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Hour 2: Xi Jinping's meeting with Trump · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: So it was quite the gathering at the White House
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  Speaker 1: for the Red Chinese delegation led by President Xi and
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  Speaker 1: his wife, who were there with President Donald Trump and
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  Speaker 1: actually Madam First Lady Melania. And so it seemed to
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  Speaker 1: all looking at Larry that it was quite a love fest.
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  Speaker 1: For me, I was struck by the president who attacks
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  Speaker 1: communism whenever he can in terms of a political sense
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  Speaker 1: and embraced his favorite commie, Zorhan Mandami, at City Hall
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  Speaker 1: on Monday and then the really big commie from Red
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  Speaker 1: China on Friday.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it.
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  Speaker 1: Really was different than we've seen other gatherings with previous
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  Speaker 1: presidents with leaders in Red China. But before we get
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  Speaker 1: into those elements... I'm trying to figure out what they
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  Speaker 1: talked about, the really serious issues that affect the world,
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  Speaker 1: never mind America and Red China. And it was this
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  Speaker 1: media fight, this ongoing media fight that I thought, based
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  Speaker 1: on your great breakdown of the judge's decision, basically at
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  Speaker 1: 1 o'clock in the morning the day of the summit,
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  Speaker 1: that that was resolved. But that's all you kept hearing.
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  Speaker 1: CNN is not there. Where's the pool video? Trump TV,
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  Speaker 1: State TV, media fight. What the hell is all of
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  Speaker 1: that going on?
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  Speaker 3: Well, the pool video, that's their own fault because they
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  Speaker 3: are so indignant that their brethren were not allowed in
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  Speaker 3: that there was no pool. Let me explain. The pool
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  Speaker 3: camera is when you have a small venue, when you
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  Speaker 3: have a small area, instead of allowing all the media
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  Speaker 3: to come in, they allow one camera to shoot it all.
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  Speaker 3: And they take turns, you know, whether it's your turn.
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  Speaker 3: And it usually is decided by the media themselves. Well,
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  Speaker 3: they were so indignant about CNN, MSNOW, and Politico not
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  Speaker 3: getting in after the president ignored the judicial order. Later
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  Speaker 3: in the day, he came around. But at first, when
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  Speaker 3: they tried to get in the White House, they couldn't
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  Speaker 3: get in. They were so indignant, nobody wanted to be
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  Speaker 3: part of the pool. Now, who does that hurt, by
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  Speaker 3: the way? And why? I don't think the president cared.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think he really cared. So all it hurts
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  Speaker 3: is us. All it is is the media once again
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  Speaker 3: thinking about themselves, thinking they're the story, making a statement.
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  Speaker 2: When they shouldn't be.
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  Speaker 3: When I grew up in journalism, I would get– talking
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  Speaker 3: to if I ever made myself the story. And I've
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  Speaker 3: heard this several times. It's not about you. It's about
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  Speaker 3: the story.
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  Speaker 2: Did they use the image of Sam Donaldson?
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: President!
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, listen, there's a lot of reporters in every market,
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  Speaker 3: and usually I was the one that did things to
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  Speaker 3: call attention to themselves. But my argument always is, if
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  Speaker 3: you are adding to the story by doing what you're doing,
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  Speaker 3: then it's okay. And I usually would win that argument.
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  Speaker 3: In this case, let's get back to the story we're
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  Speaker 3: talking about. In this case, the media made themselves the
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  Speaker 3: story and killed the story. hurt the story at least.
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  Speaker 3: So we didn't have pictures of much of it. And
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  Speaker 3: they did that just to prove a point. We'll show them.
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  Speaker 3: It didn't hurt them. It didn't even hurt the media.
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  Speaker 3: It hurt us. We don't get coverage when they do
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  Speaker 3: those types of things. So it was all ridiculous. This story,
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  Speaker 3: and I don't agree with the president, by the way.
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  Speaker 3: Let me just say that in the beginning. I don't agree.
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  Speaker 3: I think that was like a baby fit in pulling
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  Speaker 3: their credentials. I don't agree with that at all. And
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  Speaker 3: he knew he was going to lose, and he just
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  Speaker 3: did it to kind of smack their hands. But for
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  Speaker 3: them to react the way they've reacted, that's just as bad.
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  Speaker 3: That's just as bad. Just take it. Know you're going
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  Speaker 3: to win the case. Know you have a constitutional right.
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  Speaker 3: Let others cover you. They will. The media, they'll cover
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  Speaker 3: for each other if you get cut out. You know,
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  Speaker 3: they're not going to give you exclusives, but they'll give
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  Speaker 3: you video.
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  Speaker 1: So that video we saw of the president, he's always
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  Speaker 1: so proud when world leaders come to the White House
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  Speaker 1: to show them the list of presidents on the wall.
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  Speaker 2: You know, their little bios, their pictures.
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  Speaker 1: And then it always comes to the Joe Biden portrait,
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  Speaker 1: which is the auto pen. And you could see President
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  Speaker 1: Xi laughing, laughing as the president, Donald Trump, was showing.
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  Speaker 2: Him the auto pen. So we did get some insights.
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  Speaker 2: But who was that shot by? I have no idea.
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  Speaker 3: It could have been shot by the White House.
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  Speaker 2: Or maybe the Chinese video reporter.
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  Speaker 1: The president said, why can't the reporters be nice like
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  Speaker 1: the Chinese reporters?
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  Speaker 2: But I thought there was a statement. I think nobody notices.
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  Speaker 1: Whenever you see President Xi, he's always dressed in Western garb,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the suit and tie, suit and tie. Last
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  Speaker 1: night at the White House state dinner was the president
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  Speaker 1: had its tux and tails and his bow tie and
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  Speaker 1: Melania was dressed like like right out of the pages
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  Speaker 1: of Fashion Magazine, and there was Mrs.
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  Speaker 4: Xi.
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  Speaker 1: President Xi, the chairman of the CCP, had a Mao
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  Speaker 1: jacket on. I have not seen a Mao jacket since
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  Speaker 1: I think the Beatles were wearing it, remember, on the
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  Speaker 1: stage of the Ed Sullivan Show as part of their carpool.
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  Speaker 2: That is a statement there.
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  Speaker 3: You think so?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because you never see the guy in a mall jacket.
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  Speaker 1: He's always dressed, you know, in a suit and a tie,
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  Speaker 1: Western style. So nobody picked up on that. But what
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  Speaker 1: I was really disappointed in most of all is we
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  Speaker 1: never got an insight as well as they were getting along.
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  Speaker 1: And there's no doubt they seem to be genuinely enjoying
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  Speaker 1: each other's company. What's going on with the terror fight,
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  Speaker 1: artificial intelligence, obviously Iran, we're Red China can be very,
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  Speaker 1: very helpful. Taiwan, other really important issues. We didn't even
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  Speaker 1: get a morsel of information about that. I'm assuming they
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  Speaker 1: had discussions. Long periods of time, they were behind closed doors.
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  Speaker 1: But boy, based on other presidential summits where you normally
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  Speaker 1: get a little bit, we got a little bit when
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  Speaker 1: Trump went for that short visit to Beijing. But this,
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  Speaker 1: so far, we have gotten nothing.
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  Speaker 3: It happened once before. Remember when B.B. came and he
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  Speaker 3: had a meeting that the media wasn't allowed to and
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  Speaker 3: there was no news conference afterwards and he left the
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  Speaker 3: White House and nobody even knew when he left? It
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  Speaker 3: happens every once in a while. By the way, I
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  Speaker 3: think you were right about Mao, but I did look
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  Speaker 3: it up to just make sure we're giving the accurate information.
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  Speaker 3: And I didn't know this, so I'm sharing this as
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  Speaker 3: somebody that didn't know this. Chinese President Xi Jinping has
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  Speaker 3: periodically worn a modified Mao-style suit. So he does this
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  Speaker 3: for high-profile political events, usually in his own country, though,
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  Speaker 3: not abroad. Political events, military inspections, and state banquets. So
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  Speaker 3: it's something he wears to high-profile events. So maybe... Maybe
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  Speaker 3: he didn't pack other clothes.
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  Speaker 1: We call fashion does make statements. Like Melania, that was
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  Speaker 1: a fabulous outfit. That made a statement. The president tucks
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  Speaker 1: and tails the bow tie. That made a statement. But
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  Speaker 1: his wearing of the Mao jacket in the United States,
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  Speaker 1: I think clearly said, yeah, don't ever forget. I may
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  Speaker 1: be capitalist, but I'm still CCP relying on the Red
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  Speaker 1: Book of Mao Zedong.
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  Speaker 3: No, it is definitely in tribute to Mao Zedong. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he's admitted that it is a tribute to Mao Zedong.
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  Speaker 3: So that's the reason he wears it. But he's worn
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  Speaker 3: it to other high profile events in the past. But
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  Speaker 3: I think it's even if he has, it is a
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  Speaker 3: constant statement. And this was a United States event. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it could be. I don't know. I will see if
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  Speaker 3: that goes anywhere. I just got a feeling. It's great
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  Speaker 3: that you picked that up, but I got a feeling
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  Speaker 3: that's not going to go anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: Right, but obviously of more importance is what was the
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  Speaker 1: actual discussion?
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  Speaker 2: We saw no tension.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen tension before other than when Richard Nixon broke
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  Speaker 1: through the Red Chinese Wall, remember, unexpectedly to meet with
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  Speaker 1: Mao Zedong. I mean, that was completely unexpected. And that
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  Speaker 1: was banquets and visits and everything was feeling good.
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  Speaker 2: But most other times when you have these issues.
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  Speaker 1: That are grinding a bit on one another, generally both
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  Speaker 1: sides will make statements. Like remember when the president was
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  Speaker 1: in Beijing upon his departure because Trump only spent like
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  Speaker 1: a day and a half. Remember how a president and
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  Speaker 1: she said, oh, no, we didn't agree to help in
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  Speaker 1: dealing with Iran at all. Remember, that was what the
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  Speaker 1: president was hoping for. So I think out of all
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  Speaker 1: the issues, and they were all very important to the world,
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  Speaker 1: to both their countries, our country, is the fact that
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  Speaker 1: if there is going to be any momentum to solving
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  Speaker 1: the war in Iran, China can be a real player
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  Speaker 1: in this because They are the patrons now of Iran.
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  Speaker 1: They are clearly supporting Iran in many different ways.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. But that also gives them a bargaining chip. And
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  Speaker 3: I worry a little bit about what was talked about.
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  Speaker 3: We need to know, and I'm sure that Donald Trump
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  Speaker 3: talks to the media so much on his own. He's
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  Speaker 3: given everybody his phone number. I'm sure it's going to
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  Speaker 3: leak out. But the thing that concerned me the most
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  Speaker 3: was how many high-tech executives were at the White House
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  Speaker 3: and how many got to meet with Chairman Xi. because
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  Speaker 3: that means AI was on the table. And I hope,
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  Speaker 3: I hope, I hope we don't give up too much
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  Speaker 3: because when Chairman Xi came, he said that was the
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  Speaker 3: number one thing he wanted to talk about.
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  Speaker 1: And you notice when you looked at the roster of
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  Speaker 1: all the AI CEOs, there was nobody who was MIA.
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  Speaker 2: They were all there.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, they want the money.
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  Speaker 2: They were all there.
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  Speaker 3: That's a huge market. Are you kidding me? Of course
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  Speaker 3: it is.
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  Speaker 2: Well, listen, when we.
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  Speaker 3: Come back, we got some new songs for you from
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  Speaker 3: someone who, Who doesn't normally put out songs? Wendy's. Songs
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  Speaker 3: you can listen to in their parking lot. Yep, it's
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  Speaker 3: about as good as you think it would be. Plus
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  Speaker 3: a chance to see Kenny G at age 25. But first,
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  Speaker 3: it has been just one month since Dolly Parton's death.
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  Speaker 3: And her estate right now is a big fight going on.
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  Speaker 3: It's a mess. It's already in litigation. Joining us to
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  Speaker 3: try to shed some light on this is asset protection
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  Speaker 3: attorney Ann-Margaret Carrozza. Ann-Margaret, this is a mess.
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  Speaker 5: Absolutely, Larry.
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  Speaker 6: This is shaping up to be a three-ring circus. So,
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  Speaker 6: you know, the takeaway for me at this point, we
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  Speaker 6: don't know all of the facts. But it's critically important
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  Speaker 6: to remember that all estate contests take money from the
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  Speaker 6: ultimate beneficiaries. And who gets that money? The lawyers get
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  Speaker 6: the money. So when we have reason to believe, and
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  Speaker 6: I think we all have some people in our families
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  Speaker 6: that could pose a problem later, it's critically important that
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  Speaker 6: to deal with the issue at the outset. We want
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  Speaker 6: to avoid probate with its very public and months long process.
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  Speaker 6: And in most cases, this means having a trust.
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  Speaker 3: Is it possible at all that she didn't have a
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  Speaker 3: will or a trust? I mean, what else would bring
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  Speaker 3: this kind of fight?
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  Speaker 6: It seems to me like the nephew against whom the
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  Speaker 6: Tennessee judge has issued a temporary restraining order, his nose
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  Speaker 6: is out of joint. He was insulted. By all accounts,
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  Speaker 6: she had her estate planning buttoned up, but something happened
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  Speaker 6: after death, and he is PO'd, and there's going to
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  Speaker 6: be a follow-up hearing on October 7th.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 3: We'll all wait for that. Thank you, Ann-Margaret. Ann-Margaret Carrozza,
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  Speaker 3: host of The Laws of Your Money with Ann-Margaret Carrozza,
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  Speaker 3: Sundays at 1030. I'll be listening. Thanks, Ann-Margaret.
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  Speaker 8: Take care.
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  Speaker 7: Bye-bye.
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  Speaker 3: So Wendy's, the fast food chain, Curtis, is putting out
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  Speaker 3: an album.
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  Speaker 2: An album?
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  Speaker 3: An album.
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  Speaker 1: Are they going to compete with the... Who's that country-western
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  Speaker 1: woman you said had the number one song of all time?
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  Speaker 1: They trying to compete with her?
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  Speaker 3: I've listened to the songs. I don't think so. I
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  Speaker 3: don't think they're going to. But they spent a lot
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  Speaker 3: of money on this project. They're putting out a six-track
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  Speaker 3: emo album. And they hired Matt Squire, who is a
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  Speaker 3: big producer. He worked with Panic! at the Disco and
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  Speaker 3: many other current groups.
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  Speaker 2: Also.
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  Speaker 3: They hired some singers from some well-known groups. Not some
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  Speaker 3: of the top groups, but enough to attract a crowd.
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  Speaker 3: And this is an album called Songs to Listen to
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  Speaker 3: in the Wendy's Parking Lot. So they're getting a lot
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  Speaker 3: of publicity about this. And for that, that's probably worth
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  Speaker 3: the money they spent on it.
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  Speaker 2: But I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: Let me just play one for you. This is Maddie Mullins.
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  Speaker 3: who is the lead singer of Memphis Mayfire. And she sings,
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  Speaker 3: he sings, excuse me, She said she didn't want fries.
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  Speaker 2: You don't go to Wendy's for fries. They're really bad. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I like Wendy's fries.
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  Speaker 9: I do, too.
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  Speaker 7: No, no.
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  Speaker 3: I do, too.
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  Speaker 2: Mickey D's.
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  Speaker 9: And I have a problem with anybody who doesn't order fries.
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  Speaker 9: And if I'm at a restaurant, they're like, I won't
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  Speaker 9: take the fries. I said, yes, you will, because I'll
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  Speaker 9: be having them.
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  Speaker 1: Baked potato is what I like there.
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  Speaker 2: But meantime. Yeah, that's good, too.
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  Speaker 1: Wendy's is closing hundreds of underperforming restaurants. they've announced this.
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  Speaker 1: So this is going to be an underperforming album here.
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  Speaker 3: Well, let's see. I mean, they have, but you know what?
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  Speaker 3: Maybe that wasn't a good example. How about I miss
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  Speaker 3: the sun room by Shane Todd from Silverstein.
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  Speaker 2: Gosh, stay in your lane, Wendy. This is so funny.
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  Speaker 5: I love this.
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  Speaker 9: It is so bad, but I think that's the point. They're,
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  Speaker 9: they're taking songs and they're kind of mocking them.
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  Speaker 5: This is great.
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  Speaker 7: Funny.
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  Speaker 3: And for that reason, you just mentioned this might sell.
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  Speaker 10: Exactly.
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  Speaker 3: It might sell like as a novelty album to get
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  Speaker 3: it for that.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe a Christmas album, right? Put it under the, put
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  Speaker 2: it under the tree.
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  Speaker 10: Oh God.
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  Speaker 1: What happened when Thomas, the guy who used to be,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the founder of Wednesdays.
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  Speaker 11: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: He passed away. They've gone down, down, down. This, this
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  Speaker 1: is a jerky idea.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see.
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  Speaker 3: We'll see if it's successful or not. Let's get some talkbacks.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, Larry.
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  Speaker 4: I don't agree with you with these flock cameras at all.
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  Speaker 4: I think that we are surveyed or surveilled too much
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  Speaker 4: as it is. I believe that there are some benefits
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  Speaker 4: to the flock cameras, but I think that we're moving
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  Speaker 4: way too quickly into them. I think that if you're
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  Speaker 4: going to add thousands of flock cameras throughout the state,
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  Speaker 4: I think you should add thousands of flock cameras throughout
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  Speaker 4: all federal property and buildings. I think that's the only
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  Speaker 4: fair way.
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  Speaker 3: Well, there are already cameras in all the federal properties
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  Speaker 3: and buildings. You've been surveilled for a long, long time.
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  Speaker 3: And this has solved so many crimes. I get what
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  Speaker 3: you're saying. I know there's some bad to it. There's
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  Speaker 3: some good and there's some bad to it. But in
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  Speaker 3: my belief, the good far outweighs the bad.
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  Speaker 11: Larry, Curtis, I think the highlight of the Chi meeting
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  Speaker 11: with Trump was when they were walking down the hall
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  Speaker 11: looking at the portraits of the president's and they stumbled
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  Speaker 11: upon the Autopen portrait. I don't think I've ever seen
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  Speaker 11: Chi Laver laugh at all in all the meetings that
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  Speaker 11: I've seen on TV with him, but he gave out
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  Speaker 11: a nice chuckle.
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  Speaker 2: He did.
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  Speaker 1: He gave out a belly laugh. You're absolutely very cogent
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  Speaker 1: of you. You never see that guy. He's like Charles Bronson.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's got that stone face look, but right now,
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• 17:51
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• 17:54
  Speaker 5: throughout the entire day. This was really a show of
• 17:57
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• 18:02
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• 18:34
  Speaker 1: Up next, Rob Astorino will give us a breakdown of
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: two polls on the Blakeman-Hochul run.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: One really good for Blakeman, one not so good.
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• 19:06
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• 19:08
  Speaker 1: he's going to be talking about We'll deal with the
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: little hors d'oeuvres that we give him now, Larry. Rob,
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: first up, back-to-back, belly-to-belly, two polls that reflected on the
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: gubernatorial race between Bruce Blakeman and Governor Hochul.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: One I thought was very good, Sienna.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: The second from Larry's former alumni, Quinnipiac. That's where he went.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Not so good. When you pulled out the tabs and
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: you looked at all the analytics, what conclusions did you
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: come to?
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  Speaker 10: Well, first of all, let's throw the Quinnipiac poll out.
• 19:44
  Speaker 10: I mean, honestly, it was a garbage poll. Never should
• 19:47
  Speaker 10: have even been published. And why? Because they vastly undersampled Republicans.
• 19:53
  Speaker 10: They had 21 percent of their respondents are Republicans across
• 19:57
  Speaker 10: the state. That is not a gubernatorial turnout for Republicans.
• 20:01
  Speaker 8: It's up in the upper 20s.
• 20:03
  Speaker 10: And that's exactly where Siena was. So they have a
• 20:06
  Speaker 10: better snapshot And I send my money to Quinnipiac.
• 20:09
  Speaker 8: My daughter goes there.
• 20:10
  Speaker 10: I should demand a refund if this is what they're doing.
• 20:16
  Speaker 10: But anyway, so I'm not even going to touch the
• 20:18
  Speaker 10: Q poll because I think it is garbage. The Siena poll,
• 20:21
  Speaker 10: I think, is a lot more likely. And there's a
• 20:25
  Speaker 10: lot of good news in there for Bruce Blakeman. The
• 20:28
  Speaker 10: people in this state think we are going in the
• 20:30
  Speaker 10: wrong direction.
• 20:31
  Speaker 8: In this state.
• 20:32
  Speaker 10: And that has nothing to do with nationally. They just
• 20:34
  Speaker 10: think the state's going in the wrong direction nationally. And
• 20:36
  Speaker 10: that's even worse for Hochul than it was in August.
• 20:39
  Speaker 10: So that's very, very helpful because that's always a big indicator.
• 20:44
  Speaker 10: And the suburbs and upstate especially think we're going in
• 20:47
  Speaker 10: the wrong direction. So that's helpful to Blakeman. When you
• 20:51
  Speaker 10: look at the numbers, Hochul is doing very, very well.
• 20:55
  Speaker 10: It's what's propping her up with women. She's up 23
• 20:59
  Speaker 10: points with women. So that's an area that Blakeman's got
• 21:02
  Speaker 10: to cut into. And if he does.
• 21:05
  Speaker 8: I think he's sitting in a good spot because he's
• 21:08
  Speaker 8: up with independence.
• 21:10
  Speaker 10: He's getting about 27% right now in New York City.
• 21:14
  Speaker 10: He's got to climb to about 30, a little over 30,
• 21:18
  Speaker 10: and he's in a.
• 21:19
  Speaker 8: Great spot to win.
• 21:20
  Speaker 10: Here's the thing, though. This is what drives me nuts
• 21:24
  Speaker 10: about people in New York. Affordability is their number one issue,
• 21:29
  Speaker 10: and they think, Hochul and the Democrats who have given
• 21:34
  Speaker 10: us the unaffordability would do a better job.
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's insane.
• 21:39
  Speaker 8: So the messaging for Blakeman has to keep pounding on
• 21:44
  Speaker 8: this is the woman who has made it completely unaffordable
• 21:46
  Speaker 8: for us. We'll keep going that way if you reelect her.
• 21:50
  Speaker 8: I'm the guy.
• 21:51
  Speaker 10: I mean, that's that's got to be the message because
• 21:54
  Speaker 10: that's really the biggest issue here.
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's on point right now. I thought that he
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: wobbled when he first came out, but man, he's really
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: on point now. I've watched a few interviews with him
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: and he's doing exactly what you said. You know, anytime
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: they bring up anything, AI databases, the war in Iran,
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: he goes back to taxes and utility bills, taxes and
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: utility bills. So he's really on message right now. I
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: don't know if you were a part of that, but it,
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: But he's been impressive now for like the last week.
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: I don't know if this polls inspired him or what.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: Do you agree?
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: Totally.
• 22:31
  Speaker 10: And, you know, I remember when I was running in
• 22:34
  Speaker 10: 2009 in Westchester, which is a very Democratic county, and
• 22:38
  Speaker 10: they just kept hitting me on abortion.
• 22:40
  Speaker 8: And I was told, you need message discipline, okay? Because
• 22:44
  Speaker 8: you have to get enough Democrats to cross over. And
• 22:47
  Speaker 8: that's not what they want to do, but you have
• 22:49
  Speaker 8: to make them do it.
• 22:51
  Speaker 10: So when they hit you over the head with abortion,
• 22:53
  Speaker 10: you talk taxes.
• 22:55
  Speaker 8: Same thing.
• 22:55
  Speaker 10: When they hit you over the head with, in this case, Iran,
• 22:58
  Speaker 10: you talk taxes. And that's exactly what people feel.
• 23:02
  Speaker 8: And, you know, so they don't need to be convinced
• 23:05
  Speaker 8: that things are unaffordable or taxes are high.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: They know it.
• 23:08
  Speaker 8: You just got to tell them that's the person who
• 23:10
  Speaker 8: did it in Hochul. And I'm going to do X,
• 23:13
  Speaker 8: Y and Z about it.
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: What do you have that dog on your lap?
• 23:16
  Speaker 8: She completely agrees with what I'm saying.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: That's right now. Rob Astorino, Republicans.
• 23:24
  Speaker 8: No, he doesn't like cats.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: He doesn't like dogs.
• 23:27
  Speaker 7: No, no.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: I'm going to rescue beagles up in Marshall, New York,
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: fighting the Northeast. But, you know, Republicans in many districts
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: have a tough run in New York State. And they're
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: out there, dude. They're going door knocking, giving out lit.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: They've raised the money. This time, first time statewide, you
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: can get matching funds. And it all has Zorhan Mantam...
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: Zoran Mondami attached like a hydra to Kathy Hochul. And
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: I see the president has his first ad Wednesday night.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: He's looking in the camera.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: He goes, together we will defeat communism, socialism, and Marxism. Rob,
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: this was a great week for communists and Trump, starting
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: with Zoran on Monday at Gracie Mansion and President Xi
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: at the White House on Friday.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: It's a conflicting message.
• 24:17
  Speaker 10: Well, the Xi thing, okay, I would have had him
• 24:21
  Speaker 10: like later in November, but obviously coming across the globe,
• 24:25
  Speaker 10: Xi was probably like, hey, I'm going to be there
• 24:27
  Speaker 10: for the General Assembly. Can I just stop by?
• 24:29
  Speaker 8: Maybe we could do it then. I think you have
• 24:31
  Speaker 8: to talk to China.
• 24:32
  Speaker 10: I mean, honestly, the two leaders of the superpowers have
• 24:36
  Speaker 10: to get together.
• 24:37
  Speaker 8: I have no problem with that. And he's not the
• 24:39
  Speaker 8: first president to do it.
• 24:41
  Speaker 10: Stopping by and meeting with Mamdami at Gracie Mansion and,
• 24:45
  Speaker 10: you know, saying nice words.
• 24:47
  Speaker 8: I don't think that's helpful. I mean, Mamdami is the
• 24:50
  Speaker 8: boogeyman that Blakeman needs.
• 24:52
  Speaker 10: Mamdami is the boogeyman and a face like El-Sayed and
• 24:55
  Speaker 10: others that Republicans around the country are painting as these
• 24:59
  Speaker 10: are the guys that need to be stopped. So I
• 25:02
  Speaker 10: don't know if I would have sat there with a
• 25:04
  Speaker 10: smiling bearded one.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: But remember, he's very handsome.
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: What is it with the president always saying he's a
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: handsome man?
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: What does that mean, Rob?
• 25:18
  Speaker 8: I think it kind of– it's like I like him.
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 25:22
  Speaker 10: That's his like– I don't know why he does that
• 25:24
  Speaker 10: all the time.
• 25:25
  Speaker 8: He's straight out of Central Casting.
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Hey, listen, every week I have this talk-me-off-allege moment,
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: and you haven't done it yet. And certainly the polls
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: haven't done it. I mean, look, Florida? Now Florida? We
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: already had Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas. Florida?
• 25:45
  Speaker 8: No, that's bull. See, these polls are all over the place.
• 25:48
  Speaker 10: And what happens, like the Q poll, for instance, the
• 25:51
  Speaker 10: Quinnipiac poll was so distorted, and it's going to get
• 25:53
  Speaker 10: thrown into the bloodstream and help.
• 25:56
  Speaker 8: You got other polls like that, which are for.
• 25:58
  Speaker 10: Specifically for candidates or super PACs for a candidate that
• 26:02
  Speaker 10: are skewed, that get thrown into the bloodstream.
• 26:05
  Speaker 8: There is no way in God's.
• 26:06
  Speaker 10: Green earth that Byron Daniels is going to lose the
• 26:11
  Speaker 10: governor's race or Ashley Moody is going to lose the
• 26:13
  Speaker 10: Senate race in Florida.
• 26:14
  Speaker 8: It's just not happening, period.
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: But it's not just him.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: It's some of the congressional seats in Florida that were
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: considered safe.
• 26:22
  Speaker 8: Again, there's just no way that's happening.
• 26:25
  Speaker 10: There are some congressional seats that might be in play because,
• 26:29
  Speaker 10: you know, they might lean Republican to begin with. But no,
• 26:34
  Speaker 10: I mean, but but but Larry, I'm not going to
• 26:36
  Speaker 10: talk you off the ledge yet because it's still bad.
• 26:39
  Speaker 10: You know, you've got these Midwestern states like Nebraska, Iowa,
• 26:43
  Speaker 10: Kansas that are in play right now.
• 26:45
  Speaker 8: And that's that's tariffs. You know, that's unfortunate. But those
• 26:49
  Speaker 8: are issues in these kind of states. Do I think
• 26:52
  Speaker 8: they're all going to turn blue?
• 26:53
  Speaker 4: No.
• 26:54
  Speaker 8: They're going to be a lot closer than they should be.
• 26:56
  Speaker 10: And that means Republican money has to go there instead
• 26:58
  Speaker 10: of other places.
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: Remember the guy in the Titanic that said, everything's okay.
• 27:02
  Speaker 3: Don't worry. Go ahead. Back to your state rooms.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: That's wrong. That's wrong. All right. What iceberg? What iceberg?
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: That's right. You're panicking for nothing. Uh, Thanks a lot, Rob. Rob,
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: host of the Rob Astorino Show on WOR, Saturdays from
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: 4 to 5, host of Saturday Agenda 1 to 3
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: on Newsmax, and the former Westchester County executive. When we
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: come back, well, let's check in on the biggest story
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: of the day, that nor'easter that is looming off the
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: coast and headed our way. He'll give us the very
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: latest from Ray Stajic, WOR meteorologist, next.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: So let's check in with our weather guy, Ray Stajic,
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: to see.
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: If it's fear, fright, hysteria, or hype about this ever-growing discussion.
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: Everywhere I look about this nor'easter.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: Ray, at 7.54 East Coast time this morning, where are we?
• 28:03
  Speaker 7: We're a little bit worse situation than we were yesterday,
• 28:06
  Speaker 7: 7.54 a.m. Eastern time. Obviously, with the wind advisories, we're
• 28:10
  Speaker 7: going to have wind. No high wind warnings yet. They're
• 28:13
  Speaker 7: for eastern New England, but it does look like a windy,
• 28:16
  Speaker 7: rainy weekend coming up and a prolonged event. Winds around
• 28:20
  Speaker 7: the city even could gust 40-plus miles per hour at times,
• 28:24
  Speaker 7: especially tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night, into at least a part
• 28:26
  Speaker 7: of Sunday. Long Island, 50-plus mile per hour winds. At
• 28:31
  Speaker 7: a montauk point, could even see some 60-mile per hour gusts,
• 28:33
  Speaker 7: but those will be mainly concentrated to eastern Long Island
• 28:36
  Speaker 7: and eastern New England. We'll have a rain threat, too.
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: About one to three inches in the five boroughs, a
• 28:41
  Speaker 7: little bit more on Long Island. We could have some
• 28:43
  Speaker 7: localized flooding in the low-lying areas. And Curtis, with the
• 28:48
  Speaker 7: leaves still leafed out, too, we're going to be concerned
• 28:50
  Speaker 7: about also some spotty power outages, too. So not going
• 28:54
  Speaker 7: to be the best of weekends. Make your plans accordingly.
• 28:56
  Speaker 7: If you are going to venture outdoors, know what's coming.
• 28:59
  Speaker 7: It'll be a wind event. That's probably first around the city.
• 29:03
  Speaker 7: It'll be a rain event. It'll be a flooding event
• 29:05
  Speaker 7: around the coast, which is already occurring. There will be
• 29:07
  Speaker 7: and there is already occurring inundation and significant beach erosion.
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: So the flooding is all going to be coastal flooding inland.
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: People don't have to worry about that.
• 29:19
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I think I think it's in the typical spots
• 29:22
  Speaker 7: where we get these nor'easter south facing shores with this
• 29:24
  Speaker 7: onshore flow. And then maybe some of the north facing
• 29:26
  Speaker 7: shores as the nor'easter passes us and the winds go northeast, right?
• 29:31
  Speaker 7: That brings that wind in on the north-facing shores too.
• 29:34
  Speaker 7: So it's mainly going to be in the coastal areas
• 29:37
  Speaker 7: that are normally susceptible to flooding. during these bigger east
• 29:42
  Speaker 7: coast storms. I don't see something like we saw years ago.
• 29:44
  Speaker 7: I forget what storm it was where we had this
• 29:48
  Speaker 7: persistent push up the Hudson River, and we actually saw
• 29:51
  Speaker 7: flooding in and along the Hudson River in places they
• 29:54
  Speaker 7: hadn't seen it before. So we don't see anything like that.
• 29:56
  Speaker 7: And again, with the rain coming from the sky, we're
• 29:58
  Speaker 7: kind of upticking a little bit. There may be some
• 30:02
  Speaker 7: spotty flash flooding from some of the heavier rain coming down.
• 30:05
  Speaker 7: That would be from about the five boroughs and east
• 30:08
  Speaker 7: out on the Long Island. So I'd be prepared for
• 30:11
  Speaker 7: the low-lying areas to have standing water and maybe some
• 30:14
  Speaker 7: other areas, too, if you get those more persistent, heavier
• 30:17
  Speaker 7: rain showers to potentially have some standing water in some spots.
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: Now, all hands on deck, Ray, because I am flying,
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: actually trying to get through the eye of this nor'easter
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: late tonight to get up to Marshall, New York, to
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: join hundreds of others. We are surrounding the largest beagle
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: facility in the world where they test, torture, and kill beagles.
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: We are going to free the beagles. Am I going
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: to be able to get there, though, going into the
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: eye of this nor'easter?
• 30:49
  Speaker 7: Yeah. So if you're, if you're heading near Utica, you're
• 30:52
  Speaker 7: probably going through way all the way, right?
• 30:54
  Speaker 10: Yeah.
• 30:54
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: And then down to Marshall, it's 18 miles.
• 30:58
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 30:58
  Speaker 7: So you go to through way, um, as you go North,
• 31:00
  Speaker 7: you're going to be okay. And the showers will probably
• 31:02
  Speaker 7: start working up the Hudson Valley, um, about 10, 11
• 31:06
  Speaker 7: o'clock tonight, but they're just spotty, uh, nothing too significant
• 31:09
  Speaker 7: right on through midnight. Uh, maybe some steadier rain showers
• 31:12
  Speaker 7: toward tomorrow morning up near Albany. And then as you
• 31:14
  Speaker 7: go Westbound, you go through the Mohawk Valley, you get
• 31:16
  Speaker 7: around little falls and Herkimer, there may be some showers
• 31:19
  Speaker 7: as we go through the day tomorrow. Just a few
• 31:22
  Speaker 7: showers around Utica and then around the southern tier. So
• 31:25
  Speaker 7: you should be fine getting there.
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: Hey, Ray, you're starting to worry me a little bit
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: because I've sat next to meteorologists most of my life.
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: And I've been through this story before where they talk
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: early on about it looks like it's going to miss us.
• 31:39
  Speaker 3: It looks like it's going to just be a safe event.
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: And then all of a sudden, well, there's going to
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: be some coastal flooding. It's really not going to affect
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: the rest of us that much. And then it pushes inland,
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: and then it becomes a bigger story. Are we pretty
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: set right now, or could this change over the next
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: 24 hours?
• 31:56
  Speaker 7: Yeah. You know, the first part of that is, obviously,
• 31:59
  Speaker 7: as we get closer to the event, you're going to
• 32:01
  Speaker 7: get better information. So that's where we are today. We
• 32:03
  Speaker 7: are at a little bit higher level, at least from
• 32:04
  Speaker 7: my concern, than we were yesterday. It was always a
• 32:07
  Speaker 7: coastal flood event and a beach erosion thing. And I
• 32:10
  Speaker 7: think we've layered on a little bit more concern about
• 32:12
  Speaker 7: the wind and the rain.
• 32:13
  Speaker 10: So.
• 32:15
  Speaker 7: Yeah, now with it coming a little further west and
• 32:18
  Speaker 7: a little further inland, I'll obviously be concerned. I'd be
• 32:21
  Speaker 7: prepared for a pretty tough weekend across the tri-state and
• 32:26
  Speaker 7: eastern New England, too.
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: So it could keep coming a little bit west, and
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: it could keep coming a little bit more inland, is
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: what you're saying?
• 32:33
  Speaker 7: Believe it or not, it actually gets pretty close to
• 32:35
  Speaker 7: the coast and kind of is a little nook between Jersey,
• 32:38
  Speaker 7: New York City, Long Island, where Long Island goes out
• 32:41
  Speaker 7: to the east. The low actually sits in there for
• 32:43
  Speaker 7: a little bit, and that's why We'll get that persistent
• 32:46
  Speaker 7: onshore flow. I would say right now, if there are
• 32:49
  Speaker 7: going to be any changes to the forecast at this point,
• 32:52
  Speaker 7: we're now, what, 12 hours out from the low being
• 32:56
  Speaker 7: close to us maybe? There'll probably be small changes. I
• 33:00
  Speaker 7: don't see any. We're up against the top of the hour.
• 33:04
  Speaker 7: That was really a yes or no question, but thank you.
• 33:06
  Speaker 3: We'll talk again tomorrow.
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: Up next, after the news at 8, BB at the U.N.