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Well two three, starting your morning off right, A new
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Speaker 1 (00:34):
This is your morning show with Michael Dell Chuno. I
was just proving off the air how fragile life is.
Imagine had Steve Miller made it fly like a beagle, Yes,
just would not have been the same, would it have been?
It really would not have been the same. But we've
got a chuckle out of it. And that's why he's
Steve Miller and this is you a morning show. I
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am Michael Del Jorno on the Aaron streaming live on
your iHeartRadio app. And welcome to Monday, September, thirtieth year
of our Lord twenty twenty four. Listen, it's one of
those days where, at no point in whatever we are
talking about, and we will talk about some things that
aren't storm damage related, there's never a moment our hearts
and minds aren't not all those suffering. More than ninety
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people are now dead as a result of Hurricane Helene.
Millions still without power. Damage is estimated between between fifteen
and one hundred billion. This is not, and I told
you so, a moment, but it's a reflection moment. We
early in the week last week, we're talking about Helene
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and visiting with some of our reporters that were in
Florida and covering it, and you know, the golf waters.
There's gonna be a lot of talk today about global
warming because FEMA kept pressing it over the weekend. The
golf waters have always been warm, they have always been
fueled to hurricane hurricanes like Camille, hurricanes like Betsy, hurricanes
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like Katrina. So you know, that's a side conversation, partisan
conversation for another day. I'm not going there personally, But
we talked about this storm and how quickly it would build,
and again, what is a storm when you're dealing with
hurricanes other than a size two hundred and sixty miles
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across the definition and the strength the storm surge, and
then the trajectory, and this one always looked so harmless,
almost from a distance, but knowing the trajectory and knowing
the warm golf waters. It was about three days before
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landfall where I started having conversations about this particular hurricane,
because of its trajectory, is going to be a storm
surge issue for outside of Tallahassee. Unsurvivable twenty foot storm surge,
but the trajectory and how quick it'll be in Atlanta
and where it will settle. Do you know this weekend
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in Nashville, we just had rain all weekend and if
you looked at the radar, it was fascinating. It was
what was left to fallen and it was still circulating,
just churning over top of us. Yeah, circle after circle
after circle. And so we were saying and Wednesday, yeah,
it's going to be a storm surge story in Tennessee.
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But this is a flooding and loss of power weather
event as it moves north. And that's exactly how it
played out. And I remember thinking on Thursday, this could
shock everybody, because A it's a storm of this magnitude
and b in this level of inflation. No, I'm not
going to make it political, but the estimates of what
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this storm could cost, even compared to a Katrina, which
was a far bigger hurricane, anywhere from fifteen to over
one hundred billion dollars. Now, money is money, and who cares, right,
compared to human life. Ninety one people are now dead,
but they're still near a thousand unaccounted for. Too much
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to even contemplate right takes your broad away where this
death toll could go. In a statement on Sunday, the
White House said Biden tends to travel to the impacted
areas this week. He'll do so when it's not disruptive
for the emergency operations. He also spoke on the phone
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with Georgia and North Carolina governors, as well as additional
officials from North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina. Just
absolute devastation. Course, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone.
Whenever we have a situation like this, it's always difficult
to try to figure out how to make a difference.
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I want to do the cheapest first. God is near
to the broken hearted. There are many scriptures in as
much as you've done this to the very least of these,
you've done it under me. I believe in every one
of us there is this built in need to do something,
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and you're not going to feel better until you do so.
Then it becomes a matter of how. For some of you,
who are very gifted and skilled, it might make sense
to go. For most, it's to stay out of the way,
allow the professionals and give of our resources and our money.
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And then that becomes a whole other conversation of charitable
assessment and who you trust. Everybody seems to have one
that they have vetted and they trust the most. Look,
my encouragement is that you just do something because you
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were made to care for those that are hurting. This
is one of those moments where you do it because
it could have been you and it is them, because
it may be you next time. And I can tell
you of all the things, and you would talk about
what Salvation Army will be the ones that come to
the mind, Red Cross Salvation Army, you know, stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Care a friend of mine who is left with a
brigade of folks from Dixon Tennessee. And this is what
they do. They don't ask, they don't wait. Yeah, they
gather supplies and they are there in North Carolina. Got
there last night. I sent you a picture of it.
But they have made a camp in a playground where
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they have tied up their hammocks and they're just on
location to do whatever they can do.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yeah, and I remember after Katrina, and there's something to
be sensitive too, because you know, we would all look
at this and go, there's nothing compared to loss of life,
and there isn't say replaceable, but there is a death
in a sense, and you have to experience it to
really get it. No, you doesn't mean you worship material things,
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but when everything you have is suddenly gone, a lifetime
of your work or a lifetime of your memories, it
is a death. And you may not realize this, but
it is something you must go through a grieving process
over and it is very important how those people are handled.
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I can't even remember the denomination, Jeff, but it was
some and I come from the Christendom where I feel
like I know every denomination. This particular denomination did not
ring a bell with me, nor do I know it
to this day. But they were on the ground and
kenn Or Lewis Louisiana after Katrina, and now I got
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there two days later. Wasn't good, and Mom was living
with me. I brought her back to Oklahoma and then
we went back almost eight weeks later to deal. That's
when you could get in and start doing things. And
you know, in my dad's case, everything was gone. I mean,
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the slab looked like it was just laid clean, there
was nothing above the slab, whereas Mom's was just all
ruined and somebody had to help her empty it and
then got it for rebuild. And I don't know what
this denomination was that was going through all of Mom's
stuff with her. This is stuff that is you can't keep.
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It's all mold and wet, but it is hard to
let go of with your hands, picture album and everything
you can imagine, and how they did that and how
lovingly they did that, I was in awe of so again,
how to help? There are a million ways. Everybody has
the one that they trust the most, and so whenever
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I'm in this situation, I don't know what to say.
There's the American Red Cross, obviously Redcross dot org North
Carolina disaster Relief Fund has been set up by Governor
Cooper encouraging donations. You can get there by going to
nseed dot gov forward slash donate. There's also a way
to mail the Salvation Army of courses on the scene.
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They mobilize teams and feeding units, each of which is
capable of providing over fifteen hundred meals a day. This
is one of those moments where you know, if I
had to pick a net, and this is nothing against
any of the others, but if I had to pick one,
for example, I always trust the Salvation Army. But you
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can do that and help by going to the organization's website.
The United Way is another one to consider. Catholic Charities
Baptist Charities is also very very busy how hands and hearts,
accepting financial donations to its website. It also allows people
to volunteer your teams that could be sent to the area,
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So you might want to be very interested in that one.
Trying to think of what other ones that might be
top ones that people would consider. You know, the main
thing is you either already have one. I mean my
guess would be Salvation Army, Red Cross. If you've never
thought about it before, obviously, if you're a Baptist or Catholic,
your ministries. And then there's the one that the North
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Carolina governor has set up. Why North Carolina because Asheville
is just well still trapped and probably where the death
toll will rise the most of the ninety one. I
don't know if this will strike anybody as an eye
opener this morning. Of the ninety one, don't forget the
hurricane made landfall just southeast of Tallahassee. Thirty of the
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deaths are in Florida, sixty of them are land with
the majority the most being in North Carolina. So America
is waking up this morning with a very heavy heart
and a very heavy need. I want you to pray
about filling it. Whether you're like Jeff's friends and you're
on your way already, or whether you're on your way
to a website to give and give generously. I beg
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you to do so mainly because I believe inside you
there is a void that will only be filled until
you do. Because we were made that way to love
others as ourself and to make a difference, and boy,
a difference is needed. So throughout the morning, we'll obviously
be covering the very latest. It's heavy, it's difficult. There's
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other stuff going on. The vice presidential debate is tomorrow night,
Tim Walls and JD. Vance. We have new polls showing
a very tight race in Michigan and Wisconsin. Somebody asked
me over the weekend and again it's September thirtieth. Tomorrow
we say hello to October. We got a full over
a full month to go, five weeks. Anything could happen,
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but I get a sense looking at the electoral college
map and some other indicators, and there was an ABC's
this week. There was an exchange over the border. We
also had on Meet the Press an update on Hispanic votes,
and we have seen the Black vote and Hispanic vote continued.
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And by the way, this is a problem for the Democrats,
not just this election cycle. Yeah, they don't start taking
a look at their platform and policies. This could be
an ongoing problem because it's been a twelve year building problem.
When I see that when and I'll tell you one
of the one that broke the ca the star that
broke the camel's back, was when I saw they're only
carrying fifty two percent of black Muslim vote. How might
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that impact Michigan? So traditional voting blocks of Democrats could
count on so much, not so much anymore. Polls are tight,
and you know as well as I do. If Trump
is tied, he's really up by two because he under Poles.
So I'm looking at the electoral college map and presuming,
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and I do, that Nevada and Arizona are safe, that
North Carolina and Georgia will go Trump. He really only
needs one other thing. And what if it's more than that,
Because we're within a point in Virginia, we're within a
point in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin. Wouldn't it be something We
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spend a year talking about the closest race in American
political history and it ends up being a landslide. That's
what a lot of people are trying to pedal right
now that it's moving in that direction. So we'll look
at those latest polls. Chris Christopherson dead at the age
of eighty eight, Maggie Smith gone at the age of
eighty nine. Baseball not done yet, it needs another day.
(13:56):
The Mets and the Braves with a double header to
decide the final two spots. If they split, they're both in.
They could both sit there on the field and make
a deal. I'll take, Gabe, what you take. Game two
are both in, but if one of those teams, the
Braves of the Mets win both games. Today, the d
Backs are in and the Ravens big over the Bills
thirty five to ten. Last night, we got a double
header again for Monday Night football. First up, two games
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and then one of them no quarterbacks. Titans don't have
a quarterback, some Dolphins don't have a quarterback. They're up
first and the Seahawks and Lions will be next. Top
five stories the day are next. This is your Morning
Show with Michael del Chungo and if you're just waking up.
President Biden is set to visit the region impacted by
Hurricane Helene this week. Yes, sutragic.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
As a matter of fact, we're trying to get the
exact numbers my Feman advisors on the ground as far
to right now.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Well, unfortunately that number is ninety one deaths have been
reported in the Southeast as a result of Helene, the Carolinas,
thirty in Nashville alone, one thousand unaccounted for Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
and Indiana board the brunt of the storm. Two millions
still without power, and damage is estimated to be between
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fifteen and over one hundred billion dollars. In a statement
on Sunday, the White House said Biden intends to travel
to the impacted areas this week. He'll do so when
it's not a disruption to the emergency operations. Biden also
spoke on the phone Sunday with Georgia and North Carolina governors,
as well as with additional officials in North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida.
In South Carolina, more than ninety one people now reported
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death dead, but that death toll is expected to raise
much higher. Authorities still looking for about one thousand people
unaccounted for. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump he was busy
this weekend. Slimmy Kamala Harris on immigration, Mark Mayfield has
that story.
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Speaking at Arellian, Pennsylvania Sunday, he claimed the policies of
Harris and the Biden administration have let thousands of terrorsts
into the country.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
You know, I had one year where border patrol said
no terrors came in.
Speaker 7 (16:01):
I had another year.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Where they said eleven came in.
Speaker 7 (16:04):
Thousands of terrorsts are boring into our country now.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
He went on to town here his record on immigration,
saying the border was much more secure under his presidency.
Trump's comments came two days after Harris visited the southern
border in Arizona in an attempt to cut down on
the former president's pulling lead on immigration. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Cbsays there would be no muted microphones during the vice
presidential debate. Chris Caragio has the details.
Speaker 8 (16:27):
The network announced the rules Friday for the debate between
Democratic VP candidate Tim Walls and his GOP counterpart JD.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Vance.
Speaker 8 (16:34):
While the mics won't be muted, the network said it
reserves the right to turn off the candidate's microphone.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
In the two.
Speaker 8 (16:40):
Presidential debates this summer, the mics were muted unless it
was the candidate's turn to speak. The network also said
Advanced won a virtual coin toss for the right to
choose when he will give his closing statement, and he
decided to speak after Walls.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
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Welcome to Monday, the final day of September, the thirtieth,
twenty twenty four. Tomorrow is October. Next thing, you know,
it's Halloween and it's cold, then it's Thanksgiving, then it's Christmas,
then it's New Year's do this whole thing all over again.
You know, we're four weeks away from being at one
year old. Really, and look how fa we've come. Welcome
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to the thirtieth and final day of September twenty twenty four.
Of course, all of our hearts and minds are focused
on Tennessee and North Carolina and South Carolina and so
many areas devastated by Hurricane Helen. More than ninety one
now officially dead, millions still without power, over one thousand
still an accounted for, and the damage is estimated to
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be somewhere between fifteen and over one hundred billion dollars. Meanwhile,
we got the vice presidential debate tomorrow night, Vance versus Walls.
Mike's unmuted, although the moderators could mute them at any
time if they need to. And a new poll shows
a very tight race for the White House in the
battleground states at Michigan and Wisconsin. So it begs the question,
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it's easy to dismiss nobody bases the presidential election vote
on a vice presidential race. Well, at this point, if
anybody's undecided, they're looking for something, right, I don't know.
We'll ask Chris Walker, are your Morning show contributor and
Republican consultant. A little bit later on the show, Scott
Kimball will be joining us throughout the show to give
us the very latest on the devastation in Nashville, North
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Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. And for many Americans,
there's no better place to live in the United States.
But a new global study looks at the top ten
countries for quality of life. Translation, if you're who are
the celebrities who have officially they always do this and
then don't follow through officially threatened to leave if Donald
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Trump wins, or maybe you're thinking, well, if Gabla Harris wins,
I'm out of here. We'll give you the top ten
places to retreat to. I have to tell you, Sarah,
life was funny. My Rudolph has returned to be Kamala Harris.
This particular clip you don't get enough. But there were
some moments she did Kamala look good all right, so
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it was good. But for me, what stole the show
was And again I often struggle with this because I
don't look it was Joe Biden's decision to run for
president of life expectancy, that's on him. And then what
they hid from us, well that's almost unforgivable. And now
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we're supposed to celebrate him the jolly good fellow for
loving America more than himself. Come on, definition of gaslight.
So I don't like to make fun of the elderly.
But Dana Carvey came back as Joe Biden. I got
to tell you it's ninety five percent visual and dead
on dude, but he picked up a couple of the mannerism.
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I just I got to play a KIP clip from
Saturay Night Life because they were equal opportunity offenders. This weekend,
covering a presidential election that has many thinking we couldn't
do better than these.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Two one we couldn't have gotten here without one man.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
And his name is Joe Biden.
Speaker 9 (20:29):
You don't know where Joe Biden.
Speaker 10 (20:32):
I mean the law, the law, jeho, my, the one.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Pops, that's right.
Speaker 7 (20:53):
A lot of people forget I'm president, employing me. I
guess what.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
And by the way, the faces.
Speaker 7 (21:04):
I think I did a pretty good job. I've passed
more bills in president history for folks who still got
work to do. No, Joe, I mean sheriff's right now,
guess what.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
By the way, the fact of the matter is, I
gotta fish share.
Speaker 7 (21:29):
We got to build back better, to build back, the better,
the better, the better, build back the better. Can't believe
it's not butter.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
That's a great and I can't was that Who was that?
That was Vice President Presidential Canada, Tim Walls? I think
it was. Oh, it was the comedian I love Jim Jim.
Yeah it was Jim Kaffkin, wasn't it. He was terrific. Yeah,
I mean they did all the characters and then they
kept going to hour three of Donald Trump's rally. It
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was probably rougher on Democrats than Republicans. Believe it or not,
but it was very, very funny. A show stealer Dana
Carvey as Joe Biden, and he wandered back on stage
A little bit later on, had to kick off Sound
of the Day with that. All right, to the Trump
War Room, we go for this Sound of the Day.
Speaker 11 (22:20):
We do ask her about that, but I want to
say Mary Bruce just reported that Harris announced down there
on the border several immigration policies she'd pursue as president,
barring immigrants who illegally crossed the border from reentering the
country for five years, in acting stricter criminal penalties for
repeat offenders. Do you oppose those policies, I'm.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Going to tell you.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Do we believe her now after she's had almost four
years to solve the border crisis, and all she did
was make sure that it was wide open. She never
even bothered to go to the border until just this
past week. And that's because this is one of the
number one issues in the campaign. Everyone knows that when
Ronald Trump was in.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Office, the border was sealed.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
Everyone knows that since Kamala Harris has been in office,
the border has.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Been wide open.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
And it's not just people who are migrants who are
trying to come to this country for a better life.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
It's criminals, it's gang members.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
Everybody knows that, it's terrorists, people on the terrorist watch list.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Martha, this is.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
Too little, too late. Nobody can believe her because her
actions have said something completely different for four years.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
That is Tom Emmer with Martha Raddits on ABC this week.
The problem is not that Tom said it after Martha
took a shot at trying to create something. It's that
the American people perceive it. Now. I understand, in desperation
you're trying to get Arizona, Nevada and play. But this
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late in the game, you wonder if she just called
attention to a tie breaking area. She's not very well
respected him. You'll find this very interesting. This comes to
us from Meet the Press. I always got to go
to the guy with his sleeves rolled up, no Jack
ATAM to give you some dirty details. Which party do
you identify with? Now? This this isn't who do you
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plan to vote for in November? This is which party
do you identify? They're not just losing Hispanic votes in
this election. This has been going on for years. They're
losing them as a voting block. And this might shock you,
primarily on the border issue. Here's how they broke the news.
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To meet the press.
Speaker 12 (24:34):
We ask a basic question of Hispanic voters, which party
do you more identify with? Thirty seven percent now say Republicans,
forty nine percent say Democrats. But again, look at how
this has shifted in just the last dozen years. In
twenty twelve, this was a forty one point advantage for
the Democrats. It has come all the way down to
twelve points, Kristen, a twenty nine point drop.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
In terms of that gap, they're up. Twenty twelve, sixty
two percent of Hispanics identified as Democrat, only twenty one
percent Republican. Donald Trump's first election, it goes to fifty
nine percent, just down three. In twenty twenty, it dips
to fifty four and now to forty nine. But the
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increases since Donald Trump twenty percent to thirty seven percent.
Trump isn't the Trump legacy, whether he wins this rematch
or not three runs for president, he may have shifted
the identity politics of Hispanics in America and the ability
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for Democrats. So now we've seen the same losses in
black vote. That's why when we go into these tight
races in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, even Georgia. If it should
get close, areas that once Atlanta or Philadelphia or Milwaukee
were enough to carry them may not be so anymore.
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Our final sound of the day, we're going to talk
to a music historian and author, Scott shay more about
Chris Christopherson. He was described as the Bob Dylan of
country music, mainly as a songwriter. Me and my Bobby
McGee for the Good Times helped me make it through
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the night. As a singer, well, nobody likes Selena to
the microphone and Barbara strikes had sick. I know a
lot of people are gonna scream Blade the Brain, the
Blade trilogy. I would think his role in Star is
born with Barbara striysand in nineteen seventy six may have
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topped it. We'll have more on the passing of Chris
Grostopherson at eighty eight. Dave Maggie Smith died at eighty nine.
I think Dian Carroll passed away over the week, and
we got all three and they always say it happens
in threes, and it's three already.
Speaker 10 (26:56):
Hey, everybody's John Port Cooley of England, Dan and John
and My morning show is your Morning show with Michael
del Journal.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
This is your Morning show on Michael del Journal. North
Carolina's governor says help is on the way to people
impacted by the catastrophic flooding. Governor Roy Cooper said Sunday
the state's National Guard will be airlifting supplies to counties
in Western Carolina. Supplies will include food, water, other essential items.
He called the flooding caused by Helene an unprecedented tragedy
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that required an unprecedented response. All attention is on the
city of Asheville. In Asheville, North Carolina, we have flooding
of biblical proportions, he said. It's a once in a
century flood. The remnants of Hurricane Helene have laid waste
to the city's ninety five thousand people, with homes and
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buildings flattened, mudslid, power outages, roads washed away. Here's North
Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.
Speaker 13 (27:53):
This unprecedented storm dropped from ten to twenty nine inches
of rain across the mountains, causing life threatening floods and landslides.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Most grocery stores are only except in cash, while food
and water is being airlifted to the area, and there
are reports of long gas lines with fights breaking out.
At least ninety one deaths in the southeast have been
reported as a result of the storm. The Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
and Indiana bore the brunt feline. Cooper said officials are
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working tirelessly around the clock to get relief to these
areas most affected in a crisis. A number of mash
feeding sites have been open.
Speaker 13 (28:34):
Water, food and other supplies are coming into Ashville and
they're also being airlifted from there to surrounding counties.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
And tomorrow is the big vice presidential debate. And for
many Americas, there's no better place to live than the
good old USA. Unfortunately, a new global study looks at
the top ten countries for quality of life. Aaron Rayal's
here with that reality and why do I get this
sneaking suspicion. We're not number one.
Speaker 9 (29:00):
We are not. But if you want to lead with
the good news for the US, we did make it
to number three for US News and World Reports overall
ranking for the so like. Yeah, but if you look
at quality of life no, no, no, no, we're not
in the top ten. We're number twenty two. Actually, so
I bet, I bet you could guess the number one.
Speaker 5 (29:20):
You're good at stuff.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
I'm going to thank Switzerland.
Speaker 9 (29:24):
Perhaps very close, number three, very very close. Yeah, so yeah,
you kind of get it. Like the top ten countries
in the world for quality of life, Scandinavia for the
win number one this year Denmark it dethroned Sweden in
number two, followed by Switzerland, Norway, Canada, Finland, Germany, Australia,
Netherlands and New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
So that's a lot of Europe and a lot of
far away.
Speaker 9 (29:49):
Yeah, mostly Scandinavia. And we hear this again and again.
So this is interesting, So like, why did this win?
Why did Denmark win the World Happiness Report? Apparently it's
twofold levels of equality, like a high level of equality
across the board, and this responsibility to social welfare. So
now I know the reaction is like, what those two things,
(30:10):
But apparently those two things equality social welfare are very
closely linked to happiness. And get this, this kind of
blew my mind. I didn't know. But Denmark apparently pays
some of the world's highest taxes, half your income gone,
always that goes to them.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
Perhaps perhaps based on this study, and give me the
bottom of the list. You did get the.
Speaker 4 (30:33):
Hold on.
Speaker 9 (30:33):
I have to look. I don't have the list pulled out.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
If this is the matrix, I want the bottom of
the list, not the top.
Speaker 9 (30:40):
Oh, let me find it. Let me find it. I'll
find it.
Speaker 5 (30:45):
Not a problem.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
But I know it's always it's always obviously probably gonna
be Muslim nations.
Speaker 9 (30:50):
I would think, yes, well, politically unstable, socially unstable, and
then poor poor, Like the common thread here is they're
all wealthy, and it makes it here.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
To provide social services.
Speaker 9 (31:02):
So when again, you have wealthy nations, you can do
things like in Denmark, even though they take half your
salary essentially in Texas, free healthcare, child subsidies, no university tuition,
and very high quality education.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Yeah, but they take half your salary. So how free
is any of that?
Speaker 9 (31:19):
Well, exactly if if that's a priority to you, like, listen,
if the people are happy, but that doesn't make you happy,
don't live there. If like you don't mind giving half
your salary away, but you get all this stuff for free,
and your quality of life is high then maybe it's
for you. Like I'm this isn't like a pro or negative.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
I know, I'm just having fun with it. I'm trying
to make some fun with it.
Speaker 9 (31:37):
Yeah, I don't know, how do you feel about this?
I love America, and like I've lived abroad, I think
this is like I just feelt lucky to have been
born here at this juncture of my life.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
Well, yeah, I mean, I'm not into earthly utopian solutions
that are never really that much of a reality. I
believe in capitalism, so I think think, you know, there's
excellence in competition and it provides the best, you know.
I think freedom, in liberty and a Judeo Christian culture
(32:10):
is what in freedom is what I appreciate by the
way our founding fathers give the same grace and ability
for people to choose that God gives. In other words,
it's not mandatory. We're not a theocracy. If you don't
want to believe, you're welcome to not believe. But you know,
we're a country that honors beliefs or a country that
believes in individualism and personal responsibility and self governance. I
(32:35):
think because of my because of my faith, America in
its intent is would be ideal for me. The problem
is we don't live it very well. But you get
where I'm coming from.
Speaker 9 (32:45):
Yeah, and know what, Interestingly, these Scandinavian countries are also
very entrepreneurial, like you say, but just you want at
the bottom of the list, Guatemala eighty Azerbajan seventy nine,
s In Bob Boys seventy eighth, Algeria seventy seven.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Where is North Korea? How could North Korean? Oh, okay,
so they're not even doing like North Korea's Afghanistans like.
Speaker 9 (33:07):
To be in South Africa seven, Like these are countries
that are functioning. But yeah, no to your point, like
it's interesting, like these are all democracies at the top
of the list, all secular nations kind of similar like echoing,
very similar governance to what we have here. Yeah for sure.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Well, because this is where I think the right gets
the short end of the stick. It appears as though
you care less when you don't you care more. The
question is do we want to believe that government should
be providing all these things? That there is no self governance,
there's no personal responsibility, there is no God who supplies
(33:44):
according to his riches. In glory, you know, that's the
notion of it. I do think all of us, inside
of ourselves, have a desire to help others. I mean
I feel that this morning with what's happening with Helene,
and I think until you answer that in your own heart,
there'll be a Because you were made to care for
others and to take care of others, and to love
others as yourself. That doesn't mean government is historically the
(34:09):
best way to do it. I think a lot of
money and a lot of free in godly people's hands
does a lot of really good stuff better than government
ever could. But it's the notion that one provides better
than the other. History doesn't quite bear that out, but
time will tell. We're getting closer to that every day,
that's for sure. We're all in this together. This is
(34:29):
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Well two three, starting your morning off right, A new
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in this to get.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
This is your morning show with Michael Dell Chuno. I
was just proving off the air how fragile life is.
Imagine had Steve Miller made it fly like a beagle, Yes,
just would not have been the same, would it have been?
It really would not have been the same. But we've
got a chuckle out of it. And that's why he's
Steve Miller and this is you a morning show. I
(00:54):
am Michael Del Jorno on the Aaron streaming live on
your iHeartRadio app. And welcome to Monday, September, thirtieth year
of our Lord twenty twenty four. Listen, it's one of
those days where, at no point in whatever we are
talking about, and we will talk about some things that
aren't storm damage related, there's never a moment our hearts
and minds aren't not all those suffering. More than ninety
(01:17):
people are now dead as a result of Hurricane Helene.
Millions still without power. Damage is estimated between between fifteen
and one hundred billion. This is not, and I told
you so, a moment, but it's a reflection moment. We
early in the week last week, we're talking about Helene
(01:40):
and visiting with some of our reporters that were in
Florida and covering it, and you know, the golf waters.
There's gonna be a lot of talk today about global
warming because FEMA kept pressing it over the weekend. The
golf waters have always been warm, they have always been
fueled to hurricane hurricanes like Camille, hurricanes like Betsy, hurricanes
(02:03):
like Katrina. So you know, that's a side conversation, partisan
conversation for another day. I'm not going there personally, But
we talked about this storm and how quickly it would build,
and again, what is a storm when you're dealing with
hurricanes other than a size two hundred and sixty miles
(02:27):
across the definition and the strength the storm surge, and
then the trajectory, and this one always looked so harmless,
almost from a distance, but knowing the trajectory and knowing
the warm golf waters. It was about three days before
(02:48):
landfall where I started having conversations about this particular hurricane,
because of its trajectory, is going to be a storm
surge issue for outside of Tallahassee. Unsurvivable twenty foot storm surge,
but the trajectory and how quick it'll be in Atlanta
and where it will settle. Do you know this weekend
(03:10):
in Nashville, we just had rain all weekend and if
you looked at the radar, it was fascinating. It was
what was left to fallen and it was still circulating,
just churning over top of us. Yeah, circle after circle
after circle. And so we were saying and Wednesday, yeah,
it's going to be a storm surge story in Tennessee.
(03:30):
But this is a flooding and loss of power weather
event as it moves north. And that's exactly how it
played out. And I remember thinking on Thursday, this could
shock everybody, because A it's a storm of this magnitude
and b in this level of inflation. No, I'm not
going to make it political, but the estimates of what
(03:53):
this storm could cost, even compared to a Katrina, which
was a far bigger hurricane, anywhere from fifteen to over
one hundred billion dollars. Now, money is money, and who cares, right,
compared to human life. Ninety one people are now dead,
but they're still near a thousand unaccounted for. Too much
(04:18):
to even contemplate right takes your broad away where this
death toll could go. In a statement on Sunday, the
White House said Biden tends to travel to the impacted
areas this week. He'll do so when it's not disruptive
for the emergency operations. He also spoke on the phone
(04:38):
with Georgia and North Carolina governors, as well as additional
officials from North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina. Just
absolute devastation. Course, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone.
Whenever we have a situation like this, it's always difficult
to try to figure out how to make a difference.
(05:01):
I want to do the cheapest first. God is near
to the broken hearted. There are many scriptures in as
much as you've done this to the very least of these,
you've done it under me. I believe in every one
of us there is this built in need to do something,
(05:27):
and you're not going to feel better until you do so.
Then it becomes a matter of how. For some of you,
who are very gifted and skilled, it might make sense
to go. For most, it's to stay out of the way,
allow the professionals and give of our resources and our money.
(05:48):
And then that becomes a whole other conversation of charitable
assessment and who you trust. Everybody seems to have one
that they have vetted and they trust the most. Look,
my encouragement is that you just do something because you
(06:11):
were made to care for those that are hurting. This
is one of those moments where you do it because
it could have been you and it is them, because
it may be you next time. And I can tell
you of all the things, and you would talk about
what Salvation Army will be the ones that come to
the mind, Red Cross Salvation Army, you know, stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Care a friend of mine who is left with a
brigade of folks from Dixon Tennessee. And this is what
they do. They don't ask, they don't wait. Yeah, they
gather supplies and they are there in North Carolina. Got
there last night. I sent you a picture of it.
But they have made a camp in a playground where
(06:51):
they have tied up their hammocks and they're just on
location to do whatever they can do.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yeah, and I remember after Katrina, and there's something to
be sensitive too, because you know, we would all look
at this and go, there's nothing compared to loss of life,
and there isn't say replaceable, but there is a death
in a sense, and you have to experience it to
really get it. No, you doesn't mean you worship material things,
(07:18):
but when everything you have is suddenly gone, a lifetime
of your work or a lifetime of your memories, it
is a death. And you may not realize this, but
it is something you must go through a grieving process
over and it is very important how those people are handled.
(07:40):
I can't even remember the denomination, Jeff, but it was
some and I come from the Christendom where I feel
like I know every denomination. This particular denomination did not
ring a bell with me, nor do I know it
to this day. But they were on the ground and
kenn Or Lewis Louisiana after Katrina, and now I got
(08:02):
there two days later. Wasn't good, and Mom was living
with me. I brought her back to Oklahoma and then
we went back almost eight weeks later to deal. That's
when you could get in and start doing things. And
you know, in my dad's case, everything was gone. I mean,
(08:23):
the slab looked like it was just laid clean, there
was nothing above the slab, whereas Mom's was just all
ruined and somebody had to help her empty it and
then got it for rebuild. And I don't know what
this denomination was that was going through all of Mom's
stuff with her. This is stuff that is you can't keep.
(08:43):
It's all mold and wet, but it is hard to
let go of with your hands, picture album and everything
you can imagine, and how they did that and how
lovingly they did that, I was in awe of so again,
how to help? There are a million ways. Everybody has
the one that they trust the most, and so whenever
(09:04):
I'm in this situation, I don't know what to say.
There's the American Red Cross, obviously Redcross dot org North
Carolina disaster Relief Fund has been set up by Governor
Cooper encouraging donations. You can get there by going to
nseed dot gov forward slash donate. There's also a way
to mail the Salvation Army of courses on the scene.
(09:25):
They mobilize teams and feeding units, each of which is
capable of providing over fifteen hundred meals a day. This
is one of those moments where you know, if I
had to pick a net, and this is nothing against
any of the others, but if I had to pick one,
for example, I always trust the Salvation Army. But you
(09:47):
can do that and help by going to the organization's website.
The United Way is another one to consider. Catholic Charities
Baptist Charities is also very very busy how hands and hearts,
accepting financial donations to its website. It also allows people
to volunteer your teams that could be sent to the area,
(10:12):
So you might want to be very interested in that one.
Trying to think of what other ones that might be
top ones that people would consider. You know, the main
thing is you either already have one. I mean my
guess would be Salvation Army, Red Cross. If you've never
thought about it before, obviously, if you're a Baptist or Catholic,
your ministries. And then there's the one that the North
(10:34):
Carolina governor has set up. Why North Carolina because Asheville
is just well still trapped and probably where the death
toll will rise the most of the ninety one. I
don't know if this will strike anybody as an eye
opener this morning. Of the ninety one, don't forget the
hurricane made landfall just southeast of Tallahassee. Thirty of the
(10:57):
deaths are in Florida, sixty of them are land with
the majority the most being in North Carolina. So America
is waking up this morning with a very heavy heart
and a very heavy need. I want you to pray
about filling it. Whether you're like Jeff's friends and you're
on your way already, or whether you're on your way
to a website to give and give generously. I beg
(11:19):
you to do so mainly because I believe inside you
there is a void that will only be filled until
you do. Because we were made that way to love
others as ourself and to make a difference, and boy,
a difference is needed. So throughout the morning, we'll obviously
be covering the very latest. It's heavy, it's difficult. There's
(11:46):
other stuff going on. The vice presidential debate is tomorrow night,
Tim Walls and JD. Vance. We have new polls showing
a very tight race in Michigan and Wisconsin. Somebody asked
me over the weekend and again it's September thirtieth. Tomorrow
we say hello to October. We got a full over
a full month to go, five weeks. Anything could happen,
(12:10):
but I get a sense looking at the electoral college
map and some other indicators, and there was an ABC's
this week. There was an exchange over the border. We
also had on Meet the Press an update on Hispanic votes,
and we have seen the Black vote and Hispanic vote continued.
(12:32):
And by the way, this is a problem for the Democrats,
not just this election cycle. Yeah, they don't start taking
a look at their platform and policies. This could be
an ongoing problem because it's been a twelve year building problem.
When I see that when and I'll tell you one
of the one that broke the ca the star that
broke the camel's back, was when I saw they're only
carrying fifty two percent of black Muslim vote. How might
(12:54):
that impact Michigan? So traditional voting blocks of Democrats could
count on so much, not so much anymore. Polls are tight,
and you know as well as I do. If Trump
is tied, he's really up by two because he under Poles.
So I'm looking at the electoral college map and presuming,
(13:14):
and I do, that Nevada and Arizona are safe, that
North Carolina and Georgia will go Trump. He really only
needs one other thing. And what if it's more than that,
Because we're within a point in Virginia, we're within a
point in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin. Wouldn't it be something We
(13:35):
spend a year talking about the closest race in American
political history and it ends up being a landslide. That's
what a lot of people are trying to pedal right
now that it's moving in that direction. So we'll look
at those latest polls. Chris Christopherson dead at the age
of eighty eight, Maggie Smith gone at the age of
eighty nine. Baseball not done yet, it needs another day.
(13:56):
The Mets and the Braves with a double header to
decide the final two spots. If they split, they're both in.
They could both sit there on the field and make
a deal. I'll take, Gabe, what you take. Game two
are both in, but if one of those teams, the
Braves of the Mets win both games. Today, the d
Backs are in and the Ravens big over the Bills
thirty five to ten. Last night, we got a double
header again for Monday Night football. First up, two games
(14:20):
and then one of them no quarterbacks. Titans don't have
a quarterback, some Dolphins don't have a quarterback. They're up
first and the Seahawks and Lions will be next. Top
five stories the day are next. This is your Morning
Show with Michael del Chungo and if you're just waking up.
President Biden is set to visit the region impacted by
Hurricane Helene this week. Yes, sutragic.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
As a matter of fact, we're trying to get the
exact numbers my Feman advisors on the ground as far
to right now.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Well, unfortunately that number is ninety one deaths have been
reported in the Southeast as a result of Helene, the Carolinas,
thirty in Nashville alone, one thousand unaccounted for Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
and Indiana board the brunt of the storm. Two millions
still without power, and damage is estimated to be between
(15:09):
fifteen and over one hundred billion dollars. In a statement
on Sunday, the White House said Biden intends to travel
to the impacted areas this week. He'll do so when
it's not a disruption to the emergency operations. Biden also
spoke on the phone Sunday with Georgia and North Carolina governors,
as well as with additional officials in North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida.
In South Carolina, more than ninety one people now reported
(15:31):
death dead, but that death toll is expected to raise
much higher. Authorities still looking for about one thousand people
unaccounted for. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump he was busy
this weekend. Slimmy Kamala Harris on immigration, Mark Mayfield has
that story.
Speaker 5 (15:49):
Speaking at Arellian, Pennsylvania Sunday, he claimed the policies of
Harris and the Biden administration have let thousands of terrorsts
into the country.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
You know, I had one year where border patrol said
no terrors came in.
Speaker 7 (16:01):
I had another year.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Where they said eleven came in.
Speaker 7 (16:04):
Thousands of terrorsts are boring into our country now.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
He went on to town here his record on immigration,
saying the border was much more secure under his presidency.
Trump's comments came two days after Harris visited the southern
border in Arizona in an attempt to cut down on
the former president's pulling lead on immigration. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Cbsays there would be no muted microphones during the vice
presidential debate. Chris Caragio has the details.
Speaker 8 (16:27):
The network announced the rules Friday for the debate between
Democratic VP candidate Tim Walls and his GOP counterpart JD.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Vance.
Speaker 8 (16:34):
While the mics won't be muted, the network said it
reserves the right to turn off the candidate's microphone.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
In the two.
Speaker 8 (16:40):
Presidential debates this summer, the mics were muted unless it
was the candidate's turn to speak. The network also said
Advanced won a virtual coin toss for the right to
choose when he will give his closing statement, and he
decided to speak after Walls.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
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Welcome to Monday, the final day of September, the thirtieth,
twenty twenty four. Tomorrow is October. Next thing, you know,
it's Halloween and it's cold, then it's Thanksgiving, then it's Christmas,
then it's New Year's do this whole thing all over again.
You know, we're four weeks away from being at one
year old. Really, and look how fa we've come. Welcome
(17:36):
to the thirtieth and final day of September twenty twenty four.
Of course, all of our hearts and minds are focused
on Tennessee and North Carolina and South Carolina and so
many areas devastated by Hurricane Helen. More than ninety one
now officially dead, millions still without power, over one thousand
still an accounted for, and the damage is estimated to
(17:59):
be somewhere between fifteen and over one hundred billion dollars. Meanwhile,
we got the vice presidential debate tomorrow night, Vance versus Walls.
Mike's unmuted, although the moderators could mute them at any
time if they need to. And a new poll shows
a very tight race for the White House in the
battleground states at Michigan and Wisconsin. So it begs the question,
(18:21):
it's easy to dismiss nobody bases the presidential election vote
on a vice presidential race. Well, at this point, if
anybody's undecided, they're looking for something, right, I don't know.
We'll ask Chris Walker, are your Morning show contributor and
Republican consultant. A little bit later on the show, Scott
Kimball will be joining us throughout the show to give
us the very latest on the devastation in Nashville, North
(18:42):
Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. And for many Americans,
there's no better place to live in the United States.
But a new global study looks at the top ten
countries for quality of life. Translation, if you're who are
the celebrities who have officially they always do this and
then don't follow through officially threatened to leave if Donald
(19:04):
Trump wins, or maybe you're thinking, well, if Gabla Harris wins,
I'm out of here. We'll give you the top ten
places to retreat to. I have to tell you, Sarah,
life was funny. My Rudolph has returned to be Kamala Harris.
This particular clip you don't get enough. But there were
some moments she did Kamala look good all right, so
(19:26):
it was good. But for me, what stole the show
was And again I often struggle with this because I
don't look it was Joe Biden's decision to run for
president of life expectancy, that's on him. And then what
they hid from us, well that's almost unforgivable. And now
(19:49):
we're supposed to celebrate him the jolly good fellow for
loving America more than himself. Come on, definition of gaslight.
So I don't like to make fun of the elderly.
But Dana Carvey came back as Joe Biden. I got
to tell you it's ninety five percent visual and dead
on dude, but he picked up a couple of the mannerism.
(20:10):
I just I got to play a KIP clip from
Saturay Night Life because they were equal opportunity offenders. This weekend,
covering a presidential election that has many thinking we couldn't
do better than these.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
Two one we couldn't have gotten here without one man.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
And his name is Joe Biden.
Speaker 9 (20:29):
You don't know where Joe Biden.
Speaker 10 (20:32):
I mean the law, the law, jeho, my, the one.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Pops, that's right.
Speaker 7 (20:53):
A lot of people forget I'm president, employing me. I
guess what.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
And by the way, the faces.
Speaker 7 (21:04):
I think I did a pretty good job. I've passed
more bills in president history for folks who still got
work to do. No, Joe, I mean sheriff's right now,
guess what.
Speaker 6 (21:19):
By the way, the fact of the matter is, I
gotta fish share.
Speaker 7 (21:29):
We got to build back better, to build back, the better,
the better, the better, build back the better. Can't believe
it's not butter.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
That's a great and I can't was that Who was that?
That was Vice President Presidential Canada, Tim Walls? I think
it was. Oh, it was the comedian I love Jim Jim.
Yeah it was Jim Kaffkin, wasn't it. He was terrific. Yeah,
I mean they did all the characters and then they
kept going to hour three of Donald Trump's rally. It
(22:03):
was probably rougher on Democrats than Republicans. Believe it or not,
but it was very, very funny. A show stealer Dana
Carvey as Joe Biden, and he wandered back on stage
A little bit later on, had to kick off Sound
of the Day with that. All right, to the Trump
War Room, we go for this Sound of the Day.
Speaker 11 (22:20):
We do ask her about that, but I want to
say Mary Bruce just reported that Harris announced down there
on the border several immigration policies she'd pursue as president,
barring immigrants who illegally crossed the border from reentering the
country for five years, in acting stricter criminal penalties for
repeat offenders. Do you oppose those policies, I'm.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Going to tell you.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Do we believe her now after she's had almost four
years to solve the border crisis, and all she did
was make sure that it was wide open. She never
even bothered to go to the border until just this
past week. And that's because this is one of the
number one issues in the campaign. Everyone knows that when
Ronald Trump was in.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Office, the border was sealed.
Speaker 4 (23:03):
Everyone knows that since Kamala Harris has been in office,
the border has.
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Been wide open.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
And it's not just people who are migrants who are
trying to come to this country for a better life.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
It's criminals, it's gang members.
Speaker 4 (23:13):
Everybody knows that, it's terrorists, people on the terrorist watch list.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Martha, this is.
Speaker 4 (23:18):
Too little, too late. Nobody can believe her because her
actions have said something completely different for four years.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
That is Tom Emmer with Martha Raddits on ABC this week.
The problem is not that Tom said it after Martha
took a shot at trying to create something. It's that
the American people perceive it. Now. I understand, in desperation
you're trying to get Arizona, Nevada and play. But this
(23:45):
late in the game, you wonder if she just called
attention to a tie breaking area. She's not very well
respected him. You'll find this very interesting. This comes to
us from Meet the Press. I always got to go
to the guy with his sleeves rolled up, no Jack
ATAM to give you some dirty details. Which party do
you identify with? Now? This this isn't who do you
(24:07):
plan to vote for in November? This is which party
do you identify? They're not just losing Hispanic votes in
this election. This has been going on for years. They're
losing them as a voting block. And this might shock you,
primarily on the border issue. Here's how they broke the news.
(24:33):
To meet the press.
Speaker 12 (24:34):
We ask a basic question of Hispanic voters, which party
do you more identify with? Thirty seven percent now say Republicans,
forty nine percent say Democrats. But again, look at how
this has shifted in just the last dozen years. In
twenty twelve, this was a forty one point advantage for
the Democrats. It has come all the way down to
twelve points, Kristen, a twenty nine point drop.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
In terms of that gap, they're up. Twenty twelve, sixty
two percent of Hispanics identified as Democrat, only twenty one
percent Republican. Donald Trump's first election, it goes to fifty
nine percent, just down three. In twenty twenty, it dips
to fifty four and now to forty nine. But the
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increases since Donald Trump twenty percent to thirty seven percent.
Trump isn't the Trump legacy, whether he wins this rematch
or not three runs for president, he may have shifted
the identity politics of Hispanics in America and the ability
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for Democrats. So now we've seen the same losses in
black vote. That's why when we go into these tight
races in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, even Georgia. If it should
get close, areas that once Atlanta or Philadelphia or Milwaukee
were enough to carry them may not be so anymore.
(25:58):
Our final sound of the day, we're going to talk
to a music historian and author, Scott shay more about
Chris Christopherson. He was described as the Bob Dylan of
country music, mainly as a songwriter. Me and my Bobby
McGee for the Good Times helped me make it through
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the night. As a singer, well, nobody likes Selena to
the microphone and Barbara strikes had sick. I know a
lot of people are gonna scream Blade the Brain, the
Blade trilogy. I would think his role in Star is
born with Barbara striysand in nineteen seventy six may have
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topped it. We'll have more on the passing of Chris
Grostopherson at eighty eight. Dave Maggie Smith died at eighty nine.
I think Dian Carroll passed away over the week, and
we got all three and they always say it happens
in threes, and it's three already.
Speaker 10 (26:56):
Hey, everybody's John Port Cooley of England, Dan and John
and My morning show is your Morning show with Michael
del Journal.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
This is your Morning show on Michael del Journal. North
Carolina's governor says help is on the way to people
impacted by the catastrophic flooding. Governor Roy Cooper said Sunday
the state's National Guard will be airlifting supplies to counties
in Western Carolina. Supplies will include food, water, other essential items.
He called the flooding caused by Helene an unprecedented tragedy
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that required an unprecedented response. All attention is on the
city of Asheville. In Asheville, North Carolina, we have flooding
of biblical proportions, he said. It's a once in a
century flood. The remnants of Hurricane Helene have laid waste
to the city's ninety five thousand people, with homes and
(27:47):
buildings flattened, mudslid, power outages, roads washed away. Here's North
Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.
Speaker 13 (27:53):
This unprecedented storm dropped from ten to twenty nine inches
of rain across the mountains, causing life threatening floods and landslides.
Speaker 1 (28:04):
Most grocery stores are only except in cash, while food
and water is being airlifted to the area, and there
are reports of long gas lines with fights breaking out.
At least ninety one deaths in the southeast have been
reported as a result of the storm. The Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
and Indiana bore the brunt feline. Cooper said officials are
(28:26):
working tirelessly around the clock to get relief to these
areas most affected in a crisis. A number of mash
feeding sites have been open.
Speaker 13 (28:34):
Water, food and other supplies are coming into Ashville and
they're also being airlifted from there to surrounding counties.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
And tomorrow is the big vice presidential debate. And for
many Americas, there's no better place to live than the
good old USA. Unfortunately, a new global study looks at
the top ten countries for quality of life. Aaron Rayal's
here with that reality and why do I get this
sneaking suspicion. We're not number one.
Speaker 9 (29:00):
We are not. But if you want to lead with
the good news for the US, we did make it
to number three for US News and World Reports overall
ranking for the so like. Yeah, but if you look
at quality of life no, no, no, no, we're not
in the top ten. We're number twenty two. Actually, so
I bet, I bet you could guess the number one.
Speaker 5 (29:20):
You're good at stuff.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
I'm going to thank Switzerland.
Speaker 9 (29:24):
Perhaps very close, number three, very very close. Yeah, so yeah,
you kind of get it. Like the top ten countries
in the world for quality of life, Scandinavia for the
win number one this year Denmark it dethroned Sweden in
number two, followed by Switzerland, Norway, Canada, Finland, Germany, Australia,
Netherlands and New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
So that's a lot of Europe and a lot of
far away.
Speaker 9 (29:49):
Yeah, mostly Scandinavia. And we hear this again and again.
So this is interesting, So like, why did this win?
Why did Denmark win the World Happiness Report? Apparently it's
twofold levels of equality, like a high level of equality
across the board, and this responsibility to social welfare. So
now I know the reaction is like, what those two things,
(30:10):
But apparently those two things equality social welfare are very
closely linked to happiness. And get this, this kind of
blew my mind. I didn't know. But Denmark apparently pays
some of the world's highest taxes, half your income gone,
always that goes to them.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
Perhaps perhaps based on this study, and give me the
bottom of the list. You did get the.
Speaker 4 (30:33):
Hold on.
Speaker 9 (30:33):
I have to look. I don't have the list pulled out.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
If this is the matrix, I want the bottom of
the list, not the top.
Speaker 9 (30:40):
Oh, let me find it. Let me find it. I'll
find it.
Speaker 5 (30:45):
Not a problem.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
But I know it's always it's always obviously probably gonna
be Muslim nations.
Speaker 9 (30:50):
I would think, yes, well, politically unstable, socially unstable, and
then poor poor, Like the common thread here is they're
all wealthy, and it makes it here.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
To provide social services.
Speaker 9 (31:02):
So when again, you have wealthy nations, you can do
things like in Denmark, even though they take half your
salary essentially in Texas, free healthcare, child subsidies, no university tuition,
and very high quality education.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Yeah, but they take half your salary. So how free
is any of that?
Speaker 9 (31:19):
Well, exactly if if that's a priority to you, like, listen,
if the people are happy, but that doesn't make you happy,
don't live there. If like you don't mind giving half
your salary away, but you get all this stuff for free,
and your quality of life is high then maybe it's
for you. Like I'm this isn't like a pro or negative.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
I know, I'm just having fun with it. I'm trying
to make some fun with it.
Speaker 9 (31:37):
Yeah, I don't know, how do you feel about this?
I love America, and like I've lived abroad, I think
this is like I just feelt lucky to have been
born here at this juncture of my life.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
Well, yeah, I mean, I'm not into earthly utopian solutions
that are never really that much of a reality. I
believe in capitalism, so I think think, you know, there's
excellence in competition and it provides the best, you know.
I think freedom, in liberty and a Judeo Christian culture
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is what in freedom is what I appreciate by the
way our founding fathers give the same grace and ability
for people to choose that God gives. In other words,
it's not mandatory. We're not a theocracy. If you don't
want to believe, you're welcome to not believe. But you know,
we're a country that honors beliefs or a country that
believes in individualism and personal responsibility and self governance. I
(32:35):
think because of my because of my faith, America in
its intent is would be ideal for me. The problem
is we don't live it very well. But you get
where I'm coming from.
Speaker 9 (32:45):
Yeah, and know what, Interestingly, these Scandinavian countries are also
very entrepreneurial, like you say, but just you want at
the bottom of the list, Guatemala eighty Azerbajan seventy nine,
s In Bob Boys seventy eighth, Algeria seventy seven.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Where is North Korea? How could North Korean? Oh, okay,
so they're not even doing like North Korea's Afghanistans like.
Speaker 9 (33:07):
To be in South Africa seven, Like these are countries
that are functioning. But yeah, no to your point, like
it's interesting, like these are all democracies at the top
of the list, all secular nations kind of similar like echoing,
very similar governance to what we have here. Yeah for sure.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Well, because this is where I think the right gets
the short end of the stick. It appears as though
you care less when you don't you care more. The
question is do we want to believe that government should
be providing all these things? That there is no self governance,
there's no personal responsibility, there is no God who supplies
(33:44):
according to his riches. In glory, you know, that's the
notion of it. I do think all of us, inside
of ourselves, have a desire to help others. I mean
I feel that this morning with what's happening with Helene,
and I think until you answer that in your own heart,
there'll be a Because you were made to care for
others and to take care of others, and to love
others as yourself. That doesn't mean government is historically the
(34:09):
best way to do it. I think a lot of
money and a lot of free in godly people's hands
does a lot of really good stuff better than government
ever could. But it's the notion that one provides better
than the other. History doesn't quite bear that out, but
time will tell. We're getting closer to that every day,
that's for sure. We're all in this together. This is
(34:29):
your Morning Show with Michael Ndel Choano
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