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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Check out our website ninety four to three wsc dot com.
Now back to Charleston's Morning News with Kelly and Blaze.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
President Trump says House Republicans should vote to release the
Epstein files. Last night on True Social the President urged
Republicans to vote yes, saying there's nothing to hide and
that it's time to move on from what he calls
a Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics in order
to deflect from the great success of the Republican Party.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
The House is.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Expected to vote early this week on a measure that
would force the Department of Justice to release all of
the Epstein files. Many Republicans are expected to vote yes.
If the measure passes, it will go to the Senate,
where it faces an uncertain future. Democrat Senator Chris Murphy
took aim at the President ahead of the vote. During
an appearance in ABC's This Week. Murphy says that he
(00:52):
believes the President is seriously implicated.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
In the files.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson is accusing Democratic lawmakers of
pushing the Epstein file else in an effort to vilify
President Trump. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Johnson insisted Democrats
have nothing else to talk about, so we're going to
take that weapon out of their hands this week.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Good glad that the reverse course came been very confusing
to a lot of people, like, wait, what what's going
on here? But it's also important to point out the
Apartment of Justice that already turned over tens of thousands
of pages to the public on Epstein, and they've been
(01:32):
looking at whether it's Bill Clinton, there's Reid Hoffman, the
Democrat mega donor, and their relationship with Epstein. But what
are they going to do now? I mean he's right
about what are you know? They're trying to trip and
distract from the Schumer shutdown disaster, so they threw out,
you know, Epstein as the latest red shiny object. Now
(01:55):
what are they going to do if this doesn't fit
their narrative?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Well, I don't know why they've been this. You know,
the President said that he was for releasing this when
he ran for election, and so it was an unforced
era on his part to try to fight this. And
they try to get you know, Marjorie Taylor Green. He's
now broken up with Marjorie Taylor Green.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
This one bothers me. I'm never going to go more
in depth about it coming on, and he says.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
He's going to you know, endorse her primary challenger, whomever
that may be. You know, he tried to get her
to change her vote. He tried to get Nancy Mace
here in South Carolina to change her vote.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
He tried to get Lauren Bobert to change her vote.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So I don't know why they were fighting this so hard,
you know, according to the president, he says, because it
was you know, they're taking away focus on the success
of this presidency. Well, you know that he should have
known that all the way through that that's what was happening.
And then for releasing the files. So I don't know
(02:53):
what is going on there.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
But I mean, yeah, it was confusing. It was confusing
for a lot of people for him to come out
and go, no, there's nothing to see here, like we
need to move on. I mean, did he truly not
realize how important it was, whether it's the left or
you know, people that he promised on the campaign trail
that this was important to and that includes voters who
(03:16):
overwhelmingly re elected him.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Well, you can say you didn't realize that a lot
of people would say who are you protecting?
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Well, sure, I mean I look at what it's led to,
the whole dragging of the feet on this. I mean
you should. I'm sure you've seen. I mean the millions
of there's links that have been sent to me that
have been hit millions of times. I mean some of
these TikTok links of people, and the emails and the
blackout and the surmising, and how it's all it's Trump
(03:44):
on here and here are his nicknames, and here's how
you know he had relationshs with children, and it's just
disgusting and all along Trump has said no, and so
too have the victims said no.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Well, one of the victims said no.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
There are multiple victims who at least in one piece
that I was reading about and some audio was there,
but where some of the victims said no, he was
you know, he never had inappropriate anything with any young girl.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
He hasn't been accused by any of the victims. So
only you know, there was the one Virginia Jeffrey jew
Frey who you know said that he came out and
said no, he didn't do anything wrong.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Well, you can put it in a memoir. I mean,
the I just you got to wonder what's next though, Right,
so he's now shining the light on this, hopefully in
turn of moving it, you know, out of their toolbox
here to trip in distract now what Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, I mean, why the sudden about face, Like I said,
how come they weren't for this the whole way through?
I don't understand. Maybe once they come out we'll get
a clearer understanding, or maybe we won't.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I don't think though that all of a sudden, the
Democrats are just going to drop this is an issue.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Do you think they're going to wholeheartedly lean in if
it's a bunch of like the Democrat donor I mentioned
or the former President Bill Clinton, they're going to lean
in on this and stay on this and see some
kind of justice for these victims.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
They're going to change the narrative to the Trump was involved.
That's what they're going to do.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Even though there would be if all of these Department
of Justice files are released as they've been ordered, the
discharged petition is already there for the House vote to
you know, be forced.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Basically, well, they're supposed to vote tomorrow in the House,
so then then it goes to the Senate and then
on to the president.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
So all of the information is released in none of
it implicates, you know, President Trump, and then they're still
going to pedal this lies.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
But sure, yeah, they're going to try to implicate him.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
I mean, if there's no there there would then it
would be clearly them peddling lies. But I guess what's new.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
There was no there there in the Russia hoax. There
was no there. There a lot.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Of different ways that they want after him at many
people would argue there was no they're there on January sixth. Well,
if they still try to blame him for so, why
do you think all of a sudden, releasing the files
this is going to make him shut up about it?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Well, in some ways the president seems to believe this
as well. Release it so that we can move on
and talk about how things are getting better under my administration.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Well, I don't know if he believes that.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
He believes that by releasing it that at least the
Republicans can say, look, we've released it, so now let's
talk about these other things and stop arguing about this.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Well, time will tell of that. Actually, if that plays
out that way, I mean, I understand what you're saying.
They're not going to move on from this. What else
do they have?
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Yeah, they're not going to.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Georgia Congressman Marjorie Taylor Green says she's received threats on
social media after being criticized by President Trump. The Georgia
Republican posted on x Saturday that she's being contacted by
private secure firms with warnings for her safety. Appearing on
CNN State of the Union, Green said the President's comments
(07:06):
have been hurtful. On Friday, President Trump said he was
pulling his support for Green because she was complaining too much.
Green has on several criticisms of Trump recently and has
called for the release of the Epstein files.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
So Marjorie Taylor Green in that interview address the President
calling her Marjorie Trader Green.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
His remarks, of course, have been hurtful. However, I have
something in my heart that I think is incredibly important
for our country, and that is to end the toxic
fighting and politics. And this has been going on for years,
and it has divided our country, split up friends and families, neighbors,
(07:47):
and it's not solving our problems. The most hurtful thing
he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me
a trader and that is so extremely wrong. And those
are the types of words used that can radicalize people
against me and put my life in danger.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
I don't like the way this is unfolding, this infighting.
It feels juvenile, it feels gross. Actually, I mean, it's
one thing to disagree, it's another to called names in
primary the woman good lord.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yeah, well he also called her Marjorie Taylor brown because
he said things that are green that turned rotten, turned brown.
You know, I don't know why he's taken this stance
on the Epstein Files. Even the Democrats know that it's
a losing stance. And of all places, CNN on their
Saturday Morning Table for five, there was kind of a
(08:41):
spat because they had a guest who said that the
president was a pedophile. They backtracked on that real quick
because they didn't want to get sued. The host was like,
you know what, this is not the position of CNN.
This Angie Wong, who is one of the guests, she
said that really, guys were going to to recycle something
that's been dead for so long. No one cares about
(09:04):
this stuff. They care about you know, real American voters,
we care about affordability and other real things, not about Epstein.
This is coming from a democrat.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
I mean, I don't know how you're getting back on
track here when on one side you're saying release all
the files, and then on the other side you're going
after people within your own party with threats. I mean,
the whole thing is just confusing.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Well, it's an unforced air and this president has done
so many gotten so many things accomplished in his short
time back in office. I don't know why he's hamstringing
himself and his administration over Jeffrey Epstein. As this woman said,
who I mean except for a small group of people
and the people that want to use it for political damage,
(09:48):
who cares? This is an old, old, old story.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Well, this is the president's frustration, which he's said. He's
thrown the about face and said put it all out there,
let's have a vote on it, move on. Time to
move on, saying there's nothing to hide, There is no
there there with regards to him and Epstein.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Well, I think it's because they used it for political
purposes and acted like there was something there to hide,
and that people got the idea that all of a sudden,
if this information came out, the swamp was going to
be exposed, and these people were going to go to
prison and finally there was going to be some justice.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
And guess what, Well he quite literally said, we have
nothing to hide. And you know, and they've already turned
over tens of thousands of pages, you know, to the
public on the whole Epstein saga here, so you know,
here's the final have at it. I don't have anything
(10:48):
to hide.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah, but why did they work so hard to block
it all this time?
Speaker 4 (10:52):
I can't answer that. I would love to hear it.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
So it's a little more than hear have at it.
I mean, they could have done that a long time ago.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Well, we don't know that. I mean, possibly, well we
do they they've had to quite literally his posts, you know,
talking about the discharge petition from the House. It's to
force a vote to you know, the DOJ to release
these additional files. And I understand that it's his Department
of Justice, but I don't know. I can't answer why they.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Could have voted on this months ago.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
Well, then we had a government shut down and then
and then and then, I mean we and of course
we had the pivot of this isn't a big deal.
Why do we you know, why is this still even
an issue? Which through everybody first Werve, it's like, wait
what you were on the campaign trail saying to people and.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Think of how long ago that was. So all of
that between then and now has been unnecessary. Well, I mean,
and it's been an unforced error.
Speaker 4 (11:55):
Yeah, I don't disagree with you on that. I'm happy
that it's finally coming to, you know, president finally saying
we're going to shine light on this. Okay, great, I
mean yes, I also questioned, same as you, why all
this in between? What was the point of that?
Speaker 2 (12:09):
I don't know, And maybe we'll find out once the
files are released, or maybe there will just be all
kinds of politicking over it and false accusations and all
of it will continue. Either that would be that's my
instinct tells me that that's what's going to happen.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
But anyway, we'll see.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
The President's getting a new ballroom, but Times Square is
getting a whole new ball. The Time Square New Year's
Eve celebration is still a month and a half away,
but officials are unveiling a new ball they will drop
at midnight to ring in the New year.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
There will be a.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Ball raising ceremony today to show the public the ninth
version of the ball since the Times Square New Year's
Eve tradition began in nineteen oh seven. The new ball
has more than fifty two hundred Waterford crystals, nearly twice
the amount of its predecessor. It also features circular crystals
for the first time.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Interesting that the old Times Square balls are actually retired
and become part of a public exhibit in a museum
that's there in one Time Square. I did not know this.
I have visited Times Square many a time at Christmas
over the decades, and I had no idea that I
could go into a museum right there and check out,
(13:20):
you know, the old balls, and some people are actually
given pieces of the old balls.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Well, I try to avoid checking out old balls, especially
when I'm in New York.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
There. I think it would be neat though, to walk
away with a crystal triangle from you know, some of
the old balls. Now, I can't even say it.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
You're all that brought up checking out the old balls
while you're in New York. I'm like, huh, There's so
many other things to do in New York.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
If you're in Times Square and you can walk in
and check out some of the old balls.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Well, I mean, I think it's interesting. You know that.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
This has a better tradition since nineteen oh seven, and
they should, you know, save and cherish those old balls.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
To see you just triggered my inner child. I can't.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Well.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Anyway, you can actually, if you're headed to Times Square
to do some ice skating at Christmas, you can check out.
It's a year round attraction. Actually, you could go into
some warmer if you want to brave going to New
York City anytime in the near future. But visitors can
actually go and check out the retired balls up close.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Thanks for listening to the Charleston Morning News podcast. Catch
Kelly and Blaze weekday mornings from six to nine
Check out our website ninety four to three wsc dot com.
Now back to Charleston's Morning News with Kelly and Blaze.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
President Trump says House Republicans should vote to release the
Epstein files. Last night on True Social the President urged
Republicans to vote yes, saying there's nothing to hide and
that it's time to move on from what he calls
a Democrat hoax perpetrated by radical left lunatics in order
to deflect from the great success of the Republican Party.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
The House is.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Expected to vote early this week on a measure that
would force the Department of Justice to release all of
the Epstein files. Many Republicans are expected to vote yes.
If the measure passes, it will go to the Senate,
where it faces an uncertain future. Democrat Senator Chris Murphy
took aim at the President ahead of the vote. During
an appearance in ABC's This Week. Murphy says that he
(00:52):
believes the President is seriously implicated.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
In the files.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson is accusing Democratic lawmakers of
pushing the Epstein file else in an effort to vilify
President Trump. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Johnson insisted Democrats
have nothing else to talk about, so we're going to
take that weapon out of their hands this week.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Good glad that the reverse course came been very confusing
to a lot of people, like, wait, what what's going
on here? But it's also important to point out the
Apartment of Justice that already turned over tens of thousands
of pages to the public on Epstein, and they've been
(01:32):
looking at whether it's Bill Clinton, there's Reid Hoffman, the
Democrat mega donor, and their relationship with Epstein. But what
are they going to do now? I mean he's right
about what are you know? They're trying to trip and
distract from the Schumer shutdown disaster, so they threw out,
you know, Epstein as the latest red shiny object. Now
(01:55):
what are they going to do if this doesn't fit
their narrative?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Well, I don't know why they've been this. You know,
the President said that he was for releasing this when
he ran for election, and so it was an unforced
era on his part to try to fight this. And
they try to get you know, Marjorie Taylor Green. He's
now broken up with Marjorie Taylor Green.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
This one bothers me. I'm never going to go more
in depth about it coming on, and he says.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
He's going to you know, endorse her primary challenger, whomever
that may be. You know, he tried to get her
to change her vote. He tried to get Nancy Mace
here in South Carolina to change her vote.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
He tried to get Lauren Bobert to change her vote.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So I don't know why they were fighting this so hard,
you know, according to the president, he says, because it
was you know, they're taking away focus on the success
of this presidency. Well, you know that he should have
known that all the way through that that's what was happening.
And then for releasing the files. So I don't know
(02:53):
what is going on there.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
But I mean, yeah, it was confusing. It was confusing
for a lot of people for him to come out
and go, no, there's nothing to see here, like we
need to move on. I mean, did he truly not
realize how important it was, whether it's the left or
you know, people that he promised on the campaign trail
that this was important to and that includes voters who
(03:16):
overwhelmingly re elected him.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Well, you can say you didn't realize that a lot
of people would say who are you protecting?
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Well, sure, I mean I look at what it's led to,
the whole dragging of the feet on this. I mean
you should. I'm sure you've seen. I mean the millions
of there's links that have been sent to me that
have been hit millions of times. I mean some of
these TikTok links of people, and the emails and the
blackout and the surmising, and how it's all it's Trump
(03:44):
on here and here are his nicknames, and here's how
you know he had relationshs with children, and it's just
disgusting and all along Trump has said no, and so
too have the victims said no.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Well, one of the victims said no.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
There are multiple victims who at least in one piece
that I was reading about and some audio was there,
but where some of the victims said no, he was
you know, he never had inappropriate anything with any young girl.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
He hasn't been accused by any of the victims. So
only you know, there was the one Virginia Jeffrey jew
Frey who you know said that he came out and
said no, he didn't do anything wrong.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
Well, you can put it in a memoir. I mean,
the I just you got to wonder what's next though, Right,
so he's now shining the light on this, hopefully in
turn of moving it, you know, out of their toolbox
here to trip in distract now what Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, I mean, why the sudden about face, Like I said,
how come they weren't for this the whole way through?
I don't understand. Maybe once they come out we'll get
a clearer understanding, or maybe we won't.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I don't think though that all of a sudden, the
Democrats are just going to drop this is an issue.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Do you think they're going to wholeheartedly lean in if
it's a bunch of like the Democrat donor I mentioned
or the former President Bill Clinton, they're going to lean
in on this and stay on this and see some
kind of justice for these victims.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
They're going to change the narrative to the Trump was involved.
That's what they're going to do.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Even though there would be if all of these Department
of Justice files are released as they've been ordered, the
discharged petition is already there for the House vote to
you know, be forced.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Basically, well, they're supposed to vote tomorrow in the House,
so then then it goes to the Senate and then
on to the president.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
So all of the information is released in none of
it implicates, you know, President Trump, and then they're still
going to pedal this lies.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
But sure, yeah, they're going to try to implicate him.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
I mean, if there's no there there would then it
would be clearly them peddling lies. But I guess what's new.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
There was no there there in the Russia hoax. There
was no there. There a lot.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Of different ways that they want after him at many
people would argue there was no they're there on January sixth. Well,
if they still try to blame him for so, why
do you think all of a sudden, releasing the files
this is going to make him shut up about it?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Well, in some ways the president seems to believe this
as well. Release it so that we can move on
and talk about how things are getting better under my administration.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Well, I don't know if he believes that.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
He believes that by releasing it that at least the
Republicans can say, look, we've released it, so now let's
talk about these other things and stop arguing about this.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Well, time will tell of that. Actually, if that plays
out that way, I mean, I understand what you're saying.
They're not going to move on from this. What else
do they have?
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Yeah, they're not going to.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Georgia Congressman Marjorie Taylor Green says she's received threats on
social media after being criticized by President Trump. The Georgia
Republican posted on x Saturday that she's being contacted by
private secure firms with warnings for her safety. Appearing on
CNN State of the Union, Green said the President's comments
(07:06):
have been hurtful. On Friday, President Trump said he was
pulling his support for Green because she was complaining too much.
Green has on several criticisms of Trump recently and has
called for the release of the Epstein files.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
So Marjorie Taylor Green in that interview address the President
calling her Marjorie Trader Green.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
His remarks, of course, have been hurtful. However, I have
something in my heart that I think is incredibly important
for our country, and that is to end the toxic
fighting and politics. And this has been going on for years,
and it has divided our country, split up friends and families, neighbors,
(07:47):
and it's not solving our problems. The most hurtful thing
he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me
a trader and that is so extremely wrong. And those
are the types of words used that can radicalize people
against me and put my life in danger.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
I don't like the way this is unfolding, this infighting.
It feels juvenile, it feels gross. Actually, I mean, it's
one thing to disagree, it's another to called names in
primary the woman good lord.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Yeah, well he also called her Marjorie Taylor brown because
he said things that are green that turned rotten, turned brown.
You know, I don't know why he's taken this stance
on the Epstein Files. Even the Democrats know that it's
a losing stance. And of all places, CNN on their
Saturday Morning Table for five, there was kind of a
(08:41):
spat because they had a guest who said that the
president was a pedophile. They backtracked on that real quick
because they didn't want to get sued. The host was like,
you know what, this is not the position of CNN.
This Angie Wong, who is one of the guests, she
said that really, guys were going to to recycle something
that's been dead for so long. No one cares about
(09:04):
this stuff. They care about you know, real American voters,
we care about affordability and other real things, not about Epstein.
This is coming from a democrat.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
I mean, I don't know how you're getting back on
track here when on one side you're saying release all
the files, and then on the other side you're going
after people within your own party with threats. I mean,
the whole thing is just confusing.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Well, it's an unforced air and this president has done
so many gotten so many things accomplished in his short
time back in office. I don't know why he's hamstringing
himself and his administration over Jeffrey Epstein. As this woman said,
who I mean except for a small group of people
and the people that want to use it for political damage,
(09:48):
who cares? This is an old, old, old story.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Well, this is the president's frustration, which he's said. He's
thrown the about face and said put it all out there,
let's have a vote on it, move on. Time to
move on, saying there's nothing to hide, There is no
there there with regards to him and Epstein.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Well, I think it's because they used it for political
purposes and acted like there was something there to hide,
and that people got the idea that all of a sudden,
if this information came out, the swamp was going to
be exposed, and these people were going to go to
prison and finally there was going to be some justice.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
And guess what, Well he quite literally said, we have
nothing to hide. And you know, and they've already turned
over tens of thousands of pages, you know, to the
public on the whole Epstein saga here, so you know,
here's the final have at it. I don't have anything
(10:48):
to hide.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Yeah, but why did they work so hard to block
it all this time?
Speaker 4 (10:52):
I can't answer that. I would love to hear it.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
So it's a little more than hear have at it.
I mean, they could have done that a long time ago.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Well, we don't know that. I mean, possibly, well we
do they they've had to quite literally his posts, you know,
talking about the discharge petition from the House. It's to
force a vote to you know, the DOJ to release
these additional files. And I understand that it's his Department
of Justice, but I don't know. I can't answer why they.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Could have voted on this months ago.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
Well, then we had a government shut down and then
and then and then, I mean we and of course
we had the pivot of this isn't a big deal.
Why do we you know, why is this still even
an issue? Which through everybody first Werve, it's like, wait
what you were on the campaign trail saying to people and.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Think of how long ago that was. So all of
that between then and now has been unnecessary. Well, I mean,
and it's been an unforced error.
Speaker 4 (11:55):
Yeah, I don't disagree with you on that. I'm happy
that it's finally coming to, you know, president finally saying
we're going to shine light on this. Okay, great, I
mean yes, I also questioned, same as you, why all
this in between? What was the point of that?
Speaker 2 (12:09):
I don't know, And maybe we'll find out once the
files are released, or maybe there will just be all
kinds of politicking over it and false accusations and all
of it will continue. Either that would be that's my
instinct tells me that that's what's going to happen.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
But anyway, we'll see.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
The President's getting a new ballroom, but Times Square is
getting a whole new ball. The Time Square New Year's
Eve celebration is still a month and a half away,
but officials are unveiling a new ball they will drop
at midnight to ring in the New year.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
There will be a.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Ball raising ceremony today to show the public the ninth
version of the ball since the Times Square New Year's
Eve tradition began in nineteen oh seven. The new ball
has more than fifty two hundred Waterford crystals, nearly twice
the amount of its predecessor. It also features circular crystals
for the first time.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
Interesting that the old Times Square balls are actually retired
and become part of a public exhibit in a museum
that's there in one Time Square. I did not know this.
I have visited Times Square many a time at Christmas
over the decades, and I had no idea that I
could go into a museum right there and check out,
(13:20):
you know, the old balls, and some people are actually
given pieces of the old balls.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Well, I try to avoid checking out old balls, especially
when I'm in New York.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
There. I think it would be neat though, to walk
away with a crystal triangle from you know, some of
the old balls. Now, I can't even say it.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
You're all that brought up checking out the old balls
while you're in New York. I'm like, huh, There's so
many other things to do in New York.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
If you're in Times Square and you can walk in
and check out some of the old balls.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Well, I mean, I think it's interesting. You know that.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
This has a better tradition since nineteen oh seven, and
they should, you know, save and cherish those old balls.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
To see you just triggered my inner child. I can't.
Speaker 3 (14:12):
Well.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Anyway, you can actually, if you're headed to Times Square
to do some ice skating at Christmas, you can check out.
It's a year round attraction. Actually, you could go into
some warmer if you want to brave going to New
York City anytime in the near future. But visitors can
actually go and check out the retired balls up close.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
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