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John Catsimatidis | Red Apple Media Owner & Operator Celebrates Columbus Day on S&FIM · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: I went out to Truth Social, and what do I see?
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  Speaker 1: President Trump re-truthed John Katsimatidis' appearance on Fox News on Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Trump loves John, too. John does an amazing job at
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  Speaker 1: this station. He has saved WABC, him, Margot, and Chad,
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  Speaker 1: the three of them. Really done an amazing job. He's
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  Speaker 1: part of two amazing shows here. every weekday afternoon at
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  Speaker 1: 5 o'clock alongside Rita Cosby. It's the Katz and Cosby
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  Speaker 1: Show and his own masterpiece Sunday mornings at 8, the
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  Speaker 1: Katz Roundtable.
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  Speaker 2: Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Red Apple Media himself, my dear friend John Katz. Matidis, John,
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  Speaker 1: happy Columbus Day, buddy.
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  Speaker 2: Well, happy Columbus Day. But, Sid, you contributed to that success, too.
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  Speaker 2: It's Sid, it's Greg Kelly, Dominic Carter, all of us,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Roger Stone, Rita. We all work together to
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  Speaker 2: tell the American people the truth. And that is so important.
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  Speaker 2: And the interview I did on Friday, I guess President
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  Speaker 2: Trump liked it because he retweeted it, is that America
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  Speaker 2: is under attack in so many different directions. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we're under attack by our enemies. You know, what we
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  Speaker 2: jokingly called Spectre under the James Bond movies, and now
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  Speaker 2: Spectre is China and North Korea and Russia and Iran.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the American people have to realize that the
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  Speaker 2: only way The only way we keep the free world free,
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  Speaker 2: the only way is through strength. Any time any of
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  Speaker 2: those dictators detect weakness, we lose. If they detect it,
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  Speaker 2: don't forget Putin's words. Putin's words were that I would
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  Speaker 2: not have invaded Ukraine If President Trump was still president.
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  Speaker 1: Well, listen, there's proof of that because right before Trump,
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  Speaker 1: you had Obama and they invaded. The Russians invaded Crimea
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  Speaker 1: when Obama was president. President Trump comes along, John, for
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  Speaker 1: four years. Putin does nothing. And as soon as Trump
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  Speaker 1: is done, here comes Biden. They invade Ukraine. So the
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  Speaker 1: two Democrat presidents before and after Trump. Both times, Putin
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  Speaker 1: invaded somewhere. He did not do it under Trump. So
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  Speaker 1: Trump must be telling the truth, right?
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  Speaker 2: Well, Trump, they are scared of Trump. And the only
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  Speaker 2: thing dictators are scared of is people that have the
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  Speaker 2: courage to stop them. That's the only thing they respect. Look,
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  Speaker 2: I want to tell every American person out there that
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  Speaker 2: the only thing those dictators respect is strength. And that's true.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the other thing that Putin said, when President
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  Speaker 2: Biden gave away Afghanistan, gave away our base in Afghanistan
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  Speaker 2: to the Chinese. I mean, what could be worse than that?
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  Speaker 2: And then Putin scratches his head and says, well. You know,
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  Speaker 2: China got Afghanistan. I might as well take Ukraine. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That's what happened.
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  Speaker 1: And by the way, don't forget, not only did we
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  Speaker 1: give away the base and we ended up shutting down
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  Speaker 1: that base, as you know, but, but. 13 beautiful, brave
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  Speaker 1: Americans were murdered. Murdered. Those 13 deaths, the blood is
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  Speaker 1: on Biden's hands. And yes, if Trump was president, that
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  Speaker 1: never would have happened. I got news for you. If
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  Speaker 1: Trump was president, you know what else wouldn't have happened?
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  Speaker 1: The awful October 7th. That never would have happened if
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  Speaker 1: President Trump was president.
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  Speaker 2: Never would have happened. You know what would lead to
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  Speaker 2: October 7th? We made, Biden made the Iranians so rich,
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  Speaker 2: they had extra money to piss away.
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  Speaker 1: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what made, that's what happened. The Iranians, Trump
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  Speaker 2: had the Iranians under 300,000 barrels a day maximum. Why?
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  Speaker 2: We want you to feed your people and that's it.
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  Speaker 2: That's it. And then at $ 50 a barrel. And then
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  Speaker 2: Biden comes in, allows them to go to 3 million
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  Speaker 2: barrels a day. And then at $ 100 a barrel, it
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  Speaker 2: made Russia so wealthy. It made Iran so wealthy. And
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  Speaker 2: you know what happens if we lose these elections on
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  Speaker 2: November 3rd? You know what's going to happen, Sid? You're
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  Speaker 2: going to see $ 150 oil. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No question. No question.
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  Speaker 2: Because there's no checks and balances at that point.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I do want to ask you about this, talking
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  Speaker 1: about fuel, because nobody knows this better than you, John.
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  Speaker 1: The diesel fuel deal with Russia, how does that look
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  Speaker 1: to you?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm going to tell you the way I feel
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  Speaker 2: about it.
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  Speaker 1: Putin.
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  Speaker 2: is a tough dictator. And you know what Putin wants?
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  Speaker 2: Putin wants to expand Russia into what the USSR used
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  Speaker 2: to be. That's his mission. Now, Zelensky has a different mission.
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  Speaker 2: I don't trust him. I think all the excess money
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  Speaker 2: that they can That he has a lot of what
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  Speaker 2: the intelligence agencies were telling me. And my opinion is
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  Speaker 2: that he has a lot of friends that promoted him
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  Speaker 2: to being the president. And a lot of money is
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  Speaker 2: going to Switzerland. So all the excess money. So pick
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  Speaker 2: your poison. That's what it comes down to. Interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right. Pick your poison.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. You know what Trump's mission is? The American people. Right.
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  Speaker 2: That's it. We want the price of diesel to come down.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what's going to bring diesel down.
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  Speaker 1: But he did sign the EO a couple of days ago.
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  Speaker 1: See how that goes. Now, look, I'm not patronizing you, John.
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  Speaker 1: You know I mean what I say. Sometimes I say
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  Speaker 1: stuff I'm sure you're not thrilled about because I'm honest.
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  Speaker 1: You are my favorite.
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  Speaker 2: I'll always be honest.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: You're my favorite Greek person. You are. You're my favorite Greek, okay?
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  Speaker 2: I'm 28% Italian, you know.
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  Speaker 1: All right, all right. But, you know, today I've got
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  Speaker 1: to give it to the Italians, you know. But in
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  Speaker 1: terms of Greece, you're the guy. To me, you're the guy.
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  Speaker 1: And I know that you, like me, we both like very,
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  Speaker 1: very much, have great relationships with Kimberly Guilfoyle. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to answer if you don't want to. But she's
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  Speaker 1: going to get fired this week. That's money in the bank.
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  Speaker 1: Rubio's furious. Trump isn't very happy either. Do you have
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  Speaker 1: any opinion on Kimberly and what the, at least the
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  Speaker 1: allegations are, what she did?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I've talked to her a few times. She claims
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  Speaker 2: that she never, ever got the $ 100, 000 in the American
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  Speaker 2: Express account. And I told her lawyer, why don't you
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  Speaker 2: check with American Express and find out if that's the truth?
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  Speaker 2: We have to determine if this is just an attack.
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  Speaker 2: or reality. And I always, I, I always, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to a friend, especially, yep. I always
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  Speaker 2: give a friend, uh, you know, better for the doubt.
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  Speaker 1: Me too.
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  Speaker 2: Time. It's time for the doctor to find out what
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  Speaker 2: the truth is.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, did she get a, did she get a ride
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  Speaker 2: on somebody's airplane? Probably. But everybody else does too. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to tell you how many politicians who
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  Speaker 2: want to borrow my app. Okay. Yeah. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a lot. But that happens. That's normal course
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  Speaker 2: of business. You know what the law is? The law
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  Speaker 2: is they have to pay you whatever first class fare
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  Speaker 2: would have been. In other words, if a politician wants
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  Speaker 2: to go from New York to Cleveland and I lend
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  Speaker 2: them my airplane, they have to pay with the fair
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  Speaker 2: cost of it. I think that's the law.
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  Speaker 1: Right, it is.
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  Speaker 2: And we always follow the law. We always have hands
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  Speaker 2: above the tables. Now, she also claims that she was
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  Speaker 2: owed this money. She was owed this money from this
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  Speaker 2: guy that wanted to be governor of Kentucky. And I
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  Speaker 2: hear the person is attacking everybody and he's a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of a nut job. So I'm saying let the
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  Speaker 2: FBI finish their investigation. Let everything come through and find
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  Speaker 2: out if this is political crap for the three weeks
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  Speaker 2: before the election, or is it real?
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  Speaker 1: Fair enough. I like that.
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  Speaker 2: That's the only thing you can do for a friend.
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  Speaker 2: I would do that for you if you were in trouble.
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  Speaker 1: I know you would. I know you would. And she
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  Speaker 1: is a friend of both of ours. We both like
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  Speaker 1: her very, very much. So I do wish Kimberly the
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  Speaker 1: best in this. So I did see all your videos.
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  Speaker 1: You were kind enough to send them to me on
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  Speaker 1: Sunday morning. I love when you do that. the big
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  Speaker 1: dinner on Saturday night, and I saw you and the
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  Speaker 1: family and Maria Bartiromo. You know, I had Joe Piscopo
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  Speaker 1: and Angelo Bivolo on earlier today. So you guys started
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  Speaker 1: celebrating Columbus Day with that big, beautiful dinner, John, on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Margo got up and was dancing with Nicoma Yertakis
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  Speaker 2: and dancing with Maria Bartiromo.
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  Speaker 1: Love it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, her back hurts, and boy— she had to
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  Speaker 2: rest a lot on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: She's been unbelievable. Dating back to the dinner we shared
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  Speaker 1: together when you guys celebrated your anniversary and she was
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  Speaker 1: honored with the Franciscans last Friday night. She delivered the
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  Speaker 1: best speech of the night. She's been on fire. Margo
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  Speaker 1: Katzmatidis on fire.
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  Speaker 2: Well, she's learned not to read speeches, and I hate
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  Speaker 2: the people that read speeches. You have to speak from
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  Speaker 2: the heart, and that's it. And she's learned that now.
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  Speaker 2: So she just says it the way it is, speaks
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  Speaker 2: from the heart. And that's what we all should do.
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  Speaker 2: Don't read prepared speeches. You know what prepared speeches mean?
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  Speaker 2: That means that you don't know what the heck.
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  Speaker 1: You're talking about. So Trump, Katsimatidis, and Sid, we all
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  Speaker 1: do it from the lips. So on the way out, John,
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  Speaker 1: big day today for our station. Nobody does it better
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  Speaker 1: this time. does go directly to you and Margo all
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  Speaker 1: these big days, whether it's St. Patrick's Day or Israeli
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  Speaker 1: Independence Day or you name it. There's always a big party,
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  Speaker 1: and the station does a great job. So let the
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  Speaker 1: listeners know what's going on today.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we are celebrating Columbus Day. Greg Kelly and Angelo
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  Speaker 2: Vibolo are co-hosting the booth on 59th Street right on
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  Speaker 2: Fifth Avenue. And I guess everybody every, uh, important Italian
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  Speaker 2: that walks by, they're going to grab and they're going
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  Speaker 2: to interview and, and said, I think you're going to
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  Speaker 2: be around too. And you're going to be in the,
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  Speaker 2: in the big, big convertible. And it's a beautiful day.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be, you know, in the, in the
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  Speaker 2: sixties and, and, uh, it's not raining. You know, God
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  Speaker 2: shined over, uh, uh, the Italians today. It's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a beautiful day. And I look forward to it. Uh, and, uh,
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  Speaker 2: God bless America, and I am so happy what President
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  Speaker 2: Trump did with the Italians on Friday, giving them a
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  Speaker 2: big celebration. There was 300 of them at the White House.
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  Speaker 2: And he really honored them. And Trump is a New Yorker.
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  Speaker 2: He's a New Yorker. He loves New York. He loves
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  Speaker 2: the Italian people. He loves all the people. He does.
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  Speaker 2: He loves the Jewish people. He loves the Italian people.
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  Speaker 2: He loves the Irish people. He loves the Greeks. He
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  Speaker 2: loves everybody. And that is the difference. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of the things I tell the mayor, Zorhan, look,
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  Speaker 2: you have 185 people. different people in New York City,
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  Speaker 2: the biggest melting pot, the biggest melting pot in the world.
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  Speaker 2: And you have to support all of them. You can't
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  Speaker 2: go and hate anybody. Hate should not be in the
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  Speaker 2: American language as far as our politicians are concerned. And
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  Speaker 2: that's the one big item that.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, and I tell you the truth when
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  Speaker 2: I say I don't know. I don't know if he's
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  Speaker 2: doing that, that if he feels it deep down inside,
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  Speaker 2: or that he's just playing the violin. The old Italian expression,
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  Speaker 2: the old Greek expression, that he's playing the violin. In
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  Speaker 2: other words, he's trying to say that to his supporters. See,
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  Speaker 2: I support you. But I understand last week. His supporters
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  Speaker 2: were mad at him.
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  Speaker 1: They were.
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  Speaker 2: And everybody else was mad at him. So both sides
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  Speaker 2: are mad at him.
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  Speaker 1: They were. After October 7th, last 60 seconds, and I
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  Speaker 1: talked about this earlier. I got a lot of complaints.
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  Speaker 1: I said, don't complain to me. I don't own this station.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not John. I'm not Chad. When Hasan Piker was on,
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  Speaker 1: and I said, first of all, I like Fernando Mateo
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  Speaker 1: a lot. I like him a lot. Second of all,
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  Speaker 1: it's his show. He can do whatever the hell he wants.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't put Hasan Piker on my show.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry.
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  Speaker 1: But I also wouldn't put Kathy Hochul on my show.
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  Speaker 1: Did you hear that interview? And what did you think?
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  Speaker 2: I did not hear the interview. I was out to dinner,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll play it back later on. Look, everybody has
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  Speaker 2: the right. On WABC, we made the decision. Everybody has
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  Speaker 2: the right to speak. You know, I even had Hunter
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  Speaker 2: Biden on, and he was, hey, he wasn't bad. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if you heard that interview.
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  Speaker 1: I did hear it, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it wasn't that bad. You know, I think it
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  Speaker 2: was better than his father. You know, does he have problems? Cocaine? Yes.
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  Speaker 2: But so did Sidney. You know, you said that Rosenberg
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  Speaker 2: had problems in the past. I hope the kid straightens out.
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  Speaker 2: That's all I can say. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No, I had bad problems too. And I did that interview.
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  Speaker 1: I did hear that that was good. And I said
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  Speaker 1: the same thing. I said, look, when you have your show,
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  Speaker 1: you do what you want. And you are encouraging people
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  Speaker 1: to bring people on from all walks of life. You
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  Speaker 1: want to hear all the voices. Again, it's up to
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  Speaker 1: the host, so I'm not upset with Fernando. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: God bless him.
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  Speaker 2: Fernando's a smart guy.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I like Fernando a lot. Happy Columbus Day. I
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  Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you out on the route later
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  Speaker 1: on today. Great job as always.
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  Speaker 2: I will see you on the streets of New York.
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  Speaker 1: You got it, my man. All right. All the love.
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  Speaker 1: All the love, John Katsimatidis.
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  Speaker 2: Love you.
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  Speaker 1: John Katsimatidis right there on this Columbus Day. And him
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  Speaker 1: and Margo do a tremendous job with this holiday in
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  Speaker 1: New York City. They really do. And they'll be out
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  Speaker 1: there on the street later on today, as I will.
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  Speaker 1: See you next time for a new episode so you
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  Speaker 1: never have to wonder.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck is going on here?