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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. Tell you hope you're having a great morning
in the Big Three today. Well, New Jersey commuters are
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to go on strike May sixteenth, and right now, Jersey
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Somehow believe that they are entitled.
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To make wages like they live in New York and
work in New York.
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A walkout on May sixteenth would force almost one million
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A federal judge orders the release from jail of Columbia
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Hearing to President to Trump and his cabinet, Yes, I
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am not afraid of you. Another soft on crime group
is suing the NYA to get rid of their gang
database because they claim, wait for it, that it's racist.
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Let's call it what it is. The database is another
version of stopping frisk. The NYPD has continued stop and
frisk under a new name.
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The NYPD says it's a valuable tool that keeps New
Yorkers safe. With new economic data out. President Trump says,
don't blame me if you don't like the economy.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
This is Biden's economy, because we took over on January twentieth.
Speaker 5 (01:35):
And I think you have to get us a little
bit of time to get moving.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
And with that, let's get right to White House correspondent
John Decker, also Washington correspondent. And John, we talked a
little bit yesterday and you were saying that you've covered
every president since Bill Clinton. I think that's fascinating. I
want to talk to you more about that, and maybe
you can tell me when this one hundred day things started.
(02:02):
It seems like an artificial number or goal that we
somehow came up with that we rate presidents by how
they did in their first hundred days. Do you know
how long that's been around?
Speaker 6 (02:16):
Oh? I don't. You'd have to ask in a story
in that And I'm not an historian, but I will
tell you it's a good marker. You know, the first
one hundred days, the first thousand days, the first year,
all of those are good markers in terms of how
much an administration, how much a president has accomplished during
that time period. And you know, I think that as
it relates to the first one hundred days. You notice, Larry,
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because you report on it every day. The slew of
executive actions, the slew of executive orders taken by President
Trump unprecedented in recent memory. Of course, you have to
remember all of those executive actions, all of those executive orders.
They can be undone by a future president. That's what
Joe Biden did when he came into office on doing
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those executive actions taken by President Trump in his first
term in office.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Well, there are several records being said, including injunctions and
lawsuits against the president, many of them because of those
executive actions, and it really ties up the administration and
sometimes even the government when they have to fight all
of these is I think Pam Bondi said just yesterday, Well,
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that's right.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
You know, it does take up resources from the Department
of Justice. I think the administration is prepared for that
and they can move resources in that direction. That being said,
there will be some fights they will lose in the
federal courts. I think they're aware of that. They're not
going to win every fight. They haven't won every fight.
There have been some temporary restraining orders put in place
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in regards to some of the executive actions taken by
President Trump. But overall, you know, there are policies as
it relates to border security. They those policies are not changing.
They remain in place, although they have to comply with
certain element of court orders coming from federal judges.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I want to get back to the one hundred days
in a second. But you brought up something interesting with
all of these cases that they all seem, or at
least many of them seem I even say most of
them seem to be headed towards the Supreme Court. Is
the Supreme Court ready for that load of cases.
Speaker 6 (04:19):
Well, they have to be, you know, I mean, that's
their function. There are some cases that they will essentially
remand back to the lower courts, viewing it as not
in their purview at this stage to get involved. But
you know, will be some cases that the Supreme Court
will take up. I think there's one coming up. If
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I'm not mistaken, two weeks time, I'll be in the
Supreme Court for that particular action challenging some of the
executive actions taken by the President and the Supreme Court.
We've seen this before, Larry. They turn around some of
these decisions incredibly quickly when they need to. And we
saw that last year when you had that Colorado action
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which tried to block President Trump's name from being on
the election ballot. They turned that case around in one
month's time. It was pretty remarkable.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
When is birthright citizenship supposed to be decided?
Speaker 6 (05:14):
I believe that's the one that's in two weeks, So,
if I'm not mistaken, it's May the fifteenth. I've checked
my calendar, but I think it's certainly that week. But
I believe it's May the fifteenth.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah, that is you alluded to is going to be
the big one because many other cases can be decided
just on that one. Now, let's get back to the
hundred days you've covered, sure everybody since Clinton. Compare the
hundred days, what who has been the most consequential, Who
has been the most successful? Can you answer that question even.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
Well, yeah, and I don't think you know, I'm just
being objective here. I think that this is the most
consequential one hundred days period of any of the presidents
that I've covered, you know, and you have to compare
it to certain things that happened during President Trump's first
one hundred days in his first term. You know, it
was a little more chaotic in the president's first term.
(06:06):
There were a number of individuals who got caught up
in personnel issues. Michael Flynn certainly comes to mind. This
administration hasn't had to deal with those personnel issues. The
biggest personnel issues just getting people over the finish line,
getting them confirmed for their cabinet posts. And you may
recall as Pete Hegseth, who got confirmed thanks to a
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tie breaking vote by Vice President Jade Vans. But that's
the biggest personnel news that has been made in this
version of the Trump administration. And that's not such a
bad thing. You know, it's now well behind them, although
there obviously are some other stories that continue to follow
the Secretary of Defense.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
I think a huge story broke yesterday, and it broke
right after the cabinet meeting when the Treasury Secretary Scott
Bessen talked about the rare minerals deal being signed with Ukraine.
Doesn't that put the United States right smack dab in
the middle of the war, and especially in part of
the region that the Russians own. They can't be happy.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
Well, that's right, you know, that was one of the
things that I think led Ukraine to sign that mineral
rights steal is that it does provide essentially a form
of a security guarantee in the sense that there will
now you know, once this is implemented, once this is
carried out, it will mean Americans will be on the
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ground in Ukraine to deal with this commercial aspect of
this relationship with Ukraine. That's really interesting, Larry. It's not
a security guarantee, you know, in terms of boots on
the ground, it's not a security guarantee in terms of
having military from the US in place in Ukraine. Instead,
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it's you know, a commercial aspect of things, and I
think that is one of the reasons that led Ukraine
to sign this mineral rights steal.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
And one of the most fascinating things about the deal
is that a lot of those rare earth minerals that
have to be mined are in areas that, allegedly in
the peace deal were given to Russia that they already occupy.
I'm wondering if that changes the deal completely. That wasn't
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part of the announcement yesterday, but I would think it
would have to be.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Well, you know, that's going to be interesting to see
details regarding this deal, and those details have not been
made public yet. We'll have a press briefing in less
than two hours. Perhaps we can get some additional information
during that press briefing in terms of what was agreed
to by Ukraine and the US. And you know, we'll
see where conversations go as it relates to the US
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relationship with Russia, if there are additional conversations and the
very near future concerning the possibility of getting to what
the administration has put forward a thirty day ceasefire proposal
I already agreed to by Ukraine two months ago, but
has yet to be agreed to by Russia.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
I'm looking at the notes in front of me now
that Natalie just pointed out that nobody talked about the
first hundred days since Franklin delan or Roosevelt. He had
a pretty consequential first hundred days.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
Well he did, you know, all efforts related to the
new deal. Some of those efforts went all the way
up to the US Supreme Court. But you know, he
came into office at a very consequential time during the
Great Depression. So I think that was one of the
reasons for so much action at the executive level during
his first one hundred days.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
John Decker thanks a lot talking to Little History. John Decker,
w R. White House in Washington Correspondent. Always interesting. Thank
you so much, John, Thank Claire. Do you know what
a I don't know. I'm not even sure I'm pronouncing
this right and avohs yep, here's a hint. It's something
to eat. We'll tell you more next. Plus a chance
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to win solfount tickets to see Creeden's Clear What a
Revival founder and lead singer John Fogerty at the Beacon Theater.
The show is sold out. This is your only way
to get a ticket at a twenty five. Oh my god,
this is the best cinnabon I ever had in my life.
Speaker 7 (10:15):
I am I can't believe what I'm eating.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
I know. I want you to talk so I can
keep eating this. This is incredible. Where is this from?
Speaker 8 (10:25):
It's from the Hive. They have a location in Hoboken
and in Jersey City. It's a coffee shop and they
also have you know, bakery treats and things like that.
This cinnabon is You're right, probably the best cinnabon I
have ever had in my life.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
It might be the best thing I ever had in
my life. This is really great. They deserve for us
to talk about them because man.
Speaker 7 (10:51):
And I just I just looked online.
Speaker 8 (10:53):
They actually ship via gold Belly, which is a really
fun place if you're ever looking to send a gift
to somebody, because you restaurants all over the country will
ship their products via gold Belly.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
I've sent sandwiches to people and it's great.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Oh my god, that's such a cool thing to know.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
It's such a good website. It's really good for Mother's
Day and things like that. You know, I've sent my
parents' stuff there for Father's Day and Mother's Day.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
As much as I love this, as much as I
love this right now, if somebody shipped one to me
and cursed them so because I can't imagine how many
calories are in this, but I guess when you eat
a cinnemont and you gotta throw that out the window
and you can't think about that anymore.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
I just looked online of where they're located in Hoboken.
It's going to be a two minute walk for my
son's apartment next year.
Speaker 7 (11:42):
Good for me, but you might really a.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Lot bigger the next time you see And because I
can't imagine the calories in this. Oh my goodness, I
know I'm going to eat this whole thing, and it's
they're huge as well. Thank you so much for your
talk backs.
Speaker 9 (11:56):
Good morning, Larry. I would love for you to please
play the clip where Schumer says for the first hundred days,
it's the worst president we ever had, next to some
real news where we're getting rid of all these criminals,
putting them back where they belong. I mean, it's insane
that they want murderers and rapist here. Please play that
clip next to some real news. Thank you, Larry.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
All Right, I'll try to go find the clip.
Speaker 5 (12:22):
Donald Trump's first one hundred days can be defined by
one big F word.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
A failure. You know what, I didn't have to play
that clip. That was the same gentleman who called back
in the talk back and founded himself. If I wasn't
going to do it for him, damnity, he was gonna
play it himself. Thank you so much for finding it.
I didn't have to go find it then. But look,
oh I'm sorry, sorry. I thought he did you.
Speaker 8 (12:55):
Put he asked, and I provided. I want to make
sure our listen well taken care.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Of oh, I thought he called back and played it.
Speaker 7 (13:03):
No, he called back asking for it again. So I
found it for him, all right.
Speaker 10 (13:07):
First of all, husbands should not give their wives a
Mother's Day gift. They are not their mother. I know
they might be the mother of their children, but hence
they are not their mother. Their kids get their mother
a gift. I give my mother a gift, and that's
the way it works.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
I'm amazed you're still alive.
Speaker 11 (13:31):
I know, I know.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
I'm like, I can't even believe he is still breathing.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
See. Wow, it's not your choice. As you may find out,
it's not your choice whether you give the gift or not.
You'll only have to go one Mother's Day and not
give that gift and live through hell for a year
to remember the next Mother's Day that you better give
a gift.
Speaker 12 (13:55):
And how muchs you want to bet his wife picks
out his mother's Mother's Day gift and sends it.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Would that that right, so he doesn't even probably do it.
Speaker 8 (14:03):
Wow, that's a really interesting interesting You're so kind. Well,
I am the kindest woman I know. I'm put this
off on Facebook pause. I want to know what other
people have to say. Do you give your wife, who's
not your mother but the mother of your children, drew
a mother's day care.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Well wait a second. You end up buying the presents
for your kids anyway.
Speaker 12 (14:25):
Depending on how old they are, and if you do
do that, you should get jewel or ray.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
From the children children. That's the way you escape giving jewelry. Actually,
he's onto something. He is actually onto something. I now
like his idea that you just say, I really got
all that stuff, but it gets you out of buying
the jewelry. So an avo itch it sounds like a
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dermatological condition, doesn't. In an avoitch, you just got to
figure out where the avo is on your body. But
it's not. It is actually a pretty cool looking sandwich
and instead of bread, they use two halves of an avocado.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
That sounds messy but good and fills it.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Yeah, it's probably better for you. I'm not sure. I mean,
I could take one bite of an ava wich. Maybe
it's a great appetizer. But do you ever eat a
whole avocado? I have, yes, like I like avocados and
in things, avocados in things, but I'm not sure. I
(15:35):
guess I'm eating the whole avocado. Maybe it would be good.
We should we should get it. I should have it
right now with my.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Cinnamon instead of your cinnabon right yeah, instead.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Of no no no no not not, instead of you
have to taste. You have to taste this cinnamon to
know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 12 (15:50):
It on top, like you say, with your hamburger, and
it's healthy. That's a cinnamon.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Now, let's get the news with Jacquelincarl at seven thirty Jack.
Speaker 7 (16:00):
Good morning.
Speaker 12 (16:01):
Ukraine and the US have signed an agreement giving the
US access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals. The Trump administration
says the deal also addresses the one hundred and seventy
five billion dollars in aid the US has given Ukraine
since the start of its war with Russia and establishes
an economic partnership. And New York City's Rent Guidelines Board
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is proposing rent increases on rent stabilized apartments.
Speaker 11 (16:25):
On Wednesday, the panel voted for increasing rent between one
and three quarters of a percent and four and three
quarters of a percent for one year leases, and between
four point seventy five percent and seven point seventy five
percent on two year leases. This is frustrating to some
teneants like Qingwang of Harlem.
Speaker 8 (16:42):
And they just like slap them whatever amount of increase
they count on us just so they make money.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
And I don't realize that we.
Speaker 8 (16:48):
Suffer more than they do.
Speaker 11 (16:49):
This impacts around one million New Yorkers. Landlords argue the
increases are necessary to keep up with rising repair and
maintenance costs. There's hearings on the matter before a final
vote in June. I'm staff prinkled news.
Speaker 12 (17:01):
Now, this is a woman that is after my own heart.
Here's the headline. Florida woman fights off bear with a
bag of cookies.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
According to Click.
Speaker 12 (17:11):
Orlando, a woman in Florida had a tense encounter with
the black bear is there any of the kind? While
walking her dog Ringo, the bear approached and target it
her thirteen pounds shiuaa mix, prompting the woman to lift
the dog into the air and spin around to keep
it away from the bear. To get the bear to
leave it alone, she used a bag of cookies she
was caring to distract it, throwing the bag at the animal,
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allowing her and her dog to run home.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
This is my hero.
Speaker 12 (17:37):
Would you ever do anything you could, just anything you
could to save your dog from a bear, or is
it every pup for themselves?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
With you?
Speaker 12 (17:45):
Both of you, Natalie, why don't you go? Natalie would
save I think an animal. I think she's so nice,
she would do anything.
Speaker 7 (17:54):
Of course.
Speaker 12 (17:55):
How about you, Larry? Would you take on a bear
to protect your dog Buddy?
Speaker 7 (18:01):
That's gonna be instinct. I mean, don't you think that
would be your first thing to do?
Speaker 1 (18:05):
I would do you to go after the bear.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
I would do anything to protect my dog.
Speaker 7 (18:09):
I think that would be your I'm the wrong person
to ask. I've never had a dog.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
I would say this, buddy came here, Buddy came here,
get away from the bear.
Speaker 8 (18:19):
I would assume it would be your first instinct to
go and try to go.
Speaker 7 (18:23):
I mean, you're not gonna stand there.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
How stupid does a dog have to be to try
to take on a bear?
Speaker 12 (18:28):
I don't think the dog did this dog. This bear
was coming at her and her Chihuahua.
Speaker 8 (18:34):
Is that even a matter in this scenario of your
dog at the moment, dumb it was, your.
Speaker 7 (18:43):
Dog is being attacked.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
You're not worried about the Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
No, of course I would. I would say, you know,
we lost buddy, but he did take on a bear.
Speaker 7 (18:53):
You've got a story.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Okay, thanks so much, Jacqueline Carl Coming up, several dramas
unfolding in New York, Luigi Mangioni, Harvey Weinstein, and p Diddy.
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Some huge profile cases happening in New York. You got
the Luigi Mangioni case that's coming up, you have the
Harvey Weinstein case that started, and yours being selected for
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the Sean Diddy Combe sex trafficking trial. Let's talk about
all those cases with Jesse Weber. News Nation, legal contributor,
anchor on the Law and Crime Network, and co host
of War's Always in Fashion, which airs both Saturday and
Sunday at seven o'clock. Jesse, thanks for being here, Good.
Speaker 5 (20:24):
Morning, Thanks for having me a lot to talk about.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Yeah, good morning to you. Let's talk about Luigi Mangione.
I guess what's up first, and you can tell me
you're the legal expert. Is the fight over the death penalty?
Am I right about that?
Speaker 5 (20:38):
So that's a big issue in and of itself, And
let me just put that to the side, because I
gotta tell you there is another big issue that came up.
Apparently somebody from the prosecutor's office was allegedly easdropping on
his communications, his phone call with his attorneys. That's a
big no no. And I got to say, you know,
at first, one of these members of the prosecutor's office
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had apparently first said that they were listening in on
the call, immediately heard what was going on, immediately hung up,
told their supervisors what happened. And now it's being reported
this person actually listened to the entire phone call, which
is quite problematic. You never want a prosecutor's office to
do that. Those conversations are sacred, and it's going to
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become a question if that person will be isolated from
the case, removed, what the appropriate remedy will be. But again,
kind of a stain for the prosecution, not something that
they need in quite a high profile case like this, particularly,
like you said, with the death penalty. And look, this
is an interesting issue, right because typically speaking, if you
look strictly at the law, this wouldn't necessarily be a
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death penalty case at the federal level. Now, remember there's
no death penalty for the state charges. This is for
the federal case. Now why do I say that, because
typically for federal death penalty cases you're dealing with individuals
who murdered multiple individuals. They're part of a terrorist organization,
they're part of some criminal organization. There needs to be
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more there. Now, not to take away from the gravity
of this crime, because it is quite heinous, but the
reason prosecutors are doing this is because they are very
alarmed at this crime that happened in midtown Manhattan. Yes,
he's innocent, still proven guilty, but this crime that happened
in mid town Manhattan, and the response that you have
seen afterwards, and they don't want copycats. They want to
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send a message here. And look, they're using this in
a way to justify the way they've charged him. Remember,
at the state level, he's being accused of killing Brian
Thompson as a form of terrorism. I think that's a
little bit of shaky legal reasoning. But the defense has
said this is not a case that justifies the death penalty.
He is going to be facing life in prison. He's
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facing state charges. There's no need to go this avenue
and we will see if it ultimately continues that way.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Well, that's why you're the legal expert, because I would
agree with Pam Bondi if there was ever a death
penalty case, it would be this one, considering he stalked
this man and came up from behind him and killed him,
basically assassinated him. But that's fascinating that that would be
a weak case when it comes to the federal death penalty.
(23:13):
That's what you're saying.
Speaker 5 (23:16):
Even if here's the thing though, I'll tell you, if
this case goes forward as a death penalty case, you
get death qualified jurors, meaning jurors who say, I'm open
to hearing the evidence in support of the death penalty.
You never know, you have no idea. There's a chance
that they may say, you know what. In the end,
we learned all the facts, we listened to his writings.
We found him guilty. We believe he's deserving in the
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death penalty. And I'll tell you, I'll tell you I've
heard cases before the Parkland school shooting case, where I
thought that that guy was going to get the death
penalty and the jury came back.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
With life in prison.
Speaker 5 (23:50):
And I'm not. You know, it's more of a moral
question a legal question. You don't know what the right
answer is, but it's very tough to predict which way
a jury's going to go.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
No, yeah, I completely understand the moral tripid on that.
Let's talk about Harvey Weinstein for a second. I already
hated this man, but the fact that he's putting these
women through it again, that they have to now testify
again with a case that I find that he's going
to be found guilty again, I understand he's desperate, but
still I just I can't stand this trial.
Speaker 5 (24:19):
Well, well, let me tell you, Larry. I was there
for the first trial. I was there almost every day.
That's how I first got on the show and was
working with WR I was reporting every day from there,
so for me to see this happen again DejaVu. Now,
the evidence hasn't changed, and we heard the testimony recently
of a former production assistant, Miriam Halay, who testified five
(24:41):
years ago, and her testimony mirrors the same, and it
was harrowing testimony. Testimony then, it's harrowing testimony now. I
think the evidence against him is quite strong. The reason
his conviction was overturned is because an appellate court found
that he didn't have a fair trial, that there was
evidence that was introduced that was highly prejudicial. Well, but
it doesn't take away from the actual accounts of the
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women who are going to be testifying against them. And
I remember being in that courtroom. It was dead silent,
you could hear a pin drop, and just the way
they were describing in vivid detail what they say happened
to them. I wasn't surprised the jury convicted him on
these charges, and we'll see what happens this time around.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
I'm sure he'll get convicted again. This is like a
cavalcade of despicable people. We can talk about Sean Diddy
Combs now, I can't even imagine being a juror on
that case. How are they going to find a jury
pool for this?
Speaker 5 (25:35):
It is tough.
Speaker 6 (25:36):
It is tough.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
So first you have to find jurors who can actually
sit on a jury for an extended period of time.
This is not going to be a simple trial. And
then jurors who have to sit through graphic testimony of
alleged sexual abuse in sex trafficking, who maybe have to
watch these videos. We don't even know what all the
videos and content may consist of. And jurors who I
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mean to find yours who don't know Diddy or find
yours who don't know about this case is going to
be really tough. But they have to put any preconceived notions.
They have to decide and can they say and be
honest with the court.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
We'll look at strictly.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
The facts and the evidence and base it right on there.
Easier said than done. And we haven't even gotten to
the real jury selection process, which I believe is going
to begin May fit.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
I'll tell you what jury selection may take as long
as the trial. What's coming up this week on Always
in Fashion.
Speaker 5 (26:28):
So we talk about negotiation. How no response is a response?
And what that might mean, and we'll get into a
few personal business stories, and also we also try to
always tie it back to what we're seeing from the
President and the administration right now, and we.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Look at it through a business lens.
Speaker 5 (26:44):
So we've got a good show line up.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
I love this is your dad you do the show with, right.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
It's my dad to do the show with. He has
a very unique take on politics and culture and business
because former Big Time CEO, and he looks at a
different way. He had a relationship with Donald Trump at
one point in time, and you know, I love doing
the show with him legal sidekick. It's fun to do
it and we're happy to be doing it for WR.
Speaker 9 (27:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
I have a soft spot for father son relationship, so
that's just wonderful that you do the show with him
every week. It's called Always in Fashion, which airs both
Saturday and Sunday at seven o'clock. Jesse Weber News Nation
legal contributor an anchor on The Law and Crime Network.
Thanks Jesse, Thanks very appreciate it. The United States and
(27:31):
Ukraine agree to a rare minerals deal. We talked about
it a little bit, but what exactly does it mean?
Correspondent Rory O'Neil has the answer next. I'm sure you've
heard about it, and we talked about it just a
little bit in the beginning of the show that a
rare earth mineral deal was signed between Ukraine and the
United States. What does that mean? For an answer, let's
(27:55):
go to Rory O'Neil wo R National correspondent. I guess
we should start with the details of this, or at
least the details we know right now. Rory, what are they?
Speaker 4 (28:06):
Yeah, not really details, right there are more broad concepts
that we understand for the moment in that we haven't
really seen the final paperwork here. But this is the
US Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, so it allows both countries
to collaborate on investments to try to find those rare
earth minerals, the oil, the natural gas, also utilizing the
(28:29):
ports the pipelines there in Ukraine. So this really is
a significant opportunity for both countries to really help grow
Ukraine after this conflict comes to an end.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
These rare earth minerals have because I don't remember them
being talked about so much in the past. They were
the President was talking about the rare earth minerals when
he was talking about Greenland, I guess we need more
rare earth minerals. Why is that? What are they used for?
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Well, a lot of these argue in electronics, and there's graphite,
there's titanium, lithium especially, and that's an important component in
rechargeable batteries.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
And we're not sure what else may be there.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
And there's also oil, natural gas, and again access to
the ports and pipelines, so there could be a lot here.
And one of the issues is when we had those
tariffs imposed on China, they stopped sending us rare earth minerals.
And China has been aggressive going all around the world Africa,
South America in buying up rare earth mineral sites and
(29:36):
securing the mining rights in other countries. So China is
essentially developing a monopoly on these rare earth minerals. As
I said, that could be very important for a lot
of electronics construction and manufacturing.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Yeah, and with all the data centers being built right
now in this country, I would imagine they'd be needed
for that as well. What does this mean though, for
the continuing more between Russia and Ukraine.
Speaker 4 (30:02):
Well, now the question is what happens if Let's say
there's Larry's mining company opens up near the Zaparisia nuclear
power plant in Ukraine.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
So it's Larry's investing all of his best.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
Wealth from the US in this mining company in Ukraine. Well,
what happens if Russia were to attack that. There's no
explicit security guarantee in this agreement, but it certainly suggested
that if a rich guy like Larry from the US
and America has made such an investment there, that the
(30:37):
US military would help defend and protect you.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
Oh God, I wish well, could you say rich guy
like Larry one more time, just so I can live
that fantasy for a second.
Speaker 9 (30:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
They kept saying when they were talking about this deal,
how bad this would be for Russia. This is Russia's
worst nightmare. Apparently some of that rare earth minerals. So
I guess the abundance of it is in some of
the territory that is claimed by.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Russia, exactly on that far eastern side. And that's why
some of these negotiations are going to be interesting to
see how these final borders are drawn where things are
and again, to you know, they were concerned one of
the arguments about Russia launching this invasion was they didn't
want Ukraine to become part of NATO. Well, with this deal,
(31:27):
you may well see American much more American influence in
Ukraine than ever would have existed if Ukraine were part
of NATO.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
Right, And you don't want to kill an American in
the middle of this war because that would change the
war completely. And so what happens now we had already
I guess promised Russia that territory. Is that now off
the table? And I'm not really asking you as if
you would know, but that's one of the questions that
(31:54):
would be lingering at this point.
Speaker 4 (31:57):
Well, right, And that's one of the big parts that
still missing in this deal, not just the terror, but
one of the items not included was that Zapparisia nuclear
power plant. It's the largest nuclear plant in all of Europe.
It's been under Russian controls and shortly after the invasion began. Well,
if there is a final truce that's hammered out, does
Russia get to keep the power plant? I mean, did
(32:19):
they get that as a prize? That's an awfully big
prize for them to take for this illegal invasion, And
that may be part of these ongoing negotiations when final
borders are drawn as part of a truce deal.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
You know, it's fascinating. Over the last few days, Donald
Trump has been very mysterious when he talks about, Yeah,
there's these things I can do to Russia. There's these
things I can do, and I'm getting close and I'm
getting frustrated with them. I'm wondering if this is one
of those things he was talking about that he could do.
I know that.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
And yeah, and putting big tariffs on countries that still
do business with Russia. So say you're India, you're buying
Russian oil. Perhaps they are bigger tariffs on India as
a result.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
That's fascinating. Rory O'Neil, thank you so much. In the meantime,
the Democrats are searching for a leader of the party
and several have stepped up for the job, including Democratic
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walls. We will talk about it
with political commentator Laura Currn coming up after the eight
o'clock News
Good morning. Tell you hope you're having a great morning
in the Big Three today. Well, New Jersey commuters are
looking for other ways to get into work. In a
couple of weeks. New Jersey Transit engineers say they're ready
to go on strike May sixteenth, and right now, Jersey
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Somehow believe that they are entitled.
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To make wages like they live in New York and
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A walkout on May sixteenth would force almost one million
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A federal judge orders the release from jail of Columbia
student mos Senne mom Dalley while he awaits a deportation.
Hearing to President to Trump and his cabinet, Yes, I
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am not afraid of you. Another soft on crime group
is suing the NYA to get rid of their gang
database because they claim, wait for it, that it's racist.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Let's call it what it is. The database is another
version of stopping frisk. The NYPD has continued stop and
frisk under a new name.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
The NYPD says it's a valuable tool that keeps New
Yorkers safe. With new economic data out. President Trump says,
don't blame me if you don't like the economy.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
This is Biden's economy, because we took over on January twentieth.
Speaker 5 (01:35):
And I think you have to get us a little
bit of time to get moving.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
And with that, let's get right to White House correspondent
John Decker, also Washington correspondent. And John, we talked a
little bit yesterday and you were saying that you've covered
every president since Bill Clinton. I think that's fascinating. I
want to talk to you more about that, and maybe
you can tell me when this one hundred day things started.
(02:02):
It seems like an artificial number or goal that we
somehow came up with that we rate presidents by how
they did in their first hundred days. Do you know
how long that's been around?
Speaker 6 (02:16):
Oh? I don't. You'd have to ask in a story
in that And I'm not an historian, but I will
tell you it's a good marker. You know, the first
one hundred days, the first thousand days, the first year,
all of those are good markers in terms of how
much an administration, how much a president has accomplished during
that time period. And you know, I think that as
it relates to the first one hundred days. You notice, Larry,
(02:37):
because you report on it every day. The slew of
executive actions, the slew of executive orders taken by President
Trump unprecedented in recent memory. Of course, you have to
remember all of those executive actions, all of those executive orders.
They can be undone by a future president. That's what
Joe Biden did when he came into office on doing
(02:58):
those executive actions taken by President Trump in his first
term in office.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Well, there are several records being said, including injunctions and
lawsuits against the president, many of them because of those
executive actions, and it really ties up the administration and
sometimes even the government when they have to fight all
of these is I think Pam Bondi said just yesterday, Well,
(03:23):
that's right.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
You know, it does take up resources from the Department
of Justice. I think the administration is prepared for that
and they can move resources in that direction. That being said,
there will be some fights they will lose in the
federal courts. I think they're aware of that. They're not
going to win every fight. They haven't won every fight.
There have been some temporary restraining orders put in place
(03:45):
in regards to some of the executive actions taken by
President Trump. But overall, you know, there are policies as
it relates to border security. They those policies are not changing.
They remain in place, although they have to comply with
certain element of court orders coming from federal judges.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
I want to get back to the one hundred days
in a second. But you brought up something interesting with
all of these cases that they all seem, or at
least many of them seem I even say most of
them seem to be headed towards the Supreme Court. Is
the Supreme Court ready for that load of cases.
Speaker 6 (04:19):
Well, they have to be, you know, I mean, that's
their function. There are some cases that they will essentially
remand back to the lower courts, viewing it as not
in their purview at this stage to get involved. But
you know, will be some cases that the Supreme Court
will take up. I think there's one coming up. If
(04:39):
I'm not mistaken, two weeks time, I'll be in the
Supreme Court for that particular action challenging some of the
executive actions taken by the President and the Supreme Court.
We've seen this before, Larry. They turn around some of
these decisions incredibly quickly when they need to. And we
saw that last year when you had that Colorado action
(05:03):
which tried to block President Trump's name from being on
the election ballot. They turned that case around in one
month's time. It was pretty remarkable.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
When is birthright citizenship supposed to be decided?
Speaker 6 (05:14):
I believe that's the one that's in two weeks, So,
if I'm not mistaken, it's May the fifteenth. I've checked
my calendar, but I think it's certainly that week. But
I believe it's May the fifteenth.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah, that is you alluded to is going to be
the big one because many other cases can be decided
just on that one. Now, let's get back to the
hundred days you've covered, sure everybody since Clinton. Compare the
hundred days, what who has been the most consequential, Who
has been the most successful? Can you answer that question even.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
Well, yeah, and I don't think you know, I'm just
being objective here. I think that this is the most
consequential one hundred days period of any of the presidents
that I've covered, you know, and you have to compare
it to certain things that happened during President Trump's first
one hundred days in his first term. You know, it
was a little more chaotic in the president's first term.
(06:06):
There were a number of individuals who got caught up
in personnel issues. Michael Flynn certainly comes to mind. This
administration hasn't had to deal with those personnel issues. The
biggest personnel issues just getting people over the finish line,
getting them confirmed for their cabinet posts. And you may
recall as Pete Hegseth, who got confirmed thanks to a
(06:27):
tie breaking vote by Vice President Jade Vans. But that's
the biggest personnel news that has been made in this
version of the Trump administration. And that's not such a
bad thing. You know, it's now well behind them, although
there obviously are some other stories that continue to follow
the Secretary of Defense.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
I think a huge story broke yesterday, and it broke
right after the cabinet meeting when the Treasury Secretary Scott
Bessen talked about the rare minerals deal being signed with Ukraine.
Doesn't that put the United States right smack dab in
the middle of the war, and especially in part of
the region that the Russians own. They can't be happy.
Speaker 6 (07:10):
Well, that's right, you know, that was one of the
things that I think led Ukraine to sign that mineral
rights steal is that it does provide essentially a form
of a security guarantee in the sense that there will
now you know, once this is implemented, once this is
carried out, it will mean Americans will be on the
(07:30):
ground in Ukraine to deal with this commercial aspect of
this relationship with Ukraine. That's really interesting, Larry. It's not
a security guarantee, you know, in terms of boots on
the ground, it's not a security guarantee in terms of
having military from the US in place in Ukraine. Instead,
(07:53):
it's you know, a commercial aspect of things, and I
think that is one of the reasons that led Ukraine
to sign this mineral rights steal.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
And one of the most fascinating things about the deal
is that a lot of those rare earth minerals that
have to be mined are in areas that, allegedly in
the peace deal were given to Russia that they already occupy.
I'm wondering if that changes the deal completely. That wasn't
(08:21):
part of the announcement yesterday, but I would think it
would have to be.
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Well, you know, that's going to be interesting to see
details regarding this deal, and those details have not been
made public yet. We'll have a press briefing in less
than two hours. Perhaps we can get some additional information
during that press briefing in terms of what was agreed
to by Ukraine and the US. And you know, we'll
see where conversations go as it relates to the US
(08:48):
relationship with Russia, if there are additional conversations and the
very near future concerning the possibility of getting to what
the administration has put forward a thirty day ceasefire proposal
I already agreed to by Ukraine two months ago, but
has yet to be agreed to by Russia.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
I'm looking at the notes in front of me now
that Natalie just pointed out that nobody talked about the
first hundred days since Franklin delan or Roosevelt. He had
a pretty consequential first hundred days.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
Well he did, you know, all efforts related to the
new deal. Some of those efforts went all the way
up to the US Supreme Court. But you know, he
came into office at a very consequential time during the
Great Depression. So I think that was one of the
reasons for so much action at the executive level during
his first one hundred days.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
John Decker thanks a lot talking to Little History. John Decker,
w R. White House in Washington Correspondent. Always interesting. Thank
you so much, John, Thank Claire. Do you know what
a I don't know. I'm not even sure I'm pronouncing
this right and avohs yep, here's a hint. It's something
to eat. We'll tell you more next. Plus a chance
(09:58):
to win solfount tickets to see Creeden's Clear What a
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The show is sold out. This is your only way
to get a ticket at a twenty five. Oh my god,
this is the best cinnabon I ever had in my life.
Speaker 7 (10:15):
I am I can't believe what I'm eating.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
I know. I want you to talk so I can
keep eating this. This is incredible. Where is this from?
Speaker 8 (10:25):
It's from the Hive. They have a location in Hoboken
and in Jersey City. It's a coffee shop and they
also have you know, bakery treats and things like that.
This cinnabon is You're right, probably the best cinnabon I
have ever had in my life.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
It might be the best thing I ever had in
my life. This is really great. They deserve for us
to talk about them because man.
Speaker 7 (10:51):
And I just I just looked online.
Speaker 8 (10:53):
They actually ship via gold Belly, which is a really
fun place if you're ever looking to send a gift
to somebody, because you restaurants all over the country will
ship their products via gold Belly.
Speaker 7 (11:04):
I've sent sandwiches to people and it's great.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Oh my god, that's such a cool thing to know.
Speaker 8 (11:10):
It's such a good website. It's really good for Mother's
Day and things like that. You know, I've sent my
parents' stuff there for Father's Day and Mother's Day.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
As much as I love this, as much as I
love this right now, if somebody shipped one to me
and cursed them so because I can't imagine how many
calories are in this, but I guess when you eat
a cinnemont and you gotta throw that out the window
and you can't think about that anymore.
Speaker 8 (11:34):
I just looked online of where they're located in Hoboken.
It's going to be a two minute walk for my
son's apartment next year.
Speaker 7 (11:42):
Good for me, but you might really a.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Lot bigger the next time you see And because I
can't imagine the calories in this. Oh my goodness, I
know I'm going to eat this whole thing, and it's
they're huge as well. Thank you so much for your
talk backs.
Speaker 9 (11:56):
Good morning, Larry. I would love for you to please
play the clip where Schumer says for the first hundred days,
it's the worst president we ever had, next to some
real news where we're getting rid of all these criminals,
putting them back where they belong. I mean, it's insane
that they want murderers and rapist here. Please play that
clip next to some real news. Thank you, Larry.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
All Right, I'll try to go find the clip.
Speaker 5 (12:22):
Donald Trump's first one hundred days can be defined by
one big F word.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
A failure. You know what, I didn't have to play
that clip. That was the same gentleman who called back
in the talk back and founded himself. If I wasn't
going to do it for him, damnity, he was gonna
play it himself. Thank you so much for finding it.
I didn't have to go find it then. But look,
oh I'm sorry, sorry. I thought he did you.
Speaker 8 (12:55):
Put he asked, and I provided. I want to make
sure our listen well taken care.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Of oh, I thought he called back and played it.
Speaker 7 (13:03):
No, he called back asking for it again. So I
found it for him, all right.
Speaker 10 (13:07):
First of all, husbands should not give their wives a
Mother's Day gift. They are not their mother. I know
they might be the mother of their children, but hence
they are not their mother. Their kids get their mother
a gift. I give my mother a gift, and that's
the way it works.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
I'm amazed you're still alive.
Speaker 11 (13:31):
I know, I know.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
I'm like, I can't even believe he is still breathing.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
See. Wow, it's not your choice. As you may find out,
it's not your choice whether you give the gift or not.
You'll only have to go one Mother's Day and not
give that gift and live through hell for a year
to remember the next Mother's Day that you better give
a gift.
Speaker 12 (13:55):
And how muchs you want to bet his wife picks
out his mother's Mother's Day gift and sends it.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Would that that right, so he doesn't even probably do it.
Speaker 8 (14:03):
Wow, that's a really interesting interesting You're so kind. Well,
I am the kindest woman I know. I'm put this
off on Facebook pause. I want to know what other
people have to say. Do you give your wife, who's
not your mother but the mother of your children, drew
a mother's day care.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Well wait a second. You end up buying the presents
for your kids anyway.
Speaker 12 (14:25):
Depending on how old they are, and if you do
do that, you should get jewel or ray.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
From the children children. That's the way you escape giving jewelry. Actually,
he's onto something. He is actually onto something. I now
like his idea that you just say, I really got
all that stuff, but it gets you out of buying
the jewelry. So an avo itch it sounds like a
(14:52):
dermatological condition, doesn't. In an avoitch, you just got to
figure out where the avo is on your body. But
it's not. It is actually a pretty cool looking sandwich
and instead of bread, they use two halves of an avocado.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
That sounds messy but good and fills it.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
Yeah, it's probably better for you. I'm not sure. I mean,
I could take one bite of an ava wich. Maybe
it's a great appetizer. But do you ever eat a
whole avocado? I have, yes, like I like avocados and
in things, avocados in things, but I'm not sure. I
(15:35):
guess I'm eating the whole avocado. Maybe it would be good.
We should we should get it. I should have it
right now with my.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Cinnamon instead of your cinnabon right yeah, instead.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
Of no no no no not not, instead of you
have to taste. You have to taste this cinnamon to
know what I'm talking about.
Speaker 12 (15:50):
It on top, like you say, with your hamburger, and
it's healthy. That's a cinnamon.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Now, let's get the news with Jacquelincarl at seven thirty Jack.
Speaker 7 (16:00):
Good morning.
Speaker 12 (16:01):
Ukraine and the US have signed an agreement giving the
US access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals. The Trump administration
says the deal also addresses the one hundred and seventy
five billion dollars in aid the US has given Ukraine
since the start of its war with Russia and establishes
an economic partnership. And New York City's Rent Guidelines Board
(16:21):
is proposing rent increases on rent stabilized apartments.
Speaker 11 (16:25):
On Wednesday, the panel voted for increasing rent between one
and three quarters of a percent and four and three
quarters of a percent for one year leases, and between
four point seventy five percent and seven point seventy five
percent on two year leases. This is frustrating to some
teneants like Qingwang of Harlem.
Speaker 8 (16:42):
And they just like slap them whatever amount of increase
they count on us just so they make money.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
And I don't realize that we.
Speaker 8 (16:48):
Suffer more than they do.
Speaker 11 (16:49):
This impacts around one million New Yorkers. Landlords argue the
increases are necessary to keep up with rising repair and
maintenance costs. There's hearings on the matter before a final
vote in June. I'm staff prinkled news.
Speaker 12 (17:01):
Now, this is a woman that is after my own heart.
Here's the headline. Florida woman fights off bear with a
bag of cookies.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
According to Click.
Speaker 12 (17:11):
Orlando, a woman in Florida had a tense encounter with
the black bear is there any of the kind? While
walking her dog Ringo, the bear approached and target it
her thirteen pounds shiuaa mix, prompting the woman to lift
the dog into the air and spin around to keep
it away from the bear. To get the bear to
leave it alone, she used a bag of cookies she
was caring to distract it, throwing the bag at the animal,
(17:33):
allowing her and her dog to run home.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
This is my hero.
Speaker 12 (17:37):
Would you ever do anything you could, just anything you
could to save your dog from a bear, or is
it every pup for themselves?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
With you?
Speaker 12 (17:45):
Both of you, Natalie, why don't you go? Natalie would
save I think an animal. I think she's so nice,
she would do anything.
Speaker 7 (17:54):
Of course.
Speaker 12 (17:55):
How about you, Larry? Would you take on a bear
to protect your dog Buddy?
Speaker 7 (18:01):
That's gonna be instinct. I mean, don't you think that
would be your first thing to do?
Speaker 1 (18:05):
I would do you to go after the bear.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
I would do anything to protect my dog.
Speaker 7 (18:09):
I think that would be your I'm the wrong person
to ask. I've never had a dog.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
I would say this, buddy came here, Buddy came here,
get away from the bear.
Speaker 8 (18:19):
I would assume it would be your first instinct to
go and try to go.
Speaker 7 (18:23):
I mean, you're not gonna stand there.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
How stupid does a dog have to be to try
to take on a bear?
Speaker 12 (18:28):
I don't think the dog did this dog. This bear
was coming at her and her Chihuahua.
Speaker 8 (18:34):
Is that even a matter in this scenario of your
dog at the moment, dumb it was, your.
Speaker 7 (18:43):
Dog is being attacked.
Speaker 2 (18:44):
You're not worried about the Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
No, of course I would. I would say, you know,
we lost buddy, but he did take on a bear.
Speaker 7 (18:53):
You've got a story.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Okay, thanks so much, Jacqueline Carl Coming up, several dramas
unfolding in New York, Luigi Mangioni, Harvey Weinstein, and p Diddy.
News Nation Legal contributor Jesse Weber analyze them all next
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Some huge profile cases happening in New York. You got
the Luigi Mangioni case that's coming up, you have the
Harvey Weinstein case that started, and yours being selected for
(20:02):
the Sean Diddy Combe sex trafficking trial. Let's talk about
all those cases with Jesse Weber. News Nation, legal contributor,
anchor on the Law and Crime Network, and co host
of War's Always in Fashion, which airs both Saturday and
Sunday at seven o'clock. Jesse, thanks for being here, Good.
Speaker 5 (20:24):
Morning, Thanks for having me a lot to talk about.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Yeah, good morning to you. Let's talk about Luigi Mangione.
I guess what's up first, and you can tell me
you're the legal expert. Is the fight over the death penalty?
Am I right about that?
Speaker 5 (20:38):
So that's a big issue in and of itself, And
let me just put that to the side, because I
gotta tell you there is another big issue that came up.
Apparently somebody from the prosecutor's office was allegedly easdropping on
his communications, his phone call with his attorneys. That's a
big no no. And I got to say, you know,
at first, one of these members of the prosecutor's office
(21:02):
had apparently first said that they were listening in on
the call, immediately heard what was going on, immediately hung up,
told their supervisors what happened. And now it's being reported
this person actually listened to the entire phone call, which
is quite problematic. You never want a prosecutor's office to
do that. Those conversations are sacred, and it's going to
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become a question if that person will be isolated from
the case, removed, what the appropriate remedy will be. But again,
kind of a stain for the prosecution, not something that
they need in quite a high profile case like this, particularly,
like you said, with the death penalty. And look, this
is an interesting issue, right because typically speaking, if you
look strictly at the law, this wouldn't necessarily be a
(21:45):
death penalty case at the federal level. Now, remember there's
no death penalty for the state charges. This is for
the federal case. Now why do I say that, because
typically for federal death penalty cases you're dealing with individuals
who murdered multiple individuals. They're part of a terrorist organization,
they're part of some criminal organization. There needs to be
(22:05):
more there. Now, not to take away from the gravity
of this crime, because it is quite heinous, but the
reason prosecutors are doing this is because they are very
alarmed at this crime that happened in midtown Manhattan. Yes,
he's innocent, still proven guilty, but this crime that happened
in mid town Manhattan, and the response that you have
seen afterwards, and they don't want copycats. They want to
(22:25):
send a message here. And look, they're using this in
a way to justify the way they've charged him. Remember,
at the state level, he's being accused of killing Brian
Thompson as a form of terrorism. I think that's a
little bit of shaky legal reasoning. But the defense has
said this is not a case that justifies the death penalty.
He is going to be facing life in prison. He's
(22:47):
facing state charges. There's no need to go this avenue
and we will see if it ultimately continues that way.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Well, that's why you're the legal expert, because I would
agree with Pam Bondi if there was ever a death
penalty case, it would be this one, considering he stalked
this man and came up from behind him and killed him,
basically assassinated him. But that's fascinating that that would be
a weak case when it comes to the federal death penalty.
(23:13):
That's what you're saying.
Speaker 5 (23:16):
Even if here's the thing though, I'll tell you, if
this case goes forward as a death penalty case, you
get death qualified jurors, meaning jurors who say, I'm open
to hearing the evidence in support of the death penalty.
You never know, you have no idea. There's a chance
that they may say, you know what. In the end,
we learned all the facts, we listened to his writings.
We found him guilty. We believe he's deserving in the
(23:39):
death penalty. And I'll tell you, I'll tell you I've
heard cases before the Parkland school shooting case, where I
thought that that guy was going to get the death
penalty and the jury came back.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
With life in prison.
Speaker 5 (23:50):
And I'm not. You know, it's more of a moral
question a legal question. You don't know what the right
answer is, but it's very tough to predict which way
a jury's going to go.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
No, yeah, I completely understand the moral tripid on that.
Let's talk about Harvey Weinstein for a second. I already
hated this man, but the fact that he's putting these
women through it again, that they have to now testify
again with a case that I find that he's going
to be found guilty again, I understand he's desperate, but
still I just I can't stand this trial.
Speaker 5 (24:19):
Well, well, let me tell you, Larry. I was there
for the first trial. I was there almost every day.
That's how I first got on the show and was
working with WR I was reporting every day from there,
so for me to see this happen again DejaVu. Now,
the evidence hasn't changed, and we heard the testimony recently
of a former production assistant, Miriam Halay, who testified five
(24:41):
years ago, and her testimony mirrors the same, and it
was harrowing testimony. Testimony then, it's harrowing testimony now. I
think the evidence against him is quite strong. The reason
his conviction was overturned is because an appellate court found
that he didn't have a fair trial, that there was
evidence that was introduced that was highly prejudicial. Well, but
it doesn't take away from the actual accounts of the
(25:02):
women who are going to be testifying against them. And
I remember being in that courtroom. It was dead silent,
you could hear a pin drop, and just the way
they were describing in vivid detail what they say happened
to them. I wasn't surprised the jury convicted him on
these charges, and we'll see what happens this time around.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
I'm sure he'll get convicted again. This is like a
cavalcade of despicable people. We can talk about Sean Diddy
Combs now, I can't even imagine being a juror on
that case. How are they going to find a jury
pool for this?
Speaker 5 (25:35):
It is tough.
Speaker 6 (25:36):
It is tough.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
So first you have to find jurors who can actually
sit on a jury for an extended period of time.
This is not going to be a simple trial. And
then jurors who have to sit through graphic testimony of
alleged sexual abuse in sex trafficking, who maybe have to
watch these videos. We don't even know what all the
videos and content may consist of. And jurors who I
(26:00):
mean to find yours who don't know Diddy or find
yours who don't know about this case is going to
be really tough. But they have to put any preconceived notions.
They have to decide and can they say and be
honest with the court.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
We'll look at strictly.
Speaker 5 (26:12):
The facts and the evidence and base it right on there.
Easier said than done. And we haven't even gotten to
the real jury selection process, which I believe is going
to begin May fit.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
I'll tell you what jury selection may take as long
as the trial. What's coming up this week on Always
in Fashion.
Speaker 5 (26:28):
So we talk about negotiation. How no response is a response?
And what that might mean, and we'll get into a
few personal business stories, and also we also try to
always tie it back to what we're seeing from the
President and the administration right now, and we.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Look at it through a business lens.
Speaker 5 (26:44):
So we've got a good show line up.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
I love this is your dad you do the show with, right.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
It's my dad to do the show with. He has
a very unique take on politics and culture and business
because former Big Time CEO, and he looks at a
different way. He had a relationship with Donald Trump at
one point in time, and you know, I love doing
the show with him legal sidekick. It's fun to do
it and we're happy to be doing it for WR.
Speaker 9 (27:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
I have a soft spot for father son relationship, so
that's just wonderful that you do the show with him
every week. It's called Always in Fashion, which airs both
Saturday and Sunday at seven o'clock. Jesse Weber News Nation
legal contributor an anchor on The Law and Crime Network.
Thanks Jesse, Thanks very appreciate it. The United States and
(27:31):
Ukraine agree to a rare minerals deal. We talked about
it a little bit, but what exactly does it mean?
Correspondent Rory O'Neil has the answer next. I'm sure you've
heard about it, and we talked about it just a
little bit in the beginning of the show that a
rare earth mineral deal was signed between Ukraine and the
United States. What does that mean? For an answer, let's
(27:55):
go to Rory O'Neil wo R National correspondent. I guess
we should start with the details of this, or at
least the details we know right now. Rory, what are they?
Speaker 4 (28:06):
Yeah, not really details, right there are more broad concepts
that we understand for the moment in that we haven't
really seen the final paperwork here. But this is the
US Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, so it allows both countries
to collaborate on investments to try to find those rare
earth minerals, the oil, the natural gas, also utilizing the
(28:29):
ports the pipelines there in Ukraine. So this really is
a significant opportunity for both countries to really help grow
Ukraine after this conflict comes to an end.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
These rare earth minerals have because I don't remember them
being talked about so much in the past. They were
the President was talking about the rare earth minerals when
he was talking about Greenland, I guess we need more
rare earth minerals. Why is that? What are they used for?
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Well, a lot of these argue in electronics, and there's graphite,
there's titanium, lithium especially, and that's an important component in
rechargeable batteries.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
And we're not sure what else may be there.
Speaker 4 (29:14):
And there's also oil, natural gas, and again access to
the ports and pipelines, so there could be a lot here.
And one of the issues is when we had those
tariffs imposed on China, they stopped sending us rare earth minerals.
And China has been aggressive going all around the world Africa,
South America in buying up rare earth mineral sites and
(29:36):
securing the mining rights in other countries. So China is
essentially developing a monopoly on these rare earth minerals. As
I said, that could be very important for a lot
of electronics construction and manufacturing.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Yeah, and with all the data centers being built right
now in this country, I would imagine they'd be needed
for that as well. What does this mean though, for
the continuing more between Russia and Ukraine.
Speaker 4 (30:02):
Well, now the question is what happens if Let's say
there's Larry's mining company opens up near the Zaparisia nuclear
power plant in Ukraine.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
So it's Larry's investing all of his best.
Speaker 4 (30:16):
Wealth from the US in this mining company in Ukraine. Well,
what happens if Russia were to attack that. There's no
explicit security guarantee in this agreement, but it certainly suggested
that if a rich guy like Larry from the US
and America has made such an investment there, that the
(30:37):
US military would help defend and protect you.
Speaker 1 (30:40):
Oh God, I wish well, could you say rich guy
like Larry one more time, just so I can live
that fantasy for a second.
Speaker 9 (30:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
They kept saying when they were talking about this deal,
how bad this would be for Russia. This is Russia's
worst nightmare. Apparently some of that rare earth minerals. So
I guess the abundance of it is in some of
the territory that is claimed by.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Russia, exactly on that far eastern side. And that's why
some of these negotiations are going to be interesting to
see how these final borders are drawn where things are
and again, to you know, they were concerned one of
the arguments about Russia launching this invasion was they didn't
want Ukraine to become part of NATO. Well, with this deal,
(31:27):
you may well see American much more American influence in
Ukraine than ever would have existed if Ukraine were part
of NATO.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
Right, And you don't want to kill an American in
the middle of this war because that would change the
war completely. And so what happens now we had already
I guess promised Russia that territory. Is that now off
the table? And I'm not really asking you as if
you would know, but that's one of the questions that
(31:54):
would be lingering at this point.
Speaker 4 (31:57):
Well, right, And that's one of the big parts that
still missing in this deal, not just the terror, but
one of the items not included was that Zapparisia nuclear
power plant. It's the largest nuclear plant in all of Europe.
It's been under Russian controls and shortly after the invasion began. Well,
if there is a final truce that's hammered out, does
Russia get to keep the power plant? I mean, did
(32:19):
they get that as a prize? That's an awfully big
prize for them to take for this illegal invasion, And
that may be part of these ongoing negotiations when final
borders are drawn as part of a truce deal.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
You know, it's fascinating. Over the last few days, Donald
Trump has been very mysterious when he talks about, Yeah,
there's these things I can do to Russia. There's these
things I can do, and I'm getting close and I'm
getting frustrated with them. I'm wondering if this is one
of those things he was talking about that he could do.
I know that.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
And yeah, and putting big tariffs on countries that still
do business with Russia. So say you're India, you're buying
Russian oil. Perhaps they are bigger tariffs on India as
a result.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
That's fascinating. Rory O'Neil, thank you so much. In the meantime,
the Democrats are searching for a leader of the party
and several have stepped up for the job, including Democratic
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walls. We will talk about it
with political commentator Laura Currn coming up after the eight
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