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John Catsimatidis | Red Apple Media Owner & Operator Recaps His Star-Studded Weekend on The Hamptons · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: So all John Katz Mattiiti's friends last night, Rabbi Schneier,
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  Speaker 1: he spoke Mark Schneier, he was terrific. His neighbors, my
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  Speaker 1: dear friend Still and Shirley Podolski. So John wasn't there,
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  Speaker 1: He was somewhere else in the Hampton's but he was
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  Speaker 1: the topic of conversation because everybody loves him. So do
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  Speaker 1: why John Katz Matidi's good morning, boss? How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Good morning? Good morning? The sun is shining and it's
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  Speaker 2: a terrible day to leave to him.
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  Speaker 1: I know it was gorgeous in Westhampton last night. I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure it is even pretty where you were. The good
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  Speaker 1: news is you'll be back this weekend. That's the good news.
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  Speaker 1: But everybody was talking about your last night. I mean
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  Speaker 1: Mark Schneier. I know he's your rabbi and your six
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  Speaker 1: percent Jewish. He really loves you, John, Well.
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  Speaker 2: His dad was. He is one of my best friends
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  Speaker 2: for thirty thirty five years. I've been on his board
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  Speaker 2: for thirty thirty five years. I now worked. You know
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  Speaker 2: Rabbi Schneier. He's ninety six years old and his mind
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  Speaker 2: is one hundred and ten percent.
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  Speaker 1: He's at the Parky Parky's synagogue.
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  Speaker 2: He's still there, yes, and his daughter is helping him
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  Speaker 2: run that operation now. And I know she's going down
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  Speaker 2: to Washington to talk about with the deputy. She has
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  Speaker 2: a meeting and the Deputy Attorney General based on hate
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  Speaker 2: crime on the twenty seventh and twenty eighth. Who wants
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  Speaker 2: me to be with her? I'm gonna try. We'll see.
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  Speaker 2: And Mark Schneier does a great job in Long Island
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  Speaker 2: and the worldwide. He both of them, both daughter and son.
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  Speaker 2: Mark Schneier and his daughter, they learned very well from
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  Speaker 2: their father and they're doing great jobs.
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  Speaker 1: They really are. So I've you know, John, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: just finally with Bruce Blakeman. He's not just on the show,
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  Speaker 1: not just endorsing home. I'm taking a very active role
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  Speaker 1: in his campaign. We talk every day, a couple of
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  Speaker 1: times a day, my son Gabriel. As you know, John
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  Speaker 1: works for Blakeman in his office as an and I
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  Speaker 1: really want him to win. So I know you had
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  Speaker 1: Kathy Holnkol speak at those great breakfasts, you guys, but
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  Speaker 1: on I saw the videos look like a huge event.
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  Speaker 1: Julie Mennon was there, and many many other public officials
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  Speaker 1: at this big breakfast on Saturday morning. How did it
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  Speaker 1: go with the current governor?
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  Speaker 2: Well, she is the governor, and not only Usually we
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  Speaker 2: have the entire back part of the restaurant for about
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  Speaker 2: eighty to one hundred people. We had both sides of
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  Speaker 2: the restaurant this time, and she had to speak from
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  Speaker 2: the middle of the restaurant. Look. And I had warned
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  Speaker 2: everybody that was coming the week before, Look, she is
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  Speaker 2: the governor. No matter where you like her, you don't
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  Speaker 2: like her. You got to be civilized. And we had
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  Speaker 2: a lot of important people here. We had people flew
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  Speaker 2: up from Palm Beach. The bishop from Palm Beach came
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  Speaker 2: up to give a prayer.
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  Speaker 1: I saw that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and the Julie men members there, Like you said, now,
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  Speaker 2: the only time I got a little nervous. I mean
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  Speaker 2: the Lieutenant Governor, Betsy McCoy. You remember what you did
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  Speaker 2: to Governor Patacky when when when Governor of Pattacky was
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  Speaker 2: giving his inaugural speech or whatever, she stood up next
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  Speaker 2: to him.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Well, five minutes into Governor Hoko speech, Well, Betsy look
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  Speaker 2: away gets up and stands four feet away, four feet
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  Speaker 2: away from the Governor. I started I started looking at
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  Speaker 2: the at the governor's husband and the Tucker Green and.
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  Speaker 3: Uh and talk Shapiro, and.
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  Speaker 2: I said, what are we getting ourselves into? Now? I
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  Speaker 2: must say everybody was civilized, and Betsy McCoy was civilized.
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  Speaker 1: Betty McCoy, bet is all about Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I argue with everybody, I disagree on different policies, but
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  Speaker 2: be civilized to each other.
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  Speaker 1: I think Betsy McCoy's wanning for governor in Connecticut anyway.
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  Speaker 2: Right, No, she had to pull out because she there's
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  Speaker 2: a technicality in Uh, she pulled out because of a
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  Speaker 2: technicality in got it connecticutte But looks she's a smart lady.
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  Speaker 2: And but she did the right thing and was very civilized.
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  Speaker 1: Did Governor Hunkle walk up to you and say, please
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  Speaker 1: send my regards to your morning show host?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely not.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you know what I enjoyed this morning. I
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  Speaker 1: knew that was the answer. What I enjoyed this morning
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  Speaker 1: was I know you're still close with the former Vice
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  Speaker 1: president Mike Pence and I played a cut earlier today.
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  Speaker 1: Something I've been saying, you know it, John for a
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  Speaker 1: long time. There is no such thing anymore as a
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  Speaker 1: common sense Democrat. It's a unicorn. It's a cute saying
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  Speaker 1: that don't exist. There's one. His name is John Betleman.
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  Speaker 1: So I was really happy to see. I'm talking about
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  Speaker 1: people serving now, not retired people like Governor David Patterson.
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  Speaker 1: So it's nice to see Tom Cotton say that same
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  Speaker 1: exact thing with Mark Levin on Saturday night and listening
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  Speaker 1: to Mike Pence with you, he kind of said the
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  Speaker 1: same thing. He said, Look, Republicans aren't perfect, They're not perfect,
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  Speaker 1: but the Democrats have completely lost their minds.
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  Speaker 2: They have completely lost their minds. And I am so
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  Speaker 2: much disappointed in major major people in the Democratic Party
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  Speaker 2: endorsing that lunatic in Michigan and that lunatic in Minnesota.
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  Speaker 2: That's gonna run.
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  Speaker 3: And I mean, all we want is common sense, and
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  Speaker 3: I think the only way that the Democratic Party is
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  Speaker 3: going to learn that is they lose forty nine states.
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  Speaker 2: Secord did in nineteen eighty five. Remember that, you're too younger.
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  Speaker 1: No I remember, no, no, no, I was. I was seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: It was Ronald Reagan, and I do remember it.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I'll tell you that. But nobody's well, somebody got
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  Speaker 2: up yesterday. I don't know. I didn't read the story.
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  Speaker 2: I saw the headlined some tomins sense Democrats put up
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  Speaker 2: fifteen million dollars to fight the Democratic Socialist Committee, and
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  Speaker 2: the Democratic Socialist Committee is not that big. But guess
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  Speaker 2: what they know how to wage war?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Great, point you exactly right.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, they know how to wage war, and they
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  Speaker 2: know how to go up to weak Democrats. Looked him
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  Speaker 2: in the eye and said, where gonna take you down? Okay,
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  Speaker 2: you were you Remember what I did to that guy
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  Speaker 2: that tried to pick it my home?
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  Speaker 1: You were great, You were great.
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  Speaker 2: I took him a disarm. I helped onto it. I said,
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  Speaker 2: make sure they take make sure they take the photograph
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  Speaker 2: of us, because the facial recognition equipment will know in
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  Speaker 2: five minutes who the hell you really are.
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  Speaker 1: A You were great that there. I were standing right
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  Speaker 1: next to you outside your home when you did that.
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  Speaker 1: But you were you were actually very good because you
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  Speaker 1: were stern and your point, but you're also very very
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  Speaker 1: friendly and you cooled down that temperature. John to your credit,
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  Speaker 1: literally in five minutes. I was impressed. I thought I
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  Speaker 1: was gonna get a little hectic there, but you did
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  Speaker 1: an excellent job, which, by the way, brings me to
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  Speaker 1: this one of the things I enjoy most on the station.
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  Speaker 1: It's a new feature. I'm not patronizing you. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: blowing smoke your way. I really enjoy the Cat's Corner.
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  Speaker 1: I really enjoyed a lot. It's great stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we've put it out and the entire the Salem
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  Speaker 2: network is running it countrywide. Uh and we're running it.
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  Speaker 2: Uh and uh. You know what the Cat's Corner is
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  Speaker 2: saying in one minute or less, common sense And that's
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  Speaker 2: where we were trying to put common sense in one
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  Speaker 2: minute or less and it's important now. Sick. Whenever you're
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  Speaker 2: out in the Hamptons again, we always would love to
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  Speaker 2: have you speak at the at the breakfast that we
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  Speaker 2: have governors, presidents, vice president side one time or another.
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to be honored. I'm serious, I would love
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  Speaker 1: to do that. I'd be honored to speak at your event.
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  Speaker 1: You've got the biggest names in the country. Honestly, I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate that. I would love to do that. I will
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  Speaker 1: be back in the Hamptons again, maybe even this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: maybe even Friday, but I'll talk to you about that
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  Speaker 1: in the office later on. John, one more for you.
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  Speaker 1: We're only a cup thank you for that invite. I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate that. Only a couple of weeks away from nine
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  Speaker 1: to eleven, and you know, I've got a couple of
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  Speaker 1: really brave men coming up in about forty minutes. Both
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  Speaker 1: lost their wives murdered back on nine to eleven. And
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  Speaker 1: we have this incredible gallop every year that ABC puts on.
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  Speaker 1: It's the highlight of the year. It's always beautiful Chipriani's
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  Speaker 1: and this year it so happens it falls on that
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  Speaker 1: exact night. I know we're going to honor Governor PATACKI,
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  Speaker 1: but tell all the folks out there what it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be like nine to eleven with us at the
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  Speaker 1: Galla coming up that Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we're gonna have the most spectacular gala of the
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  Speaker 2: last five years. Over all the people that came the
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  Speaker 2: last five years, this gala is going to be even
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  Speaker 2: more spectacular. We're celebrating the five years. We're celebrating the
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  Speaker 2: leadership of Governor Pataky at that period of time that
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  Speaker 2: he helped bring New York back and rebuild all those
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  Speaker 2: buildings that are there now, and he had the courage
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  Speaker 2: to make sure he put up the state's money to
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  Speaker 2: have the world Trade Center rebuilt again, and we're honoring
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  Speaker 2: Cardinal Dolan for the last was it sixteen or eighteen
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  Speaker 2: years providing moral leadership to our city and our state,
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  Speaker 2: and he became a national figure. And religious politics is
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  Speaker 2: religious politics, you know, you know he still has the
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  Speaker 2: title of cardinal even though he's not in the seat
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  Speaker 2: of power. But people love him and and don't forget
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  Speaker 2: it is nine to eleven. We have a very many
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  Speaker 2: VIP He's going to be in New York that day.
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  Speaker 2: I am not allowed, for security reasons to say who
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  Speaker 2: else may show up that day?
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  Speaker 1: Can I take a guess?
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  Speaker 2: Now?
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  Speaker 1: Kidding? Nine to eleven, you should be with us. It's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be as John just pointed out, And I love
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  Speaker 1: Cardinal Dolan. I do no disrespect to Ronald Hicks, but
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  Speaker 1: I love Cardinal Dolan. It's gonna be a wonderful night.
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  Speaker 1: some very very big time people. John is always amazing
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  Speaker 1: job here on this Monday morning, safe trip, Inn. We
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  Speaker 1: love you. We'll be listening at five o'clock this afternoon, John,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, and keep fighting for New York, keep fighting
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  Speaker 2: for America, and keep fighting for the world.
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  Speaker 1: You do too. We're a nice one to punch, John Kotch,
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