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All right, Lindsey Graham. We spend some time earlier this
morning going over all the members of the US Senate
who are either at life expectancy or past. Now, the
average life expectancy of a mail in the United State,
it's a seventy six and a half. So while I
believe Lindsay Graham was seventy one, there was no warning.
(03:06):
I understand he just got back that night from the Ukraine,
and that seems suspicious to everyone. But the autopsy has
revealed that he had an aortic earor due to cardiovascular disease.
This can be very very common. At seventy one. Most
you'll hear in our Sounds of the day, medical experts
a he most assuredly probably had high blood pressure to boot. So,
(03:31):
just like Mitch McConnell, people eighty four years old fall
and then they go to the hospital and then they
get pneumonia. Then they get released from the hospital and
they have to go to twenty days of rehab. From
there they go to assisted living, back home, to nursing facility,
or in the case of Mitch McConnell, the assumption is
they'll go back to the United States Senate bough.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
The conspiracy theories are everywhere, and.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
That's just the age of internet outrage that we live in.
But do we ever take the time to just acknowledge
a man death it's an inevitability for all of us,
and remember him properly. I hope we do that this segment.
Chris Walker is here at GOP analyst and consultant Lindsey Graham,
(04:15):
very outspoken United States Senator. I think the one thing
that comes to two things that come to my mind
won the Kavanaugh defense, which will play in the sounds
of the day.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
The other is how the president and he did not
get along at all. Lindsay was really tough on Trump
running against him as a presidential candidate, but they appeared
to have become very very close friends. How do we
properly remember Lindsey Graham? Good morning, Michael.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
I think one thing to remember Lindsey Graham by is
a sense of humor. You know, I was Ben Sass.
You know Ben's We're gonna lose Ben Sassin too, which
is another uh you know, former senator who you know
left left in a delible mark. You know, he's done
the podcast it's called Not Dead Yet, which is hilarious.
But you know, Lindsey Graham was was a very you know, lighthearted,
(05:07):
you know, jovial person. Whenever Ben sassould have one of
his kids with him, Lindsay would uh uh, he'd go
to he'd act like he ignored his kid and would
talk to Bensass about something and then get startled and say, oh, hey,
I didn't see you there, Sorry about yourself security, You're screwed.
Something like that where you're you know, you just have
a moment of levity and in such a you know,
(05:30):
a town and a in an institution like Congress, where
you know a sense of humor and you know, humor
of any kind is almost frowned upon. You know, I
was at church yesterday and our our rector was talking
about joy is the serious work of heaven, you know,
from from C. S. Lewis, And I think that's something
that Lindsay Graham actually took to his work day in
(05:52):
day out, was with the joy of of of doing
the work that he loved to do.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Obviously, coming he got home that night from Ukraine, very
important business meeting with Zelensky, who, by the way, Zelensky
and Yahoo have all paid tribute to him since his death.
But you know, in the President talked to him literally
minutes before he died. I guess that could lend itself
in the Internet world to suspicion. But the autopsy is
(06:19):
pretty clear aortic terror. Do you sense that will calm
all that craziness, I.
Speaker 6 (06:27):
Mean, as evidence of just the continuation of conspiracy curities
that have been clearly debunked. No, I don't think it
call them some people, but I think it should for most.
You know, look, I mean, seventy one becomes a like
he health issues start to arise and and nobody beats
father time. So in some regards that you know, I
(06:49):
hate to have that that feeling of it, but you know.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
That's just that's the way the way the world was.
Speaker 6 (06:55):
I thought you said it, well, like this is all
something we deal with in our own lives. We're we
all have an exploration day. It's just a matter of when.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Well, I mean for the internet, Mitch McConnell. Mitch mcconnald's
dead and they're hiding him. Now, those same people didn't
see any problem with Joe Biden being hidden or cognitively declined.
And it's just shirts and skins, partisan politics over human love, compassion,
or just being silent when you don't know. But I mean,
as somebody with parents that age, my mom fell one time.
(07:25):
We went to the hospital. They gave her a pneumonia,
then we went to rehab. Then she went back to
her apartment. She fell again. We went to the hospital,
they gave her another infection. We got over that, went
to rehab, then we went to assisted living. She felt
three days later, and from there, after rehab, we went
to a nursing.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
I mean, this is a pattern.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
And Mitch mcconnald's no different than any four just because
he's a senator. I mean they're easy explanations. Even you know,
I think of I think of Graham is dying young
seventy one. Of course I'm sixty one, you know, but
the reality is it's only five years under life expectancy.
(08:02):
And then I go through this list longer than the
Kentucky Derby of all the members in the United States
Senate that are either at or past life expectancy. Marsha Blackburn,
she's only she'll turn seventy five, so so she's only
six years under life expectancy. And then she and she
feels need to come home and run for governor. I mean,
(08:23):
she would finish her term after life expectancy. I mean,
and then we all want to find conspiracy theories. I mean,
at some point should we address age in service because
they're all going to scramble over the power. But like
they do with the Supreme Court justices, but when you're
that old, you're going to die, and then there's key
votes to be had. And look, I mean we've seen it.
Speaker 6 (08:48):
It's not just you know, it's not just Lindsey Grahmm
or Marsha Blackburn or you know, you just you see
that Chuck Grassley and all that. I mean, look, I
don't want.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
To call names out.
Speaker 6 (09:00):
I'm a year old to get out, but there is
something to be said for new, new ideas coming through.
This is why voters are trying to kick out people
who have been in politics too long. I mean, there's
a sense of stagnation, and you know, just kind of
I liken it to you know, Hoover in Animal House.
(09:20):
You know, the Delta House has a long history of
existence to itself.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
And its members.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
You know, like that's almost what we have in politics.
It's just we have an existence problem where hey, I've
been in office since nineteen eighty four. Well that's not
necessarily a superlative when it comes to you know, the
population of large. Like, we have ideas, we have we
have thoughts, and what we're seeing is a continuation of
the status quo, which is exactly why people are voting
(09:45):
for new people. So I think there is something to
be said for thinking about the age issue. But I mean,
you know, look at President Trump. I mean there's you know,
there's there's vigor there. But you know, Ronald Reagan was
you know, into the Cold War.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
In his seventies.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
So I mean it's not necessarily a strict age issue.
So I'm just loath to say, no, you can't run
for something after sixty five. But you know, at the
same token, you know, something should be taken into account
for the idea that, hey, there's a whole new generation
that comes up. And one of my favorite historical quotes
of all time is Charleston Gaull. You know, the graveyard
(10:19):
is full of indispensable men. You know, with the same token.
I think some of these politicians think they're indispensable.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
And well, and and again Chris Walker joining US Republican consultant.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
It comes back to the voters. They keep sending them there,
but it's up to them.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
You know. That's why I go back to the Supreme
Court analogy. They know they can stay for life, but
you know they also know the makeup of the court
and the politics behind it. And if you're about to
have a brand new presidency, t you may want to
go now, or we can replace you with somebody that
views the Constitution the way you do. Otherwise, if you
hang on and get sick, they're going to replace you
(10:54):
with somebody that is anathetical to everything you believe. Well,
these senators and congress members, governors, they got to think
the same way because if something happens to them, we've
got key votes that have to be made right now.
Now the process will be the governor who happens to
be close to the president and a Republican will make
the temporary replacement choice. Then there'll be a special election.
(11:16):
I mean, we have the process, but it really is
up to them. And then there's a hubriousness, you know that.
The notion that you know, I have to stay on
the air till death because there's no one else who
can come on the radio and make sense of the
day with people is just it's very hubrious. And there's
got to be more people in all these states that
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would do a terrific job and give the voters to it.
It's going to take them doing it. And then part
of me just can't understand it. I mean, I'm plotting
everything to be done at seventy Why because I know
how long all my parents and grandparents have lived. I
want ten fifteen years alone with my wife, my children,
my grandchildren, and to do a little traveling. I don't
understand why they don't want that. They must all be
miserable in their marge. Nobody wants to come home. I
(12:00):
don't get well.
Speaker 6 (12:01):
I mean, you know, it's it's a seductive lifestyle. I mean,
if you go to Washington, you're not been there many times.
There's a it's nice to be courted.
Speaker 7 (12:10):
You know.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
You have lobbyists buying your dinner all the time. You
have you know, these endless retreats and corporate donor you
know efforts and party committee fundraisers and just that it's
all very you know, luxurious and and seductive. And so
you know, there's a reason why they want to keep
running because it's a very it's a very good life
(12:31):
and good.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Job that they have.
Speaker 6 (12:32):
And look, I don't I don't begrudge them for that,
but there is a point where perhaps.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
These jobs have become a little too comfortable.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
And a little too you know. Uh. Again, I've maintained,
you know, the pusive representatives and both are are completely
outside of what the Constitution found, you know, established them
to be. They're supposed to be part time legislatures and
have now become full time campaign jobs. And I just
I think that's not necessarily what was intended at the time.
(13:00):
And that's something that I think we should address as
a public because we get the Congress and the leaders
we deserve right now, and that's what we're getting.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
The final minute, who might and the President said he
has someone in mind. He works closely with the governor
of South Carolina. How much say will the president have
and who do you think the names that are being
kicked around are.
Speaker 6 (13:20):
Oh goodness, you know Henry McMaster, the governor of South Carolina,
was one of the first people to endorse President Trump
early in twenty fifteen, so he and President Trump go
way way back. So I'd imagine President Trump will have
his voice on this matter, will be of a particular
interest to Government Master. What's interesting is is that South Carolina.
(13:43):
The other senators Tim Scott was appointed by Nikki Haley,
so we might have two senators that have entered the
Senate from appointment by the governor. And what we know
about South Carolina, they say for a long time when
the strom Thurnman was there for songs before them. You know,
once you're in the Senate in South Carolina, there for
for life as much as you want it. So I
would I would. The President I think was right to
(14:06):
say I want to wait and put a name out there,
just like just think about Lindsay right now, and I
think that's he was right to do that. You know,
there's a couple members of Congress that are probably kind
of you know, calling quietly at the White House today
saying hey, I would love to be on your list.
The President, I think, will make his decision and then
you know, we'll go from there. But the governor, it
(14:28):
is ultimately the governor's decision. But I think the governor
will take a lot of the leads from the press
on this one.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Well, I know you shared one of your favorite anecdotal
moments with Lindsay Graham. I'll share mine his defense of
now Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh in Sounds of the Day
coming up in twenty minutes. Thanks for helping us, remember
Lindsey Graham this morning, Chris Walker, all things Republican. We'll
talk next week or sooner if conditions warned.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Thank you, Bob, I'd be good week.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
You got it.
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Today, this is your Morning Show with Michael del oh.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
No flags are flying at half staff at the White
House and on Capitol Hill. Find the death of Senator
Lindsay Graham. US forces are carrying out new strikes on
Iranian military assets, and Mitch McConnell has surfaced to release
the statement following rumors of serious health issues surrounding the
eighty four year old he had fallen, went to the hospital,
had a mild case of pneumonia, recovered and is now
(16:22):
in rehabit. Actor Sam Neil, known for playing doctor Allen
Grant in Jurassic Park franchise, has died at the age
of seventy eight. And a huge week in sports ahead
starts with the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby tonight,
All Star Game tomorrow night. Then we got the semi
Finals in World Cup Soccer starting tomorrow at two on
Fox and again Wednesday at two on Fox, and then
the Open from England starts on Thursday. Can't have your
(16:44):
morning show without your voice.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
Mary. There's something about Mary. Good morning, Michael.
Speaker 9 (16:50):
So I'm thinking about my late brother Jim, and the
late great Tim Russert and now Lindsey Graham. So if
you're a man, and you you are someone who does
a lot of transatlantic flying, like the three of those
gentlemen did, you might want to always be in close
contact with your cardiologist. And maybe you can ask doctor
(17:12):
Galotti about this.
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Speaker 10 (17:22):
I'm wondering if anybody can tell me why I care
what Valerie burt Nelly has to like other people living
their lives to be like, Oh my god, I wonder
what Valerie had to say today.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
The proper response to.
Speaker 10 (17:35):
Her and all the other people like her is I'm sorry,
Why should I care?
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (17:40):
Amen?
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Or the teachable moment, Let your first thought be love,
and then if you can't achieve that, say nothing at all.
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Jeffrey Read. Keeping an eye on the sounds and ears
on the sounds and eyes on the stories. They A
lot of people probably would have expected Mitch McConnell to
be the US Senator that passed away, and it turned
out shockingly to be krit Lindsay Graham. The autopsy revealed
aortic tear or aortic dissection, probably due to cardiovascular disease,
(18:53):
may have also been influenced by high blood pressure. The
fact that he had just returned from Ukraine and just
hung up the phone with the present. You know a
lot of people with conspiracy theories, but it turns out
aortic dissection was the cause of death. Meanwhile, Kentucky Center
Mitch McConnell has released a statement. He fell, went to
the hospital, got a mild case of pneumonia, recovered, then
(19:16):
went to rehab for the fall. This is very common
for eighty four year olds, and then after rehab they
either go home, go to an assisted living or to
a nursing home, or in the case of Mitch McConnell,
the presumption is he'll return to the United States Senate,
and if death sappened in threes, we got our second.
Sam Neil, known for playing doctor Alan Grant in Jurassic
(19:37):
Park franchise. Now he had a blood cancer that was
apparently in remission in April, and so this is somewhat
surprising and sudden, and the family asks for our privacy
and our prayer. Seventy eight years old, Sam Neil is gone.
And I keep mentioning, I mean, this is as big
of a week in sports you can get in July,
(19:58):
starting with the home run Derby tonight, which for me
is kind of more fun to watch than the actual
All Star Game anymore. But you have the home run
Derby tonight from Philadelphia, the All Star Game tomorrow night,
and you got the semi finals in FIFA World Cup Soccer.
I think I think the four best have made their
way to the semi finals, France and Spain, although I
(20:18):
do like France to win that one pretty easy. England
and Argentina will be a very interesting one on Wednesday,
but you have the semi finals of the World Cup Soccer,
and then Thursday the Open from England starts. The one
hundred and fifty fourth Open Championship taking place at Royal
Birkdale Golf Club in England. So busy week of sports
ahead as well. All right, sounds of the daytime and
(20:40):
you're a fresh person.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
I think that's this is.
Speaker 11 (20:44):
Mused to call Joe Biden a mentally retarded person.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Okay, let's start to call me king. Now do you
believe no, King? I'm such a king.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
I can't get a bowl Rover group.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
It is one of the side notes when Lindsey Graham,
and I could have chosen this one because the left
is using it a lot on social media. But Lindsay
Graham was very direct in opposing Donald Trump when Lindsey
Graham ran for president, viciously, I might add. And yet
(21:17):
at some point these two became very very good friends.
The President remembering Lindsey Graham on Meet the Press.
Speaker 12 (21:23):
Yesterday tired, he said, I'm tired because it's a long trip.
But other than that, he was he was fine. And
he called me. I guess just moments before because he
called me like at six thirty or something, and the uh,
the medical people got there a little bit later, right
right after that. What a what a terrible loss it is.
(21:45):
He's a great politician. He was a natural the very
few of them. He was a natural politician, get along
with everybody when he didn't. He was very tough. You know,
he's tough cookie too, but he got a get along
with everybody.
Speaker 10 (21:59):
Yeah, he had my harsh words about you ten years
ago when you were running against h.
Speaker 12 (22:03):
Well, he ran against.
Speaker 13 (22:04):
Me, and he was, you know, formidable.
Speaker 12 (22:06):
He was tough. He was tough and smart. And that's
why I got to know him in the campaign. I
didn't know him before that, and I spoke to him
maybe once in my life before then, but I got
to know him. He was one of the seventeen people
that ran against me, and he was, you know, a
smart guy. And it was a nasty campaign. He was
(22:27):
tough and nasty, but I was nasty too, and they
worked out fine, and I got to know him by
little drips and grabs, and then we became friendly. And
there was no better advocate. He was a fantastic advocate.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
In that's the president. I'd say, it's saying it was
like losing a member of the family. Very high praise.
And yes, they had a really rough and tumble beginning.
This is the clip for Meet the Press.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
This is always awkward because this is the president's friend,
this is a US senator, you know, and a quickly
I mean, with all due respect, she's got to ask
the questions too. There are key votes as early as today,
you know. And what's the process. Well, we know that
the governor of South Carolina will appoint a temporary replacement.
(23:14):
We presume that could be very much determined by the President,
who's very close with the governor there. He's one of
the President's st just supporters, and then eventually a special election.
But that question was asked to the President. Here's his response.
Speaker 7 (23:28):
I know it's only ours, but is there someone you
think he should appoint?
Speaker 6 (23:32):
Us?
Speaker 7 (23:32):
There someone you think he will.
Speaker 13 (23:33):
I have somebody that I think would be great, but
I don't want to say it now because it just,
you know, it too soon with Lindsey, I don't want
to even talk about anybody. But I do have somebody
that I think is really good. The governor is a
good friend of mine. I've endorsed him, you know. I
endorsed him early on, and he endorsed me right from
the beginning, as a person that never did this before.
(23:55):
In twenty sixteen, he came out and very strongly endorsed me,
and then I I made up for it. I removed
somebody from office that I didn't think was so good,
moved her over to the United Nations. Ninety percent of
that my doing that because the United Nations Jeb was
not exactly tough. Yeah, it could be very important, but
you know she was okay at it.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
But I did it.
Speaker 13 (24:17):
Because Henry McMaster was a lieutenant governor, and by moving her, I.
Speaker 12 (24:22):
Got myself a great really a great guy.
Speaker 13 (24:25):
Henry McMaster has been a really good governor.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
The obvious assumption is a present's going to have a
great say and who replaces Lindsey Graham? And there is
a time, an appropriate time, or maybe even a behind
the scenes time for that to take place. This is
interesting because they served the same state and he's very beloved.
Tim Scott remembered how Lindsey Graham was committed to the
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people that he loved, and here's how he remembered him
on Meet the Press.
Speaker 14 (24:54):
Thank you, Christin, thank you for having me, and thank
you for extending your condolencens not just to me, but
this entire state has lost a statesman.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
I have lost a friend.
Speaker 7 (25:05):
Well, we appreciate your joining us to talk about the
senator's life, what he accomplished, what he leaves behind. How
do you see the legacy of Senator Lindsay Graham.
Speaker 6 (25:17):
Of Chris.
Speaker 14 (25:18):
I think it really reminds me of where he started.
Here's a guy raised in the back of a bar.
He's nineteen years old at the University of South Carolina.
Within fifteen months, his mother dies and his father has
a massive heart attack and he passes as well. Lindsay
adopts his thirteen year old sister and becomes a surrogate
(25:39):
father to his sister. That pain and misery led him
into public service, and he started public service because he
wanted to make sure that no one felt invisible, that
the people who needed the help, that the government was
there to help those who could.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Not help those themselves, not.
Speaker 14 (25:56):
Those who would not help themselves, but those who could
not help themselves. Through tom of course, he was in
the Air Force and then the Air National Guard. He
spent his life in public service because he loved America
and felt like his story was not possible anywhere else.
And the one thing I can tell you about losing
my friend Lindsey is I'm losing someone who understands that
(26:21):
we serve in public office for our bosses, the people
of South Carolina, and every single senator.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
We don't lead the people. We should serve the people.
Speaker 14 (26:32):
And Lindsey Graham reminds me of that every single day.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Again, you expect that.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
You know, when a prominent Republican dies, the Republicans pay tribute.
The Democrats usually are silent, you know, or the the
out of control internet crowd is ugly, but that's been
a consensus on the right. There's been some ugliness on
the right too, but by and large, just a really
(26:59):
color man who was very loyal for me. I think
this is two minutes that pretty much embody how I
choose to remember Lindsey Graham, and that was the Kavanaugh
confirmation hearings.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
This was pretty memorable and famous.
Speaker 15 (27:17):
If you wanted an FBI investigation, you could have come
to us.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
What you want to.
Speaker 15 (27:22):
Do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open,
and hope you went in twenty twenty. You've said that,
not me. You've got nothing to apologize for. When you
see Soda Maron Kagan, tell him that Lindsay said, oh,
because I voted for them, I would never do to
them what you've done to this guy. This is the
(27:44):
most unethical sham since I've been in politics. And if
you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as
hell wouldn't have done what you've done to this guy.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Are you a gang rapist?
Speaker 5 (27:59):
No?
Speaker 15 (28:03):
I cannot imagine what you and your family have gone through. Boy,
y'all want power. God, I hope you never get it.
I hope the American people can see through this cham
that you knew about it, and you held it. You
had no intention of protecting doctor for it none.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
She's as much of a victim as you are. God.
Speaker 15 (28:24):
I hate to say it because these have been my friends,
but let me tell you, when it comes to this,
you're looking for a fair process. You came to the
wrong town at the wrong time.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
My friend and I suspect when it comes to a
fair handling of his death, even some of the nonsense
we're hearing wouldn't have surprised Lindsey Grath, Right, all right,
all right, this is CNN.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
This is the news, and that's.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
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Speaker 4 (28:53):
I'm a big, good Democratic. This is like a gold storm.
Speaker 14 (28:57):
She should have a government that just mindset's own damns
and believes people.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
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President Trump says Leonard Lindsey Graham was like a member
of the family to him.
Speaker 16 (30:33):
Trump mourned the death of Graham on NBC's Meet the Price,
which the South Carolina Republican had been scheduled to appear
on Sunday morning.
Speaker 13 (30:40):
He's a tough one to lose. It was great. It
was unique in every way. Actually.
Speaker 16 (30:46):
The President also said he spoke to the seventy one
year old Graham just hours before his passing, saying other
than being tired, he was fine. Graham's communications director said
in a post on x that the DC Medical Examiner
said Graham died from a wordic dissection. The South Carolina
Republican was one of President Trump's closest allies in Congress.
Grant was chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and were
seeking his fifth.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
Term in office In November. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
US Ambassador of the United Nations Mike Waltz says the
ceasefire between the US and Iran has broken down.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
Scott Carr has more from Washington.
Speaker 5 (31:17):
The ambassador told ABC's This Week Iran is not living
up to the memorandum of understanding and that all options
are back on the table.
Speaker 11 (31:24):
Regardless of whether your party to some conflict, you cannot
start shooting in all directions, attacking your neighbors, attacking civilian shipping,
civilian infrastructure, throwing mines and international waterways.
Speaker 5 (31:38):
Waltz accuses Tehran and repeatedly violating a ceasefire agreement. This
amid tension surrounding the Strait of Horror Moves. Ussncom insists
the strait remains open. Iran has said the strait is
closed until further notice. I'm Scott Carr in Washington.
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Jurassic Park in Hollywood, star actor Sam Neil has died
at seventy eight. Doctor Grimes.
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Speaker 16 (32:07):
The New Zealand Actors' family confirmed Monday that Neil died
in Sydney, Australia. Neil had been diagnosed with stage three
blood cancer, but was declared cancer free in April. The
family said his death was sudden and unexpected. While best
known for Jurassic Park, Neil appeared in films including Omen three,
The Final Conflict, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red, October,
The Piano, and many others.
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Homer on Derby is tonight for the Major League All
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Well till that us due part, why is the American
wedding industry collapsing? Meanwhile, why can't recruiters find workers? And
why can't graduates find jobs? It's not all ais to blame.
National correspondent Roy O'Neil has who all's to blame?
Speaker 18 (34:10):
Good morning Roy? Hey there, Michael and Homer sang in
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Speaker 4 (34:14):
If be for that?
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Yes?
Speaker 18 (34:16):
But yeah, interesting op ed from a recent bride who said,
there's no way this is sustainable. You know, nineteen ninety
the average wedding cost about four thousand dollars. These day,
it's about twenty two five hundred dollars and can go
much much higher, thanks Taylor, But a lot.
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Of it says to a man with twin daughters, go ahead.
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A lot of couples are rethinking the math, going Look,
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Why are we dropping another twenty two grand so cousin
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Maybe let's do a destination thing.
Speaker 18 (34:56):
And then a lot of these weddings are happening outside
churches more than ever before too.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
Rory's Irish has a lot of uncles that a drunk. What
about the recruitment and why can't we find why can't
graduates find jobs? And by what they're studying, it.
Speaker 18 (35:13):
Does that we're not preparing the workforce of the future.
That instead we're graduating a lot of lawyers or starting lawyers,
and a lot of people who want to go into
finance jobs that are ripe to be taken over by AI.
But when you need a nurse, a doctor, a teacher, engineer, pharmacist.
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Mental health counselor.
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That's what we're going to be seeing a real demand for,
and we're not training enough people for that.
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And it's interesting.
Speaker 18 (35:42):
College educated people are going to move out of the workforce.
About eighteen million of them will retire in the next
seven years, but only fourteen million will enter the workforce.
So we're going to see a real gap there.
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So I'm not just older than you, wiser, of course,
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I remember thinking, gosh, I hope there's jobs for all
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Then I was golfing the other day, just to give
(36:16):
you an anecdotal example, with three engineers. One was electrical,
one was mechanical, and I was just fascinating.
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I brought that up.
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And of course AI has been an explosion for electrical
engineering and setting up these data centers and facilities, but yeah,
you got to kind of anticipate that. And then there's,
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know those those kinds of fields.
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And engineers still have all that extra time to get
out on the golf course.
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Not Rory, you'll have you got another story to cover tomorrow.
Great reporting today, as always, Rory. We'll talk again tomorrow.
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Grant Jurassic Park, dead at the age of seventy eight.
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All right, Lindsey Graham. We spend some time earlier this
morning going over all the members of the US Senate
who are either at life expectancy or past. Now, the
average life expectancy of a mail in the United State,
it's a seventy six and a half. So while I
believe Lindsay Graham was seventy one, there was no warning.
(03:06):
I understand he just got back that night from the Ukraine,
and that seems suspicious to everyone. But the autopsy has
revealed that he had an aortic earor due to cardiovascular disease.
This can be very very common. At seventy one. Most
you'll hear in our Sounds of the day, medical experts
a he most assuredly probably had high blood pressure to boot. So,
(03:31):
just like Mitch McConnell, people eighty four years old fall
and then they go to the hospital and then they
get pneumonia. Then they get released from the hospital and
they have to go to twenty days of rehab. From
there they go to assisted living, back home, to nursing facility,
or in the case of Mitch McConnell, the assumption is
they'll go back to the United States Senate bough.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
The conspiracy theories are everywhere, and.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
That's just the age of internet outrage that we live in.
But do we ever take the time to just acknowledge
a man death it's an inevitability for all of us,
and remember him properly. I hope we do that this segment.
Chris Walker is here at GOP analyst and consultant Lindsey Graham,
(04:15):
very outspoken United States Senator. I think the one thing
that comes to two things that come to my mind
won the Kavanaugh defense, which will play in the sounds
of the day.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
The other is how the president and he did not
get along at all. Lindsay was really tough on Trump
running against him as a presidential candidate, but they appeared
to have become very very close friends. How do we
properly remember Lindsey Graham? Good morning, Michael.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
I think one thing to remember Lindsey Graham by is
a sense of humor. You know, I was Ben Sass.
You know Ben's We're gonna lose Ben Sassin too, which
is another uh you know, former senator who you know
left left in a delible mark. You know, he's done
the podcast it's called Not Dead Yet, which is hilarious.
But you know, Lindsey Graham was was a very you know, lighthearted,
(05:07):
you know, jovial person. Whenever Ben sassould have one of
his kids with him, Lindsay would uh uh, he'd go
to he'd act like he ignored his kid and would
talk to Bensass about something and then get startled and say, oh, hey,
I didn't see you there, Sorry about yourself security, You're screwed.
Something like that where you're you know, you just have
a moment of levity and in such a you know,
(05:30):
a town and a in an institution like Congress, where
you know a sense of humor and you know, humor
of any kind is almost frowned upon. You know, I
was at church yesterday and our our rector was talking
about joy is the serious work of heaven, you know,
from from C. S. Lewis, And I think that's something
that Lindsay Graham actually took to his work day in
(05:52):
day out, was with the joy of of of doing
the work that he loved to do.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Obviously, coming he got home that night from Ukraine, very
important business meeting with Zelensky, who, by the way, Zelensky
and Yahoo have all paid tribute to him since his death.
But you know, in the President talked to him literally
minutes before he died. I guess that could lend itself
in the Internet world to suspicion. But the autopsy is
(06:19):
pretty clear aortic terror. Do you sense that will calm
all that craziness, I.
Speaker 6 (06:27):
Mean, as evidence of just the continuation of conspiracy curities
that have been clearly debunked. No, I don't think it
call them some people, but I think it should for most.
You know, look, I mean, seventy one becomes a like
he health issues start to arise and and nobody beats
father time. So in some regards that you know, I
(06:49):
hate to have that that feeling of it, but you know.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
That's just that's the way the way the world was.
Speaker 6 (06:55):
I thought you said it, well, like this is all
something we deal with in our own lives. We're we
all have an exploration day. It's just a matter of when.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Well, I mean for the internet, Mitch McConnell. Mitch mcconnald's
dead and they're hiding him. Now, those same people didn't
see any problem with Joe Biden being hidden or cognitively declined.
And it's just shirts and skins, partisan politics over human love, compassion,
or just being silent when you don't know. But I mean,
as somebody with parents that age, my mom fell one time.
(07:25):
We went to the hospital. They gave her a pneumonia,
then we went to rehab. Then she went back to
her apartment. She fell again. We went to the hospital,
they gave her another infection. We got over that, went
to rehab, then we went to assisted living. She felt
three days later, and from there, after rehab, we went
to a nursing.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
I mean, this is a pattern.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
And Mitch mcconnald's no different than any four just because
he's a senator. I mean they're easy explanations. Even you know,
I think of I think of Graham is dying young
seventy one. Of course I'm sixty one, you know, but
the reality is it's only five years under life expectancy.
(08:02):
And then I go through this list longer than the
Kentucky Derby of all the members in the United States
Senate that are either at or past life expectancy. Marsha Blackburn,
she's only she'll turn seventy five, so so she's only
six years under life expectancy. And then she and she
feels need to come home and run for governor. I mean,
(08:23):
she would finish her term after life expectancy. I mean,
and then we all want to find conspiracy theories. I mean,
at some point should we address age in service because
they're all going to scramble over the power. But like
they do with the Supreme Court justices, but when you're
that old, you're going to die, and then there's key
votes to be had. And look, I mean we've seen it.
Speaker 6 (08:48):
It's not just you know, it's not just Lindsey Grahmm
or Marsha Blackburn or you know, you just you see
that Chuck Grassley and all that. I mean, look, I
don't want.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
To call names out.
Speaker 6 (09:00):
I'm a year old to get out, but there is
something to be said for new, new ideas coming through.
This is why voters are trying to kick out people
who have been in politics too long. I mean, there's
a sense of stagnation, and you know, just kind of
I liken it to you know, Hoover in Animal House.
(09:20):
You know, the Delta House has a long history of
existence to itself.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
And its members.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
You know, like that's almost what we have in politics.
It's just we have an existence problem where hey, I've
been in office since nineteen eighty four. Well that's not
necessarily a superlative when it comes to you know, the
population of large. Like, we have ideas, we have we
have thoughts, and what we're seeing is a continuation of
the status quo, which is exactly why people are voting
(09:45):
for new people. So I think there is something to
be said for thinking about the age issue. But I mean,
you know, look at President Trump. I mean there's you know,
there's there's vigor there. But you know, Ronald Reagan was
you know, into the Cold War.
Speaker 4 (09:57):
In his seventies.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
So I mean it's not necessarily a strict age issue.
So I'm just loath to say, no, you can't run
for something after sixty five. But you know, at the
same token, you know, something should be taken into account
for the idea that, hey, there's a whole new generation
that comes up. And one of my favorite historical quotes
of all time is Charleston Gaull. You know, the graveyard
(10:19):
is full of indispensable men. You know, with the same token.
I think some of these politicians think they're indispensable.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
And well, and and again Chris Walker joining US Republican consultant.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
It comes back to the voters. They keep sending them there,
but it's up to them.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
You know. That's why I go back to the Supreme
Court analogy. They know they can stay for life, but
you know they also know the makeup of the court
and the politics behind it. And if you're about to
have a brand new presidency, t you may want to
go now, or we can replace you with somebody that
views the Constitution the way you do. Otherwise, if you
hang on and get sick, they're going to replace you
(10:54):
with somebody that is anathetical to everything you believe. Well,
these senators and congress members, governors, they got to think
the same way because if something happens to them, we've
got key votes that have to be made right now.
Now the process will be the governor who happens to
be close to the president and a Republican will make
the temporary replacement choice. Then there'll be a special election.
(11:16):
I mean, we have the process, but it really is
up to them. And then there's a hubriousness, you know that.
The notion that you know, I have to stay on
the air till death because there's no one else who
can come on the radio and make sense of the
day with people is just it's very hubrious. And there's
got to be more people in all these states that
(11:37):
would do a terrific job and give the voters to it.
It's going to take them doing it. And then part
of me just can't understand it. I mean, I'm plotting
everything to be done at seventy Why because I know
how long all my parents and grandparents have lived. I
want ten fifteen years alone with my wife, my children,
my grandchildren, and to do a little traveling. I don't
understand why they don't want that. They must all be
miserable in their marge. Nobody wants to come home. I
(12:00):
don't get well.
Speaker 6 (12:01):
I mean, you know, it's it's a seductive lifestyle. I mean,
if you go to Washington, you're not been there many times.
There's a it's nice to be courted.
Speaker 7 (12:10):
You know.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
You have lobbyists buying your dinner all the time. You
have you know, these endless retreats and corporate donor you
know efforts and party committee fundraisers and just that it's
all very you know, luxurious and and seductive. And so
you know, there's a reason why they want to keep
running because it's a very it's a very good life
(12:31):
and good.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Job that they have.
Speaker 6 (12:32):
And look, I don't I don't begrudge them for that,
but there is a point where perhaps.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
These jobs have become a little too comfortable.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
And a little too you know. Uh. Again, I've maintained,
you know, the pusive representatives and both are are completely
outside of what the Constitution found, you know, established them
to be. They're supposed to be part time legislatures and
have now become full time campaign jobs. And I just
I think that's not necessarily what was intended at the time.
(13:00):
And that's something that I think we should address as
a public because we get the Congress and the leaders
we deserve right now, and that's what we're getting.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
The final minute, who might and the President said he
has someone in mind. He works closely with the governor
of South Carolina. How much say will the president have
and who do you think the names that are being
kicked around are.
Speaker 6 (13:20):
Oh goodness, you know Henry McMaster, the governor of South Carolina,
was one of the first people to endorse President Trump
early in twenty fifteen, so he and President Trump go
way way back. So I'd imagine President Trump will have
his voice on this matter, will be of a particular
interest to Government Master. What's interesting is is that South Carolina.
(13:43):
The other senators Tim Scott was appointed by Nikki Haley,
so we might have two senators that have entered the
Senate from appointment by the governor. And what we know
about South Carolina, they say for a long time when
the strom Thurnman was there for songs before them. You know,
once you're in the Senate in South Carolina, there for
for life as much as you want it. So I
would I would. The President I think was right to
(14:06):
say I want to wait and put a name out there,
just like just think about Lindsay right now, and I
think that's he was right to do that. You know,
there's a couple members of Congress that are probably kind
of you know, calling quietly at the White House today
saying hey, I would love to be on your list.
The President, I think, will make his decision and then
you know, we'll go from there. But the governor, it
(14:28):
is ultimately the governor's decision. But I think the governor
will take a lot of the leads from the press
on this one.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Well, I know you shared one of your favorite anecdotal
moments with Lindsay Graham. I'll share mine his defense of
now Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh in Sounds of the Day
coming up in twenty minutes. Thanks for helping us, remember
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Today, this is your Morning Show with Michael del oh.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
No flags are flying at half staff at the White
House and on Capitol Hill. Find the death of Senator
Lindsay Graham. US forces are carrying out new strikes on
Iranian military assets, and Mitch McConnell has surfaced to release
the statement following rumors of serious health issues surrounding the
eighty four year old he had fallen, went to the hospital,
had a mild case of pneumonia, recovered and is now
(16:22):
in rehabit. Actor Sam Neil, known for playing doctor Allen
Grant in Jurassic Park franchise, has died at the age
of seventy eight. And a huge week in sports ahead
starts with the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby tonight,
All Star Game tomorrow night. Then we got the semi
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(16:44):
morning show without your voice.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
Mary. There's something about Mary. Good morning, Michael.
Speaker 9 (16:50):
So I'm thinking about my late brother Jim, and the
late great Tim Russert and now Lindsey Graham. So if
you're a man, and you you are someone who does
a lot of transatlantic flying, like the three of those
gentlemen did, you might want to always be in close
contact with your cardiologist. And maybe you can ask doctor
(17:12):
Galotti about this.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
On Friday, Adams in Minnesota listening to the Twin Cities
Nute Talk eleven thirty one oh three point five. Hey,
good morning, Michael.
Speaker 10 (17:22):
I'm wondering if anybody can tell me why I care
what Valerie burt Nelly has to like other people living
their lives to be like, Oh my god, I wonder
what Valerie had to say today.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
The proper response to.
Speaker 10 (17:35):
Her and all the other people like her is I'm sorry,
Why should I care?
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (17:40):
Amen?
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Or the teachable moment, Let your first thought be love,
and then if you can't achieve that, say nothing at all.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
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This is your Morning Show. I'm Michael honored to serve you.
Jeffrey Read. Keeping an eye on the sounds and ears
on the sounds and eyes on the stories. They A
lot of people probably would have expected Mitch McConnell to
be the US Senator that passed away, and it turned
out shockingly to be krit Lindsay Graham. The autopsy revealed
aortic tear or aortic dissection, probably due to cardiovascular disease,
(18:53):
may have also been influenced by high blood pressure. The
fact that he had just returned from Ukraine and just
hung up the phone with the present. You know a
lot of people with conspiracy theories, but it turns out
aortic dissection was the cause of death. Meanwhile, Kentucky Center
Mitch McConnell has released a statement. He fell, went to
the hospital, got a mild case of pneumonia, recovered, then
(19:16):
went to rehab for the fall. This is very common
for eighty four year olds, and then after rehab they
either go home, go to an assisted living or to
a nursing home, or in the case of Mitch McConnell,
the presumption is he'll return to the United States Senate,
and if death sappened in threes, we got our second.
Sam Neil, known for playing doctor Alan Grant in Jurassic
(19:37):
Park franchise. Now he had a blood cancer that was
apparently in remission in April, and so this is somewhat
surprising and sudden, and the family asks for our privacy
and our prayer. Seventy eight years old, Sam Neil is gone.
And I keep mentioning, I mean, this is as big
of a week in sports you can get in July,
(19:58):
starting with the home run Derby tonight, which for me
is kind of more fun to watch than the actual
All Star Game anymore. But you have the home run
Derby tonight from Philadelphia, the All Star Game tomorrow night,
and you got the semi finals in FIFA World Cup Soccer.
I think I think the four best have made their
way to the semi finals, France and Spain, although I
(20:18):
do like France to win that one pretty easy. England
and Argentina will be a very interesting one on Wednesday,
but you have the semi finals of the World Cup Soccer,
and then Thursday the Open from England starts. The one
hundred and fifty fourth Open Championship taking place at Royal
Birkdale Golf Club in England. So busy week of sports
ahead as well. All right, sounds of the daytime and
(20:40):
you're a fresh person.
Speaker 4 (20:41):
I think that's this is.
Speaker 11 (20:44):
Mused to call Joe Biden a mentally retarded person.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Okay, let's start to call me king. Now do you
believe no, King? I'm such a king.
Speaker 4 (20:53):
I can't get a bowl Rover group.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
It is one of the side notes when Lindsey Graham,
and I could have chosen this one because the left
is using it a lot on social media. But Lindsay
Graham was very direct in opposing Donald Trump when Lindsey
Graham ran for president, viciously, I might add. And yet
(21:17):
at some point these two became very very good friends.
The President remembering Lindsey Graham on Meet the Press.
Speaker 12 (21:23):
Yesterday tired, he said, I'm tired because it's a long trip.
But other than that, he was he was fine. And
he called me. I guess just moments before because he
called me like at six thirty or something, and the uh,
the medical people got there a little bit later, right
right after that. What a what a terrible loss it is.
(21:45):
He's a great politician. He was a natural the very
few of them. He was a natural politician, get along
with everybody when he didn't. He was very tough. You know,
he's tough cookie too, but he got a get along
with everybody.
Speaker 10 (21:59):
Yeah, he had my harsh words about you ten years
ago when you were running against h.
Speaker 12 (22:03):
Well, he ran against.
Speaker 13 (22:04):
Me, and he was, you know, formidable.
Speaker 12 (22:06):
He was tough. He was tough and smart. And that's
why I got to know him in the campaign. I
didn't know him before that, and I spoke to him
maybe once in my life before then, but I got
to know him. He was one of the seventeen people
that ran against me, and he was, you know, a
smart guy. And it was a nasty campaign. He was
(22:27):
tough and nasty, but I was nasty too, and they
worked out fine, and I got to know him by
little drips and grabs, and then we became friendly. And
there was no better advocate. He was a fantastic advocate.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
In that's the president. I'd say, it's saying it was
like losing a member of the family. Very high praise.
And yes, they had a really rough and tumble beginning.
This is the clip for Meet the Press.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
This is always awkward because this is the president's friend,
this is a US senator, you know, and a quickly
I mean, with all due respect, she's got to ask
the questions too. There are key votes as early as today,
you know. And what's the process. Well, we know that
the governor of South Carolina will appoint a temporary replacement.
(23:14):
We presume that could be very much determined by the President,
who's very close with the governor there. He's one of
the President's st just supporters, and then eventually a special election.
But that question was asked to the President. Here's his response.
Speaker 7 (23:28):
I know it's only ours, but is there someone you
think he should appoint?
Speaker 6 (23:32):
Us?
Speaker 7 (23:32):
There someone you think he will.
Speaker 13 (23:33):
I have somebody that I think would be great, but
I don't want to say it now because it just,
you know, it too soon with Lindsey, I don't want
to even talk about anybody. But I do have somebody
that I think is really good. The governor is a
good friend of mine. I've endorsed him, you know. I
endorsed him early on, and he endorsed me right from
the beginning, as a person that never did this before.
(23:55):
In twenty sixteen, he came out and very strongly endorsed me,
and then I I made up for it. I removed
somebody from office that I didn't think was so good,
moved her over to the United Nations. Ninety percent of
that my doing that because the United Nations Jeb was
not exactly tough. Yeah, it could be very important, but
you know she was okay at it.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
But I did it.
Speaker 13 (24:17):
Because Henry McMaster was a lieutenant governor, and by moving her, I.
Speaker 12 (24:22):
Got myself a great really a great guy.
Speaker 13 (24:25):
Henry McMaster has been a really good governor.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
The obvious assumption is a present's going to have a
great say and who replaces Lindsey Graham? And there is
a time, an appropriate time, or maybe even a behind
the scenes time for that to take place. This is
interesting because they served the same state and he's very beloved.
Tim Scott remembered how Lindsey Graham was committed to the
(24:51):
people that he loved, and here's how he remembered him
on Meet the Press.
Speaker 14 (24:54):
Thank you, Christin, thank you for having me, and thank
you for extending your condolencens not just to me, but
this entire state has lost a statesman.
Speaker 4 (25:03):
I have lost a friend.
Speaker 7 (25:05):
Well, we appreciate your joining us to talk about the
senator's life, what he accomplished, what he leaves behind. How
do you see the legacy of Senator Lindsay Graham.
Speaker 6 (25:17):
Of Chris.
Speaker 14 (25:18):
I think it really reminds me of where he started.
Here's a guy raised in the back of a bar.
He's nineteen years old at the University of South Carolina.
Within fifteen months, his mother dies and his father has
a massive heart attack and he passes as well. Lindsay
adopts his thirteen year old sister and becomes a surrogate
(25:39):
father to his sister. That pain and misery led him
into public service, and he started public service because he
wanted to make sure that no one felt invisible, that
the people who needed the help, that the government was
there to help those who could.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
Not help those themselves, not.
Speaker 14 (25:56):
Those who would not help themselves, but those who could
not help themselves. Through tom of course, he was in
the Air Force and then the Air National Guard. He
spent his life in public service because he loved America
and felt like his story was not possible anywhere else.
And the one thing I can tell you about losing
my friend Lindsey is I'm losing someone who understands that
(26:21):
we serve in public office for our bosses, the people
of South Carolina, and every single senator.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
We don't lead the people. We should serve the people.
Speaker 14 (26:32):
And Lindsey Graham reminds me of that every single day.
Speaker 4 (26:36):
Again, you expect that.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
You know, when a prominent Republican dies, the Republicans pay tribute.
The Democrats usually are silent, you know, or the the
out of control internet crowd is ugly, but that's been
a consensus on the right. There's been some ugliness on
the right too, but by and large, just a really
(26:59):
color man who was very loyal for me. I think
this is two minutes that pretty much embody how I
choose to remember Lindsey Graham, and that was the Kavanaugh
confirmation hearings.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
This was pretty memorable and famous.
Speaker 15 (27:17):
If you wanted an FBI investigation, you could have come
to us.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
What you want to.
Speaker 15 (27:22):
Do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open,
and hope you went in twenty twenty. You've said that,
not me. You've got nothing to apologize for. When you
see Soda Maron Kagan, tell him that Lindsay said, oh,
because I voted for them, I would never do to
them what you've done to this guy. This is the
(27:44):
most unethical sham since I've been in politics. And if
you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as
hell wouldn't have done what you've done to this guy.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Are you a gang rapist?
Speaker 5 (27:59):
No?
Speaker 15 (28:03):
I cannot imagine what you and your family have gone through. Boy,
y'all want power. God, I hope you never get it.
I hope the American people can see through this cham
that you knew about it, and you held it. You
had no intention of protecting doctor for it none.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
She's as much of a victim as you are. God.
Speaker 15 (28:24):
I hate to say it because these have been my friends,
but let me tell you, when it comes to this,
you're looking for a fair process. You came to the
wrong town at the wrong time.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
My friend and I suspect when it comes to a
fair handling of his death, even some of the nonsense
we're hearing wouldn't have surprised Lindsey Grath, Right, all right,
all right, this is CNN.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
This is the news, and that's.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Why more people are watching the cartoon networks Stunge Robbery
runs right now.
Speaker 4 (28:53):
I'm a big, good Democratic. This is like a gold storm.
Speaker 14 (28:57):
She should have a government that just mindset's own damns
and believes people.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Yeah, that's your sounds of the day for this Monday,
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It's Your Morning Show with Michael del Charno.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
President Trump says Leonard Lindsey Graham was like a member
of the family to him.
Speaker 16 (30:33):
Trump mourned the death of Graham on NBC's Meet the Price,
which the South Carolina Republican had been scheduled to appear
on Sunday morning.
Speaker 13 (30:40):
He's a tough one to lose. It was great. It
was unique in every way. Actually.
Speaker 16 (30:46):
The President also said he spoke to the seventy one
year old Graham just hours before his passing, saying other
than being tired, he was fine. Graham's communications director said
in a post on x that the DC Medical Examiner
said Graham died from a wordic dissection. The South Carolina
Republican was one of President Trump's closest allies in Congress.
Grant was chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and were
seeking his fifth.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
Term in office In November. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
US Ambassador of the United Nations Mike Waltz says the
ceasefire between the US and Iran has broken down.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
Scott Carr has more from Washington.
Speaker 5 (31:17):
The ambassador told ABC's This Week Iran is not living
up to the memorandum of understanding and that all options
are back on the table.
Speaker 11 (31:24):
Regardless of whether your party to some conflict, you cannot
start shooting in all directions, attacking your neighbors, attacking civilian shipping,
civilian infrastructure, throwing mines and international waterways.
Speaker 5 (31:38):
Waltz accuses Tehran and repeatedly violating a ceasefire agreement. This
amid tension surrounding the Strait of Horror Moves. Ussncom insists
the strait remains open. Iran has said the strait is
closed until further notice. I'm Scott Carr in Washington.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Jurassic Park in Hollywood, star actor Sam Neil has died
at seventy eight. Doctor Grimes.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
Don't decid. Welcome to Jurassic Buck.
Speaker 16 (32:07):
The New Zealand Actors' family confirmed Monday that Neil died
in Sydney, Australia. Neil had been diagnosed with stage three
blood cancer, but was declared cancer free in April. The
family said his death was sudden and unexpected. While best
known for Jurassic Park, Neil appeared in films including Omen three,
The Final Conflict, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red, October,
The Piano, and many others.
Speaker 4 (32:29):
I'm Mark Mayfield and.
Speaker 2 (32:30):
What is today? It's National Barbershop Music Appreciation Day.
Speaker 4 (32:36):
Goodbye my corn.
Speaker 17 (32:38):
It is tightly blended four part harmony mixed with Spiffy's
straw hats and striped shirts.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
It's hard not to have a good time.
Speaker 17 (32:45):
There's more than seventy thousand active singers worldwide, men and women.
Even Homer Simpson was in a quartet, so you know
it's cool. The craft dates back to the eighteen hundreds
in barber shops, and there are no statistics of people
hating it or loving it, so today we choose love.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
I think we were destermbinered earlier. I was a Baritona base.
Speaker 4 (33:09):
Which was it?
Speaker 2 (33:10):
You were a You were banked, you said bowser from Sean. Nah, Nah,
you sounded like bowser from Jean. That was a comment
about my biceps. Those not a very bowser birthdays to
Homer on Derby is tonight for the Major League All
Star Break and then the All Star Game tomorrow. All
eyes on Philadelphia Citizens Bank Park for both. That'll be
seven o'clock on Fox. Birthdays Today. Actor Harrison Ford is
(33:33):
eighty four years old, the voice of SpongeBob. Tom Kenny
is sixty four. Cheach from Cheech and Chong eighty. The
Wedding Album one of my favorites from Detroit, Michigan. Actor
Ken Young is fifty seven, and Captain Picard actor Patrick
Stewart is eighty six.
Speaker 4 (33:50):
If it's your birthday, Happy birthday, We're so glad you
were born.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Well till that us due part, why is the American
wedding industry collapsing? Meanwhile, why can't recruiters find workers? And
why can't graduates find jobs? It's not all ais to blame.
National correspondent Roy O'Neil has who all's to blame?
Speaker 18 (34:10):
Good morning Roy? Hey there, Michael and Homer sang in
the b sharps.
Speaker 4 (34:14):
If be for that?
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Yes?
Speaker 18 (34:16):
But yeah, interesting op ed from a recent bride who said,
there's no way this is sustainable. You know, nineteen ninety
the average wedding cost about four thousand dollars. These day,
it's about twenty two five hundred dollars and can go
much much higher, thanks Taylor, But a lot.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
Of it says to a man with twin daughters, go ahead.
Speaker 18 (34:37):
A lot of couples are rethinking the math, going Look,
housing prices are crazy, We've got all this college debt.
Why are we dropping another twenty two grand so cousin
Charlie can get drunk, And that's the big question. A
lot of these couples are asking and saying, it just
doesn't make financial sense anymore.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
Maybe let's do a destination thing.
Speaker 18 (34:56):
And then a lot of these weddings are happening outside
churches more than ever before too.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
Rory's Irish has a lot of uncles that a drunk. What
about the recruitment and why can't we find why can't
graduates find jobs? And by what they're studying, it.
Speaker 18 (35:13):
Does that we're not preparing the workforce of the future.
That instead we're graduating a lot of lawyers or starting lawyers,
and a lot of people who want to go into
finance jobs that are ripe to be taken over by AI.
But when you need a nurse, a doctor, a teacher, engineer, pharmacist.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Mental health counselor.
Speaker 18 (35:33):
That's what we're going to be seeing a real demand for,
and we're not training enough people for that.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
And it's interesting.
Speaker 18 (35:42):
College educated people are going to move out of the workforce.
About eighteen million of them will retire in the next
seven years, but only fourteen million will enter the workforce.
So we're going to see a real gap there.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
So I'm not just older than you, wiser, of course,
but you remember when we were younger. I mean, every
third person I talked to in college, their major was
some form of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, engineering engineering, and
I remember thinking, gosh, I hope there's jobs for all
these people. Seems like everybody's going to be an engineer.
Then I was golfing the other day, just to give
(36:16):
you an anecdotal example, with three engineers. One was electrical,
one was mechanical, and I was just fascinating.
Speaker 4 (36:22):
I brought that up.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
And of course AI has been an explosion for electrical
engineering and setting up these data centers and facilities, but yeah,
you got to kind of anticipate that. And then there's,
you know, just something to be said for people that
can repair an air conditioner, a plumber, an electrician, you
know those those kinds of fields.
Speaker 18 (36:40):
And engineers still have all that extra time to get
out on the golf course.
Speaker 2 (36:45):
Not Rory, you'll have you got another story to cover tomorrow.
Great reporting today, as always, Rory. We'll talk again tomorrow.
All right, one chance to live. This Monday, July the thirteenth,
twenty twenty six, we spent a lot of time having
a teacher a moment about some of the nonsense on
the internet, whether it's conspiracy theories or just classless hate.
(37:08):
We have the opportunity to be a different example. So look,
this day will never happen again. Go make a difference
in someone's life. Let your first thought be love, and
if you can't find love, let your second thoughts be
say nothing at all. But go make a difference in
someone's life and cherish your own. We'll see it tomorrow morning.
Speaker 8 (37:23):
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