this isn't a new phenomenon, but without

1806
01:06:47,400 --> 01:06:50,000
question that this has been ramped up because

1807
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:51,400
of the war in the Middle East that

1808
01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:54,040
has brought in, gosh, some 14 countries have

1809
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:55,740
been attacked in one way or another.

1810
01:06:56,460 --> 01:06:59,720
This war and this conflict is without question

1811
01:06:59,720 --> 01:07:00,980
spreading right now.

1812
01:07:00,980 --> 01:07:03,900
It's the lone wolf that is back, you're

1813
01:07:03,900 --> 01:07:06,540
not safe anywhere, be afraid everybody.

1814
01:07:06,780 --> 01:07:09,000
You can't keep people safe everywhere.

1815
01:07:09,780 --> 01:07:09,880
No, no.

1816
01:07:09,880 --> 01:07:11,640
But do you believe the federal government should

1817
01:07:11,640 --> 01:07:14,580
be doing something to help here, to help

1818
01:07:14,580 --> 01:07:16,460
protect people, what can you possibly do?

1819
01:07:17,460 --> 01:07:19,660
Yeah, well, I mean, absolutely, we have an

1820
01:07:19,660 --> 01:07:23,680
ongoing counterterrorism effort that's coordinated with the Justice

1821
01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:26,280
Department with various intelligence services, we need to

1822
01:07:26,280 --> 01:07:27,100
make sure that we're doing that.

1823
01:07:27,180 --> 01:07:28,980
I mean, I worry a little bit that

1824
01:07:28,980 --> 01:07:30,380
over the course of the last year and

1825
01:07:30,380 --> 01:07:32,540
a half starting with the Doge process, we

1826
01:07:32,540 --> 01:07:35,860
have driven out a lot of our talent

1827
01:07:35,860 --> 01:07:38,540
within the bureaucracy, within the Justice Department, within

1828
01:07:38,540 --> 01:07:39,820
our intelligence services.

1829
01:07:40,380 --> 01:07:43,340
We know a lot of Iranian experts left

1830
01:07:43,340 --> 01:07:45,820
the Justice Department right before this started as

1831
01:07:45,820 --> 01:07:47,480
part of- Trump, Trump's fault.

1832
01:07:47,580 --> 01:07:48,760
Part of the ongoing purge.

1833
01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:51,020
So I think it's worth Congress in particular

1834
01:07:51,020 --> 01:07:53,480
doing oversight, worrying do we have people in

1835
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:55,440
those places who are doing the best possible

1836
01:07:55,440 --> 01:07:56,500
job to protect us?

1837
01:07:57,060 --> 01:08:00,340
It's more important and a tougher job right

1838
01:08:00,340 --> 01:08:01,520
now than it ever has been.

1839
01:08:02,380 --> 01:08:03,800
So, so, yes.

1840
01:08:04,740 --> 01:08:07,260
So, okay, there's one, okay, finish what you're

1841
01:08:07,260 --> 01:08:08,520
going to say, because then I have something

1842
01:08:08,520 --> 01:08:09,420
I want to insert.

1843
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:11,640
What I was going to say is I'm

1844
01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:13,960
dusting off another one of our favorite jingles.

1845
01:08:17,100 --> 01:08:19,340
It's coming, people, it's coming, and you can

1846
01:08:19,340 --> 01:08:20,979
still license this U.S. government.

1847
01:08:21,180 --> 01:08:22,660
We have been trying to license this jingle

1848
01:08:22,660 --> 01:08:25,359
to you for years, and it's here for

1849
01:08:25,359 --> 01:08:26,040
you when you're ready.

1850
01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:28,979
So if we go to, I have a

1851
01:08:28,979 --> 01:08:33,160
clip about Phantom Fireworks, and Phantom Fireworks was

1852
01:08:33,160 --> 01:08:38,399
where the Philadelphia kids bought their fuses, and

1853
01:08:38,399 --> 01:08:42,000
that's where the West Bloomfield Synagogue came up

1854
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:43,060
with their explosives.

1855
01:08:43,399 --> 01:08:45,500
So I'd like you to play that clip.

1856
01:08:45,620 --> 01:08:48,340
Recently released footage shows the suspect in the

1857
01:08:48,340 --> 01:08:52,620
Michigan synagogue attack, Ayman Mohammed Ghazali, purchasing thousands

1858
01:08:52,620 --> 01:08:55,439
of dollars worth of fireworks on March 10th.

1859
01:08:55,439 --> 01:08:58,200
This was just days before Ghazali drove a

1860
01:08:58,200 --> 01:09:01,760
vehicle laden with explosives into Temple Israel in

1861
01:09:01,760 --> 01:09:05,180
West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, according to the

1862
01:09:05,180 --> 01:09:06,560
Department of Homeland Security.

1863
01:09:06,859 --> 01:09:09,540
Ghazali told a store manager he was shopping

1864
01:09:09,540 --> 01:09:12,040
for fireworks for his family and an upcoming

1865
01:09:12,040 --> 01:09:14,540
Eid celebration marking the end of Ramadan.

1866
01:09:14,779 --> 01:09:17,819
He purchased a variety of fireworks, including aerial

1867
01:09:17,819 --> 01:09:21,279
fireworks and firecrackers, making two trips with the

1868
01:09:21,279 --> 01:09:25,939
final sale amounting to $2,250, according to

1869
01:09:25,939 --> 01:09:26,460
the store.

1870
01:09:26,720 --> 01:09:29,359
William Wymer, vice president and general counsel for

1871
01:09:29,359 --> 01:09:32,120
Phantom Fireworks, said in a store where purchases

1872
01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:34,979
of $5,000 and $10,000 are not

1873
01:09:34,979 --> 01:09:39,000
unusual, Ghazali did not raise any suspicions since

1874
01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:41,420
he explained what event he wanted the fireworks

1875
01:09:41,420 --> 01:09:41,779
for.

1876
01:09:44,420 --> 01:09:47,359
Yeah, so where'd they get the, where'd they

1877
01:09:47,359 --> 01:09:48,359
get the explosives?

1878
01:09:48,800 --> 01:09:51,460
They got them in a Phantom Fireworks that

1879
01:09:51,460 --> 01:09:55,080
has key showrooms in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana,

1880
01:09:55,220 --> 01:09:57,440
Vermont, Alabama, and New Mexico.

1881
01:09:57,740 --> 01:10:00,360
It's our, it's our right as Americans to

1882
01:10:00,360 --> 01:10:01,040
buy fireworks.

1883
01:10:01,160 --> 01:10:01,800
It's our right.

1884
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:04,840
But meanwhile, they're totally banned in Massachusetts.

1885
01:10:05,140 --> 01:10:08,160
They're restricted in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,

1886
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:08,680
Illinois.

1887
01:10:09,060 --> 01:10:11,120
You know, you just mentioned all the places

1888
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:12,100
I don't want to live.

1889
01:10:12,200 --> 01:10:13,780
I need my fireworks, baby.

1890
01:10:14,160 --> 01:10:14,680
Fireworks.

1891
01:10:15,340 --> 01:10:17,900
But hey, but whatever you, whatever you think

1892
01:10:17,900 --> 01:10:19,360
about not being safe.

1893
01:10:19,660 --> 01:10:20,180
Yes.

1894
01:10:20,680 --> 01:10:21,080
Right.

1895
01:10:22,740 --> 01:10:24,980
Who, who, I want to know who spends

1896
01:10:24,980 --> 01:10:28,000
$10,000 at a time on fireworks.

1897
01:10:28,300 --> 01:10:28,780
I mean, what?

1898
01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:29,680
Oh, girl.

1899
01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:32,640
I got friends who spend that kind of

1900
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:33,480
money on fireworks.

1901
01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:34,440
They're crazy.

1902
01:10:35,020 --> 01:10:35,500
We have...

1903
01:10:35,500 --> 01:10:37,580
Do they do it for the 4th and

1904
01:10:37,580 --> 01:10:38,520
New Year's Eve?

1905
01:10:38,600 --> 01:10:39,780
Or do they do it for the end

1906
01:10:39,780 --> 01:10:40,420
of Eid's?

1907
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:41,200
No.

1908
01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:42,740
Hallow's Eve.

1909
01:10:42,900 --> 01:10:44,440
No, they do it for the 4th and

1910
01:10:44,440 --> 01:10:45,280
for New Year's Eve.

1911
01:10:45,740 --> 01:10:48,100
And we have, you know, 290 between here

1912
01:10:48,100 --> 01:10:48,500
and Austin.

1913
01:10:48,500 --> 01:10:52,400
There must be 50 of those fireworks cabins

1914
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:53,600
at the side of the road.

1915
01:10:53,740 --> 01:10:55,660
It's, it's an American thing.

1916
01:10:55,760 --> 01:10:56,920
We like to blow stuff up.

1917
01:10:56,980 --> 01:10:57,460
It's what we do.

1918
01:10:57,580 --> 01:10:58,200
Good at it.

1919
01:10:58,900 --> 01:11:01,120
Oh, see, up on the West Coast, the

1920
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:03,460
insurers have pushed to completely ban them.

1921
01:11:05,380 --> 01:11:07,240
Because, because of the fire danger.

1922
01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:09,760
And because people, you know, the hospitals get

1923
01:11:09,760 --> 01:11:11,740
tired of dealing with blown off hands.

1924
01:11:12,440 --> 01:11:15,340
But it's like when the news says, oh,

1925
01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:16,380
well, he had explosives.

1926
01:11:16,700 --> 01:11:16,940
Oh, yeah.

1927
01:11:16,940 --> 01:11:18,600
They don't mention the fireworks part.

1928
01:11:19,300 --> 01:11:20,360
No, they're legal.

1929
01:11:20,620 --> 01:11:22,020
They're legal class C fireworks.

1930
01:11:22,260 --> 01:11:23,120
Okay, guys.

1931
01:11:27,220 --> 01:11:29,480
And now we've got drones at the Oscars,

1932
01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:29,700
right?

1933
01:11:29,700 --> 01:11:30,800
Well, wait, wait, wait before.

1934
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:33,480
I'll let you go there in a minute.

1935
01:11:33,560 --> 01:11:34,980
But first, we have to be afraid about

1936
01:11:34,980 --> 01:11:35,580
the Internet.

1937
01:11:35,860 --> 01:11:36,300
On the homeland.

1938
01:11:37,020 --> 01:11:38,000
In the homeland.

1939
01:11:38,280 --> 01:11:38,780
In the homeland.

1940
01:11:39,540 --> 01:11:40,800
That's hinterland, the homeland.

1941
01:11:41,180 --> 01:11:41,640
On the homeland.

1942
01:11:42,360 --> 01:11:44,780
We had all these horrific incidents, including that

1943
01:11:44,780 --> 01:11:47,020
41 year old man who drove a car

1944
01:11:47,020 --> 01:11:50,560
with explosives into Michigan's largest synagogue.

1945
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:52,240
He was a naturalized US citizen.

1946
01:11:52,540 --> 01:11:54,080
Brothers were members of Hezbollah.

1947
01:11:54,400 --> 01:11:54,840
Hezbollah.

1948
01:11:55,140 --> 01:11:57,720
Who had recently been killed in Lebanon along

1949
01:11:57,720 --> 01:11:58,680
with their children.

1950
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:01,580
We don't know yet if the attacker was

1951
01:12:01,580 --> 01:12:02,520
involved with Hezbollah.

1952
01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:04,800
But what do you understand about the threat

1953
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:05,660
picture at home?

1954
01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:08,680
Margaret, the diversity and volume of terrorist threats

1955
01:12:08,680 --> 01:12:10,140
to this country has never been higher.

1956
01:12:10,300 --> 01:12:11,940
We have a broad range of threat actors

1957
01:12:11,940 --> 01:12:12,320
in play.

1958
01:12:12,900 --> 01:12:15,740
Individuals inspired and directed by countries like Iran,

1959
01:12:15,740 --> 01:12:18,480
by foreign terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and ISIS.

1960
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:22,640
And individuals motivated by domestic political grievances and

1961
01:12:22,640 --> 01:12:23,700
racial animus and more.

1962
01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:26,360
At the same time, the Internet has been

1963
01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:28,000
a force multiplier for terrorism.

1964
01:12:28,820 --> 01:12:31,820
Individuals have such easy access to content online

1965
01:12:31,820 --> 01:12:35,040
that can radicalize them and importantly, such easy

1966
01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:38,640
access to information on tactics, techniques and targets.

1967
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:41,280
Which means that they can plot their attacks

1968
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:44,060
more quickly and make their attacks more effective.

1969
01:12:44,060 --> 01:12:46,100
What that really means is we need a

1970
01:12:46,100 --> 01:12:48,540
whole new model for counter terrorism in this

1971
01:12:48,540 --> 01:12:51,320
country that includes law enforcement, but also includes

1972
01:12:51,320 --> 01:12:52,200
members of the public.

1973
01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:55,040
I think digital ID needs to happen really

1974
01:12:55,040 --> 01:12:55,360
quick.

1975
01:12:55,480 --> 01:12:55,860
Come on.

1976
01:12:55,980 --> 01:12:57,040
Come on, bring it in people.

1977
01:12:57,160 --> 01:12:59,500
I mean, it's still making people really nervous.

1978
01:13:00,180 --> 01:13:02,700
I mean, even just in New York, you

1979
01:13:02,700 --> 01:13:05,040
had the two Pennsylvania men, two US citizens

1980
01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:05,620
who were arrested.

1981
01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:10,200
They were going to protest the anti-Muslim

1982
01:13:10,200 --> 01:13:12,740
protest in New York, but they claim that

1983
01:13:12,740 --> 01:13:13,780
they had ties to ISIS.

1984
01:13:14,140 --> 01:13:17,040
It's not clearly directed by a state.

1985
01:13:17,260 --> 01:13:19,760
It's not clearly directed by anyone.

1986
01:13:20,560 --> 01:13:22,860
How do you protect yourself?

1987
01:13:23,300 --> 01:13:25,100
Well, what we have to think about today

1988
01:13:25,100 --> 01:13:27,360
is not just how to enhance physical security

1989
01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:28,540
protections at targets.

1990
01:13:28,660 --> 01:13:30,320
Certainly the government has a role to play

1991
01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:34,220
in helping synagogues, churches, mosques, schools and others

1992
01:13:34,220 --> 01:13:36,920
and putting up security barriers, training security officers

1993
01:13:36,920 --> 01:13:38,600
and those physical security enhancements.

1994
01:13:38,940 --> 01:13:40,760
We also really have to double down on

1995
01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:42,580
information and intelligence sharing.

1996
01:13:42,580 --> 01:13:45,060
That's a government function, but it also has

1997
01:13:45,060 --> 01:13:45,940
to include the public.

1998
01:13:46,060 --> 01:13:47,640
And what I mean by that is the

1999
01:13:47,640 --> 01:13:49,520
threat landscape is so dispersed.

2000
01:13:49,660 --> 01:13:51,320
There's so many tentacles of this.

2001
01:13:51,940 --> 01:13:54,300
That when individuals and communities see an individual

2002
01:13:54,300 --> 01:13:56,400
that may be exhibiting signs of violence, they

2003
01:13:56,400 --> 01:13:58,240
have to ask for help from law enforcement,

2004
01:13:58,360 --> 01:14:00,160
from social worker, from mental health worker.

2005
01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:03,340
Because the pathway and the path to radicalization

2006
01:14:03,340 --> 01:14:05,220
and mobilization is just so rapid.

2007
01:14:05,380 --> 01:14:07,280
And I do think, Johnny, that the Iranian

2008
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:10,820
regime has demonstrated an incredible capacity to be

2009
01:14:10,820 --> 01:14:11,780
flexible and adaptive.

2010
01:14:11,780 --> 01:14:13,560
They played a long game here.

2011
01:14:13,740 --> 01:14:16,480
They have invested in propaganda and tools in

2012
01:14:16,480 --> 01:14:19,400
this country, as well as just hiring people

2013
01:14:19,400 --> 01:14:21,100
to do their dirty work for them to

2014
01:14:21,100 --> 01:14:23,180
such an extent that I am concerned that

2015
01:14:23,180 --> 01:14:25,580
they have the intent and the capability to,

2016
01:14:25,720 --> 01:14:27,400
if not direct attacks here in the homeland,

2017
01:14:27,560 --> 01:14:28,300
to inspire them.

2018
01:14:28,440 --> 01:14:30,000
Yeah, that's your CBS news.

2019
01:14:30,320 --> 01:14:32,540
Attacks in the homeland, they're inspiring them.

2020
01:14:32,620 --> 01:14:34,240
They're buying people head on a swivel.

2021
01:14:34,440 --> 01:14:35,940
And the stability of that regime.

2022
01:14:37,180 --> 01:14:38,720
It's funny, the regime and the command and

2023
01:14:38,720 --> 01:14:42,100
control over the asymmetric capabilities that Iran has

2024
01:14:42,100 --> 01:14:44,420
to include, for example, proxies that may seek

2025
01:14:44,420 --> 01:14:46,780
to do Americans harm, sleeper cells in the

2026
01:14:46,780 --> 01:14:47,800
United States and more.

2027
01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:49,260
So as we do think about the new

2028
01:14:49,260 --> 01:14:51,780
supreme leader, I'm thinking about from a homeland

2029
01:14:51,780 --> 01:14:54,500
perspective whether that individual has a command and

2030
01:14:54,500 --> 01:14:56,900
control over the tools that could, in fact,

2031
01:14:56,960 --> 01:14:58,000
harm Americans, Margaret.

2032
01:14:59,160 --> 01:15:00,320
These are open questions.

2033
01:15:00,480 --> 01:15:01,760
We're going to try to get answers to,

2034
01:15:01,880 --> 01:15:02,220
thank you.

2035
01:15:02,380 --> 01:15:03,560
We're going to get answers.

2036
01:15:03,720 --> 01:15:05,300
President Trump has an answer.

2037
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:07,800
Here's his answer to the sleeper cells.

2038
01:15:08,080 --> 01:15:09,540
The war in the Middle East threatening to

2039
01:15:09,540 --> 01:15:12,060
spill well beyond the region as Iran is

2040
01:15:12,060 --> 01:15:15,500
reportedly trying to activate sleeper cells abroad.

2041
01:15:15,720 --> 01:15:17,940
Steve Harrigan is live at the border between

2042
01:15:17,940 --> 01:15:20,760
Iran and Armenia as Iranians look to flee

2043
01:15:20,760 --> 01:15:21,320
the chaos.

2044
01:15:21,440 --> 01:15:21,940
Hi, Steve.

2045
01:15:22,300 --> 01:15:22,640
Morning.

2046
01:15:22,820 --> 01:15:25,920
The US reporting encrypted messages coming out of

2047
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:27,380
Iran in the wake of the death of

2048
01:15:27,380 --> 01:15:29,840
the supreme leader on February 28.

2049
01:15:29,980 --> 01:15:32,660
These encrypted messages, perhaps radio messages.

2050
01:15:32,860 --> 01:15:36,340
That's your shortwave ham radio message, number station.

2051
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:39,200
ABC News is reporting that an alert has

2052
01:15:39,200 --> 01:15:41,760
gone out to law enforcement warning about the

2053
01:15:41,760 --> 01:15:44,980
possibility of sleeper cell attacks in the US.

2054
01:15:45,100 --> 01:15:47,900
President Trump addressed the risk of a sleeper

2055
01:15:47,900 --> 01:15:48,620
cell attack.

2056
01:15:48,840 --> 01:15:50,540
They've been trying for a long time.

2057
01:15:50,700 --> 01:15:52,300
We've been very much on top of it.

2058
01:15:52,580 --> 01:15:54,800
We're watching every single one of them.

2059
01:15:55,160 --> 01:15:56,580
Yeah, we know a lot about them.

2060
01:15:57,580 --> 01:15:59,820
The biggest problem we have is the Democrat

2061
01:15:59,820 --> 01:16:00,320
shutdown.

2062
01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:01,840
We know a lot about them.

2063
01:16:02,380 --> 01:16:04,720
But the shutdown doesn't allow us to do

2064
01:16:04,720 --> 01:16:05,580
what we have to do.

2065
01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:06,600
It's the Democrats.

2066
01:16:07,240 --> 01:16:12,140
They have shut down Department of Homeland Security.

2067
01:16:13,840 --> 01:16:18,500
And yeah, and meanwhile, a lot of things

2068
01:16:18,500 --> 01:16:20,960
like the two kids from Philadelphia.

2069
01:16:21,740 --> 01:16:23,640
You know, I mean, that's mental illness.

2070
01:16:23,940 --> 01:16:25,980
We don't have any facilities for mentally ill

2071
01:16:25,980 --> 01:16:26,380
kids.

2072
01:16:26,480 --> 01:16:28,480
We don't lock people up because they're crazy.

2073
01:16:28,740 --> 01:16:32,100
And his attorney keeps talking about how, oh,

2074
01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:34,400
he has a lot of compound problems.

2075
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:36,140
That's why he couldn't go to school for

2076
01:16:36,140 --> 01:16:36,940
his senior year.

2077
01:16:37,340 --> 01:16:40,220
That's why, you know, he's, you know, he

2078
01:16:40,220 --> 01:16:41,580
withdrew from the world.

2079
01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:45,360
Well, OK, is this really a.

2080
01:16:46,280 --> 01:16:49,760
Is this really a terrorist ideological thing, or

2081
01:16:49,760 --> 01:16:51,520
is it the kid is suffering and he's

2082
01:16:51,520 --> 01:16:54,620
he's mentally ill and it's like psychotic?

2083
01:16:55,140 --> 01:16:57,220
I mean, that's, you know, a lot of

2084
01:16:57,220 --> 01:16:59,220
these things that keep happening are people who

2085
01:16:59,220 --> 01:17:00,700
we would have locked up.

2086
01:17:00,980 --> 01:17:04,200
Half of our population is mentally ill, if

2087
01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:09,780
not from over medication of SSRIs from nonstop

2088
01:17:09,780 --> 01:17:11,940
scrolling on social media.

2089
01:17:12,800 --> 01:17:13,540
Oh, absolutely.

2090
01:17:14,580 --> 01:17:15,260
Absolutely.

2091
01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:17,920
I cannot believe the amount of nonsense I

2092
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:22,700
keep finding that's just like these people scare

2093
01:17:22,700 --> 01:17:23,060
me.

2094
01:17:24,160 --> 01:17:24,560
Good.

2095
01:17:24,860 --> 01:17:26,480
We even have Mimi scared now.

2096
01:17:26,580 --> 01:17:26,920
All right.

2097
01:17:26,980 --> 01:17:27,820
Well done, boys.

2098
01:17:28,420 --> 01:17:29,980
We got Mimi scared.

2099
01:17:31,160 --> 01:17:32,500
Yeah, well, there's that.

2100
01:17:32,500 --> 01:17:34,840
Which of your Oscars clips do you want

2101
01:17:34,840 --> 01:17:35,420
to play here?

2102
01:17:37,100 --> 01:17:40,880
I think Oscars, Oscars, Oscars is a good

2103
01:17:40,880 --> 01:17:41,620
place to start.

2104
01:17:42,100 --> 01:17:44,320
Security for the event is the tightest it

2105
01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:46,060
has ever been, and for good reason.

2106
01:17:46,240 --> 01:17:47,160
So here's what we know.

2107
01:17:47,320 --> 01:17:49,140
The Oscars are the first major event in

2108
01:17:49,140 --> 01:17:50,920
the US since the war in Iran broke

2109
01:17:50,920 --> 01:17:51,200
out.

2110
01:17:51,580 --> 01:17:53,700
There could be sleeper cells from Iran and

2111
01:17:53,700 --> 01:17:55,760
other terrorist entities in the US.

2112
01:17:55,920 --> 01:17:56,380
Could be.

2113
01:17:56,480 --> 01:17:58,560
And yes, there has been talk of drone

2114
01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:00,760
threats on the West Coast, prompting the LAPD

2115
01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:02,880
and several other law enforcement entities to take

2116
01:18:02,880 --> 01:18:05,560
extra precautions to keep everyone safe.

2117
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:07,660
So you will see the area around Hollywood

2118
01:18:07,660 --> 01:18:09,720
and Highland closed and gated off with a

2119
01:18:09,720 --> 01:18:10,940
strong police presence.

2120
01:18:11,100 --> 01:18:12,480
And yes, all of that sounds scary.

2121
01:18:12,660 --> 01:18:14,100
Here's what is important.

2122
01:18:14,280 --> 01:18:17,120
Officials say that there is no intelligence to

2123
01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:19,220
suggest L.A. or the Oscars are a

2124
01:18:19,220 --> 01:18:19,500
target.

2125
01:18:19,700 --> 01:18:21,760
We are just being extra cautious.

2126
01:18:21,880 --> 01:18:23,820
Keep that in mind as we enjoy the

2127
01:18:23,820 --> 01:18:25,820
Oscars on Sunday.

2128
01:18:26,040 --> 01:18:29,540
Yes, on Sunday, ABC 8 p.m. Make

2129
01:18:29,540 --> 01:18:31,100
sure you tune in to see if they

2130
01:18:31,100 --> 01:18:32,400
blow anybody up.

2131
01:18:32,940 --> 01:18:36,320
Well, then we have extra TV.

2132
01:18:36,940 --> 01:18:39,900
I thought that the Oscars, Oscars, Oscars, which

2133
01:18:39,900 --> 01:18:44,260
I guess the president of the academy, I

2134
01:18:44,260 --> 01:18:45,640
thought they were sound like they were talking

2135
01:18:45,640 --> 01:18:46,820
down to two year olds.

2136
01:18:47,680 --> 01:18:48,400
You know, they're.

2137
01:18:48,780 --> 01:18:50,860
Yes, yes, yes.

2138
01:18:51,120 --> 01:18:51,380
There we go.

2139
01:18:51,480 --> 01:18:54,160
So the extra TV has a date.

2140
01:18:54,260 --> 01:18:56,220
They're trying to go with the more officious

2141
01:18:56,220 --> 01:18:58,640
take on it.

2142
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:01,200
Uh, what am I?

2143
01:19:01,260 --> 01:19:02,440
What am I looking for here?

2144
01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:03,620
Extra extra TV.

2145
01:19:03,880 --> 01:19:04,760
Yeah, I found it.

2146
01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:06,920
Every year we monitor what's going on in

2147
01:19:06,920 --> 01:19:07,260
the world.

2148
01:19:07,680 --> 01:19:10,440
Oscars executive producer Raj Kapoor just spoke out

2149
01:19:10,440 --> 01:19:11,260
about the reports.

2150
01:19:11,760 --> 01:19:13,900
We have the support of the FBI and

2151
01:19:13,900 --> 01:19:14,720
the LAPD.

2152
01:19:14,920 --> 01:19:17,160
So did California Governor Gavin Newsom.

2153
01:19:17,420 --> 01:19:19,300
Drone issues have been always top of mind.

2154
01:19:19,460 --> 01:19:21,560
Events like the Oscars are some of the

2155
01:19:21,560 --> 01:19:23,740
most top of mind venues in the country.

2156
01:19:24,160 --> 01:19:26,020
He spoke with counterterrorism expert.

2157
01:19:26,280 --> 01:19:28,060
Guy can't even stop his city from burning.

2158
01:19:28,480 --> 01:19:29,620
Oh, drones are top of mind.

2159
01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:30,340
Yeah, Cohen.

2160
01:19:30,740 --> 01:19:34,240
The Internet is the largest pre-attack intelligence

2161
01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:36,660
environment in the world.

2162
01:19:36,920 --> 01:19:39,200
The threat monitoring online, which is happening nationwide

2163
01:19:39,200 --> 01:19:42,380
right now, coordination between federal and local agencies.

2164
01:19:43,000 --> 01:19:46,380
The goal is to detect threats early enough

2165
01:19:46,380 --> 01:19:48,920
and prevent them long before they ever reach

2166
01:19:48,920 --> 01:19:49,320
the venue.

2167
01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:52,540
Today, the FBI tells extra it routinely works

2168
01:19:52,540 --> 01:19:55,040
with local law enforcement to share intelligence and

2169
01:19:55,040 --> 01:19:56,600
provide resources where needed.

2170
01:19:57,240 --> 01:19:59,540
Man, someone should just fly a drone over

2171
01:19:59,540 --> 01:20:00,080
that thing.

2172
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:03,080
Well, then we have the ABC7, which talks

2173
01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:05,640
about the preparations in Los Angeles.

2174
01:20:05,720 --> 01:20:07,760
Well, of course, they should be hyping that

2175
01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:09,140
up because it's their network.

2176
01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:11,740
We also spoke with the LAPD's incident commander

2177
01:20:11,740 --> 01:20:13,200
for the Academy Awards.

2178
01:20:13,400 --> 01:20:15,040
He tells us they've been preparing for the

2179
01:20:15,040 --> 01:20:16,080
Oscars for months.

2180
01:20:16,500 --> 01:20:18,720
It's an event with some 3,500 guests

2181
01:20:18,720 --> 01:20:20,780
in addition to all of those working in

2182
01:20:20,780 --> 01:20:21,740
and around the venues.

2183
01:20:22,220 --> 01:20:24,760
Some of the visible resources include barriers like

2184
01:20:24,760 --> 01:20:27,360
K-rails and fencing along Hollywood Boulevard, where

2185
01:20:27,360 --> 01:20:29,580
stars will arrive and walk the red carpet.

2186
01:20:30,060 --> 01:20:32,880
Commander Randy Goddard tells us they're coordinating with

2187
01:20:32,880 --> 01:20:35,300
federal agencies like the FBI, as well as

2188
01:20:35,300 --> 01:20:37,720
intelligence partners and the local fire department.

2189
01:20:38,180 --> 01:20:41,020
He also stressed there are specialized resources behind

2190
01:20:41,020 --> 01:20:43,300
the scenes, adding that while there is no

2191
01:20:43,300 --> 01:20:46,060
intelligence to suggest Los Angeles or the Oscars

2192
01:20:46,060 --> 01:20:48,080
are a target when it comes to possible

2193
01:20:48,080 --> 01:20:50,980
drone threats from Iran, it doesn't mean they

2194
01:20:50,980 --> 01:20:51,680
don't prepare.

2195
01:20:52,620 --> 01:20:54,900
We've planned for other things that we maybe

2196
01:20:54,900 --> 01:20:57,540
haven't seen in prior years, but we have

2197
01:20:57,540 --> 01:21:01,320
resources that will be on scene to address

2198
01:21:01,320 --> 01:21:04,560
those unique circumstances that may occur so that

2199
01:21:04,560 --> 01:21:07,460
they can be addressed quickly and prevent anything

2200
01:21:07,460 --> 01:21:09,120
from growing out of control.

2201
01:21:09,640 --> 01:21:12,380
And the closures here around the area along

2202
01:21:12,380 --> 01:21:15,600
Hollywood Boulevard are pretty significant, so it's difficult

2203
01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:17,920
to get really up close to see the

2204
01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:19,520
action on Oscars Sunday.

2205
01:21:20,020 --> 01:21:22,080
The commander that we spoke with also recommends

2206
01:21:22,080 --> 01:21:23,480
if you can avoid the area, there is

2207
01:21:23,480 --> 01:21:25,200
going to be a lot of traffic, so

2208
01:21:25,200 --> 01:21:26,520
it's best to do that.

2209
01:21:26,740 --> 01:21:29,600
Reporting live in Hollywood, Annabelle Munoz, ABC 7

2210
01:21:29,600 --> 01:21:30,380
Eyewitness News.

2211
01:21:30,560 --> 01:21:31,460
Lovely, lovely.

2212
01:21:31,620 --> 01:21:32,760
Are you going to watch tonight?

2213
01:21:32,860 --> 01:21:33,880
Are you going to watch the Oscars?

2214
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:35,360
Are you going to check it out and

2215
01:21:35,360 --> 01:21:37,500
make sure you see the action?

2216
01:21:38,200 --> 01:21:41,200
I understand that you're like the Oscars expert.

2217
01:21:41,820 --> 01:21:42,400
Is this true?

2218
01:21:42,620 --> 01:21:43,020
No, no.

2219
01:21:43,080 --> 01:21:44,820
I'm more the Grammy guy to look for

2220
01:21:44,820 --> 01:21:45,740
the Satan segment.

2221
01:21:46,060 --> 01:21:48,060
That's my job, is I need to look

2222
01:21:48,060 --> 01:21:51,780
for the Illuminati and Satanism, which is usually

2223
01:21:51,780 --> 01:21:52,800
easy to find.

2224
01:21:53,340 --> 01:21:55,960
But you know, all the crazy things that

2225
01:21:55,960 --> 01:21:58,320
have happened at last Oscars events, like what

2226
01:21:58,320 --> 01:21:59,680
happened in 2017?

2227
01:22:00,620 --> 01:22:02,260
I bet this is the clip you want

2228
01:22:02,260 --> 01:22:02,740
me to play.

2229
01:22:03,220 --> 01:22:04,140
No, no, not yet.

2230
01:22:04,760 --> 01:22:05,780
Nope, not yet.

2231
01:22:06,420 --> 01:22:06,980
No, no.

2232
01:22:07,040 --> 01:22:08,000
This is just a question.

2233
01:22:08,100 --> 01:22:09,200
This is more of an Ask Adam.

2234
01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:14,100
I was not prepared for this, but...

2235
01:22:14,100 --> 01:22:15,940
Ask Adam, Ask Adam.

2236
01:22:18,440 --> 01:22:25,080
2017, I can't remember last week, 2017.

2237
01:22:25,680 --> 01:22:26,620
Who was hosting?

2238
01:22:26,740 --> 01:22:27,340
That might help me.

2239
01:22:27,400 --> 01:22:28,260
Do you remember who was hosting?

2240
01:22:29,260 --> 01:22:29,700
Well, it was...

2241
01:22:30,300 --> 01:22:32,100
No, actually, I don't care about that.

2242
01:22:32,340 --> 01:22:33,420
I just thought it was funny.

2243
01:22:33,540 --> 01:22:36,200
That was the year that La La Land

2244
01:22:36,200 --> 01:22:38,600
was wrongly announced as the winner instead of

2245
01:22:38,600 --> 01:22:39,340
Moonlight.

2246
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:43,480
It was in the trades for months after

2247
01:22:43,480 --> 01:22:43,720
that.

2248
01:22:43,880 --> 01:22:45,500
Oh my God, how did they mix up?

2249
01:22:48,260 --> 01:22:49,980
I vaguely remember this.

2250
01:22:50,060 --> 01:22:51,540
I don't think I've seen either of those

2251
01:22:51,540 --> 01:22:51,960
movies.

2252
01:22:53,720 --> 01:22:58,020
And then in 1969, the Oscars had a

2253
01:22:58,020 --> 01:22:59,760
tie for Best Actress.

2254
01:23:01,260 --> 01:23:05,000
Barbara Streisand for Funny Girl and Katharine Hepburn

2255
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:07,600
for The Lion and Winter both won in

2256
01:23:07,600 --> 01:23:08,540
the same category.

2257
01:23:09,200 --> 01:23:10,300
How did that happen?

2258
01:23:11,400 --> 01:23:13,440
Well, the Academy couldn't...

2259
01:23:13,440 --> 01:23:14,620
They couldn't make a decision?

2260
01:23:15,340 --> 01:23:17,380
Well, they could not give it to Katharine

2261
01:23:17,380 --> 01:23:20,260
Hepburn, but then Barbara Streisand's movie was the

2262
01:23:20,260 --> 01:23:21,660
one that was the most popular vote.

2263
01:23:22,520 --> 01:23:24,600
And then The Stir in 2000.

2264
01:23:24,760 --> 01:23:25,980
Do you remember The Stir in 2000?

2265
01:23:26,140 --> 01:23:26,760
I don't remember.

2266
01:23:27,120 --> 01:23:28,560
Was that the Dixie Chicks?

2267
01:23:29,340 --> 01:23:32,100
That's when Angela Jolie kissed James Haven, her

2268
01:23:32,100 --> 01:23:35,020
brother, on the lips for a long, long

2269
01:23:35,020 --> 01:23:35,540
time.

2270
01:23:35,820 --> 01:23:36,080
Wow.

2271
01:23:36,380 --> 01:23:37,680
Yeah, that was good.

2272
01:23:38,080 --> 01:23:41,420
But the absolute best to me is the

2273
01:23:41,420 --> 01:23:43,460
three years ago and that you can play

2274
01:23:43,460 --> 01:23:43,820
the clip.

2275
01:23:44,320 --> 01:23:46,440
You know who's got the hardest job tonight?

2276
01:23:47,080 --> 01:23:50,640
Javier Bardem and his wife are both nominated.

2277
01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:55,060
Now, if she loses, he can't win.

2278
01:23:57,620 --> 01:24:00,700
He is praying that Will Smith wins.

2279
01:24:01,060 --> 01:24:02,920
Like, please, Lord.

2280
01:24:04,400 --> 01:24:05,540
Jada, I love you.

2281
01:24:05,940 --> 01:24:06,860
G.I. Jane, too.

2282
01:24:07,020 --> 01:24:07,880
Can't wait to see it.

2283
01:24:08,080 --> 01:24:08,320
All right?

2284
01:24:14,360 --> 01:24:16,540
That was a nice one.

2285
01:24:16,640 --> 01:24:18,500
Okay, I'm out here.

2286
01:24:18,800 --> 01:24:19,800
Uh-oh, Richard.

2287
01:24:23,860 --> 01:24:25,020
Oh, wow.

2288
01:24:26,040 --> 01:24:26,620
Wow.

2289
01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:30,580
Will Smith just smacked the shit out of

2290
01:24:30,580 --> 01:24:30,920
me.

2291
01:24:33,740 --> 01:24:35,360
I've forgotten about that.

2292
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:39,080
Moments in Oscar history.

2293
01:24:39,720 --> 01:24:41,720
Do you know how the Oscars are picked?

2294
01:24:43,160 --> 01:24:44,680
I mean, are you aware of how they

2295
01:24:44,680 --> 01:24:45,080
pick up?

2296
01:24:45,380 --> 01:24:48,700
Well, doesn't the Academy send in a sealed

2297
01:24:48,700 --> 01:24:49,080
vote?

2298
01:24:50,220 --> 01:24:52,560
Well, actually, screeners go out to the 10

2299
01:24:52,560 --> 01:24:54,700
,000 members of the Academy of Motion Pictures

2300
01:24:54,700 --> 01:24:55,880
and Arts and Sciences.

2301
01:24:56,220 --> 01:24:57,260
Right, including John C.

2302
01:24:57,320 --> 01:24:57,700
Dvorak.

2303
01:24:57,780 --> 01:24:58,540
He gets them, too.

2304
01:24:59,240 --> 01:25:00,100
No, he doesn't.

2305
01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:00,660
Yes, he does.

2306
01:25:00,740 --> 01:25:01,400
He always says.

2307
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:02,480
He says, I got a screener.

2308
01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:03,460
He's always saying he has.

2309
01:25:03,600 --> 01:25:05,180
Is he lying about the screeners?

2310
01:25:05,800 --> 01:25:06,980
No, no, no, no.

2311
01:25:07,260 --> 01:25:10,200
The screeners, when 10,000 members get them,

2312
01:25:10,240 --> 01:25:11,940
they all send them, you know, they watch

2313
01:25:11,940 --> 01:25:14,140
the movie and they're not supposed to.

2314
01:25:14,180 --> 01:25:15,860
They're supposed to destroy them, but they send

2315
01:25:15,860 --> 01:25:16,160
them out.

2316
01:25:16,240 --> 01:25:19,440
I know this because years ago, I dated

2317
01:25:19,440 --> 01:25:21,820
Jack Cooper, whose father was Jackie Cooper.

2318
01:25:23,140 --> 01:25:24,620
And wait a minute, Jack.

2319
01:25:24,720 --> 01:25:25,900
Do I know Jackie Cooper?

2320
01:25:26,340 --> 01:25:28,160
This is a reference that I think is

2321
01:25:28,160 --> 01:25:28,840
beyond me.

2322
01:25:29,420 --> 01:25:33,460
The champ, the newspaper man and the newspaper

2323
01:25:33,460 --> 01:25:34,320
guy in Superman.

2324
01:25:34,920 --> 01:25:37,820
Jackie Cooper, one of the longest living actors,

2325
01:25:38,620 --> 01:25:39,480
won like a billion.

2326
01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:41,880
TJ Maxx.

2327
01:25:42,560 --> 01:25:45,260
Jackie Cooper was a very, very famous.

2328
01:25:45,260 --> 01:25:48,580
Um, uh, he was in, he was in,

2329
01:25:48,680 --> 01:25:52,040
um, the little, um, our gang.

2330
01:25:52,320 --> 01:25:53,420
He was one of the kids in our

2331
01:25:53,420 --> 01:25:53,780
gang.

2332
01:25:53,920 --> 01:25:56,040
He basically, his entire career was.

2333
01:25:56,180 --> 01:25:57,060
Was he Uncle Fester?

2334
01:25:57,440 --> 01:25:58,280
Was he Uncle Fester?

2335
01:25:59,940 --> 01:26:00,880
No, he wasn't.

2336
01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:01,920
OK, no, no, no.

2337
01:26:02,040 --> 01:26:03,080
Thanks, Trolls.

2338
01:26:04,440 --> 01:26:05,380
Well, maybe he.

2339
01:26:06,120 --> 01:26:07,760
Maybe I never watched that show.

2340
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:09,020
I had never watched that show.

2341
01:26:09,200 --> 01:26:11,140
But the thing was is that, you know,

2342
01:26:11,180 --> 01:26:12,660
Jackie always got the screener.

2343
01:26:12,680 --> 01:26:15,420
So after Jackie died, I went down to

2344
01:26:15,420 --> 01:26:17,620
help Jack sort out his father's things.

2345
01:26:17,980 --> 01:26:20,220
And he just takes out this like suitcase

2346
01:26:20,220 --> 01:26:20,780
full of stuff.

2347
01:26:20,900 --> 01:26:22,320
He goes, here's all the screeners from this

2348
01:26:22,320 --> 01:26:22,460
year.

2349
01:26:22,520 --> 01:26:23,260
Why don't you take them?

2350
01:26:25,020 --> 01:26:25,380
Nice.

2351
01:26:25,900 --> 01:26:27,420
And I went, well, how does it work?

2352
01:26:27,460 --> 01:26:28,680
And he said, well, they vote in two

2353
01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:29,120
rounds.

2354
01:26:29,480 --> 01:26:32,280
So first you do nominations and members can

2355
01:26:32,280 --> 01:26:34,360
only vote for that branch, their branch of

2356
01:26:34,360 --> 01:26:34,920
the industry.

2357
01:26:35,180 --> 01:26:36,740
So, you know, if you're so.

2358
01:26:36,900 --> 01:26:38,880
And then all members vote for the best

2359
01:26:38,880 --> 01:26:39,260
picture.

2360
01:26:41,020 --> 01:26:43,520
So when it came to something like 1969,

2361
01:26:44,160 --> 01:26:46,240
the popular vote was Barbra Streisand.

2362
01:26:46,440 --> 01:26:49,260
But the head of the academy said, well,

2363
01:26:49,340 --> 01:26:50,820
we can't, you know, this is the only

2364
01:26:50,820 --> 01:26:52,420
time Catherine Hepburn is ever going to get

2365
01:26:52,420 --> 01:26:55,020
a chance to get an Academy Award.

2366
01:26:55,200 --> 01:26:56,940
So they it was a it was a

2367
01:26:56,940 --> 01:26:57,600
pity award.

2368
01:26:57,800 --> 01:27:00,180
I'm pretty sure these days they vote by

2369
01:27:00,180 --> 01:27:01,780
skin color and gender.

2370
01:27:01,960 --> 01:27:03,000
That would be my guess.

2371
01:27:03,120 --> 01:27:05,000
That's pretty much how it's determined.

2372
01:27:05,360 --> 01:27:07,960
I really I only like the dead segment.

2373
01:27:08,060 --> 01:27:09,480
That's kind of my favorite.

2374
01:27:09,620 --> 01:27:10,400
The In Memoriam.

2375
01:27:12,080 --> 01:27:12,600
Oh, yeah.

2376
01:27:12,600 --> 01:27:13,780
I like I don't watch.

2377
01:27:14,120 --> 01:27:15,740
You know, I haven't been to a movie

2378
01:27:15,740 --> 01:27:19,560
in a theater for a long.

2379
01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:21,200
I can't even remember the last movie I

2380
01:27:21,200 --> 01:27:22,080
saw in a theater.

2381
01:27:23,960 --> 01:27:25,940
Although I although I hear Hoppers is a

2382
01:27:25,940 --> 01:27:27,100
very good movie to go see.

2383
01:27:27,220 --> 01:27:30,240
It's a it's a Pixar long cartoon, but

2384
01:27:30,240 --> 01:27:31,580
it's supposed to be quite interesting.

2385
01:27:31,980 --> 01:27:33,640
Now, I think the big one this year

2386
01:27:33,640 --> 01:27:35,280
is Sinners, which I have not seen.

2387
01:27:35,740 --> 01:27:36,760
I haven't seen it either.

2388
01:27:36,900 --> 01:27:38,220
Not familiar with it.

2389
01:27:38,380 --> 01:27:39,760
No, I'm not going to see it till

2390
01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:40,460
it hits Netflix.

2391
01:27:40,680 --> 01:27:41,420
You know, let's face it.

2392
01:27:41,420 --> 01:27:43,320
Yeah, we just watched the Melania movie.

2393
01:27:43,780 --> 01:27:45,280
The movie is a big word.

2394
01:27:45,760 --> 01:27:46,280
Documentary.

2395
01:27:47,520 --> 01:27:50,220
OK, it was it was it was nice.

2396
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:53,480
You know, it's completely lost on this American

2397
01:27:53,480 --> 01:27:54,500
public of today.

2398
01:27:55,800 --> 01:27:59,220
She's she's trying to she's really trying to

2399
01:27:59,220 --> 01:28:00,580
make something out of the White House.

2400
01:28:00,580 --> 01:28:02,880
And I think it's underappreciated.

2401
01:28:04,140 --> 01:28:06,320
And but she seems like a very nice,

2402
01:28:06,440 --> 01:28:07,520
very nice lady, actually.

2403
01:28:08,240 --> 01:28:10,360
The press doesn't cover her at all.

2404
01:28:10,360 --> 01:28:12,800
Well, no, she's married to the evil orange

2405
01:28:12,800 --> 01:28:13,120
man.

2406
01:28:13,180 --> 01:28:13,900
You can't have that.

2407
01:28:14,340 --> 01:28:14,440
Yeah.

2408
01:28:14,720 --> 01:28:16,400
They've been married for 20 years.

2409
01:28:16,500 --> 01:28:18,080
I didn't realize it was that long.

2410
01:28:18,900 --> 01:28:21,980
You know, this entire.

2411
01:28:23,040 --> 01:28:25,940
You know, I don't I really don't understand.

2412
01:28:26,340 --> 01:28:29,960
Again, my world is country over party, so.

2413
01:28:31,440 --> 01:28:33,580
Oh, how old school you are, Mimi.

2414
01:28:34,540 --> 01:28:36,320
I know I am so old school.

2415
01:28:36,480 --> 01:28:38,260
I'm showing my age, aren't I?

2416
01:28:38,260 --> 01:28:42,030
I'm sorry.

2417
01:28:42,130 --> 01:28:42,930
I had to rattle a paper.

2418
01:28:45,050 --> 01:28:45,850
Yes, yes.

2419
01:28:45,870 --> 01:28:46,910
There was an ant on it.

2420
01:28:46,970 --> 01:28:48,850
There's an ant on my and I'm not

2421
01:28:48,850 --> 01:28:49,650
used to having ants.

2422
01:28:49,950 --> 01:28:50,190
OK.

2423
01:28:52,690 --> 01:28:53,290
I'm done.

2424
01:28:53,450 --> 01:28:55,550
I don't have OK, then why don't we

2425
01:28:55,550 --> 01:28:58,830
thank a few people for supporting the best

2426
01:28:58,830 --> 01:29:00,110
podcast in the universe.

2427
01:29:00,230 --> 01:29:05,550
Currently, we have 1542 trolls who are no,

2428
01:29:05,610 --> 01:29:07,270
actually 1632.

2429
01:29:07,490 --> 01:29:08,310
OK, that's right.

2430
01:29:08,350 --> 01:29:09,930
I didn't scare them all away.

2431
01:29:11,230 --> 01:29:12,970
Well, isn't this a holiday weekend?

2432
01:29:13,150 --> 01:29:14,690
Do we have St. Patrick's Day once St.

2433
01:29:14,910 --> 01:29:15,390
Patrick's Day?

2434
01:29:15,470 --> 01:29:16,070
Is that this Monday?

2435
01:29:16,190 --> 01:29:16,630
Is it today?

2436
01:29:16,750 --> 01:29:17,170
When is it?

2437
01:29:17,230 --> 01:29:17,990
Ides of March.

2438
01:29:18,150 --> 01:29:18,910
When is this happening?

2439
01:29:19,050 --> 01:29:20,070
Don't you St. Patrick's Day?

2440
01:29:20,310 --> 01:29:21,590
It's the 17th.

2441
01:29:21,610 --> 01:29:23,890
But I think everybody started drinking yesterday.

2442
01:29:24,110 --> 01:29:24,430
Oh, yeah.

2443
01:29:25,210 --> 01:29:26,910
It's definitely a holiday weekend.

2444
01:29:27,070 --> 01:29:30,490
But people are in the troll room and

2445
01:29:30,490 --> 01:29:31,630
they're reasonably nice.

2446
01:29:31,670 --> 01:29:33,210
There's only one guy who really doesn't like

2447
01:29:33,210 --> 01:29:33,450
you.

2448
01:29:34,490 --> 01:29:35,290
Oh, really?

2449
01:29:35,430 --> 01:29:35,950
Is it John?

2450
01:29:37,650 --> 01:29:38,050
Hmm.

2451
01:29:39,430 --> 01:29:41,470
Interesting IP address I see there.

2452
01:29:41,550 --> 01:29:41,950
Yes.

2453
01:29:43,250 --> 01:29:44,770
John's like, I got to get back on

2454
01:29:44,770 --> 01:29:45,430
the mic, man.

2455
01:29:45,570 --> 01:29:46,870
Mimi's ruining the show.

2456
01:29:47,070 --> 01:29:48,250
He didn't actually say that.

2457
01:29:48,710 --> 01:29:49,870
I defended you.

2458
01:29:51,230 --> 01:29:52,090
It's fine.

2459
01:29:52,470 --> 01:29:54,350
So these trolls are hanging out the troll

2460
01:29:54,350 --> 01:29:54,530
room.

2461
01:29:54,610 --> 01:29:56,670
They're listening live on some of these modern

2462
01:29:56,670 --> 01:29:59,690
podcast apps, which you can find at podcastapps

2463
01:29:59,690 --> 01:30:00,170
.com.

2464
01:30:00,250 --> 01:30:02,250
And you can support us with time, talent

2465
01:30:02,250 --> 01:30:05,550
and treasure, which, well, the treasure part is

2466
01:30:05,550 --> 01:30:06,290
financial.

2467
01:30:06,290 --> 01:30:09,110
But then we also have different ways people

2468
01:30:09,110 --> 01:30:10,930
contribute with Boots on the Ground.

2469
01:30:11,030 --> 01:30:13,690
I got a lot of, let me find

2470
01:30:13,690 --> 01:30:14,230
them now.

2471
01:30:15,010 --> 01:30:16,750
I got a lot of Boots on the

2472
01:30:16,750 --> 01:30:22,950
Ground from our air traffic controllers.

2473
01:30:23,970 --> 01:30:24,550
Oh, good.

2474
01:30:25,050 --> 01:30:25,410
Yes.

2475
01:30:25,670 --> 01:30:27,510
And they said, Mimi's wrong.

2476
01:30:27,730 --> 01:30:28,630
She's so wrong.

2477
01:30:29,450 --> 01:30:31,610
There is no AI in the pipeline to

2478
01:30:31,610 --> 01:30:34,470
replace controllers, FAA or contract.

2479
01:30:34,470 --> 01:30:36,350
There's an increase of automation.

2480
01:30:36,630 --> 01:30:38,490
For example, D8 is PDC.

2481
01:30:38,990 --> 01:30:39,670
So that's weather.

2482
01:30:40,010 --> 01:30:46,130
Also, one of our producers actually is, he's

2483
01:30:46,130 --> 01:30:48,170
worked on the new NOTAM system.

2484
01:30:49,370 --> 01:30:50,190
Let me see.

2485
01:30:50,310 --> 01:30:53,990
So we got the, that was Sir Wags,

2486
01:30:54,210 --> 01:30:56,750
Knight of the Martin State Class Delta Airspace.

2487
01:30:56,890 --> 01:30:58,230
We have the anonymous controller.

2488
01:30:58,370 --> 01:30:59,910
He and his wife are both controllers.

2489
01:31:00,790 --> 01:31:03,830
AI in ATC, minimally based on the history

2490
01:31:03,830 --> 01:31:05,850
of implementation of technology and air traffic.

2491
01:31:05,950 --> 01:31:08,470
It'll be 10 years before ATC gets anything

2492
01:31:08,470 --> 01:31:11,030
because government takes so long to install things.

2493
01:31:11,750 --> 01:31:14,550
So he says, if you want 2026 technology,

2494
01:31:14,670 --> 01:31:16,170
you'll have to wait until 2036.

2495
01:31:16,870 --> 01:31:20,410
Contract towers, they're operated under contract privately with

2496
01:31:20,410 --> 01:31:20,990
the FAA.

2497
01:31:21,970 --> 01:31:25,070
Very strict, very strict rules on that.

2498
01:31:25,130 --> 01:31:26,730
They can't just do whatever they want.

2499
01:31:27,650 --> 01:31:29,150
And let me see.

2500
01:31:30,090 --> 01:31:32,510
Yeah, and another one from your servant of

2501
01:31:32,510 --> 01:31:33,130
the skies.

2502
01:31:33,790 --> 01:31:36,250
I can assure you there's no scenario in

2503
01:31:36,250 --> 01:31:38,530
which AI will be implemented anytime soon.

2504
01:31:38,650 --> 01:31:40,830
ATC needs the human in the loop, gut

2505
01:31:40,830 --> 01:31:43,150
instinct that AI simply can't replicate.

2506
01:31:43,330 --> 01:31:43,790
And I agree.

2507
01:31:44,630 --> 01:31:48,650
Well, I wish police departments would be more,

2508
01:31:48,970 --> 01:31:50,850
because right now, there's a lot of AI

2509
01:31:50,850 --> 01:31:55,070
routing with emergency dispatch around the country and

2510
01:31:55,070 --> 01:31:56,370
those, it's horrible.

2511
01:31:57,130 --> 01:31:58,650
I mean, they just don't understand what you're

2512
01:31:58,650 --> 01:31:59,030
saying.

2513
01:31:59,350 --> 01:32:00,690
Well, I can tell you what's going to

2514
01:32:00,690 --> 01:32:01,150
happen there.

2515
01:32:01,150 --> 01:32:03,290
It's just going to be AI answering the

2516
01:32:03,290 --> 01:32:04,530
phone and sending out a drone.

2517
01:32:04,730 --> 01:32:06,070
And then the drone will go to the

2518
01:32:06,070 --> 01:32:06,510
area.

2519
01:32:07,090 --> 01:32:08,430
Yeah, oh, no, this is happening.

2520
01:32:08,590 --> 01:32:11,650
This is guaranteed, guaranteed happening.

2521
01:32:11,950 --> 01:32:13,770
And then the drone will take a look.

2522
01:32:13,850 --> 01:32:14,890
I'm like, eh, do we need to send

2523
01:32:14,890 --> 01:32:15,810
a squad car out?

2524
01:32:15,890 --> 01:32:17,310
Nah, it looks like it resolved itself.

2525
01:32:18,410 --> 01:32:20,490
And all the rich people will have private

2526
01:32:20,490 --> 01:32:20,970
security.

2527
01:32:21,230 --> 01:32:23,010
That's what Mo actually predicted that.

2528
01:32:23,070 --> 01:32:23,990
And I think he's quite right.

2529
01:32:24,090 --> 01:32:25,350
Everybody else gets drones.

2530
01:32:26,630 --> 01:32:30,010
I recently re-listened to Snow Crash by

2531
01:32:30,010 --> 01:32:30,890
Neil Stevenson.

2532
01:32:30,890 --> 01:32:32,010
Great book.

2533
01:32:32,870 --> 01:32:34,830
I didn't realize it was a documentary.

2534
01:32:36,150 --> 01:32:39,150
You know, that's where the term metaverse came

2535
01:32:39,150 --> 01:32:39,550
from.

2536
01:32:40,370 --> 01:32:41,210
Yes, I know.

2537
01:32:41,390 --> 01:32:47,190
And I registered metaverse.com in 1994, maybe

2538
01:32:47,190 --> 01:32:47,930
1993.

2539
01:32:49,090 --> 01:32:52,090
And at the time, Neil Stevenson reached out.

2540
01:32:52,130 --> 01:32:54,050
He said, as long as you don't sell

2541
01:32:54,050 --> 01:32:56,490
anything with the term metaverse, I'm okay with

2542
01:32:56,490 --> 01:32:56,690
it.

2543
01:32:57,490 --> 01:32:59,190
And I think I wound up giving it

2544
01:32:59,190 --> 01:33:00,110
back to him, actually.

2545
01:33:00,890 --> 01:33:01,430
Yeah.

2546
01:33:01,510 --> 01:33:02,570
I'm pretty sure.

2547
01:33:03,330 --> 01:33:06,350
And he probably sold it to Facebook for

2548
01:33:06,350 --> 01:33:06,690
millions.

2549
01:33:07,550 --> 01:33:07,930
Probably.

2550
01:33:08,290 --> 01:33:10,650
Again, another exit strategy missed.

2551
01:33:12,030 --> 01:33:14,190
So that's a way that you can help

2552
01:33:14,190 --> 01:33:16,490
us with your time and your talent or

2553
01:33:16,490 --> 01:33:17,770
people make artwork.

2554
01:33:18,010 --> 01:33:21,550
And back on the scene as the art

2555
01:33:21,550 --> 01:33:24,470
pick for episode 1850, which of course we

2556
01:33:24,470 --> 01:33:26,550
had the title Error Bars, since we still

2557
01:33:26,550 --> 01:33:29,030
don't know what Sam Ullman's talking about, was

2558
01:33:29,030 --> 01:33:32,130
the one and only Nick the Rat, who

2559
01:33:32,130 --> 01:33:36,210
had a beautiful monkey licking the plate or

2560
01:33:36,210 --> 01:33:37,530
washing the dishes.

2561
01:33:38,790 --> 01:33:39,970
Of course he would.

2562
01:33:40,210 --> 01:33:42,630
So happy to see Nick back in the

2563
01:33:42,630 --> 01:33:46,190
charts, much to Darren O'Neill's chagrin, who

2564
01:33:46,190 --> 01:33:48,630
was about to surpass Nick the Rat on

2565
01:33:48,630 --> 01:33:49,930
the all-time chart.

2566
01:33:50,590 --> 01:33:52,290
No such luck, Darren.

2567
01:33:52,430 --> 01:33:53,770
Yeah, Nick the Rat, good one, brother.

2568
01:33:53,930 --> 01:33:54,450
Good one.

2569
01:33:55,310 --> 01:33:55,950
So we're happy.

2570
01:33:56,230 --> 01:33:58,030
It was quite a disturbing image.

2571
01:33:58,030 --> 01:34:01,770
Actually, it's a little odd.

2572
01:34:02,790 --> 01:34:05,330
So we also thank everyone who supports us

2573
01:34:05,330 --> 01:34:06,790
with their treasure.

2574
01:34:07,790 --> 01:34:10,450
You can do that by going to noagendashow

2575
01:34:10,450 --> 01:34:12,590
.net, noagendadonations.com.

2576
01:34:12,730 --> 01:34:15,510
We thank everybody who supports us, $50 and

2577
01:34:15,510 --> 01:34:15,890
above.

2578
01:34:16,350 --> 01:34:18,910
And we have a special bonus for those

2579
01:34:18,910 --> 01:34:20,370
who are fortunate enough to support us with

2580
01:34:20,370 --> 01:34:21,490
$200 or more.

2581
01:34:21,610 --> 01:34:24,010
We'll read your note within reason.

2582
01:34:24,210 --> 01:34:26,410
And we also give you an official Hollywood

2583
01:34:26,410 --> 01:34:30,630
credit of Associate Executive Producer, $300 or above.

2584
01:34:30,970 --> 01:34:32,910
That's when you become an Executive Producer of

2585
01:34:32,910 --> 01:34:33,610
the No Agenda Show.

2586
01:34:33,730 --> 01:34:36,690
Both those credits can be used anywhere that

2587
01:34:36,690 --> 01:34:40,670
phony baloney Hollywood uses credits, which goes beyond

2588
01:34:40,670 --> 01:34:42,430
Hollywood, but you can also put it on

2589
01:34:42,430 --> 01:34:43,450
imdb.com.

2590
01:34:43,530 --> 01:34:45,370
So it's a permanent record of you being

2591
01:34:45,370 --> 01:34:46,210
an actual producer.

2592
01:34:46,310 --> 01:34:47,510
You can use it in your resume.

2593
01:34:47,710 --> 01:34:49,370
If anyone ever asks you, we will vouch

2594
01:34:49,370 --> 01:34:49,750
for you.

2595
01:34:50,170 --> 01:34:53,370
And we kick it off with, let me

2596
01:34:53,370 --> 01:34:53,490
see.

2597
01:34:53,490 --> 01:34:57,190
I'll start with David French from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2598
01:34:57,190 --> 01:34:59,990
for $333 and 33 cents.

2599
01:35:00,410 --> 01:35:02,590
No note though from our friend David.

2600
01:35:02,930 --> 01:35:05,030
No, he gets a double up karma.

2601
01:35:05,730 --> 01:35:09,090
You've got karma.

2602
01:35:10,710 --> 01:35:13,710
Sir Aditya from India, Hyderabad.

2603
01:35:14,610 --> 01:35:18,570
Oh, but he's somehow is in, yeah, what's

2604
01:35:18,570 --> 01:35:19,710
TS in India?

2605
01:35:20,550 --> 01:35:25,470
I wonder what TS, well, Hyderabad is Hyderabad.

2606
01:35:25,770 --> 01:35:27,530
That's his town.

2607
01:35:28,470 --> 01:35:30,630
Sir Aditya from India, not from Pakiland.

2608
01:35:30,790 --> 01:35:31,630
I am from India.

2609
01:35:32,210 --> 01:35:33,970
My best wishes to JCD and Mimi.

2610
01:35:34,130 --> 01:35:36,730
Please extend karma for all the keeper and

2611
01:35:36,730 --> 01:35:38,630
Mimi give me hope that there's hope for

2612
01:35:38,630 --> 01:35:39,530
me after all.

2613
01:35:40,290 --> 01:35:41,470
I guess that's a good thing.

2614
01:35:43,110 --> 01:35:44,790
You've got karma.

2615
01:35:46,850 --> 01:35:48,610
I figured out where the notes are.

2616
01:35:50,110 --> 01:35:54,790
Sir Tigger Max from Willis, Texas, $333 and

2617
01:35:54,790 --> 01:35:55,550
33 cents.

2618
01:35:55,630 --> 01:35:59,010
He says greetings to all three, both vertical

2619
01:35:59,010 --> 01:35:59,770
and horizontal.

2620
01:36:00,830 --> 01:36:01,470
Wait a second.

2621
01:36:01,730 --> 01:36:02,090
I don't know.

2622
01:36:02,110 --> 01:36:02,730
Which one am I?

2623
01:36:02,810 --> 01:36:04,110
I have no idea which one.

2624
01:36:04,110 --> 01:36:04,970
Are you laying down?

2625
01:36:05,210 --> 01:36:05,950
Are you laying down?

2626
01:36:06,050 --> 01:36:07,790
No, no, I'm not on the, John is

2627
01:36:07,790 --> 01:36:08,650
on the chaise.

2628
01:36:09,830 --> 01:36:10,270
Okay.

2629
01:36:11,770 --> 01:36:13,990
Prayers for JCD's total recovery.

2630
01:36:14,590 --> 01:36:16,190
Prayers to Adam to keep the show on

2631
01:36:16,190 --> 01:36:19,130
an even keel and huzzahs and thanks to

2632
01:36:19,130 --> 01:36:22,770
Mimi for stepping up in, stepping in, oh,

2633
01:36:23,170 --> 01:36:25,810
bringing a cheery smile and sharing Dvorak stories

2634
01:36:25,810 --> 01:36:27,030
of the strange and unusual.

2635
01:36:27,290 --> 01:36:27,950
She's a natural.

2636
01:36:28,270 --> 01:36:28,370
Amen.

2637
01:36:28,630 --> 01:36:28,750
Thank you.

2638
01:36:28,810 --> 01:36:29,350
Yes, you are.

2639
01:36:29,510 --> 01:36:29,970
Thank you.

2640
01:36:30,490 --> 01:36:32,790
Please accept this donation as an encouragement for

2641
01:36:32,790 --> 01:36:36,850
JCD's return, but in the unlikely apocalyptic event

2642
01:36:36,850 --> 01:36:40,390
that he does not survive, please use the

2643
01:36:40,390 --> 01:36:42,550
money to buy as much cheap Kirkland Bordeaux

2644
01:36:42,550 --> 01:36:44,050
as possible for John's wake.

2645
01:36:44,190 --> 01:36:45,670
Oh, what a sweet thought.

2646
01:36:46,630 --> 01:36:47,670
Stay safe.

2647
01:36:48,050 --> 01:36:51,370
Sir, Tigger Max, not Trigger Max, because I

2648
01:36:51,370 --> 01:36:53,830
guess we said Trigger and it triggered Tigger.

2649
01:36:55,590 --> 01:36:58,210
Chris Bowers is in Duluth, Georgia.

2650
01:36:59,410 --> 01:37:00,610
Oh, we're at the Associates already.

2651
01:37:00,750 --> 01:37:03,770
Associate Executive Producer, $2.78 and 77 cents.

2652
01:37:03,930 --> 01:37:05,610
ITM Gents and Lady.

2653
01:37:06,410 --> 01:37:08,590
John, I miss your unabashed candor.

2654
01:37:08,930 --> 01:37:10,750
I'm looking forward to hearing you again soon.

2655
01:37:10,870 --> 01:37:12,370
Adam, I think you're due for a Rogan

2656
01:37:12,370 --> 01:37:12,710
visit.

2657
01:37:13,690 --> 01:37:15,370
Yeah, that's not how it works.

2658
01:37:16,270 --> 01:37:19,910
It's like, hey, usually it's like Joe will

2659
01:37:19,910 --> 01:37:22,230
text me something and then we're texting for

2660
01:37:22,230 --> 01:37:23,690
about a month and then it's like, oh,

2661
01:37:23,690 --> 01:37:24,750
you know, you should come on the show.

2662
01:37:24,990 --> 01:37:25,650
Please deduce.

2663
01:37:27,350 --> 01:37:28,970
You've been deduced.

2664
01:37:29,150 --> 01:37:29,910
Please deduce me.

2665
01:37:29,990 --> 01:37:30,950
It's been a couple of years.

2666
01:37:31,030 --> 01:37:32,190
The rent is too damn high.

2667
01:37:32,470 --> 01:37:34,730
Also, please note that the that Avery is

2668
01:37:34,730 --> 01:37:35,370
a douchebag.

2669
01:37:36,990 --> 01:37:38,490
And Ben is a douchebag.

2670
01:37:40,290 --> 01:37:43,250
And then he finally says, wait, what about

2671
01:37:43,250 --> 01:37:43,770
Ohana?

2672
01:37:44,730 --> 01:37:45,830
Ohana's a douchebag.

2673
01:37:47,230 --> 01:37:48,330
I missed that.

2674
01:37:48,930 --> 01:37:49,690
Okay, hold on.

2675
01:37:49,790 --> 01:37:51,790
I need the, there we go.

2676
01:37:53,230 --> 01:37:53,790
Oh, wait a minute.

2677
01:37:53,870 --> 01:37:55,310
He wants to screw your freedom.

2678
01:37:56,410 --> 01:37:57,090
What's that?

2679
01:37:59,610 --> 01:38:00,590
How come I can't?

2680
01:38:00,650 --> 01:38:01,570
Oh, yeah, I got it here.

2681
01:38:02,910 --> 01:38:03,830
Everything's mislabeled.

2682
01:38:04,370 --> 01:38:05,210
Screw your freedom.

2683
01:38:05,370 --> 01:38:06,790
Oh, and an R2D2 karma.

2684
01:38:06,970 --> 01:38:09,570
Hooey, hooey, kindly, Chris Bowers.

2685
01:38:10,070 --> 01:38:11,270
Screw your freedom.

2686
01:38:12,910 --> 01:38:15,710
You've got karma.

2687
01:38:21,580 --> 01:38:26,320
Okay, next is Dame Donkey Puncher from Yorkville,

2688
01:38:26,460 --> 01:38:26,760
Illinois.

2689
01:38:27,960 --> 01:38:29,480
For $250.

2690
01:38:30,180 --> 01:38:31,800
Hello, donation switcheroo.

2691
01:38:31,940 --> 01:38:34,560
Please credit my amazing husband, Ryan George.

2692
01:38:35,420 --> 01:38:37,420
Wouldn't that be Mr. Donkey Puncher?

2693
01:38:37,800 --> 01:38:41,000
Our stupid city council just voted to move

2694
01:38:41,000 --> 01:38:43,660
forward on a proposal to build 14 centers

2695
01:38:43,660 --> 01:38:47,120
in our small town of Yorkville, Illinois.

2696
01:38:47,380 --> 01:38:50,080
I'm calling on our no agenda nation to

2697
01:38:50,080 --> 01:38:52,600
send me information on how to fight these

2698
01:38:52,600 --> 01:38:53,240
yahoos.

2699
01:38:53,700 --> 01:38:58,420
Please email me at DTGeorge17 at hotmail.com.

2700
01:38:59,940 --> 01:39:02,560
Love, light, and a speedy recovery to Dvorak.

2701
01:39:02,720 --> 01:39:03,820
Dame Donkey Puncher.

2702
01:39:04,120 --> 01:39:08,260
Yeah, you know, the problem is your municipality

2703
01:39:08,260 --> 01:39:09,600
already sold out to him.

2704
01:39:10,260 --> 01:39:11,060
That's the problem.

2705
01:39:11,780 --> 01:39:15,960
Ronald Maxodon is in Batavia, Illinois.

2706
01:39:16,320 --> 01:39:16,840
$250.

2707
01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:19,060
No notes, so he gets a double up

2708
01:39:19,060 --> 01:39:19,440
karma.

2709
01:39:19,900 --> 01:39:23,300
You've got karma.

2710
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:29,140
Patrick Romeo, Santa Fe Springs, California.

2711
01:39:29,520 --> 01:39:30,140
$250.

2712
01:39:30,900 --> 01:39:32,560
Been listening to the show since I was

2713
01:39:32,560 --> 01:39:35,580
22 and I'm 37 now, but I've never

2714
01:39:35,580 --> 01:39:36,180
donated.

2715
01:39:37,060 --> 01:39:38,520
Oh, hold on.

2716
01:39:39,360 --> 01:39:41,220
You've been dedouched.

2717
01:39:44,120 --> 01:39:46,540
You both have changed my life and I

2718
01:39:46,540 --> 01:39:49,080
had a crazy, wonderful life along the way.

2719
01:39:49,440 --> 01:39:51,300
My heart broke when I heard about JCD.

2720
01:39:51,660 --> 01:39:54,700
Just need some job seeking karma and JCD's

2721
01:39:54,700 --> 01:39:55,140
recovery.

2722
01:39:55,540 --> 01:39:58,980
Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs.

2723
01:39:59,180 --> 01:40:00,680
Let's vote for jobs.

2724
01:40:04,020 --> 01:40:06,860
Rick Bunch is in Laverkin, Utah.

2725
01:40:06,860 --> 01:40:09,280
He says ducks and eggs for JCD.

2726
01:40:09,700 --> 01:40:11,840
I've never even heard of that.

2727
01:40:12,780 --> 01:40:15,260
I just watched Racket News implode and it

2728
01:40:15,260 --> 01:40:19,300
helped me realize insight and consistency rarely converge.

2729
01:40:19,340 --> 01:40:21,120
Yeah, do you know about this?

2730
01:40:21,220 --> 01:40:22,360
You know what Racket News is?

2731
01:40:22,940 --> 01:40:23,440
No.

2732
01:40:23,580 --> 01:40:25,780
That's, what's his name?

2733
01:40:25,980 --> 01:40:26,700
Matt Taibbi?

2734
01:40:27,580 --> 01:40:28,700
Oh yeah, I've watched it.

2735
01:40:28,880 --> 01:40:32,640
Yeah, so Matt Taibbi with his buddy, what's

2736
01:40:32,640 --> 01:40:33,540
his buddy's name?

2737
01:40:33,620 --> 01:40:34,280
I keep forgetting.

2738
01:40:34,280 --> 01:40:37,500
So, I don't know, something happened and I

2739
01:40:37,500 --> 01:40:40,500
saw it unfolding on X, but I really

2740
01:40:40,500 --> 01:40:42,500
don't know exactly what happened.

2741
01:40:43,140 --> 01:40:45,500
But it is true that, you know, it's

2742
01:40:45,500 --> 01:40:49,480
not easy to keep something going.

2743
01:40:49,820 --> 01:40:55,200
And it's quite wonderful that John and I

2744
01:40:55,200 --> 01:40:57,080
have been doing this for over 18 years.

2745
01:40:57,460 --> 01:40:58,660
Oh, it's amazing.

2746
01:40:59,160 --> 01:41:00,620
And, you know, you guys do a great

2747
01:41:00,620 --> 01:41:02,620
job and I didn't realize how hard it

2748
01:41:02,620 --> 01:41:02,940
was.

2749
01:41:05,920 --> 01:41:07,340
Tina's been talking about that.

2750
01:41:07,400 --> 01:41:09,120
She's, ha, ha, maybe you didn't know how

2751
01:41:09,120 --> 01:41:09,680
hard it was.

2752
01:41:11,280 --> 01:41:12,000
That's right.

2753
01:41:12,140 --> 01:41:13,140
It's not easy.

2754
01:41:13,340 --> 01:41:14,980
We just make it look easy.

2755
01:41:15,060 --> 01:41:15,760
That's our problem.

2756
01:41:16,320 --> 01:41:18,760
Well, John makes everything look easy, let's face

2757
01:41:18,760 --> 01:41:19,000
it.

2758
01:41:19,140 --> 01:41:20,220
It's just the way he is.

2759
01:41:20,460 --> 01:41:20,860
Yes.

2760
01:41:21,660 --> 01:41:21,940
Yep.

2761
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:24,320
So, you're reading the next one.

2762
01:41:24,400 --> 01:41:25,700
I'm not reading Linda Lou Patkin.

2763
01:41:25,920 --> 01:41:26,280
Sorry.

2764
01:41:26,740 --> 01:41:28,020
You don't like Linda Lou Patkin?

2765
01:41:28,480 --> 01:41:30,440
No, it's just her words are too big

2766
01:41:30,440 --> 01:41:30,840
for me.

2767
01:41:33,770 --> 01:41:34,710
Hold on a second.

2768
01:41:34,710 --> 01:41:37,130
That's a definite opening of the show.

2769
01:41:37,290 --> 01:41:38,590
Her words are too big for me.

2770
01:41:38,650 --> 01:41:38,890
Okay.

2771
01:41:39,290 --> 01:41:41,470
Linda Lou Patkin wants jobs, karma, and she

2772
01:41:41,470 --> 01:41:43,010
writes big words.

2773
01:41:43,250 --> 01:41:44,850
For a competitive edge with a resume that

2774
01:41:44,850 --> 01:41:47,370
gets results, go to ImageMakersInc.com.

2775
01:41:47,490 --> 01:41:50,790
Linda applies executive level positioning to career transitions

2776
01:41:50,790 --> 01:41:52,070
at every stage.

2777
01:41:52,590 --> 01:41:53,950
That's ImageMakersInc with a K.

2778
01:41:54,070 --> 01:41:54,910
And work with Linda Lou.

2779
01:41:54,990 --> 01:41:58,210
She is the Duchess of Jobs and the

2780
01:41:58,210 --> 01:41:59,690
writer of winning resumes.

2781
01:41:59,870 --> 01:42:00,910
All the best from Linda.

2782
01:42:01,210 --> 01:42:04,470
Jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs.

2783
01:42:04,710 --> 01:42:06,150
Let's vote for jobs.

2784
01:42:12,050 --> 01:42:15,330
And now we have AJ of the Rocket

2785
01:42:15,330 --> 01:42:17,930
City, Tallahassee, Alabama, $200.

2786
01:42:19,010 --> 01:42:21,550
ITM to John, Adam, Mimi, the temp.

2787
01:42:22,130 --> 01:42:23,090
Mimi the temp.

2788
01:42:23,230 --> 01:42:23,790
Oh, thank you.

2789
01:42:25,050 --> 01:42:27,410
The back office and all the producers out

2790
01:42:27,410 --> 01:42:27,710
there.

2791
01:42:28,050 --> 01:42:29,750
No agenda is always at the top of

2792
01:42:29,750 --> 01:42:31,270
my podcast listening queue.

2793
01:42:31,530 --> 01:42:34,010
I hope John is using his recuperative time

2794
01:42:34,480 --> 01:42:36,590
to ruminate on the news and comes back

2795
01:42:36,590 --> 01:42:38,550
strong with his insightful deconstruction.

2796
01:42:39,050 --> 01:42:41,130
This donation brings me to Damehood.

2797
01:42:41,550 --> 01:42:45,030
I've been donating monthly since December 2022.

2798
01:42:45,690 --> 01:42:48,690
My ancestors were the original settlers in Madison

2799
01:42:48,690 --> 01:42:49,630
County, Alabama.

2800
01:42:50,170 --> 01:42:52,650
My vast extended family is still mostly in

2801
01:42:52,650 --> 01:42:54,050
and around Huntsville, Alabama.

2802
01:42:54,530 --> 01:42:56,730
In order of my heritage, and if the

2803
01:42:56,730 --> 01:42:59,470
peerage committee agrees, I would like to claim

2804
01:42:59,470 --> 01:43:01,750
the title of Dame AJ of the Rocket

2805
01:43:01,750 --> 01:43:05,930
City with Madison County, Alabama as my protectorate.

2806
01:43:06,410 --> 01:43:08,550
Shout out to the Huntsville area Knights and

2807
01:43:08,550 --> 01:43:08,790
Dames.

2808
01:43:08,930 --> 01:43:10,170
I hope to see you at the round

2809
01:43:10,170 --> 01:43:10,570
table.

2810
01:43:11,110 --> 01:43:11,530
Round table.

2811
01:43:11,670 --> 01:43:12,610
Oh, we'll go on to that.

2812
01:43:12,850 --> 01:43:15,410
We'll go to the request when you and

2813
01:43:15,410 --> 01:43:16,190
John.

2814
01:43:16,730 --> 01:43:17,210
Yes.

2815
01:43:17,410 --> 01:43:17,670
Yes.

2816
01:43:17,810 --> 01:43:20,030
We're doing all knighting and damings.

2817
01:43:20,210 --> 01:43:23,210
We're doing in a big celebratory episode when

2818
01:43:23,210 --> 01:43:24,450
John returns to the show.

2819
01:43:24,730 --> 01:43:26,130
So it's official.

2820
01:43:26,310 --> 01:43:28,550
So no one can say later, you're not

2821
01:43:28,550 --> 01:43:31,130
really a dame because you'd only got, it

2822
01:43:31,130 --> 01:43:32,730
wasn't a real sword.

2823
01:43:32,910 --> 01:43:33,870
Wasn't a real thing.

2824
01:43:34,170 --> 01:43:36,350
So John's going to have to build up

2825
01:43:36,350 --> 01:43:37,610
to swinging around that sword.

2826
01:43:38,390 --> 01:43:39,650
He'll be fine.

2827
01:43:39,770 --> 01:43:41,690
He just needs that little heart pillow and

2828
01:43:41,690 --> 01:43:42,390
he'll be okay.

2829
01:43:43,230 --> 01:43:44,370
She wants what?

2830
01:43:44,450 --> 01:43:45,530
She want to double up karma?

2831
01:43:46,410 --> 01:43:46,650
Yes.

2832
01:43:46,850 --> 01:43:49,310
With smoking blues guitar lick.

2833
01:43:49,710 --> 01:43:51,810
I don't know if that's included in this,

2834
01:43:52,010 --> 01:43:55,650
but you've got karma.

2835
01:43:57,230 --> 01:43:59,590
I don't know about a smoking blues guitar

2836
01:43:59,590 --> 01:43:59,870
lick.

2837
01:43:59,870 --> 01:44:01,110
I'm not familiar with that.

2838
01:44:01,370 --> 01:44:02,810
Maybe a harp.

2839
01:44:04,800 --> 01:44:05,500
I don't think so.

2840
01:44:06,460 --> 01:44:09,080
Thank you to these executive and associate executive

2841
01:44:09,080 --> 01:44:11,280
producers of episode 1851.

2842
01:44:11,620 --> 01:44:14,240
We appreciate your support of the show, particularly

2843
01:44:14,240 --> 01:44:20,040
as we have a fill-in and it's

2844
01:44:20,040 --> 01:44:22,200
not exactly the same show, but y'all

2845
01:44:22,200 --> 01:44:24,380
are really helping us through it and keeping

2846
01:44:24,380 --> 01:44:26,540
it all positive and all of the well

2847
01:44:26,540 --> 01:44:27,920
wishes for John are appreciated.

2848
01:44:27,920 --> 01:44:31,660
I'm keeping every single email that you've sent

2849
01:44:31,660 --> 01:44:33,920
to him and copied me on or to

2850
01:44:33,920 --> 01:44:34,200
me.

2851
01:44:34,280 --> 01:44:35,480
So I'll make sure that he gets every

2852
01:44:35,480 --> 01:44:37,980
single one upon his return.

2853
01:44:38,120 --> 01:44:39,480
And we just appreciate it so much.

2854
01:44:39,520 --> 01:44:40,760
And we'll be thanking the rest of our

2855
01:44:40,760 --> 01:44:43,800
supporters in the time, talent and treasure value

2856
01:44:43,800 --> 01:44:45,480
for value model, which is very simple.

2857
01:44:45,860 --> 01:44:47,980
All you have to do is recognize you

2858
01:44:47,980 --> 01:44:49,100
got some value from the show.

2859
01:44:49,200 --> 01:44:51,380
When that happens, like, ah, let me give

2860
01:44:51,380 --> 01:44:52,500
something back to these guys.

2861
01:44:52,740 --> 01:44:54,380
There's no other way you need to do

2862
01:44:54,380 --> 01:44:54,500
it.

2863
01:44:54,520 --> 01:44:55,860
Just put that into a number.

2864
01:44:55,860 --> 01:44:58,560
Go to knowagendadonations.com and send it off.

2865
01:44:58,660 --> 01:45:01,540
And congratulations to these executive and associate executive

2866
01:45:01,540 --> 01:45:02,980
producers of 1851.

2867
01:45:03,300 --> 01:45:04,400
Our formula is this.

2868
01:45:05,240 --> 01:45:05,940
We go out.

2869
01:45:06,260 --> 01:45:07,780
We hit people in the mouth.

2870
01:45:23,080 --> 01:45:24,360
Let's see.

2871
01:45:24,360 --> 01:45:27,180
I still have a couple of things that

2872
01:45:27,180 --> 01:45:29,680
we we can talk about.

2873
01:45:30,240 --> 01:45:32,540
I have let me see.

2874
01:45:32,620 --> 01:45:34,680
We did the did the Oscars.

2875
01:45:35,300 --> 01:45:36,400
Yeah, I had.

2876
01:45:37,020 --> 01:45:37,620
Yes.

2877
01:45:37,740 --> 01:45:39,400
And you could ask me anything you want

2878
01:45:39,400 --> 01:45:40,760
about John and I sense.

2879
01:45:41,360 --> 01:45:43,880
If he's listening, he'll get it'll get his

2880
01:45:43,880 --> 01:45:44,440
heart rate up.

2881
01:45:44,760 --> 01:45:45,400
Oh, OK.

2882
01:45:45,680 --> 01:45:49,100
What other celebrities have you dated except for

2883
01:45:49,100 --> 01:45:50,380
Jackie Cooper's son?

2884
01:45:52,780 --> 01:45:55,200
Well, some of them I can't talk about.

2885
01:45:55,580 --> 01:45:57,560
Well, you can mention their names, can't you?

2886
01:45:58,320 --> 01:45:58,460
No.

2887
01:45:58,680 --> 01:45:59,660
And in some cases, no.

2888
01:45:59,800 --> 01:46:01,320
What do you what are they in the

2889
01:46:01,320 --> 01:46:02,660
witness protection program?

2890
01:46:02,840 --> 01:46:03,940
What is this?

2891
01:46:05,400 --> 01:46:06,760
We want we're OK.

2892
01:46:07,380 --> 01:46:08,020
Wait a minute.

2893
01:46:08,080 --> 01:46:08,840
What happened to you?

2894
01:46:08,900 --> 01:46:10,220
You can ask me anything you want.

2895
01:46:10,740 --> 01:46:12,200
That was fake news.

2896
01:46:12,740 --> 01:46:15,120
Well, OK, I hang out with comedians.

2897
01:46:15,240 --> 01:46:16,940
Yeah, JFK Junior.

2898
01:46:17,160 --> 01:46:17,840
Did you date him?

2899
01:46:17,900 --> 01:46:18,620
JFK Junior?

2900
01:46:19,320 --> 01:46:20,780
No, no, no candidate.

2901
01:46:20,920 --> 01:46:23,320
No, no, no candidates.

2902
01:46:23,620 --> 01:46:27,040
No, no, no, no.

2903
01:46:27,160 --> 01:46:27,320
All right.

2904
01:46:27,620 --> 01:46:30,600
But well, I was I was friends with

2905
01:46:30,600 --> 01:46:31,340
Robin Williams.

2906
01:46:31,480 --> 01:46:34,240
I mean, I met him because I didn't

2907
01:46:34,240 --> 01:46:36,020
watch TV and I was walking through the

2908
01:46:36,020 --> 01:46:36,780
Holy City Zoo.

2909
01:46:36,800 --> 01:46:38,640
And I he was on stage and I

2910
01:46:38,640 --> 01:46:39,800
just completely dissed him.

2911
01:46:40,600 --> 01:46:42,000
I had no clue who he was.

2912
01:46:42,060 --> 01:46:43,340
Was this and I was this the Mork

2913
01:46:43,340 --> 01:46:44,140
and Mindy days.

2914
01:46:44,840 --> 01:46:46,140
It was the Mork and Mindy days right

2915
01:46:46,140 --> 01:46:47,240
after he'd done Popeye.

2916
01:46:47,240 --> 01:46:49,540
And I went walking through and he said

2917
01:46:49,540 --> 01:46:50,040
something to me.

2918
01:46:50,120 --> 01:46:51,540
I was just heading back to the bathroom.

2919
01:46:51,540 --> 01:46:53,480
And I told him, you know, hey, I'll

2920
01:46:53,480 --> 01:46:54,580
talk to you when I get back.

2921
01:46:56,680 --> 01:46:58,900
And after the show, he comes up and

2922
01:46:58,900 --> 01:47:00,620
he goes, do you know who I am?

2923
01:47:00,640 --> 01:47:01,780
And I hate that question.

2924
01:47:01,800 --> 01:47:02,800
It really annoys me.

2925
01:47:02,840 --> 01:47:04,500
And I went, who do you think you

2926
01:47:04,500 --> 01:47:04,760
are?

2927
01:47:05,020 --> 01:47:05,300
You know what?

2928
01:47:05,320 --> 01:47:05,880
You tell me.

2929
01:47:06,160 --> 01:47:07,320
And and love.

2930
01:47:07,460 --> 01:47:08,680
It was love at first sight.

2931
01:47:09,140 --> 01:47:10,340
Well, we became friends.

2932
01:47:10,400 --> 01:47:12,920
We were good friends and friends.

2933
01:47:12,980 --> 01:47:14,680
Everybody air quotes friends.

2934
01:47:14,680 --> 01:47:18,080
What we do is after he'd show up

2935
01:47:18,080 --> 01:47:20,340
and we'd go out and play on the

2936
01:47:20,340 --> 01:47:22,460
playground, you know, at 2 a.m. after

2937
01:47:22,460 --> 01:47:23,400
bar time.

2938
01:47:24,060 --> 01:47:27,400
And was this when he was doing a

2939
01:47:27,400 --> 01:47:29,260
lot of coke or what was happening?

2940
01:47:29,900 --> 01:47:30,780
Well, yeah, there was that.

2941
01:47:30,920 --> 01:47:31,940
But no, we would go out.

2942
01:47:32,000 --> 01:47:33,640
It's just it's one of those things that,

2943
01:47:33,680 --> 01:47:34,940
you know, you have to decompress.

2944
01:47:35,040 --> 01:47:37,140
We went out to, you know, the coffee

2945
01:47:37,140 --> 01:47:39,020
shops that were open 24 hours and hang

2946
01:47:39,020 --> 01:47:39,300
out.

2947
01:47:39,740 --> 01:47:41,940
But that was always uncomfortable because people would

2948
01:47:41,940 --> 01:47:43,560
always come up to him and want to

2949
01:47:43,560 --> 01:47:44,900
talk to him and think that they knew

2950
01:47:44,900 --> 01:47:46,480
him because he was on more community.

2951
01:47:47,180 --> 01:47:49,340
And he sometimes just needed to decompress.

2952
01:47:49,460 --> 01:47:50,780
So I'd be like, let's go to the

2953
01:47:50,780 --> 01:47:51,100
playground.

2954
01:47:52,160 --> 01:47:53,900
And the first time he went, well, I

2955
01:47:53,900 --> 01:47:55,280
can't swing on the swings.

2956
01:47:55,280 --> 01:47:56,380
I'm under contract.

2957
01:47:56,480 --> 01:47:58,400
And if I get hurt, I'm like, what

2958
01:47:58,400 --> 01:48:00,180
kind of what kind of whimper you?

2959
01:48:00,300 --> 01:48:01,460
I mean, how many times did you get

2960
01:48:01,460 --> 01:48:02,960
hurt as a kid on the swings?

2961
01:48:03,500 --> 01:48:04,260
Anyone will never.

2962
01:48:04,480 --> 01:48:05,400
I go, well, so swing.

2963
01:48:06,020 --> 01:48:08,120
So we we swing with, you know, we

2964
01:48:08,120 --> 01:48:08,820
run around.

2965
01:48:08,960 --> 01:48:11,080
We, you know, at one point we have

2966
01:48:11,080 --> 01:48:12,520
like five or six people with us.

2967
01:48:12,520 --> 01:48:15,680
We do invisible baseball games and just act

2968
01:48:15,680 --> 01:48:16,140
goofy.

2969
01:48:16,300 --> 01:48:18,720
So I have a couple of questions here,

2970
01:48:18,760 --> 01:48:19,200
obviously.

2971
01:48:20,080 --> 01:48:23,440
Question number one, was he as funny when

2972
01:48:23,440 --> 01:48:25,220
he was not on stage or in front

2973
01:48:25,220 --> 01:48:26,500
of the camera as he was off?

2974
01:48:26,520 --> 01:48:28,000
Was he the same hyper guy?

2975
01:48:28,100 --> 01:48:30,140
Would he jump into voices and do crazy

2976
01:48:30,140 --> 01:48:30,540
stuff?

2977
01:48:31,340 --> 01:48:32,180
No, nope.

2978
01:48:32,400 --> 01:48:32,980
He was.

2979
01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:35,500
You would be lucky in an evening if

2980
01:48:35,500 --> 01:48:37,180
you got five words out of him.

2981
01:48:37,540 --> 01:48:40,600
He was very quiet, introvert, very introverted.

2982
01:48:41,040 --> 01:48:42,680
Matter of fact, when he would come, I

2983
01:48:42,680 --> 01:48:44,520
was a day bartender at a comedy club,

2984
01:48:44,540 --> 01:48:46,200
and he'd come by when he was doing

2985
01:48:46,200 --> 01:48:47,680
like Moscow on the Hudson.

2986
01:48:48,620 --> 01:48:49,720
And I love that movie.

2987
01:48:49,820 --> 01:48:50,740
That was a good movie.

2988
01:48:51,220 --> 01:48:52,680
I love Moscow on the Hudson.

2989
01:48:53,100 --> 01:48:55,000
Well, he was getting Russian lessons at that

2990
01:48:55,000 --> 01:48:55,280
point.

2991
01:48:55,420 --> 01:48:56,820
And but that was right after his son

2992
01:48:56,820 --> 01:48:57,340
was born.

2993
01:48:57,600 --> 01:48:59,260
The first son, Zachary.

2994
01:48:59,840 --> 01:49:01,620
And he said at the bar and I

2995
01:49:01,620 --> 01:49:02,960
would have to and I knew something was

2996
01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:03,540
bothering him.

2997
01:49:03,580 --> 01:49:05,860
And I'd go, it'd be 20 questions, you

2998
01:49:05,860 --> 01:49:07,860
know, you know, you look sad.

2999
01:49:08,160 --> 01:49:08,520
Yeah.

3000
01:49:09,070 --> 01:49:12,060
Uh, was he depressed?

3001
01:49:12,540 --> 01:49:13,960
Did you feel he was like a depressed

3002
01:49:13,960 --> 01:49:14,520
kind of guy?

3003
01:49:15,300 --> 01:49:16,680
He he was moody.

3004
01:49:16,880 --> 01:49:18,160
I think he was kind of moody, but

3005
01:49:18,160 --> 01:49:19,260
he was just an introvert.

3006
01:49:19,380 --> 01:49:20,460
I'm moody, too.

3007
01:49:20,840 --> 01:49:21,940
You know, it's fine.

3008
01:49:22,480 --> 01:49:25,680
So here's your choice of title for today's

3009
01:49:25,680 --> 01:49:25,920
show.

3010
01:49:26,060 --> 01:49:29,200
You can either choose Mark and Mimi or

3011
01:49:29,200 --> 01:49:30,640
swinging with Mimi.

3012
01:49:31,000 --> 01:49:31,800
It's up to you.

3013
01:49:31,980 --> 01:49:32,880
It's one of the two.

3014
01:49:33,420 --> 01:49:35,940
You should wait until till my last set

3015
01:49:35,940 --> 01:49:36,440
of clips.

3016
01:49:36,520 --> 01:49:37,620
We have a better thing there.

3017
01:49:39,380 --> 01:49:42,300
But the thing so that, you know, we

3018
01:49:42,300 --> 01:49:43,520
just saw each other here and there.

3019
01:49:43,660 --> 01:49:44,200
We knew each other.

3020
01:49:44,320 --> 01:49:44,700
We talked.

3021
01:49:44,800 --> 01:49:46,340
We had lots of mutual friends.

3022
01:49:47,660 --> 01:49:50,140
You know, Robin was a very sweet character

3023
01:49:50,140 --> 01:49:51,260
and he was very thoughtful.

3024
01:49:51,720 --> 01:49:53,260
And I always thought that, you know, he

3025
01:49:53,260 --> 01:49:55,960
he had a lot of depth to him.

3026
01:49:57,020 --> 01:49:58,380
But it was it was only when you

3027
01:49:58,380 --> 01:49:59,660
get four or five people in the room

3028
01:49:59,660 --> 01:50:00,960
that he'd turn into that guy.

3029
01:50:01,040 --> 01:50:03,640
You know, I'm on let's perform.

3030
01:50:05,340 --> 01:50:06,520
You know, really cool.

3031
01:50:06,660 --> 01:50:07,320
That's pretty cool.

3032
01:50:07,320 --> 01:50:11,120
I saw him about I don't know, it

3033
01:50:11,120 --> 01:50:13,520
was about three weeks before he did himself

3034
01:50:13,520 --> 01:50:13,860
in.

3035
01:50:15,080 --> 01:50:17,040
And, you know, here we'd known each other

3036
01:50:17,040 --> 01:50:18,040
for years.

3037
01:50:18,260 --> 01:50:22,280
I mean, and he he is after a

3038
01:50:22,280 --> 01:50:24,560
performance that he did at the Throckmorton Theater

3039
01:50:24,560 --> 01:50:25,140
in Mill Valley.

3040
01:50:25,280 --> 01:50:26,740
And I've got you know, I'm there.

3041
01:50:26,860 --> 01:50:28,640
We go out to dinner along with all

3042
01:50:28,640 --> 01:50:30,660
the other hang around everybody who was there.

3043
01:50:30,740 --> 01:50:32,420
There were a whole table of comedians and

3044
01:50:32,420 --> 01:50:34,920
I sat next to him and he leans

3045
01:50:34,920 --> 01:50:38,000
over to me and really quietly he says,

3046
01:50:38,640 --> 01:50:40,780
I can't remember you.

3047
01:50:43,080 --> 01:50:44,420
Yeah, really quietly.

3048
01:50:44,600 --> 01:50:46,480
And I went, I didn't know how to

3049
01:50:46,480 --> 01:50:46,940
take it.

3050
01:50:47,040 --> 01:50:48,620
So I went, well, that's OK, Robin.

3051
01:50:48,620 --> 01:50:50,120
I'll remember for both of us.

3052
01:50:50,640 --> 01:50:51,000
Wow.

3053
01:50:51,300 --> 01:50:53,260
That was when he had Lewy body disease.

3054
01:50:53,500 --> 01:50:54,040
What is it called?

3055
01:50:54,200 --> 01:50:54,960
Yeah, yeah.

3056
01:50:55,020 --> 01:50:56,040
Lewy body dementia.

3057
01:50:56,180 --> 01:50:57,060
And he didn't know he did.

3058
01:50:57,220 --> 01:50:58,840
He thought he had Parkinson's.

3059
01:50:58,980 --> 01:51:00,960
And but that but that night, the one

3060
01:51:00,960 --> 01:51:02,560
thing that, you know, I've talked to other

3061
01:51:02,560 --> 01:51:05,640
people with is he that night performing, he

3062
01:51:05,640 --> 01:51:07,660
actually stopped at one point like he had

3063
01:51:07,660 --> 01:51:08,640
lost his words.

3064
01:51:09,340 --> 01:51:10,660
And that would have been the worst thing

3065
01:51:10,660 --> 01:51:12,160
that could have ever happened to him.

3066
01:51:12,220 --> 01:51:14,280
To anyone, to any comedian, for sure.

3067
01:51:14,780 --> 01:51:16,860
But he was so, you know, I mean,

3068
01:51:16,880 --> 01:51:18,800
he was so dynamic in so many ways.

3069
01:51:18,940 --> 01:51:21,040
And, you know, that night when I saw

3070
01:51:21,040 --> 01:51:24,860
him, he had been doing improv, like with

3071
01:51:24,860 --> 01:51:25,540
Rick Overton.

3072
01:51:25,600 --> 01:51:27,420
And it's just brilliant to watch these things.

3073
01:51:27,500 --> 01:51:28,440
And Steve Pearl was there.

3074
01:51:28,480 --> 01:51:29,360
A lot of people were there.

3075
01:51:29,840 --> 01:51:32,420
And it was like when I saw that

3076
01:51:32,420 --> 01:51:35,140
hesitation and I, you know, I know all

3077
01:51:35,140 --> 01:51:36,420
these people fairly well.

3078
01:51:36,980 --> 01:51:40,240
It was like I saw everybody kind of

3079
01:51:40,240 --> 01:51:42,760
give each other looks like they all they're

3080
01:51:42,760 --> 01:51:44,400
like, what was happening to Robin?

3081
01:51:45,160 --> 01:51:46,040
And it was something.

3082
01:51:46,220 --> 01:51:47,720
But then he recovered really quickly.

3083
01:51:47,720 --> 01:51:50,220
And and it's like, I, you know, I

3084
01:51:50,220 --> 01:51:53,400
I don't see he had any choice.

3085
01:51:53,820 --> 01:51:55,280
You know, there's no way he could have

3086
01:51:55,280 --> 01:51:57,440
lived with a future of having no words.

3087
01:51:57,440 --> 01:51:59,960
So, okay.

3088
01:52:00,560 --> 01:52:03,240
Other people you might have dated Gilbert Godfrey,

3089
01:52:03,380 --> 01:52:03,920
perhaps.

3090
01:52:04,080 --> 01:52:05,480
That seems like a guy you might have

3091
01:52:05,480 --> 01:52:05,800
dated.

3092
01:52:09,280 --> 01:52:13,120
No, we we we hated Gilbert Godfrey.

3093
01:52:13,480 --> 01:52:16,360
He somehow at MTV, they always decide, oh,

3094
01:52:16,500 --> 01:52:18,440
we're going to bring bring Gilbert on for

3095
01:52:18,440 --> 01:52:19,380
some segments.

3096
01:52:19,620 --> 01:52:22,340
I'm like, oh, no, because, you know, we

3097
01:52:22,340 --> 01:52:24,400
had the segments had to be, you know,

3098
01:52:24,400 --> 01:52:26,360
like within two minutes, kind of.

3099
01:52:26,360 --> 01:52:30,740
And then he would say, you know, all

3100
01:52:30,740 --> 01:52:31,760
kinds of profanity.

3101
01:52:31,980 --> 01:52:33,260
And then the control room had to.

3102
01:52:33,740 --> 01:52:35,560
Okay, Gilbert, we're burning that segment.

3103
01:52:35,840 --> 01:52:37,720
The guy was a nightmare to work with.

3104
01:52:37,840 --> 01:52:39,160
A nightmare, I tell you.

3105
01:52:41,370 --> 01:52:42,310
Oh, that's great.

3106
01:52:42,870 --> 01:52:44,970
But not as bad as Paul Provenza.

3107
01:52:45,230 --> 01:52:48,690
He was the most stuck up, arrogant guy.

3108
01:52:49,110 --> 01:52:53,510
Yeah, no, he was.

3109
01:52:53,510 --> 01:52:55,990
They were that was they were both L

3110
01:52:55,990 --> 01:52:56,470
.A. comics.

3111
01:52:56,630 --> 01:52:58,450
I mostly hung out with San Francisco comics.

3112
01:52:58,570 --> 01:52:59,390
And there is a difference.

3113
01:53:01,570 --> 01:53:03,830
So, you know, there was I mean, comedy

3114
01:53:03,830 --> 01:53:04,730
was really big.

3115
01:53:05,070 --> 01:53:08,330
You know, I had a comedy production company

3116
01:53:08,330 --> 01:53:10,150
in Stockton, California.

3117
01:53:10,570 --> 01:53:12,170
So I hired a lot of people.

3118
01:53:12,270 --> 01:53:13,430
So I knew everybody.

3119
01:53:13,830 --> 01:53:15,590
And how about George Carlin?

3120
01:53:15,650 --> 01:53:16,630
You ever hang out with him?

3121
01:53:17,390 --> 01:53:18,610
I never hung out with him, but I

3122
01:53:18,610 --> 01:53:21,350
did see him multiple every time he was

3123
01:53:21,350 --> 01:53:24,450
even close to the Bay Area or the

3124
01:53:24,450 --> 01:53:26,050
Reno, I would go see him.

3125
01:53:26,150 --> 01:53:27,570
So I saw him multiple times.

3126
01:53:27,690 --> 01:53:28,630
I was a fan.

3127
01:53:28,870 --> 01:53:29,010
Yeah.

3128
01:53:29,030 --> 01:53:29,730
Oh, yeah.

3129
01:53:29,810 --> 01:53:30,270
Huge fan.

3130
01:53:30,570 --> 01:53:32,750
He was he was I think he was

3131
01:53:32,750 --> 01:53:35,070
important part of my development as a human

3132
01:53:35,070 --> 01:53:36,710
being for a lot of people who listen

3133
01:53:36,710 --> 01:53:37,310
to the show.

3134
01:53:37,890 --> 01:53:43,430
Yeah, I saw Johnny Carson performing as a

3135
01:53:43,430 --> 01:53:45,250
comedian, both in the theater in the round

3136
01:53:45,250 --> 01:53:46,710
and San Carlos.

3137
01:53:47,110 --> 01:53:47,550
Wow.

3138
01:53:47,670 --> 01:53:50,230
And I guess was called the Circle Star.

3139
01:53:50,230 --> 01:53:53,150
And then in in Reno a few times,

3140
01:53:53,150 --> 01:53:54,250
because that's the other thing.

3141
01:53:54,270 --> 01:53:55,790
I was raised in Reno and they always

3142
01:53:55,790 --> 01:53:56,070
had.

3143
01:53:56,130 --> 01:53:57,170
OK, but that's really great.

3144
01:53:57,470 --> 01:53:59,150
Let's get back to the dating part.

3145
01:53:59,310 --> 01:53:59,810
Who I dated.

3146
01:54:00,030 --> 01:54:00,150
Yeah.

3147
01:54:00,270 --> 01:54:00,910
Who do you date?

3148
01:54:00,970 --> 01:54:02,170
Which one of these wackos?

3149
01:54:02,290 --> 01:54:03,770
How about did you hang out with Sam

3150
01:54:03,770 --> 01:54:04,170
Kinison?

3151
01:54:04,550 --> 01:54:06,850
And were you in the squad with Sam

3152
01:54:06,850 --> 01:54:07,450
and the roles?

3153
01:54:08,770 --> 01:54:11,050
Sam Kinison, I met a couple of times.

3154
01:54:11,490 --> 01:54:13,450
He was very, very nice.

3155
01:54:14,410 --> 01:54:15,850
Unless he was in front of a lot

3156
01:54:15,850 --> 01:54:17,870
of people, then he was an a-hole.

3157
01:54:17,870 --> 01:54:19,490
But he could go.

3158
01:54:19,690 --> 01:54:21,330
But he was a child preacher.

3159
01:54:22,010 --> 01:54:23,090
So he could just go.

3160
01:54:23,350 --> 01:54:23,510
He could.

3161
01:54:23,630 --> 01:54:24,850
And his brother, I think, is still a

3162
01:54:24,850 --> 01:54:25,050
preacher.

3163
01:54:25,230 --> 01:54:25,730
I think so, too.

3164
01:54:26,530 --> 01:54:28,310
He could go into that bit.

3165
01:54:28,330 --> 01:54:30,350
And it was just like amazing.

3166
01:54:31,050 --> 01:54:32,810
I mean, the control of his voice was

3167
01:54:32,810 --> 01:54:33,450
unbelievable.

3168
01:54:34,010 --> 01:54:38,030
And it was he was something to see.

3169
01:54:38,310 --> 01:54:40,290
And he was, you know, I mean, I

3170
01:54:40,290 --> 01:54:40,790
was a girl.

3171
01:54:40,830 --> 01:54:43,430
So he was on his best girl behavior

3172
01:54:43,430 --> 01:54:43,970
with me.

3173
01:54:47,870 --> 01:54:49,210
I say that sarcastically.

3174
01:54:49,410 --> 01:54:50,230
Yes, I'm sure.

3175
01:54:51,810 --> 01:54:52,250
Yeah.

3176
01:54:53,310 --> 01:54:55,430
I mean, Dana Carvey was around all the

3177
01:54:55,430 --> 01:54:55,790
time.

3178
01:54:56,130 --> 01:54:56,730
He was cute.

3179
01:54:56,910 --> 01:55:01,350
Who I loved to watch was Jerry Seinfeld.

3180
01:55:01,510 --> 01:55:04,150
He had the best command of an audience

3181
01:55:04,150 --> 01:55:04,970
I ever saw.

3182
01:55:05,650 --> 01:55:08,310
Because audiences really are hard to, you know,

3183
01:55:08,490 --> 01:55:12,410
audiences have an entire world of their own.

3184
01:55:13,470 --> 01:55:15,130
They come in, they're either in a good

3185
01:55:15,130 --> 01:55:16,250
mood, they're in a bad mood.

3186
01:55:16,250 --> 01:55:17,990
There's no predicting what an audience is going

3187
01:55:17,990 --> 01:55:18,410
to do.

3188
01:55:18,630 --> 01:55:22,150
But the one the one time that I

3189
01:55:22,150 --> 01:55:24,510
was because I would always watch the audience

3190
01:55:24,510 --> 01:55:25,910
because I thought that was interesting.

3191
01:55:26,110 --> 01:55:31,310
So the first night that Bobcat Goldthwait came

3192
01:55:31,310 --> 01:55:32,790
to San Francisco from Boston.

3193
01:55:33,250 --> 01:55:35,570
Bobcat, another fan favorite.

3194
01:55:36,130 --> 01:55:40,070
So we're in Cobbs, the old Cobbs pub.

3195
01:55:40,130 --> 01:55:42,570
It's this dank, long building.

3196
01:55:43,430 --> 01:55:44,990
And he comes in.

3197
01:55:45,010 --> 01:55:46,150
No one knows who he is.

3198
01:55:46,610 --> 01:55:49,270
And he insisted on nobody introducing him.

3199
01:55:49,650 --> 01:55:50,650
So nobody has seen him.

3200
01:55:51,210 --> 01:55:53,230
So the place is packed because rumor was

3201
01:55:53,230 --> 01:55:54,790
out that Robin was there that night.

3202
01:55:54,870 --> 01:55:55,730
And that would always pass.

3203
01:55:55,890 --> 01:55:57,070
I don't know where these people came from.

3204
01:55:57,130 --> 01:55:59,610
They there was some Robin network that went

3205
01:55:59,610 --> 01:55:59,930
out there.

3206
01:55:59,970 --> 01:56:01,390
And all these people show up whenever he

3207
01:56:01,390 --> 01:56:02,590
was rumored to be in town.

3208
01:56:03,710 --> 01:56:06,950
So the place is packed, probably double what

3209
01:56:06,950 --> 01:56:08,710
the fire marshal wanted it to be.

3210
01:56:09,110 --> 01:56:11,990
And I'm standing against the wall so I

3211
01:56:11,990 --> 01:56:13,810
can see the audience and see the stage.

3212
01:56:15,350 --> 01:56:18,930
And Kinnison, can you get me on Kinnison?

3213
01:56:19,150 --> 01:56:21,750
Goldthwait, you know, Bobcat just jumps on stage.

3214
01:56:22,910 --> 01:56:25,330
And he grabs the mic and he's completely

3215
01:56:25,330 --> 01:56:25,610
disheveled.

3216
01:56:26,250 --> 01:56:27,870
He looks like a homeless bum.

3217
01:56:28,230 --> 01:56:32,350
And he starts going pretty much this whole

3218
01:56:32,350 --> 01:56:33,190
bit right there.

3219
01:56:33,370 --> 01:56:33,690
Yes.

3220
01:56:34,050 --> 01:56:37,570
And then he starts rambling, saying all kinds

3221
01:56:37,570 --> 01:56:37,870
of things.

3222
01:56:37,910 --> 01:56:41,650
And the audience was sat stiff upright.

3223
01:56:41,650 --> 01:56:43,790
And you can see they're not moving their

3224
01:56:43,790 --> 01:56:45,390
heads, but they're trying to glance to the

3225
01:56:45,390 --> 01:56:48,390
people next to them to see if everybody's

3226
01:56:48,390 --> 01:56:50,810
like, like, are you freaking out?

3227
01:56:50,870 --> 01:56:51,890
Because I'm freaking out.

3228
01:56:52,290 --> 01:56:57,350
And the audience was absolutely silent for about

3229
01:56:57,350 --> 01:56:59,510
the first four minutes and four minutes is

3230
01:56:59,510 --> 01:57:00,630
a long time.

3231
01:57:01,450 --> 01:57:03,390
And then finally, he went into this bit

3232
01:57:03,390 --> 01:57:05,870
where he did like a Yalie accent where

3233
01:57:05,870 --> 01:57:07,610
he was doing some, oh, the guy on

3234
01:57:07,610 --> 01:57:07,970
the bus.

3235
01:57:07,970 --> 01:57:10,150
Then he flips into this Yalie accent, you

3236
01:57:10,150 --> 01:57:12,470
know, this total upper crust Boston accent.

3237
01:57:13,490 --> 01:57:16,830
And the entire audience exhaled at once.

3238
01:57:17,290 --> 01:57:18,590
You can see them just go.

3239
01:57:18,610 --> 01:57:19,950
He's not an insane person.

3240
01:57:20,070 --> 01:57:21,230
He can actually speak normally.

3241
01:57:22,070 --> 01:57:23,890
And then they were just, they just loved

3242
01:57:23,890 --> 01:57:24,150
him.

3243
01:57:25,650 --> 01:57:29,410
He was, and afterwards, we went to Paula

3244
01:57:29,410 --> 01:57:32,090
Poundstone's house, also Dana Carvey's house, because they

3245
01:57:32,090 --> 01:57:32,610
were roommates.

3246
01:57:33,410 --> 01:57:35,010
And I got to talk to him.

3247
01:57:35,010 --> 01:57:38,290
And he was the sweetest person I've ever,

3248
01:57:38,430 --> 01:57:39,890
I mean, he's just sweet and he was

3249
01:57:39,890 --> 01:57:42,390
young and he was, and he was like,

3250
01:57:42,410 --> 01:57:43,830
kind of shrugging it off.

3251
01:57:43,870 --> 01:57:45,810
And I'd like, I had to describe to

3252
01:57:45,810 --> 01:57:46,810
him what the audience did.

3253
01:57:46,830 --> 01:57:47,950
And he said, yeah, I get that.

3254
01:57:48,130 --> 01:57:49,230
I get that sometimes.

3255
01:57:49,490 --> 01:57:50,210
No kidding.

3256
01:57:51,590 --> 01:57:52,190
Nice guy.

3257
01:57:53,630 --> 01:57:55,350
Hold some for the next show.

3258
01:57:55,510 --> 01:57:55,810
I will.

3259
01:57:56,050 --> 01:57:56,210
Okay.

3260
01:57:56,230 --> 01:57:57,890
But think of some good stories.

3261
01:57:58,030 --> 01:57:58,930
You know, we need a little bit of

3262
01:57:58,930 --> 01:58:01,830
dating mixed in there to keep everyone engaged.

3263
01:58:02,470 --> 01:58:02,790
Okay.

3264
01:58:03,290 --> 01:58:03,610
Yeah.

3265
01:58:04,810 --> 01:58:06,310
Actors are also fair game.

3266
01:58:06,430 --> 01:58:07,090
That's all fine.

3267
01:58:07,290 --> 01:58:07,470
Yeah.

3268
01:58:07,690 --> 01:58:09,590
And maybe watch the Academy Awards.

3269
01:58:09,730 --> 01:58:11,330
So, you know, yeah, I bagged him, that

3270
01:58:11,330 --> 01:58:12,950
guy, just so you can let us know.

3271
01:58:12,950 --> 01:58:14,670
Well, well, that was the horrible thing when

3272
01:58:14,670 --> 01:58:16,630
I first started dating John, because he.

3273
01:58:20,110 --> 01:58:21,010
Every good story.

3274
01:58:21,130 --> 01:58:23,070
The horrible thing when I first started dating

3275
01:58:23,070 --> 01:58:23,710
John.

3276
01:58:24,030 --> 01:58:25,830
Well, well, we went, he liked, he goes,

3277
01:58:25,870 --> 01:58:26,930
oh, I'm really into comedy.

3278
01:58:27,030 --> 01:58:28,290
So we went out to a comedy club.

3279
01:58:28,310 --> 01:58:29,390
And of course I never pay.

3280
01:58:29,430 --> 01:58:30,710
We just walk in and sit down.

3281
01:58:30,710 --> 01:58:34,030
And he looks at the acts to come,

3282
01:58:34,150 --> 01:58:35,870
you know, what's coming for the next few

3283
01:58:35,870 --> 01:58:36,330
weeks.

3284
01:58:36,830 --> 01:58:39,130
And he goes, have you slept with any

3285
01:58:39,130 --> 01:58:39,710
of these guys?

3286
01:58:39,870 --> 01:58:41,550
And I went, well, I didn't sleep with

3287
01:58:41,550 --> 01:58:41,990
this one.

3288
01:58:43,730 --> 01:58:44,370
All right.

3289
01:58:44,450 --> 01:58:48,150
So on Thursday show, I presume John will

3290
01:58:48,150 --> 01:58:50,370
be back by Thursday on Thursday show.

3291
01:58:50,490 --> 01:58:51,810
We want to hear the story of how

3292
01:58:51,810 --> 01:58:53,890
you met and how John swept you off

3293
01:58:53,890 --> 01:58:54,390
your feet.

3294
01:58:55,930 --> 01:58:56,370
Okay.

3295
01:58:56,630 --> 01:58:56,950
Okay.

3296
01:58:57,790 --> 01:59:00,130
And now back to real news, everybody.

3297
01:59:00,670 --> 01:59:03,030
Big news in AI from Google.

3298
01:59:03,830 --> 01:59:05,830
Google maps has announced its biggest update in

3299
01:59:05,830 --> 01:59:08,330
10 years with a major AI makeover right

3300
01:59:08,330 --> 01:59:08,550
here.

3301
01:59:08,670 --> 01:59:11,690
It's going to allow you to ask complex

3302
01:59:11,690 --> 01:59:14,310
questions that a map maybe couldn't answer before.

3303
01:59:14,350 --> 01:59:16,630
Like find out a public tennis court with

3304
01:59:16,630 --> 01:59:18,030
lights for playing at night.

3305
01:59:18,530 --> 01:59:20,770
Google says it will source that information from

3306
01:59:20,770 --> 01:59:22,390
millions of reviews and websites.

3307
01:59:22,390 --> 01:59:25,210
And answers will include photos and also ratings.

3308
01:59:25,210 --> 01:59:27,550
The company says that the power of maps

3309
01:59:27,550 --> 01:59:30,490
plus AI is different from anything else out

3310
01:59:30,490 --> 01:59:30,750
there.

3311
01:59:31,590 --> 01:59:34,070
So based on your activity in maps, the

3312
01:59:34,070 --> 01:59:36,510
prior searches you may have done maps is

3313
01:59:36,510 --> 01:59:37,770
what you use when you want to go

3314
01:59:37,770 --> 01:59:38,770
out in the physical world.

3315
01:59:38,890 --> 01:59:41,350
So you can turn those plans into actions

3316
01:59:41,350 --> 01:59:41,970
instantly.

3317
01:59:42,530 --> 01:59:44,350
So Google also says that you can expect

3318
01:59:44,350 --> 01:59:46,810
direction to sound a bit more natural and

3319
01:59:46,810 --> 01:59:49,010
then flow with on map highlights faster.

3320
01:59:49,350 --> 01:59:51,170
It will also be easier to find alternative

3321
01:59:51,170 --> 01:59:53,190
routes just in case there's traffic issues.

3322
01:59:53,330 --> 01:59:54,190
This is great.

3323
01:59:54,190 --> 01:59:56,770
1.3 trillion dollars invested.

3324
01:59:57,070 --> 01:59:58,870
And we have a better voice on Google

3325
01:59:58,870 --> 01:59:59,290
maps.

3326
01:59:59,510 --> 02:00:00,390
It's fantastic.

3327
02:00:01,010 --> 02:00:04,050
Well, you know, this leads me into my

3328
02:00:04,050 --> 02:00:04,950
clips, actually.

3329
02:00:07,010 --> 02:00:09,870
So what happens when you get so dependent

3330
02:00:09,870 --> 02:00:11,570
on the maps to tell you how to

3331
02:00:11,570 --> 02:00:12,990
get home that you forget how to get

3332
02:00:12,990 --> 02:00:13,330
home?

3333
02:00:13,390 --> 02:00:16,070
Isn't that kind of like an ant losing

3334
02:00:16,070 --> 02:00:16,730
its queen?

3335
02:00:16,950 --> 02:00:18,530
Are we all going to be wandering around

3336
02:00:18,530 --> 02:00:20,270
if maps goes out going, Oh my God,

3337
02:00:20,310 --> 02:00:21,490
I know I live here somewhere.

3338
02:00:21,730 --> 02:00:22,730
I think we're already there.

3339
02:00:22,850 --> 02:00:24,010
I think we're already there.

3340
02:00:24,930 --> 02:00:25,450
Definitely.

3341
02:00:26,290 --> 02:00:28,670
Let's go into my I have it says

3342
02:00:28,670 --> 02:00:29,630
Palki Sharma.

3343
02:00:30,090 --> 02:00:32,090
Oh, from from.

3344
02:00:32,470 --> 02:00:33,330
What is it?

3345
02:00:33,570 --> 02:00:35,610
She's no longer with Y and she's with

3346
02:00:35,610 --> 02:00:36,310
the new.

3347
02:00:36,550 --> 02:00:37,750
Was it Formula 1?

3348
02:00:37,750 --> 02:00:39,610
The India TV or something like that.

3349
02:00:39,690 --> 02:00:40,410
Oh, Palki.

3350
02:00:40,470 --> 02:00:41,550
Hello, Palki Sharma.

3351
02:00:41,810 --> 02:00:43,870
Our next story tonight is about smuggling.

3352
02:00:44,130 --> 02:00:45,870
No, not gold or drug smuggling.

3353
02:00:46,370 --> 02:00:48,670
We will tell you about ant smuggling.

3354
02:00:48,990 --> 02:00:51,430
Yes, people are trafficking ants now, mainly in

3355
02:00:51,430 --> 02:00:51,930
East Africa.

3356
02:00:51,930 --> 02:00:55,350
Kenya has nabbed four ant gang smugglers.

3357
02:00:55,630 --> 02:00:58,110
They captured thousands of ants.

3358
02:00:58,450 --> 02:01:00,270
They were planning to sell these insects in

3359
02:01:00,270 --> 02:01:02,510
Europe and Asia and hoping to make thousands

3360
02:01:02,510 --> 02:01:03,090
of dollars.

3361
02:01:03,490 --> 02:01:04,370
You heard that right.

3362
02:01:04,450 --> 02:01:05,730
Thousands of dollars for ants.

3363
02:01:05,930 --> 02:01:08,290
So what's behind this strange trafficking trend?

3364
02:01:08,450 --> 02:01:11,230
And why are people buying smuggled ants?

3365
02:01:11,470 --> 02:01:13,730
Well, inquiring minds need to know.

3366
02:01:14,210 --> 02:01:15,510
And then I have clip too.

3367
02:01:15,910 --> 02:01:16,830
He had ants.

3368
02:01:17,470 --> 02:01:19,210
He had ants.

3369
02:01:19,530 --> 02:01:19,910
All right.

3370
02:01:19,910 --> 02:01:23,150
Kenyan authorities arrested and charged a Chinese national

3371
02:01:23,150 --> 02:01:26,630
with attempting to smuggle 2200 live ants in

3372
02:01:26,630 --> 02:01:27,170
his luggage.

3373
02:01:27,650 --> 02:01:30,090
Court filings seen by Reuters say 27-year

3374
02:01:30,090 --> 02:01:32,530
-old Zhang Kekun was arrested at Nairobi's main

3375
02:01:32,530 --> 02:01:34,730
airport on Tuesday while he was trying to

3376
02:01:34,730 --> 02:01:35,410
leave the country.

3377
02:01:36,070 --> 02:01:38,630
Ant aficionados pay large sums to maintain colonies.

3378
02:01:39,150 --> 02:01:41,170
The arrest comes amid a rise in cases

3379
02:01:41,170 --> 02:01:42,530
of smuggling the insects.

3380
02:01:43,010 --> 02:01:45,550
Last year, prosecutors accused suspects of being part

3381
02:01:45,550 --> 02:01:47,590
of an ant gang who tried to move

3382
02:01:47,590 --> 02:01:50,330
the live insects inside plastic syringes packed with

3383
02:01:50,330 --> 02:01:50,990
cotton balls.

3384
02:01:51,710 --> 02:01:55,090
Four men were charged $7,700 each for

3385
02:01:55,090 --> 02:01:56,830
trying to traffic thousands of ants.

3386
02:01:57,230 --> 02:01:59,250
Experts said the case signaled a shift in

3387
02:01:59,250 --> 02:02:02,890
biopiracy from trophies like elephant ivory to lesser

3388
02:02:02,890 --> 02:02:03,670
-known species.

3389
02:02:04,150 --> 02:02:06,630
Investigators said a search of Zhang's luggage recovered

3390
02:02:06,630 --> 02:02:11,890
2,238 ants, including 1,948 packed in

3391
02:02:11,890 --> 02:02:14,070
test tubes and the rest in three rolls

3392
02:02:14,070 --> 02:02:15,370
of soft tissue papers.

3393
02:02:15,370 --> 02:02:18,310
Kenya's Wildlife Service said a similar consignment of

3394
02:02:18,310 --> 02:02:20,270
ants had been seized in Bangkok on Tuesday

3395
02:02:20,270 --> 02:02:23,390
that originated from Kenya, indicating the existence of

3396
02:02:23,390 --> 02:02:26,390
a widespread and organized ant-smuggling network.

3397
02:02:26,710 --> 02:02:28,250
There's money in these ants?

3398
02:02:30,090 --> 02:02:31,450
Yeah, yeah.

3399
02:02:31,730 --> 02:02:32,890
I mean, okay.

3400
02:02:33,130 --> 02:02:36,190
What they're smuggling out of there are the

3401
02:02:36,190 --> 02:02:38,790
giant African harvester ants where the queens are

3402
02:02:38,790 --> 02:02:39,890
more than an inch long.

3403
02:02:40,510 --> 02:02:42,770
So I started looking into this.

3404
02:02:42,770 --> 02:02:47,350
It turns out that keeping ants and growing

3405
02:02:47,350 --> 02:02:49,390
ant colonies was a thing in Asia first,

3406
02:02:49,490 --> 02:02:51,510
but it spread all around the world.

3407
02:02:52,530 --> 02:02:55,210
There are people who have ant farms that

3408
02:02:55,210 --> 02:02:59,050
are built into the wall, like old aquariums

3409
02:02:59,050 --> 02:03:01,510
used to be, and they have massive ants.

3410
02:03:02,030 --> 02:03:03,890
So I started looking into it even more.

3411
02:03:04,030 --> 02:03:05,390
So we have Kohl's ants.

3412
02:03:06,030 --> 02:03:08,850
These are people who probably never get dates.

3413
02:03:10,530 --> 02:03:12,430
Except with comedians.

3414
02:03:12,430 --> 02:03:13,250
Welcome, everyone.

3415
02:03:13,530 --> 02:03:14,870
I'm Kohl from Kohl's ants.

3416
02:03:15,190 --> 02:03:16,650
And today we're going to be trying something

3417
02:03:16,650 --> 02:03:17,270
a little different.

3418
02:03:17,530 --> 02:03:19,630
Ant keepers and ant enthusiasts are kind of

3419
02:03:19,630 --> 02:03:20,570
a growing hobby.

3420
02:03:20,690 --> 02:03:22,190
Still very niche, but growing.

3421
02:03:22,470 --> 02:03:25,410
And it's a nice community, a colony, if

3422
02:03:25,410 --> 02:03:25,790
you will.

3423
02:03:25,910 --> 02:03:28,630
And that colony must grow because the hobby

3424
02:03:28,630 --> 02:03:30,530
of ant keeping is just really fascinating.

3425
02:03:30,770 --> 02:03:32,930
And I love telling stories and bringing them

3426
02:03:32,930 --> 02:03:35,090
to life, entertaining the people that just like

3427
02:03:35,090 --> 02:03:37,870
watching ants and educating the people that want

3428
02:03:37,870 --> 02:03:38,690
to keep ants.

3429
02:03:38,690 --> 02:03:41,290
So today we're going to be talking about

3430
02:03:41,290 --> 02:03:42,410
the hobby of ant keeping.

3431
02:03:42,510 --> 02:03:44,110
And to talk about this topic with me

3432
02:03:44,110 --> 02:03:46,790
is my friend Nami, who turned his hobby

3433
02:03:46,790 --> 02:03:48,110
actually into a business.

3434
02:03:48,270 --> 02:03:50,850
He co-founded a site called Antlantis, where

3435
02:03:50,850 --> 02:03:52,350
he actually sells ants.

3436
02:03:52,630 --> 02:03:53,970
So hey, Nami.

3437
02:03:54,330 --> 02:03:54,910
Hi, everyone.

3438
02:03:55,150 --> 02:03:56,510
Yeah, no, in the last year or so,

3439
02:03:56,510 --> 02:03:58,050
I decided with the help of my business

3440
02:03:58,050 --> 02:04:00,370
partner, Michael, that I wanted to build a

3441
02:04:00,370 --> 02:04:02,270
platform allowing people to not only just get

3442
02:04:02,270 --> 02:04:05,230
healthy ant colonies, but continue growing their ant

3443
02:04:05,230 --> 02:04:06,490
colonies that they purchased from us.

3444
02:04:06,490 --> 02:04:08,950
So that's the vision that I see Atlantis

3445
02:04:08,950 --> 02:04:09,390
being.

3446
02:04:09,790 --> 02:04:11,650
How many ant colonies do you have?

3447
02:04:11,750 --> 02:04:13,810
Around 3,000 ant colonies currently around.

3448
02:04:13,810 --> 02:04:14,090
What?

3449
02:04:15,410 --> 02:04:16,130
All right.

3450
02:04:16,190 --> 02:04:16,950
I got to play it.

3451
02:04:17,310 --> 02:04:21,130
I got to play the whole thing.

3452
02:04:21,530 --> 02:04:22,050
Yep.

3453
02:04:22,490 --> 02:04:23,370
Haven't played in a while.

3454
02:04:29,270 --> 02:04:31,570
I don't know if we had ants.

3455
02:04:31,630 --> 02:04:32,810
We had ant invasion.

3456
02:04:33,420 --> 02:04:36,950
I was thinking if you desiccated a big

3457
02:04:36,950 --> 02:04:39,530
pile of ants and then ground them to

3458
02:04:39,530 --> 02:04:43,390
a powder, like a fine grind of black

3459
02:04:43,390 --> 02:04:43,870
pepper.

3460
02:04:44,130 --> 02:04:48,350
We were having dinner and I got an

3461
02:04:48,350 --> 02:04:51,630
ant somehow in the meal and I ate

3462
02:04:51,630 --> 02:04:51,770
it.

3463
02:04:51,870 --> 02:04:52,850
These things are peppery.

3464
02:04:53,190 --> 02:04:53,850
I got ants.

3465
02:04:58,530 --> 02:04:59,790
I got ants.

3466
02:05:05,330 --> 02:05:06,770
These ants, they don't need a lot.

3467
02:05:06,910 --> 02:05:08,370
And then you see, you find all the

3468
02:05:08,370 --> 02:05:09,030
ones that are roaming around.

3469
02:05:09,030 --> 02:05:11,490
I'm going to back them off by doing

3470
02:05:11,490 --> 02:05:12,270
the burning trick.

3471
02:05:12,330 --> 02:05:12,970
Just torch them.

3472
02:05:13,830 --> 02:05:14,850
And you leave them there.

3473
02:05:15,110 --> 02:05:17,670
The only ant, there are occasional moments where

3474
02:05:17,670 --> 02:05:19,730
there's an ant that you do not torch

3475
02:05:19,730 --> 02:05:22,170
and that's an ant that's carrying one of

3476
02:05:22,170 --> 02:05:23,370
the dead ants back.

3477
02:05:44,030 --> 02:05:44,750
Ants.

3478
02:05:45,590 --> 02:05:46,510
Ants.

3479
02:05:47,410 --> 02:05:48,030
Ants.

3480
02:05:50,390 --> 02:05:50,850
Yes.

3481
02:05:51,310 --> 02:05:53,410
So first, I never knew John was so

3482
02:05:53,410 --> 02:05:53,870
trendy.

3483
02:05:54,030 --> 02:05:54,730
Well, not that bad.

3484
02:05:57,610 --> 02:06:02,430
I have to credit that to Sir Saturday

3485
02:06:02,430 --> 02:06:05,370
Night Strokey Bill Walsh who passed away last

3486
02:06:05,370 --> 02:06:05,670
year.

3487
02:06:05,850 --> 02:06:07,390
He was the one who created that song.

3488
02:06:07,550 --> 02:06:09,770
I love that song.

3489
02:06:10,090 --> 02:06:12,910
But John lives on a giant hill in

3490
02:06:12,910 --> 02:06:13,230
Albany.

3491
02:06:13,410 --> 02:06:13,530
On an anthill.

3492
02:06:13,750 --> 02:06:14,350
On an anthill.

3493
02:06:14,510 --> 02:06:17,350
And it's all Argentinian ants that have a

3494
02:06:17,350 --> 02:06:20,050
giant mega colony that spreads from San Diego

3495
02:06:20,050 --> 02:06:20,990
to San Francisco.

3496
02:06:21,630 --> 02:06:23,130
It is a mega colony.

3497
02:06:23,130 --> 02:06:26,810
So these people are bringing in giant Amazonian

3498
02:06:26,810 --> 02:06:28,470
ants which are an inch and a half

3499
02:06:28,470 --> 02:06:29,030
long.

3500
02:06:29,350 --> 02:06:31,210
They're bringing in the harvester ants.

3501
02:06:31,310 --> 02:06:33,990
They're bringing in carpenter ants that have a

3502
02:06:33,990 --> 02:06:35,230
thousand different species.

3503
02:06:36,630 --> 02:06:38,450
I don't like this.

3504
02:06:39,210 --> 02:06:42,650
And there's so many different YouTube guys out

3505
02:06:42,650 --> 02:06:44,190
there talking about their ants.

3506
02:06:44,430 --> 02:06:46,870
And some of them raise two different colonies

3507
02:06:46,870 --> 02:06:48,370
and then put them together and have ant

3508
02:06:48,370 --> 02:06:48,770
wars.

3509
02:06:50,130 --> 02:06:52,510
Like robot wars only with ants?

3510
02:06:53,250 --> 02:06:55,530
I don't know the difference between that.

3511
02:06:55,770 --> 02:06:59,250
I don't see how that's legal where cockfighting

3512
02:06:59,250 --> 02:06:59,530
isn't.

3513
02:07:00,270 --> 02:07:00,650
But whatever.

3514
02:07:02,590 --> 02:07:04,550
It creeps me out so much.

3515
02:07:04,810 --> 02:07:05,590
Oh my god.

3516
02:07:08,290 --> 02:07:08,750
Interesting.

3517
02:07:09,150 --> 02:07:10,090
I had no idea.

3518
02:07:10,150 --> 02:07:11,570
I had no idea there was such a

3519
02:07:11,570 --> 02:07:11,790
thing.

3520
02:07:12,550 --> 02:07:18,030
So I think we could certainly insect an

3521
02:07:18,030 --> 02:07:18,910
ant gang.

3522
02:07:19,950 --> 02:07:20,470
What?

3523
02:07:20,470 --> 02:07:23,330
An ant gang for the show title.

3524
02:07:23,590 --> 02:07:26,050
A sophisticated ant smuggling network.

3525
02:07:26,530 --> 02:07:26,730
Yeah.

3526
02:07:27,010 --> 02:07:29,370
No, I'll choose the titles, Mimi.

3527
02:07:29,550 --> 02:07:31,630
I still think Mork and Mimi or Swinging

3528
02:07:31,630 --> 02:07:32,630
with Mimi is better.

3529
02:07:32,810 --> 02:07:33,330
I'm sorry.

3530
02:07:33,590 --> 02:07:35,890
But I haven't told you about swinging, but

3531
02:07:35,890 --> 02:07:36,190
okay.

3532
02:07:36,770 --> 02:07:38,010
Next show, everybody.

3533
02:07:39,310 --> 02:07:40,070
Or not.

3534
02:07:41,370 --> 02:07:42,250
Hurry, John.

3535
02:07:42,350 --> 02:07:43,170
Hurry, come back.

3536
02:07:43,410 --> 02:07:43,550
Yes.

3537
02:07:45,610 --> 02:07:46,130
Wow.

3538
02:07:46,250 --> 02:07:46,630
I don't know.

3539
02:07:46,630 --> 02:07:50,250
It's hard to transition to anything from where

3540
02:07:50,250 --> 02:07:51,010
you just took us.

3541
02:07:51,390 --> 02:07:56,670
I just have one more clip because I've

3542
02:07:56,670 --> 02:07:59,970
been keeping my eye on the pivot from

3543
02:07:59,970 --> 02:08:01,490
AI to the next level.

3544
02:08:02,050 --> 02:08:05,890
And it appears that this IONQ outfit, I

3545
02:08:05,890 --> 02:08:07,430
think they had the big data center in

3546
02:08:07,430 --> 02:08:08,430
Chicago.

3547
02:08:08,710 --> 02:08:10,170
It's like the South Side or something.

3548
02:08:11,170 --> 02:08:14,290
So Fox Business News has the CEO on.

3549
02:08:14,710 --> 02:08:16,170
And listen to this blather.

3550
02:08:16,170 --> 02:08:19,270
Joining me now, IONQ CEO, Niccolo De Masi.

3551
02:08:19,350 --> 02:08:21,330
Niccolo, how closely have you been watching all

3552
02:08:21,330 --> 02:08:23,490
of the developments in the Middle East and

3553
02:08:23,490 --> 02:08:25,310
the fact that some of these missiles and

3554
02:08:25,310 --> 02:08:27,210
drones have managed to hit their targets?

3555
02:08:27,550 --> 02:08:30,190
Well, we consider ourselves a close partner of

3556
02:08:30,190 --> 02:08:30,970
this administration.

3557
02:08:31,910 --> 02:08:34,710
The Department of War, of course, is front

3558
02:08:34,710 --> 02:08:37,230
and center in the last week and indeed

3559
02:08:37,230 --> 02:08:41,630
in really driving the quantum programs, not only

3560
02:08:41,630 --> 02:08:43,910
up in space and up in the air,

3561
02:08:43,910 --> 02:08:46,050
but of course, on the ground and even

3562
02:08:46,050 --> 02:08:46,850
under the ocean.

3563
02:08:47,570 --> 02:08:49,850
We are the only quantum company in history

3564
02:08:49,850 --> 02:08:51,090
to reach our size.

3565
02:08:51,350 --> 02:08:53,810
And we operate in all war funding domains

3566
02:08:53,810 --> 02:08:56,250
from submarines up into the heavens.

3567
02:08:56,950 --> 02:09:00,090
We've obviously been closely watching the last few

3568
02:09:00,090 --> 02:09:00,350
weeks.

3569
02:09:00,630 --> 02:09:04,170
And we consider ourselves in pole position here

3570
02:09:04,170 --> 02:09:07,050
to not only help expand our defensive posture,

3571
02:09:07,170 --> 02:09:08,970
but also our offensive posture.

3572
02:09:09,590 --> 02:09:11,310
This is a race against our adversaries.

3573
02:09:11,310 --> 02:09:14,270
It's not just a race against smaller adversaries

3574
02:09:14,270 --> 02:09:16,370
like Iran that honestly don't have a quantum

3575
02:09:16,370 --> 02:09:18,610
posture, but there's bigger ones like China that

3576
02:09:18,610 --> 02:09:22,470
obviously recognize that after AI, quantum is the

3577
02:09:22,470 --> 02:09:24,050
next big technological wave.

3578
02:09:24,830 --> 02:09:26,190
And so the U.S. succeeding in that

3579
02:09:26,190 --> 02:09:29,070
is all about, we believe, IONQ supporting the

3580
02:09:29,070 --> 02:09:32,750
industry, IONQ capitalizing quantum foundries, the merchant supplier

3581
02:09:32,750 --> 02:09:34,870
business, and of course, making sure that we

3582
02:09:34,870 --> 02:09:38,590
lead in computing, networking, sensing and quantum cybersecurity.

3583
02:09:39,590 --> 02:09:40,870
Yes, there you go.

3584
02:09:40,870 --> 02:09:41,950
The pivot is on.

3585
02:09:42,090 --> 02:09:43,310
The pivot is on.

3586
02:09:44,630 --> 02:09:46,050
Was he speaking English?

3587
02:09:46,330 --> 02:09:46,530
Yeah.

3588
02:09:46,610 --> 02:09:49,310
Well, this is the nonsense that quantum computing

3589
02:09:49,310 --> 02:09:51,050
is here and it's the next step.

3590
02:09:51,110 --> 02:09:52,270
It's going to be the next thing that

3591
02:09:52,270 --> 02:09:54,570
everyone invests in after AI turns out to

3592
02:09:54,570 --> 02:09:57,450
be nothing more than Google Maps that has

3593
02:09:57,450 --> 02:10:00,170
a smoother voice and can find a tennis

3594
02:10:00,170 --> 02:10:01,470
court with lights for you.

3595
02:10:03,210 --> 02:10:05,450
Yeah, isn't that sad?

3596
02:10:07,190 --> 02:10:08,670
Kind of, kind of.

3597
02:10:08,670 --> 02:10:10,550
Well, although I have to say I do

3598
02:10:10,550 --> 02:10:14,030
Google to see if the laundromat, what the

3599
02:10:14,030 --> 02:10:14,990
busy hours are.

3600
02:10:15,250 --> 02:10:16,050
So there is that.

3601
02:10:16,610 --> 02:10:17,610
I could help you, baby.

3602
02:10:17,790 --> 02:10:19,470
$20 a month is good to go.

3603
02:10:19,850 --> 02:10:23,230
Have you heard about this gold heist in

3604
02:10:23,230 --> 02:10:23,510
Hungary?

3605
02:10:24,970 --> 02:10:26,450
No, I have not heard of it.

3606
02:10:26,450 --> 02:10:28,630
Gold bars and cash worth more than 80

3607
02:10:28,630 --> 02:10:30,530
million U.S. dollars are at the center

3608
02:10:30,530 --> 02:10:33,450
of the latest spat between Hungary and Ukraine.

3609
02:10:34,010 --> 02:10:36,850
Hungarian authorities seized the contents of a Ukrainian

3610
02:10:36,850 --> 02:10:39,670
state bank convoy that was making its way

3611
02:10:39,670 --> 02:10:40,750
home from Austria.

3612
02:10:41,570 --> 02:10:43,530
The assets are still being held.

3613
02:10:44,010 --> 02:10:46,830
Hungary says it's investigating what it calls money

3614
02:10:46,830 --> 02:10:47,510
laundering.

3615
02:10:48,010 --> 02:10:50,390
Our correspondent Ferenc Gahl has been covering this

3616
02:10:50,390 --> 02:10:51,930
story and joins us now from Brussels.

3617
02:10:52,450 --> 02:10:55,210
Ferenc, Ukraine's state bank says that the movement

3618
02:10:55,210 --> 02:10:57,930
of the cash and gold across Hungary was

3619
02:10:57,930 --> 02:10:59,870
just a regular bank transport.

3620
02:10:59,870 --> 02:11:03,050
Hungarian authorities are saying it could be money

3621
02:11:03,050 --> 02:11:06,490
laundering overseen by a former Ukrainian intelligence official.

3622
02:11:06,930 --> 02:11:08,750
What exactly is going on here?

3623
02:11:09,270 --> 02:11:12,390
The Hungarian authorities have claimed there have been

3624
02:11:12,390 --> 02:11:13,490
suspicions of money laundering.

3625
02:11:13,790 --> 02:11:16,630
It is not clear what exactly this could

3626
02:11:16,630 --> 02:11:16,910
be.

3627
02:11:17,490 --> 02:11:19,570
Now, what we know now is that the

3628
02:11:19,570 --> 02:11:22,290
detained Ukrainian nationals have been released and expelled

3629
02:11:22,290 --> 02:11:22,810
from Hungary.

3630
02:11:23,210 --> 02:11:25,430
Hungary has even returned the vans to the

3631
02:11:25,430 --> 02:11:28,610
Ukrainian bank, but it has kept the assets

3632
02:11:28,610 --> 02:11:29,490
within those vans.

3633
02:11:29,490 --> 02:11:31,850
So, you know, millions of dollars, millions of

3634
02:11:31,850 --> 02:11:34,490
euros, some kilograms of gold.

3635
02:11:35,850 --> 02:11:38,630
And from the beginning, there has been a

3636
02:11:38,630 --> 02:11:40,930
lot of doubt what the actual legal basis

3637
02:11:40,930 --> 02:11:42,870
is for Hungary keeping these assets.

3638
02:11:43,130 --> 02:11:44,850
Nine kilograms of gold.

3639
02:11:45,010 --> 02:11:46,170
Oh, that's just that's normal.

3640
02:11:46,390 --> 02:11:47,550
That's just that's completely normal.

3641
02:11:47,650 --> 02:11:49,110
We put that in a van every week.

3642
02:11:49,370 --> 02:11:51,050
Going to Zelensky's house.

3643
02:11:51,230 --> 02:11:52,210
Come on.

3644
02:11:52,510 --> 02:11:53,910
This is so obvious.

3645
02:11:55,150 --> 02:11:56,490
Don't hear anything.

3646
02:11:56,490 --> 02:12:01,250
Don't hear anything about Ukraine, except for there

3647
02:12:01,250 --> 02:12:05,070
was my boy Rutte had something to say

3648
02:12:05,070 --> 02:12:06,730
about how great Ukraine is.

3649
02:12:06,930 --> 02:12:09,830
I mean, it is a vital role indeed

3650
02:12:09,830 --> 02:12:14,930
because of this totally unprovoked war of aggression

3651
02:12:14,930 --> 02:12:15,310
of Russia.

3652
02:12:15,410 --> 02:12:15,830
Oh, yes.

3653
02:12:15,890 --> 02:12:18,570
Russia was a full scale invasion.

3654
02:12:18,870 --> 02:12:19,690
Against your country.

3655
02:12:19,950 --> 02:12:22,190
You had to defend yourself and you are

3656
02:12:22,190 --> 02:12:22,990
defending yourself.

3657
02:12:23,070 --> 02:12:24,110
And I commend you for that.

3658
02:12:24,170 --> 02:12:24,670
My respect.

3659
02:12:24,670 --> 02:12:26,350
But you also had to innovate.

3660
02:12:26,910 --> 02:12:27,050
Yes.

3661
02:12:27,130 --> 02:12:29,510
You are now one of the countries with

3662
02:12:29,510 --> 02:12:31,370
the most knowledge and experience when it comes

3663
02:12:31,370 --> 02:12:34,430
to drone technology, anti-drone technology, but also

3664
02:12:34,430 --> 02:12:35,210
so much more.

3665
02:12:35,490 --> 02:12:38,190
I every day I get reports of what

3666
02:12:38,190 --> 02:12:39,870
you guys are doing in terms of innovation

3667
02:12:39,870 --> 02:12:41,130
and what is now happening in the Middle

3668
02:12:41,130 --> 02:12:41,410
East.

3669
02:12:41,870 --> 02:12:44,290
The fact that President Zelensky said, I will

3670
02:12:44,290 --> 02:12:46,790
send Ukrainian teams to the Middle East to

3671
02:12:46,790 --> 02:12:48,010
Gulf countries to help.

3672
02:12:48,170 --> 02:12:48,770
Wait a minute.

3673
02:12:48,890 --> 02:12:51,590
He's got people left over from fighting Russia

3674
02:12:51,590 --> 02:12:53,050
to go help in the Middle East.

3675
02:12:53,170 --> 02:12:53,710
Come on.

3676
02:12:53,710 --> 02:12:55,610
But it comes to drone technology and anti

3677
02:12:55,610 --> 02:12:58,490
-drone technology, I think, is testimony of that.

3678
02:12:58,830 --> 02:13:00,610
And what we're also seeing is that European

3679
02:13:00,610 --> 02:13:03,250
countries are investing in the defense industrial base

3680
02:13:03,250 --> 02:13:03,970
in Ukraine.

3681
02:13:04,450 --> 02:13:07,070
There is still an untapped potential of 10

3682
02:13:07,070 --> 02:13:07,970
to 15 billion.

3683
02:13:08,330 --> 02:13:09,990
So a lot is being done, but still

3684
02:13:09,990 --> 02:13:11,110
there is room for more.

3685
02:13:11,890 --> 02:13:14,310
And of course, what you were doing, fighting

3686
02:13:14,310 --> 02:13:17,890
the Russians and keeping your country safe means

3687
02:13:17,890 --> 02:13:19,630
indeed that you are on the forefront of

3688
02:13:19,630 --> 02:13:20,050
innovation.

3689
02:13:20,270 --> 02:13:22,450
So thank you for doing everything you're doing.

3690
02:13:22,450 --> 02:13:24,370
We have to make sure you stay strong

3691
02:13:24,370 --> 02:13:24,870
in the fight.

3692
02:13:25,310 --> 02:13:27,990
That means when it comes to interceptors for

3693
02:13:27,990 --> 02:13:31,190
Russian missiles, when it comes to other key

3694
02:13:31,190 --> 02:13:33,710
and crucial defense industrial gear, we have to

3695
02:13:33,710 --> 02:13:34,330
support you.

3696
02:13:34,610 --> 02:13:36,090
And the U.S. plays a big role

3697
02:13:36,090 --> 02:13:37,870
here, paid for by Canadians and Europeans.

3698
02:13:38,470 --> 02:13:40,070
And we have also to keep that going.

3699
02:13:41,610 --> 02:13:43,270
I just wanted to say thank you for

3700
02:13:43,270 --> 02:13:44,470
your courage, Ukraine.

3701
02:13:44,770 --> 02:13:45,490
You're very good.

3702
02:13:45,530 --> 02:13:47,170
Very good with your drone technology.

3703
02:13:47,530 --> 02:13:48,610
You're very innovative.

3704
02:13:48,910 --> 02:13:49,510
It's very good.

3705
02:13:50,170 --> 02:13:52,530
Is he sniffing in that thing?

3706
02:13:52,690 --> 02:13:55,730
Am I hearing him going sniffing with his

3707
02:13:55,730 --> 02:13:56,070
nose?

3708
02:13:56,170 --> 02:13:57,450
Because it sounds like he's...

3709
02:13:57,450 --> 02:14:01,730
The only time I've ever heard people talk

3710
02:14:01,730 --> 02:14:03,350
like that is after a lot of cocaine.

3711
02:14:04,350 --> 02:14:07,290
You know, John has said that about him,

3712
02:14:07,450 --> 02:14:07,570
too.

3713
02:14:07,710 --> 02:14:10,350
And I'm very bad at detecting cokeheads.

3714
02:14:10,870 --> 02:14:12,730
The guy is such a nerd.

3715
02:14:12,930 --> 02:14:14,370
I mean, he goes to work on his

3716
02:14:14,370 --> 02:14:14,810
bike.

3717
02:14:15,570 --> 02:14:18,990
He used to work in HR at Unilever.

3718
02:14:19,510 --> 02:14:21,070
You know, with all the HR ladies.

3719
02:14:21,470 --> 02:14:23,610
He's an HR lady and somehow became the

3720
02:14:23,610 --> 02:14:25,130
prime minister of the Netherlands.

3721
02:14:25,670 --> 02:14:28,190
And then all the way up to the

3722
02:14:28,190 --> 02:14:30,730
secretary general of NATO.

3723
02:14:31,230 --> 02:14:33,350
It's a baffling, baffling career.

3724
02:14:33,910 --> 02:14:35,530
But he's a Trump sales guy.

3725
02:14:35,850 --> 02:14:37,550
So Trump seems to like him.

3726
02:14:37,810 --> 02:14:39,870
You know, that used to be the model

3727
02:14:39,870 --> 02:14:40,570
for salesmen.

3728
02:14:40,670 --> 02:14:44,050
They always did too much coke and couldn't

3729
02:14:44,050 --> 02:14:44,650
shut up.

3730
02:14:45,870 --> 02:14:49,210
The final clip after we're done in the

3731
02:14:49,210 --> 02:14:49,890
Middle East.

3732
02:14:50,110 --> 02:14:50,850
We have Cuba.

3733
02:14:51,330 --> 02:14:53,570
Johannes de la Bar was born in Cuba.

3734
02:14:53,930 --> 02:14:56,430
People that have never lived through this to

3735
02:14:56,430 --> 02:14:58,250
be in exile will never know what this

3736
02:14:58,250 --> 02:14:58,630
is like.

3737
02:14:58,910 --> 02:15:00,690
That's why I understand the Iranian people.

3738
02:15:00,830 --> 02:15:02,090
I understand the Venezuelan people.

3739
02:15:02,290 --> 02:15:04,470
She has mixed feelings about the headline that

3740
02:15:04,470 --> 02:15:06,350
came out of the press conference with Cuban

3741
02:15:06,350 --> 02:15:09,450
President Miguel Diaz-Canel that Cuba is officially

3742
02:15:09,450 --> 02:15:11,150
in talks with the U.S. government.

3743
02:15:11,150 --> 02:15:14,210
Sometimes you can't really negotiate with terrorists or

3744
02:15:14,210 --> 02:15:14,610
dictators.

3745
02:15:14,990 --> 02:15:15,650
But who knows?

3746
02:15:15,770 --> 02:15:17,230
You know, stranger things have happened in history.

3747
02:15:17,490 --> 02:15:20,650
So we shall see how this development truly

3748
02:15:20,650 --> 02:15:23,550
expands and see what happens and how the

3749
02:15:23,550 --> 02:15:25,130
Cuban community would react to it.

3750
02:15:25,210 --> 02:15:27,810
I think we're just happy that something is

3751
02:15:27,810 --> 02:15:28,650
finally being done.

3752
02:15:28,810 --> 02:15:31,130
I think that we are finally in history

3753
02:15:31,130 --> 02:15:33,370
at the right time, at the right place,

3754
02:15:33,470 --> 02:15:34,350
with the right president.

3755
02:15:34,810 --> 02:15:37,470
Surprised is not a word anyone ever says

3756
02:15:37,470 --> 02:15:39,170
used to describe the confirmation.

3757
02:15:39,170 --> 02:15:42,190
CBS News had already reported that talks between

3758
02:15:42,190 --> 02:15:43,710
the two countries were underway.

3759
02:15:43,990 --> 02:15:47,070
I think that they're finally stating the truth.

3760
02:15:47,190 --> 02:15:48,050
They can't hide it any further.

3761
02:15:48,450 --> 02:15:49,750
I think it's been going on for a

3762
02:15:49,750 --> 02:15:51,570
while, which we've been hearing that has been

3763
02:15:51,570 --> 02:15:51,970
going on.

3764
02:15:52,070 --> 02:15:54,370
Marco Rubio has been engaged in conversations with

3765
02:15:54,370 --> 02:15:54,570
them.

3766
02:15:55,170 --> 02:15:57,070
But like always, they always lie to us.

3767
02:15:57,170 --> 02:15:59,190
They've been lying to us for 65 years.

3768
02:16:01,290 --> 02:16:02,850
And I'll go a little further.

3769
02:16:03,110 --> 02:16:04,930
I'll tell you that what I would like

3770
02:16:04,930 --> 02:16:06,530
to see come out of this is that

3771
02:16:06,530 --> 02:16:08,350
Canel gets out and Castro gets out.

3772
02:16:08,350 --> 02:16:10,670
That's the only thing that's acceptable to the

3773
02:16:10,670 --> 02:16:11,710
community.

3774
02:16:12,310 --> 02:16:13,350
You ever been to Cuba?

3775
02:16:14,370 --> 02:16:14,630
No.

3776
02:16:15,850 --> 02:16:16,250
Nope.

3777
02:16:18,510 --> 02:16:18,990
I know there's...

3778
02:16:20,610 --> 02:16:22,370
Cuba's got a lot going on right now.

3779
02:16:22,910 --> 02:16:24,350
Well, they've got nothing going on.

3780
02:16:24,470 --> 02:16:25,090
Nothing works.

3781
02:16:25,270 --> 02:16:26,730
They have no gas.

3782
02:16:26,850 --> 02:16:27,530
They got no oil.

3783
02:16:27,670 --> 02:16:28,230
They got nothing.

3784
02:16:30,330 --> 02:16:32,330
Well, if I'm on the next show, I

3785
02:16:32,330 --> 02:16:32,490
will.

3786
02:16:32,750 --> 02:16:34,150
I have a bunch of Cuba stuff.

3787
02:16:34,230 --> 02:16:35,610
I just didn't grab it all because I

3788
02:16:35,610 --> 02:16:36,510
didn't finish last night.

3789
02:16:36,570 --> 02:16:37,549
You're holding back.

3790
02:16:37,549 --> 02:16:38,950
You've got stuff in abeyance.

3791
02:16:39,070 --> 02:16:39,790
All right.

3792
02:16:40,290 --> 02:16:40,790
Yeah.

3793
02:16:41,230 --> 02:16:43,049
Cuba on 1852.

3794
02:16:46,770 --> 02:16:58,090
Yeah, that's

3795
02:16:58,090 --> 02:16:58,270
right.

3796
02:16:58,330 --> 02:17:00,150
We still have a number of people to

3797
02:17:00,150 --> 02:17:01,150
thank who supported us.

3798
02:17:01,209 --> 02:17:02,070
$50 and above.

3799
02:17:02,170 --> 02:17:03,469
We always thank everybody.

3800
02:17:04,510 --> 02:17:09,230
No knights or dames, as we've already announced.

3801
02:17:09,350 --> 02:17:11,309
We're waiting until John returns to do all

3802
02:17:11,309 --> 02:17:12,570
of those knightings and damings.

3803
02:17:12,950 --> 02:17:13,930
So let's thank everybody.

3804
02:17:14,110 --> 02:17:17,770
We start off with, let's see, Chris Moore

3805
02:17:17,770 --> 02:17:22,049
from Indianapolis, Indiana, with $188.88. His own

3806
02:17:22,049 --> 02:17:25,309
special Give John a Reason to Live donation.

3807
02:17:25,790 --> 02:17:29,110
Amy Pousson in Jefferson, Wisconsin.

3808
02:17:29,670 --> 02:17:31,610
I guess this is a freedom donation.

3809
02:17:31,610 --> 02:17:34,030
$17,776.

3810
02:17:34,110 --> 02:17:34,790
We'll take it.

3811
02:17:35,129 --> 02:17:36,950
Grumpy Old Dames from Smithville, Texas.

3812
02:17:37,209 --> 02:17:37,730
$150.

3813
02:17:38,010 --> 02:17:39,690
Paige Holland, $125.

3814
02:17:40,290 --> 02:17:41,590
And she sent in a note.

3815
02:17:41,730 --> 02:17:43,129
Let's see what Paige says here.

3816
02:17:43,170 --> 02:17:44,270
Quick recovery for John.

3817
02:17:45,070 --> 02:17:47,469
Mimi and Adam, competitive new pair up.

3818
02:17:47,770 --> 02:17:50,309
Who knew Mimi had such a killer good

3819
02:17:50,309 --> 02:17:51,270
podcast presence.

3820
02:17:51,270 --> 02:17:51,510
Aw.

3821
02:17:51,730 --> 02:17:54,070
Yes, with the fake sexy voice, as John

3822
02:17:54,070 --> 02:17:54,510
calls it.

3823
02:17:54,990 --> 02:17:57,290
It's lovely to get to hear John's much

3824
02:17:57,290 --> 02:17:57,889
better half.

3825
02:17:58,209 --> 02:17:58,889
Prayers and love.

3826
02:17:59,030 --> 02:18:01,309
Paige Holland from San Antone here in Texas.

3827
02:18:01,309 --> 02:18:02,370
Thank you very much, Paige.

3828
02:18:02,910 --> 02:18:05,209
Forrest Scott Brinkley, North Canton, Ohio.

3829
02:18:05,590 --> 02:18:07,650
$105.44. He says, get well, John.

3830
02:18:08,190 --> 02:18:09,170
I get well soon, John.

3831
02:18:09,270 --> 02:18:12,510
Steve Brown, $105.35. A one-time get

3832
02:18:12,510 --> 02:18:13,690
well donation for John.

3833
02:18:14,250 --> 02:18:17,030
Rulof Boer is in Fincafane in the Netherlands.

3834
02:18:17,230 --> 02:18:17,690
$101.

3835
02:18:18,090 --> 02:18:20,129
He says, this is my first donation.

3836
02:18:22,070 --> 02:18:23,730
You've been dedouched.

3837
02:18:25,410 --> 02:18:28,270
Oh, actually, someone sent something along for this.

3838
02:18:28,330 --> 02:18:29,110
I remember this.

3839
02:18:29,110 --> 02:18:31,309
I was already thinking about it for a

3840
02:18:31,309 --> 02:18:34,270
while, about donating, but I was so pleasantly

3841
02:18:34,270 --> 02:18:37,629
surprised by Mimi's performance, all my hesitation shattered.

3842
02:18:37,770 --> 02:18:39,870
Mimi, you're a donation bonanza.

3843
02:18:40,389 --> 02:18:42,110
So I guess you can call this a

3844
02:18:42,110 --> 02:18:43,110
Mimi donation.

3845
02:18:43,670 --> 02:18:44,570
Mimi donation.

3846
02:18:47,190 --> 02:18:49,190
We got that as a bonus.

3847
02:18:49,309 --> 02:18:50,090
He sent it to us.

3848
02:18:50,969 --> 02:18:52,990
The bark is a well-meaning jab aimed

3849
02:18:52,990 --> 02:18:53,309
at Mimi.

3850
02:18:53,510 --> 02:18:55,129
Couldn't figure out how to make the bark

3851
02:18:55,129 --> 02:18:55,770
less loud.

3852
02:18:55,889 --> 02:18:58,010
Fun fact, I got hooked the second time

3853
02:18:58,010 --> 02:18:59,469
I listened to the show because a producer

3854
02:18:59,469 --> 02:19:02,570
revealed he donates with names specifically designed to

3855
02:19:02,570 --> 02:19:04,490
give John a hard time pronouncing them.

3856
02:19:04,770 --> 02:19:06,670
Yeah, like we didn't know this.

3857
02:19:07,309 --> 02:19:07,610
Okay.

3858
02:19:08,650 --> 02:19:11,110
There's the Rock and Roll Detective from Madison,

3859
02:19:11,230 --> 02:19:11,650
Wisconsin.

3860
02:19:11,950 --> 02:19:12,709
Check out the books.

3861
02:19:12,950 --> 02:19:14,230
Rock and Roll Detective, $100.

3862
02:19:14,870 --> 02:19:18,530
Albert Ray Peake from Piperton, Tennessee, $100.

3863
02:19:18,930 --> 02:19:22,889
David West from Marysville, Washington, $100.

3864
02:19:23,290 --> 02:19:24,730
And also has a note.

3865
02:19:24,790 --> 02:19:25,590
Do we have another note?

3866
02:19:25,770 --> 02:19:26,010
Didn't we?

3867
02:19:26,430 --> 02:19:26,629
Yeah.

3868
02:19:27,110 --> 02:19:27,690
Hold on a second.

3869
02:19:27,690 --> 02:19:30,670
Where is my notes?

3870
02:19:33,190 --> 02:19:34,930
No, I only have three notes.

3871
02:19:35,209 --> 02:19:35,850
Oh, wait a minute.

3872
02:19:35,950 --> 02:19:36,250
No, four.

3873
02:19:36,350 --> 02:19:36,670
I got it.

3874
02:19:36,709 --> 02:19:37,049
I got it.

3875
02:19:37,129 --> 02:19:37,250
Okay.

3876
02:19:38,830 --> 02:19:39,770
What does it say here?

3877
02:19:40,889 --> 02:19:43,209
John, now do you believe in God?

3878
02:19:43,889 --> 02:19:45,750
So glad you are alive and we'll be

3879
02:19:45,750 --> 02:19:46,110
back.

3880
02:19:46,389 --> 02:19:47,970
You are a national treasure.

3881
02:19:48,090 --> 02:19:50,070
Adam and Mimi, good for you for keeping

3882
02:19:50,070 --> 02:19:51,810
the show going while John recovers.

3883
02:19:53,210 --> 02:19:55,890
Sergio McGillicuddy, aka David West.

3884
02:19:55,890 --> 02:19:58,550
Yeah, everyone's hoping John met God.

3885
02:19:58,950 --> 02:20:00,290
That's what everyone is saying.

3886
02:20:00,410 --> 02:20:02,030
Any insight on that?

3887
02:20:02,970 --> 02:20:03,190
Nope.

3888
02:20:03,490 --> 02:20:03,670
Nope.

3889
02:20:03,870 --> 02:20:04,130
Okay.

3890
02:20:04,250 --> 02:20:05,710
Well, I'll ask him when he comes back.

3891
02:20:06,390 --> 02:20:06,690
Yes.

3892
02:20:07,710 --> 02:20:09,790
Oh, then we have a lot of 8888

3893
02:20:09,790 --> 02:20:10,550
still coming in.

3894
02:20:10,670 --> 02:20:12,470
Jennifer Taylor, Caddo Mills, Texas.

3895
02:20:12,750 --> 02:20:15,650
Daniel Posselt in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

3896
02:20:15,850 --> 02:20:17,290
Laura Masters in London.

3897
02:20:17,490 --> 02:20:18,210
Hello, London.

3898
02:20:18,850 --> 02:20:21,510
Manuel Obando in Miami Lakes, Florida.

3899
02:20:21,770 --> 02:20:23,790
Wayne Thume in Preston, Maryland.

3900
02:20:23,790 --> 02:20:27,050
And Jason Babcock comes in with 8888, and

3901
02:20:27,050 --> 02:20:28,230
that pushes him to knighthood.

3902
02:20:28,430 --> 02:20:30,050
Please knight me, Sir J of the interstate,

3903
02:20:30,190 --> 02:20:32,970
and serve me Thai pineapple fried rice and

3904
02:20:32,970 --> 02:20:34,370
Thai iced tea at the table.

3905
02:20:34,810 --> 02:20:35,830
Get well soon, John.

3906
02:20:35,870 --> 02:20:36,810
We miss you, Jason.

3907
02:20:37,270 --> 02:20:39,950
And Jason, again, will be doing all of

3908
02:20:39,950 --> 02:20:41,410
these when John returns.

3909
02:20:41,550 --> 02:20:42,530
Sir Johnny, be good.

3910
02:20:42,670 --> 02:20:44,030
Colorado Springs, Colorado.

3911
02:20:44,930 --> 02:20:45,910
And let's see.

3912
02:20:46,070 --> 02:20:48,250
He says, along with my 8888 donation, the

3913
02:20:48,250 --> 02:20:50,050
following note, John, we are certainly grateful for

3914
02:20:50,050 --> 02:20:51,270
a successful procedure.

3915
02:20:51,930 --> 02:20:53,770
Glad they caught this in time.

3916
02:20:53,770 --> 02:20:55,690
We'll continue to pray and send this very

3917
02:20:55,690 --> 02:20:57,530
special donation for your recovery.

3918
02:20:57,690 --> 02:20:59,330
Very sweet, and thank you very much.

3919
02:21:00,330 --> 02:21:04,410
Coming in with 8888, Ann Dunev in Largo,

3920
02:21:04,890 --> 02:21:05,310
Florida.

3921
02:21:05,570 --> 02:21:12,830
David Fugazudo, he is the Duke of, goodness

3922
02:21:12,830 --> 02:21:15,250
gracious, I know it's America's heartland, the Arabian

3923
02:21:15,250 --> 02:21:16,730
Peninsula, Kansas City, Missouri.

3924
02:21:17,250 --> 02:21:18,970
John Tierney, Thompson, Connecticut.

3925
02:21:19,370 --> 02:21:22,810
Brian Kinnett in Powder Springs, Georgia.

3926
02:21:23,590 --> 02:21:26,870
MFDX of Anjou, 8888.

3927
02:21:26,930 --> 02:21:29,410
Ashley Karalis in Needleville, Texas.

3928
02:21:29,610 --> 02:21:31,550
Ernie Parton in Westchester, Ohio.

3929
02:21:31,930 --> 02:21:32,610
Brad R.

3930
02:21:32,670 --> 02:21:35,110
King in Schoolcraft, Michigan.

3931
02:21:35,750 --> 02:21:38,390
Joseph Wistos in Spokane, Washington.

3932
02:21:38,970 --> 02:21:41,170
And there's Sir John of the Techni Basin,

3933
02:21:41,330 --> 02:21:43,010
and he comes in with a Bitcoin donation

3934
02:21:43,010 --> 02:21:44,350
equaling 8888.

3935
02:21:44,450 --> 02:21:45,130
We're at the boobs.

3936
02:21:45,530 --> 02:21:49,010
Roy Peterson, Gaithersburg, Maryland, with 8008.

3937
02:21:49,130 --> 02:21:52,190
Kevin McLaughlin, of course, coming in with 8008.

3938
02:21:52,190 --> 02:21:54,170
He is the Archduke of Luna, a lover

3939
02:21:54,170 --> 02:21:55,210
of America and boobs.

3940
02:21:55,290 --> 02:21:57,150
And he says, God bless America and boobs.

3941
02:21:57,870 --> 02:21:59,390
Les Tarkowski, Kingman, Arizona.

3942
02:21:59,590 --> 02:22:01,190
Small boobs, 6006.

3943
02:22:01,330 --> 02:22:03,970
James Edmondson, South Plainfield, New Jersey.

3944
02:22:04,090 --> 02:22:05,110
Double nickels on the dime.

3945
02:22:05,670 --> 02:22:08,630
Lane Lamoureux in Baghdad, in Iraq.

3946
02:22:09,350 --> 02:22:11,310
Ho-ho, missed note, last show.

3947
02:22:11,770 --> 02:22:14,410
Not read with my 333 donation last show,

3948
02:22:14,490 --> 02:22:15,370
so I'll try again.

3949
02:22:15,930 --> 02:22:18,430
Lil Bro hit me in the mouth in

3950
02:22:18,430 --> 02:22:19,870
mountainous Idaho.

3951
02:22:19,870 --> 02:22:22,590
From Boise to Baghdad, you've kept me sane

3952
02:22:22,590 --> 02:22:24,710
through my move to Mesopotamia.

3953
02:22:24,830 --> 02:22:25,910
Currently on fire.

3954
02:22:26,270 --> 02:22:28,650
Multiple missile impacts in northwest Baghdad.

3955
02:22:28,770 --> 02:22:29,810
I love you guys.

3956
02:22:30,270 --> 02:22:31,210
And we love you, Lane.

3957
02:22:31,350 --> 02:22:32,130
Be careful.

3958
02:22:32,310 --> 02:22:32,810
$55.

3959
02:22:33,850 --> 02:22:36,950
Luke Mannell, Los Angeles, California, 5272.

3960
02:22:37,030 --> 02:22:39,650
Brian Holt in Carmel, New York, 5017.

3961
02:22:40,050 --> 02:22:40,870
And we're at the 50s.

3962
02:22:40,990 --> 02:22:43,850
Kevin Dills from Huntersville, North Carolina.

3963
02:22:44,250 --> 02:22:45,830
Philip Ballew in Louisville, Kentucky.

3964
02:22:46,010 --> 02:22:48,290
Chris Lewinsky, Sir Chris Lewinsky in Sherwood Park,

3965
02:22:48,390 --> 02:22:48,810
Alberta.

3966
02:22:48,810 --> 02:22:50,390
Easy Landscapes.

3967
02:22:50,530 --> 02:22:51,750
North Stonington, Connecticut.

3968
02:22:52,030 --> 02:22:54,330
Greg Bodak in Belvedere, Illinois.

3969
02:22:54,790 --> 02:22:58,190
Baron of Belmont in the Catawawa...

3970
02:22:59,910 --> 02:23:01,290
How do you pronounce it?

3971
02:23:01,910 --> 02:23:02,350
Catawaba?

3972
02:23:02,570 --> 02:23:04,190
No, I'm missing an A there.

3973
02:23:04,350 --> 02:23:05,370
It says Cat...

3974
02:23:05,370 --> 02:23:06,070
There's no Cat...

3975
02:23:06,070 --> 02:23:07,150
Well, maybe it is Catawaba.

3976
02:23:07,290 --> 02:23:08,210
Maybe I just mistyped.

3977
02:23:08,850 --> 02:23:10,350
Catawaba River Basin, Charlotte.

3978
02:23:10,450 --> 02:23:11,350
Meet up this Thursday.

3979
02:23:11,450 --> 02:23:11,810
That's right.

3980
02:23:11,830 --> 02:23:12,970
It will be the fifth anniversary.

3981
02:23:13,470 --> 02:23:15,310
Every producer in the Charlotte area is welcome.

3982
02:23:15,630 --> 02:23:16,290
Get well, John.

3983
02:23:16,330 --> 02:23:16,850
We miss you.

3984
02:23:16,850 --> 02:23:20,590
Pamela Bradley, Tecumseh, Oklahoma.

3985
02:23:21,630 --> 02:23:24,410
George Oberhofer in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

3986
02:23:24,990 --> 02:23:27,210
Ox Utherix in Buffalo, New York, $50.

3987
02:23:27,650 --> 02:23:29,330
Prayers for John's speedy recovery.

3988
02:23:30,390 --> 02:23:32,110
And he says, Adam, thank you for ending

3989
02:23:32,110 --> 02:23:34,550
the $50 donations with Ox Utherix, Buffalo, New

3990
02:23:34,550 --> 02:23:35,770
York, during the past episode.

3991
02:23:35,850 --> 02:23:36,950
A couple of times I've donated.

3992
02:23:37,250 --> 02:23:38,430
It's a special thrill for me.

3993
02:23:38,510 --> 02:23:40,370
Well, you are the last one again.

3994
02:23:40,870 --> 02:23:42,590
I don't know why this is, but for

3995
02:23:42,590 --> 02:23:44,010
some reason you seem to be the last

3996
02:23:44,010 --> 02:23:44,290
one.

3997
02:23:44,490 --> 02:23:45,050
That's amazing.

3998
02:23:45,150 --> 02:23:45,850
I have to ask Jay.

3999
02:23:45,850 --> 02:23:47,150
She's probably doing it.

4000
02:23:47,250 --> 02:23:48,410
They must have something going.

4001
02:23:49,630 --> 02:23:51,590
Who knows what Jay is really doing?

4002
02:23:51,710 --> 02:23:53,530
No one really knows what Jay is doing,

4003
02:23:53,530 --> 02:23:55,890
other than everything works out just fine.

4004
02:23:56,450 --> 02:23:57,310
She's my daughter.

4005
02:23:57,490 --> 02:23:58,630
We never know what she's doing.

4006
02:23:58,910 --> 02:24:00,110
She takes after me.

4007
02:24:01,950 --> 02:24:02,890
Let me see.

4008
02:24:03,030 --> 02:24:05,010
Then there was another note that I missed

4009
02:24:05,010 --> 02:24:09,190
from Sherry Wormager.

4010
02:24:10,050 --> 02:24:10,530
Wormager.

4011
02:24:11,130 --> 02:24:12,790
And I missed it on the last one.

4012
02:24:12,910 --> 02:24:14,290
She says, get well fast, John.

4013
02:24:14,330 --> 02:24:14,790
We miss you.

4014
02:24:14,790 --> 02:24:16,290
I did leave a note of 200 characters

4015
02:24:16,290 --> 02:24:18,070
on my PayPal donation for the show on

4016
02:24:18,070 --> 02:24:18,790
March 12th.

4017
02:24:18,850 --> 02:24:19,650
Adam didn't read it.

4018
02:24:19,690 --> 02:24:20,470
He just read my name.

4019
02:24:20,590 --> 02:24:21,710
So here it is.

4020
02:24:22,050 --> 02:24:23,550
Thank you both for all you do to

4021
02:24:23,550 --> 02:24:24,570
keep our amygdala small.

4022
02:24:24,670 --> 02:24:25,610
I was hit in the mouth of my

4023
02:24:25,610 --> 02:24:27,230
husband and son back in 2008.

4024
02:24:27,330 --> 02:24:28,950
A big thank you to both of them,

4025
02:24:29,050 --> 02:24:29,670
Eric and Cody.

4026
02:24:29,810 --> 02:24:31,310
Cody's a knight and we have to work

4027
02:24:31,310 --> 02:24:31,830
on Eric.

4028
02:24:32,190 --> 02:24:33,090
A dame needs her knight.

4029
02:24:33,190 --> 02:24:35,210
It took me until 2020 to realize this

4030
02:24:35,210 --> 02:24:37,410
is the best podcast in the universe.

4031
02:24:37,610 --> 02:24:39,410
I haven't missed a show since I started

4032
02:24:39,410 --> 02:24:41,970
a monthly layaway program immediately, along with a

4033
02:24:41,970 --> 02:24:44,290
few larger donations, including one executive and one

4034
02:24:44,290 --> 02:24:46,170
associate donations.

4035
02:24:46,470 --> 02:24:48,110
I am well over the limit to claim

4036
02:24:48,110 --> 02:24:49,030
my dame status.

4037
02:24:49,470 --> 02:24:52,010
Please dame me, dame more, more.

4038
02:24:52,290 --> 02:24:53,430
Let's keep up these donations.

4039
02:24:53,550 --> 02:24:55,290
Even after John returns to work, I'll be

4040
02:24:55,290 --> 02:24:56,250
doing everything I can.

4041
02:24:56,570 --> 02:24:57,330
Thank you both.

4042
02:24:57,410 --> 02:24:59,130
Plus the back office for all you do.

4043
02:24:59,450 --> 02:25:00,870
She's in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

4044
02:25:01,070 --> 02:25:02,090
Future dame more, more.

4045
02:25:02,190 --> 02:25:04,330
And yes, you will be a dame upon

4046
02:25:04,330 --> 02:25:05,250
John's return.

4047
02:25:05,530 --> 02:25:08,230
We have exactly zero birthdays.

4048
02:25:08,570 --> 02:25:09,650
I don't know how that happens.

4049
02:25:09,650 --> 02:25:12,410
That's happened maybe once before in the history

4050
02:25:12,410 --> 02:25:12,950
of the show.

4051
02:25:13,690 --> 02:25:14,090
Interesting.

4052
02:25:15,090 --> 02:25:17,530
It's so, you know, I don't get to

4053
02:25:17,530 --> 02:25:19,250
say, you know, I don't get to say

4054
02:25:19,250 --> 02:25:19,590
anything.

4055
02:25:19,810 --> 02:25:21,090
It's just no, no birthday.

4056
02:25:21,290 --> 02:25:23,190
So thank you for the support of the

4057
02:25:23,190 --> 02:25:23,370
show.

4058
02:25:23,470 --> 02:25:25,410
Go to noagendadonations.com.

4059
02:25:25,730 --> 02:25:28,190
Any amount, anytime you feel like it, that's

4060
02:25:28,190 --> 02:25:28,670
how it works.

4061
02:25:28,710 --> 02:25:29,550
It's real simple.

4062
02:25:29,970 --> 02:25:31,250
If you get value out of the show,

4063
02:25:31,470 --> 02:25:32,510
it's value for value.

4064
02:25:32,650 --> 02:25:33,710
Send some value back.

4065
02:25:34,710 --> 02:25:35,510
Noagendadonations.com.

4066
02:25:39,830 --> 02:25:46,670
Indeed, the No Agenda Meetups are for everyone

4067
02:25:46,670 --> 02:25:47,910
worldwide.

4068
02:25:48,550 --> 02:25:50,630
They take place all the time, usually around

4069
02:25:50,630 --> 02:25:51,250
the weekends.

4070
02:25:52,110 --> 02:25:53,230
Anybody can start them.

4071
02:25:53,350 --> 02:25:53,770
Anybody can.

4072
02:25:53,810 --> 02:25:55,290
It's not like, you know, TEDx.

4073
02:25:55,330 --> 02:25:56,630
We have to get some kind of special

4074
02:25:56,630 --> 02:25:57,550
license to do it.

4075
02:25:57,610 --> 02:26:00,050
You just go ahead, go to noagendameetups.com.

4076
02:26:00,050 --> 02:26:02,570
And do you have a promo for the

4077
02:26:02,570 --> 02:26:04,970
Charlotte Meetup five-year anniversary?

4078
02:26:05,050 --> 02:26:07,830
We just heard from Baron of Belmont.

4079
02:26:09,050 --> 02:26:10,470
And here's his promo.

4080
02:26:10,610 --> 02:26:12,630
This Thursday Meetup, Ed's Tavern in Charlotte.

4081
02:26:13,050 --> 02:26:14,550
It will be the fifth anniversary of the

4082
02:26:14,550 --> 02:26:16,010
Thirsty Third Thursday Meetup.

4083
02:26:16,350 --> 02:26:17,670
If you would please make a point to

4084
02:26:17,670 --> 02:26:19,390
mention this and encourage more producers in the

4085
02:26:19,390 --> 02:26:20,550
area to show up, it would be greatly

4086
02:26:20,550 --> 02:26:21,190
appreciated.

4087
02:26:21,290 --> 02:26:23,950
We drink beer, smoke cigars, and solve the

4088
02:26:23,950 --> 02:26:25,490
world's problems, or at least try.

4089
02:26:25,810 --> 02:26:27,450
I even had a buddy make a cigar

4090
02:26:27,450 --> 02:26:28,370
ashtray for me.

4091
02:26:28,450 --> 02:26:29,230
Picture attached.

4092
02:26:30,770 --> 02:26:31,570
Beautiful picture.

4093
02:26:31,710 --> 02:26:32,410
Thank you for your courage.

4094
02:26:32,510 --> 02:26:33,990
We're all praying and sending karma to John

4095
02:26:33,990 --> 02:26:34,870
for a speedy recovery.

4096
02:26:35,270 --> 02:26:36,810
Mimi is rocking it, by the way.

4097
02:26:37,130 --> 02:26:39,310
She's a trooper for stepping in, says Sean

4098
02:26:39,310 --> 02:26:42,030
Smith, the Baron of Belmont in the Catawba

4099
02:26:42,030 --> 02:26:43,110
River Basin.

4100
02:26:44,050 --> 02:26:44,530
Let's see.

4101
02:26:44,630 --> 02:26:46,250
We have a Meetup taking place today.

4102
02:26:46,310 --> 02:26:48,170
Of course, that is the Blind Owl Brewery.

4103
02:26:48,270 --> 02:26:50,170
That means it's Indianapolis, Indiana.

4104
02:26:50,710 --> 02:26:51,430
The No Agenda.

4105
02:26:51,510 --> 02:26:53,090
I do believe it's time for a Meetup

4106
02:26:53,090 --> 02:26:53,770
March edition.

4107
02:26:53,970 --> 02:26:55,770
That is underway as we speak.

4108
02:26:55,770 --> 02:26:58,310
On Wednesday, it's not often that we get

4109
02:26:58,310 --> 02:27:01,250
a Wednesday Meetup, but it is the Deconstruction

4110
02:27:01,250 --> 02:27:03,190
of the Leprechaun, 5.30 at the Barn

4111
02:27:03,190 --> 02:27:04,930
Restaurant in Rockaway, New Jersey.

4112
02:27:05,450 --> 02:27:08,810
On Thursday, our next show, the NISB Get

4113
02:27:08,810 --> 02:27:11,290
John Back Into the House Meetup, 5 o

4114
02:27:11,290 --> 02:27:13,710
'clock at Trails and Brewery and Brick Oven

4115
02:27:13,710 --> 02:27:15,250
Pizza in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

4116
02:27:15,870 --> 02:27:18,150
And also on Thursday, the fifth anniversary, as

4117
02:27:18,150 --> 02:27:21,150
I said, of Charlotte's Thursday monthly Meetup, 7

4118
02:27:21,150 --> 02:27:23,150
o'clock at Savern Charlotte, North Carolina.

4119
02:27:23,150 --> 02:27:24,790
For the rest of this month, on the

4120
02:27:24,790 --> 02:27:27,430
21st, Los Angeles, California, and Franklin, Tennessee.

4121
02:27:27,950 --> 02:27:29,110
Franklin's a good group, man.

4122
02:27:29,150 --> 02:27:30,690
It's like 80 or 90 people out there.

4123
02:27:31,570 --> 02:27:34,950
The 22nd, Vancouver, British Columbia, Colleyville, Texas on

4124
02:27:34,950 --> 02:27:37,170
the 28th, along with Fort Wayne, Indiana, and

4125
02:27:37,170 --> 02:27:38,810
Beachwood, Victoria, Australia.

4126
02:27:39,450 --> 02:27:42,130
Going into April, Osaka, Japan on April 4th,

4127
02:27:42,190 --> 02:27:44,830
Eagle, Idaho on the 11th, Albany, California on

4128
02:27:44,830 --> 02:27:45,490
the 11th.

4129
02:27:45,550 --> 02:27:46,530
Maybe John will be there.

4130
02:27:46,590 --> 02:27:47,150
We're not sure.

4131
02:27:47,250 --> 02:27:50,090
Lafayette, Louisiana on the 11th, and the Fredericksburg,

4132
02:27:50,190 --> 02:27:50,970
Texas Meetup.

4133
02:27:50,970 --> 02:27:53,010
I will be there with The Keeper on

4134
02:27:53,010 --> 02:27:53,630
the 11th.

4135
02:27:53,710 --> 02:27:57,450
On April 25th, Scheveningen in the Netherlands.

4136
02:27:57,690 --> 02:27:59,590
The Dutch group will be doing their Meetup.

4137
02:27:59,970 --> 02:28:01,390
Go to noagendameetups.com.

4138
02:28:01,490 --> 02:28:03,750
You will never regret going to your first

4139
02:28:03,750 --> 02:28:04,090
Meetup.

4140
02:28:04,390 --> 02:28:05,930
Your first is never your last.

4141
02:28:06,270 --> 02:28:08,150
This is where you get connection that gives

4142
02:28:08,150 --> 02:28:08,790
you the protection.

4143
02:28:08,910 --> 02:28:11,150
These people will be your first responders in

4144
02:28:11,150 --> 02:28:11,770
an emergency.

4145
02:28:12,390 --> 02:28:13,410
They keep you stable.

4146
02:28:13,630 --> 02:28:14,330
That keeps you able.

4147
02:28:15,610 --> 02:28:16,650
noagendameetups.com.

4148
02:28:17,030 --> 02:28:17,890
Go there.

4149
02:28:18,510 --> 02:28:19,650
Search by area.

4150
02:28:19,650 --> 02:28:21,550
If you can't find a Meetup near you,

4151
02:28:21,690 --> 02:28:22,870
here's the great thing about it.

4152
02:28:22,890 --> 02:28:23,930
You can start one yourself.

4153
02:28:24,770 --> 02:28:25,650
noagendameetups.com.

4154
02:28:46,410 --> 02:28:49,350
So I'm kind of worried because I see

4155
02:28:49,350 --> 02:28:50,750
not one, not two, not three.

4156
02:28:50,750 --> 02:28:53,130
I see that you have six ISOs and

4157
02:28:53,130 --> 02:28:54,270
they're not labeled.

4158
02:28:54,270 --> 02:28:56,450
So that means something is up.

4159
02:28:57,410 --> 02:28:59,090
I have two.

4160
02:28:59,870 --> 02:29:01,650
So I will give you my...

4161
02:29:01,650 --> 02:29:03,350
Well, mine are all organic.

4162
02:29:03,630 --> 02:29:04,430
They aren't John.

4163
02:29:04,710 --> 02:29:06,930
They are ones that I actually clipped.

4164
02:29:07,150 --> 02:29:07,610
Oh, okay.

4165
02:29:07,730 --> 02:29:09,410
Well, I'll do my two first.

4166
02:29:09,910 --> 02:29:11,150
It's crazy.

4167
02:29:12,370 --> 02:29:12,810
Okay.

4168
02:29:13,790 --> 02:29:14,930
And this one?

4169
02:29:14,990 --> 02:29:15,910
Thanks for the laughs.

4170
02:29:17,490 --> 02:29:18,290
All right.

4171
02:29:18,550 --> 02:29:21,010
So Mimi, you have six ISOs.

4172
02:29:21,010 --> 02:29:21,710
You've been busy.

4173
02:29:21,970 --> 02:29:22,390
All right.

4174
02:29:22,670 --> 02:29:22,830
Yep.

4175
02:29:22,830 --> 02:29:23,310
Okay.

4176
02:29:23,350 --> 02:29:24,430
We'll start with number one.

4177
02:29:24,510 --> 02:29:26,150
What the hell's going on?

4178
02:29:28,170 --> 02:29:28,970
Number two.

4179
02:29:29,330 --> 02:29:30,450
And that's the way it is.

4180
02:29:31,290 --> 02:29:32,090
Number three.

4181
02:29:32,290 --> 02:29:33,710
Folks, is this insane?

4182
02:29:33,970 --> 02:29:34,790
It's insane.

4183
02:29:35,310 --> 02:29:36,410
Who is this person?

4184
02:29:36,570 --> 02:29:37,550
It's the same one as this other one.

4185
02:29:37,550 --> 02:29:37,850
I don't know.

4186
02:29:37,950 --> 02:29:40,210
Some, yeah, some lunatic I found.

4187
02:29:41,030 --> 02:29:42,310
He showed up on my feed.

4188
02:29:42,630 --> 02:29:43,410
That was pretty good.

4189
02:29:45,550 --> 02:29:47,690
Can't, not really, not really legible.

4190
02:29:47,810 --> 02:29:47,930
All right.

4191
02:29:47,930 --> 02:29:48,610
Number five.

4192
02:29:48,610 --> 02:29:48,930
Bye.

4193
02:29:51,790 --> 02:29:53,010
That's Wolfman Jack.

4194
02:29:53,450 --> 02:29:54,250
Number six.

4195
02:29:54,490 --> 02:29:55,670
She was afraid of the dark.

4196
02:29:55,750 --> 02:29:56,430
She saw me naked.

4197
02:29:56,510 --> 02:29:57,550
Now she's afraid of the light.

4198
02:29:59,170 --> 02:30:00,670
Is that Rodney Dangerfield?

4199
02:30:01,370 --> 02:30:02,130
It is.

4200
02:30:02,290 --> 02:30:02,550
Yeah.

4201
02:30:02,610 --> 02:30:03,870
I think I kind of like this one.

4202
02:30:03,870 --> 02:30:05,430
What the hell's going on?

4203
02:30:05,570 --> 02:30:06,790
I kind of like that one.

4204
02:30:06,970 --> 02:30:08,270
That, I think that sums it up.

4205
02:30:08,390 --> 02:30:08,690
Okay.

4206
02:30:08,750 --> 02:30:09,590
We'll keep it at that one.

4207
02:30:09,690 --> 02:30:10,210
Hey, everybody.

4208
02:30:10,350 --> 02:30:11,990
It's time to listen to another tip of

4209
02:30:11,990 --> 02:30:12,390
the day.

4210
02:30:12,770 --> 02:30:14,610
Brought to you by Mimi Dvorak.

4211
02:30:19,530 --> 02:30:23,050
With JCB and sometimes Adam.

4212
02:30:24,930 --> 02:30:25,730
All right.

4213
02:30:26,970 --> 02:30:27,890
All right.

4214
02:30:28,110 --> 02:30:31,050
This, we'll probably get banned in Minnesota because

4215
02:30:31,050 --> 02:30:32,570
it's called Barra Ice.

4216
02:30:33,710 --> 02:30:34,510
Barra Ice?

4217
02:30:34,890 --> 02:30:36,670
T-H-E-R-A.

4218
02:30:36,730 --> 02:30:37,150
Oh, I see.

4219
02:30:37,650 --> 02:30:38,210
Or I-C-E.

4220
02:30:38,450 --> 02:30:40,090
It's a migraine relief cap.

4221
02:30:40,350 --> 02:30:42,050
It's about $30 on Amazon.

4222
02:30:42,710 --> 02:30:45,750
It's basically a bandana with eye shades.

4223
02:30:45,850 --> 02:30:46,930
It blocks out the light.

4224
02:30:46,930 --> 02:30:50,030
The cap has these gel inserts, and it's

4225
02:30:50,030 --> 02:30:50,970
got a Ziploc bag.

4226
02:30:51,070 --> 02:30:52,670
So you put the cap into the Ziploc

4227
02:30:52,670 --> 02:30:53,110
bag.

4228
02:30:53,250 --> 02:30:55,030
You put it in your freezer for at

4229
02:30:55,030 --> 02:30:55,910
least two hours.

4230
02:30:56,210 --> 02:30:57,590
And then you put it on.

4231
02:30:58,030 --> 02:30:59,950
And it is, it's not stiff.

4232
02:31:00,030 --> 02:31:01,890
It's actually kind of jellish.

4233
02:31:02,030 --> 02:31:03,290
So it's always cold.

4234
02:31:03,410 --> 02:31:04,390
It lasts for a while.

4235
02:31:05,650 --> 02:31:07,650
It gives a little bit of gentle compression.

4236
02:31:08,830 --> 02:31:11,730
And the cap is just, it fits all

4237
02:31:11,730 --> 02:31:12,350
head sizes.

4238
02:31:12,710 --> 02:31:14,230
It's a little bit of compression.

4239
02:31:14,410 --> 02:31:16,490
Wait, you put it over your head?

4240
02:31:17,050 --> 02:31:18,690
Over your head, it covers your eyes.

4241
02:31:19,090 --> 02:31:20,210
So it looks like a cap.

4242
02:31:21,550 --> 02:31:22,830
Is this for hangovers?

4243
02:31:23,210 --> 02:31:24,170
Or what do you use this for?

4244
02:31:24,190 --> 02:31:24,370
Oh, yeah.

4245
02:31:24,610 --> 02:31:24,930
Oh, no.

4246
02:31:25,150 --> 02:31:26,970
Well, it's for migraines, hangovers.

4247
02:31:28,130 --> 02:31:30,110
If you've got a fever, it actually is

4248
02:31:30,110 --> 02:31:31,190
excellent for a fever.

4249
02:31:33,930 --> 02:31:35,570
These are really good products.

4250
02:31:36,170 --> 02:31:38,750
Thera Ice also, it's good for about two

4251
02:31:38,750 --> 02:31:39,070
hours.

4252
02:31:39,250 --> 02:31:41,670
Unlike a big ice bag, it doesn't leak

4253
02:31:41,670 --> 02:31:42,150
on you.

4254
02:31:42,330 --> 02:31:44,990
And it's also a pretty even temperature the

4255
02:31:44,990 --> 02:31:45,470
whole time.

4256
02:31:45,470 --> 02:31:46,970
I think it's fantastic.

4257
02:31:47,270 --> 02:31:49,490
It is important to put it into the

4258
02:31:49,490 --> 02:31:50,350
sealed bag.

4259
02:31:50,530 --> 02:31:52,310
Can you walk outside and walk around the

4260
02:31:52,310 --> 02:31:53,190
neighborhood with this?

4261
02:31:53,250 --> 02:31:54,410
Or will they scare the children?

4262
02:31:55,270 --> 02:31:56,810
You'd walk into trees.

4263
02:31:57,010 --> 02:31:57,930
It covers your eyes.

4264
02:31:58,150 --> 02:31:58,670
Okay.

4265
02:31:59,730 --> 02:32:01,210
And what is the name of this product

4266
02:32:01,210 --> 02:32:01,630
again?

4267
02:32:02,470 --> 02:32:04,030
It's Thera Ice.

4268
02:32:04,210 --> 02:32:06,310
T-H-E-R-A-I-C-E.

4269
02:32:06,470 --> 02:32:11,070
They also have devices for your shoulder and

4270
02:32:11,070 --> 02:32:12,530
your ankle and knee wraps.

4271
02:32:13,150 --> 02:32:14,730
So as you get old and you start

4272
02:32:14,730 --> 02:32:16,910
having aches and pains, they're fantastic.

4273
02:32:17,570 --> 02:32:20,290
But the migraine relief cap is really...

4274
02:32:22,270 --> 02:32:23,530
I'm a migraineur.

4275
02:32:23,590 --> 02:32:24,970
I've had migraines all my life.

4276
02:32:25,370 --> 02:32:25,690
Oh, I'm sorry.

4277
02:32:27,290 --> 02:32:30,770
And it explains my quirky personality.

4278
02:32:31,070 --> 02:32:32,270
Ah, there it is, everybody.

4279
02:32:34,090 --> 02:32:37,770
Find them all at noagendafund.com, tipoftheday.net.

4280
02:32:44,230 --> 02:32:46,010
And sometimes, Adam.

4281
02:32:46,770 --> 02:32:47,810
Created by Dana Brunetti.

4282
02:32:47,970 --> 02:32:48,730
Yeah, I had to...

4283
02:32:48,730 --> 02:32:49,730
Sorry about that.

4284
02:32:49,830 --> 02:32:51,190
I had to put the created by Dana

4285
02:32:51,190 --> 02:32:51,970
Brunetti in there.

4286
02:32:52,030 --> 02:32:52,750
He was complaining.

4287
02:32:53,250 --> 02:32:55,410
Like, just because John isn't there, man, doesn't

4288
02:32:55,410 --> 02:32:56,070
mean I don't...

4289
02:32:56,070 --> 02:32:57,850
I need my credit because I created all

4290
02:32:57,850 --> 02:32:58,510
that stuff, man.

4291
02:32:58,550 --> 02:32:59,130
Just so you know.

4292
02:32:59,190 --> 02:33:00,150
I created all that.

4293
02:33:01,070 --> 02:33:01,510
Exactly.

4294
02:33:02,430 --> 02:33:03,730
And we're at the end of another No

4295
02:33:03,730 --> 02:33:06,030
Agenda extravaganza.

4296
02:33:06,290 --> 02:33:08,970
A special thanks to you, Mimi, for being

4297
02:33:08,970 --> 02:33:13,010
here once again and bringing not just fun

4298
02:33:13,010 --> 02:33:16,690
clips, but also fun tales from Mimi's past.

4299
02:33:18,110 --> 02:33:20,050
Wait till I write my memoirs.

4300
02:33:20,050 --> 02:33:20,630
Watch out.

4301
02:33:20,890 --> 02:33:22,150
Swinging with Mimi, everybody.

4302
02:33:22,350 --> 02:33:22,890
That's right.

4303
02:33:23,050 --> 02:33:25,110
And of course, you can go to toomanyeggs

4304
02:33:25,110 --> 02:33:26,850
.com if you want to know more about

4305
02:33:26,850 --> 02:33:28,130
Mimi and her eggs.

4306
02:33:29,030 --> 02:33:31,070
Lots and lots of talk about them.

4307
02:33:32,170 --> 02:33:35,030
Classic end of show mixes in honor of

4308
02:33:35,030 --> 02:33:37,190
the war in Iran from Jesse Coyne Nelson,

4309
02:33:37,390 --> 02:33:39,910
Tom Starkweller, and James Treese.

4310
02:33:39,910 --> 02:33:43,230
Up next on the No Agenda stream, if

4311
02:33:43,230 --> 02:33:45,150
you're still listening, that Larry show.

4312
02:33:45,310 --> 02:33:45,830
Ah, yes.

4313
02:33:46,190 --> 02:33:48,070
The deepest voice in podcasting.

4314
02:33:48,650 --> 02:33:49,790
Larry will be here.

4315
02:33:49,790 --> 02:33:49,990
Really?

4316
02:33:50,290 --> 02:33:50,490
Larry show.

4317
02:33:50,490 --> 02:33:50,830
Oh, yeah.

4318
02:33:51,010 --> 02:33:51,230
All right.

4319
02:33:51,270 --> 02:33:52,870
He's got an amazing set of pipes.

4320
02:33:53,870 --> 02:33:54,890
And that'll do it.

4321
02:33:54,970 --> 02:33:55,910
Coming to you from the heart of the

4322
02:33:55,910 --> 02:33:58,430
Texas Hill Country in Fredericksburg, Texas in the

4323
02:33:58,430 --> 02:33:59,030
morning, everybody.

4324
02:33:59,190 --> 02:33:59,750
I'm Adam Curry.

4325
02:34:01,650 --> 02:34:02,330
This is where you...

4326
02:34:02,330 --> 02:34:04,830
Oh, and by the way, and this is

4327
02:34:04,830 --> 02:34:07,590
Mimi Smith-Dvorak coming from you from the

4328
02:34:07,590 --> 02:34:10,690
Pacific Northwest, where it is not raining at

4329
02:34:10,690 --> 02:34:11,110
the moment.

4330
02:34:12,270 --> 02:34:13,650
We will see you on Thursday.

4331
02:34:13,830 --> 02:34:15,370
Till then, adios, mofos.

4332
02:34:15,490 --> 02:34:17,370
Ahoy, hoi, hoi, and such.

4333
02:34:22,470 --> 02:34:24,490
It's a memo that describes how we're going

4334
02:34:24,490 --> 02:34:27,270
to take out seven countries in five years.

4335
02:34:32,450 --> 02:34:34,550
When I first came to office, one of

4336
02:34:34,550 --> 02:34:36,670
the first meetings I had was at the

4337
02:34:36,670 --> 02:34:38,050
Pentagon with generals.

4338
02:34:43,610 --> 02:34:46,150
Bolden has always said, let's go to war,

4339
02:34:46,250 --> 02:34:47,670
but he's not the one who's going to

4340
02:34:47,670 --> 02:34:48,430
go in the forefront.

4341
02:34:48,690 --> 02:34:49,410
He's a coward.

4342
02:34:54,670 --> 02:34:57,410
The leaders of Iran are racketeers.

4343
02:34:57,770 --> 02:34:59,810
Behind every problem is Iran.

4344
02:35:04,190 --> 02:35:05,830
I heard what you said in 2016 and

4345
02:35:05,830 --> 02:35:07,330
liked it when you said, no more stupid

4346
02:35:07,330 --> 02:35:07,690
wars.

4347
02:35:09,110 --> 02:35:11,570
We've got a rogue president in the White

4348
02:35:11,570 --> 02:35:14,950
House surrounded by these uber-hawks that thirst

4349
02:35:14,950 --> 02:35:16,690
for another war with Iran.

4350
02:35:18,050 --> 02:35:21,690
The International Atomic Energy Agency has never found

4351
02:35:21,690 --> 02:35:25,050
Iran in contravention of stipulations in the deal.

4352
02:35:26,710 --> 02:35:29,430
If Iran wants to fight, that will be

4353
02:35:29,430 --> 02:35:31,210
the official end of Iran.

4354
02:35:31,390 --> 02:35:34,170
Never threaten the United States again.

4355
02:35:34,190 --> 02:35:36,290
I'm not somebody that wants to go into

4356
02:35:36,290 --> 02:35:36,670
war.

4357
02:35:36,790 --> 02:35:40,570
In the United States, heading towards another Middle

4358
02:35:40,570 --> 02:35:42,810
East showdown, this time with Iran.

4359
02:35:47,010 --> 02:35:49,130
And I think they were a few weeks

4360
02:35:49,130 --> 02:35:50,130
away from having one.

4361
02:35:50,790 --> 02:35:52,330
Well, I don't want to get involved either,

4362
02:35:52,430 --> 02:35:54,590
but I've been saying for 20 years, maybe

4363
02:35:54,590 --> 02:35:57,490
longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

4364
02:35:57,610 --> 02:35:58,890
I've been saying it for a long time.

4365
02:35:59,310 --> 02:36:01,250
My supporters don't want to see Iran have

4366
02:36:01,250 --> 02:36:01,970
a nuclear weapon.

4367
02:36:02,470 --> 02:36:03,570
It was such a shame.

4368
02:36:03,690 --> 02:36:04,510
They were so close.

4369
02:36:05,430 --> 02:36:07,330
Iran was very close to signing what would

4370
02:36:07,330 --> 02:36:08,790
have been a very good agreement for them.

4371
02:36:09,570 --> 02:36:12,070
And maybe that could still happen, I guess.

4372
02:36:12,250 --> 02:36:13,610
They do want to come and see us.

4373
02:36:13,710 --> 02:36:14,670
They want to see me in the White

4374
02:36:14,670 --> 02:36:14,870
House.

4375
02:36:14,890 --> 02:36:15,690
That's a big statement.

4376
02:36:16,010 --> 02:36:17,270
I mean, they asked if they could come,

4377
02:36:17,390 --> 02:36:18,410
and we'll see if that happens.

4378
02:36:18,510 --> 02:36:19,930
It's not that easy for them to come.

4379
02:36:19,990 --> 02:36:20,710
They can't get out.

4380
02:36:21,470 --> 02:36:22,370
They're in Iran.

4381
02:36:23,230 --> 02:36:25,650
And in one case, I want to come

4382
02:36:25,650 --> 02:36:27,290
so badly, but he can't get out because

4383
02:36:27,290 --> 02:36:28,830
his bomb's dropping all over him.

4384
02:36:29,070 --> 02:36:30,870
But Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.

4385
02:36:31,390 --> 02:36:32,870
Too much devastation.

4386
02:36:33,730 --> 02:36:34,710
And they'd use it.

4387
02:36:34,910 --> 02:36:36,130
You know, I believe they'd use it.

4388
02:37:01,110 --> 02:37:03,790
I'm gonna get a tan from the land

4389
02:37:03,790 --> 02:37:08,530
of me Of nuclear fusion decay It's gonna

4390
02:37:08,530 --> 02:37:12,710
be raining all over the world I'm gonna

4391
02:37:12,710 --> 02:37:16,210
look so great There's gonna be a war

4392
02:37:16,210 --> 02:37:20,370
with Iran And I'm doing all I can

4393
02:37:21,210 --> 02:37:44,070
To get ready for World War III It's

4394
02:37:44,070 --> 02:37:47,090
so exciting to look and see There's gonna

4395
02:37:47,090 --> 02:37:51,490
be mushroom clouds everywhere And nobody will even

4396
02:37:51,490 --> 02:37:54,650
have to care We're gonna be waving bye

4397
02:37:54,650 --> 02:37:58,930
-bye to everyone You and me I'm gonna

4398
02:37:58,930 --> 02:38:00,850
get a tan from the rays of me

4399
02:38:01,790 --> 02:38:06,070
Of nuclear fusion decay It's gonna be raining

4400
02:38:06,070 --> 02:38:10,350
all over the world I'm gonna look so

4401
02:38:10,350 --> 02:38:13,830
great There's gonna be a war with Iran

4402
02:38:14,870 --> 02:38:19,150
And I'm doing all I can To get

4403
02:38:19,150 --> 02:38:31,070
ready for World War III There's

4404
02:38:31,070 --> 02:38:34,850
gonna be a war with Iran And I'm

4405
02:38:34,850 --> 02:38:38,870
doing all I can To get ready for

4406
02:38:38,870 --> 02:38:42,310
World War III It's so exciting to look

4407
02:38:42,310 --> 02:38:46,010
and see There's gonna be mushroom clouds everywhere

4408
02:38:46,010 --> 02:38:49,590
And nobody will even have to care We're

4409
02:38:49,590 --> 02:38:54,110
gonna be waving bye-bye to everyone You

4410
02:38:54,110 --> 02:38:56,890
and me I'm gonna get a tan from

4411
02:38:56,890 --> 02:39:00,830
the rays of me Of nuclear fusion decay

4412
02:39:00,830 --> 02:39:04,970
It's gonna be raining all over the world

4413
02:39:04,970 --> 02:39:09,530
I'm gonna look so great There's gonna be

4414
02:39:09,530 --> 02:39:13,470
a war with Iran And I'm doing all

4415
02:39:13,470 --> 02:39:17,290
I can To get ready for World War

4416
02:39:17,290 --> 02:39:32,700
III It's

4417
02:39:32,700 --> 02:39:34,060
so exciting to look and see There's gonna

4418
02:39:34,060 --> 02:39:34,160
be a war with Iran It's so exciting

4419
02:39:34,160 --> 02:39:34,260
to look and see