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Remembering Kris Kristofferson
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Thanks for waking up with your morning show on Michael
del Journal on the Aaron streaming live on your iHeartRadio app. Well,
the death toll is up to ninety nine and we're
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expecting that to grow. Still over one thousand unaccounted for.
Ninety nine now dead as a result of Hurricane Helene.
A million still without power. Damage is estimated between fifteen
and one hundred billion dollars. President Biden set to visit
the region impacted by Hurricane Helen later this week at
the Big Vice President debate tomorrow night. New poll show
(01:01):
a tight race for the White House and battleground states
in Michigan and Wisconsin and country music star actor Chris
Christopherson has died at the age of eighty eight. Some
called him the Bob Dylan of country music. I didn't
get a chance to ever see the the who was it?
(01:22):
The high having Waylan, the Highwayman right him? Whyalon? Who
else was in that? Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash joining us
now as an author and historian, Scott Shay and Scott This.
This was a guy depending on how much you knew
about music. The hits that he wrote for others, the
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movies he starred in, and the songs he sang himself
put Chris Christophers in his contributions in Life and Perspective
for us.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I mean the guy was the user real renaissance man.
I mean not only was he an incredible songwriter and actor,
I mean the guy was like he was an army ranger.
He was a Rhodes scholar, he was a helicopter pilot.
I mean, this was like nothing he couldn't do. But
we know mostly for his music and his his acting.
(02:14):
But you know, he really started as one of those
guys who wrote a lot of songs for others. I mean,
Ray Price had a big hit with for the Good
Times and Sammy Smith would helped me make it through
the night, and several people recorded me and Bobby McGee,
including the probably the most recognized version by Janis Joplin.
And there was just, you know, so many others.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
So many things about him that you're gonna find this
an odd thing to bring up, but it could have
something to do with my age, very much like a
mac Davis to me.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah, you know, and those guys kind of ran in
the same circles back in those days, him and mac
Davis and Mickey Newberry, and they were really kind of
like existential songwriters. It was really a maturity that came
through in that age, you know, with post Monterey Pop
Festival and music rock and roll in country looking to
get a little bit more sophisticated, a little bit more adult,
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and you know, he came along right at the right time.
His lyrics are in credit are just profound and like
I said, eccuistential.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Well mac Davis did in the ghetto. I mean there
were some you know, beautiful songs written by both of
them and made famous by other people. But you know,
it does beg the question I wonder how I'm I'm
a lyrics guy. So if you don't have any lyrics,
you know, I don't have any interest in you. I mean,
I don't care how beautiful. I remember being like twenty
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years old, going why would people listen to an instrumental
Chuck MAGIONI maybe being one of the few exceptions, but
you know, because I'm in it for the lyric. And
you'll wonder in this day and age if where these
people would have found their voice. But in their time,
music told stories, and these were great storytellers.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Yeah, I guess you wouldn't be listening to be Bappa,
Lula or bah Man, right, Yeah, yeah, it was, and
he was probably one of the best storytellers. I mean,
you can just take you know, those lyrics will lead
you to so many different places. And if you're really
into a great songwriting, you know guys like Chris Christofferson,
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Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, like and I said before, Mickey
Newberry and even Mac Davis. You know, Mac Davis wrote Memories,
which has been one of my favorite Elvis songs of
that song just just filled with all sorts of incredible imagery.
But Chris Christofferson's right there up there with him, and
you know he's gonna he's going to be missed. You know,
he's been retired now for like last three years. I
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think he stopped acting about sixty years ago, so he's
been out of the spotlight. But you know when they go,
that's when you know it really hits you that they're
they're not here with us anyone, And like, like you said,
we're not gonna have too many around. You're talking about
the Highwayman before. He's the last. Willy's the last of
the Highwayman. He's ninety one.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yeah, I mean at least just what Willie? Right, Yeah,
Willy Police the only one like this would probably I'm
gonna get people yelling at the radio. But three Stars borns.
I thought the last one was really good, but this
is the one. Nobody really remembers that Judy Garland won
as much, but Chris gris Stopperson Stars Born in seventy
six is biggest. But a lot of people screaming at
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the radio because I a lot of people love that Blade.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Trilogy, right, and I think it's actually there might actually
be four a Stars is born. I think the Judy
Garland one may have been a remake of a thirties one.
I'm not sure, but don't quote me on that, but yeah,
that was that was really kind of his what it.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Was the Football Movie. He was in the Football Movie too.
Wasn't he where he was?
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Or was that not a not Nick Nolty in the
Longest Yard?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
No, that was Longest show was Burt Reynolds and then
Mac Davis and Nick Nolty were North Dallas forty. But
there was another one with Jill Claiborne. I thought he
was in back in.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
The Morning of Bellot.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
I know he was.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
You know, A Star Is Born was kind of his
first real I wasn't his first big role, but it
was first a kind of a commercial role where you know,
women could get into him. Before he was kind of
doing like experimental films like Cisco Pike and pat Ertict
and Billieve the Kid and but then you know, he
did Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore? And then he Starr
Was Born was really kind of his coming out party
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as a as a as a solid A list actor,
and you know, and he acted pretty consistently. He never
really stopped. You know, music was always a big thing
for him, but acting and from what I understand, he
never really took any formal acting lessons, at least in
those early days.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
No, they just liked his look, liked his voice, and
went with it. Closing moments with yeah, very rugged. Historian
and author Scott Shay is joining us. You got a
book out called All the Leaves Are Brown, How the
Mamas and the Papas came together and broke apart. People
can find that at Amazon or wherever great books are sold.
A lot of line is pretty diverse, guy, multi talented.
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Stole the love of my life Rita Coolidge in the
seventies from me and uh, probably one of the really
deep thinking great songwriters of our time.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Well, he did give her back too, He did give
her back.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I like you, Scott. That's another book. Chris took her
and gave her back. Christ Christofferson gone at the age
of eighty eight years old. And then we lost to
Dame Maggie Smith over the weekend at eighty nine. I
think Diane Carroll passed away over the weekend. So three
big deaths always comes in threes, all right, Chris Christopherson.
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That leaves just Willie Nelson of the Highwaymen still with us. Yeah,
that's a little lot that's a legend gone, Scott. Appreciate
you remembering Chris Christopherson with us this morning. Thank you, Michael,
you got it all right. If you're just waking up,
of course, all the attention is on Hurricane Helene in
the aftermath. By the way, this is a live, dramatic
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search and rescue ongoing.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
It is a major movement of supplies and relief. That told,
if you're just waking up, is to ninety nine and rising.
Still a thousand about unaccounted for, millions still without power.
Damage estimated to be between fifteen and over one hundred
billion dollars. We talked a little bit about this earlier,
but I think all of us, deep deep inside, have compassion.
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Let me tell you too, As is just a fellow
believer with you. If you've got nothing to offer but prayers,
that's everything. God is near to the broken hearted. God
is inside of these people that are providing and doing
search and rescue. Your prayers make a big difference. I've
never been a big fan of all my thoughts, so
of course my thoughts are with him. I can't think
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about anything else today. It's very difficult to talk about
anything else. I mean, if we did a measurement scale.
Nothing compares to how our fellow Americans are hurting in
these states. The notion that you, you know, these loved
ones are missing, and whether it's friends or family members,
they can't and a hold of them. They don't know
if they're suffering, they don't know if they're alive or death.
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That takes my breath away. And when I don't have breath,
I can't speak, and I get paid to speak for
a living. So there are things that we have to do.
Billy Graham had one of the greatest expressions ever. We
inhale faith, we exhale works. So take the time to pray,
it'll make you feel better, and then take the time
to give. I You know, as this platform continues to
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expand beyond just local, there are people that are just
getting to know me. I know there are charities I trust,
and I know there are ones that I have vetted
and I choose not to give to. The need is
so great if I had to prioritize it. Nobody is
suffering more and nobody is still trapped more than North Carolina.
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So Governor Cooper would like and has set up the
North Carolina Disaster relief Fund. You can go to NCED
dot gov forward slash, donate and give. You will feel
better giving and you will make a measurable difference in giving.
There's the Salvation Army that I trust. There's organizations like
the Red Cross, the United Way, Catholic Charities, Southern Baptist
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Disaster Relieve, Hands and Hearts. Whatever you choose, pray for
them and consider giving and making a difference. But all
attention is on the states impacted by the hurricane. As
for many search and rescue continues and supplies arriving continues
a lot of drama. On this final day of September, Monday,
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September thirtieth, this is your Morning Show with Michael del China.
Thanks for waking up with your morning show. Our thoughts
and prayers are with everyone who are hurting and suffering
and still in need after Hurricane Helene this week, including
President Biden, who had this to say, Yes, stragicy as
a matter of fact, for trying to get the exact
(10:51):
number my Freeman advisors on the ground as FARDA right now, Well,
the exact number right now is ninety nine have been
accounted for dead and reported in the result of Helene,
many of them in the Carolinas. In Ashville alone, a
thousand still unaccounted for. Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
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Indiana bore the brunt of the storm. Two millions still
without power. Damage is estimated to be between fifteen and
over one hundred billion dollars. In a statement on Sunday,
the White House said Biden tends to travel to the
impacted areas this week and will do so when it
will not disrupt emergency operations. Biden also spoke on the
phone with the Georgia North Carolina governors, as well as
(11:33):
with additional officials in North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina. Meanwhile,
President Biden says he will not interfere and intervene to
stop the potential dock workers strike. Mark Mayfield has that
storm well.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
Speaking to reporters in Delaware, Biden says he doesn't believe
in the Taffed Hartley Act, a law that would allow
him to delay a strike with a court order. Thousands
of longshoremen are set to strike this week, and installed
labor contract talks with the US Maritime Alliance, a strength
would likely disrupt a commercial trade on massive scale and
seriously impact the US economy. With just over a month's
remaining until the presidential election, I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Unlike in presidential debates, the vice presidential candidate's microphones will
remain on at all times in their upcoming debate Tomorrow night,
Tammy Trahilo explains.
Speaker 5 (12:24):
CBS News on Friday announced the debate rules, to which
the campaigns for Democrat Tim Walls and Republican JD Vance agreed.
CBS News did say that moderators could turn off the
participant's microphones if necessary. For the presidential debate between Vice
President Harris and former President Trump, the microphone was needed
for the candidate who was not responding. As in the
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presidential debate, there will be no audience for the VP debate.
CBS anchor Nor O'Donnell and Face the Nation host Margaret
Brennan will moderate the debate, which is set for Tuesday
night at nine pm Eastern from the CBS Broadcast Center
in New York City.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
I'm Tammy Tank Here. There's nothing simple. Avoiding people you
don't like, avoiding one's friend. Is this the real test?
Actress Dave Maggie Smith is dead at the age of
eighty nine. Her son's confirmed to the BBC that she
died at a hospital on Friday. She's known for her
role as Professor McGonagall. I think I said it right
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plusn't enough McGonagall. Yeah, McGonagall and Harry Potter Andrew rolling down. Nabbey.
Smith won two Oscars four Emmys during her career. Can
you talk like that? I'm tempted to ring for nanny?
And have you put the bed with new shop pots?
Just messed up the one name Dave. Maggie Smith was
eighty nine years old. Chewing gum is another casualty of
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the pandemic pree tennis with more about what you're chewing today.
Speaker 6 (13:47):
The US Census says one hundred and sixty five million
Americans chewed gum daily before lockdown, but sales dropped off
significantly because when you're at home, fresh breath isn't much
of a concern, but on this National Chewing Gum Day,
your urge to reach for a stick. The American Dental
Association says chewing gum increases the flow of saliva and
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that reduces PLAQ acid. Psychology today says chewing gum improves memory,
reduces impulse shopping, and it won't stay in your system
for seven years if you swallow it. And let's face it,
blowing bubbles is fun. I'm bre Tennis.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
I always knew brehead, fresh breath. Yeah. Huge game for Alabama.
They hung on to win against Georgia and moved all
the weight to number one in the NCAA polls. Texas
is two, Ohio State three good rocket top. Tennessee is
fourth and the Bulldogs fell to fifth and the NFL
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Vikings now four and oh after winning twenty nine to
twenty one over the Pack, who fell to two and two.
Bucks now three and one with a thirty three sixteen
went over the Eagles. Baker Mayfield for those of you
following the loss of the Cleveland Browns, Baker Mayfield had
three hundred and forty seven yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions,
and we got rid of him because Commander's improved a
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three and one, winning big in Arizona forty two to fourteen.
Jalen Daniels two hundred and thirty three yards with a touchdown.
Browns lost twenty sixteen to Vegas fell to one and three.
Boltemore dominated the Bills last night thirty five to ten. Bills,
now three and one. Baltimore evens up at two and
two Monday night football at double header tonight. No quarterback
in the first game. Serious, well, the Titans starting quarterback
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will be in there, but still no quarterback for the Titans,
and of course no Tua for the Dolphins. Titans, Dolphins, first, Seahawks, Lions.
So lately, chant, we got a chant. Baseball has some
unfinished business today. All that's left is a doubleheader Mets
in the Braves. If they split the double header, the
Mets and Braves advance. If the Mets of the Braves
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win both games, Helo Arizona. The d Backs are in.
Brewers are waiting in the wings to see who they
will play. Guardians are a number two seeds, so they
will have a buy for our other city. If you're
a morning show interest, Cardinals, Rangers, Nationals, Raised, Mariners, Congratulations,
your season is over. Birthdays today, Successions. Kieran Culkin is
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forty two. Notice how I avoided saying Macaulay Culkin's brother
forty two years old. The nanny's friend Dresher may be
one of the most unattractive voices in the history of
the human race. That Yeah, Fran Dresher is sixty seven
years old. Greg Brady, who announced in his memoir book
that everybody kind of hooked up with each other on
the Brady Bunch. I sall that that made news this weekend.
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Barry Williams, Greg Brady, or Johnny Bravo as you may
know him, seventy years Greg Brady is seventy years old. Today, Hi,
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you're just waking up. Final day of September the thirtieth,
twenty twenty five, for ninety nine people now reported dead
as a result of Hurricane Helene, still about one thousand
unaccounted for, millions without power, and the damage estimates anywhere
from fifteen to one hundred billion dollars. All thoughts, all
prayers are on those, especially in North Carolina, where Scott
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Kimbler will report just in about fifteen minutes from right
Now for those that want to give, North Carolina's Governor
Cooper has set up a North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund,
so you can give it NC dot gov forward slash donate.
And of course there's the Red Cross, Salvation Army, United Way,
Catholic Charities, all hands and hearts in the Southern Baptist
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disaster relief, or the relief efforts that you have vetted
and trust most. But the main thing is thoughts, prayers,
and of course giving. All Right, Aaron rails here, Aaron,
you're not gonna rile me again? Are you?
Speaker 7 (17:56):
Did I rile you off time?
Speaker 1 (17:57):
No, not at all, But I said, little sprinkle a
controversy every time you stop by. So are immigrants taking jobs?
This is that age old argument. They're not taking jobs
from American workers, They're doing the jobs Americas don't want
to use. So your view is of what the economists
are saying. So are they taking these jobs or doing
jobs we don't want to do? As I presume what
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the result is.
Speaker 7 (18:20):
Yeah, reminder, listeners, I'm a reporter, a messenger taking aside,
shoot my opinion, much like the data.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
No reminder, shoot the reporter. Never the host got to
take them for the team now and then Aaron No,
I'm so yes.
Speaker 7 (18:37):
Economists they say that there's several reasons why immigrants. They
largely benefit the economy of the job market, and the
main reason is that the job market is not static.
So according to the National Bureau of Economic Research Research,
immigrants are eighty percent more likely to become entrepreneurs than
native workers. And this recent surge of immigration, it's expected
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to add about nine trillion to the nation to GDP
over the next decades. So the argument like they're taking jobs, well,
apparently the segment of the population where that is true
is for lower levels of education attainment, basically folks who
didn't finish high school. That's where they pose the biggest threat.
But at the same time, Americans like ultimately benefit and
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that's partly because it's not like direct competition for the
higher paying jobs. And I'll give you an example. In
a restaurant, a native worker has a better command of English,
so they're more likely to be a waiter, while an
immigrant is more likely to do kitchen prep or wash dishes.
And then on a farm, a native worker is more
likely to be a supervisor around high tech equipment, where
an immigrant will like hand pick crops. So the idea
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that like those who suffer from a wave of immigration,
it's generally the negative wage effects are on prior immigrants.
Those are the most likely to experience this. Not native born,
but native born high school dropouts. They may experience some
effects because they share job qualifications that are similar to
skilled workers.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
So the reason why I set it up to be
contentious is to diffuse it. So there's two ways we
can handle this. We can debate reality and just take
a position and repeat a narrative, or we can view
it from the standpoint of intent. So in everything you
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just said, you said immigrant, which didn't even bring about
a legal immigrant. In other words, immigration has always been important,
and I have always contended our immigration system is as
broke as illegal immigration makes it appear. I have seen
people I knew one in particular, he served prestigiously and
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honorably in the military in the United Kingdom special Ops,
to be exact, came to America, started a restaurant, employed
about sixty seven people. It happened to be one of
my favorite restaurants, and he ends up getting deported back
to the United Kingdom. That's how broke our immigration system is,
so what is the intent. The intent is that you
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come legally. It's also imperative that you assimilate, not because
it's mandatory, but for what you just cited. If you
don't assimilate, you're going to limit yourself. My grandparents came
here from Italy to not limit themselves and not limit
their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren, but to bring
them opportunity, which is why assimilation was there number one
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priority in that first generation. Second generation was education, third
generation was leadership and prosperity. So I think you know,
when we look at this, the bottom line is you're
describing a reality, and we could go all day before
we would cover all aspects of the reality, but none
of it has anything to do with intent. Nobody is
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against immigration as long as it is legal, lawful, and
then assimilation because if you're not a melting pot, you
become a melting culture. And we are a constitutional republic
and a government of laws. So I don't see any
of this story, by the way, is anything that offends
me or anything that is really even partisan.
Speaker 7 (22:08):
Well, get ready, because the data I'm citing accounts for
non legals, illegal immigrants, and the reason this is interesting.
So immigrants helped cool this like overheated job market that
we had right after the economy open back up according
to economists, not me this, So there was there was
this demand for workers. There was historic hide in twenty
twenty one, and wages were going up very sharply, but
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there was severe staffing shortages, especially in industries like leisure
and hospitality. So it really helped dilute all of these
people coming in that inflationary pressure that we were seeing
on the market because there were so many people, so
the immigrants, they weren't competing with US citizens for jobs
but instead.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
But even that aaron is an incomplete picture available job
because they also the legal parts of it, and the
law parts of it cost expenses too, so I knew
that was going to be a part of the equation.
The prom is you can't turn a blind eye to
illegal right, So it's still wrong even though it fills
that and it creates a lot of other things. So
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it's just a reality, and it's a way to understand
the reality.
Speaker 7 (23:13):
This isn't like anyone's opinion. This is the data based
on economics, and what the economic tells us is that
like illegal or not, and This is a not pro
illegal immigrant argument.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
It's just like the data.
Speaker 7 (23:23):
The data says that people will add nine trillion to
the GDP. The data might also say that it causes
unrest and unsort. But this is just data, or how about.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
This data erin what I mean? We say they're doing
jobs that Americans otherwise aren't willing to do. Well, everybody
pitches a fit when they see an entitlement go to
an illegal immigrant. Do they ever pitch a fit when
they see an entitlement for nothing? Just go to an American.
Of course, there's a good portion of America that doesn't
do anything or want to do these jobs, or feeling
they need to do these jobs because they're getting something
for nothing. While they get something for nothing, the others
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break in and they do the jobs for very little.
They don't assimilate, they stay little, stay oppressed. And this
is what we call prosperous and sovereign. Course not it's
broken on every angle. But no, I doesn't. The numbers
don't surprise me at all. One thing I'll say about
if they're not criminals. One thing, I'll say they have
very very high work ethic. And I think the other
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thing that the Democrats are learning they're not real big
on the government controlling them and meddling in their lives.
They'll work hard, they'll provide for their family, and you
butt out. And that's why we're seeing they once had
a forty one percent identity with the Democrat Party. It's
now down to fourteen percent advantage. So from forty one
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percent proclivity down to fourteen, that's a voting block that
they are losing. So that notion that remember when this
all started, Aaron, Well, this is actually probably when you
were still in high school. I was talking to a
congressman and he said, well, you're never going to see
anything happen with immigration. Why, Well, the Democrats like the
votes and the Republicans like the cheap labor. Well, guess what,
when enough of them get here, they'll have the final
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say because they will become a part of the voting block,
and a voting block that is decreasing every day for Democrats.
So it'd be interesting to see, once the Democrats don't
have any political advantage, how they address immigration and finally
truly address it. But right now, from the economists standpoint,
they're filling a lot of jobs and because of them,
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they're making trillions of dollars a difference.
Speaker 7 (25:25):
Indeed, Yeah, yeah, that's what the data is saying. And again,
like the biggest threat to those jobs is fire, immigrants
and those with low level of education attainment like high
school dropouts. Outside of that, you generally don't see the
competition in direct, direct competition, not with citizens of the US.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Aaron Rayl, don't shoot the messenger. Great reporting. We'll talk
again tomorrow forty four minutes.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
After the hour.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Well, for all of our attention is on those suffering
from Hurricane Helen. North Carolina getting the barrunt of it.
North Carolina's governor says help is on the way to
people impacted by the catastrophic flooding. Roy Cooper, the governor,
said Sunday that the state National Guard will be airlifting
supplies to counties in Western Carolina. Supplies will include food, water,
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other essential items. He called the flooding caused by Helene
an unprecedented tragedy that required an unprecedented response.
Speaker 8 (26:21):
This unprecedented storm dropped from ten to twenty nine inches
of rain across the mountains, causing life threatening floods and landslides.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
You know, I had this debate with my daughter who
was supposed to go to Atlanta on Thursday. I said,
you don't understand, this is going to be a very
significant hurricane. It's going to be a storm surge story
for Florida, and it's going to be a flooding story
for about three states. Boy, it turned out to be
everything we thought it would. And that's why on as
early as Wednesday, we were talking, yes, about a twenty
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foot storm surge, it would be unsurvivable along the coast
of Florida and maybe the biggest to ever hit that bend.
But the kind of flooding, the notion that one two
three hours later it's in Atlanta and shortly after that
heading into the Carolinas and the massive flooding story, well
that's exactly what has played out. Most grocery stores are
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only accepting cash, Food and water is being airlifted to
the area. There are reports of long gas lines, even
fights breaking out. At least ninety nine deaths now in
the southeast had been reported. There's still about over a
thousand unaccounted for the Carolinas. Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
and Indiana bore the brunt of Hurricane of Leee. Governor
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Cooper said officials are working tirelessly to get relief to
these areas most affected by the crisis.
Speaker 8 (27:42):
A number of NASS feeding sites have been open. Water,
food and other supplies are coming into Ashville, and they're
also being airlifted from there to surrounding counties.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
We encourage everyone to give up your prayers and for
those that feel led to give up your money, and
for some of you of great skill to give up
your time for those that are looking to make a difference.
The Governor of North Carolina set up the North Carolina
Disaster Relief Fund. Go to nc dot gov forward slash donate.
There's the Salvation Army, the United Way, the Red Cross,
(28:15):
Catholic Charities, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, all hands and hearts.
Give where you feel led. Americans are. Indeed, Trump was
in Pa focused on the border. Mark Mayfield has our
road to the White House.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Road to the White House.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
Former President Trump is slamming Vice President Harris on immigration.
Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania Sunday, he claimed the
policies of the Harris and Biden administration have let thousands
of terrorists into the country.
Speaker 8 (28:42):
You know, I had one year where border patrol said
no terrorists came in.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
Thousands of terrorsts are pouring into our country now.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
He went on to town Hills record on immigration, saying
the border was much more secure under his presidency.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
In a new poll shows.
Speaker 4 (28:56):
A very tight race for the White House in the
battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin. The New York Times
Sienna College poll release Saturday shows Vice President Harris leading
former President Trump by a single point in Michigan forty
seven percent. It also gives Harris a two point advantage
over Trump in Wisconsin. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
CBS News says microphones will not be muted during Tuesday
night's presidential debate. Chris Karragio has more.
Speaker 9 (29:19):
The network announced the rules Friday for the debate between
Democratic VP candidate Tim Walls and his GOP counterpart JD.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
Vance.
Speaker 9 (29:26):
While the mics won't be muted, the network said it
reserves the right to turn off a candidate's microphone. In
the two presidential debates this summer, the mics were muted
unless it was the candidate's turn to speak. The network
also said advanced won or virtual coin toss for the
right to choose when he will give his closing statement,
and he decided to speak after Walls. I'm Chris Karracio Medamogo.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Mark Zuckerberg has joined the ranks of the top of
the top one percent numbers from Bloomberg's Billionaire Index project
The Growth Protect The Growth has Zuckerberg's personal wealth and
twenty twenty five for two hundred and one billion dollars,
making him the fourth richest person globally. The Meta CEO
is now in the two hundred billion dollar club. There's
(30:08):
only three other members Elon Musk Tesla and ex CEO
Jeff Bezos, founders of Amazon, and Bernard Arnault, CEO of
the luxury brand LVMH. Bama's number one Texas to Ohio,
State three, Tennessee four, Georgia five, and the NCAA Top five.
(30:29):
In football, Baltimore dominated the Bills last night If You
Fell Asleep thirty five to ten. Bills now three and one.
Baltimore inches up to two and two. And we have
a Monday night football double header tonight. First up, Titans
and Dolphins and the Seahawks and the Lions.
Speaker 6 (30:43):
Hi, I'm Andrea del Giorno and my husband and my
morning show is your Morning Show with Michael del Jorno.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
The death toll is now at ninety nine after Hurricane Helen.
Millions still without power, and the estimate damages between fifteen
and over one hundred billion dollars. Scott Kimbler are your
Morning show national correspondent is looking over all the devastation,
mainly in Asheville, North Carolina, this morning.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
Good morning, Scott, good morning, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
All right, So, most of the search and rescue, by
the way, is still very active and for Ashville still
trapped right every road in and out blocked.
Speaker 3 (31:24):
Yes, absolutely, that's over two hundred roads from what I understand,
and that number is likely to go up. The governor
has asked people in twenty five counties just to not
use roads at all. But many of the roads, especially
around Asheville, but also the smaller communities like Spruce Pine
and others like that, they are impassable. You still have
(31:44):
trees down, you still have major flooding. There is still
a flood warning for today and more rain called for
this afternoon. Fortunately we'll be clearing out for a couple
of days, so they will so they won't be combating
new rain here very shortly. More than five International Guard
troops have moved into the area and there have been
(32:07):
over one hundred and twenty rescues. More are expected. A
bit of an upside here other than the rain ending
sometime after today is that AT and T and T
Mobile have both been able to get in satellite trucks
and remote towers into that area and that's going to
(32:28):
help quite a bit with communications, which has been a
problem since all of this has happened. This is ten to
twenty nine inches of rain that fell out a very
short amount of time, and this caused massive flooding in
that area. It was cell phone disrupted. The state officials
have been able to actually get a read on how
many people they may be talking about, so they do
(32:51):
have a lot of rescues that have had but more
than a thousand people being treated in nearly twenty five
remote shelters, and more are expected both in people and
more shelters being constructed. So all of these numbers that
we're seeing right now, and we have more than thirty
deaths in Duncombe County, which is where Asheville is located.
(33:11):
All these numbers are expected to go up. So we'll
learn far more today as the weather clears up out there,
but also as communication improves. So the numbers we're seeing now,
they're going to go up, likely in a staggering manner.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
Scott's gonna be back next hour. We'll talk some more.
Thank you so much, Scott. We're all in this together.
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del Journal on the Aaron streaming live on your iHeartRadio app. Well,
the death toll is up to ninety nine and we're
(00:40):
expecting that to grow. Still over one thousand unaccounted for.
Ninety nine now dead as a result of Hurricane Helene.
A million still without power. Damage is estimated between fifteen
and one hundred billion dollars. President Biden set to visit
the region impacted by Hurricane Helen later this week at
the Big Vice President debate tomorrow night. New poll show
(01:01):
a tight race for the White House and battleground states
in Michigan and Wisconsin and country music star actor Chris
Christopherson has died at the age of eighty eight. Some
called him the Bob Dylan of country music. I didn't
get a chance to ever see the the who was it?
(01:22):
The high having Waylan, the Highwayman right him? Whyalon? Who
else was in that? Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash joining us
now as an author and historian, Scott Shay and Scott This.
This was a guy depending on how much you knew
about music. The hits that he wrote for others, the
(01:43):
movies he starred in, and the songs he sang himself
put Chris Christophers in his contributions in Life and Perspective
for us.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I mean the guy was the user real renaissance man.
I mean not only was he an incredible songwriter and actor,
I mean the guy was like he was an army ranger.
He was a Rhodes scholar, he was a helicopter pilot.
I mean, this was like nothing he couldn't do. But
we know mostly for his music and his his acting.
(02:14):
But you know, he really started as one of those
guys who wrote a lot of songs for others. I mean,
Ray Price had a big hit with for the Good
Times and Sammy Smith would helped me make it through
the night, and several people recorded me and Bobby McGee,
including the probably the most recognized version by Janis Joplin.
And there was just, you know, so many others.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
So many things about him that you're gonna find this
an odd thing to bring up, but it could have
something to do with my age, very much like a
mac Davis to me.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah, you know, and those guys kind of ran in
the same circles back in those days, him and mac
Davis and Mickey Newberry, and they were really kind of
like existential songwriters. It was really a maturity that came
through in that age, you know, with post Monterey Pop
Festival and music rock and roll in country looking to
get a little bit more sophisticated, a little bit more adult,
(03:02):
and you know, he came along right at the right time.
His lyrics are in credit are just profound and like
I said, eccuistential.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Well mac Davis did in the ghetto. I mean there
were some you know, beautiful songs written by both of
them and made famous by other people. But you know,
it does beg the question I wonder how I'm I'm
a lyrics guy. So if you don't have any lyrics,
you know, I don't have any interest in you. I mean,
I don't care how beautiful. I remember being like twenty
(03:30):
years old, going why would people listen to an instrumental
Chuck MAGIONI maybe being one of the few exceptions, but
you know, because I'm in it for the lyric. And
you'll wonder in this day and age if where these
people would have found their voice. But in their time,
music told stories, and these were great storytellers.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Yeah, I guess you wouldn't be listening to be Bappa,
Lula or bah Man, right, Yeah, yeah, it was, and
he was probably one of the best storytellers. I mean,
you can just take you know, those lyrics will lead
you to so many different places. And if you're really
into a great songwriting, you know guys like Chris Christofferson,
(04:08):
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, like and I said before, Mickey
Newberry and even Mac Davis. You know, Mac Davis wrote Memories,
which has been one of my favorite Elvis songs of
that song just just filled with all sorts of incredible imagery.
But Chris Christofferson's right there up there with him, and
you know he's gonna he's going to be missed. You know,
he's been retired now for like last three years. I
(04:30):
think he stopped acting about sixty years ago, so he's
been out of the spotlight. But you know when they go,
that's when you know it really hits you that they're
they're not here with us anyone, And like, like you said,
we're not gonna have too many around. You're talking about
the Highwayman before. He's the last. Willy's the last of
the Highwayman. He's ninety one.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yeah, I mean at least just what Willie? Right, Yeah,
Willy Police the only one like this would probably I'm
gonna get people yelling at the radio. But three Stars borns.
I thought the last one was really good, but this
is the one. Nobody really remembers that Judy Garland won
as much, but Chris gris Stopperson Stars Born in seventy
six is biggest. But a lot of people screaming at
(05:11):
the radio because I a lot of people love that Blade.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Trilogy, right, and I think it's actually there might actually
be four a Stars is born. I think the Judy
Garland one may have been a remake of a thirties one.
I'm not sure, but don't quote me on that, but yeah,
that was that was really kind of his what it.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Was the Football Movie. He was in the Football Movie too.
Wasn't he where he was?
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Or was that not a not Nick Nolty in the
Longest Yard?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
No, that was Longest show was Burt Reynolds and then
Mac Davis and Nick Nolty were North Dallas forty. But
there was another one with Jill Claiborne. I thought he
was in back in.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
The Morning of Bellot.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
I know he was.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
You know, A Star Is Born was kind of his
first real I wasn't his first big role, but it
was first a kind of a commercial role where you know,
women could get into him. Before he was kind of
doing like experimental films like Cisco Pike and pat Ertict
and Billieve the Kid and but then you know, he
did Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore? And then he Starr
Was Born was really kind of his coming out party
(06:15):
as a as a as a solid A list actor,
and you know, and he acted pretty consistently. He never
really stopped. You know, music was always a big thing
for him, but acting and from what I understand, he
never really took any formal acting lessons, at least in
those early days.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
No, they just liked his look, liked his voice, and
went with it. Closing moments with yeah, very rugged. Historian
and author Scott Shay is joining us. You got a
book out called All the Leaves Are Brown, How the
Mamas and the Papas came together and broke apart. People
can find that at Amazon or wherever great books are sold.
A lot of line is pretty diverse, guy, multi talented.
(06:56):
Stole the love of my life Rita Coolidge in the
seventies from me and uh, probably one of the really
deep thinking great songwriters of our time.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Well, he did give her back too, He did give
her back.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I like you, Scott. That's another book. Chris took her
and gave her back. Christ Christofferson gone at the age
of eighty eight years old. And then we lost to
Dame Maggie Smith over the weekend at eighty nine. I
think Diane Carroll passed away over the weekend. So three
big deaths always comes in threes, all right, Chris Christopherson.
(07:32):
That leaves just Willie Nelson of the Highwaymen still with us. Yeah,
that's a little lot that's a legend gone, Scott. Appreciate
you remembering Chris Christopherson with us this morning. Thank you, Michael,
you got it all right. If you're just waking up,
of course, all the attention is on Hurricane Helene in
the aftermath. By the way, this is a live, dramatic
(07:53):
search and rescue ongoing.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
It is a major movement of supplies and relief. That told,
if you're just waking up, is to ninety nine and rising.
Still a thousand about unaccounted for, millions still without power.
Damage estimated to be between fifteen and over one hundred
billion dollars. We talked a little bit about this earlier,
but I think all of us, deep deep inside, have compassion.
(08:20):
Let me tell you too, As is just a fellow
believer with you. If you've got nothing to offer but prayers,
that's everything. God is near to the broken hearted. God
is inside of these people that are providing and doing
search and rescue. Your prayers make a big difference. I've
never been a big fan of all my thoughts, so
of course my thoughts are with him. I can't think
(08:41):
about anything else today. It's very difficult to talk about
anything else. I mean, if we did a measurement scale.
Nothing compares to how our fellow Americans are hurting in
these states. The notion that you, you know, these loved
ones are missing, and whether it's friends or family members,
they can't and a hold of them. They don't know
if they're suffering, they don't know if they're alive or death.
(09:03):
That takes my breath away. And when I don't have breath,
I can't speak, and I get paid to speak for
a living. So there are things that we have to do.
Billy Graham had one of the greatest expressions ever. We
inhale faith, we exhale works. So take the time to pray,
it'll make you feel better, and then take the time
to give. I You know, as this platform continues to
(09:26):
expand beyond just local, there are people that are just
getting to know me. I know there are charities I trust,
and I know there are ones that I have vetted
and I choose not to give to. The need is
so great if I had to prioritize it. Nobody is
suffering more and nobody is still trapped more than North Carolina.
(09:48):
So Governor Cooper would like and has set up the
North Carolina Disaster relief Fund. You can go to NCED
dot gov forward slash, donate and give. You will feel
better giving and you will make a measurable difference in giving.
There's the Salvation Army that I trust. There's organizations like
the Red Cross, the United Way, Catholic Charities, Southern Baptist
(10:09):
Disaster Relieve, Hands and Hearts. Whatever you choose, pray for
them and consider giving and making a difference. But all
attention is on the states impacted by the hurricane. As
for many search and rescue continues and supplies arriving continues
a lot of drama. On this final day of September, Monday,
(10:30):
September thirtieth, this is your Morning Show with Michael del China.
Thanks for waking up with your morning show. Our thoughts
and prayers are with everyone who are hurting and suffering
and still in need after Hurricane Helene this week, including
President Biden, who had this to say, Yes, stragicy as
a matter of fact, for trying to get the exact
(10:51):
number my Freeman advisors on the ground as FARDA right now, Well,
the exact number right now is ninety nine have been
accounted for dead and reported in the result of Helene,
many of them in the Carolinas. In Ashville alone, a
thousand still unaccounted for. Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
(11:13):
Indiana bore the brunt of the storm. Two millions still
without power. Damage is estimated to be between fifteen and
over one hundred billion dollars. In a statement on Sunday,
the White House said Biden tends to travel to the
impacted areas this week and will do so when it
will not disrupt emergency operations. Biden also spoke on the
phone with the Georgia North Carolina governors, as well as
(11:33):
with additional officials in North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina. Meanwhile,
President Biden says he will not interfere and intervene to
stop the potential dock workers strike. Mark Mayfield has that
storm well.
Speaker 4 (11:51):
Speaking to reporters in Delaware, Biden says he doesn't believe
in the Taffed Hartley Act, a law that would allow
him to delay a strike with a court order. Thousands
of longshoremen are set to strike this week, and installed
labor contract talks with the US Maritime Alliance, a strength
would likely disrupt a commercial trade on massive scale and
seriously impact the US economy. With just over a month's
remaining until the presidential election, I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
Unlike in presidential debates, the vice presidential candidate's microphones will
remain on at all times in their upcoming debate Tomorrow night,
Tammy Trahilo explains.
Speaker 5 (12:24):
CBS News on Friday announced the debate rules, to which
the campaigns for Democrat Tim Walls and Republican JD Vance agreed.
CBS News did say that moderators could turn off the
participant's microphones if necessary. For the presidential debate between Vice
President Harris and former President Trump, the microphone was needed
for the candidate who was not responding. As in the
(12:45):
presidential debate, there will be no audience for the VP debate.
CBS anchor Nor O'Donnell and Face the Nation host Margaret
Brennan will moderate the debate, which is set for Tuesday
night at nine pm Eastern from the CBS Broadcast Center
in New York City.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
I'm Tammy Tank Here. There's nothing simple. Avoiding people you
don't like, avoiding one's friend. Is this the real test?
Actress Dave Maggie Smith is dead at the age of
eighty nine. Her son's confirmed to the BBC that she
died at a hospital on Friday. She's known for her
role as Professor McGonagall. I think I said it right
(13:19):
plusn't enough McGonagall. Yeah, McGonagall and Harry Potter Andrew rolling down. Nabbey.
Smith won two Oscars four Emmys during her career. Can
you talk like that? I'm tempted to ring for nanny?
And have you put the bed with new shop pots?
Just messed up the one name Dave. Maggie Smith was
eighty nine years old. Chewing gum is another casualty of
(13:41):
the pandemic pree tennis with more about what you're chewing today.
Speaker 6 (13:47):
The US Census says one hundred and sixty five million
Americans chewed gum daily before lockdown, but sales dropped off
significantly because when you're at home, fresh breath isn't much
of a concern, but on this National Chewing Gum Day,
your urge to reach for a stick. The American Dental
Association says chewing gum increases the flow of saliva and
(14:07):
that reduces PLAQ acid. Psychology today says chewing gum improves memory,
reduces impulse shopping, and it won't stay in your system
for seven years if you swallow it. And let's face it,
blowing bubbles is fun. I'm bre Tennis.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
I always knew brehead, fresh breath. Yeah. Huge game for Alabama.
They hung on to win against Georgia and moved all
the weight to number one in the NCAA polls. Texas
is two, Ohio State three good rocket top. Tennessee is
fourth and the Bulldogs fell to fifth and the NFL
(14:41):
Vikings now four and oh after winning twenty nine to
twenty one over the Pack, who fell to two and two.
Bucks now three and one with a thirty three sixteen
went over the Eagles. Baker Mayfield for those of you
following the loss of the Cleveland Browns, Baker Mayfield had
three hundred and forty seven yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions,
and we got rid of him because Commander's improved a
(15:03):
three and one, winning big in Arizona forty two to fourteen.
Jalen Daniels two hundred and thirty three yards with a touchdown.
Browns lost twenty sixteen to Vegas fell to one and three.
Boltemore dominated the Bills last night thirty five to ten. Bills,
now three and one. Baltimore evens up at two and
two Monday night football at double header tonight. No quarterback
in the first game. Serious, well, the Titans starting quarterback
(15:27):
will be in there, but still no quarterback for the Titans,
and of course no Tua for the Dolphins. Titans, Dolphins, first, Seahawks, Lions.
So lately, chant, we got a chant. Baseball has some
unfinished business today. All that's left is a doubleheader Mets
in the Braves. If they split the double header, the
Mets and Braves advance. If the Mets of the Braves
(15:49):
win both games, Helo Arizona. The d Backs are in.
Brewers are waiting in the wings to see who they
will play. Guardians are a number two seeds, so they
will have a buy for our other city. If you're
a morning show interest, Cardinals, Rangers, Nationals, Raised, Mariners, Congratulations,
your season is over. Birthdays today, Successions. Kieran Culkin is
(16:11):
forty two. Notice how I avoided saying Macaulay Culkin's brother
forty two years old. The nanny's friend Dresher may be
one of the most unattractive voices in the history of
the human race. That Yeah, Fran Dresher is sixty seven
years old. Greg Brady, who announced in his memoir book
that everybody kind of hooked up with each other on
the Brady Bunch. I sall that that made news this weekend.
(16:34):
Barry Williams, Greg Brady, or Johnny Bravo as you may
know him, seventy years Greg Brady is seventy years old. Today, Hi,
It's Michael. Your morning show airs live five to eight
AM Central, six to nine Eastern and great cities like Memphis, Tennessee, Telsa, Oklahoma, Sacramento, California.
You'd love to be a part of your morning routine,
but we're happy you're here now. Enjoy the podcast if
(16:56):
you're just waking up. Final day of September the thirtieth,
twenty twenty five, for ninety nine people now reported dead
as a result of Hurricane Helene, still about one thousand
unaccounted for, millions without power, and the damage estimates anywhere
from fifteen to one hundred billion dollars. All thoughts, all
prayers are on those, especially in North Carolina, where Scott
(17:19):
Kimbler will report just in about fifteen minutes from right
Now for those that want to give, North Carolina's Governor
Cooper has set up a North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund,
so you can give it NC dot gov forward slash donate.
And of course there's the Red Cross, Salvation Army, United Way,
Catholic Charities, all hands and hearts in the Southern Baptist
(17:40):
disaster relief, or the relief efforts that you have vetted
and trust most. But the main thing is thoughts, prayers,
and of course giving. All Right, Aaron rails here, Aaron,
you're not gonna rile me again? Are you?
Speaker 7 (17:56):
Did I rile you off time?
Speaker 1 (17:57):
No, not at all, But I said, little sprinkle a
controversy every time you stop by. So are immigrants taking jobs?
This is that age old argument. They're not taking jobs
from American workers, They're doing the jobs Americas don't want
to use. So your view is of what the economists
are saying. So are they taking these jobs or doing
jobs we don't want to do? As I presume what
(18:18):
the result is.
Speaker 7 (18:20):
Yeah, reminder, listeners, I'm a reporter, a messenger taking aside,
shoot my opinion, much like the data.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
No reminder, shoot the reporter. Never the host got to
take them for the team now and then Aaron No,
I'm so yes.
Speaker 7 (18:37):
Economists they say that there's several reasons why immigrants. They
largely benefit the economy of the job market, and the
main reason is that the job market is not static.
So according to the National Bureau of Economic Research Research,
immigrants are eighty percent more likely to become entrepreneurs than
native workers. And this recent surge of immigration, it's expected
(18:57):
to add about nine trillion to the nation to GDP
over the next decades. So the argument like they're taking jobs, well,
apparently the segment of the population where that is true
is for lower levels of education attainment, basically folks who
didn't finish high school. That's where they pose the biggest threat.
But at the same time, Americans like ultimately benefit and
(19:19):
that's partly because it's not like direct competition for the
higher paying jobs. And I'll give you an example. In
a restaurant, a native worker has a better command of English,
so they're more likely to be a waiter, while an
immigrant is more likely to do kitchen prep or wash dishes.
And then on a farm, a native worker is more
likely to be a supervisor around high tech equipment, where
an immigrant will like hand pick crops. So the idea
(19:42):
that like those who suffer from a wave of immigration,
it's generally the negative wage effects are on prior immigrants.
Those are the most likely to experience this. Not native born,
but native born high school dropouts. They may experience some
effects because they share job qualifications that are similar to
skilled workers.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
So the reason why I set it up to be
contentious is to diffuse it. So there's two ways we
can handle this. We can debate reality and just take
a position and repeat a narrative, or we can view
it from the standpoint of intent. So in everything you
(20:23):
just said, you said immigrant, which didn't even bring about
a legal immigrant. In other words, immigration has always been important,
and I have always contended our immigration system is as
broke as illegal immigration makes it appear. I have seen
people I knew one in particular, he served prestigiously and
(20:44):
honorably in the military in the United Kingdom special Ops,
to be exact, came to America, started a restaurant, employed
about sixty seven people. It happened to be one of
my favorite restaurants, and he ends up getting deported back
to the United Kingdom. That's how broke our immigration system is,
so what is the intent. The intent is that you
(21:06):
come legally. It's also imperative that you assimilate, not because
it's mandatory, but for what you just cited. If you
don't assimilate, you're going to limit yourself. My grandparents came
here from Italy to not limit themselves and not limit
their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren, but to bring
them opportunity, which is why assimilation was there number one
(21:28):
priority in that first generation. Second generation was education, third
generation was leadership and prosperity. So I think you know,
when we look at this, the bottom line is you're
describing a reality, and we could go all day before
we would cover all aspects of the reality, but none
of it has anything to do with intent. Nobody is
(21:48):
against immigration as long as it is legal, lawful, and
then assimilation because if you're not a melting pot, you
become a melting culture. And we are a constitutional republic
and a government of laws. So I don't see any
of this story, by the way, is anything that offends
me or anything that is really even partisan.
Speaker 7 (22:08):
Well, get ready, because the data I'm citing accounts for
non legals, illegal immigrants, and the reason this is interesting.
So immigrants helped cool this like overheated job market that
we had right after the economy open back up according
to economists, not me this, So there was there was
this demand for workers. There was historic hide in twenty
twenty one, and wages were going up very sharply, but
(22:32):
there was severe staffing shortages, especially in industries like leisure
and hospitality. So it really helped dilute all of these
people coming in that inflationary pressure that we were seeing
on the market because there were so many people, so
the immigrants, they weren't competing with US citizens for jobs
but instead.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
But even that aaron is an incomplete picture available job
because they also the legal parts of it, and the
law parts of it cost expenses too, so I knew
that was going to be a part of the equation.
The prom is you can't turn a blind eye to
illegal right, So it's still wrong even though it fills
that and it creates a lot of other things. So
(23:10):
it's just a reality, and it's a way to understand
the reality.
Speaker 7 (23:13):
This isn't like anyone's opinion. This is the data based
on economics, and what the economic tells us is that
like illegal or not, and This is a not pro
illegal immigrant argument.
Speaker 4 (23:22):
It's just like the data.
Speaker 7 (23:23):
The data says that people will add nine trillion to
the GDP. The data might also say that it causes
unrest and unsort. But this is just data, or how about.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
This data erin what I mean? We say they're doing
jobs that Americans otherwise aren't willing to do. Well, everybody
pitches a fit when they see an entitlement go to
an illegal immigrant. Do they ever pitch a fit when
they see an entitlement for nothing? Just go to an American.
Of course, there's a good portion of America that doesn't
do anything or want to do these jobs, or feeling
they need to do these jobs because they're getting something
for nothing. While they get something for nothing, the others
(23:54):
break in and they do the jobs for very little.
They don't assimilate, they stay little, stay oppressed. And this
is what we call prosperous and sovereign. Course not it's
broken on every angle. But no, I doesn't. The numbers
don't surprise me at all. One thing I'll say about
if they're not criminals. One thing, I'll say they have
very very high work ethic. And I think the other
(24:18):
thing that the Democrats are learning they're not real big
on the government controlling them and meddling in their lives.
They'll work hard, they'll provide for their family, and you
butt out. And that's why we're seeing they once had
a forty one percent identity with the Democrat Party. It's
now down to fourteen percent advantage. So from forty one
(24:39):
percent proclivity down to fourteen, that's a voting block that
they are losing. So that notion that remember when this
all started, Aaron, Well, this is actually probably when you
were still in high school. I was talking to a
congressman and he said, well, you're never going to see
anything happen with immigration. Why, Well, the Democrats like the
votes and the Republicans like the cheap labor. Well, guess what,
when enough of them get here, they'll have the final
(25:01):
say because they will become a part of the voting block,
and a voting block that is decreasing every day for Democrats.
So it'd be interesting to see, once the Democrats don't
have any political advantage, how they address immigration and finally
truly address it. But right now, from the economists standpoint,
they're filling a lot of jobs and because of them,
(25:21):
they're making trillions of dollars a difference.
Speaker 7 (25:25):
Indeed, Yeah, yeah, that's what the data is saying. And again,
like the biggest threat to those jobs is fire, immigrants
and those with low level of education attainment like high
school dropouts. Outside of that, you generally don't see the
competition in direct, direct competition, not with citizens of the US.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Aaron Rayl, don't shoot the messenger. Great reporting. We'll talk
again tomorrow forty four minutes.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
After the hour.
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Well, for all of our attention is on those suffering
from Hurricane Helen. North Carolina getting the barrunt of it.
North Carolina's governor says help is on the way to
people impacted by the catastrophic flooding. Roy Cooper, the governor,
said Sunday that the state National Guard will be airlifting
supplies to counties in Western Carolina. Supplies will include food, water,
(26:12):
other essential items. He called the flooding caused by Helene
an unprecedented tragedy that required an unprecedented response.
Speaker 8 (26:21):
This unprecedented storm dropped from ten to twenty nine inches
of rain across the mountains, causing life threatening floods and landslides.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
You know, I had this debate with my daughter who
was supposed to go to Atlanta on Thursday. I said,
you don't understand, this is going to be a very
significant hurricane. It's going to be a storm surge story
for Florida, and it's going to be a flooding story
for about three states. Boy, it turned out to be
everything we thought it would. And that's why on as
early as Wednesday, we were talking, yes, about a twenty
(26:53):
foot storm surge, it would be unsurvivable along the coast
of Florida and maybe the biggest to ever hit that bend.
But the kind of flooding, the notion that one two
three hours later it's in Atlanta and shortly after that
heading into the Carolinas and the massive flooding story, well
that's exactly what has played out. Most grocery stores are
(27:14):
only accepting cash, Food and water is being airlifted to
the area. There are reports of long gas lines, even
fights breaking out. At least ninety nine deaths now in
the southeast had been reported. There's still about over a
thousand unaccounted for the Carolinas. Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
and Indiana bore the brunt of Hurricane of Leee. Governor
(27:37):
Cooper said officials are working tirelessly to get relief to
these areas most affected by the crisis.
Speaker 8 (27:42):
A number of NASS feeding sites have been open. Water,
food and other supplies are coming into Ashville, and they're
also being airlifted from there to surrounding counties.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
We encourage everyone to give up your prayers and for
those that feel led to give up your money, and
for some of you of great skill to give up
your time for those that are looking to make a difference.
The Governor of North Carolina set up the North Carolina
Disaster Relief Fund. Go to nc dot gov forward slash donate.
There's the Salvation Army, the United Way, the Red Cross,
(28:15):
Catholic Charities, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, all hands and hearts.
Give where you feel led. Americans are. Indeed, Trump was
in Pa focused on the border. Mark Mayfield has our
road to the White House.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Road to the White House.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
Former President Trump is slamming Vice President Harris on immigration.
Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania Sunday, he claimed the
policies of the Harris and Biden administration have let thousands
of terrorists into the country.
Speaker 8 (28:42):
You know, I had one year where border patrol said
no terrorists came in.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
Thousands of terrorsts are pouring into our country now.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
He went on to town Hills record on immigration, saying
the border was much more secure under his presidency.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
In a new poll shows.
Speaker 4 (28:56):
A very tight race for the White House in the
battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin. The New York Times
Sienna College poll release Saturday shows Vice President Harris leading
former President Trump by a single point in Michigan forty
seven percent. It also gives Harris a two point advantage
over Trump in Wisconsin. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
CBS News says microphones will not be muted during Tuesday
night's presidential debate. Chris Karragio has more.
Speaker 9 (29:19):
The network announced the rules Friday for the debate between
Democratic VP candidate Tim Walls and his GOP counterpart JD.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
Vance.
Speaker 9 (29:26):
While the mics won't be muted, the network said it
reserves the right to turn off a candidate's microphone. In
the two presidential debates this summer, the mics were muted
unless it was the candidate's turn to speak. The network
also said advanced won or virtual coin toss for the
right to choose when he will give his closing statement,
and he decided to speak after Walls. I'm Chris Karracio Medamogo.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Mark Zuckerberg has joined the ranks of the top of
the top one percent numbers from Bloomberg's Billionaire Index project
The Growth Protect The Growth has Zuckerberg's personal wealth and
twenty twenty five for two hundred and one billion dollars,
making him the fourth richest person globally. The Meta CEO
is now in the two hundred billion dollar club. There's
(30:08):
only three other members Elon Musk Tesla and ex CEO
Jeff Bezos, founders of Amazon, and Bernard Arnault, CEO of
the luxury brand LVMH. Bama's number one Texas to Ohio,
State three, Tennessee four, Georgia five, and the NCAA Top five.
(30:29):
In football, Baltimore dominated the Bills last night If You
Fell Asleep thirty five to ten. Bills now three and one.
Baltimore inches up to two and two. And we have
a Monday night football double header tonight. First up, Titans
and Dolphins and the Seahawks and the Lions.
Speaker 6 (30:43):
Hi, I'm Andrea del Giorno and my husband and my
morning show is your Morning Show with Michael del Jorno.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
The death toll is now at ninety nine after Hurricane Helen.
Millions still without power, and the estimate damages between fifteen
and over one hundred billion dollars. Scott Kimbler are your
Morning show national correspondent is looking over all the devastation,
mainly in Asheville, North Carolina, this morning.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
Good morning, Scott, good morning, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
All right, So, most of the search and rescue, by
the way, is still very active and for Ashville still
trapped right every road in and out blocked.
Speaker 3 (31:24):
Yes, absolutely, that's over two hundred roads from what I understand,
and that number is likely to go up. The governor
has asked people in twenty five counties just to not
use roads at all. But many of the roads, especially
around Asheville, but also the smaller communities like Spruce Pine
and others like that, they are impassable. You still have
(31:44):
trees down, you still have major flooding. There is still
a flood warning for today and more rain called for
this afternoon. Fortunately we'll be clearing out for a couple
of days, so they will so they won't be combating
new rain here very shortly. More than five International Guard
troops have moved into the area and there have been
(32:07):
over one hundred and twenty rescues. More are expected. A
bit of an upside here other than the rain ending
sometime after today is that AT and T and T
Mobile have both been able to get in satellite trucks
and remote towers into that area and that's going to
(32:28):
help quite a bit with communications, which has been a
problem since all of this has happened. This is ten to
twenty nine inches of rain that fell out a very
short amount of time, and this caused massive flooding in
that area. It was cell phone disrupted. The state officials
have been able to actually get a read on how
many people they may be talking about, so they do
(32:51):
have a lot of rescues that have had but more
than a thousand people being treated in nearly twenty five
remote shelters, and more are expected both in people and
more shelters being constructed. So all of these numbers that
we're seeing right now, and we have more than thirty
deaths in Duncombe County, which is where Asheville is located.
(33:11):
All these numbers are expected to go up. So we'll
learn far more today as the weather clears up out there,
but also as communication improves. So the numbers we're seeing now,
they're going to go up, likely in a staggering manner.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
Scott's gonna be back next hour. We'll talk some more.
Thank you so much, Scott. We're all in this together.
This is your morning Show with Michael nel Choano
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