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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Enjoy the podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Well two three, starting your morning off right. A new
way of talk, a new way of understanding, because we're
in this together. This is your morning show with Michael
O'Dell Trump.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I saw it, Trump posted to who I ran about
the sun?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Are you ready to meet your father?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Gimme the under on this? We un it and it
be Auran has named its new supreme Leader, and it's
the Iatola's son, jabi Omini. President Trump's administration is reportedly
eyeing as surprise economic deal with Cuba, and Trump says
rising oil prices are a very small price to pay
(01:06):
for safety and peace. I started the show with that
today because that's really the question of the hour. Are
you fixated with your eyes on men evil or good politicians?
Is the thought of fifty cents more a gallon more
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threatening to you than Iran with a nuclear weapon?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Now?
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I don't know how ignorant you'd have to be of
fourteen hundred years of history or the three contradictory lives
of Mohammad, or the Surahs or the Hadiths to think
that fifty cents a gallon is far more threatening to
you than Iran having the means with their motive, and
(01:55):
they would take the first opportunity because I can assure
you the reality is you are safer today. Israel is
safer today. Listen. Iran is a problem for the world,
but it ought to really be on the radar of
Israel and America because Israel is the first target. America
(02:16):
is the ultimate target. First comes Saturday, then comes Sunday. Now,
if there's a portion of America that thinks fifty cents
a gallon temporarily is a bigger threat than Iran with
the resources to arm proxies or to carry out a
massive attack with a weapon of mass destruction, will you've
(02:39):
been lied to or you're ignorant of I got this
email just a few seconds ago. It's so discouraging that
the mainstream news media is so dishonest. Well, how do
you think journalism died being dishonest? Every time I listen
(03:01):
to anything on the mainstream media, which I try not to,
the narrative is always a negative narrative concerning the conflict
in Iran, And even listening to the Michael Del Jorno Show,
which by the way, it's your morning show with Michael
del Jorno, I have to listen to CBS as Deborah Rodriguez,
who spends everything to be negative towards President Trump or
anyone who supports President Trump. And I know you have
(03:24):
no control over that portion of your show. No, I
have one hundred and seven stations and I can't control
with Network News there, it is so disheartening. Thank you
for your honesty. You are appreciated very much. You are
thank you for the email.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Can't control the lies you're going to hear, the distortions
you're gonna hear, or the bias you're going to hear.
I can control that you understand the truth. Now, having
said all that, it's a great setup to turn to
Chris Walker, who is a Republican analyst and consultant. The
challenges for President trum is the narrative is playing him
(04:03):
as a leader of peace, is now turning to multiple
military operations. This perceived tightrope of doing what's right, but
by doing it creating narratives like endless war or illegal wars,
regime changes. That's the political challenges for a president who's
(04:30):
busy with the immediate decisions of a commander in chief.
And what you saw in our sounds a day, whether
it's AOC, whether it's Kamala Harris, they're all repeating the
same narratives. And then unless you're listening to Fox, which
is the home team rooting for America, everyone else is
(04:52):
rooting against it. And this is what they do because
it's more about their power than it is our security.
In the case of Kamala Harris, we're playing eclips in
(05:13):
twenty twenty four, when asked as a candidate for president
of the United States, what's the greatest threat to the
region the world in America today? Without a question, Iran
And then she launches right into oh no, Iran is
being illegally attacked by the president. He's got the world
on a brink and Chris Walker is joining us. Chris,
(05:36):
that's politics, right, But how does the president handle these
challenges of narrative versus doing what's right?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Good morning, Michael. You know I used I remember, I'm
old enough to remember.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
A time where we used to say politics ends at
our chores. And when we're talking about you know, our
troops and Harm's way, and we're talking about you know,
important goal kinetic.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
Activities happening that we try to.
Speaker 6 (06:03):
At least kind of come together and support America's aims,
irrespect of a party. It's sad to see those days
are gone, but uh, you know, that's that's the level
of political wilderness that we seem to find ourselves in,
you know, typic, whether it's Famila Harris or you know,
Adam Shift or any of these Democrats who are out,
(06:25):
they're kind of, you know, frankly, actively rooting against what
we're trying to do.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
I think it's.
Speaker 6 (06:29):
Important to remember it's not just about Iran, and it's
not just about Venezuela. But I would look at everything
that the president is doing on an international level as
a as a look at China. What we're seeing is,
you know, a systematic effort to try to choke off
China's oil supply to get to the point where we're.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Seeing, you know, a little bit of a.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
Of a of a rebalance in terms of of of international.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Relationships right now relative to China.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
China has been aggressively and at our expense, and a
ranso big part of that. And so to kind of
start moving in that direction, I.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Think it's important.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
But I think if your point is also right and.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
In president it's been consistent throughout this even though the
media is trying very hard to make it sound like
he hasn't been. He has said since the since the
you know, early two thousands. It's not the nineties, that
Iran canton shouldn't have a nuclear weapon. And so the
fact that Iran has tried for forty years to kind
of build nuclear weapon in spite of the fact that
we are, you know, as an international community saying that's
(07:32):
not good for global stability. You know, it's a silly
idea to suggest that that's not something that's been consistent
president positions all along.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
So they were wrong around Supreme Leader was touchable, and
so is his successor his son. I presume moving forward,
they were wrong that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard would deploy
its terrorist proxies. They were wrong that Israel would be
(08:01):
isolated in the Middle East and vulnerable to attack from
Arab nations. In fact, Arabs Arab nations have become an
ally of Israel and America, and it's actually in fact
Iran that is isolated and depleted and the region in
the world that is safer. They were wrong the United
States would be isolated on the world stage. In fact,
they only seemingly are isolated by Iran, Russia and the
(08:26):
US media and the Democrat Party. You know, when we
get to that vote when they wouldn't reaffirm when fifty
I can't remember it was that fifty three or fifty
six Democrats voted against reaffirming Iran as the largest country
of state sponsored terrorism, which is just a reality and
a fact that goes beyond having an Israel problem. They
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are now pro terrorists, and that's about a third of
them in the overall vote, So we know that over
half now are socialists and over a third are now
pro ISLAMI. This is a real problem. And the media,
in its blind loyalty, staying by their side and leaving
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Fetterman all alone.
Speaker 6 (09:10):
Well, and you know, a huge problem you know, politically,
so disappointing and so transparently political that it just it
defies logic. But I think there's a little bit of
a problem here within the Democrat Party where you know,
I think some of people actually believe it. We've seen
(09:31):
the systemic, you know, attacks on Israel within the public
discourse after October seventh, and you know, I worry because
there's people under porting that I talked to you regularly
that have bought the propaganda on that, and I feel
like they maybe buy the propaganda here and so it's
not just to me a matter of you know, kind
of changing their position on what we know is state
(09:53):
sponsor terrism who are attacking and have attacked Americans, that
killed Americans for thirty plus years. But this idea that
worked with Israel and something is somehow negative. We have
a huge propaganda problem on social media.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
That needs to be addressed. And it's not just Elone taking.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Over Twitter as a as a staate style that's been.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Great and continue to stir.
Speaker 6 (10:15):
And that's something that we really need to address because
I think that they're using the same playbooks of use
against Israel against the US on this on this warranted action, and.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
That's something that has to be addressed very very aggressive.
Speaker 6 (10:25):
Well, it's democrats and with people under.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Forty, it's a little bit of the all of the above, right,
I mean it starts with the conditioning and indoctrinating and
common education and higher education reinforced by television, by movies,
by documentaries. Uh. And then you add these networks which
fewer and fewer are watching the Internet, so they've been
(10:47):
conditioned and then reinforced with the Internet. But you would
expect senators and representatives to be honest with their constituents.
For anybody to turn a blind eye to how evil
and dangerous Iran is is just reckless. And now to
make it about oh, fifty cents a gallon, this is outrageous.
(11:08):
The world is coming to an end. Compared to the
threat of a nuclear armed to Iran. You're you're living
in a bubble, all right, quick reaction.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
One thing to not just a bubble.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
But you know, these things take time. There's such an
immediate expectation of immediate return that anything less than a
week is somehow some global instability that that's on some
of the tabalums. Oil is up to one hundred and
eleven yesterday, it's already down below one hundred again, and
less than a day before US market is even open.
But yeah, but the prevalence of social media, we're seeing
(11:45):
people panic over something that isn't even worth panicking on.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Yet.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
People need to take a.
Speaker 6 (11:49):
Brass flow down and see a bigger picture here, beyond
just the immediacy of what the Internet.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
And what local news or what national news is telling you.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
The world is not unraveling, it's uniting behind America and Israel,
and these Arab nations against Israel Israel. I mean Iran
is unraveling, Its threat is being reduced, and none of
our men and women are risking their lives. And seven
didn't give their lives to protect gasoline prices. It was
to save millions of lives. It would be lost if
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they had a weapon of mass destruction. And I suspect
there'll be more terrorism on US soil. To remind you
of that. I think the mayor even has a different
view in New York City of those threats today. Real quickly,
your take on the midterm elections that we saw, who's leaving?
I mean, it's all over for Jasmine Crockett. It's all
(12:39):
over for a Republican who stood against Trump. But I
mean any long term themes you see in play.
Speaker 6 (12:47):
Yeah, I mean, you know a lot of people talk
about Texas and how tall Ico is such a formidable
candidate for to make Texas blue.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
I think it's ridiculous whether or not it's.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
Can Baton or John Cornet, and.
Speaker 6 (12:59):
The seats excess isn't turning blue because of Tall Rico.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
I mean, you know, just a quick.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
Look at his record and you'll see.
Speaker 5 (13:05):
That that's completely anathema to what you know, not even
a majority of its seventy percent.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
Of Texans don't believe. And I think to me that
that shows the underlying issue is that Democrats have a
real kind of connection problem with normal Americans. I mean,
they're very unpopular party, irrespective of what people in the
media to try to say about President Trump. You know,
it's it's a coming on Republicans and it's coming on
the president to remind people of how far out of
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touch Democrats are as it relates to issues of you know,
what we're seeing national security, but also just you know,
just cultural issues.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
The Democrats are off the reservation.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
So I think there's a real chance here to you know,
overperform and surprise people in terms of what Republicans can
deliver on because again I think the difficust was so
far to wap. There as a poll yesterday that said,
you know that AI was still unpopular. Well, the Democrat
parties were impopular than even AI so in summery go
our NBC news as poll was very interesting. The fact
(14:02):
that the Democrats do not have a galvanizing position and
we have to miss Kamala Harris before being still the
kind of standard bearer. They're way outside.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Of the line of mainstream.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
So I don't think the future. I don't think the
future is very bright. Uh for a run, it doesn't
look much brighter for the Democrat party that is now
one fifth Islamist and pro terrorist, three to fifth socialist,
and then one fifth whatever was left of that party. Uh,
we're already living in a three or four party system
and that's before the midterms even arrived. Chris Walker has
(14:33):
always thank you so much for your time. We'll talk againsume.
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President Trump says oil prices are a very small price
(16:35):
to pay for safety and for long term peace. Aron
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Chhabi Holmany and two ied devices. These are like isis
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mayor z Oron Mom Donnie are being described as highly dangerous.
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have Big John commenting on on here standby.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
Let me go back and find that one for you
over there.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Oh so you weren't ready. I should have been more prepared.
Speaker 8 (17:49):
Kenny and father had the greatest lines. Some of them
still stick around here in New York, like when he
said yes and a fowl. The classic one was he
goes Phil Jackson with the windmill effect.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
He had the longest arms in the league. You know,
that's something that Kenny, Albert and I have in common.
Back in nineteen sixteen, I can't remember if it was
WNDR or Wolf, but my dad was the morning host,
took Dick Clark's place, and his sports guy was Marv
Albert Kenny.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Did you know that We was a lot.
Speaker 9 (18:22):
About his syrcuse days, starting out as a disc jockey
and then moving over to the sports side.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Yeah, and then of course the rest is history. What's
it like is that a shadow? I mean, my father
was very successful in radio. I don't really compete with
that or think about that. I can recognize some gifts
I have from him, some things I've learned from him.
What was the dynamic of having Marv Albert as a
father and how has that impacted you?
Speaker 9 (18:47):
Well, first of all, I didn't know any different, right,
That's how I answered.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
For me, it was the norm.
Speaker 9 (18:52):
But it was great getting to tag along to various
sporting events. He was doing the Nixon Rangers radio at
the time when I was a kid, and also the six.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
And eleven o'clock sports on WNBC in New York.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
So from as early as I can remember, he would
take me once in a while to games to the studio.
And I also received a tape recorder from my parents
for my fifth or sixth birthday and I set up
my bedroom. I'm sure you did a lot of the
same thing. I set up my bedroom like a radio studio.
I had the desk and the bed in the middle
(19:25):
and the TV and I would call games off the
television into the tape recorder. When I was old enough,
I started to bring it to Madison Square Gardens Shay Stadium,
and it was just so much fun. And I actually
received a huge break in high school when I was
in tenth grade on Long Island and I was covering
a lot of the high school sports for the town
(19:45):
newspaper in the school newspaper, and a small cable station
showed up at my school to film this girls basketball
game in nineteen eighty four.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
And they didn't have any announcers.
Speaker 9 (19:56):
They had two cameras a little production van, and I
was introduced to the producer and he gave me the
opportunity to announce the game. They clipped the microphone on
my shirt. I shot a couple of rows behind the
bench and did the game and spoke to the producer
the next day. He gave me his number, and he
then offered me the opportunity to work all of these
(20:18):
games over the next three years. I probably did seventy
five to one hundred all different sports. I would bring
friends along as the color analyst, and it really gave
me a head start.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
To your head start. I was just going to say
they also wanted to do it at that time.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
I would guess if we had that tape, you probably
were just naturally. Like I can play you tapes of
me at eighteen nineteen years old, and I don't sound
any different on the radio than I do today. It
was a natural, And I don't know how you process it.
I think back and I go, like, I remember the
first time my dad brought me to a radio station,
and I wasn't going to be in radio, and then
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it wasn't until I was like eighteen nineteen volunteering at
a radio station, and I just felt comfortable the first moment.
I suspect that's how it was for you. And I
don't know how you process that, where we just gifted
the same as our father, or did our father influence us,
because I could tell you you're as good as your dad
and more versatile. Just how it turned out anyway, Well.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
I appreciate the kind words.
Speaker 9 (21:17):
And he did a lot of sports also, you know,
mostly basketball, hockey, football, but he did a little bit
of baseball, some boxings. He was involved in a lot
of different sports too. But I think and I've talked
about it with other sons of announcers, Joe Buck, Tom Brenneman,
Noah Eagle, who's of the younger generation, does a great job.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Oh is he talented?
Speaker 9 (21:42):
We all, you know, we all grew up around it.
So we learned via osmosis. We were in the broadcast booth,
we went on road trips, so we just did have
a little bit of an advantage as far as learning
the chemistry between a broadcaster and the analyst, what goes
on between the booth and the truck, you know, the
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production folks.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
So it was just not that I didn't learn much
in school, because I did.
Speaker 9 (22:11):
It was probably just as important as anything we learned
in class, was tagging along and watching professionals and learning
how they do it.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
A Voice for All Seasons, What a perfect title. Kenny
Albert is joining us? Kenny, my goodness? But did it
fall in your lap? The Olympics, and I don't know
which was more fun to watch and hear the call
of the women or the men. The men was not
the miracle of nineteen eighty, but it was kind of
a thrillical, you know, a miracle in and of itself.
(22:42):
I was just wondering one of the most iconic calls
ever was the miracle game, and it happened on the
actual anniversary. And do you believe in miracles? Yes? You did?
You have any pressure or thoughts the night before? Hey,
if they pulled this off and be candid, I better
have a good line.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
You think about it a little bit.
Speaker 9 (22:59):
And the thing is that it was the seventh Olympics
that I've worked the copy of men's and women.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
So.
Speaker 9 (23:06):
I've been there before. I've worked prior to this year
five gold medal games on the men's and women's side,
but this was different because the NHL players were back.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
The US and.
Speaker 9 (23:19):
Canada wind up getting to the gold medal game. On
the women's side, it's the US and Canada just about
every time, seven out of eight.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Gold medal games.
Speaker 9 (23:28):
So if the US and Canada did not make it
on the women's side, it would have been a huge upset.
But on the men's side, you had Sweden, you had Finland,
you had Slovakia, all filled with NHL players, And think
back to how close the US and Canada both came
to losing in the quarterfinal round. They both went to overten,
so it was certainly not a given that those two
(23:52):
teams would be there. And then once they won their
semi final matchups on Friday night, all of a sudden,
we were all thinking, Wow, this is only happening. And
Eddie Olzak, Brian Bouchet and Katherine Tappan and I we
called the bronze medal game on Saturday, so it's not
like we were sitting around thinking about it all day.
We had to work another games Saturday night, and then
fourteen hours later was the gold medal game. And I
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do think about it a little bit in those situations.
I've been lucky enough to call three Stanley Cup finals
on the TV side and several more on radio, and
I'm not one that really scripts out a final call
or a final line. I don't want it to sound
too forced, but you do think about key words.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (24:34):
When Tampa Bay won in twenty twenty one, they had
won the year before, so my line was lightning strikes
twice in Tampa bade lightning when their second straight Stanley Cup.
When the Vegas Golden Knights won two years later, I
said the silver Trophy to the Golden Knights, playing off
of the Stanley Cup and their nickname. So I wanted
to somehow include the fact that it was the first
(24:56):
since nineteen eighty if the US won. So so, you know,
in hockey, you never know what kind of goal is
going to end it if it goes to overtime, right
if the game ends in regulation and there's a like
al Michaels in nineteen eighty, it was the countdown, you know,
five seconds three, yeah, four to three, But when it
goes to overtime, it could end at any time.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
You don't know how the goal is going to be scored.
There are a million different ways.
Speaker 9 (25:19):
So I wound up calling the goal, then paused and
referred to it as the Golden Goal, which Mike Emrick
and Chris Cuthbert brilliantly worked in in twenty ten when
Sydney Crosby scored the Golden goal for Canada. But then
I had thought a little bit about incorporating the nineteen
eighty team into part of the call.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
So the third part was, for.
Speaker 9 (25:43):
The first time since the nineteen eighty miracle, the United
States takes the gold So it was sort of a
three part call. And that was the part that I
had thought about a little bit.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Hey voice for all seasons, Kenny Albert joining us. All right, so,
by far, hockey's the hardest, right I mean, you have
mastered I have my guests. I mean I've done some.
I did arena football and stuff. But I mean, I
would think baseball for me is naturally the easiest. But
hockey is you got all those names. It's like tennis
player names coming out in four different shifts, all these
(26:15):
different teams, the actions so fast. I I'm telling you,
I don't know how your brain works and does it,
but I'm going to ask you the question. But guess
hockey is by far the hardest.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Right, Uh, it's the exact opposite. Actually, for me, hockey
is the easiest. You're kidding me how it's the easiest.
Speaker 9 (26:33):
It just is you're calling the game, the pucks at
action for sixty minutes. People always think because of the
names and because of the line changes on the fly,
it's hard. But maybe because I've been doing it for
thirty five years professionally and that into the tape recorder,
it just flows.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
You're just calling the game.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Basketball is similar, but slower.
Speaker 9 (26:53):
Forty eight minutes, more whistles, more stoppages, slower.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
Football is the most rhythmic.
Speaker 9 (26:58):
It's one play and then it's twenty it's twenty five
seconds off.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (27:01):
Of the four, the baseball, to me, is the most
challenging because there's so much downtime in between pitches and
between batters. Now it has gotten a little bit easier
because of the pitch clock, but I'm sure for the
folks who do baseball every day, one hundred and sixty
two games, to them, it's probably the easiest.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Well, Baseball's mostly of relationship. It's a very slow relationship.
I mean, it's like sitting at the game with somebody.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
You know.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Michael Kay is one of the greats at that. Harry
Carey was one of the greats of that. It's more
of an experience. But boy, I'm telling you, when it
comes to doing hockey and basketball, you and your father
are simply in a league of your home.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Best advice your dad ever gave you, that's a great question.
You know, he never really sat down and gave much advice.
Speaker 9 (27:46):
Growing up, and was more taking me along and having
me listening, watch and observe. You know, certainly through the years,
especially when I started out. He would listen to the
tapes and give advice, but I would say overall it
was watching and learning.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Yeah, you're very, very very good. I'm looking forward to
the book. I have not read it yet in full confession,
but I am going to You are simply a voice
for all seasons. I think you're very humble about it.
I think you were gifted in a very unique way
and happened to be the offspring of someone gifted in
a very similar way. But you are as my I'll
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end the way my son said it. You are my
favorite Kenny Albert. And this has been a thrill, God bless.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (28:28):
Writing a book was such a fun project, and I
might have a couple couple of new chapters.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
I might be ready for a sequel pretty soon.
Speaker 9 (28:37):
Following the Olympics and some other events I've covered since.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
The book came out.
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What a treasure Kenny Albert. And the book is called
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It's Your Morning Show with Michael del Journo.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Ron's foreign minister says, this country and Russia have a
very good relationship.
Speaker 10 (30:29):
Well, a military cooperation between Iran and Russia is not
something new.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
It's not a secret.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
It has been in the past and stay in there
and will continue in the future. Yeah, I've been aware
of that. That's why I've been concerned about Russian involvement. Now.
I don't know that we're going to see boots on
the ground, but what kind of cooperation have they been providing? Well,
they are helping us in many different directions.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
I don't have any detailed information.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
A majority of registered voters disapprove of President Trump's handling
of the situation in Iran.
Speaker 11 (30:57):
According to an NBC News poll, fifty four percent of
voters are unhappy with the situation, compared to forty one
percent who approve. More than half of those polls specifically
said that US should not have taken military action. Bolster's note,
Support for the White House is mostly polarized along party lines.
Seventy seven percent of Republicans supported the military strikes, while
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eighty nine percent of Democrats were against the attacks on Iran.
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Today's a good day to take a nap. An experts
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It improves alertness, cogged in to performance, boosts memory, and
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I happen to be watching this one. Penguins beat the
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What a treasure? His son lives on at fifty one,
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Happy birthday. We're so glad you were born. Roy O'Neil
is joining us. I'm just guessing. If gas prices are up,
(32:59):
airline fuel prices can't be far behind. Is that where
we're headed.
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Yeah, they are.
Speaker 10 (33:04):
Up significantly, about fifty five percent as of Friday, and
that was before we saw the weekend spike and crude
prices as well. That could translate to higher fares for
especially long distance flights, and or could be one of
those fuel sur charges that airlines decide to impose. That's
really going to depend on the fuel contracts that these
(33:25):
airlines have something else to track the cost of diesel fuel.
It's been climbing as well. And you know, look, President
Trump made oil oil prices a priority because recognizing that
it seeps into everything when it comes to inflation. And
when you get high diesel prices, that means it costs
more to bring crops to market, that it costs more
to deliver them across the country as well, So that
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could be very inflationary.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
So that's something to watch. If this is more than
a spike, and we have a new leader, a supreme leader,
not a surprise. I think of who was left, he
was the runner and that is the son of the Ayatola.
Everybody says his name so fast. I'm not sure how
to pronounce it, but I think it's Mataba Homione something
(34:10):
like that. Uh, a little jay in there so mosh Tabasa,
and I would think he inherits an Iran that's not
nearly h is capable as it once was, with proxies
as capable as they once were, and probably not feeling
very secure about staying alive.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
I know.
Speaker 10 (34:31):
But you know, even President Trump has said, we'll see
when it comes to this appointment of him as the
Supreme Leader. The President Trump wanted more of a hand
in that, So again, we'll see what the President has
to say. He's wrapping up a visit in Florida today
with a Republican retreat. We're expecting to hear more from
him this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
And then everybody was like, oh, first he goes and
does regime change in Venezuela, then this war with Iran,
and then now we hear he might even go to
war with Cuba. The Trump administration says they're eyeing a
surprise economic deal with Cuba. We'll get more details on that.
The State Department did get about thirty two thousand Americans
home from the Middle East with an all of the
above approach. And what do we know about this ied
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device at Gracie Mansion, home of Marizora on Mamdani. These
were ice wannabes or yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
That's still an open question.
Speaker 10 (35:24):
You know, that all unfolded last night there in the city,
and we haven't really gotten a much of an update yet,
so I'm anxious to hear how they described that ied today.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Roy O'Neil always on the job, even when he loses
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Well two three, starting your morning off right. A new
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O'Dell Trump.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I saw it, Trump posted to who I ran about
the sun?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Are you ready to meet your father?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Gimme the under on this? We un it and it
be Auran has named its new supreme Leader, and it's
the Iatola's son, jabi Omini. President Trump's administration is reportedly
eyeing as surprise economic deal with Cuba, and Trump says
rising oil prices are a very small price to pay
(01:06):
for safety and peace. I started the show with that
today because that's really the question of the hour. Are
you fixated with your eyes on men evil or good politicians?
Is the thought of fifty cents more a gallon more
(01:28):
threatening to you than Iran with a nuclear weapon?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Now?
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I don't know how ignorant you'd have to be of
fourteen hundred years of history or the three contradictory lives
of Mohammad, or the Surahs or the Hadiths to think
that fifty cents a gallon is far more threatening to
you than Iran having the means with their motive, and
(01:55):
they would take the first opportunity because I can assure
you the reality is you are safer today. Israel is
safer today. Listen. Iran is a problem for the world,
but it ought to really be on the radar of
Israel and America because Israel is the first target. America
(02:16):
is the ultimate target. First comes Saturday, then comes Sunday. Now,
if there's a portion of America that thinks fifty cents
a gallon temporarily is a bigger threat than Iran with
the resources to arm proxies or to carry out a
massive attack with a weapon of mass destruction, will you've
(02:39):
been lied to or you're ignorant of I got this
email just a few seconds ago. It's so discouraging that
the mainstream news media is so dishonest. Well, how do
you think journalism died being dishonest? Every time I listen
(03:01):
to anything on the mainstream media, which I try not to,
the narrative is always a negative narrative concerning the conflict
in Iran, And even listening to the Michael Del Jorno Show,
which by the way, it's your morning show with Michael
del Jorno, I have to listen to CBS as Deborah Rodriguez,
who spends everything to be negative towards President Trump or
anyone who supports President Trump. And I know you have
(03:24):
no control over that portion of your show. No, I
have one hundred and seven stations and I can't control
with Network News there, it is so disheartening. Thank you
for your honesty. You are appreciated very much. You are
thank you for the email.
Speaker 4 (03:41):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Can't control the lies you're going to hear, the distortions
you're gonna hear, or the bias you're going to hear.
I can control that you understand the truth. Now, having
said all that, it's a great setup to turn to
Chris Walker, who is a Republican analyst and consultant. The
challenges for President trum is the narrative is playing him
(04:03):
as a leader of peace, is now turning to multiple
military operations. This perceived tightrope of doing what's right, but
by doing it creating narratives like endless war or illegal wars,
regime changes. That's the political challenges for a president who's
(04:30):
busy with the immediate decisions of a commander in chief.
And what you saw in our sounds a day, whether
it's AOC, whether it's Kamala Harris, they're all repeating the
same narratives. And then unless you're listening to Fox, which
is the home team rooting for America, everyone else is
(04:52):
rooting against it. And this is what they do because
it's more about their power than it is our security.
In the case of Kamala Harris, we're playing eclips in
(05:13):
twenty twenty four, when asked as a candidate for president
of the United States, what's the greatest threat to the
region the world in America today? Without a question, Iran
And then she launches right into oh no, Iran is
being illegally attacked by the president. He's got the world
on a brink and Chris Walker is joining us. Chris,
(05:36):
that's politics, right, But how does the president handle these
challenges of narrative versus doing what's right?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Good morning, Michael. You know I used I remember, I'm
old enough to remember.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
A time where we used to say politics ends at
our chores. And when we're talking about you know, our
troops and Harm's way, and we're talking about you know,
important goal kinetic.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
Activities happening that we try to.
Speaker 6 (06:03):
At least kind of come together and support America's aims,
irrespect of a party. It's sad to see those days
are gone, but uh, you know, that's that's the level
of political wilderness that we seem to find ourselves in,
you know, typic, whether it's Famila Harris or you know,
Adam Shift or any of these Democrats who are out,
(06:25):
they're kind of, you know, frankly, actively rooting against what
we're trying to do.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
I think it's.
Speaker 6 (06:29):
Important to remember it's not just about Iran, and it's
not just about Venezuela. But I would look at everything
that the president is doing on an international level as
a as a look at China. What we're seeing is,
you know, a systematic effort to try to choke off
China's oil supply to get to the point where we're.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Seeing, you know, a little bit of a.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
Of a of a rebalance in terms of of of international.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Relationships right now relative to China.
Speaker 6 (06:58):
China has been aggressively and at our expense, and a
ranso big part of that. And so to kind of
start moving in that direction, I.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
Think it's important.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
But I think if your point is also right and.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
In president it's been consistent throughout this even though the
media is trying very hard to make it sound like
he hasn't been. He has said since the since the
you know, early two thousands. It's not the nineties, that
Iran canton shouldn't have a nuclear weapon. And so the
fact that Iran has tried for forty years to kind
of build nuclear weapon in spite of the fact that
we are, you know, as an international community saying that's
(07:32):
not good for global stability. You know, it's a silly
idea to suggest that that's not something that's been consistent
president positions all along.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
So they were wrong around Supreme Leader was touchable, and
so is his successor his son. I presume moving forward,
they were wrong that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard would deploy
its terrorist proxies. They were wrong that Israel would be
(08:01):
isolated in the Middle East and vulnerable to attack from
Arab nations. In fact, Arabs Arab nations have become an
ally of Israel and America, and it's actually in fact
Iran that is isolated and depleted and the region in
the world that is safer. They were wrong the United
States would be isolated on the world stage. In fact,
they only seemingly are isolated by Iran, Russia and the
(08:26):
US media and the Democrat Party. You know, when we
get to that vote when they wouldn't reaffirm when fifty
I can't remember it was that fifty three or fifty
six Democrats voted against reaffirming Iran as the largest country
of state sponsored terrorism, which is just a reality and
a fact that goes beyond having an Israel problem. They
(08:48):
are now pro terrorists, and that's about a third of
them in the overall vote, So we know that over
half now are socialists and over a third are now
pro ISLAMI. This is a real problem. And the media,
in its blind loyalty, staying by their side and leaving
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Fetterman all alone.
Speaker 6 (09:10):
Well, and you know, a huge problem you know, politically,
so disappointing and so transparently political that it just it
defies logic. But I think there's a little bit of
a problem here within the Democrat Party where you know,
I think some of people actually believe it. We've seen
(09:31):
the systemic, you know, attacks on Israel within the public
discourse after October seventh, and you know, I worry because
there's people under porting that I talked to you regularly
that have bought the propaganda on that, and I feel
like they maybe buy the propaganda here and so it's
not just to me a matter of you know, kind
of changing their position on what we know is state
(09:53):
sponsor terrism who are attacking and have attacked Americans, that
killed Americans for thirty plus years. But this idea that
worked with Israel and something is somehow negative. We have
a huge propaganda problem on social media.
Speaker 4 (10:06):
That needs to be addressed. And it's not just Elone taking.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Over Twitter as a as a staate style that's been.
Speaker 4 (10:12):
Great and continue to stir.
Speaker 6 (10:15):
And that's something that we really need to address because
I think that they're using the same playbooks of use
against Israel against the US on this on this warranted action, and.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
That's something that has to be addressed very very aggressive.
Speaker 6 (10:25):
Well, it's democrats and with people under.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Forty, it's a little bit of the all of the above, right,
I mean it starts with the conditioning and indoctrinating and
common education and higher education reinforced by television, by movies,
by documentaries. Uh. And then you add these networks which
fewer and fewer are watching the Internet, so they've been
(10:47):
conditioned and then reinforced with the Internet. But you would
expect senators and representatives to be honest with their constituents.
For anybody to turn a blind eye to how evil
and dangerous Iran is is just reckless. And now to
make it about oh, fifty cents a gallon, this is outrageous.
(11:08):
The world is coming to an end. Compared to the
threat of a nuclear armed to Iran. You're you're living
in a bubble, all right, quick reaction.
Speaker 4 (11:20):
One thing to not just a bubble.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
But you know, these things take time. There's such an
immediate expectation of immediate return that anything less than a
week is somehow some global instability that that's on some
of the tabalums. Oil is up to one hundred and
eleven yesterday, it's already down below one hundred again, and
less than a day before US market is even open.
But yeah, but the prevalence of social media, we're seeing
(11:45):
people panic over something that isn't even worth panicking on.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Yet.
Speaker 5 (11:48):
People need to take a.
Speaker 6 (11:49):
Brass flow down and see a bigger picture here, beyond
just the immediacy of what the Internet.
Speaker 5 (11:55):
And what local news or what national news is telling you.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
The world is not unraveling, it's uniting behind America and Israel,
and these Arab nations against Israel Israel. I mean Iran
is unraveling, Its threat is being reduced, and none of
our men and women are risking their lives. And seven
didn't give their lives to protect gasoline prices. It was
to save millions of lives. It would be lost if
(12:18):
they had a weapon of mass destruction. And I suspect
there'll be more terrorism on US soil. To remind you
of that. I think the mayor even has a different
view in New York City of those threats today. Real quickly,
your take on the midterm elections that we saw, who's leaving?
I mean, it's all over for Jasmine Crockett. It's all
(12:39):
over for a Republican who stood against Trump. But I
mean any long term themes you see in play.
Speaker 6 (12:47):
Yeah, I mean, you know a lot of people talk
about Texas and how tall Ico is such a formidable
candidate for to make Texas blue.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
I think it's ridiculous whether or not it's.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
Can Baton or John Cornet, and.
Speaker 6 (12:59):
The seats excess isn't turning blue because of Tall Rico.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
I mean, you know, just a quick.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
Look at his record and you'll see.
Speaker 5 (13:05):
That that's completely anathema to what you know, not even
a majority of its seventy percent.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
Of Texans don't believe. And I think to me that
that shows the underlying issue is that Democrats have a
real kind of connection problem with normal Americans. I mean,
they're very unpopular party, irrespective of what people in the
media to try to say about President Trump. You know,
it's it's a coming on Republicans and it's coming on
the president to remind people of how far out of
(13:30):
touch Democrats are as it relates to issues of you know,
what we're seeing national security, but also just you know,
just cultural issues.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
The Democrats are off the reservation.
Speaker 6 (13:41):
So I think there's a real chance here to you know,
overperform and surprise people in terms of what Republicans can
deliver on because again I think the difficust was so
far to wap. There as a poll yesterday that said,
you know that AI was still unpopular. Well, the Democrat
parties were impopular than even AI so in summery go
our NBC news as poll was very interesting. The fact
(14:02):
that the Democrats do not have a galvanizing position and
we have to miss Kamala Harris before being still the
kind of standard bearer. They're way outside.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Of the line of mainstream.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
So I don't think the future. I don't think the
future is very bright. Uh for a run, it doesn't
look much brighter for the Democrat party that is now
one fifth Islamist and pro terrorist, three to fifth socialist,
and then one fifth whatever was left of that party. Uh,
we're already living in a three or four party system
and that's before the midterms even arrived. Chris Walker has
(14:33):
always thank you so much for your time. We'll talk againsume.
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President Trump says oil prices are a very small price
(16:35):
to pay for safety and for long term peace. Aron
has named its new supreme leader. It's the Iatola's son,
Chhabi Holmany and two ied devices. These are like isis
wanna be Terrorists in New York City ignited Saturday outside
Gracie Mansion that's the home of the New York City
mayor z Oron Mom Donnie are being described as highly dangerous.
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Speaker 1 (17:47):
Oh so you weren't ready. I should have been more prepared.
Speaker 8 (17:49):
Kenny and father had the greatest lines. Some of them
still stick around here in New York, like when he
said yes and a fowl. The classic one was he
goes Phil Jackson with the windmill effect.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
He had the longest arms in the league. You know,
that's something that Kenny, Albert and I have in common.
Back in nineteen sixteen, I can't remember if it was
WNDR or Wolf, but my dad was the morning host,
took Dick Clark's place, and his sports guy was Marv
Albert Kenny.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Did you know that We was a lot.
Speaker 9 (18:22):
About his syrcuse days, starting out as a disc jockey
and then moving over to the sports side.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Yeah, and then of course the rest is history. What's
it like is that a shadow? I mean, my father
was very successful in radio. I don't really compete with
that or think about that. I can recognize some gifts
I have from him, some things I've learned from him.
What was the dynamic of having Marv Albert as a
father and how has that impacted you?
Speaker 9 (18:47):
Well, first of all, I didn't know any different, right,
That's how I answered.
Speaker 2 (18:51):
For me, it was the norm.
Speaker 9 (18:52):
But it was great getting to tag along to various
sporting events. He was doing the Nixon Rangers radio at
the time when I was a kid, and also the six.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
And eleven o'clock sports on WNBC in New York.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
So from as early as I can remember, he would
take me once in a while to games to the studio.
And I also received a tape recorder from my parents
for my fifth or sixth birthday and I set up
my bedroom. I'm sure you did a lot of the
same thing. I set up my bedroom like a radio studio.
I had the desk and the bed in the middle
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and the TV and I would call games off the
television into the tape recorder. When I was old enough,
I started to bring it to Madison Square Gardens Shay Stadium,
and it was just so much fun. And I actually
received a huge break in high school when I was
in tenth grade on Long Island and I was covering
a lot of the high school sports for the town
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newspaper in the school newspaper, and a small cable station
showed up at my school to film this girls basketball
game in nineteen eighty four.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
And they didn't have any announcers.
Speaker 9 (19:56):
They had two cameras a little production van, and I
was introduced to the producer and he gave me the
opportunity to announce the game. They clipped the microphone on
my shirt. I shot a couple of rows behind the
bench and did the game and spoke to the producer
the next day. He gave me his number, and he
then offered me the opportunity to work all of these
(20:18):
games over the next three years. I probably did seventy
five to one hundred all different sports. I would bring
friends along as the color analyst, and it really gave
me a head start.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
To your head start. I was just going to say
they also wanted to do it at that time.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
I would guess if we had that tape, you probably
were just naturally. Like I can play you tapes of
me at eighteen nineteen years old, and I don't sound
any different on the radio than I do today. It
was a natural, And I don't know how you process it.
I think back and I go, like, I remember the
first time my dad brought me to a radio station,
and I wasn't going to be in radio, and then
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it wasn't until I was like eighteen nineteen volunteering at
a radio station, and I just felt comfortable the first moment.
I suspect that's how it was for you. And I
don't know how you process that, where we just gifted
the same as our father, or did our father influence us,
because I could tell you you're as good as your dad
and more versatile. Just how it turned out anyway, Well.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
I appreciate the kind words.
Speaker 9 (21:17):
And he did a lot of sports also, you know,
mostly basketball, hockey, football, but he did a little bit
of baseball, some boxings. He was involved in a lot
of different sports too. But I think and I've talked
about it with other sons of announcers, Joe Buck, Tom Brenneman,
Noah Eagle, who's of the younger generation, does a great job.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
Oh is he talented?
Speaker 9 (21:42):
We all, you know, we all grew up around it.
So we learned via osmosis. We were in the broadcast booth,
we went on road trips, so we just did have
a little bit of an advantage as far as learning
the chemistry between a broadcaster and the analyst, what goes
on between the booth and the truck, you know, the
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production folks.
Speaker 2 (22:06):
So it was just not that I didn't learn much
in school, because I did.
Speaker 9 (22:11):
It was probably just as important as anything we learned
in class, was tagging along and watching professionals and learning
how they do it.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
A Voice for All Seasons, What a perfect title. Kenny
Albert is joining us? Kenny, my goodness? But did it
fall in your lap? The Olympics, and I don't know
which was more fun to watch and hear the call
of the women or the men. The men was not
the miracle of nineteen eighty, but it was kind of
a thrillical, you know, a miracle in and of itself.
(22:42):
I was just wondering one of the most iconic calls
ever was the miracle game, and it happened on the
actual anniversary. And do you believe in miracles? Yes? You did?
You have any pressure or thoughts the night before? Hey,
if they pulled this off and be candid, I better
have a good line.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
You think about it a little bit.
Speaker 9 (22:59):
And the thing is that it was the seventh Olympics
that I've worked the copy of men's and women.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
So.
Speaker 9 (23:06):
I've been there before. I've worked prior to this year
five gold medal games on the men's and women's side,
but this was different because the NHL players were back.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
The US and.
Speaker 9 (23:19):
Canada wind up getting to the gold medal game. On
the women's side, it's the US and Canada just about
every time, seven out of eight.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Gold medal games.
Speaker 9 (23:28):
So if the US and Canada did not make it
on the women's side, it would have been a huge upset.
But on the men's side, you had Sweden, you had Finland,
you had Slovakia, all filled with NHL players, And think
back to how close the US and Canada both came
to losing in the quarterfinal round. They both went to overten,
so it was certainly not a given that those two
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teams would be there. And then once they won their
semi final matchups on Friday night, all of a sudden,
we were all thinking, Wow, this is only happening. And
Eddie Olzak, Brian Bouchet and Katherine Tappan and I we
called the bronze medal game on Saturday, so it's not
like we were sitting around thinking about it all day.
We had to work another games Saturday night, and then
fourteen hours later was the gold medal game. And I
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do think about it a little bit in those situations.
I've been lucky enough to call three Stanley Cup finals
on the TV side and several more on radio, and
I'm not one that really scripts out a final call
or a final line. I don't want it to sound
too forced, but you do think about key words.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (24:34):
When Tampa Bay won in twenty twenty one, they had
won the year before, so my line was lightning strikes
twice in Tampa bade lightning when their second straight Stanley Cup.
When the Vegas Golden Knights won two years later, I
said the silver Trophy to the Golden Knights, playing off
of the Stanley Cup and their nickname. So I wanted
to somehow include the fact that it was the first
(24:56):
since nineteen eighty if the US won. So so, you know,
in hockey, you never know what kind of goal is
going to end it if it goes to overtime, right
if the game ends in regulation and there's a like
al Michaels in nineteen eighty, it was the countdown, you know,
five seconds three, yeah, four to three, But when it
goes to overtime, it could end at any time.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
You don't know how the goal is going to be scored.
There are a million different ways.
Speaker 9 (25:19):
So I wound up calling the goal, then paused and
referred to it as the Golden Goal, which Mike Emrick
and Chris Cuthbert brilliantly worked in in twenty ten when
Sydney Crosby scored the Golden goal for Canada. But then
I had thought a little bit about incorporating the nineteen
eighty team into part of the call.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
So the third part was, for.
Speaker 9 (25:43):
The first time since the nineteen eighty miracle, the United
States takes the gold So it was sort of a
three part call. And that was the part that I
had thought about a little bit.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Hey voice for all seasons, Kenny Albert joining us. All right, so,
by far, hockey's the hardest, right I mean, you have
mastered I have my guests. I mean I've done some.
I did arena football and stuff. But I mean, I
would think baseball for me is naturally the easiest. But
hockey is you got all those names. It's like tennis
player names coming out in four different shifts, all these
(26:15):
different teams, the actions so fast. I I'm telling you,
I don't know how your brain works and does it,
but I'm going to ask you the question. But guess
hockey is by far the hardest.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Right, Uh, it's the exact opposite. Actually, for me, hockey
is the easiest. You're kidding me how it's the easiest.
Speaker 9 (26:33):
It just is you're calling the game, the pucks at
action for sixty minutes. People always think because of the
names and because of the line changes on the fly,
it's hard. But maybe because I've been doing it for
thirty five years professionally and that into the tape recorder,
it just flows.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
You're just calling the game.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Basketball is similar, but slower.
Speaker 9 (26:53):
Forty eight minutes, more whistles, more stoppages, slower.
Speaker 2 (26:57):
Football is the most rhythmic.
Speaker 9 (26:58):
It's one play and then it's twenty it's twenty five
seconds off.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (27:01):
Of the four, the baseball, to me, is the most
challenging because there's so much downtime in between pitches and
between batters. Now it has gotten a little bit easier
because of the pitch clock, but I'm sure for the
folks who do baseball every day, one hundred and sixty
two games, to them, it's probably the easiest.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Well, Baseball's mostly of relationship. It's a very slow relationship.
I mean, it's like sitting at the game with somebody.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
You know.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
Michael Kay is one of the greats at that. Harry
Carey was one of the greats of that. It's more
of an experience. But boy, I'm telling you, when it
comes to doing hockey and basketball, you and your father
are simply in a league of your home.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Best advice your dad ever gave you, that's a great question.
You know, he never really sat down and gave much advice.
Speaker 9 (27:46):
Growing up, and was more taking me along and having
me listening, watch and observe. You know, certainly through the years,
especially when I started out. He would listen to the
tapes and give advice, but I would say overall it
was watching and learning.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
Yeah, you're very, very very good. I'm looking forward to
the book. I have not read it yet in full confession,
but I am going to You are simply a voice
for all seasons. I think you're very humble about it.
I think you were gifted in a very unique way
and happened to be the offspring of someone gifted in
a very similar way. But you are as my I'll
(28:21):
end the way my son said it. You are my
favorite Kenny Albert. And this has been a thrill, God bless.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
I really appreciate it.
Speaker 9 (28:28):
Writing a book was such a fun project, and I
might have a couple couple of new chapters.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
I might be ready for a sequel pretty soon.
Speaker 9 (28:37):
Following the Olympics and some other events I've covered since.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
The book came out.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
What a treasure Kenny Albert. And the book is called
A Mic for All Seasons. It's available everywhere great books
are sold. I encourage you to pick up a copy.
What a terrific time that was with Kenny Albert. All Right,
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Speaker 7 (30:20):
It's Your Morning Show with Michael del Journo.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Ron's foreign minister says, this country and Russia have a
very good relationship.
Speaker 10 (30:29):
Well, a military cooperation between Iran and Russia is not
something new.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
It's not a secret.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
It has been in the past and stay in there
and will continue in the future. Yeah, I've been aware
of that. That's why I've been concerned about Russian involvement. Now.
I don't know that we're going to see boots on
the ground, but what kind of cooperation have they been providing? Well,
they are helping us in many different directions.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
I don't have any detailed information.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
A majority of registered voters disapprove of President Trump's handling
of the situation in Iran.
Speaker 11 (30:57):
According to an NBC News poll, fifty four percent of
voters are unhappy with the situation, compared to forty one
percent who approve. More than half of those polls specifically
said that US should not have taken military action. Bolster's note,
Support for the White House is mostly polarized along party lines.
Seventy seven percent of Republicans supported the military strikes, while
(31:17):
eighty nine percent of Democrats were against the attacks on Iran.
I'm tammy trihiello ah the matrix.
Speaker 1 (31:23):
Today's a good day to take a nap. An experts
say you should take one.
Speaker 12 (31:27):
The day after the switch to daylight saving time is
the most sleep deprived day of the year. We've lost
an hour of sleep, and according to the Sleep Foundation,
channeling your inner cat and taking a nap is good.
It improves alertness, cogged in to performance, boosts memory, and
puts you in a much better mood. All good things,
but sleep experts say it actually takes four days of
solid slumber to fully catch up on that one hour
(31:49):
of miss sleep. I'm bre Tennants.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
I happen to be watching this one. Penguins beat the
Bruins in overtime five to four. Sabers outscored the Lightning
eight to seven. Blues shut up the Ducks four nothing,
Red Wings beat the Devil's three ZIP and NBA. On
the hardwood, the Cavs lost one O nine ninety eight
to the Celtics, Lakers one ten ninety seven over the Knicks.
Pistons lost by eleven. In Miami, Kings beat the Bulls
(32:12):
one twenty six one, ten Sons one eleven, ninety nine
over the Hornets, and the Blazers by twenty over the
Pacers one thirty one to one eleven. Major League, you
guys should say World Baseball Classic Action USA Mexico tonight.
That'll be at eight eastern on Fox. Birthdays today, can't
beat Campinera's the great shortstop of the A's in the seventies,
(32:35):
eighty four years old today, actress and Tampa neated. Britney
Snow is forty. Actor Freddy Prince Junior, and how about
his dad and Chico and the man Or stand up comedy.
What a treasure? His son lives on at fifty one,
and the at and T girl Milanya von Trump is
the Big four Oh today, And if it's your birthday,
Happy birthday. We're so glad you were born. Roy O'Neil
is joining us. I'm just guessing. If gas prices are up,
(32:59):
airline fuel prices can't be far behind. Is that where
we're headed.
Speaker 2 (33:03):
Yeah, they are.
Speaker 10 (33:04):
Up significantly, about fifty five percent as of Friday, and
that was before we saw the weekend spike and crude
prices as well. That could translate to higher fares for
especially long distance flights, and or could be one of
those fuel sur charges that airlines decide to impose. That's
really going to depend on the fuel contracts that these
(33:25):
airlines have something else to track the cost of diesel fuel.
It's been climbing as well. And you know, look, President
Trump made oil oil prices a priority because recognizing that
it seeps into everything when it comes to inflation. And
when you get high diesel prices, that means it costs
more to bring crops to market, that it costs more
to deliver them across the country as well, So that
(33:48):
could be very inflationary.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
So that's something to watch. If this is more than
a spike, and we have a new leader, a supreme leader,
not a surprise. I think of who was left, he
was the runner and that is the son of the Ayatola.
Everybody says his name so fast. I'm not sure how
to pronounce it, but I think it's Mataba Homione something
(34:10):
like that. Uh, a little jay in there so mosh Tabasa,
and I would think he inherits an Iran that's not
nearly h is capable as it once was, with proxies
as capable as they once were, and probably not feeling
very secure about staying alive.
Speaker 2 (34:31):
I know.
Speaker 10 (34:31):
But you know, even President Trump has said, we'll see
when it comes to this appointment of him as the
Supreme Leader. The President Trump wanted more of a hand
in that, So again, we'll see what the President has
to say. He's wrapping up a visit in Florida today
with a Republican retreat. We're expecting to hear more from
him this afternoon.
Speaker 1 (34:52):
And then everybody was like, oh, first he goes and
does regime change in Venezuela, then this war with Iran,
and then now we hear he might even go to
war with Cuba. The Trump administration says they're eyeing a
surprise economic deal with Cuba. We'll get more details on that.
The State Department did get about thirty two thousand Americans
home from the Middle East with an all of the
above approach. And what do we know about this ied
(35:14):
device at Gracie Mansion, home of Marizora on Mamdani. These
were ice wannabes or yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
That's still an open question.
Speaker 10 (35:24):
You know, that all unfolded last night there in the city,
and we haven't really gotten a much of an update yet,
so I'm anxious to hear how they described that ied today.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Roy O'Neil always on the job, even when he loses
an hour sleep. We'll do it again tomorrow, Rory. All right,
if you're just joining us, listen, here's the bottom line.
You have one chance alone to live Monday, March the ninth,
twenty twenty six. It will never happen again. Sleepy or not,
here we come. Love someone else more than yourself. Make
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a difference in someone's life today. Make sure you cherish
your own that much. You are in control of and
choosing who you trust, who you listen to, and what
you focus on. Have a great day. We'll be right
back here tomorrow morning and start all over again on
your morning show. Have a great day. We'll see you tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (36:14):
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