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[00:00:01] GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN RECENTLY.
[00:00:04] HOST: CARLO DADE IS THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY FOR THE
[00:00:06] NEW NORTH AMERICAN INITIATIVE
[00:00:09] AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY.
[00:00:12] CARLO, THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR INSIGHT. GUEST: MY PLEASURE.
[00:00:15] >> U.S. SENATE AND U.S. SENATE
[00:00:23] CANDIDATE ASHLEY HINSON WILL HOST HER BARBECUE IN IOWA AND
[00:00:25] WILL BE JOINED BY TEXAS SENATOR
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[00:00:46] THE TOUGHEST RACES WILL DECIDE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS.
[00:00:49] WE ARE THE ONLY NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF UNFILTERED ACCESS
[00:00:54] TO THE CANDIDATES, THE VOTERS,
[00:00:57] AND THE ISSUES FACING CAMPAIGN 2020 SIX. NO COMMENTATORS TELLING YOU WHAT
[00:01:00] TO THINK, NO PARTISAN SPIN, THE
[00:01:03] ROAD TO THE CAPITAL, ONLY ON C-SPAN.
[00:01:05] HOST: GOOD MORNING, HAPPY
[00:01:09] SATURDAY TO YOU. A LOT OF HEADLINES TO GET THROUGH SO CALL IN AND GIVE US
[00:01:13] YOUR TOP NEW STORY OF THE WEEK. WE WILL START WITH THE
[00:01:17] U.S.-CANADA TRADE WAR. THIS BLEW UP OVER THE LAST WEEK AFTER CANADA STEPPED AWAY FROM
[00:01:23] THE NEGOTIATING TABLE LAST WEEKEND, INFURIATING PRESIDENT
[00:01:25] TRUMP WHO RESPONDED WITH TARIFFS, BACK-AND-FORTH AND
[00:01:28] SUED, LEADING TO THE DRAMATIC
[00:01:31] AND UNEXPECTED NAME CHANGE OF LAKE ONTARIO AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
[00:01:35] ON WEDNESDAY WE HAD THE WHITE HOUSE TRADE ADVISOR PETER
[00:01:38] NAVARRO ON THIS PROGRAM TO TALK
[00:01:40] ABOUT HIS PERSPECTIVE -- FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE WHAT LED TO THIS.
[00:01:44] HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. [VIDEO CLIP]
[00:01:45] >> THE WHOLE ISSUE AROSE FROM
[00:01:49] WHAT WE CALL SECTION 338 ACTION
[00:01:55] AGAINST CANADA. 338 GIVES THE UNITED STATES
[00:01:58] TRADE REPRESENTATIVE THE POWER TO IMPOSE TARIFFS WHERE ANOTHER
[00:02:03] COUNTRY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST
[00:02:05] THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO HOW IT TREATS US.
[00:02:09] IN OTHER WORDS, IF CANADA IS DOING SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY IN
[00:02:13] THE REST OF THE WORLD, 338
[00:02:16] DOESN'T APPLY. BUT IF IT IS JUST SINGLING US
[00:02:18] OUT -- IN THE CASE OF THE 338,
[00:02:23] WE CLEARLY HAVE A MAJOR DAIRY PROBLEM WITH CANADA.
[00:02:27] THEY GOT TRIPLE DIGIT TARIFFS ON
[00:02:30] OUR DAIRY FARMS, AND TRY AS WE
[00:02:34] MIGHT DATING BACK TO THE FIRST TRUMP TERM, THEY ARE UNREPENTANT.
[00:02:39] THEY JUST STICK IT TO US. THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
[00:02:42] NUMBER TWO, THEY CUT OFF
[00:02:45] ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR SALE IN
[00:02:47] THEIR STORES, WHICH IS
[00:02:51] UNBELIEVABLE. YOU CAN'T GO INTO A STORE IN THE PROVINCES AND BUY KENTUCKY BOURBON.
[00:02:54] >> WE WILL LEAVE THIS RECORDED
[00:02:58] PROGRAM HERE, BUT YOU CAN FINISH WATCHING IT IF YOU GO TO OUR
[00:03:02] WEBSITE, C-SPAN.ORG. LIVE EVENT COVERAGE ON C-SPAN.
[00:03:06] >> LUTNICK AND GREER ASKING THE
[00:03:10] WHITE HOUSE TO CONSIDER HOW
[00:03:14] TARIFFS COULD RAISE COSTS FOR MAINERS AND OTHER BUSINESSES.
[00:03:17] THE WHITE HOUSE IN RECENT DAYS
[00:03:18] HAS CRITICIZED CANADA QUITE HEAVILY.
[00:03:22] I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK OF THE WHITE HOUSE'S RESPONSE AND
[00:03:25] YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE SITUATION AS IT EVOLVES.
[00:03:27] >> I'M CONTINUING TO WORK WITH
[00:03:32] BOTH SECRETARY LUTNICK AND
[00:03:32] INVESTOR GREER TO MAKE SURE THAT
[00:03:36] THEY REALIZE JUST HOW HARMFUL
[00:03:39] THESE TARIFFS ARE. PARTICULARLY SINCE CANADA WILL
[00:03:45] RETALIATE. WE'VE HAD AN INITIAL VICTORY
[00:03:47] WHERE CANADA TOOK OFF THE TABLES
[00:03:52] SO TO SPEAK THE RETALIATORY
[00:03:55] TARIFFS FOR LOBSTER AND FISHING
[00:03:59] PRODUCTS. THOSE ARE CRITICAL TO AN AREA
[00:04:04] LIKE WASHINGTON COUNTY AND OTHER COASTAL AREAS OF MAINE.
[00:04:11] I TALKED SPECIFICALLY ON THE PHONE WITH AMBASSADOR GREER
[00:04:14] ABOUT ISSUES RANGING FROM WILD
[00:04:18] BLUEBERRIES HARVESTING EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS ONLY
[00:04:21] AVAILABLE FROM CANADA, TO ISSUES
[00:04:25] LIKE CONCRETE AND THE IMPACT ON
[00:04:30] SMALL CONTRACTORS OF THE
[00:04:37] ESCALATION, TO ROAD SALT, WHICH
[00:04:41] IS USED THROUGHOUT MAINE IN THE WINTER. ONE SMALL TOWN IN NORTHERN MAINE
[00:04:45] THAT HAD UNDER 1000 PEOPLE TOLD
[00:04:47] ME THAT THE TARIFFS WOULD ADD
[00:04:50] $10,000 TO THE COST OF THE ROAD
[00:04:54] SALT THEY GET FROM CANADA.
[00:04:56] SO THE IMPLICATIONS ARE SEVERE
[00:05:01] FOR MANY COMMUNITIES, SMALL
[00:05:06] BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES -- LIKE OUR PAPER MILLS, AND MOST
[00:05:10] OF ALL MAINE FAMILIES.
[00:05:13] THAT'S WHY I FEEL SO STRONGLY. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING
[00:05:16] WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
[00:05:19] CANADA IS NOT CHINA. CANADA IS OUR BEST FRIEND AND
[00:05:24] ALLY AND OUR BIGGEST TRADING PARTNER.
[00:05:28] IF YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN CALL
[00:05:33] IS THEY CROSS THE BORDER TO SAINT STEPHEN ALL THE TIME.
[00:05:36] I GREW UP IN NORTHERN MAINE 20
[00:05:39] MINUTES FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER. SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND JUST HOW
[00:05:44] DEVASTATING THESE TARIFFS WILL BE.
[00:05:46] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
[00:05:54] [INDISCERNIBLE BACKGROUND
[00:05:56] CONVERSATIONS]
[00:05:59] >> YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING LIVE
[00:06:03] COVERAGE. WE RETURN NOW TO OUR SCHEDULE PROGRAM.
[00:06:07] WE JOINED IT IN PROGRESS.
[00:06:08] HOST: -- SHE WRITES, I APPLAUD
[00:06:14] HIM FOR HAVING THE COURAGE AND INTEGRITY TO FINALLY BE SOMEONE
[00:06:17] TO STAND UP TO TRUMP. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OUTLINES
[00:06:20] A BIT MORE THE DETAILS OF WHERE THIS TRADE WERE STANDS NOW.
[00:06:24] THIS IS A PIECE FROM AUGUST 26, A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
[00:06:28] LAST SATURDAY AT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IMPOSED 50% TARIFFS ON $20 BILLION OF
[00:06:32] CANADIAN GOODS LEADING PRIME MINISTER CARNEY TO
[00:06:36] RETALIATE ON SIMILAR U.S. GOODS
[00:06:42] EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 8. PRESIDENT TRUMP BLASTED CANADA
[00:06:44] ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THREATENED
[00:06:48] TO RENAME LAKE ONTARIO TO LAKE AMERICA, WHICH HE ULTIMATELY DID.
[00:06:52] HE SAID HE WOULD DOUBLE INTO 50%
[00:06:54] AND IMPOSE LEVIES ON AUTO PARTS
[00:06:56] WHICH COULD IMPERIL THE NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
[00:06:59] WHERE PARTS IS IF A BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE BORDER SEVERAL
[00:07:02] TIMES BEFORE THEY ARE ASSEMBLED INTO A VEHICLE.
[00:07:05] THE NEXT PHASE OF TRUMP'S
[00:07:06] TARIFFS WON'T TAKE EFFECT
[00:07:11] UNTIL JANUARY 7, GIVING PLENTY OF TIME.
[00:07:15] ON WEDNESDAY, THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE JAMIESON GREER SAID IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT IT
[00:07:18] WOULD TAKE TO GET BOTH SIDES BACK TO THE TABLE. WE DON'T HAVE OPEN CHANNELS
[00:07:22] RIGHT NOW, HE SAID.
[00:07:24] THOSE TALKS REALLY FALLING APART
[00:07:27] TO A DEGREE THAT I THINK A REALLY STRIKING.
[00:07:31] WE ACTUALLY ALSO, ON THIS WEEK'S
[00:07:33] PROGRAM OF CEASE-FIRE, THERE WAS A BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN A
[00:07:37] REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST OVER WHETHER OR NOT THIS TRADE WAR MAKES SENSE FOR THE PRESIDENT
[00:07:40] AND FOR HIS POLITICAL TEAM, ESPECIALLY WITH NOVEMBER'S
[00:07:44] MIDTERM ELECTIONS PICKING UP. WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST
[00:07:48] AARON MCGUIRE AND REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST KURT GARDELLA ON C-SPAN DEBATING IT.
[00:07:52] HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
[00:07:56] [VIDEO CLIP]
[00:07:57] >> POINTS OUT CANADA HAS THE
[00:08:02] ADVANTAGE. HERE THE HEADLINE. CANADA HAS ONE IMPORTANT EDGE IN
[00:08:06] THE NORTH AMERICAN TRADE WAR. IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW LONG THE
[00:08:09] CANADIAN GOVERNMENT CAN SUPPORT SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED
[00:08:13] BUSINESSES IN A PROLONGED TARIFF
[00:08:14] TIT FOR TAT, BUT POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS CANADIANS ACROSS THE
[00:08:18] POLITICAL SPECTRUM ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THOSE IMPACTS IN ORDER TO STAND UP TO THE U.S.
[00:08:22] GOVERNMENT. THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHERE EVEN MANY
[00:08:26] IN THE PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY OPPOSED TRUMP STREET AGENDA,
[00:08:30] PARTICULARLY HIS TARIFFS ON CANADA.
[00:08:32] >> GOOD FOR THE CANADIAN PEOPLE. I'M GLAD YOU ALL DECIDED TO
[00:08:36] STAND UP TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING BIG. GREAT FOR YOU.
[00:08:39] I WOULD ALSO SAY TO THE CANADIAN PEOPLE IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT
[00:08:42] UNTIL YOU ARE LIVING THE REPERCUSSIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT
[00:08:45] THEMSELVES ARE SAYING THEY CANNOT SUSTAIN LONG-TERM SMALLER AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES.
[00:08:49] IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD ON THE FRONT END, BUT THAT REALITY IS
[00:08:53] THEY WOULD BE DECIMATED IN THIS FIGHT. FOR THEM TO SAY THAT -- IN THE UNITED STATES WE HAVE BEEN
[00:08:57] LIVING THROUGH THIS FOR A WHILE. SOME REPUBLICANS VERY STRONGLY
[00:09:01] DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT ON TARIFFS BUT DONALD TRUMP IS TRIED AND TRUE.
[00:09:05] THE MAN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT
[00:09:08] TARIFFS AS A MEANS FOR NEGOTIATION AND TRADE SINCE THE 1980'S.
[00:09:11] THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE FOR ANYBODY. I KNOW REPUBLICANS HAVE
[00:09:17] DISAGREEMENTS, BUT THE CANADIANS CAN SOUND BLUSTERY BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE ECONOMIC POWER OR
[00:09:20] GEOPOLITICAL POWER OR STRENGTH AND WILL THEMSELVES TO SEE THIS OUT FOR THE LONG RUN FOR THE
[00:09:24] NEXT 2.5 YEARS.
[00:09:25] >> IS GOING TO BACKFIRE ON THE
[00:09:30] REPUBLICAN PARTY. THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT CAME TO OFFICE PROMISING A.
[00:09:35] -- A PERIOD OF PROSPERITY WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
[00:09:39] HE PROMISED ALL THESE THINGS AND WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY OF THOSE RETURNS.
[00:09:42] THUS A PROBLEM WITH THE TARIFF AGENDA.
[00:09:44] THINGS HAVEN'T GOTTEN BETTER FOR MOST AMERICANS.
[00:09:48] HE COULD SAY WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THINGS GREAT, BETTER, BUT
[00:09:51] NO ONE HAS SEEN THE TANGIBLE PROGRESS IN THE POCKETBOOK SO HE
[00:09:54] HAS NO CREDIBILITY AT HOME. IF ANYTHING THAT HURTS
[00:09:58] REPUBLICAN CHANCES TO HOLD ON THE POWER. WE TALKED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM
[00:10:02] ABILITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE THESE DEALS, IF YOU LOSE THIS
[00:10:05] CONGRESS HE IS EVEN WEAKER. HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT?
[00:10:11] -- IF HE LOSES CONGRESS, HE'S EVEN WEAKER. HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT?
[00:10:14] HOST: THAT WAS HOUSE REPUBLICAN
[00:10:16] STRATEGIST ERIN MCGUIRE AND
[00:10:20] REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST KURT GARDELLA DISAGREEING ON THE
[00:10:24] TRADE WAR WITH CANADA.
[00:10:24] LET'S GO TO THOSE WAITING ON THE
[00:10:28] PHONE LINES. IN OHIO WITH WILLIAM, HIS
[00:10:32] CALLING IN ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE ON WITH US.
[00:10:34] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:10:37] I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY.
[00:10:40] THE TRADE WARS ARE CRAZY, IRAN
[00:10:42] IS NUTS, TRUMP IS JUST AN
[00:10:48] IDIOT. HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.
[00:10:49] HE'S CAUSING CHAOS IN THE
[00:10:53] AMERICAN -- THE AMERICAN PSYCHE RIGHT NOW.
[00:10:55] HE'S DESTROYING MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, AND I DON'T LIKE A
[00:10:58] NEWCOMER LIKE HIM DOING THAT.
[00:11:00] MY FAMILIES BEEN HERE FOR LIKE EIGHT GENERATIONS NOW, YOU KNOW.
[00:11:06] LET'S JUST GO TO A PUMPKIN PATCH
[00:11:09] AND WAIT ON LINUS, LINUS IS WAITING FOR HIM OF THE GREAT PUMPKIN PATCH.
[00:11:13] ALL OF THE STUFF HE BELIEVES IN
[00:11:15] HAS TO BE WACKY.
[00:11:18] 1980, 2020 WAS A FAIR ELECTION, THE FAIREST ONE IN AMERICAN
[00:11:21] HISTORY AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS HIS DOWNFALL.
[00:11:24] PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS WORLD, AND
[00:11:27] ALL HE'S DOING IS SAYING HE IS NARCISSISTIC, DIRTY OLD MAN.
[00:11:31] IT'S TIME TO GET HIM BACK TO THE NURSING HOME WHERE HE BELONGS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:11:35] HOST: THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN WILLIAM.
[00:11:39] JOHN FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE.
[00:11:42] JOHN, WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY? CALLER: WELL, THE TARIFF PROBLEM.
[00:11:47] OK LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU SOMETHING.
[00:11:53] REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS ALWAYS SOLD OUT AMERICA.
[00:11:55] NIXON SOLD US TO THE CHINESE.
[00:12:00] REAGAN CAME ALONG AND KILLED THE UNIONS. OK.
[00:12:05] EVERY TIME A REPUBLICAN GETS AN OFFICE INFLATION GOES UP.
[00:12:10] WHEN TRUMP WAS ELECTED THE
[00:12:11] SECOND TIME, MY AREA WENT UP
[00:12:15] $.20 A GALLON AND IT STILL GOING UP.
[00:12:16] THE WORST PART IS THAT I WAS
[00:12:21] GOING TO GO TO CANADA FISHING. I ALWAYS DO.
[00:12:24] NOW I'M AFRAID TO GO THERE BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THEY MIGHT CLOSE THE BORDER.
[00:12:29] IS THAT STUPID OR WHAT?
[00:12:32] THEY ARE THE ONLY PARTNER WE HAVE IN THE WORLD THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY RELY ON.
[00:12:37] OK.
[00:12:40] THE OTHER SUBJECT WAS -- WHEN WE
[00:12:46] DO SOMETHING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY,
[00:12:48] OK, IT SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T GAIN
[00:12:54] AN ADVANTAGE. WE LOSE.
[00:12:56] AND WE ARE GOING TO LOSE WITH
[00:12:58] THE DEAL HE'S PULLING WITH CANADA. IF HE WANTS HIS NAME ON A
[00:13:03] MONUMENT HE BETTER LOOK AT HISTORY.
[00:13:05] KENNEDY DID NOT PUT HIS NAME ON THAT MONUMENT. LINCOLN WAS DEAD.
[00:13:09] THEY WERE ALL DEAD BEFORE THEIR
[00:13:11] NAMES WENT UP ON THE MONUMENTS.
[00:13:14] LINCOLN, WASHINGTON, KENNEDY, EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HAS THEIR
[00:13:17] NAME ON SOMETHING WAS DEAD WHEN IT WAS PUT THERE.
[00:13:20] IF YOU WANT HIS NAME ON
[00:13:22] SOMETHING, HE SHOULD DIE AND
[00:13:25] GIVE US A BREAK, AND THEN WE WILL PUT HIS NAME ON SOMETHING.
[00:13:27] HOST: THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
[00:13:31] LET'S GO TO NAPLES, FLORIDA, LIVES CALLING IN ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE.
[00:13:35] WHAT IS YOUR TOP STORY OF THE WEEK?
[00:13:40] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:13:42] CALLER: -- SERIOUSLY DISAGREED
[00:13:47] WITH WHAT MR. CONNIE SAID WITH REGARD TO THE TRADE RELATION WITH THE UNITED STATES.
[00:13:51] I WISH WE HAD A CLIP OF ONE OF
[00:13:55] THOSE, BECAUSE I HEARD ONE TALK
[00:13:58] ABOUT IT AND IT WAS SO EGREGIOUS
[00:13:59] WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, HOW IT WAS AFFECTING HER PROVINCE.
[00:14:04] THERE WERE TWO PROVINCES, SASKATCHEWAN BUT THE OTHER NAME
[00:14:07] I DON'T REMEMBER AND I DON'T
[00:14:11] REMEMBER WHICH PROVIDENCE SHE WAS REPRESENTING, BUT IT WAS A
[00:14:14] HELPFUL PRESENTATION OF HOW OTHER PEOPLE IN CANADA FEEL
[00:14:18] ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE.
[00:14:22] -- WITH CHINA.
[00:14:29] I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PULLING
[00:14:32] OUT LINCOLN MANUFACTURING -- AT
[00:14:37] FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OF IT, THEN I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY PART OF IT.
[00:14:46] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:14:49] THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY IS DOING RELATIVE TO PRODUCTION IN CHINA.
[00:14:52] HOST: I WAS HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE HEARING YOU, BUT I WILL
[00:14:56] LOOK AT THE CHINA ASPECT THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM AND I
[00:14:59] APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN. ON THE CANADIAN SIDE, YOU BRING
[00:15:02] UP WOULD CANADIAN LEADERS ARE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE
[00:15:06] IMPACT OF THEIR PROVINCE. I PULLED UP THIS PIECE FROM "THE
[00:15:09] NEW YORK TIMES" PARTNERING WITH
[00:15:11] THEIR CANADIAN COLLEAGUES,
[00:15:13] REPORTING OUT THIS TRADE WAR AND WHAT THE PERSPECTIVE IS FROM
[00:15:17] CANADA. I THINK THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING BULLET POINTS TO GO THROUGH.
[00:15:20] THEY SAY, OUR KEY FINDINGS
[00:15:22] COOPERATED BY BOTH SIDES OF THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, THE TRADE
[00:15:26] TALKS WERE POSITIVE UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. MR. CARNEY OFFERED TO
[00:15:30] COLLABORATE ON THE KEYSTONE XL
[00:15:32] PIPELINE KIPP WHICH HE DELIGHTED MR. TRUMP. BY THE END OF THE WEEK THAT WAS
[00:15:36] OFF THE TABLE. HOWARD LUTNICK WAS A FACTOR IN
[00:15:40] DESTABILIZING THE TALKS AS HE INTERVENED REPEATEDLY, INCLUDING ON WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY OF LAST
[00:15:43] WEEK -- NOT THE WEEK THAT JUST ENDED -- AT THE PUSH FOR TARIFFS
[00:15:47] ON STEEL, AUTOS, AND AUTO PARTS
[00:15:48] COME ALL OF WHICH FALL UNDER HIS PURVIEW.
[00:15:51] THE U.S. INSISTED ON RETAINING THE FREEDOM TO CHANGE ITS TARIFF
[00:15:55] POLICY ON CANADA WITHOUT A DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM OR
[00:15:58] WARNING BUILT INTO THE NEW AGREEMENT. IT ALSO ASKED FOR CANADA TO
[00:16:02] NOTIFY AND COORDINATE WITH THE U.S. ON STEEL TARIFFS THAT
[00:16:05] CANADA ENFORCES ON OTHER TRADING PARTNERS.
[00:16:08] MR. CARNEY SPOKE WITH PREMIER DOUG FORD OF ONTARIO MINUTES
[00:16:11] BEFORE HE PULLED THE PLUG ON TALKS. MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF THE FRENCH
[00:16:15] LANGUAGE ISSUE AS A DIVIDING LINE OF THE TALKS.
[00:16:17] OUR REPORTING SHOWS THAT THE
[00:16:19] U.S. SIDE DID ADVANCE A DEMAND FOR KENNEDY TO AMEND OR REPEAL
[00:16:23] LAWS THAT PROTECT CANADIAN CONTENT BY ASKING STREAMING
[00:16:26] PLATFORMS TO SURFACE AND MORE PROMINENTLY FOR CANADIAN USERS.
[00:16:30] THUS THE REPORTING FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES.
[00:16:32] REPORTERS IN THE U.S. AND THEIR TEAM IN CANADA. LET'S CONTINUE TAKING CALLS AS
[00:16:36] WE TALK ABOUT YOUR TOP NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK. YOU CAN GO BEYOND THIS TOPIC OR,
[00:16:41] IF THAT'S WHAT MATTERS MOST TO YOU, GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS.
[00:16:45] NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JOE ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE.
[00:16:49] JOE, WHAT YOUR TOP STORY?
[00:16:50] CALLER: KURT BARDELLA IS NOT A
[00:16:57] REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST THAT WOULDN'T WORK ON CEASEFIRE.
[00:16:59] HE'S A DEMOCRAT STRATEGIST. LINDSEY CLANCY SAID THAT A MALE
[00:17:03] VOICE TOLD HER TO KILL HER CHILD. I DON'T HOW SHE WOULD'VE KNOWN
[00:17:06] IT WAS A MALE VOICE. SUSAN COLLINS HAS NEVER MISSED A
[00:17:10] VOTE IN MAY AND PEERED AS A DEMOCRAT, HOW CAN WE BE
[00:17:14] PROMOTING FIRST GRAHAM PLATNER AND NOW TROY JACKSON, WHO HAS
[00:17:17] TWO KIDS WITH HIS COUSIN AND NO ONE MENTIONS THAT. THAT'S KIND OF SICK.
[00:17:21] I MEAN, WHO DOES THAT?
[00:17:23] WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT ALL THE SOURCES THAT WANT TO TELL US,
[00:17:27] YOU KNOW, WHISTLEBLOWERS, BUT WE
[00:17:28] DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THEM
[00:17:31] BIDEN.
[00:17:50] ANONYMOUS, WE HAVE ACTUAL PEOPLE? IN THE BORDER CLOSED COME WATCH
[00:17:53] THEM CLOSE IT FOR NO PROBLEM SO FOR FOUR YEARS THEY LIED AND LED
[00:17:57] MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS, AND OUR STATE IS GOING TO LET
[00:18:00] ABORTION GO UP TO NINE MONTHS, ALL THE WAY UNTIL LABOR STARTS
[00:18:04] IN MASSACHUSETTS. THEY JUST SIGNED A BILL AND THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROTECTING
[00:18:08] KIDS. I MEAN, NOW THEY NEED TO GET LINDSAY CLANCY AND PUT HER AWAY,
[00:18:12] UNLESS WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND THE ABORTION AND EIGHT MONTHS
[00:18:15] AND FIVE YEARS FOR HER KIDS. A MALE VOICE TOLD HER.
[00:18:19] HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS A MALE VOICE? THIS IS A LIE.
[00:18:22] WE NEED TO PROTECT CHILDREN. THANK YOU.
[00:18:27] HOST: YOU TOUCHED ON A LOT. I WILL DO A QUICK FACT CHECK.
[00:18:30] KURT, ONE OF OUR GUESTS ON CEASEFIRE THAT WE PLAYED A CLIP
[00:18:33] FROM, HE WAS BILLED AS A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST BECAUSE HE
[00:18:37] TECHNICALLY IS, THOUGH HE HAS BEEN AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD
[00:18:41] TRUMP. HE IS IN THE NEVER TRUMP WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
[00:18:44] HE SERVED AS A GOP CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER AND WAS A SPOKESPERSON
[00:18:48] FOR BREITBART NEWS COME THE CONSERVATIVE NEWS OUTLET. I WANTED TO CLARIFY.
[00:18:52] THAT IS WHY THERE WERE TWO REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS BUT ON
[00:18:55] OPPOSING SIDES FOR THE PROGRAM. WE WILL PLAY THAT FULL EPISODE
[00:18:58] OF CEASEFIRE AT 10:00 AFTER TODAY'S SHOW FEAR THE LINDSAY
[00:19:01] CLANCY TRIAL IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY IN NEW
[00:19:05] ENGLAND. IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO HEAR YOU MENTION THAT.
[00:19:09] THOMAS IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING, WHAT IS YOUR TOP STORY?
[00:19:17] ARE YOU ON WITH US, THOMAS?
[00:19:23] ALRIGHT, LET'S TRY ANOTHER FLORIDA CALLER. PAUL FROM WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA
[00:19:27] ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. YOU ON WITH US. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:19:31] THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT
[00:19:35] INFLATION BECAUSE YOU HAD A CALL OR SAY THAT INFLATION GOES WAY UP EVERY TIME WE HAVE A
[00:19:38] REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. WOW.
[00:19:42] I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GETTING
[00:19:44] HIS FACTS, BUT I'VE GOT MY LARGEST INCREASE IN SOCIAL
[00:19:49] SECURITY, 8% INCREASE, BECAUSE OF JOE BIDEN. ISN'T HE A DEMOCRAT?
[00:19:53] LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO INFLATION.
[00:19:55] ALL OF THESE AMERICANS THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT CANADA AND
[00:19:58] WHAT WE ARE DOING TO CANADA,
[00:20:01] POOR CANADA, PACK YOUR BAGS AND MOVED TO CANADA IF THAT'S HOW
[00:20:05] YOU FEEL. YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY GOT FREE INSURANCE.
[00:20:08] YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR AND HAVE TO GET A HEART SURGERY,
[00:20:11] BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WILL EUTHANIZE YOU INSTEAD IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
[00:20:16] SO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE TARIFFS WORK.
[00:20:19] IT'S HORRIBLE FOR AMERICA TO PUT
[00:20:21] TARIFFS ON OTHER COUNTRIES' GOODS COMING IN, BUT OTHER
[00:20:24] COUNTRIES DO IT TO US, AND THAT'S FINE.
[00:20:27] IT SHOULDN'T WORK THAT WAY.
[00:20:30] IF YOU WANT FREE TRADE THEN TAKE OFF ALL TARIFFS, BUT OTHERWISE
[00:20:34] IF OTHER COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO PUT TARIFFS ON OUR GOODS, THEIR
[00:20:37] GOODS, OUR GOODS GOING INTO THEIR COUNTRY, THAN VICE VERSA,
[00:20:41] WE SHOULD BE TERRIFING --
[00:20:49] TARIFFING THEIR GOODS.
[00:20:51] HOST: KEVIN WARSH GAVE HIS FIRST
[00:20:54] BIG SPEECH SINCE HE TOOK THE JOB 100 DAYS AGO.
[00:20:56] THERE IS A BIG ECONOMIC SYMPOSIUM THAT HAPPENED IN
[00:21:00] JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL HAS THIS HEADLINE.
[00:21:03] WORSHIP SAYS THE FED MAY NOT BE DONE FIGHTING INFLATION WITH THE
[00:21:07] SUB HEADLINE, WE MUST BE CONFIDENT THAT UNDERLYING INFLATION IS MOVING TO OUR
[00:21:11] OBJECTIVE, THE FED CHAIR SAID FRIDAY IN A HEAVILY ANTICIPATED DEBUT SPEECH.
[00:21:15] WE WILL PLAY A CLIP OF THAT SPEECH.
[00:21:18] WHAT'S NOTABLE, PREVIOUS FITTED CHAIRS HAVE USED THIS BIG EVENT
[00:21:22] IN JACKSON HOLE TO BASICALLY -- PREVIOUS FED CHAIRS HAVE USED
[00:21:26] THIS BIG EVENT IN JACKSON HOLE TO BASICALLY INDICATE IF THEY
[00:21:30] WOULD RAISE RATES, MORSE DID NOT DO THAT BUT HE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN WILL COMPLEMENT AND THE STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY.
[00:21:34] [VIDEO CLIP]
[00:21:35] >> THE RECENT RISE IN COMMODITY
[00:21:39] PRICES ALSO BEARS WATCH. WHAT WE NEED THE JUDGE IS
[00:21:42] WHETHER THE TRENDS WE SEE INDICATE UPSIDE INFLATION RISKS.
[00:21:47] NOW, IT MATTERS TOO WHETHER THE
[00:21:49] INFLATION READINGS OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE SEEPED INTO EXPECTATIONS.
[00:21:53] THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MEASURES
[00:21:57] OF INFLATION EXPECTATIONS IN THE MEDIUM-TERM BY AND LARGE LOOKS
[00:22:05] STABLE, AND INFLATION COMPENSATION MEASURES FROM THE SWAPS MARKET SEND A STRONG AND
[00:22:09] SIMILAR MESSAGE. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF RECENT
[00:22:13] DEVELOPMENTS, IT'S A CREDIT TO
[00:22:16] THE FED AS AN INSTITUTION, CONSISTENT WITH THE BEST OF THE
[00:22:19] FED'S TRADITIONS, THE MARKET
[00:22:23] PRICES SHOW CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL DELIVER PRICE STABILITY.
[00:22:26] I CAN ASSURE YOU, THEY ARE RIGHT.
[00:22:31] THE THING ABOUT MARKET MEASURES OF INFLATION EXPECTATIONS AND
[00:22:34] ECONOMIC HISTORY, I KNOW SOME ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ARE IN THE
[00:22:38] AUDIENCE, THEY ALL TEND TO LOOK VERY STRONG AND DURABLE UNTIL THE NOTE.
[00:22:43] THESE EXPECTATIONS ARE NOT PUSHED AROUND EASILY.
[00:22:47] RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE VERY WELL ANCHORED.
[00:22:50] THEY MUST BE CLOSELY MINDED. IT IS THE FED'S JOB TO MAKE SURE
[00:22:54] THAT INFLATION EXPECTATIONS DO
[00:22:56] NOT GET ON ANCHORED -- GET UN
[00:23:02] -ANCHORED. ONE SIGNAL NO ONE CAN MISS.
[00:23:05] RESPONSIBILITY FOR 65 MONTHS OF
[00:23:08] SUSTAINED, ELEVATED INFLATION SITS SQUARELY WITH THE CENTRAL BANK.
[00:23:11] AND THAT'S WHERE IT BELONGS.
[00:23:13] SO, HERE IS MY STANDARD. WE MUST BE CONFIDENT THAT
[00:23:16] UNDERLYING INFLATION IS MOVING
[00:23:18] TO OUR OBJECTIVE, CLEARLY AND AT
[00:23:22] SUFFICIENT SPEED. OTHERWISE WE HAVE WORK TO DO.
[00:23:26] THAT'S OUR JOB. THAT'S OUR MANDATE. THAT'S OUR CHARGE TO KEEP.
[00:23:30] HOST: THAT WAS THE NEW FEDERAL
[00:23:34] RESERVE CHAIR KEVIN WARSH SPEAKING AT -- THIS IS
[00:23:37] COMPLICATED -- THE KANSAS CITY FEDERAL RESERVE'S EVENT IN JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING WHERE A
[00:23:41] BUNCH OF TOP ECONOMISTS ARE GATHERING TO TALK ABOUT STATE OF
[00:23:44] THE ECONOMY. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS
[00:23:47] THAT TRADERS RAISE THE ODDS OF
[00:23:50] AN INTEREST RATE INCREASED TO
[00:23:52] 60% FROM 35 PERCENT ON THURSDAY.
[00:23:55] IN THE SPEECH MORE STOP SHORT OFFERING NO HINT ABOUT THE FED'S
[00:23:58] NEXT MOVE IN KEEPING WITH HIS APPROACH AND HOW THE CENTRAL
[00:24:02] BANK SHOULD COMMUNICATE LESS. HE SAYS I STAND HERE COMMITTED
[00:24:05] TO A DISCIPLINE NOT A DECISION. THAT'S ANOTHER BIG STORY SURFACING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
[00:24:09] SEVERAL FOLKS WRITING IN WITH THEIR TOP STORIES. LET'S CYCLE THROUGH SOME.
[00:24:13] KEVIN FROM WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT
[00:24:16] SAYS, MY TOP NEWS STORY IS THE KENNEDY CENTER MEMORIAL.
[00:24:19] I HOPE AMERICA DOESN'T LET TRUMP
[00:24:21] DESTROY THE KENNEDY CENTER MEMORIAL. PRESIDENT KENNEDY UNITED THE
[00:24:25] COUNTRY, FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II, AND SAVED AMERICA FROM A REAL
[00:24:28] NUCLEAR CRISIS THAT COULD HAVE ENDED IN NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION.
[00:24:32] THE KENNEDY FAMILY SHOWED THE BEST OF WHAT AMERICA IS MADE OF.
[00:24:34] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE KENNEDY FAMILY FOR THE CAMELOT YEARS.
[00:24:38] KEVIN, STICK AROUND. IN THE NEXT HOUR OR IN AN HOUR
[00:24:41] AND A HALF WE WILL TALK TO CONGRESSWOMAN JOYCE BEATTY, THE
[00:24:45] OHIO DEMOCRAT, LEAVING THE LEGAL CHALLENGES AGAINST THE CHANGES
[00:24:49] TO THE KENNEDY CENTER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TRYING TO MAKE.
[00:24:52] THERE WAS A HEARING ON THURSDAY ABOUT THAT THAT JOYCE BEATTY WE
[00:24:56] WILL BE SPEAKING WITH HER. ALAN FROM HUNTINGTON WEST
[00:24:59] VIRGINIA SAYS HIS TOP STORY IS THE DEBT REACHING 40 TRILLION
[00:25:03] DOLLARS. HE WRITES, SIMPLE MATH SHOWS IT
[00:25:05] WILL TAKE BOTH SPENDING CUTS AND INCREASED TAXES TO GET UNDER
[00:25:09] CONTROL. BUT NOBODY IS WILLING TO PAY MORE TAXES.
[00:25:12] GET READY FOR HYPERINFLATION AND BECOMING A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
[00:25:17] SUE FROM WHITING, NEW JERSEY SINCE HER TOP STORY IS TRADE
[00:25:21] WARS AND TRADE AGREEMENTS. WE MAKE THESE TRADE AGREEMENTS, DON'T WE?
[00:25:25] WE ARE AT THE BARGAINING TABLE. SO WHY ARE WE NOT HAPPY WITH THE
[00:25:29] END RESULT? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR HIGH TARIFFS.
[00:25:32] WHY DON'T WE MAKE BETTER DEALS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
[00:25:34] YOU CAN WRITE IN ON FACEBOOK OR
[00:25:37] X OR YOU CAN TEXT US AT (202) 748-8003 OR YOU CAN CALL.
[00:25:41] THERE HAVE BEEN PATIENT CALLERS ON THE LINE.
[00:25:44] TIM IS CALLING IN ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE FROM ALABAMA.
[00:25:47] HEY THERE, TIM. HAPPY START COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
[00:25:51] WHAT YOUR TOP STORY? CALLER: THERE ARE TWO. THE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO TALK
[00:25:55] ABOUT, THE KENNEDY CENTER, JOHN
[00:25:58] F. KENNEDY WAS A WAR HERO.
[00:26:03] IF THEY GO BACK AND LOOK AT
[00:26:05] HISTORY, YOU SEE PT ONE 09. HE WAS A WAR HERO IN WORLD WAR
[00:26:10] II. PLUS, HIS FATHER, JOSEPH F
[00:26:15] KENNEDY, HE WAS A WAR HERO TOO.
[00:26:19] HE SERVED ON A TOP-SECRET MISSION IN 1943.
[00:26:24] SO THE FAMILY HAS A HISTORY OF SERVING THE COUNTRY.
[00:26:29] UNLIKE DONALD FMR. PRES. TRUMP:
[00:26:33] -- UNLIKE DONALD F TRUMP WITH
[00:26:39] THE FALSE CLAIMS OF A HEEL SPUR. HE CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH FOOT IT
[00:26:42] WAS ON, BY THE WAY. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD
[00:26:44] LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE
[00:26:48] REPUBLICANS TALKING ABOUT SOCIALISM AND USING THE TERM COMMUNISM.
[00:26:56] WELL, WHAT WITH THE PEOPLE OF
[00:26:59] THIS COUNTRY PREFER?
[00:27:01] MASKED MEN GOING AROUND TERRORIZING, LOCKING UP,
[00:27:05] SHOOTING, AND ARRESTING AMERICAN
[00:27:07] CITIZENS?
[00:27:09] THAT'S NOT SOCIALISM. THAT'S COMMUNISM.
[00:27:14] THAT COMES FROM THE DAYS OF
[00:27:16] HITLER."
[00:27:19] ALSO BUILDING THE TENSION CENTERS WHICH ARE ACTUALLY
[00:27:22] ANALOGOUS TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
[00:27:25] IF THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT
[00:27:28] COMMUNISM OR SOCIALISM, LOOK AT WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE
[00:27:31] SUPPORTING AND TAKING AWAY THE
[00:27:33] VOTING RIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENS.
[00:27:38] I THINK DEMOCRATS SHOULD POINT THOSE THINGS OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[00:27:42] HOST: THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN.
[00:27:45] YOU TALKED ABOUT THE KENNEDY CENTER. AGAIN, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT
[00:27:50] LATER WHEN WE INTERVIEW CONGRESSWOMAN BEATTY, BUT A
[00:27:53] HEADLINE FROM ABC IS THAT THE DOJ SAYS NO ACTION TO ADD
[00:27:57] TRUMP'S NAME TO THE KENNEDY
[00:27:59] CENTER BEFORE OCTOBER. THEY WRITE THE JUSTICE
[00:28:01] DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED A FEDERAL JUDGE THURSDAY NIGHT THAT THE KENNEDY CENTER WILL DELAY
[00:28:05] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOARDS RESOLUTION HONORING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR MORE THAN A MONTH.
[00:28:10] IN A FILING LATE THURSDAY THE DOJ SAID THE EFFORT TO ADD
[00:28:13] TRUMP'S NAME TO THE FACADE AND PLAZA, WHERE THE CENTER SINCE,
[00:28:17] WILL NOT BE EFFECTUATED BEFORE OCTOBER 8. THE ADMINISTRATION'S FILING
[00:28:20] FOLLOWED A TO OUR HEARING ON THURSDAY DURING WHICH A U.S.
[00:28:24] DISTRICT JUDGE, CHRISTOPHER COOPER, URGED THE CENTER TO DELAY PLANS TO GIVE HIM MORE
[00:28:28] TIME TO CONSIDER HIS DECISION.
[00:28:30] THAT STORY IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION IN D.C. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON
[00:28:34] THURSDAY OUTSIDE THE KENNEDY CENTER COVERING THINGS AS THE
[00:28:37] COURT HEARING PLAYED OUT. I MET A WOMAN WHO WAS PROTESTING
[00:28:40] WHO SHOWED UP EVERY DAY SINCE APRIL BECAUSE SHE WORKED AT THE
[00:28:43] KENNEDY CENTER DECADES AGO. SHE SAID THAT SHE FELT VERY
[00:28:46] STRONGLY ABOUT THIS CAUSE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
[00:28:50] LOCALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT. LET'S GO TO DICKINSON, NORTH
[00:28:53] DAKOTA, JOHN IS CALLING IN FROM THE INDEPENDENT LINE. JOHN, WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
[00:28:59] CALLER: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
[00:29:05] I WAS JUST TUNING IN. I THINK MY TOP NEWS STORY IS
[00:29:09] THIS TRADE WAR BETWEEN THE
[00:29:13] UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
[00:29:14] SEE, WE ARE A BORDER STATE.
[00:29:18] WE USED TO GET TONS OF PEOPLE IN
[00:29:20] HERE FROM CANADA TO BUY OUR
[00:29:26] PRODUCTS. THEY ARE NOT COMING DOWN HERE
[00:29:30] ANYMORE.
[00:29:31] THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY UP THERE.
[00:29:34] AS A RESULT WE ARE LOSING
[00:29:39] HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR.
[00:29:42] I MYSELF USED TO GO TO CANADA --
[00:29:56] AND VACATION.
[00:30:01] LIKE THE PREVIOUS CALLER SAID, I'M SCARED TO GO UP THERE
[00:30:03] ANYMORE ACROSS THE BORDER.
[00:30:07] LIKE I SAID, THEY DO NOT LIKE US.
[00:30:10] THEY DON'T LIKE US UP THERE, APPARENTLY.
[00:30:14] THEY'RE NOT COMING DOWN HERE, SO IT'S A BAD DEAL.
[00:30:24] ALL THE TRUMP GUYS, MANHATTAN,
[00:30:33] I'VE NOTICED PEOPLE WHO HANG OUT
[00:30:33] AROUND HIM, HE SEEMS TO ME THEY
[00:30:39] EITHER END UP BROKE, IMPRISONED,
[00:30:42] OR DEAD.
[00:30:47] TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME.
[00:30:50] HOST: INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE FROM A BORDER STATE AS THE TRADE
[00:30:54] WERE PLAYS OUT. LET'S GO NOT FAR FROM NORTH
[00:30:58] DAKOTA TO ILLINOIS. SCOTT IS CALLING IN FROM EFFINGHAM ON THE REPUBLICAN
[00:31:02] LINE. WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY OF THE WEEK?
[00:31:04] CALLER: GOOD MORNING AMERICA AND FELLOW PATRIOTS.
[00:31:09] I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY A LITTLE BIT.
[00:31:11] I THINK I GOT A LITTLE FIX AND I
[00:31:16] WISH ALL RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY WOULD CONTACT THEIR CONGRESSMAN OR WHATEVER AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT MY THEORY.
[00:31:22] WHEN WE PAY SOCIAL SECURITY, WE WORKED OUR WHOLE LIFE.
[00:31:25] I'M AN OLD VIETNAM VETERAN.
[00:31:27] WE MADE 4, 5, SEVEN BUCKS AN
[00:31:30] HOUR AND PAID $25 A WEEK AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
[00:31:34] THE KIDS ARE TODAY ARE $18, $20 AN HOUR.
[00:31:38] I TALKED TO A LOT OF THEM AND THEY PAY MORE. THAT'S FINE.
[00:31:41] WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THE ELDERLY
[00:31:45] PEOPLE -- I TALKED TO A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, MY AGE,
[00:31:49] WHATEVER.
[00:31:50] WE ARE ALL GETTING 700 $50, 900 DOLLARS A MONTH.
[00:31:54] I DIDN'T SIT AT A DESK FOR 40 YEARS AND GET 300 POUNDS, AND
[00:31:59] MAKE 48,000 A MONTH. IT'S SIMPLE MATH.
[00:32:02] WHEN THE FIGURE OUT ALL THE
[00:32:05] RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO RAISE
[00:32:08] THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE, SAY
[00:32:10] 2.5% LIKE LAST YEAR, THE GUY AT
[00:32:13] 3800 DOESN'T NEED 2.5 PERCENT.
[00:32:16] IT'S THE LOWER INDIVIDUALS. IF THEY DO SIMPLE MATH AND THEY
[00:32:19] FIGURE OUT THE GROWTH AND THEN
[00:32:21] MAYBE HAVE A CUT OFF POINT AT
[00:32:25] 2500 OR 2700. IT MEANS I'M NOT GETTING A
[00:32:28] RAISE, BUT IF YOU HELP WITH THE ELDERLY PEOPLE, MOSTLY WOMEN
[00:32:31] BECAUSE THE HUSBANDS ARE DEAD -- I TALKED TO THEM IN THE MARKET.
[00:32:35] THEY ARE MAKING $700, 800 DOLLARS. IT'S HARD FOR US.
[00:32:40] SAY IT GOES UP TO 3%.
[00:32:41] IF THEY GIVE US 6% AND GIVE THE
[00:32:45] CUT OFF AT 2500 1%, THEY ARE
[00:32:52] STILL GETTING SOMETHING BUT THEY HELP OUT THE ELDERLY. IF THERE IS EXTRA THEY CAN PUT
[00:32:55] IT INTO THE ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS.
[00:33:00] IT IS JUST SIMPLE MATH. PLEASE, AMERICA.
[00:33:03] TALK TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET THAT ON THE DOCKET.
[00:33:07] IS JUST SIMPLE MATH. THANK YOU SO MUCH --
[00:33:09] HOST: I WANT TO ASK A FOLLOW-UP
[00:33:13] QUESTION BECAUSE MPR HAS THIS STORY OUT YESTERDAY WITH THE HEADLINE THE SOCIAL SECURITY
[00:33:17] TRUST FUND IS RUNNING OUT YET IT'S NOT A TOP CAMPAIGN ISSUE.
[00:33:20] THEY WRITE THE CONGRESS HAS ABOUT SIX YEARS TO SHORE UP THE
[00:33:24] SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND WHICH IS EXPECTED TO RUN OUT OF
[00:33:26] RESERVES BY THE END OF 2032.
[00:33:29] ENACTING A SOLUTION IS LIABLE TO
[00:33:30] BE A POLITICAL BATTLE LIKELY
[00:33:34] CUTTING BENEFITS FOR SOME AMERICANS AND RAISING TAXES ON HIGHER EARNERS OR BOTH.
[00:33:38] SO FAR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS HAVEN'T MADE IT A TOP-TIER ISSUE.
[00:33:42] ELIZABETH WARREN AND BERNIE MORENO PROPOSED RAISING THE
[00:33:45] PAYROLL TAX FOR SOME AMERICANS. REVENUE FROM THE TAX GOES INTO
[00:33:48] THE TRUST FUND, BUT THE BIPARTISAN EFFORT WAS IMMEDIATELY PANNED BY
[00:33:51] CONSERVATIVE GROUPS AND LITTLE ELSE HAS EMERGED AS A SERIOUS
[00:33:55] SOLUTION. SCOTT, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT SOLUTION FROM
[00:33:58] THE SENATORS AT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS BIPARTISAN.
[00:34:02] CALLER: IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY
[00:34:06] JUST WANT TO TAX MORE AND TAKE MORE OUT OF THE WORKING CLASS RIGHT NOW.
[00:34:10] WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE SOLVENT
[00:34:13] -- I TALK TO 25-YEAR-OLD KIDS.
[00:34:16] ARE THEY GOING TO BE SOLVENT AND 65?
[00:34:19] I THINK THEY WILL RAISE IT TO 70
[00:34:21] BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING LONGER --
[00:34:23] EVEN THOUGH I HAVE MEDICAL PROBLEMS.
[00:34:26] THE OLD VIETNAM CRAP IS GETTING ME.
[00:34:30] THERE WILL BE FIXES, BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT I SAID, MAYBE A
[00:34:33] PERSON AT 3800 -- I DON'T KNOW THE MAXIMUM.
[00:34:37] I DON'T KNOW. THEY DON'T NEED THAT. IF THEY HAD SAVED -- WE WERE
[00:34:41] TAUGHT TO SAVE AS YOUNG CHILDREN.
[00:34:43] WE HAD SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE TEACHER WOULD CHECK YOUR
[00:34:47] BOOK. IF YOU WERE A QUARTER HEAD YOU GOT A GOLD STAR AND IT FELT GOOD.
[00:34:55] IF YOU SPEND MONEY YOU DIDN'T GET A GOLD STAR. I BETTER SAVE MONEY.
[00:34:58] THAT'S HOW WE WERE TAUGHT. I HAVE FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
[00:35:01] AND I DON'T HEAR THEIR MOTHER TALKING TO THEM TO SAVE.
[00:35:06] ONE WENT TO ILLINOIS AND WE GAVE HIM $500 FOR HIS COLLEGE.
[00:35:11] THAT'S GOOD, WE DON'T MIND HELPING PEOPLE OUT. IT COMES DOWN TO THE MAP.
[00:35:16] -- THE MATH.
[00:35:19] I SAID THIS FOR YEARS AGO AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE.
[00:35:27] YOU CAN CALL YOUR SENATORS ON THE PHONE, YOU CAN VISIT THEM,
[00:35:31] SAY, THIS IS SIMPLE MATH. MAYBE THIS GUY HAS AN IDEA.
[00:35:39] MAYBE IT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WERE THOUSAND, I DON'T CARE.
[00:35:44] JUST PUT A POSITIVE INTO THE TRUST FUND FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
[00:35:47] HOST: THANKS FOR THE DIALOGUE.
[00:35:50] THE TICKER IS TAKING FOR SOCIAL
[00:35:55] SECURITY SET TO RUN OUT OF RESERVES BY 2032. IT'S INTERESTING HOW YOU BROUGHT
[00:35:59] IT UP AND IS NOT TALKED ABOUT A
[00:36:01] LOT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. ANOTHER STORY THAT EMERGED LAST
[00:36:05] NIGHT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PRESIDENT
[00:36:07] TRUMP ABOUT AN APPARENT DEAL STRUCK BETWEEN THE U.S. IN VENEZUELA HAVING TO DO WITH OIL
[00:36:12] RESERVES. WE WILL PUT UP THIS TRUTH SOCIAL POST OF THE PRESIDENT PUT OUT
[00:36:16] LAST NIGHT. HE SAID BREAKING NEWS, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS
[00:36:19] ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTRY OF VENEZUELA.
[00:36:22] THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY.
[00:36:25] AT MY DIRECTION, MARCO RUBIO,
[00:36:29] WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HIGHLY RESPECTED INTERIM PRESIDENT OF
[00:36:32] VENEZUELA, AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE
[00:36:35] BUSINESS, HAVE SECURED MAJORITY U.S. CONTROL OF MORE THAN 65
[00:36:40] BILLION BARRELS OF PROVEN OIL RESERVES IN VENEZUELA AT NO COST
[00:36:43] TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. THE PRESIDENT WRITES, THIS
[00:36:47] HISTORIC TRANSACTION MORE THAN DOUBLES AMERICAN OIL RESERVES,
[00:36:50] GREATLY INCREASES OUR OIL SUPPLY, AND WILL SUBSTANTIALLY
[00:36:53] LOWER GAS PRICES FOR ALL AMERICANS LONG INTO THE FUTURE WHILE HELPING TO CONTINUE THIS
[00:36:57] AT VENEZUELA ON A COURSE TOWARDS TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY.
[00:37:01] HE SAYS THE TRANSACTION WILL GREATLY STRENGTHEN THE ALREADY
[00:37:05] GROWING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND THE U.S. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO
[00:37:08] THIS GROUNDBREAKING MATTER. THAT NEWS COMING OUT LAST NIGHT.
[00:37:11] A LOT OF QUESTIONS SWIRLING ABOUT THE TIMETABLE FOR THIS
[00:37:14] POTENTIAL AGREEMENT. BUT'S INTERIM PRESIDENT DID RELEASE A STATEMENT PROMOTING IT
[00:37:18] AND CHEERING IT ON, SAYING IT WAS SOMETHING GOOD.
[00:37:22] SHE'S BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SINCE
[00:37:25] HER FORMER BOSS, THE VENEZUELAN LEADER OF NICOLAS MADURO, WAS
[00:37:28] CAPTURED AND PUT INTO PRISON BY THE UNITED STATES EARLIER THIS YEAR.
[00:37:32] THERE ARE QUESTIONS OVER THE TIMETABLE, BECAUSE THIS COULD
[00:37:36] POTENTIALLY TAKE YEARS TO GET INTO PLACE.
[00:37:37] IT MIGHT NOT TRIGGER IMMEDIATE
[00:37:40] GAS PRICE RELIEF AND WE
[00:37:43] ARE HITTING THE SIX MONTH MARK
[00:37:45] BETWEEN THE U.S.-IRAN WAR AND
[00:37:48] GAS PRICES REMAIN OVER $1 FROM
[00:37:52] WHEN THE WAR STARTED. THE PRESIDENT MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST NIGHT PEER
[00:37:55] THIS CONTINUE TAKING CALLS. DELAWARE NOW, CHRIS ON THE
[00:37:59] DEMOCRATIC LINE. CHRIS, WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
[00:38:01] CALLER: TALKING ABOUT THE
[00:38:03] KENNEDY CENTER AND VOTING.
[00:38:06] HOST: GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS.
[00:38:09] CALLER: YEAH, KENNEDY WAS A WAR
[00:38:14] HERO.
[00:38:18] ALL PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE NAME
[00:38:22] SOME PLACES, THEY ALL DEAD.
[00:38:26] I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS MAN.
[00:38:27] I THINK HIS MENTALLY IS TAKING
[00:38:31] WORSER NOW.
[00:38:35] HE SAID HIS FATHER WAS GETTING BAD AND HE WAS GETTING IT TO
[00:38:38] NOW, AND YOU CAN TELL HE'S GETTING SOMETHING, BECAUSE I'VE
[00:38:41] NEVER SEEN A PRESIDENT THAT WANTED TO PUT HIS NAME ON EVERYTHING.
[00:38:46] AND HE IS THE WORST PRESIDENT THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN THERE.
[00:38:49] AND ALL LIKE 2024 WHEN HE WON
[00:38:56] THE ELECTION EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT.
[00:38:57] NOW IN THE HOLE NOW AND NOBODY
[00:39:01] AIN'T GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM. NOW HE GOT TROUBLE WITH THE
[00:39:05] VOTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
[00:39:06] WHEN HE WAS WINNING IT WAS GOOD
[00:39:10] BUT WHEN HE'S LOSING EVERYTHING IS WRONG. HE'S THE ONLY PRESIDENT THAT'S
[00:39:14] BEEN IN THERE THAT ALWAYS COME
[00:39:16] UP WITH VOTING, THERE'S
[00:39:21] SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VOTING.
[00:39:24] GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE FROM
[00:39:25] JERSEY SAID HE KNOWED HE --
[00:39:33] BIDEN IN 2020.
[00:39:37] HE TOLD THEM IN THERE WHEN HE
[00:39:38] WAS WITH HIM IN OFFICE.
[00:39:42] WE LOST.
[00:39:45] SINCE HE TOLD HIM THAT SOMETHING NEVER SPOKE TO HIM AGAIN.
[00:39:47] HE JUST KEPT SAYING THAT HE
[00:39:53] LOST, THAT THEY WON.
[00:39:54] AND HE KNOW HE AIN'T NEVER WON
[00:40:00] SOMETHING, HE LOST. THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH
[00:40:02] HIM SO HE CAN GO AHEAD AND
[00:40:06] GET THEM INTO MEDICINE AND STUFF.
[00:40:10] HOST: A GUIDE IN OKLAHOMA
[00:40:13] WRITES, "CANADA MAKES $60 BILLION OF THE UNITED STATES EVERY YEAR.
[00:40:18] DEMOCRATS ARE MAD THAT TRUMP
[00:40:20] ONCE FAIR TRADE? -- WANTS FAIR
[00:40:25] TRADE?" WESTBERRY, NEW YORK.
[00:40:30] ROBERT ON THE PHONE FOR THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
[00:40:32] CALLER: SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU THIS MORNING.
[00:40:36] THE LAST GUY CALLING IN HAS NO
[00:40:38] CLUE WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT
[00:40:42] HE WAS SAYING. SAYING THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS EVER.
[00:40:46] TRUMP IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESIDENTS WE'VE HAD IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.
[00:40:49] DONALD J. TRUMP STRUCK A DEAL WITH VENEZUELA.
[00:40:53] THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED.
[00:40:56] WE ARE GOING TO BENEFIT BILLIONS OF BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL.
[00:41:02] DONALD TRUMP IS THE BEST PRESIDENT WE HAVE EVER HAD IN THE HISTORY OF THIS UNITED STATES.
[00:41:06] HE'S A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN RONALD REAGAN.
[00:41:10] BUT HE HAS DONE TO AMERICA --
[00:41:12] DID YOU SEE HIM THE OTHER DAY HANDING OUT THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALL THOSE TRAVELERS?
[00:41:17] HE DOES NOT STOP. HE'S FIGHTING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[00:41:22] A MAN WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DOES NOT HAVE TO DO THIS.
[00:41:25] YOU SHOULD BE OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE ALL DAY. HE HAPPENS TO BE THE BEST
[00:41:29] PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
[00:41:33] I MET HIM IN HIS OFFICE IN NEW
[00:41:34] YORK CITY FOR A FRIEND ON A
[00:41:38] SPECIAL DEAL WE WERE DOING WHEN "THE APPRENTICE" WAS NUMBER ONE.
[00:41:43] HE WAS ALL BUSINESS.
[00:41:46] THAT IS WHAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS, A BUSINESSMAN.
[00:41:50] THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE
[00:41:51] SOCIAL SECURITY SITUATION WHERE
[00:41:55] WE SHOULD TURN AROUND AND LET THAT MONEY BE PUT INTO THE STOCK MARKET.
[00:41:58] THE S&P 500, WHICH UNDER DONALD
[00:42:05] J. TRUMP'S HISTORY HAS A RECORD.
[00:42:12] MOST PEOPLE HAVE A 401(K) AND A RETIREMENT PLAN IN THEIR BUSINESSES THEY WORK AT OR THE
[00:42:16] COMPANY THEY WORK AT. THE EVENT OF RETURN IS INCREDIBLE.
[00:42:21] DONALD TRUMP WILL GO DOWN ONE DAY -- THE LIBERALS HATE HIM.
[00:42:26] THEY LOVE DOLLY PARTON NOW BECAUSE SHE WAS PRO-GENDER AT ALL THIS NONSENSE.
[00:42:30] DONALD TRUMP WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE PRESIDENT IN HISTORY AND HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
[00:42:34] HOST: CAN I ASK YOU A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION?
[00:42:38] MAYBE NOT. THAT'S ALL GOOD.
[00:42:43] FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE VENEZUELA DEAL I PULLED UP THIS ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
[00:42:47] THE DETAILS ARE PRETTY EARLY ON.
[00:42:51] DELCY RODRIGUEZ, HER GOVERNMENT
[00:42:54] SAYS THE DEAL INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF 17 FIELDS WITH A
[00:42:58] PROVEN POTENTIAL OF 65 BILLION BARRELS.
[00:43:01] THE AGREEMENT COULD DRAW $100 BILLION IN INVESTMENT INTO
[00:43:04] VENEZUELA'S OIL INDUSTRY AND
[00:43:07] YIELD $209 BILLION IN TAXES FOR CARACAS.
[00:43:11] SHE PREDICTED TO DO BUT HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR NATION'S SURVIVAL.
[00:43:16] IT ALLOWS FOR THE U.S. TO PARTNER WITH AN UNNAMED PRIVATE
[00:43:19] OPERATOR IN VENEZUELA TO CREATE A NEW PRIVATE COMPANY TO TAKE HOLD OF THE RESERVES.
[00:43:26] THE OFFICIAL ADDED RODRIGUEZ
[00:43:30] GRANTED THE COMPANY 100-YEAR RIGHTS TO DEVELOP THE OIL
[00:43:34] FIELDS.
[00:43:36] THE SECRETARY STATE MARCO RUBIO, HE'S BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED IN
[00:43:40] THESE TALKS WITH VENEZUELA WITH DELCY RODRIGUEZ AS SHE'S BEEN
[00:43:43] TRYING TO PROVE HERSELF SINCE HER FORMER BOSS NICOLAS MADURO WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
[00:43:48] INTERESTING STORY WE WILL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT.
[00:43:51] LET'S GO TO TAMPA, FLORIDA. MIKE ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE.
[00:43:54] WHAT IS YOUR TOP STORY?
[00:44:00] CALLER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO WEIGH IN ON.
[00:44:04] THE DEMOCRAT CALLER THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT WAR HEROES AND
[00:44:07] HELL TRUMP NEVER SERVED, I DON'T RECALL BIDEN NEVER SERVING.
[00:44:12] HE DEFERRED SIX TIMES. OBAMA NEVER SERVED.
[00:44:16] HE WAS GETTING HIGH AT 18-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL. CLINTON NEVER SERVED EITHER.
[00:44:22] IF WE ARE GOING TO PREPARE -- COMPARE APPLES TO ORANGES, THERE
[00:44:26] WE GO.
[00:44:28] AS FAR AS VENEZUELA, THAT IT 65
[00:44:34] BARRELS -- 65 BILLION BARRELS OF
[00:44:36] OIL IS GOING TO CRUSH CANADA.
[00:44:41] THAT IS THE SAME TYPE OF OIL REFINERIES USE.
[00:44:45] CANADA THINKS THEY ARE GOING TO
[00:44:49] CRUSH US ECONOMICALLY.
[00:44:51] THEIR PIPELINES GO INTO AMERICA AND THEN BACK UP INTO THEIR COUNTRY.
[00:44:55] THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A PIPE WHEN THEY GOES EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[00:45:00] I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ALWAYS
[00:45:03] GET THE CANADIAN NEWS WHEN -- I
[00:45:07] KNOW WHY. IT IS TRYING TO SMEAR TRUMP, THE
[00:45:12] REPUBLICANS. THIS IS TO PUSH THE MIDTERMS.
[00:45:16] IF YOU LOOK AT CARNEY'S CABINET,
[00:45:19] THERE A DEMOCRAT IN THERE WHO WAS WITH THE HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN.
[00:45:26] WE ARE GOING TO RENAME LAKES AND
[00:45:30] THINGS LIKE THAT.
[00:45:31] I REMEMBER DEMOCRATS RENAMED
[00:45:35] MONUMENT, TORE DOWN STATUES, AND
[00:45:39] OBAMA RENAMED MOUNT MCKINLEY. DIDN'T HE?
[00:45:44] TO DENALI.
[00:45:46] NOBODY PULLED THEIR HAIR OUT AND WENT CRAZY FOR THAT.
[00:45:52] I REALLY CALLING ABOUT THE
[00:45:54] BRAND-NEW DREDGE STRAIGHT
[00:45:57] CREATED ALONG THE COAST BY THE MILITARY.
[00:46:02] THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY THINKS
[00:46:06] THERE IS NO FOOD OR TAMP BONDS
[00:46:07] ON THE BOAT -- TAMPONS ON THE
[00:46:14] BOAT. IT IS OVER THE HORIZON.
[00:46:21] THE DOOM OF EVERYTHING -- IF YOU
[00:46:29] LISTEN TO CNN AND APPARENTLY C-SPAN, YOU WILL GET THE
[00:46:32] DEMOCRAT AGENDA. ANTI-TRUMP.
[00:46:36] PRETTY MUCH ANTI-AMERICA.
[00:46:39] HOST: COULD I POLITELY INTERJECT?
[00:46:43] WE PLAYED PETER NAVARRO, THE TRADE ADVISOR, WHO WAS ON THIS PROGRAM ON WEDNESDAY DEFENDING
[00:46:47] AND TALKING ABOUT THE U.S.'S APPROACH TO CANADA.
[00:46:51] I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE ARE NOT AIRING BOTH SIDES WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRADE WAR.
[00:46:57] CALLER: OK. FAIR ENOUGH.
[00:47:01] BUT HE WAS ALSO GRILLED INCESSANTLY ON THAT.
[00:47:08] YOU BROUGHT UP THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THEM.
[00:47:13] WE WANTED A DEAL. TRUMP WAS GOING TO SIGN A DEAL BUT MARK CARNEY WANTED THIS FOR
[00:47:16] ELECTION PURPOSES. HI FOLLOW CANADIAN POLITICS AS WELL.
[00:47:21] DURING THE TRUCKER CONVOY, THEY
[00:47:25] BASICALLY FROZE ACCOUNTS WITH NO JUDICIAL PROCESS.
[00:47:29] I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT BEFORE I GET CUT OFF.
[00:47:32] I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU GUYS DID
[00:47:34] NOT BRING UP THE ONES THAT WERE
[00:47:39] KILLED IN KABUL DURING THE AFGHAN SURRENDER THIS WEEK.
[00:47:41] HOST: THAT'S A BIG ANNIVERSARY
[00:47:46] THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS MARKING.
[00:47:50] HONESTLY I HAVE NOT WATCHED EVERY HOUR OF THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK SO I CANNOT
[00:47:53] SAY FOR SURE IT WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE OR AFTER THEN.
[00:47:57] I SAW THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT --
[00:48:00] THE DEPARTMENT OF WORK RELEASED
[00:48:01] A BUNCH OF -- WAR.
[00:48:06] THEY TALKED ABOUT HIS PERSONAL
[00:48:09] EXPERIENCE GOING THROUGH IT AND REACTING TO IT.
[00:48:14] THE PRESIDENT POSTED AN IMAGE FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHEN HE
[00:48:18] MET WITH THOSE FAMILIES DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024.
[00:48:20] WITH THE WAR IN IRAN, 18 SERVICE
[00:48:24] MEMBERS KILLED SO FAR.
[00:48:25] IT IS IMPORTANT TO TOUCH ON.
[00:48:30] SIX-MONTH MARK OF THE WAR
[00:48:36] AFTER THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL. I DID DO A LITTLE FACT CHECKING.
[00:48:40] YOU ARE CORRECT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA CHANGE THE FEDERAL NAME OF
[00:48:42] MOUNT MCKINLEY TO DENALI IN AUGUST OF 2015.
[00:48:47] YOU ARE CORRECT THAT JOE BIDEN
[00:48:49] RECEIVED USA TODAY SAYS FIVE
[00:48:51] STUDENT DRAFT DEFERMENTS IN A
[00:48:54] MEDICAL CLASSIFICATION THAT KEPT HIM OUT OF THE MILITARY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
[00:48:57] ON THE TOPIC OF GAS PRICES AND
[00:49:00] WHETHER OR NOT THE VENEZUELA DEAL WILL IMPACT THINGS IN THE
[00:49:02] IMMEDIATE TERM, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN BECAUSE WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE DEAL.
[00:49:07] AAA HAS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT $4.08 A GALLON.
[00:49:11] IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO A MONTH AGO, IT WAS $4.09.
[00:49:16] A YEAR AGO, IT WAS $3.20.
[00:49:21] GAS IS A DOLLAR MORE EXPENSIVE NOW THAN WHEN THE WAR STARTED ON FEBRUARY 28.
[00:49:26] A COUPLE MORE CALLERS. LORETTA FROM NORTH MIAMI BEACH
[00:49:30] FLORIDA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. YOU ARE ON.
[00:49:33] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:49:35] HOST: WHAT IS YOUR TOP STORY?
[00:49:39] CALLER: MY CONCERN IS ABOUT
[00:49:45] DONALD TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO INTERFERE WITH PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO
[00:49:49] VOTE.
[00:49:54] HE SENDS AN MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
[00:49:56] IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE SHOULD
[00:49:58] NOT EVEN BE INVOLVED WITH THE
[00:50:01] STATES RIGHTS OF VOTING.
[00:50:05] AS A PERSON WHO HAS COMMITTED
[00:50:08] CRIMES THEMSELVES, WE ALL KNOW
[00:50:14] HE CONTESTED GEORGIA.
[00:50:17] ALL WE NEED IS 11,800 VOTES.
[00:50:19] WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER
[00:50:25] SECRETARIES HE CONTACTED
[00:50:30] REGARDING THEM GIVING HIM EXTRA VOTES IN ORDER TO WIN.
[00:50:34] HE NEEDS TO STOP THAT.
[00:50:35] IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR
[00:50:40] REPUBLICAN PARTY IN CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, AS WELL AS THE
[00:50:44] SUPREME COURT NEED TO DO THEIR
[00:50:46] JOBS AND STOP ENDORSING THINGS
[00:50:51] THEY KNOW THAT IS CONTRARY TO
[00:50:52] WHAT IS RIGHT I THINK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
[00:50:56] HOST: YOU BRING UP THE MAIL AND
[00:51:00] VOTING PIECE AND STORYLINE THAT'S BEEN PLAYING OUT.
[00:51:04] AN ARTICLE FROM CBS NEWS. A FEDERAL JUDGE ON THURSDAY
[00:51:06] TEMPORARILY BLOCKED THE POSTAL
[00:51:09] SERVICE FROM ENFORCING ITS NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR MAIL-IN VOTING FOR THE NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
[00:51:13] THE JUDGE'S ORDER IS THE LATEST
[00:51:17] OF ELEMENTS TO TIGHTEN THE RULES
[00:51:20] HEAD OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. THE SUPREME COURT HALTED A
[00:51:23] DECISION IN A DIFFERENT CASE THAT BLOCKED THE ADMINISTRATION
[00:51:27] FROM IMPLEMENT AN PROVISIONS OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT AIMS TO
[00:51:29] RESTRICT MAIL-IN VOTING.
[00:51:33] THE PRESIDENT WAS TO MAKE THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES TO HOW MAIL-IN
[00:51:36] BALLOTS ARE ALLOWED.
[00:51:41] THE PRESIDENT BOTH BY MAIL HIMSELF. HE HAS MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
[00:51:45] HE INSISTS THERE SHOULD BE LESS OPPORTUNITY FOR IT.
[00:51:49] HE PUT HIS ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE SIMPLY NOT THERE ABOUT VOTER FRAUD RELATED TO MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
[00:51:54] THIS CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT IN THE COURTS.
[00:51:56] AT THE DUKE STORY. -- THIS IS
[00:52:02] A BIG STORY. VOLKER, YOU ARE ON WITH US.
[00:52:05] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:52:08] THIS MORNING I SAW ON THE NEWS
[00:52:13] THERE WAS A PROFESSOR FROM HONG KONG.
[00:52:16] HE TALKED ABOUT THE DISASTER IN
[00:52:21] NEPAL.
[00:52:26] CONNECTED IT WITH OUR CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTION.
[00:52:33] AND HE POINTED OUT IN THAT
[00:52:36] CONNECTION THE GREAT DEAL OF VENEZUELA.
[00:52:41] CHEAP OIL AND QUICK MONEY.
[00:52:46] THAT IS CONCERNING, THE THOUGHT
[00:52:52] WE HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR
[00:52:56] ENVIRONMENT AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
[00:53:00] IT IS NOT A PART OF OUR POLITICS.
[00:53:03] TALKING ABOUT OUR KIDS AND WHATEVER, THAT JUST STRUCK ME
[00:53:07] THIS MORNING. YEAH.
[00:53:10] I HAD TO GET THAT OUT IN THE AIR.
[00:53:12] HOST: THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT HORRIBLE DISASTER NEPAL.
[00:53:15] IT HAS BEEN DREADFUL.
[00:53:20] THERE'S BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT CAUSED THE DRAMATIC FLOODING OR MUDSLIDE.
[00:53:24] THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS THIS PIECE. EXPERTS SAY NEPAL GLACIER
[00:53:28] COLLAPSE WAS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT GIVEN THE CHALLENGES IN
[00:53:32] FORECASTING AND DETECTING SUCH CALAMITIES. RESEARCHERS ADVISE BANNING
[00:53:36] CONSTRUCTION ON FLOODPLAINS AND MARKING UP CLEAR EVACUATION ROUTES.
[00:53:38] IT APPEARS THAT WAVE OF WATER
[00:53:42] WAS TRIGGERED BY A PIECE OF A GLACIER COLLAPSING IN THAT PART
[00:53:44] OF THE HIMALAYAN REGION, WHICH IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CLIMATE
[00:53:49] CHANGE AND THE DOWNSIDES OF IT. THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
[00:53:53] BACK TO THE BUCKEYE STATE. RICH ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE.
[00:53:57] WHAT IS YOUR TOP STORY? CALLER: BUDGET DEFICITS.
[00:54:02] THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD SUGGESTIONS GOING ON.
[00:54:04] IT SEEMS LIKE IF PEOPLE CAN PUT
[00:54:07] MONEY INTO -- PARTICULARLY RICH PEOPLE, THE MONEY WOULD PAY OFF
[00:54:10] THE DEBT AND NOTHING ELSE. IT GETS FROZEN AND GO STRAIGHT
[00:54:14] TO THE DEBT.
[00:54:16] BY DOING THAT WE COULD ALSO HAVE
[00:54:18] OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN PUT MONEY TO PAY OFF THE DEBT.
[00:54:23] THE OTHER WAYS THAT COULD MAKE A
[00:54:28] BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE HEALTH CARE IS A BIG PROBLEM. IF THEY CAN PUT IT INTO A
[00:54:32] DISEASE, IT TAKES MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LIKE IN THE BEGINNING WHEN WE SAW POLIO.
[00:54:36] IT TOOK MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST SHOTS OF POLIO AND
[00:54:40] LATER ON IT IS NOTHING PRICEWISE.
[00:54:44] LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE ON COST TO THE GOVERNMENT IF WE
[00:54:46] DID NOT HAVE THAT.
[00:54:53] BECAUSE WE ARE LIABLE FOR THIS
[00:54:54] HEALTH CARE, THE GOVERNMENT IS,
[00:54:58] IF YOU CAN TAKE THE TOP 20 DISEASES AND START CUTTING
[00:55:00] THROUGH THEM AND NOT WASTE IT ON
[00:55:03] SOME GOOFY THING.
[00:55:05] THE OTHER IS SPENDING IS THE
[00:55:13] GOLDEN GOOSE. YOU HAVE TO FEED THE GOLDEN GOOSE IF HE WON GOLDEN EGGS.
[00:55:17] IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD
[00:55:20] DINNER, YOU CAN EAT A NICE
[00:55:22] DINNER WITH THE GOLDEN GOOSE, GOOD LUCK BUT DON'T COMPLAIN WE DON'T HAVE THE X.
[00:55:26] -- EGGS.
[00:55:30] IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PULL TOGETHER SMALL AMOUNTS TO PUT
[00:55:33] INTO THIS FUND SO IT WILL NOT GET WASTED.
[00:55:36] WE ARE GIVING UP -- THEY DO NOT
[00:55:43] WANT -- THEY WANT TO AVOID TAXES. WHY?
[00:55:49] THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO WASTE
[00:55:53] IT. WE DON'T WANT TO PAY TAXES IF THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO WASTE IT.
[00:55:56] YOU MAY HAVE A GENIUS IDEA
[00:55:59] COMING FROM THOSE PEOPLE.
[00:56:04] PLUS THE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE PUT $1000 TO TAKE ON THE DEBT OVER A
[00:56:07] COUPLE YEARS WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
[00:56:11] WE HAVE $5 TRILLION COMING IN. WE CAN DO GOOD THINGS WITH IT OR WASTED.
[00:56:16] I WILL HANG UP AND LISTEN TO YOUR ANSWER.
[00:56:17] HOST: THE BIG HEADLINE IS AT THE
[00:56:21] NATIONAL DEBT JUST HIT $40 TRILLION. AS YOU ALLUDED TO, BOTH PARTIES
[00:56:25] WILL POINT IT OUT BUT THERE'S NO MUCH BEING DONE TO FIX IT OR
[00:56:29] LOWER IT. IT'S AN EYE-POPPING NUMBER.
[00:56:34] LET'S GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
[00:56:36] LEE ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. WHAT IS YOUR TOP STORY?
[00:56:43] CALLER: I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AIR FORCE OFFICER BEING COURT-MARTIALED FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST TRUMP.
[00:56:48] I WOULD RELATE THAT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ASK THE
[00:56:52] STATE OF THE UNION AS IT WOULD RELATE TO THE MILITARY.
[00:56:57] YOU HAVE OTHER STORIES ABOUT THE
[00:57:04] UNITED STATES -- THE ARMY NOT
[00:57:07] SUPPORTING SOUTH KOREA.
[00:57:12] KEEPING THE DMZ STRONG.
[00:57:15] YOU HAVE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
[00:57:18] YOU HAVE THE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO WIN THE WAR IN IRAN.
[00:57:23] I DON'T THINK THOSE THINGS ARE
[00:57:25] POSSIBLE IF THE MORALE IN THE
[00:57:29] MILITARY IS SO POOR AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
[00:57:32] THERE IS A TREMENDOUS UPTICK IN
[00:57:34] THE NUMBER OF
[00:57:39] CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS, WHICH
[00:57:40] IS DIFFICUL TO OBTAIN.
[00:57:45] IT HAS GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY OVER
[00:57:47] THE LAST 100 YEARS.
[00:57:51] WHEN YOU LOOK AT AMERICAN
[00:57:57] WINNING THE FIRST DAY YOU COULD'VE ENDED THE WAR IN
[00:58:01] UKRAINE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A
[00:58:01] TREMENDOUS BOOST WHICH OVERLAPS
[00:58:05] TO THE ALLIES WHEN THEY -- IT IS A HUGE ISSUE.
[00:58:11] IT GOES TOWARDS SUPPORTING
[00:58:13] AMERICA'S NAVY.
[00:58:15] YOU CAN'T OPERATE WORLDWIDE
[00:58:17] UNLESS YOU HAVE THESE PLACES I
[00:58:20] CAN SUPPORT YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN.
[00:58:24] GOING BACK TO THE LINK AND THEN
[00:58:26] AN ENTIRE SHIP -- LINCOLN AND
[00:58:32] THE ENTIRE SHIP THAT PROBABLY HAS PTSD NOW.
[00:58:35] YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO DECIDED TO HAVE A PHOTO OP IN ARLINGTON
[00:58:38] NATIONAL CEMETERY WHERE PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS LAID TO REST.
[00:58:41] A PHOTO OP.
[00:58:45] A DISTURBANCE BECAUSE THE RULES
[00:58:48] SAID HE SHOULD NOT DO THAT AND
[00:58:49] HE'S CAUSING THIS DISTURBANCE IN
[00:58:53] THAT PLACE OF REST.
[00:58:56] HE HAS TROOPS, SOLDIERS,
[00:59:01] FLYOVERS TO CELEBRATE HIM IN THE
[00:59:03] SAME PERIOD WE SHOULD BE
[00:59:08] CELEBRATING AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY.
[00:59:11] HE DOES NOT COMMAND THE RESPECT.
[00:59:15] HE GETS HEGSETH THAT COMES IN
[00:59:18] WITH HIS D.E.I. POLICY, WHICH IS
[00:59:22] VERY UN-MOTIVATING.
[00:59:24] IF YOU DON'T PROMOTE -- IT
[00:59:29] CREATES SUCH A HIGH DEGREE OF
[00:59:31] DISRESPECT IN THE RANKS THAT
[00:59:36] THEY WILL JUMP OVER THE SIDE OF THE SHIP.
[00:59:39] YOU WILL SEE THE ARMY NOT FUNCTION.
[00:59:42] YOU SEE THIS OBJECT OR HAS ROOTS
[00:59:48] AND WE GO BACK TO THE LEADER OF CHINA.
[00:59:52] HE SAID HIS GOAL WAS TO MAKE
[00:59:55] CHINA A WORLD EMPIRE.
[00:59:58] IF YOU DON'T HOLD AMERICA UP,
[01:00:05] YOU ALLOW RUSSIA TO BE UNDER
[01:00:08] SIEGE FROM ITS OWN DOING GOING
[01:00:10] INTO UKRAINE, WHEN CHINA DECIDES
[01:00:14] TO MOVE, IT CAN MOVE BIG. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME AND
[01:00:19] YOU DON'T HAVE ALLIES TOGETHER.
[01:00:21] HOST: I WILL POLITELY INTERRUPT
[01:00:25] BECAUSE YOU TOUCH ON A FEW TOPICS. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE REPORTED
[01:00:28] CONDITIONS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED FOR THE WAR IN IRAN FOR MONTHS.
[01:00:33] RECORD DEPLOYMENTS IN SOME CASES. SOME ARE BEING SWAPPED OUT.
[01:00:36] YOU BROUGHT UP THIS STORY AND I BROUGHT UP A MILITARY TIMES ARTICLE.
[01:00:40] THE AIR FORCE MAJOR WHO CALLS FOR TRUMP IMPEACHMENT CHARGED WITH 10 COUNTS UNDER MILITARY
[01:00:45] LAW.
[01:00:47] LEGAL ACTION UNDER MILITARY LAW IS TAKEN AGAINST HE AIR FORCE
[01:00:50] MAJOR JASON WATSON KNOWN FOR REPEATED PUBLIC CULTURE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT.
[01:00:55] WATSON WAS CHARGED WITH 10 COUNTS UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.
[01:00:59] THE AIR FORCE CONFIRMED TO MILITARY.COM.
[01:01:04] THREE COUNTS OF CONTEMPT TOWARDS
[01:01:06] GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
[01:01:10] DERELICTION OF DUTY, AND ARTICLE 133 FOR CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER.
[01:01:13] THE CHARGING DOCUMENT HE SHARED
[01:01:17] WITH CNN LIST THREE SPECIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 88, FIVE UNDER ARTICLE 92, AND TWO
[01:01:21] UNDER ARTICLE 33. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SECRETARY
[01:01:25] HEGSETH OVERSEEING A CRACKDOWN ON MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
[01:01:29] WHO PUBLICLY DISAVOW THE PRESIDENT AND PUBLICLY CRITICIZE
[01:01:33] THE MISSIONS THEY ARE PURSUING.
[01:01:35] EMILY FROM ALBANY, OREGON.
[01:01:39] HER BIGGEST NEWS STORY IS THE
[01:01:42] SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE IRAN WAR. TRUMP PROMISED DURING THE CAMPAIGN HE WOULD NOT GET US
[01:01:47] INVOLVED IN ANYMORE POINTLESS WARS, YET HERE WE NOW ARE.
[01:01:50] THE SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY WAS YESTERDAY. THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT FOR THE
[01:01:54] WAR ENDING. 18 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN 750 INJURED.
[01:02:00] THE LATEST PRICE TAG FROM THE ADMINISTRATION FIVE OR SIX WEEKS
[01:02:03] AGO WAS $37.5 BILLION.
[01:02:07] EXPECTED TO RISE. THANK YOU FOR WAITING ON THE LINE.
[01:02:12] TALIB IN LAUREL, MARYLAND.
[01:02:15] CALLER: HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR?
[01:02:20] I AM 81 YEARS OLD. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS
[01:02:24] COUNTRY -- MY AFRICAN-AMERICAN
[01:02:26] FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE 16 90'S.
[01:02:30] AS A LITTLE BOY GROWING UP IN PHILLY MY PARENTS AND
[01:02:35] GRANDPARENTS TAUGHT ME THE TRUE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
[01:02:40] WE WERE WORKING CLASS. MY FATHER NEVER WENT PAST THE SEVENTH GRADE.
[01:02:45] ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS TAUGHT
[01:02:47] IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW
[01:02:50] THE TRUE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY
[01:02:53] AND DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, YOU CAN GO A LONG WAY.
[01:02:56] MY PARENTS, YOU HAD TO BE TWO TO
[01:03:01] THREE TIMES BETTER THAN THE WHITE MEN JUST TO SURVIVE HERE.
[01:03:07] YOU LOOK AT D.E.I. WHITE MALES HAVE HAD AFFIRMATIVE
[01:03:12] ACTION FOR 407 YEARS.
[01:03:15] YOU HAVE LEGACY ADMISSIONS FOR WHITE PEOPLE IN ALL THESE UNIVERSITIES.
[01:03:20] THROUGH COLLEGE, GRADUATE
[01:03:24] SCHOOL, AND EMPLOYMENT I HAVE LIVED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
[01:03:26] MY PARENTS WERE POINTING THIS
[01:03:29] OUT TO ME IN 1954 AND 1955 WHEN THEY STARTED THIS.
[01:03:35] THIS IS LIKE A TWILIGHT ZONE.
[01:03:38] EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP IS LIKE ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
[01:03:42] IT IS 1959. WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
[01:03:47] TRUMP IS A NINE-YEAR-OLD
[01:03:50] MENTALLY DERANGED WHITE SUPREMACIST DUMMY.
[01:03:54] HE'S A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR. HE'S AN INSURRECTIONIST.
[01:03:59] HE IS A SERIAL SEX ABUSER AND SERIAL RAPIST. HE SAID THAT HIMSELF.
[01:04:04] I GRAB PEOPLE BY THE P.
[01:04:06] HOST: HE WAS FOUND LIABLE FOR
[01:04:10] SEXUAL ABUSE, TECHNICALLY NOT FOR RAPE.
[01:04:13] THAT IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT HAS SOUGHT TO CLARIFY REPEATEDLY.
[01:04:17] IS THERE A POLICY DISPUTE THAT YOU HAVE?
[01:04:23] YOU DON'T FEEL HE IS FIT FOR OFFICE BUT IS THERE A TOP POLICY ISSUE RIGHT NOW?
[01:04:29] MAYBE WE LOST HIM.
[01:04:33] LET'S GO TO MASSACHUSETTS.
[01:04:37] ANTHONY ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. WHAT IS YOUR TOP STORY?
[01:04:40] CALLER: I WANT TO STRESS THE
[01:04:44] IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING PRESSURE
[01:04:47] ON IRAN.
[01:04:52] SOME PEOPLE THINK IT IS A POINTLESS WAR.
[01:04:54] I THINK IS THE FIRST THIS --
[01:04:57] FURTHEST THING FROM THAT.
[01:04:59] THERE IS A QUOTE FROM SOMEBODY
[01:05:07] ABOUT WHEN DEATH BEING A TRAGEDY
[01:05:10] AND A MILLION DEATHS BEING A STATISTIC.
[01:05:16] THAT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE NOT
[01:05:19] PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
[01:05:22] PROPORTIONS OF TRAGEDIES.
[01:05:28] WE LOST ABOUT -- OVER 3000
[01:05:31] PEOPLE ON 9/11.
[01:05:35] MAYBE 7000 COUNTING THE PEOPLE
[01:05:39] WHO DIED LATER.
[01:05:42] IF WE HAD A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON
[01:05:44] OUR COUNTRY, MAYBE NOT MILLIONS
[01:05:49] OF TIMES BIGGER BUT THOUSANDS OF TIMES WORSE.
[01:05:56] IF A MAJOR CITY JUST DISAPPEARS.
[01:05:59] THE IRANIANS ARE NOT EVEN THE
[01:06:05] NORTH KOREANS, WHICH ARE
[01:06:09] RESTRAINED SOMEWHAT BY CHINA.
[01:06:11] THEY ARE FANATICAL RELIGIOUS
[01:06:15] NOTES.
[01:06:17] IF ANY COUNTRY WAS GOING TO
[01:06:20] ATTACK US WITH NUKES, I THINK IT WOULD BE THEM.
[01:06:27] IF WE WANT A SUCCESSFUL COUNTRY
[01:06:28] CAN AVOID TERRIBLE
[01:06:33] CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAVE TO BE
[01:06:35] RATIONAL ABOUT THE PROPORTION OF
[01:06:38] DAMAGE WE CAN SUSTAIN FROM AN ATTACK.
[01:06:43] WE WANT TO WAR WITH TWO COUNTRIES, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[01:06:47] FROM 9/11.
[01:06:49] THAT WAS BECAUSE TWO BUILDINGS GOT KNOCKED DOWN.
[01:06:51] IF WE GET NUKED, THAT WILL
[01:06:58] MAKE US FORGET ALL ABOUT 9/11.
[01:06:59] HOST: WE'VE HAD SOME SOUNDS FROM
[01:07:04] THE PRESIDENT WHO PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THURSDAY ABOUT WHERE
[01:07:05] THINGS STAND WITH PEACE TALKS HAVING STALLED.
[01:07:10] WE WILL PLAY THAT AND WE HAVE A STATEMENT FROM THE TOP SENATE
[01:07:13] DEMOCRATS CHUCK SCHUMER. [VIDEO]
[01:07:15] >> IRAN IS NOT ANGER TROOPS.
[01:07:21] THEY ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE.
[01:07:24] THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE CAPACITY. LAST NIGHT WE TOOK 24 BOATS
[01:07:28] THROUGH THE STRAIT.
[01:07:32] IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE FINISHED
[01:07:34] WITH THE MILITARY BUT THE STRAIT
[01:07:39] IS OPEN. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS OPEN. WE HAVE CONTROL IN THE BLOCKADE.
[01:07:42] IRAN IS NOT GETTING ANYTHING.
[01:07:47] NOT ONE SHIP HAS GOTTEN THROUGH. >> -- RUSSIA --
[01:07:50] >> RUSSIA HAS BEHAVED QUITE WELL
[01:07:54] HAVING TO DO WITH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
[01:07:56] YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, FOR
[01:07:59] EVERYTHING THEY DO, WE DO ALSO. WHAT ABOUT CHINA?
[01:08:03] WE SPY ON THEM TOO.
[01:08:06] >> BY NOT SANCTION CHINESE
[01:08:10] BANKS? -- WHY NOT SANCTION CHINESE BANKS?
[01:08:13] >> WHO SAID I'M NOT?
[01:08:19] I HOST: DON'T HAVE TO ANNOUNCE EVERYTHING. PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THURSDAY DISCUSSING THE LATEST IRAN WAR NEWS.
[01:08:23] HE DID NOT TALK ABOUT THE WORK
[01:08:24] PUBLICLY ON FRIDAY -- WAR
[01:08:29] PUBLICLY ON FRIDAY, THE SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
[01:08:31] WAR STARTING.
[01:08:35] WE GOT THE STATEMENT FROM CHUCK SCHUMER.
[01:08:39] HE WROTE, "DONALD TOOK AMERICA TO WAR WITH NO PLAN TO WIN AN
[01:08:43] OPENING TO END IT. SIX MONTH LATER, AMERICANS ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR BOTH.
[01:08:48] 18 SERVICEMEMBER'S ARE DEAD. GAS PRICES HAVE SURGED.
[01:08:50] IRAN IS HOLDING THE STRAIT OF
[01:08:55] HORMUZ HOSTAGE. THE REGION IS MORE DANGEROUS ON THE PRESIDENT STILL CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN WHAT VICTORY LOOKS LIKE
[01:08:59] OR HOW THE WAR ENDS. REPUBLICANS KNOW THE COST AND
[01:09:03] THE MASSIVE RISKS AND STILL WHEN GIVEN THE CHANCE ACT THEY COWER
[01:09:06] BEFORE DONALD TRUMP." THAT WAS FROM CHUCK SCHUMER.
[01:09:10] THE SENATE WAS AT A SESSION THIS WEEK.
[01:09:13] MANY SENATORS RELEASED STATEMENTS COMMENTING ON THE SIX-MONTH MARK OF THE WAR.
[01:09:17] WE WILL TAKE CALLS AS WE DISCUSSED YOUR TOP NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK.
[01:09:21] SO MANY STORIES OF SWIRLING AROUND IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS.
[01:09:25] VIRGINIA, TROY CALLING IN FROM CLARKSVILLE ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
[01:09:28] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:09:31] THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[01:09:34] MY TOP STORY WAS CONCERNING THE
[01:09:39] OIL DEAL THAT WAS ANNOUNCED BY TRUMP.
[01:09:46] EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE IF YOU
[01:09:47] DON'T SEE RESULTS TOMORROW OR
[01:09:50] THE NEXT DAY, SO WHAT?
[01:09:55] YOU'LL BUILD A HOUSE ON MONDAY AND MOVE IN ON TUESDAY. IT TAKES A WHILE.
[01:10:00] THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS GREAT.
[01:10:02] THE COUNTRY WILL
[01:10:05] BENEFIT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
[01:10:09] BRING UP WAS CONCERNING THIS
[01:10:15] COUNTRY'S LACK OF WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR ANYTHING.
[01:10:20] NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO WAR. IT'S THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD.
[01:10:25] BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO, YOU
[01:10:27] HAVE TO GO DELIBERATELY.
[01:10:32] YOU HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR MISSION. WAR IS TERRIBLE.
[01:10:36] FOR EVERYONE WHO LOOKS AT THE
[01:10:40] SITUATION AND WITH A NEGATIVE
[01:10:44] VIEW, OF COURSE IT IS NEGATIVE.
[01:10:49] NOBODY WANTS IRAN, THE LEADING
[01:10:54] SPONSOR OF TERRORISM FOR 47 YEARS AGAINST US.
[01:10:57] IRAN HAS TO BE DEALT WITH, EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
[01:11:02] I SAY DEAL WITH IRAN NOW.
[01:11:06] THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE OF THE
[01:11:08] WAR IS WE WERE A LITTLE
[01:11:12] FECKLESS. WE DID NOT DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. VIETNAM LASTED MANY YEARS.
[01:11:16] OVER 58,000 SOLDIERS KILLED IN VIETNAM.
[01:11:22] VIETNAM WAS NOTHING ANYONE AGREED WITH.
[01:11:24] IN MY OPINION IRAN IS MUCH MORE
[01:11:28] DIRE IN VIETNAM EVER WAS AS FAR
[01:11:31] AS NATIONAL SECURITY AND OUR WELL-BEING IN THE WORLD.
[01:11:35] IRAN WANTS TO DESTROY THIS
[01:11:39] COUNTRY. HOST: WHAT DO YOU MAKE THE
[01:11:44] PRESIDENT -- HE HAS OFFERED MANY DIFFERENT PUBLIC PREDICTIONS OF TIMELINES.
[01:11:49] HE STARTED THINK THIS WOULD BE OVER IN A COUPLE WEEKS. IN MARCH, HE SAID THE WAR HAD
[01:11:53] BEEN ONE. HE THEN EXTENDED THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
[01:11:58] YOU TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A LITTLE FECKLESS IN YOUR VIEW,
[01:12:01] ALTHOUGH YOU WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE OVERALL MISSION. DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
[01:12:04] TRIPPED HIMSELF UP BY PRONOUNCING THOSE TIMELINES?
[01:12:08] CALLER: PROBABLY SO A LITTLE BIT.
[01:12:13] YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, AND TRUMP, LIKE ANY OTHER PRESIDENT,
[01:12:16] IS SURROUNDED BY ALL THESE ADVISORS TELLING HIM THIS AND THAT.
[01:12:21] I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT KNOWS MUCH ABOUT ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
[01:12:25] HE HAS EXPERT ADVISORS TRYING TO
[01:12:30] TELL THEM TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHATEVER.
[01:12:33] HE HAS TO RELY ON THESE EXPERT ADVISORS THAT ARE RELEVANT ALL THE TIME.
[01:12:38] NOT THAT HE BE FUNDED. -- TV PUNDIT.
[01:12:43] NOT THE ANCHORS WHO KNOW LESS BUT HAVE AN OPINION AS TO WHAT
[01:12:46] SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE DONE AND HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AS OPPOSED
[01:12:50] TO REPORTING THE NEWS AND LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT IS
[01:12:53] GOING ON. INSTEAD OF INTERJECTING THEIR
[01:12:57] OPINIONS WHICH ARE LESS WORTHY THAN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND TRUMP WHO SEEM TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
[01:13:03] I THINK HE'S GOTTEN HIMSELF A
[01:13:05] LITTLE BIT, -- AND A LITTLE BIT
[01:13:10] OF A TRICK BAG BY SAYING THINGS. HE SHOULD'VE JUST TOLD THE
[01:13:14] PEOPLE THE TRUTH AND WHAT WAS GOING ON. GET IT OVER WITH AND GET BACK.
[01:13:20] PROBLEMS HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH.
[01:13:23] YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY KIND OF SMALL PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WILL
[01:13:26] BECOME A BIGGER PROBLEM IF IT IS NOT DEALT WITH.
[01:13:28] HOST: THANKS FOR THE DIALOGUE.
[01:13:32] LET'S GO TO THE NEIGHBOR OF
[01:13:36] NORTH, EDWARD FROM MARYLAND ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. WHAT IS YOUR TOP STORY?
[01:13:39] CALLER: IRAN WAS NOT AN
[01:13:47] IMMINENT THREAT TO US. LET'S GET THAT CLEAR.
[01:13:52] WHAT I'M CALLING ABOUT IS THE TARIFFS WITH CANADA.
[01:13:58] WHAT DID THE SUPREME COURT SAY ABOUT THIS?
[01:14:01] THE COURT TOLD HIM HE DID NOT
[01:14:03] HAVE THE POWER TO ACTUALLY DO THIS.
[01:14:09] MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN COME ON THE
[01:14:10] SHOW AND CAN LAY OUT THE DETAILS
[01:14:15] OF THAT RULING.
[01:14:17] THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THE
[01:14:20] TARIFFS IS THE UNITED STATES IS
[01:14:24] NOT BEHIND TRUMP WITH THIS. THE MAN HAS HAD 33% -- IS AT
[01:14:29] 33%. THE COUNTRY IS BEHIND CARNEY.
[01:14:33] I THINK HE HAS THE BIGGEST HAND
[01:14:40] HERE. ANOTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
[01:14:45] THE PENNSYLVANIA 12TH DISTRICT.
[01:14:50] THIS WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION THAT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO.
[01:14:53] DEMOCRAT AGAINST A REPUBLICAN.
[01:15:01] THIS WAS A DEEP RED DISTRICT.
[01:15:03] TRUMP WON THE DISTRICT BY 18.5
[01:15:09] POINTS. THE DEMOCRATS FLIPPED THAT DISTRICT.
[01:15:15] IT WAS A -- THEN ALSO, ACROSS
[01:15:21] THE COUNTRY, I'M TALKING ABOUT
[01:15:26] STATEHOUSES, THERE HAS BEEN 25
[01:15:31] STATEHOUSES OR STATE SENATE
[01:15:37] SEATS THAT HAVE BEEN FLIPPED
[01:15:38] FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT.
[01:15:41] >> YOU CAN FINISH WATCHING THIS
[01:15:45] PROGRAM IF YOU GO TO C-SPAN.ORG.
[01:15:49] NOW LIVE EVENT COVERAGE HERE ON C-SPAN. ♪
[01:15:52] >> WE BELIEVE THIS RECORDED
[01:15:56] PROGRAM BUT YOU CAN FINISH WATCHING IT IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE -- ♪
[01:16:03] SEN. WARREN: GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
[01:16:07] IT IS YOU. I HAVE GOT TO START WITH WHAT
[01:16:10] PARTNERSHIPS ARE ALL ABOUT.
[01:16:14] AND MARQUIS, ELIZABETH WARREN, AND AYANNA PRESSLEY. [APPLAUSE]
[01:16:22] THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
[01:16:26] WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE NEED DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON. YOU BET.
[01:16:32] YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED MORE THAN THAT? DEMOCRATS WHO FIGHT.
[01:16:36] [CHEERS]
[01:16:39] IANA FIGHTS, I FIGHT AND ED
[01:16:45] MARKEY FIGHTS. [CHEERS]
[01:16:50] IT IS TOUGH RIGHT NOW IN WASHINGTON.
[01:16:54] THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. IT JUST IS.
[01:16:58] WE HAVE GOT BILLIONAIRES WHO THINK THEY CALL THE SHOTS.
[01:17:02] THEY ARE THE ONES WHO PICTURE
[01:17:06] THAT THINGS GO WELL FOR THEM AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FOR THEIR KITS
[01:17:10] AND FOR THE KIDS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
[01:17:14] WE HAVE CHEATING.
[01:17:18] WE HAVE BRIBES AROUND WASHINGTON.
[01:17:20] WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO NOT ONLY
[01:17:22] PRESIDES OVER THIS ROT.
[01:17:27] HE GOES AROUND THE WORLD AND
[01:17:30] EMBARRASSES US. HE EMBARRASSES US.
[01:17:38] THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE NEED A
[01:17:46] STRONG, PROGRESSIVE TEAM TO
[01:17:48] FIGHT BACK. [CHEERS]
[01:17:54] AND ED MARKEY IS