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Fed's expected to lower rates today. They could go as
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high as a half a point. Everyone is pretty much
in a consensus that it will be probably a quarter
of a point. I think everyone would be shocked if
they don't lower the rates today. The President took a
little spin with his affordability message, maybe a preview of
how he'll spend most of next year. He did so
in Pennsylvania last night. We have one student dead, another
hurt after a shooting at Kentucky State University. The shooter
(01:39):
is in custody. We've been talking a great deal about Australia.
Their under sixteen ban on social media goes into effect today.
A new study suggests that the consumption of digital media
may be affecting the brains of children. Another one of
the studies that led to the ban in Australia. Roy O'Neil,
our national correspondent, is joining us, all right, what is
(01:59):
this do you show us?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Rory?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Well, it's interesting that it finds that not all screen
time is equal. They find that for kids who are
using their devices to access social media over time, they
are more susceptible to the symptoms of attention deficit disorder.
But if they're using the device to watch TV or
play a video game, there's no clear correlation there. It
(02:24):
really does more specifically address issues of social media leading
to attention issues, not hyperactivity though, So while we call
it ADHD, they have found that there's not really a
link between social media use and hyperactivity in particular.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
All Right, so not all screen time is the same.
I get that games don't quite cause probably the same
attention deficit or shorter attention span than when what reels
on Facebook or TikTok. Right, we start getting into this
rhythm of a variety of things that interest you because
(03:01):
the algorithm knows what interests you in short eight to
fifteen second spurts. That does have Well, remember I told
you a story long time ago about my friend that
used to raise money for operational wear. He would take
fun things and do them and in a ridiculous length
in order to raise money. And so he would be
on a roller coaster NonStop for twelve hours a day
(03:22):
raising money. And I did the go kart one with him,
and I can tell you after riding around a go
cart and cutting people off and doing all that stuff
for like five six hours. Then you get in your
car and the temptation is to drive like that, and
I remember that. But it's the same thing we're seeing
research and radio Roori saying you better get to your
point in eight seconds. So people are going to tune out.
(03:43):
It's having an impact on adults too, well, right, I mean,
I think it goes back to to the actually the
MTV video generation.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
You look at how long clips last and video, even
if it's a four minute video of a song, they
would cut between camera shots every three seconds. If you
go back and watch a video, you can go one
two three cut, one two three cut, one two three cut,
and it's a different camera image.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
But you go back and you watch.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Casablanca and you're like, my gosh, that camera has been
on Humphrey Boguard for eighteen streets.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
To the point, or yeah, the long scenes are pretty different. Yeah.
I would say, if you think I'm aggravating, you ought
to be in the car with my son. So I
never yell at him or anything. But you know, it's
it's obviously a result of what we're talking about. Like
you'll just you give him a satellite radio. You're going
to hear the first three seconds of fifty songs. You're
never going to hear an entire song. He just goes
(04:34):
to it. Click click, You're just flying around. There are
other studies that are far more frightening, and we should
probably talk about part two of this when you come
back in the third hour. What Australia did. Somebody has
to do something, and at least they're trying, because the
overwhelming researches this stuff is leading to suicide, it's leading
to eating, leading to eating disorders, sleep deprivation, learning disability ADHD.
(04:58):
I mean, it's endless loneliness. Somebody's got to do something
and I applaud Australia for at least doing it. And
there's another one to add to the study list ory.
We'll be back in the third hour. We'll talk a
little bit about that. Plus the judge is allowing a
secret grand jury testimony of Jeffrey Epstein's conspirator, Elaine Maxwell,
to be released to the public. Now, all of a sudden,
everybody's got to have everything released to the public. You're
(05:20):
all so curious. I'm always curious what's on your mind,
and we can't have your morning show without your voice.
I suspect, and I don't know, but I suspect half
of these callers are going to be about great sports announcers.
Blame that on me. I made a reference to Madden
in summer all when I was talking about Pat Somerral's
daughter Susie Wiles, which led to everybody chiming in and
(05:42):
then probably quite a bit on Australia is my guest.
But let's see what's on your mind. We're going to
start with oh Woody in Arizona.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Mordan Michael, I applaud Australia.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
We should follow suit.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
We don't let children drive or operate heavy equipment, and
that's for a reason.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Yeah, that's a pretty simple analogy. Right, Try to go
buy some Copenhagen today under twenty one. Try to go
get alcohol today under twenty one. I mean, we've done
this for other things that we knew were they were
dangerous even after eighteen, but certainly unacceptable before eighteen. You know,
(06:25):
we often talk about like with healthcare. You will, let's say,
in the course of a lifetime, everybody spends a half
a million dollars in healthcare ninety percent of it'll be
the last year or two of your life. That's near
death care. That's what that really is. You could do
the same thing with driving, getting your license at sixteen.
(06:49):
If the average American has seven accidents, I assure you
five of them are going to happen before twenty. That's
just the statistics. But we know that this is a
danger and at least Australia has the courage to address it.
I think ball's now in America's court. Amy. I don't
remember where Amy was from. Amy's in Nashville. Amy's from here. Yeah.
Should I just open the door and talk to her
(07:10):
or do whatever you feel? Amy? Listening to w LAC
in Nashville. Good morning, Michael Well.
Speaker 6 (07:17):
I think the move on Australia's.
Speaker 7 (07:19):
Part to ban social media from all teenagers or children
younger than sixteen is amazing.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
I'm just curious, how are they going to enforce that?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yeah, well, the platforms themselves have to take and this
is in the eye of the beholder. This will probably
be further defined over time in court, but the platforms
must take reasonable steps to verify the ages of account holders,
both new sign ups and existing accounts. So it'll be
any age verification system. Now we could sit here and
(07:51):
do this all day. You could have the cool parent,
I'll sign you on here, go have go up in
your room, leave my meal with the neighbor. But by
and large, the kids wouldn't have access without airage verification.
If a platform fails to comply, it can be penalized.
It will be penalized with fines, and it can ultimately
(08:12):
be penalized with blocking and banning. The law does not
penalize the underage individual or the parents of the minor
who tries to create an account illegally, but the responsibility
relies on the platforms. That's the part I think makes
the most sense. These people created these products designed to
(08:37):
make you change your behavior and addict you. But you
can also be the next caller to call in on
the talkback line and say, well, they're not going to
police themselves. And if you don't hope parents responsible or
kids responsible, everybody's just going to find a way around it.
According to the platforms are going to have to rely
(08:57):
on a variety of tools rather than a single method
because the law prohibits forcing people to always submit a
government ID. There's biometric facial recognition, age estimate tools, optional,
document based age verification, behavioral signals. I'm trying to think
there are certain states that are doing this with online porn.
(09:19):
I think we're one of them, aren't we in Tennessee.
And it's funny because nobody ever talks about how it's working.
But if it's leading people to not form these addictions,
you know, we might be doing some of this in
different areas and this isn't any different. And for me,
(09:42):
Amy asks a great question. But for me, the next
best question, well, how's that one working? Because if that's working,
if you can do it with that, you can do
it with underage and social media sites as well. But
you know what, that's why I said an hour ago,
I at least give them credit for having the courage
to act done something that is so obviously dangerous and
(10:05):
the only unacceptable thing is nothing. And that's what America
is doing. Matt. I don't remember where Matt was w
j ET w j ET. I should have all of
these memorized w j E T from wj ET. Here's Matt.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
I think Australia probably is making a good choice. Why
not at fifteen sixteen or even eighteen is the age
that we people become adults, So why not wait till then?
Speaker 1 (10:41):
That's Matt from wj ET and Eerie, Pennsylvania. As we all,
I used to have a bunch of look, I had
them all memorized until we got above fifty, and now
we're over one hundred. I can't keep track of them all,
but it's a great point. This is a Nashville also
listening in WLAC. How about Jack Brickhouse doing play by
(11:03):
play for the Chicago Cubs.
Speaker 8 (11:04):
Hey, Lloyd Pettitt doing play by play for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Or how about Jim Durham play by play for the
Chicago Bulls. That maybe the greatest basketball announcer I ever
heard and had the pleasure of growing up listening to.
It was fun living in Chicago as a kid, because
you know, you you'd follow the Cubs and you know,
the vines are blowing in the wind and you're hearing
kids chanting and it's it's a younger sound and Jack Brickhouse, Hey,
(11:33):
does anybody remember who Jack Brokouse's color guy was?
Speaker 9 (11:36):
No?
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Who's that? Uh? It was? Was it not Jimmy Yeah,
Jimmy West or something? West wasn't it. He was like
a real, real kind of a puker, like a Milo
Hamilton buker, but it was something with But yeah, Jack
was old school. A home run was hey uh. And
then you know, you listen to a White Sox game
(11:57):
and it was Harry Carey with it was me parasol.
Both were drunk and it was oh cow. So yeah,
Chicago had some great announcers. Guys are rounding the bases.
What was that thing we ate last night? It was
so suck killed, so delicious. They're running passing second base.
I can't The chicken was so flavorful and tender. And
(12:21):
then Steve stone Chiman, that was a chicken McNugget here, Yeah.
Speaker 10 (12:24):
Chicken McNugget. Cops down six one doll, just move on.
I don't know how we got into great announcers. And
then Australia and age bands on social media.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
James and gets the final say of this segment, Morning Gentlemen.
Speaker 8 (12:39):
Currently, Tom Hamilton of the Cleveland Guardians is probably the
finest play by play in baseball that I've ever encountered,
so much so that my wife, who never had an
interest in baseball, started following the Guardians a somewhat interesting
team just because of how exciting and how fun he
made the calling the game.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Well, that's that's important, so that later next year she
can experience what is a tradition for all of us
in the fall, Indian heartbreak.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
This is your Morning Show with Michael del Choona.
Speaker 6 (13:13):
Michael, I'm really confused with Glenn Beck's now use of
wanting to use AI as a learning and teaching tool,
especially for his history teachings like this, And I know
he's trying to appeal to the youth, and you know
when you consider countries that are like banning use of
(13:35):
the Internet for learning and his fear of AI, I
don't understand the new relationship.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
By the way, Redd is thoroughly convinced that Glenn Beck
is AI. We can't through. No, it's not. But that's
another inside joke. Jeffrey's always finding things that are absolutely crazy.
And then apparently Red is the standard redde Red is
well researched, and he gets, well, you could google it yourself,
(14:06):
do you know? There there I will say this in
defensive Glenn back, that AI is is toothpaste out of
the tube and you'll never get it back in. So
you better discover all the good and the bad that's
going to come from it. Uh, the same uh, I
don't know, the same sun that forms the clay, you
(14:29):
know worms. I mean, everything has a good and a
bad to it. But that's the question we're gonna ask
David Sanati. Is this a good use of AI? And
in this particular case, I can do it because of
David's Nati's expertise on George Washington. He spent his life
studying him. He's written book about him. Let's see how
well he you know, talks to him. But yeah, how
do you well? Because this is a medicine is good?
(14:53):
This as a suicide vehicle, will kill, Take several, you'll die,
take a few, you'll better. So is there a proper
way to use AI? Is it all dangerous? A little dangerous?
Should we be embracing this interview with George Washington or
avoiding it? Angela, we don't have all the answers. We're
living life with you, we're going through it together. But
(15:13):
that's exactly what we're going to ask David. And we're
also going to visit with Lonnie Jordan of Warr debut
their new Christmas song that's all coming up for you
next half hour. If you're just waking up lawmakers that
proposed legislation aimed at combating online child exploitation. Let's see
how it compares to Australia.
Speaker 11 (15:28):
Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa says that the legislation
would criminalize those who intentionally coerce minors to commit suicide
or physical harm.
Speaker 12 (15:36):
I think it's pretty darn clear. These sentencing laws go
way back to the early two thousands, and we've had
an increase in technology laws having kept up with a
new technology, and it's a real threat to our children.
Speaker 11 (15:52):
Who would also update federal sentencing laws, which he says
online groups have been exploiting.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
I'm Mark Neefield. We're also expecting the Fed to announce
an interest rate cut. Most of the consensus points to
a quarter point, could be as much as a half.
We'd all be shocked if they don't lower it at
least a quarter. One student dead, another hurt in a
shooting at Kentucky State University. The shooter is in custody.
The President is not ruling out sending troops to Venezuela. Meanwhile,
he took a little spin around a swing state like
(16:19):
Pennsylvania to test the waters on his affordability messaging. That'll
be apparently hitting the trail all of next year during
the midterm elections. And that's your top stories. Waking up.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
This is Pebe from White House and your morning show
is My Morning Show with Michael o'del jorno. Hi, it's Michael.
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(16:52):
We'd love to join you on the drive to work live,
but we're glad you're here now. Enjoyed the podcast, Thanks
for bringing us along with you. The Fed expected to
lower interest rates today. More on that with our White
House correspondent John Decker. We got winter storms and heavy
snow and winds. Was it South Dakota or North Dakota
that's gonna get like a foot of snow today? It's
(17:12):
mostly in the Great Lakes region in the Midwest. And
of course can't have your morning show without your voice.
This came from Roger. He said, just to let you
know age verification on websites is completely ineffective.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
It goes like this, Click this box. If you're eighteen
or under eighteen, click this box if you're over eighteen
on our system, that's not how this is set up.
And again this is now a government ban. In Australia
number one, number two, they have a pretty intensive digital
(17:44):
age verification system. But this is the part that I loved.
There's no penalty for the parents, and there's no penalty
for the kids to try to get around it. The
penalties on the companies. So all it takes is, first
of all, I think you give the parents a lot
more leverage when you say this is now against this
(18:05):
is not banned, you can't do this, as opposed to
I'm telling you you can't do this. But secondly gives
the parent that follow through, Oh you find on your
kid's history that they've been going to these sites. Now
you notify the government that they're going to these sites,
and then they get fined and eventually if they don't
(18:25):
address these issues, so they put the burden on the
web sites and companies and the penalties. That makes it
a little different, or should give you a little bit more.
But somebody's got to do something, and nobody likes going
over these lines. But we know that what this is
doing to kids under sixteen, you've got to do something.
I actually applaud Australia and we'll watch them closely and
(18:46):
we'll see the mistakes they make and the things that work,
and hopefully we'll role model them because what we're doing
nothing is certainly not working. All right. I mean, Michael
Weak went from not having TikTok as a national security
to hey, TikTok is great. TikTok's great wit to help
me get elected. John Decker is our White House correspondent
joining us from the White House today. We are expecting
(19:08):
the interest rates to be cut, and my best guess
is a quarter point.
Speaker 13 (19:13):
Yeah, that's a good guess. I would bet on that.
I would bet that happens. The big question is what
does the Fed do in the early part of twenty
twenty six. Do they continue cutting interest rates? They're going
to get some financial and economic data over the course
of the next two weeks that will give FED policy
officials an idea about where the economy is, where it
is in terms of hiring, where it is in terms
(19:35):
of inflation. As you know, there's been a delay in
terms of releasing that data. Because of the extended government shutdown.
But those delayed reports will come out, Michael in the
next two weeks, and.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
The inflation numbers look one way, the hirings look one way,
and that's where these estimates come in. Way too soon
to look at twenty twenty six and know how those
numbers are going to look, right, well.
Speaker 10 (19:58):
It is.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
It's way too soon.
Speaker 13 (20:00):
Although, as you know, when the Fed announces their rate decision,
and we do expect an interest rate cut, Fed Chairman
Jerome pal does Q and A, does a press conference,
so he'll give you his sense about where he thinks
the economy is right now and the outlook for the
Fed and interest rates in the first half of twenty
twenty six, and.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Where he might be the first half of twenty twenty
six because nobody expects him to survive March. John Decker,
White House Correspondent joining us. You know, it's funny reading
Susie Wiles's comments. It's something we've talked about a lot
on the show. Elections are all about unity and energy,
and usually what happens is you've got the president and
(20:45):
your party in the White House, you make everything local.
She's saying, no, we got to flip that down, it said,
the only I mean Donald Trump has to run the
midterms next year like he's on the ballot, and may
even have to go to each one of these battleground
states or key battles in Congress in order to make
it happen. It sounds like you're going to be on
the road a lot in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 13 (21:07):
John, Well, Yeah, the President's going to be on the
road a lot. So last night he was in Mount Poconoa, Pennsylvania,
and the White House tells me the President will be
doing more of these events in the first half of
twenty twenty six and certainly in the second half leading
up to the midterms. The idea here is to energize
Republican voters so that Republicans can keep control of both
(21:29):
the House and the Senate.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
It's going to be difficult.
Speaker 13 (21:31):
History tells us that the party in power typically loses
seats at the midterm elections. That's what happened in the
president's midterm election in his first term. He lost control
of Congress, and Democrats feel they have some momentum after
their wins and the governors' races in New Jersey and
in Virginia, and certainly they got a shot in the
(21:54):
arm to a certain extent with that mayor's race in
Miami last night.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
We used to always say it's the economy stupid. That
was a phrase coined by James Carvell. Now everything's about affordability.
So the negative is it's an affordability message, and then
for the president, it's an affordability fix. The President would
tell you that they made America unaffordable, and he has
(22:18):
taken great strides in his first year to make it affordable.
Of course, both parties in reality are responsible over decades
and decades of creating inflation by overspending and making things unaffordable.
But that seems to be the early messaging for the
next year battleground. Well, affordability is in the eye of
the beholder, right, yeah, it really is, you know, it's
(22:40):
how do you feel? How does your family feel?
Speaker 13 (22:42):
You can be told a lot of things by politicians,
but the proof is in the putting every time that
you fill up your gas tank and every time you
go to the grocery store, and there's nothing that anyone
can say, no politician can say, to make you not
feel the way you feel about your financial security. So
That's something that I think all politicians need to keep
in mind as they make speeches and go around the country.
(23:06):
That's for both political parties, and that will give you
a sense about what may happen in the midterms next November.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
And see, that's why I know we're almost out of time.
But that's why I think it's a mistake to fall
into this narrative talking point trap, trap that oh, they're
going to say that America is unaffordable, So I'm going
to say America is affordable. They made it unaffordable, We're
making it affordable. Why not acknowledge depending on where you're at,
what people are going through, and you know, you can
(23:31):
talk about the progress, but you can relate to where
they're at. Otherwise you might end up like Joe Biden
then later Kamala Harris, where you're trying to tell everybody
things are great when they're not feeling great.
Speaker 13 (23:42):
Well, you're absolutely right, one hundred percent right, you know,
and you can cherry pick certain data, certain sectors of
the economy in which inflation is came. But overall, I
think that people feel unsecure, insecure as it relates to
where the economy is right now and it's not just
(24:03):
me saying that. I'm basing that based upon what various
public opinion polls show that the American electorate feels about
the overall US economy right now.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
You can learn more from John Decker his podcast The
White House Briefing Room. It's up by nine Eastern eighth Central,
so not long from now, and he'll go more in
depth in all the things that are happening in and
around the White House sending government John as always a pleasure.
It's interesting we looked at a poll earlier that and
basically this is the old fashioned content, frustrated, angry poll,
(24:35):
which is important. You got to track these things. It's
very much a victim of the matrix. So if you're
a Republican and you've got a Republican president because of
our worship of the presidency, you're naturally have a proclivity
to be content and not angry. And if you're a
(24:56):
Republican and there's a Democrat president, you naturally have a
proclivity to be frustrated and more angry. So it's actually
tied completely almost to the White House. And what do
we find twenty three percent or content forty nine percent
are frustrated. Twenty six percent are angry. There's that number
of twenty six Again, when it's all said and done,
(25:17):
what is the percentage of the Democrat Party that is
this angry socialist mob? And I still contend it's about
twenty six to thirty percent. But that's enough to flip
the party and end one of the two parties in
the two party system. Oh, I know what's revealing and
often entertaining, and it's right now. We will win, We
(25:42):
will win.
Speaker 4 (25:43):
They all look like a bunch of girly men.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
This peak does not making me tense. Time for your
Sounds of the day. Susie Wiles is the White House
Chief of Staff. She's made it pretty clear whether the
President realizes it or not, and I think he does.
He's going to spend most of twenty twenty six on
the road because if he doesn't go to every one
of these districts and make it as though he's on
the ballot himself, or as Red as often said, grab
(26:11):
him by the hand and walk him to the polling place,
they're going to lose control of Congress. While the President
kind of gave a test spin to what twenty twenty
six might sound like with his town hall style affordability
tour in PA last night.
Speaker 14 (26:25):
Listen, we were a dead country one year ago. We
were dead as a door nail. We were going down
the tubes. And now with the hottest country anywhere in
the world, is nobody closed, and we're right now drilling
more oil that we've ever done ever before. Prices are
way down. We just had four states. Who was just
(26:46):
reported that four states had one dollar and ninety nine cents.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Thy Allen.
Speaker 14 (26:52):
And I have no higher priority than making America affordable again.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
That's what we're going to do.
Speaker 14 (26:57):
And again, they caused the high and we're bringing them down.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
It's a simple message, So make affordable great again. That
seems to be the slogan for twenty twenty six being tested.
The strategy. They made things unaffordable, We're making them affordable.
Some of you maybe looking at your radar to going
hell yeah, they did, and hell yeah. It's still gonna
(27:21):
be a tough message because in some districts it's perception
over reality, or in some districts it's reality over that messaging,
and there might be a danger in taking that trajectory.
At best, you're gonna get matrix. At worst, You're gonna
have some people that appreciate the progress you've made but
(27:41):
don't like you hearing you say everything's wonderful right now,
we're the hottest thing on planet Earth. They may not
agree with that. Now in terms of are things getting
more affordable, you know, never mind messengers and messages, just reality. Well,
this was an interesting presentation on CNN.
Speaker 15 (28:03):
Listen, it's nice to finally be here with some good
news on the cost of living front. So, for the
first time in four and a half years, gas prices
are averaging three dollars a gallon nationally in court in TRIPLEA,
down by.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Seven cents in just the past week.
Speaker 15 (28:19):
Gas PRISUS were low a year ago as well.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
But they're even cheaper now.
Speaker 15 (28:24):
This is encouraging to see because late last month there
was a period where gas prices were actually higher this
year than last year, but that has reversed again and
now we've just fractions of a penny away from breaking
below three.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Dollars a gallon.
Speaker 15 (28:37):
Now, as you mentioned, we've got twenty states across the
country where the average is actually less than two seventy
five a gallon, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Colorado as well. Certainly nice to see this.
Why is this happening?
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Well, it all comes down, of course to oil prices.
Speaker 14 (28:56):
Right.
Speaker 15 (28:57):
Oil prices are about fifty nine nine dollars at barrel
this morning. You look back in history on December one,
three years ago, we're looking at eighty one dollars a
barrel for oil.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
Sixty on the energy front. I think there is real progress.
But again this convincing America that our worst days are
behind us, it's happy days again. Don't mess that up.
That still needs to play out and still needs to
be done wisely, which is exactly why Susie Wiles is
pretty much giving away that what you saw in Pennsylvania
(29:31):
is what you're going to see a lot next year.
Speaker 7 (29:35):
In the Olympics. We have two fifty, we have FIFA,
the World Cup. I mean they're so you better start
resting up. I had a two hundred and fifty anniversary
of two hundred years in the Marine, two the Army
and Crusto. It's this is such a great time for
him to be in office. It is such a patriot.
(29:56):
He loves it so much. He's going to have a
fun next year. But we're going to put him on
the campaign trail too. Typically just a little bit of
campaign speak if I may. Yeah, typically, you in the midterms,
it's not about who's sitting at the White House.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
You localize the election, you.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
And you keep the federal officials out of it. We're
actually going to turn that on its head good and
put him on the ballot because so many of those
low propensity voters are Trump voters. Yes they are, and
we saw a week could go Tuesday what happens when
he's not on the ballot and not active.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
So I haven't quite broken it to him yet, but he's.
Speaker 7 (30:33):
Going to campaign like it's twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
Again. Yeah, I think he knows that too. But that's
exactly what we're saying has to happen, has to happen.
It's nice to know they get it at the White House. Well,
Jasmin Crockett's made it official. She's going to run districted
out of the House of Representatives. She's going to run
for Senate. Stay wide. Kind of in and out of
(30:57):
accents here, but here's how she made the announcement.
Speaker 16 (31:00):
Put in the sweat equity, under the hot Texas sun,
knocking on doors, putting out signs. You've driven your neighbors
to the polls, dragged your coworkers to go vote. You're
the ones who walk your precincts, register thousands of voters,
and you're the ones who flip seats across the state
at every level. When Texas turns blue, it won't be
(31:23):
because of any one candidate, but because of each and
every one of you doing your part. Turning Texas blue
is what I want to talk to y'all about today.
Now there are those that say, ain't no way, we
didn't try it.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
Fifty kinds of ways.
Speaker 16 (31:41):
Let me be clear, y'all, ain't never tried at the
JC way we used to telling us what I can't do,
But they have no idea what Crocketts crew will do.
So I just want to be clear for all la
Hata's in the back. Listen up, real, we gonna get
(32:01):
this thing done.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
In and out of vocal patterns, let's just say and accents.
Jasmine Crockett seems to be taking some cues from mom
Donnie in New York, but again, running for the United
States Senate statewide in one of the largest populated states.
(32:23):
That's different than an urban leftist in her City President
doesn't seem to be sweating it when I asked about
her announcement, or she's a low IQ person.
Speaker 9 (32:35):
I can't imagine she wins, baby, she'll get the Democrat nomination,
but I think it's a gift to Republicans. She's a
terrible representative. Oh watch here for the last two years.
I can't even believe she's a politician actually.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Low IQ person. That reminds me Friday with forty seven
coming up on Friday, and that your sounds of the
day for this day, questions to.
Speaker 7 (32:59):
Get back your favors, to get up off your art.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
I've been living rent free in that guy's head for
years and that's just a bot.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Do you call that chicken?
Speaker 1 (33:05):
Add They're just blowing off, Steve.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
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We'll visit with that girl Marlo Thomas tomorrow. Later today,
We've got Lonnie Jordan next next hour. He is the
lead singer of War. Why can't We Be Friends? This
song is now officially fifty years old, Boy Time Flies right,
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But for about fifty years the studios have been trying
to get them to do a Christmas song with their
unique sound. Oh, they're doing it, and we'll debut it
for you next hour and visit with Lonnie and Jerry Goldstein,
their longtime manager. And David's going to walk us through
this tricky topic of an AI interview Glenn Beck did
with George Washington. Are we to be afraid of this
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stuff and avoid it or embrace it?
Speaker 3 (34:20):
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Fed's expected to lower rates today. They could go as
(01:16):
high as a half a point. Everyone is pretty much
in a consensus that it will be probably a quarter
of a point. I think everyone would be shocked if
they don't lower the rates today. The President took a
little spin with his affordability message, maybe a preview of
how he'll spend most of next year. He did so
in Pennsylvania last night. We have one student dead, another
hurt after a shooting at Kentucky State University. The shooter
(01:39):
is in custody. We've been talking a great deal about Australia.
Their under sixteen ban on social media goes into effect today.
A new study suggests that the consumption of digital media
may be affecting the brains of children. Another one of
the studies that led to the ban in Australia. Roy O'Neil,
our national correspondent, is joining us, all right, what is
(01:59):
this do you show us?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Rory?
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Well, it's interesting that it finds that not all screen
time is equal. They find that for kids who are
using their devices to access social media over time, they
are more susceptible to the symptoms of attention deficit disorder.
But if they're using the device to watch TV or
play a video game, there's no clear correlation there. It
(02:24):
really does more specifically address issues of social media leading
to attention issues, not hyperactivity though, So while we call
it ADHD, they have found that there's not really a
link between social media use and hyperactivity in particular.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
All Right, so not all screen time is the same.
I get that games don't quite cause probably the same
attention deficit or shorter attention span than when what reels
on Facebook or TikTok. Right, we start getting into this
rhythm of a variety of things that interest you because
(03:01):
the algorithm knows what interests you in short eight to
fifteen second spurts. That does have Well, remember I told
you a story long time ago about my friend that
used to raise money for operational wear. He would take
fun things and do them and in a ridiculous length
in order to raise money. And so he would be
on a roller coaster NonStop for twelve hours a day
(03:22):
raising money. And I did the go kart one with him,
and I can tell you after riding around a go
cart and cutting people off and doing all that stuff
for like five six hours. Then you get in your
car and the temptation is to drive like that, and
I remember that. But it's the same thing we're seeing
research and radio Roori saying you better get to your
point in eight seconds. So people are going to tune out.
(03:43):
It's having an impact on adults too, well, right, I mean,
I think it goes back to to the actually the
MTV video generation.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
You look at how long clips last and video, even
if it's a four minute video of a song, they
would cut between camera shots every three seconds. If you
go back and watch a video, you can go one
two three cut, one two three cut, one two three cut,
and it's a different camera image.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
But you go back and you watch.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Casablanca and you're like, my gosh, that camera has been
on Humphrey Boguard for eighteen streets.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
To the point, or yeah, the long scenes are pretty different. Yeah.
I would say, if you think I'm aggravating, you ought
to be in the car with my son. So I
never yell at him or anything. But you know, it's
it's obviously a result of what we're talking about. Like
you'll just you give him a satellite radio. You're going
to hear the first three seconds of fifty songs. You're
never going to hear an entire song. He just goes
(04:34):
to it. Click click, You're just flying around. There are
other studies that are far more frightening, and we should
probably talk about part two of this when you come
back in the third hour. What Australia did. Somebody has
to do something, and at least they're trying, because the
overwhelming researches this stuff is leading to suicide, it's leading
to eating, leading to eating disorders, sleep deprivation, learning disability ADHD.
(04:58):
I mean, it's endless loneliness. Somebody's got to do something
and I applaud Australia for at least doing it. And
there's another one to add to the study list ory.
We'll be back in the third hour. We'll talk a
little bit about that. Plus the judge is allowing a
secret grand jury testimony of Jeffrey Epstein's conspirator, Elaine Maxwell,
to be released to the public. Now, all of a sudden,
everybody's got to have everything released to the public. You're
(05:20):
all so curious. I'm always curious what's on your mind,
and we can't have your morning show without your voice.
I suspect, and I don't know, but I suspect half
of these callers are going to be about great sports announcers.
Blame that on me. I made a reference to Madden
in summer all when I was talking about Pat Somerral's
daughter Susie Wiles, which led to everybody chiming in and
(05:42):
then probably quite a bit on Australia is my guest.
But let's see what's on your mind. We're going to
start with oh Woody in Arizona.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Mordan Michael, I applaud Australia.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
We should follow suit.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
We don't let children drive or operate heavy equipment, and
that's for a reason.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Yeah, that's a pretty simple analogy. Right, Try to go
buy some Copenhagen today under twenty one. Try to go
get alcohol today under twenty one. I mean, we've done
this for other things that we knew were they were
dangerous even after eighteen, but certainly unacceptable before eighteen. You know,
(06:25):
we often talk about like with healthcare. You will, let's say,
in the course of a lifetime, everybody spends a half
a million dollars in healthcare ninety percent of it'll be
the last year or two of your life. That's near
death care. That's what that really is. You could do
the same thing with driving, getting your license at sixteen.
(06:49):
If the average American has seven accidents, I assure you
five of them are going to happen before twenty. That's
just the statistics. But we know that this is a
danger and at least Australia has the courage to address it.
I think ball's now in America's court. Amy. I don't
remember where Amy was from. Amy's in Nashville. Amy's from here. Yeah.
Should I just open the door and talk to her
(07:10):
or do whatever you feel? Amy? Listening to w LAC
in Nashville. Good morning, Michael Well.
Speaker 6 (07:17):
I think the move on Australia's.
Speaker 7 (07:19):
Part to ban social media from all teenagers or children
younger than sixteen is amazing.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
I'm just curious, how are they going to enforce that?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yeah, well, the platforms themselves have to take and this
is in the eye of the beholder. This will probably
be further defined over time in court, but the platforms
must take reasonable steps to verify the ages of account holders,
both new sign ups and existing accounts. So it'll be
any age verification system. Now we could sit here and
(07:51):
do this all day. You could have the cool parent,
I'll sign you on here, go have go up in
your room, leave my meal with the neighbor. But by
and large, the kids wouldn't have access without airage verification.
If a platform fails to comply, it can be penalized.
It will be penalized with fines, and it can ultimately
(08:12):
be penalized with blocking and banning. The law does not
penalize the underage individual or the parents of the minor
who tries to create an account illegally, but the responsibility
relies on the platforms. That's the part I think makes
the most sense. These people created these products designed to
(08:37):
make you change your behavior and addict you. But you
can also be the next caller to call in on
the talkback line and say, well, they're not going to
police themselves. And if you don't hope parents responsible or
kids responsible, everybody's just going to find a way around it.
According to the platforms are going to have to rely
(08:57):
on a variety of tools rather than a single method
because the law prohibits forcing people to always submit a
government ID. There's biometric facial recognition, age estimate tools, optional,
document based age verification, behavioral signals. I'm trying to think
there are certain states that are doing this with online porn.
(09:19):
I think we're one of them, aren't we in Tennessee.
And it's funny because nobody ever talks about how it's working.
But if it's leading people to not form these addictions,
you know, we might be doing some of this in
different areas and this isn't any different. And for me,
(09:42):
Amy asks a great question. But for me, the next
best question, well, how's that one working? Because if that's working,
if you can do it with that, you can do
it with underage and social media sites as well. But
you know what, that's why I said an hour ago,
I at least give them credit for having the courage
to act done something that is so obviously dangerous and
(10:05):
the only unacceptable thing is nothing. And that's what America
is doing. Matt. I don't remember where Matt was w
j ET w j ET. I should have all of
these memorized w j E T from wj ET. Here's Matt.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
I think Australia probably is making a good choice. Why
not at fifteen sixteen or even eighteen is the age
that we people become adults, So why not wait till then?
Speaker 1 (10:41):
That's Matt from wj ET and Eerie, Pennsylvania. As we all,
I used to have a bunch of look, I had
them all memorized until we got above fifty, and now
we're over one hundred. I can't keep track of them all,
but it's a great point. This is a Nashville also
listening in WLAC. How about Jack Brickhouse doing play by
(11:03):
play for the Chicago Cubs.
Speaker 8 (11:04):
Hey, Lloyd Pettitt doing play by play for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Or how about Jim Durham play by play for the
Chicago Bulls. That maybe the greatest basketball announcer I ever
heard and had the pleasure of growing up listening to.
It was fun living in Chicago as a kid, because
you know, you you'd follow the Cubs and you know,
the vines are blowing in the wind and you're hearing
kids chanting and it's it's a younger sound and Jack Brickhouse, Hey,
(11:33):
does anybody remember who Jack Brokouse's color guy was?
Speaker 9 (11:36):
No?
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Who's that? Uh? It was? Was it not Jimmy Yeah,
Jimmy West or something? West wasn't it. He was like
a real, real kind of a puker, like a Milo
Hamilton buker, but it was something with But yeah, Jack
was old school. A home run was hey uh. And
then you know, you listen to a White Sox game
(11:57):
and it was Harry Carey with it was me parasol.
Both were drunk and it was oh cow. So yeah,
Chicago had some great announcers. Guys are rounding the bases.
What was that thing we ate last night? It was
so suck killed, so delicious. They're running passing second base.
I can't The chicken was so flavorful and tender. And
(12:21):
then Steve stone Chiman, that was a chicken McNugget here, Yeah.
Speaker 10 (12:24):
Chicken McNugget. Cops down six one doll, just move on.
I don't know how we got into great announcers. And
then Australia and age bands on social media.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
James and gets the final say of this segment, Morning Gentlemen.
Speaker 8 (12:39):
Currently, Tom Hamilton of the Cleveland Guardians is probably the
finest play by play in baseball that I've ever encountered,
so much so that my wife, who never had an
interest in baseball, started following the Guardians a somewhat interesting
team just because of how exciting and how fun he
made the calling the game.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Well, that's that's important, so that later next year she
can experience what is a tradition for all of us
in the fall, Indian heartbreak.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
This is your Morning Show with Michael del Choona.
Speaker 6 (13:13):
Michael, I'm really confused with Glenn Beck's now use of
wanting to use AI as a learning and teaching tool,
especially for his history teachings like this, And I know
he's trying to appeal to the youth, and you know
when you consider countries that are like banning use of
(13:35):
the Internet for learning and his fear of AI, I
don't understand the new relationship.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
By the way, Redd is thoroughly convinced that Glenn Beck
is AI. We can't through. No, it's not. But that's
another inside joke. Jeffrey's always finding things that are absolutely crazy.
And then apparently Red is the standard redde Red is
well researched, and he gets, well, you could google it yourself,
(14:06):
do you know? There there I will say this in
defensive Glenn back, that AI is is toothpaste out of
the tube and you'll never get it back in. So
you better discover all the good and the bad that's
going to come from it. Uh, the same uh, I
don't know, the same sun that forms the clay, you
(14:29):
know worms. I mean, everything has a good and a
bad to it. But that's the question we're gonna ask
David Sanati. Is this a good use of AI? And
in this particular case, I can do it because of
David's Nati's expertise on George Washington. He spent his life
studying him. He's written book about him. Let's see how
well he you know, talks to him. But yeah, how
do you well? Because this is a medicine is good?
(14:53):
This as a suicide vehicle, will kill, Take several, you'll die,
take a few, you'll better. So is there a proper
way to use AI? Is it all dangerous? A little dangerous?
Should we be embracing this interview with George Washington or
avoiding it? Angela, we don't have all the answers. We're
living life with you, we're going through it together. But
(15:13):
that's exactly what we're going to ask David. And we're
also going to visit with Lonnie Jordan of Warr debut
their new Christmas song that's all coming up for you
next half hour. If you're just waking up lawmakers that
proposed legislation aimed at combating online child exploitation. Let's see
how it compares to Australia.
Speaker 11 (15:28):
Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa says that the legislation
would criminalize those who intentionally coerce minors to commit suicide
or physical harm.
Speaker 12 (15:36):
I think it's pretty darn clear. These sentencing laws go
way back to the early two thousands, and we've had
an increase in technology laws having kept up with a
new technology, and it's a real threat to our children.
Speaker 11 (15:52):
Who would also update federal sentencing laws, which he says
online groups have been exploiting.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
I'm Mark Neefield. We're also expecting the Fed to announce
an interest rate cut. Most of the consensus points to
a quarter point, could be as much as a half.
We'd all be shocked if they don't lower it at
least a quarter. One student dead, another hurt in a
shooting at Kentucky State University. The shooter is in custody.
The President is not ruling out sending troops to Venezuela. Meanwhile,
he took a little spin around a swing state like
(16:19):
Pennsylvania to test the waters on his affordability messaging. That'll
be apparently hitting the trail all of next year during
the midterm elections. And that's your top stories. Waking up.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
This is Pebe from White House and your morning show
is My Morning Show with Michael o'del jorno. Hi, it's Michael.
Your Morning show could be heard live weekday mornings five
to eight am, six to nine am Eastern in great
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(16:52):
We'd love to join you on the drive to work live,
but we're glad you're here now. Enjoyed the podcast, Thanks
for bringing us along with you. The Fed expected to
lower interest rates today. More on that with our White
House correspondent John Decker. We got winter storms and heavy
snow and winds. Was it South Dakota or North Dakota
that's gonna get like a foot of snow today? It's
(17:12):
mostly in the Great Lakes region in the Midwest. And
of course can't have your morning show without your voice.
This came from Roger. He said, just to let you
know age verification on websites is completely ineffective.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
It goes like this, Click this box. If you're eighteen
or under eighteen, click this box if you're over eighteen
on our system, that's not how this is set up.
And again this is now a government ban. In Australia
number one, number two, they have a pretty intensive digital
(17:44):
age verification system. But this is the part that I loved.
There's no penalty for the parents, and there's no penalty
for the kids to try to get around it. The
penalties on the companies. So all it takes is, first
of all, I think you give the parents a lot
more leverage when you say this is now against this
(18:05):
is not banned, you can't do this, as opposed to
I'm telling you you can't do this. But secondly gives
the parent that follow through, Oh you find on your
kid's history that they've been going to these sites. Now
you notify the government that they're going to these sites,
and then they get fined and eventually if they don't
(18:25):
address these issues, so they put the burden on the
web sites and companies and the penalties. That makes it
a little different, or should give you a little bit more.
But somebody's got to do something, and nobody likes going
over these lines. But we know that what this is
doing to kids under sixteen, you've got to do something.
I actually applaud Australia and we'll watch them closely and
(18:46):
we'll see the mistakes they make and the things that work,
and hopefully we'll role model them because what we're doing
nothing is certainly not working. All right. I mean, Michael
Weak went from not having TikTok as a national security
to hey, TikTok is great. TikTok's great wit to help
me get elected. John Decker is our White House correspondent
joining us from the White House today. We are expecting
(19:08):
the interest rates to be cut, and my best guess
is a quarter point.
Speaker 13 (19:13):
Yeah, that's a good guess. I would bet on that.
I would bet that happens. The big question is what
does the Fed do in the early part of twenty
twenty six. Do they continue cutting interest rates? They're going
to get some financial and economic data over the course
of the next two weeks that will give FED policy
officials an idea about where the economy is, where it
is in terms of hiring, where it is in terms
(19:35):
of inflation. As you know, there's been a delay in
terms of releasing that data. Because of the extended government shutdown.
But those delayed reports will come out, Michael in the
next two weeks, and.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
The inflation numbers look one way, the hirings look one way,
and that's where these estimates come in. Way too soon
to look at twenty twenty six and know how those
numbers are going to look, right, well.
Speaker 10 (19:58):
It is.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
It's way too soon.
Speaker 13 (20:00):
Although, as you know, when the Fed announces their rate decision,
and we do expect an interest rate cut, Fed Chairman
Jerome pal does Q and A, does a press conference,
so he'll give you his sense about where he thinks
the economy is right now and the outlook for the
Fed and interest rates in the first half of twenty
twenty six, and.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Where he might be the first half of twenty twenty
six because nobody expects him to survive March. John Decker,
White House Correspondent joining us. You know, it's funny reading
Susie Wiles's comments. It's something we've talked about a lot
on the show. Elections are all about unity and energy,
and usually what happens is you've got the president and
(20:45):
your party in the White House, you make everything local.
She's saying, no, we got to flip that down, it said,
the only I mean Donald Trump has to run the
midterms next year like he's on the ballot, and may
even have to go to each one of these battleground
states or key battles in Congress in order to make
it happen. It sounds like you're going to be on
the road a lot in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 13 (21:07):
John, Well, Yeah, the President's going to be on the
road a lot. So last night he was in Mount Poconoa, Pennsylvania,
and the White House tells me the President will be
doing more of these events in the first half of
twenty twenty six and certainly in the second half leading
up to the midterms. The idea here is to energize
Republican voters so that Republicans can keep control of both
(21:29):
the House and the Senate.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
It's going to be difficult.
Speaker 13 (21:31):
History tells us that the party in power typically loses
seats at the midterm elections. That's what happened in the
president's midterm election in his first term. He lost control
of Congress, and Democrats feel they have some momentum after
their wins and the governors' races in New Jersey and
in Virginia, and certainly they got a shot in the
(21:54):
arm to a certain extent with that mayor's race in
Miami last night.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
We used to always say it's the economy stupid. That
was a phrase coined by James Carvell. Now everything's about affordability.
So the negative is it's an affordability message, and then
for the president, it's an affordability fix. The President would
tell you that they made America unaffordable, and he has
(22:18):
taken great strides in his first year to make it affordable.
Of course, both parties in reality are responsible over decades
and decades of creating inflation by overspending and making things unaffordable.
But that seems to be the early messaging for the
next year battleground. Well, affordability is in the eye of
the beholder, right, yeah, it really is, you know, it's
(22:40):
how do you feel? How does your family feel?
Speaker 13 (22:42):
You can be told a lot of things by politicians,
but the proof is in the putting every time that
you fill up your gas tank and every time you
go to the grocery store, and there's nothing that anyone
can say, no politician can say, to make you not
feel the way you feel about your financial security. So
That's something that I think all politicians need to keep
in mind as they make speeches and go around the country.
(23:06):
That's for both political parties, and that will give you
a sense about what may happen in the midterms next November.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
And see, that's why I know we're almost out of time.
But that's why I think it's a mistake to fall
into this narrative talking point trap, trap that oh, they're
going to say that America is unaffordable, So I'm going
to say America is affordable. They made it unaffordable, We're
making it affordable. Why not acknowledge depending on where you're at,
what people are going through, and you know, you can
(23:31):
talk about the progress, but you can relate to where
they're at. Otherwise you might end up like Joe Biden
then later Kamala Harris, where you're trying to tell everybody
things are great when they're not feeling great.
Speaker 13 (23:42):
Well, you're absolutely right, one hundred percent right, you know,
and you can cherry pick certain data, certain sectors of
the economy in which inflation is came. But overall, I
think that people feel unsecure, insecure as it relates to
where the economy is right now and it's not just
(24:03):
me saying that. I'm basing that based upon what various
public opinion polls show that the American electorate feels about
the overall US economy right now.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
You can learn more from John Decker his podcast The
White House Briefing Room. It's up by nine Eastern eighth Central,
so not long from now, and he'll go more in
depth in all the things that are happening in and
around the White House sending government John as always a pleasure.
It's interesting we looked at a poll earlier that and
basically this is the old fashioned content, frustrated, angry poll,
(24:35):
which is important. You got to track these things. It's
very much a victim of the matrix. So if you're
a Republican and you've got a Republican president because of
our worship of the presidency, you're naturally have a proclivity
to be content and not angry. And if you're a
(24:56):
Republican and there's a Democrat president, you naturally have a
proclivity to be frustrated and more angry. So it's actually
tied completely almost to the White House. And what do
we find twenty three percent or content forty nine percent
are frustrated. Twenty six percent are angry. There's that number
of twenty six Again, when it's all said and done,
(25:17):
what is the percentage of the Democrat Party that is
this angry socialist mob? And I still contend it's about
twenty six to thirty percent. But that's enough to flip
the party and end one of the two parties in
the two party system. Oh, I know what's revealing and
often entertaining, and it's right now. We will win, We
(25:42):
will win.
Speaker 4 (25:43):
They all look like a bunch of girly men.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
This peak does not making me tense. Time for your
Sounds of the day. Susie Wiles is the White House
Chief of Staff. She's made it pretty clear whether the
President realizes it or not, and I think he does.
He's going to spend most of twenty twenty six on
the road because if he doesn't go to every one
of these districts and make it as though he's on
the ballot himself, or as Red as often said, grab
(26:11):
him by the hand and walk him to the polling place,
they're going to lose control of Congress. While the President
kind of gave a test spin to what twenty twenty
six might sound like with his town hall style affordability
tour in PA last night.
Speaker 14 (26:25):
Listen, we were a dead country one year ago. We
were dead as a door nail. We were going down
the tubes. And now with the hottest country anywhere in
the world, is nobody closed, and we're right now drilling
more oil that we've ever done ever before. Prices are
way down. We just had four states. Who was just
(26:46):
reported that four states had one dollar and ninety nine cents.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Thy Allen.
Speaker 14 (26:52):
And I have no higher priority than making America affordable again.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
That's what we're going to do.
Speaker 14 (26:57):
And again, they caused the high and we're bringing them down.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
It's a simple message, So make affordable great again. That
seems to be the slogan for twenty twenty six being tested.
The strategy. They made things unaffordable, We're making them affordable.
Some of you maybe looking at your radar to going
hell yeah, they did, and hell yeah. It's still gonna
(27:21):
be a tough message because in some districts it's perception
over reality, or in some districts it's reality over that messaging,
and there might be a danger in taking that trajectory.
At best, you're gonna get matrix. At worst, You're gonna
have some people that appreciate the progress you've made but
(27:41):
don't like you hearing you say everything's wonderful right now,
we're the hottest thing on planet Earth. They may not
agree with that. Now in terms of are things getting
more affordable, you know, never mind messengers and messages, just reality. Well,
this was an interesting presentation on CNN.
Speaker 15 (28:03):
Listen, it's nice to finally be here with some good
news on the cost of living front. So, for the
first time in four and a half years, gas prices
are averaging three dollars a gallon nationally in court in TRIPLEA,
down by.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
Seven cents in just the past week.
Speaker 15 (28:19):
Gas PRISUS were low a year ago as well.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
But they're even cheaper now.
Speaker 15 (28:24):
This is encouraging to see because late last month there
was a period where gas prices were actually higher this
year than last year, but that has reversed again and
now we've just fractions of a penny away from breaking
below three.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Dollars a gallon.
Speaker 15 (28:37):
Now, as you mentioned, we've got twenty states across the
country where the average is actually less than two seventy
five a gallon, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Colorado as well. Certainly nice to see this.
Why is this happening?
Speaker 1 (28:54):
Well, it all comes down, of course to oil prices.
Speaker 14 (28:56):
Right.
Speaker 15 (28:57):
Oil prices are about fifty nine nine dollars at barrel
this morning. You look back in history on December one,
three years ago, we're looking at eighty one dollars a
barrel for oil.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
Sixty on the energy front. I think there is real progress.
But again this convincing America that our worst days are
behind us, it's happy days again. Don't mess that up.
That still needs to play out and still needs to
be done wisely, which is exactly why Susie Wiles is
pretty much giving away that what you saw in Pennsylvania
(29:31):
is what you're going to see a lot next year.
Speaker 7 (29:35):
In the Olympics. We have two fifty, we have FIFA,
the World Cup. I mean they're so you better start
resting up. I had a two hundred and fifty anniversary
of two hundred years in the Marine, two the Army
and Crusto. It's this is such a great time for
him to be in office. It is such a patriot.
(29:56):
He loves it so much. He's going to have a
fun next year. But we're going to put him on
the campaign trail too. Typically just a little bit of
campaign speak if I may. Yeah, typically, you in the midterms,
it's not about who's sitting at the White House.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
You localize the election, you.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
And you keep the federal officials out of it. We're
actually going to turn that on its head good and
put him on the ballot because so many of those
low propensity voters are Trump voters. Yes they are, and
we saw a week could go Tuesday what happens when
he's not on the ballot and not active.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
So I haven't quite broken it to him yet, but he's.
Speaker 7 (30:33):
Going to campaign like it's twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
Again. Yeah, I think he knows that too. But that's
exactly what we're saying has to happen, has to happen.
It's nice to know they get it at the White House. Well,
Jasmin Crockett's made it official. She's going to run districted
out of the House of Representatives. She's going to run
for Senate. Stay wide. Kind of in and out of
(30:57):
accents here, but here's how she made the announcement.
Speaker 16 (31:00):
Put in the sweat equity, under the hot Texas sun,
knocking on doors, putting out signs. You've driven your neighbors
to the polls, dragged your coworkers to go vote. You're
the ones who walk your precincts, register thousands of voters,
and you're the ones who flip seats across the state
at every level. When Texas turns blue, it won't be
(31:23):
because of any one candidate, but because of each and
every one of you doing your part. Turning Texas blue
is what I want to talk to y'all about today.
Now there are those that say, ain't no way, we
didn't try it.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
Fifty kinds of ways.
Speaker 16 (31:41):
Let me be clear, y'all, ain't never tried at the
JC way we used to telling us what I can't do,
But they have no idea what Crocketts crew will do.
So I just want to be clear for all la
Hata's in the back. Listen up, real, we gonna get
(32:01):
this thing done.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
In and out of vocal patterns, let's just say and accents.
Jasmine Crockett seems to be taking some cues from mom
Donnie in New York, but again, running for the United
States Senate statewide in one of the largest populated states.
(32:23):
That's different than an urban leftist in her City President
doesn't seem to be sweating it when I asked about
her announcement, or she's a low IQ person.
Speaker 9 (32:35):
I can't imagine she wins, baby, she'll get the Democrat nomination,
but I think it's a gift to Republicans. She's a
terrible representative. Oh watch here for the last two years.
I can't even believe she's a politician actually.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Low IQ person. That reminds me Friday with forty seven
coming up on Friday, and that your sounds of the
day for this day, questions to.
Speaker 7 (32:59):
Get back your favors, to get up off your art.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
I've been living rent free in that guy's head for
years and that's just a bot.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Do you call that chicken?
Speaker 1 (33:05):
Add They're just blowing off, Steve.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
It's your morning show with Michael del Journo.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
Thank you, mich mcham we're on the air as you're
screaming getting your ushle foul on the content over there
fifteen yards red rough housing with his mouth. No. I
was just going to say, tomorrow Marlo Thomas will be
joining us. That girl on her dad and that hospital
(33:34):
that's changing lives, and how you can be a part
of a great holiday tradition going on its twenty third year.
We'll visit with that girl Marlo Thomas tomorrow. Later today,
We've got Lonnie Jordan next next hour. He is the
lead singer of War. Why can't We Be Friends? This
song is now officially fifty years old, Boy Time Flies right,
(33:55):
But for about fifty years the studios have been trying
to get them to do a Christmas song with their
unique sound. Oh, they're doing it, and we'll debut it
for you next hour and visit with Lonnie and Jerry Goldstein,
their longtime manager. And David's going to walk us through
this tricky topic of an AI interview Glenn Beck did
with George Washington. Are we to be afraid of this
(34:17):
stuff and avoid it or embrace it?
Speaker 3 (34:20):
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