Hour 2: Safety in NYC

Safety in NYC.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Wow, will you listening the race to edge in just
a second ago? He must have said cold fifteen times.
They say cold, and then colder, and then cold and colder.
Are we in the middle of that polar vortex that
I keep hearing?

Speaker 2 (00:16):
I love that ter when you're living it right?

Speaker 1 (00:20):
Is that what has happening right now? Are we like
the cusp of the polar vortex?

Speaker 2 (00:25):
It felt like it this morning. I walked out of
my house.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
It was twenty six degrees full of frost on my car.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
And there's a wind too. There's a wind with it,
which I wonder what the windshill is. I love all
these meteorological things. I don't understand any of it, and
I shouldn't be talking about it. But but remember, be
careful out there. There's a polar vortex out there waiting
to get you. In the Big three. I love this

(00:57):
first story. Well, well, well, after all the huffing and
puffing in the talk of court martials and charges and scandals,
a source tells Martha Ratits that the strike on the
Venezuela Narco terrorist boats were completely legal.

Speaker 4 (01:12):
According to a source familiar with the incident, the two
survivors climbed back onto the boat. After the initial strike,
they were believed to be potentially in communication with others
and salvaging some of the drugs. Because of that, it
was determined they were still in the fight and valid targets.
A JAG officer was also giving legal advice.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Last part was the most important. That last line was
the most important. That a JAG officer, an attorney, somebody
that knows military law was right there and said, yes,
go ahead, now you can make this strike. Amelia lewis
an NYU student who was assaulted while walking down the
street in broad daylight, gets justice and becomes an anti

(01:58):
crime advocate after getting a very bad man off the streets.

Speaker 5 (02:03):
Yeah, like, just be aware when you're walking like anywhere
right now in New York, because like, are you Like
I never thought this was gonna happen to me, just
because I was like, I've seen the stories and I
was like, oh, that's so scary, but like having it
actually happen now, it's like, oh my god, Like you
need to be aware at all times.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Yeah. That was on social media that she said that
right after the attack, and she was flooded with responses
from people who have gone through the same thing. On
the streets of New York. Then she texted a friend
and told her what happened. She said the friend, the
same thing happened to me. We have to get some video,
and that's how they put this guy behind bars, hopefully

(02:40):
for good. He's gonna be charged. She's in jail right now,
but he has been charged sixteen times. And of course,
because it's New York City and any major democratic city,
you get back in the street. It's a revolving door.
The Somalian fraud scandal in Minnesota will now be investigated
by the Justice Department and may end up being a

(03:00):
two billion dollar scandal.

Speaker 6 (03:02):
What we know is the state employees in Minnesota rang
the veil. They blew the whistle that there was massive fraud,
and yet Tim Waltz and Keith Ellison, the Attorney General,
apparently turned a blind eye to that for fear of
political retaliation from the large voting block of Somalis.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
It's exactly what happened. Before Vladimir Putin talked with American
negotiators about peace with Ukraine, he talked about war with Europe.

Speaker 7 (03:30):
We are not cleaning to go to war with Europe.
I have already spoken about this one hundred times. But
if Europe suddenly wants to go to war with US
and starts, we are ready right now.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
A ninety million dollar Mega Millions ticket was sold in
Union City, New Jersey, and the question is, what is
it with New Jersey? They seem to have an inordinate
amount of lottery winners.

Speaker 8 (03:58):
Every time I meet lottery directors from other states, they
say the biggest complaint that they hear is how come
only people in California and New Jersey win Powerball are
Mega millions. There's an awful lot of people in California
buying Powerball and Mega Millions tickets, and there's an awful
lot of lucky people in the state of New Jersey
that are buying Powerball on Mega Million's tickets.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
And maybe I should have led with this. It's now
officially Christmas. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has been lit.
A wow, love that cheerful Ground corrects me off. Yeah,

(04:46):
it's like they realize what comes next. Oh no, I
gotta get out of here. I gotta drive home. There's
going to be in ordinate traffic, it's going to be horrible.
But it's Christmas and it's beautiful. And if I'm sure
you're gonna be able to be able to make it
by there and see Christmas tree. Make sure you do.
It's one of the highlights the Christmas season. John Decker,
Worr White House and Washington correspondent, is with us now

(05:08):
and host of the new podcast, The White House Briefing
Room with John Decker, which could be found on the
iHeartRadio app. John is with us every Tuesday and Thursday
at this very time. So a big day on Capitol Hill, John,
and good morning to you. Big day the Venezuelan hearings.
I guess Admiral Bradley is going to testify behind closed doors.

Speaker 9 (05:29):
Yes, Admiral Frank Bradley will be testifying. It will be
behind closed doors. It will be before the Senate Armed
Services Committee. Republicans and Democrats on that committee have expressed
concern about the way this strike on that alleged drug
boat took place back on September the second. Different explanations,
different stories being given by Pete Hegseth, the Defense Secretary,

(05:54):
those who speak on his behalf also different explanations over
at the White House as well, and now they hope
to get some clarification by the person who led that operation,
and that is Admiral Bradley. So don't know if we'll
get a readout in terms of what was said during
the course of that hearing. But as you know, Pete
Hegseath has maintained that those two survivors from that first strike.

(06:18):
He says they still posed an imminent risk to the
United States even though they were hanging from the remnants
of that drug boat after it was struck that first
time by that military strike.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
I don't know if you heard. What I played at
the top of the show was Martha Raddits and she
has information that she got from sources that the survivors
climbed back on the boat, according to people that were
in the room, and there was also a JAG officer
right there who okayed the strike. That's what she is
reporting right now. Have you heard this? I can play

(06:53):
it for you, let me please it.

Speaker 6 (06:55):
I haven't heard that.

Speaker 9 (06:56):
I've heard similar types of stories about what it is
that Admiral Bradley will be testifying to essentially what he
intends to tell those senators that have oversight over the Pentagon.
So it doesn't differ with what I've heard, you know,
that being said, you know, I mean, I guess, you know,
mister Admiral Bradley will essentially say that it's the department's

(07:18):
lawyers that gave the green light to take this second strike,
and it's another example of fingers being pointed at another
element of the decision making process. You know that Pete
hag Seth said it was Admiral Bradley, and now Admiral Bradley,
it is believed in his sworn testimony to those senators,

(07:39):
will say he simply got the green light from those
Pentagon lawyers who were also monitoring what was happening on
September the second.

Speaker 1 (07:47):
Right, Michael Malroy was also gotten sources and he reported
on it as well, and he said, if they did indeed,
and again we're going off sources right now, so we
have to confirm all this. But if they did, indeed
these climb back in the boat, they were working the radio,
they were trying to save the drugs at that point,
then the strike would have been completely legal at that point.

(08:09):
If that's what happened, Yeah, I don't.

Speaker 9 (08:11):
I think the big question is you'd have to see
the video. You know, was there even a boat that
climbed back into you know, from what I understand there
were actually four strikes altogether on that boat. I can't
imagine there was even a boat that existed that was
usable in any particular way after the kind of strikes
that we've seen on the video that the Pentagon has

(08:32):
already released. So I think a lot of it really
depends in terms of showing to the senators on the
Senate Armed Services Committee what it is that those involved
in the operations saw in terms of video on that day.

Speaker 1 (08:47):
Let me get to another topic right now. You're right.
After Admiral Bradley testifies, we're going to know a whole
lot more and it won't just be based on sources.
But let's talk about real quick, this growing scandal. In minutes. Oh,
I guess the scandal has stopped, but at least the
growing concern about what happened in Minnesota a billion dollars

(09:09):
that was taken out of the government through fraud under
Governor Walls. It sounds like the Republicans are going to
go running with this.

Speaker 9 (09:18):
Oh absolutely, you know. I mean, that's what politics is
all about. And the President, you know, has spoken about
this publicly over the course of the past few days,
and you know, as it relates to both Minnesota and Louisiana.
The National Guard has been moved into both of those
states in the course of the past few days. That's
to deal with the crime problems, specifically in New Orleans

(09:42):
and also the crime problem that the President says exists
in the state of Minnesota. There's no word as to
how long these respective operations will last. And you know,
as it relates to Louisiana, the governor, their governor Landry
has invited this mission, this operation that the President has
been talking about for a few months now, and finally

(10:06):
we see it in action on the streets of New Orleans.
You'd be you know, if you were down there, Larry,
you'd see National Guard on the streets in the same
way that I seen the National Guard on the streets
here in downtown Washington, d C.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
Oh, you're getting more there too. Apparently you can get
more from John Decker on the iHeartRadio app. Just search
for his podcast, White House Briefing Room with John Decker
and be sure to set a preset. John's going to
be back Tuesday at seven o five. Thanks John. The
Internet found a eighty eight year old veteran working as
a cashier to make ends meet, and they stepped in
this heartwarming story. Next. All right, let's get to your

(10:41):
talk back.

Speaker 10 (10:42):
Yeah, Larry, I'm totally in agreement with Australia's law that
prohibits sixteen sixteen year olds and under I think, from
participating in social media. I think we should totally adopt
something similar to that here in this country. If you
look at the data, it's a proof in that depression
among kids and teens has risen dramatically since the advent

(11:08):
of the smartphone.

Speaker 1 (11:10):
I'll tell you what, I'm not against it. I just
don't know how it's enforceable, Like, I think people will
figure out a way around it. But I'm not against it.
I think that it's probably a good idea. I'd like
to hear more data. I've seen some of the same
statistics you've seen, and believe me, I've covered many stories
about teen suicides that come from being bullied online. So yeah,

(11:34):
it's probably a good idea.

Speaker 11 (11:35):
I just heard on the news that there's a police
officer in New York City that could be up on
charges for violating a sanctuary city law by aiding and
a betting ice agents. This is the most amazing stupidest
thing I've ever seen. Where are the Democrats, the six Democrats?
Even Mark Kelly said, there's nothing more patriotic than protecting
a constitution of the United States. That's his quote. And

(11:58):
why is it that this man's in charge for doing
exactly that Article six.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
I'll tell you what, that's a tremendous story. I did
not see it, and I will certainly look into it.
Thanks for calling my attention to it, because if so,
we'll be all over that. And you're right, there should
be some patriots that should stand up for this guy.

Speaker 12 (12:19):
Oh, please televise these hearings when they question the officer
about these strikes on the boat. Please get the jag
officer there. I can't wait to see like a Tim
Kaine or a Raskin, or a Jeffrey's or one of
these fricking morons try and question the legality of the

(12:40):
use of lethality to kill drug lords.

Speaker 1 (12:46):
I'm with you, but it's all behind closed doors. They're
too smart for that. They always start behind closed doors,
and then when they know the answers and the questions,
they bring it out into the open. It's all fixs.
Those hearings are all fixed. This one will never be
out in the open ever because too many people are
going to look bad. I'm sure the Republicans are going
to smile and go, let's have an open hearing now,
and they're Democrat's gonna go no, no, no, no no no.

(13:07):
So yeah, if it ever goes in the open, trust me,
well we'll have it. But I think this story is
gonna go away really really fast.

Speaker 13 (13:16):
Now.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
I'll tell you what. This is a story that breaks
your heart. It breaks my heart how we treat veterans
in this country anyway. But this is an eighty eight
year old veteran. His name's Ed Bombas and he was
found by a couple of TikTokers. And you know, we
put down social media a lot and talk about the

(13:39):
problems with social media, there's a really good side. There's
a good strain of people on social media, including this influencer,
Samuel Widenhoffer, and he's got a partner, Mike McKinstry. And
what they do is they find people who need help
and then they they go meet them, they donate them,

(14:00):
and then they start gofundmes and raise money. And that's
what they did for Ed Bamba, the eighty eight year
old veteran who is working at a supermarket in Brighton, Michigan,
just to live may I asked, how old you at eight?
I'm still working, Yes, I have to. Why do you
have to keep working? Retired from General Mortars in ninety nine.

(14:22):
Twenty twelve, I went bankrupt and they took my pension.

Speaker 7 (14:25):
Away from it.

Speaker 1 (14:27):
Right and this guy, by the way, we also found
out as a veteran. You said that you lost a pension. Yes, sir,
I did.

Speaker 6 (14:35):
I was in the Army of bank in sixty sixty six.

Speaker 1 (14:38):
So you're a veteran too. Yes. I wonder just how
many people there are like this. But here's the happy
ending to this story. Because of the two influencers giving
him money, he is now raised. Well, Natalie, you said
it's a million, but it's close to a million.

Speaker 2 (14:54):
It was close to a million at one point. It
could have been over that.

Speaker 3 (14:59):
Just putting up a GoFundMe page after this video went viral.
He also lost his wife seven years ago after taking
carer from a long illness. He also lost his health
care when he lost his pension.

Speaker 1 (15:11):
Oh my god.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
And you know what I.

Speaker 3 (15:14):
Say, if an eighty eight year old wants to work great.
But I mean, this is a man who has to.

Speaker 1 (15:20):
Work at eighty eight when he should just be enjoying
his life, right, And that's that's such a shame. And
so you're right, it sounds like he has nothing else.
And so God blessed these influencers. You know, we always
have to remember it. We always have to remember the
good people that use social media for very positive reasons.
And there's not a whole lot of them, but the

(15:41):
ones that are out there we should give credit to.
So way to go, Samuel Wadenhoffer and Mike McKinstry. Can
we give it? Can we get their their login material
or they're not their login but they're they're how people
can find them online.

Speaker 2 (15:55):
Yeah, absolutely, we'll put that up on our website. Great
at tenwa dot com.

Speaker 1 (16:00):
Now let's get to Jacqueline Carl with the seven thirty
News Jacqueline Lara.

Speaker 14 (16:05):
US lawmakers are demanding answers today as they receive a
classified briefing on the American strikes again suspected Venezuela and
Narco boats. Navy Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley is expected to
face tough questions about why the same boat was hit
multiple Times on September second, even after survivors were spotted
and Luigi Mangioni is due back in Manhattan Corp. Today

(16:27):
for a pre trial hearing on what's the one year
anniversary of the high profile assassination of United Healthcare CEO
Brian Thompson.

Speaker 15 (16:36):
Mangioni's lawyers are trying to get key evidence tossed from
his upcoming trial. The defense is arguing that law enforcement
violated Mangioni's rights when he was arrested, and that evidence
of a gun and notebook on him were illegally collected.
It was one year ago prosseers say Mangioni shot and
killed Thompson outside of Midtown Manhattan hotel. Mangoni was arrested
a few days later in Pennsylvania. He's pleaded not guilty

(16:58):
to state and federal murder chart. I'm scappingle wrdws.

Speaker 2 (17:03):
So switching gears here.

Speaker 14 (17:04):
No matter where you go, there are rules you have
to follow. According to at Hooters, Colorado on TikTok. After
corporate restructuring, there are around two hundred Hooters restaurants remaining
in the United States and sixty internationally, and the servers
would like you to know that there are a few
unwritten rules to be aware of. At least at one

(17:26):
Colorado location. Got a pen support. Here they are now.
If you buy a calendar from your server, your service
will be greatly improved. If you order a shot of
Class A Azul, your server will hang out at your
table seventy five percent of the time. If you bring
a dog or compliment your server, you'll also get more attention.

(17:49):
Got all that because, I mean, you don't think you
could just waltz into a Hooters and do whatever you
want to you?

Speaker 1 (17:57):
I mean, apparently it's all about getting attention from your server.
I don't know why.

Speaker 14 (18:03):
Most people want their servers to take their order and go,
you know, but these people want.

Speaker 2 (18:08):
Them to hang around.

Speaker 14 (18:09):
I just don't get it.

Speaker 1 (18:10):
Can I honestly say I've never been into a Hooters?

Speaker 2 (18:13):
I don't think i've been in one either. I've been
in once.

Speaker 1 (18:16):
Really, how was the food? How was the food?

Speaker 13 (18:19):
It was?

Speaker 2 (18:20):
Wings? It was you know, that's what it was. Did
you follow the rules? I don't know, it was a
long time. Bring your dog and compliment your service? Is
any of that I'm going to complimented? Probably not at
your table very often?

Speaker 1 (18:37):
Then, and that's your own fault. Crash just got in
my ear and city has a frequent customer card.

Speaker 14 (18:42):
Oh, Crash, Crash has the time.

Speaker 15 (18:47):
I know so much.

Speaker 2 (18:48):
Nobody works more than Crash.

Speaker 1 (18:51):
Why are you going to Hooters?

Speaker 2 (18:52):
Crash and when you go to sleep?

Speaker 1 (18:54):
That's right? Thanks so much, Jack and Carl. There are
some really bad people on the streets of New York
that the city and state has protected from ICE officers.
Former first Detective Michael Safracone says this has to stop.
He's up next again. This is a fascinating story. I

(19:15):
want to get right to Michael Safracone. He ran for
US Senate. You'll remember in New York. He's a retired
NYPD first grade detective and he is a security expert.
And he's raising the alarm about some people that are
still on the streets of New York City and across
New York that ICE should be after, but the state

(19:36):
is protecting them from ICE. And he's saying they state
should never protect them. They should be working with ICE
to get these people off the street. Michael, thank you
so much for joining us. Tell us about these seven
thousand menaces.

Speaker 13 (19:53):
Morning Warry. Great to be here. I mean, when we
talk about sanctuary policies, we're tying the police's hands. How
I don't understand how it's not common sense that we
work together with ICE in the federal government to take
illegal immigrants off of our streets and not just let's
not talk let's talk about the safety. If we have

(20:14):
no public safety, we have no city, we have no state,
we have no country. Right, it is so important that
we take these criminals people. Seven thousand people released in
the last year, I think twenty nine wanted for homicide,
thousands wanted for sexual abuse, their predators, and we as
a state release them without notifying the proper authorities in

(20:38):
the federal government, even when there's mandated detainers on these
immigration for violators and these criminals. I don't understand where
the common sense comes. We should take politics out of this.
And you know, I'm a politician, Larry, Okay, it doesn't
matter what side of the aisle you're on. This is

(20:58):
common sense as Americans. You know, we can talk about affordability, housing,
blah blah blah. Those are all things that can be
worked out. But the thing that has to be done
for Americans we have to feel safe. We have to
protect our families. We have to be able to at
a four twenty year old girl going to school the
other day gets assaulted by somebody, and he wasn't an immigrant,

(21:21):
but still he was somebody who was released from prison.
Where are we going? What kind of society are we
living in that we think that we can just release
people for no reasons and put them back on the street.

Speaker 1 (21:33):
Yeah, you're talking about two different You're talking about two
different things here, and I want to make sure that
we keep linking them because it's important to link them together.
You're talking about sanctuary cities and then the casualist bail,
the bail reform.

Speaker 13 (21:48):
With the two of those things together, I agree they
have to be linked. And I'm going to throw another
thing at you too. Here. We had in the last
eight years over forty three top killers released by the
New York State Parole bo Bold forty three in New
York State alone. People think that's the number in the country.
Forty three in New York State. These things are all
in together. Sanctuary city, the bail reform, and when he

(22:10):
cop kills out on parole. We've got to start getting
back to common sense and just thinking basically, how do
we protect our society from predators, and what do we
do to keep people safe?

Speaker 1 (22:21):
Let me get back to the seven thousand for a second.
So the state and the city and law enforcement, everybody
knows who they are, but they can't tell ICE. They
have to protect them by state law.

Speaker 13 (22:33):
That's by the sanctuary city war, yes, the century state war,
which is ridiculous, which needs to be changed. Now. I
don't even know if sanctuary cities and sanctuary states are
technically legal, Okay, that's something that's being debated also. So
they just refused and I just said, read something this
morning about the Department of Investigation looking at the NYPD

(22:55):
for officers who may have leaked information to ICE, okay,
and how these city council is up in arms about
that happening, and what a terrible thing that is. How
can we say what a terrible thing it is when
twenty nine murderers have been released, three thousand assault you know,
three thousand people have assaulted people, maybe two thousand people

(23:16):
have sexually abused people. How can we say what a
terrible thing that that information was given to the federal
government and they're not asking federal government's not asking for
the NYPD or local authorities to go out and capture
these guys. They're saying, these are people that are in
custody already. All we want now is to be able
to take them from custody, right, put them where they've worn.

(23:37):
That's all they're asking for.

Speaker 1 (23:38):
Right, I'm saying, yeah, and this is exactly what the
borders are says all the time. Let us in the
Rakers Island. Just let us in the Rakers Island because
it's much safer. We go into the community and we
might have a shootout. Let us go in and get
them rakers and rankers, no fuss, no mess.

Speaker 13 (23:54):
Right, And that's It's about the safety of this law
enforcement people too, of course, the safety of our citizens,
but walforcement people are citizens also, and they're putting their
lives at risk by not having these people handed over them.
Now they have to go hunt them on the street. Okay,
And Holman says this all the time. This is simple stuff,
this is common sense. They're in prison already, before they

(24:16):
get released, we have a detainer on them. We want
to come in and pick them up. And you know,
in all other situations, the federal government and the local
governments work hand in hand with this. I remember many
times getting tipped off on somebody being released at court
that day and going to court and waiting outside the
courtroom and then locking that person up for a crime
that I had him for. Okay, And it's simple, it's basic,

(24:36):
and it's safe, and.

Speaker 1 (24:37):
It keeps us safe.

Speaker 13 (24:38):
Right.

Speaker 1 (24:39):
I want to get back there, and I want to
I want to let you know there's a reason I
phrased that the way I did about the seven thousand
because I think keeping when we talk about sanctuary cities,
we sanitize the whole thing. That's a term that the
Democrats came up with. That's a term that makes it
sound safe. It's not safe. So what we're really doing
and that's what I that's why I afraid the way

(25:00):
I did. We're protecting seven thousand violent criminals. Well, the
state and the city is protecting seven thousand violent criminals.

Speaker 13 (25:08):
You're one hundred percent correct, And you know it's criminal.
The criminal justice system. I learned many many years ago,
it's justice to the criminal, okay. And that's exactly what's
going on here. It's not justice for us, the people,
the public, the working class people. It's justice for the
bad guys. Okay, and that's ridiculous. It's and you were right.

(25:29):
The Democrats frame it as a sanctuary city. Is a
safe haven? Safe haven for who?

Speaker 16 (25:34):
Safe haven for the.

Speaker 13 (25:35):
Criminals, for the criminals. Why do we care so much
about the criminals and not care about the twenty year
old girl walking down the street at nine thirty in
the morning just to go to class. And I tell you,
I'm very proud of that young lady. She came out
with a video and pretty much smoke her mind about.

Speaker 16 (25:51):
How this is ridiculous.

Speaker 13 (25:52):
You know, we just left in a mayor and I'm
not going to get into the politics of this, but
this is a person who has no experience and is
going to be thrown into a war here in New
York City of what's going on, and he's got to
come up with a way to protect people and still
engage these young people who elected him. And this is

(26:12):
a perfect example.

Speaker 16 (26:13):
This young lady.

Speaker 13 (26:14):
I don't know if she's lived in New York City
or she voted for him or whatever, but she's upset.
And there's many more people like that in her age
group that are going to be upset. And he's got
to find a way to make this city a safe
place so that these people can live here and earn
a living and go to school.

Speaker 1 (26:30):
Yeah. I'm not sure she voted for mom Donnie, because
I don't know if you heard that whole social media post,
but she says we have to be more care forrol
of the people that we elect.

Speaker 13 (26:41):
You're right, You're right. I don't know if she lives
in the city or doesn't, but just the point, we
have the right to go to school, We have the
right to go to a store. These are our given rights.
This is what we need to protect our citizens. And
I'll say it a million times. If we don't have
public safety, what do we have. We don't have a city,
we don't have a state. We have a country. You know.

(27:02):
I remember years ago in my security company and when
we would get hired to take care of watch a
building or watch an office or something. I would always say,
you know, your most important element of your business is
your employees. And the owners would say, you're right. If
we don't protect and make those employees feel safe, you're
not going to have a business.

Speaker 1 (27:22):
Wee thousand percent agree, Michael. We have a thousand percent agree,
and it's great. We have to have you back on
to talk about this again. Thanks so much, Thanks so
much for bringing to to our attention. Michael Zafracone ran
for US Senate, New York, retired NYPD first grade detective
and security expert. Thanks again, Michael, talk to again soon.

Speaker 13 (27:41):
Thanks Claire.

Speaker 1 (27:42):
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this topic that Roury O'Neil has today because I hate
that you have to tip everybody nowadays, and especially Christmas time.
You gotta tip people and you end up paying a
fortune in tips. Since when do we have to start
tipping everybody? And yet I do it because I don't

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want people to think badly of me, and so I
end up paying a fortune in tips. Maybe Rory O'Neil
can give me a tip here. W l R National
Correspondent with us every day at this time, Rory, are
you a sucker for tips too? Maybe?

Speaker 16 (30:11):
I don't know.

Speaker 17 (30:11):
It depends on how I'm feeling. Luckily, I don't have
a whole lot of these obligations. They're listing people like
landscapers and school teachers and okay, I do not tip
the garbage man.

Speaker 16 (30:21):
Sorry I don't. I wouldn't know how was he supposed
to get it.

Speaker 1 (30:25):
You're playing with fire there. That's a bad one not
to tip.

Speaker 2 (30:29):
No, yeah, no, I'll tell you how you tip the
garbage man.

Speaker 3 (30:32):
You take an envelope, you put it in a ziplock bag,
and you tape it to the top of your garbage can.

Speaker 2 (30:38):
That's what we do in our neighborhood.

Speaker 1 (30:39):
I'm going by your man, but he comes along.

Speaker 17 (30:41):
He comes along with a robot arm to lift.

Speaker 16 (30:46):
It's funny back in the morning. I don't know if
they're going to see it, and I don't know what
homeless guy is coming.

Speaker 1 (30:50):
Along there you go.

Speaker 3 (30:53):
It's funny that you said that, Larry, because somebody in
my neighborhood recently posted online that they did that because
everybody does that on us.

Speaker 2 (31:00):
And she came out in the morning and someone took
the envelope.

Speaker 1 (31:03):
Wait a second, everybody in your neighborhood takes money to
their their trash. Where do you live?

Speaker 2 (31:08):
Exactly?

Speaker 16 (31:08):
I tell it all right now?

Speaker 17 (31:10):
How okay? How much twenty five bucks is the average
according to banks?

Speaker 3 (31:14):
Yeah, the yavage, Yeah, depending on how many you know
men are on the truck.

Speaker 2 (31:19):
So, but yeah, twenty five thirty bucks.

Speaker 1 (31:21):
You know our trash guys do they have music playing?
They have bells on the trush truck and they dress
up as Sanna love it. That's how they let you
know it's tip time.

Speaker 17 (31:32):
Hey, they're putting on a show that deserves it. What
about the mail okay, how about the mail carrier? Only
about twenty one percent of people, or rather twenty seven
percent of.

Speaker 16 (31:42):
People tip the mail carrier. Do you tip your letter down?

Speaker 1 (31:45):
That's an interesting one because I've tried to tip the
mail guy before. He won't take it. He said it's
not legal for the tables about it.

Speaker 17 (31:52):
Yeah, you're supposed to be give something symbolic, like give
them cookies.

Speaker 16 (31:56):
Not here's fifty bucks and Starbucks or you know that
kind of a thing.

Speaker 1 (31:59):
Oh No, I like the out that I'm given When
he says I can't take the tip, and I go, oh,
that's a shame. You know.

Speaker 17 (32:08):
Cool teachers get about fifteen to twenty five dollars in
gifts and tips, and childcare providers get about fifty bucks.
Housekeepers about the same. But right now there's an Empower
survey out that Joe's a third of Americans have had it.
We are now entering a no gifts policy for a
third of Americans saying, look, Larry, I'm not getting you anything. Larry,

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don't get me anything. Let's all just enjoy the holiday
and the spirit of the holiday. To heck with the gifts.

Speaker 1 (32:34):
Oh god, I guess you're not married.

Speaker 17 (32:40):
It's the third of Americans are that there are that
many single Americans out there.

Speaker 1 (32:44):
Yeah, it has to be because that is not gonna
fly in my ouse.

Speaker 17 (32:48):
Okay, I think, okay, agree, that's not gonna fly among spouses.
But I think in general, I'm not getting my brother
another car charger or stupid tie iraq whatever.

Speaker 16 (33:00):
He's a big boy. If he wants if he wants something,
he can pay for it.

Speaker 1 (33:04):
Yeah. The big thing you should do this time of year,
and I'll give you a tip is you always get
sick around Christmas. If you get sick around Christmas. You
don't have to give anybody gifts?

Speaker 3 (33:14):
Can I give a tip as well? And this is
what I've heard from school teachers. They appreciate the gifts
they do, but don't give them any more mugs.

Speaker 1 (33:23):
No more mugs.

Speaker 2 (33:25):
They have enough mugs.

Speaker 9 (33:28):
I know.

Speaker 16 (33:30):
Exactly enough with the Starbucks card.

Speaker 1 (33:32):
Yeah right, you know what everybody likes. You know it
always works? Cash?

Speaker 16 (33:37):
Ok?

Speaker 2 (33:38):
Yeah, cash is king.

Speaker 16 (33:39):
You give somebody and fudge. Fudge always work.

Speaker 2 (33:45):
I was sending you fudge.

Speaker 1 (33:48):
Guess what you're getting, right, you're getting from us, thanks
a lot. Rory O'Neill, w o or National Correspondent's going
to be back tomorrow morning at seven fifth. Well, a
far left wing, even socialist movement is rising in the
Democratic Party. We know it all too well in New York,

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but it's across the country. Do they think that's a
good thing? We'll ask our favorite Democrat, Lori Curran after
the break. After the eight o'clock news,