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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Just remember this. There's gonna be some problems today, maybe showers, thunderstorms,
but tomorrow is gonna be beautiful. Humidity is gonna go
away mid eighties. Saturday the same thing. We're not gonna
talk about Sunday, but Friday and Saturday is going to
be really beautiful. In the meantime, in the Big three,
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in a new independent poll, a shocker, a statistical three
way tie in the New York Mayor's race between Mom,
Donnie Cuomo, and Sliwa and with Adams in fourth place
right now and not far behind, but a good distance
behind the other three, there are new calls for him
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to drop out and support one of the other candidates.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
See the last man we had of color was thirty
years ago. How would I look to be stepping down
to him who stepped down from his obligation as the governor.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I'll tell you what. Eric Adams is having a really
bad day. First he's got the poll, and then he's
being sued by former Interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donnellan, who
alleges racketeering, fraud and corruption by Adams and a lot
of brass in the NYPD.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
This is a monstrous allegation, and what I'm reading is
that none of it has been corroborated. You don't see
anything in reports or attachments that would corroborated.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Another member of the Biden administration, Anthony Bernald, the top
aide to First Lady Jill Biden and extremely powerful in
the White House. He was big in the decision. He
and just one other person, Jill Biden, were big in
the decision as to whether Biden was going to run again.
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He takes the fifth when asked a simple direct question
by the House committee investigating who was running the White
House when Iden apparently couldn't.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Did any unelected officials or family members ever execute the
duties of the presidency?
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Simple question?
Speaker 4 (02:09):
He knew he's going to be asked that everybody in
America wants to know that he played the fifth.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
This is getting really fascinating. Not only are they passing
on the questions, but they are pleading the Fifth Amendment,
which means they may be worried about criminal charges. One
of the top selling females singing artists of the fifties
and sixties and actually of all time, has died. So
and then after that, I grew up watching her own
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game shows and talk shows. But wow, Connie France is
dead at the age of eighty seven. Now let's bring
in LoVa, current political commentator and former NASA County executive
Laura Let's talk about this poll. This Harris Pole. I mean,
it's it is an independent poll, it's Forbes, and it
shows a statistical three way tie between Mom, Donnie, Cuomo,
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and Sliwa. What does that tell you?
Speaker 5 (03:02):
Well, it's and I think I you know, something I
saw in that poll said that Cuomo would have a
better chance of winning and beating Mom Donnie if Adams
drops out, But if Cuomo drops out, Adams doesn't have
as good a chance.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So absolutely, Yeah, in a two way race, in two
way race, Cuomo wins easily and and Adams gets killed.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
Yes, and not so.
Speaker 6 (03:36):
At first.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
So I think Cuomo was very strategic when he said, yeah,
I'm still in this race, and let's see how we're
doing in September, and whoever's not doing well should drop
out so we can all beat Mom Donnie. That's the goal.
And I think that was very strategic on his part,
because I'm sure his polling showed, you know, private polling
showed similar results.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah, the one person that does not want Eric Adams
to drop out is Curtis Lee. What Curtis Leewa actually
has a shot at this if Adam stays in.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Absolutely he's praying everybody stays in and every Tom, Dick
and Harry that's in there already doesn't go anywhere, because
if they're all fighting amongst themselves, that's his I think
that's his one shot, his one path.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Let's talk about the Democratic Party for a second, because
it's really fascinating how there is seems to be this
split over zorin Mom Donnie. There are people embracing them.
AOC took them down to Washington for this socialist breakfast
and you know, all the squad came out and slabbrada
all over him. And then you have people like Kathy
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Hokeel who's been reluctant to endorse him. What is the
what's going on? First of all, and then what would
the right move be?
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Well, I think she's actually smart to be cautious because
this is far from over. Let's you know, there's a
lot of money being raised against Mom Donnie, vigorous campaigns.
There's this sort of inter this family fight among the nominees.
You know and among the candidates. So I think she's
being careful. You noticed she's not insulting him, She's speaking
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with him. I'm telling him he has to repair relations
with the Jewish community. You know, she's sort of like
semi encouraging, but not that enthusiastic. I'm, you know, like
I'm the governor. Anything scary that he wants to do,
he has to get through me. So she's reassuring the
rich folks who might want to leave if there's a
socialist mayor. So she's planning this very cautious game. She's
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saying a lot, but she's not really showing her cards
about who she was support because let's say, you know,
she does endorse Mom Donnie, I don't think she aligns
with him politically, and then Cuomo emerges or Adam's emerges,
and then she's stuck working with a whole other mayor.
So she's smart to be careful.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
I think, yeah, But it's not just her, it's a
lot of people in the Democratic Party. How came Jefferies
hasn't yet, which is he's getting pressured, getting a lot
of pressure to endorse Mom Donnie, but he's holding off,
saying I want to meet with him first. I want
to talk to him first, which I guess is smart.
But everybody else has just jumped on the bandwagon in
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New York, and he's one of the one one's holding out.
I think the Democratic Party is a little wary of him,
aren't they?
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Oh, definitely. You know. It sort of reminds me a
little bit of the early days of Trump, when the
Republicans were kind of pussy footing around the whole thing,
and they're like, well, you know, I mean, he's got
these supporters and we want their support. On the other hand,
maybe he's a little crazy, he's a loose cannon. We
don't quite know what he's going to do. Trump, of course,
has managed to win the party over. But it's a
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similar dynamic I think here. I think a lot of
you know, regular Democrats don't want to alienate Mom Donni's
supporters because they're very enthusiastic and they come out and vote.
On the other hand, I think they're concerned about how
he would perform as mayor, so they're they're they're trying
to thread a needle. And you can tap dance for
so long, but at some point you're gonna have to
say what you think now is not the time. It's
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still early. It's still early days, especially with this dynamic
race with so much changing all the time.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
I'll tell you what, that's a great comparison. I never
even thought of that. Do you remember who the first
Republican to the first well known Republican to endorse Trump was.
It was after New Hampshire, after he won New Hampshire.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
Was it Lindsey Graham?
Speaker 1 (07:27):
No, it was Chris Christie.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
Oh wow, that's right, yeah, Chris Christie.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Well, well, he thought he was going to get a job.
He thought he was going to get attorney general. The
problem is when you put when you shackle the father
of your son in law, you're probably not getting a
job in the administration.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
And so yeah, there's that.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, he kept trying though, he was down there constantly.
And now of course he's on ABC every Sunday slamming
Donald Trump. So there's no love loss there. But let's
talk about the issue of the day, the thing everybody's
talking about. And of all the things that you thought
would be Trump's achilles heel, if you were betting on
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the Epstein files, you probably won a million dollars because
nobody saw this coming.
Speaker 5 (08:20):
I mean, if you're deep in maga lore and podcast
and internet world, you would not be surprised because this
is something that people feel really passionate about. Remember all
this pedophile stuff that Epstein, you know he was convicted
of that ties into the whole QAnon thing in Pizzagate.
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I mean, there's this idea of this huge elite conspiracy
that's a pedophile ring. And Epstein was a principal part
of this. And remember Trump, Cash, Pateel, Dan, Bongino, all
these people were calling for, you know, showing everything being transparent,
putting everything out there, letting people decide. Now they're like, uh, hamadahamana,
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maybe there's no there there, Let's just let it go.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
What do you think happened?
Speaker 5 (09:08):
I have no clue. I have no idea, but I
do you know, when I saw that truth social post
from Trump yesterday talking about his past followers and telling
calling him stupid and saying they don't he doesn't want
their support anymore, I thought of that Shakespeare phrase that
Queen Gertrude says in Hamlet, the lady dost protest too much? Methinks?
Speaker 1 (09:31):
All right, Laura Karr, and thank you so much Laura
Carr and political commentator and also the former NASA County executive.
Thanks so much, Laura. Talk to you again next week.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Bye bye.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Here's an interesting question that could get you in big
troubles depending on exactly how you answer this, and so
I'm not going to answer it. Would you leave your
partner for a million dollars?
Speaker 7 (09:56):
Yep, I'm gonna not say anything.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Crash. I'm gonna do you a favor and not repeat
what you just said. Oh really he said he would
leave for one dollar. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 8 (10:11):
I wouldn't leave my dog for.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
A million dollars. Paul tells us how many people would
take that cash? Next, plus, take us to see the
Who at a local venue of your choice. Stay with us.
You know, normally we are hated full of talkbacks. Today's
been a little bit late. Have I been boring today?
Is that? The problem?
Speaker 6 (10:28):
Am? I? Am?
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I particularly dull today? Is that what's happening?
Speaker 5 (10:32):
No, I think it's just so hot.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
People don't even want to move. Everybody's out taking a walk.
Every time you do send us a talkback. You were
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Speaker 6 (11:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 9 (11:10):
I think the polls are all wrong. I think Sleewang,
as crazy as he is with that stupid red hat,
might be the best candidate. I don't think the Jews
will vote for Mandanni, and the Democrats themselves are going
to break their vote up between those three knuckleheads. So
I think as a toll, I think Sleewad's going to
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end up with the most Republican votes because I don't
have to see how Jews can vote for is Mondanni.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
I'll tell you what. I think. That's some decent political analysts,
because analysis, because I was thinking about it, and this
is the first time I know Curtis has been saying this.
This is the first time I truly believe he has
a chance. That was a stunning poll to me. Now
I have to wait to see a couple of polls
that come out to see if this is some type
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of out liar. But he gets about twenty five percent
just for being a Republican and also because of his
name recognition. So no, he does have a chance in
this race if they all stay in.
Speaker 10 (12:12):
Hey, Larie, it's Jerry Seinfeld. What is the plural of bigfoot?
Did I see two bigfoot? Did I see two bigfoots?
Maybe maybe I saw a couple of big feet? For
these people doing bad impressions of Jerry Seinfeld for a free.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Radio very good, Very good. You saved it by calling
it a bad impression. Before that point, I'm thinking of myself,
this is a bad impression. But the fact that you
acknowledged it, you could You could win.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
I don't have a vote, but I'm telling you that
could win unless somebody else calls in and is better
or so go to the iHeartRadio app seven to ten
WR and leave your talkback. We're going to play some
coming up in an hour. So here is this is
an interesting study. And it's an interesting study because they
ask a whole lot of questions about money, and I'm
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going to get your guesses on what percentage, Jacqueline, do
you think how many Americans would leave their romantic partner
for a million dollars?
Speaker 8 (13:18):
What percentage I'm going to say the divorce, right, so
maybe fifty percent.
Speaker 7 (13:22):
Oh, that's a good way of looking.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
At And that's a good guess too. That was close.
What is it?
Speaker 8 (13:31):
So the other eight are lying they're on a fence still.
Speaker 7 (13:36):
I was shocked by it, But now the way you know,
Jacqueline put it, it isn't as shocking because I thought
you'd leave your partner for a million dollars? Is that
going to get you happiness for the rest of your life?
That million bucks that your your partner would potentially bring
you You're.
Speaker 8 (13:55):
In love, honey.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Yeah, No, a million dollars isn't enough. It would have
to be significantly more. And then I'd just split it
with her.
Speaker 8 (14:02):
But if she get divorced anyway, that was very logical.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
That was a good one.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
Yeh know, there was a logical way of looking at it.
But now Larry seems to have a price.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Oh my gosh, what is it, Larry?
Speaker 8 (14:14):
A billion?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
No, maybe lessen that. I'd say ten million. And by
the way, if somebody offered me ten billion dollars, I
mean ten million dollars to leave my wife. She'd say,
take it and we'll split it.
Speaker 7 (14:29):
What she would say, there's no rules.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Here's another one ready. What would you do if you
had sudden wealth? What's the first thing you would do?
Speaker 8 (14:40):
Bye? B y and then b u y. How about
you guys, Well here's that.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
I'll give you the answers. Fifty seven percent say they
would buy their first home. Eighty four percent This is
a lie, This is an absolute lie. Eighty four percent
said they would donate to charity. Well that's nice.
Speaker 5 (15:09):
Why do you think it's a lot.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Yeah, And thirty eight percent would spend it slowly rather
than splurge.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
I would do both.
Speaker 8 (15:19):
I'd slurge a little and then slow it down.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
And how about this money would fundamentally change work life
for most Americans? How many agree that with that? If
you got money all of a sudden, would it change
your work life?
Speaker 8 (15:33):
Yeah, I would not have one.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
It would cease to exist.
Speaker 7 (15:37):
Seeing how I'm surprised. I think the first thing I
would do is pay down the debt of my family members,
like anything that they had, my kids, student loans, you know,
houses for my.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Sister in law and my brother in laws, you know,
things like that.
Speaker 6 (15:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Anybody that plays the lottery probably has this all part
in their mind what they're going to do with the money,
and a lot of it is with me. Give a
whole bunch of my kids. I just put it away
so they have that kind of money, I'd have to
win a lot of Jacqueline, don't don't give me the
side because it have to be a lot of money.
Speaker 8 (16:10):
Give you, I said, of course.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Yeah that could because no, no, no, I vent it.
I thought there was a supportive side that it was. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
that's the way I turn.
Speaker 8 (16:18):
It depends on how much money there is. I mean,
if there's like a ton, yeah, I'm out of here,
like right now after this sentence.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
But if that's not.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Now Jacqueline Carl with the eight thirty News Good Morning.
Speaker 8 (16:32):
Senate republicans worked late into the night to approve the
cutting of funding for public broadcasting, global health programs, and
some more foreign aid. Lawmakers narrowly passed a package that
would claw back nine billion dollars in spending that had
already been approved. It's part of the efforts of the
Department of Government Efficiency, or DOZE, that used to be
run by billionaire Elon Musk and candidates for New York
(16:56):
City mayor continue to try and win over support and
endorse A number.
Speaker 11 (17:01):
Of police unions are announcing their support for Mayor Eric
Adams in the race. However, the NYPD's largest union, the
Police Benevolent Association, is still remaining silent. Meanwhile, zor on
Mom Donnie he met Wednesday with New York Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocostio Cortes and other congressional members who have endorsed him.
There are still several high profile Democrats yet to make
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an endorsement, including Governor Kathy Hochel and Senator Chuck Schumer.
I'm scat Pringle wr News.
Speaker 8 (17:26):
It's so funny. We were just speaking about sudden wealth.
Well wait till you hear what economists look to to
forecast a recession. According to edu Vas, they sometimes watch
men's underwear sales to predict changes in the economy. The
idea is when money gets tight, men skip buying new
underwear since it's not something anyone else can see. This
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idea was first talked about by former Federal Reserve chair
Alan Greenspan. For example, underwear sales dropped during the two
thousand and eight recession and then went up again as
the economy got better. It's not a perfect system, but
it's one of the ways they use to spot trouble.
Men's underwear sales are easy to track and don't get
affected by style trends like other clothes do. Isn't that interesting?
Speaker 1 (18:11):
That is fascinating, especially with most of them probably don't
even buy their own underwear. No, you're probably right, boy,
I just never even thought of that. Thanks a lot. Ever,
Yeah it is Jacqueline Carl, Thank you so much. We
want to congratulate George Ossman from Elmont, New York who
just want a pair of tickets to see the Who.
They will be in the area next month at the
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at a twenty five well. As Democrats in Congress introduce
a bill to force ice officers to remove their masks,
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County Executive Bruce Blakeman in Nasa County wants to do
exactly the opposite. Here to talk about that next now
on Capitol Hill. The Democrats do have a bill and
one of the co sponsors of that bill is New
Jersey's own Senator Spartacus, who what they want to do
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is make certain that ICE officers do not wear their
masks and that they wear identification at all times, even
though it puts their lives at risk. They want to
push forward this bill. Corey Booker is one of the
co sponsors of that bill. In NASA County, they want
to do the exact opposite, and this is being pushed
by NASA County Executive Bruce Blakeman. Thanks so much for
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coming on, County Executive. I really appreciate your time. Tell
us about what you want to do in NASA County.
Speaker 6 (19:47):
Well, we passed a ban on wearing masks in public
about a year ago, primarily because we found that anti
Semites were engaged in harassing activity, violent activity against Jewish students,
against Jewish institutions, and we also found that criminals were
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wearing masks to hide their identity, specifically when they're involved
in robberies, carjacking, shoplifting. We ban the wearing a mask
except for wearing a mask for religious reasons or healthcare
reasons or safety. So to clarify the safety aspect of it.
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When we saw what was happening all around the United
States with these crazy people who are pro criminal, anti cop,
anti law enforcement, attacking ICE agents and local law enforcement
because they were wearing masks. We set in Nassau County
wait a second our ice agents that operate in Nassau County,
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any federal or state or local law enforcement agency, if
they're involved in a specific operation pursuance to the rules
and procedures of their department, such as a raid on
gang activity, things of that nature, a drug deal, then
they could wear a mask and they would not be prosecuted.
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So basically, we are protecting law enforcement. We've got their
back here in Nassau County and that's why we're the
safest county in the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Yeah, across the country, they are taking the pictures of
ICE officers, figuring out who they are, doxing them online,
telling them, telling people where they live, and their families
have been threatened. So identifying an ICE officer in a
raid is threatening their lives. This makes no sense. Now,
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I know that Corey Booker's bill is not going to
go anywhere because he's a Democrat and the Republicans have
the majority, and I think there's some sensible Democrats that
are also going to say, no, that's going too far.
But if there were a federal law, what would happen
in Nasa County? Would your law supersede the federal law
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or the other way around.
Speaker 6 (22:11):
Well, first of all, i'm the chief executive officer, and
I set forth the rules and policies of a police department.
So I would fight that, and I would allow our officers,
and I would allow federal, state, and local law enforcement
agencies under the guidelines that I just said that it's
for a specific operation, that it was related to some
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kind of operation which could be highly dangerous, like dealing
with a drug cartel, dealing with gang activity, and basically
it's just common sense to let them cover themselves, because,
as you said, Larry, there are these crazy people, anti American,
anti cop, people who are trying to out these law
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enforcement officers. They tell them where they live, and these
people have families, and their families are entitled to protection,
and we're going to protect them here in Nassau County.
So if they tried to do it, and I don't
think they'd be successful, but if they tried to do it,
I would fight at tooth and nail all the way
to the Supreme Court.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
I'll tell you what, I just don't understand the Democratic
Party right now being on the wrong side. It seems
of every single issue, including this one. I don't know.
I'll tell you what, Bruce, they seem lost right now.
Speaker 6 (23:31):
Well, they've become the party of the pro criminal. Everything
they do is pro criminal. Here in New York State,
they pass laws that are pro criminal, like cashlest bail,
like raise the age. Everything they do is to make
it easier for criminals to operate, and it makes it
more difficult on law enforcement and it hurts the victims.
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You know, the type of crimes we're talking about. Some
of these stagents are going after people who've been engaged
in murder, rape, drug dealing. Here in Nassau County, our
drug overdoses opioid and Sentinel are down forty percent. A
because we have a great police department that does a
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great job. And b because the open border policy of
Biden Harris is over and President Trump is closing up
the borders and therefore the Sentinel and the other illegal
drugs aren't getting to Nassau County like they used to
or other parts of the country. It's just common sense.
But they don't care about our kids who are dying
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from overdose. They don't care about young girls who are
sold basically into slavery. They don't care about carjackings, they
don't care about shoplifting. They are very pro criminal oriented
and it's a disgrace. And that's why they're failing miserably
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in elections because they're on the wrong side of the issues.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
And their approval ratings at like twenty percent. And something
that's not reported enough right now in the media is
the fact that crime is down in every major city.
They kind of ignore that, but it is all across
since these ice raids. You had Pam Bondy visiting recently.
How did that go?
Speaker 6 (25:25):
Well? Then? Great? To get someone of her stature to
Nassau County for the opening of our new police training village,
which is the state of the art training village in
the United States, was something that we're very proud of.
She was very gracious, very kind, She spent a lot
of time with us, and she recognized the hard work
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that we're doing here in Nassau County. We've probably got
one of the most sophisticated police departments in the United States.
And I would say, with some amount of bias and
pride that we have the best police department in the
United States, but also our Sheriff's department, our probation officers,
all working together, our civilian officers and employees all working
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together to keep Nassau County safe. And that's why we're
the safest county in America. That's why Niche magazines said
we're the most desirable place to live in New York State.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
That's wonderful. This training village. Describe it to me, Why
is this great for police work?
Speaker 6 (26:25):
So we have created a whole village so police could
train realistically in a real time setting, in a real place. So,
for instance, we have a house of worship that can
be one day a Christian church, the next day a
Muslim mosque, the next day a Jewish synagogue, so police
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officers can train under realistic conditions. We've got a gas station,
we've got a mini market, We've got a restaurant. We've
even got a train station with a train. We've got
a bank, we've got houses. So when our cops train,
they're training in situations and in a village that will
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replicate real life, and we are not only going to
train our police officers, but we've opened it up to federal, state,
and local law enforcement. We had the FDI there, we
had the Secret Service there, We even had CIA, we
had state police, we had police departments from all over
the country. They came there. They could not believe what
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we were able to do. We've got a great commissioner,
pat Ryder. It was his vision and I said, pedal
to the metal, let's get this built. We got it
built in two and a half years, and it's beautiful
and it's going to save life. It's going to be
safer for our cops, and it's gonna be safer for
our communities.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Well that sounds amazing. And my guess is you're going
to get visits from police departments all across the country
and they're going to want to do the same thing
in their states and cities. Bruce Blakeman, you're always ahead
of the game. NASA County Executive, Thanks so much, sir,
Thanks for spending time with us today.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Thanks so much, Larry, enjoy your summer.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Thank you too well. A new poll shows New York
City's mayoral race is a dead heat. Mondani, Cuomo and
Sliwa locked in a statistical tie. Who's got the momentum?
Natalie Migliori gets the Beat on the Street next.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
Now it's seventen w oars Beat on the Street with
Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
We've been talking about it all morning. A statistical tie
in the New York City's mayoral's race. It's what everybody's
talking about. So of course Natalie Mgliori is talking about
it in her Beat on the Street. Good morning Natalie,
Good morning Larry.
Speaker 12 (28:41):
We cannot escape it. And we're still four months out
from the mayoral election, and we just got polls coming
in Galore. The most recent Harris x poles shows a
tight race between three candidates in a four way race.
(29:02):
Zoran Mamdannie received twenty six percent of the vote, Former
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo received twenty three percent, and
Republican nominee Courtis Leewa polls at twenty two percent. So
what do voters think of that?
Speaker 13 (29:17):
I thought that was actually encouraging. I was happy to
hear that instead of Zandami running away with it or
being out of the margin of error ahead.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
A lot depends on what people do with the polls,
and it's up for grass right now.
Speaker 14 (29:31):
I'd rather go for Cuomo just known him for so
long and everything that's going on, He's usually the person
to get tickings done.
Speaker 15 (29:37):
That means that we have no idea what's going to happen.
Three people can't share the job. We have three terrible candidates.
Speaker 12 (29:44):
Well, there's also Mayor Adams, the incumbent, who's running as
an independent. He receives thirteen percent of votes. Another fifteen
percent of respondents say they had yet to decide who
their candidate is. And like I said, Larry, we've got time.
So these candidates have a lot of time to see
if they can win somebody over. Some New Yorkers are
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approaching this race with strategy.
Speaker 13 (30:12):
I would throw my support towards Cuomo, but I'm afraid
that with so many other people in the race, unless
Adams drops out, I think Cuomo's going to create more
problems than he helps because it's going to split votes.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Cuomo has a lot of baggage.
Speaker 5 (30:26):
Okay, so I don't know if he's gonna do it.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
What is to go away?
Speaker 14 (30:29):
You know what, somebody go away? How much power would
he need go away? Already you got to have your
name como. Are you a crazy man?
Speaker 1 (30:36):
You screwed up before.
Speaker 14 (30:38):
Now you want to run as an independent. They knocked
you down as Zema Fred.
Speaker 12 (30:43):
They done people more emotional, right.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
I love you, I do too.
Speaker 12 (30:51):
He was very interesting. We had a very nice conversation,
much longer, like you always hear snippets of our conversations.
But he's a great guy.
Speaker 7 (30:59):
The same.
Speaker 12 (31:00):
Well projects are three ray race for mayor without Cuomo
gives Mom Donnie a sure chance or an almost sure
chance at victory. So Mom Donnie would beat Adams by
forty three to thirty six percent. However, if Cuomo and
Mom Donni forced a two way race, Cuomo gets fifty
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percent of the vote and Mom Donnie gets thirty five.
That sounds good to these guys.
Speaker 13 (31:25):
I'm a concern New Yorker. I believe that Zandani is
making promises or alluring people into his camp with things
that he's not really able to follow through on, and
as a result of that, I want to do everything
I can to make sure he doesn't get voted up.
Speaker 15 (31:42):
I think he's inexperienced, may be a bit idealistic, but
in the end, you know, when you're running the city,
you have to balance the budget, you have to pay
with people to keep it clean, people to keep it safe.
And you know, some of dexieties may be well meaning,
but they sent to me like candats to win the election.
Speaker 12 (32:00):
Yeah, many moderate Democrats are calling on Adams, Cuomo, and
Sleewat to come to some sort of an agreement, all
with the purpose of defeating Mom Donnie.
Speaker 15 (32:10):
No, that's exactly what the election's about. So when you
split the opposition to him between two other guys, that
doesn't work.
Speaker 13 (32:16):
I can only hope that they can come to an
agreement and consolidate that face, meaning that one is going
to have to drop out.
Speaker 15 (32:25):
I don't know who that is.
Speaker 14 (32:27):
I'm not sure if I was going to vote, I
hope for slee Wah. He's a's a genuine guy. I
came from nothing. He's being McDonald's as a manager. He
cleaned up the Bronx. I'd rather see him win, but
I don't know if he's got a chance.
Speaker 15 (32:37):
As far as I've been voting, Republicans don't do good
in New York.
Speaker 12 (32:41):
Yeah, no matter the chances or past election results, Adams
and Sleewah are sort of resistant to step aside at
any point in the race. However, Cuomo has said he
will do anything in a sense to ensure Mom Donnie
does not become the mayor. He doesn't want to get
in the way of that. So we'll really see where
they shakes out.
Speaker 6 (33:00):
Cuomo.
Speaker 12 (33:02):
Larry had said previously that by September, if there wasn't
a clear leader, or if there was a clear leader
against Mom Donnie the other candidates, he had requested to
drop out, including himself.
Speaker 6 (33:14):
So we'll see what happened.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
Yeah, we have four months to go and this is
going to happen just about every week. There's going to
be a story. And it's a good thing. It really
is a good thing because this is the most exciting
mayoral race that New York has had in decades because
it used to be Natalie As you know, it was
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always whoever won the Democratic primary. Well the general election
doesn't matter because they are going to win the general election,
and so why even come out to vote? This time,
everybody's involved, everybody counts, and I think it's going to
be over fifty percent turnout for the first time in
a long time. And from your beat on the street,
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I'm encouraged.
Speaker 12 (33:57):
Everybody knows we're going to keep people engaged and see
and we'll take their temperature as much as he can, Larry.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
But they're engaged. They are this what's so cool about it, Natalie.
We'll be back tomorrow morning at eight point fifty. What
does Hank Shinkough think of all?
Speaker 8 (34:12):
This?
Speaker 1 (34:13):
A statistical three way tie in the New York City
mayor's race and Republican Curtis sliwa is right there in
the mix. Could he actually win? We asked the veteran
Democratic strategist. Next, plus, listen for your keyword after the
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Just remember this. There's gonna be some problems today, maybe showers, thunderstorms,
but tomorrow is gonna be beautiful. Humidity is gonna go
away mid eighties. Saturday the same thing. We're not gonna
talk about Sunday, but Friday and Saturday is going to
be really beautiful. In the meantime, in the Big three,
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in a new independent poll, a shocker, a statistical three
way tie in the New York Mayor's race between Mom,
Donnie Cuomo, and Sliwa and with Adams in fourth place
right now and not far behind, but a good distance
behind the other three, there are new calls for him
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to drop out and support one of the other candidates.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
See the last man we had of color was thirty
years ago. How would I look to be stepping down
to him who stepped down from his obligation as the governor.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
I'll tell you what. Eric Adams is having a really
bad day. First he's got the poll, and then he's
being sued by former Interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donnellan, who
alleges racketeering, fraud and corruption by Adams and a lot
of brass in the NYPD.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
This is a monstrous allegation, and what I'm reading is
that none of it has been corroborated. You don't see
anything in reports or attachments that would corroborated.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Another member of the Biden administration, Anthony Bernald, the top
aide to First Lady Jill Biden and extremely powerful in
the White House. He was big in the decision. He
and just one other person, Jill Biden, were big in
the decision as to whether Biden was going to run again.
(01:50):
He takes the fifth when asked a simple direct question
by the House committee investigating who was running the White
House when Iden apparently couldn't.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Did any unelected officials or family members ever execute the
duties of the presidency?
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Simple question?
Speaker 4 (02:09):
He knew he's going to be asked that everybody in
America wants to know that he played the fifth.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
This is getting really fascinating. Not only are they passing
on the questions, but they are pleading the Fifth Amendment,
which means they may be worried about criminal charges. One
of the top selling females singing artists of the fifties
and sixties and actually of all time, has died. So
and then after that, I grew up watching her own
(02:35):
game shows and talk shows. But wow, Connie France is
dead at the age of eighty seven. Now let's bring
in LoVa, current political commentator and former NASA County executive
Laura Let's talk about this poll. This Harris Pole. I mean,
it's it is an independent poll, it's Forbes, and it
shows a statistical three way tie between Mom, Donnie, Cuomo,
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and Sliwa. What does that tell you?
Speaker 5 (03:02):
Well, it's and I think I you know, something I
saw in that poll said that Cuomo would have a
better chance of winning and beating Mom Donnie if Adams
drops out, But if Cuomo drops out, Adams doesn't have
as good a chance.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So absolutely, Yeah, in a two way race, in two
way race, Cuomo wins easily and and Adams gets killed.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
Yes, and not so.
Speaker 6 (03:36):
At first.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
So I think Cuomo was very strategic when he said, yeah,
I'm still in this race, and let's see how we're
doing in September, and whoever's not doing well should drop
out so we can all beat Mom Donnie. That's the goal.
And I think that was very strategic on his part,
because I'm sure his polling showed, you know, private polling
showed similar results.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah, the one person that does not want Eric Adams
to drop out is Curtis Lee. What Curtis Leewa actually
has a shot at this if Adam stays in.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
Absolutely he's praying everybody stays in and every Tom, Dick
and Harry that's in there already doesn't go anywhere, because
if they're all fighting amongst themselves, that's his I think
that's his one shot, his one path.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Let's talk about the Democratic Party for a second, because
it's really fascinating how there is seems to be this
split over zorin Mom Donnie. There are people embracing them.
AOC took them down to Washington for this socialist breakfast
and you know, all the squad came out and slabbrada
all over him. And then you have people like Kathy
(04:45):
Hokeel who's been reluctant to endorse him. What is the
what's going on? First of all, and then what would
the right move be?
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Well, I think she's actually smart to be cautious because
this is far from over. Let's you know, there's a
lot of money being raised against Mom Donnie, vigorous campaigns.
There's this sort of inter this family fight among the nominees.
You know and among the candidates. So I think she's
being careful. You noticed she's not insulting him, She's speaking
(05:15):
with him. I'm telling him he has to repair relations
with the Jewish community. You know, she's sort of like
semi encouraging, but not that enthusiastic. I'm, you know, like
I'm the governor. Anything scary that he wants to do,
he has to get through me. So she's reassuring the
rich folks who might want to leave if there's a
socialist mayor. So she's planning this very cautious game. She's
(05:40):
saying a lot, but she's not really showing her cards
about who she was support because let's say, you know,
she does endorse Mom Donnie, I don't think she aligns
with him politically, and then Cuomo emerges or Adam's emerges,
and then she's stuck working with a whole other mayor.
So she's smart to be careful.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
I think, yeah, But it's not just her, it's a
lot of people in the Democratic Party. How came Jefferies
hasn't yet, which is he's getting pressured, getting a lot
of pressure to endorse Mom Donnie, but he's holding off,
saying I want to meet with him first. I want
to talk to him first, which I guess is smart.
But everybody else has just jumped on the bandwagon in
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New York, and he's one of the one one's holding out.
I think the Democratic Party is a little wary of him,
aren't they?
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Oh, definitely. You know. It sort of reminds me a
little bit of the early days of Trump, when the
Republicans were kind of pussy footing around the whole thing,
and they're like, well, you know, I mean, he's got
these supporters and we want their support. On the other hand,
maybe he's a little crazy, he's a loose cannon. We
don't quite know what he's going to do. Trump, of course,
has managed to win the party over. But it's a
(06:46):
similar dynamic I think here. I think a lot of
you know, regular Democrats don't want to alienate Mom Donni's
supporters because they're very enthusiastic and they come out and vote.
On the other hand, I think they're concerned about how
he would perform as mayor, so they're they're they're trying
to thread a needle. And you can tap dance for
so long, but at some point you're gonna have to
say what you think now is not the time. It's
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still early. It's still early days, especially with this dynamic
race with so much changing all the time.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
I'll tell you what, that's a great comparison. I never
even thought of that. Do you remember who the first
Republican to the first well known Republican to endorse Trump was.
It was after New Hampshire, after he won New Hampshire.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
Was it Lindsey Graham?
Speaker 1 (07:27):
No, it was Chris Christie.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
Oh wow, that's right, yeah, Chris Christie.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Well, well, he thought he was going to get a job.
He thought he was going to get attorney general. The
problem is when you put when you shackle the father
of your son in law, you're probably not getting a
job in the administration.
Speaker 5 (07:48):
And so yeah, there's that.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Yeah, he kept trying though, he was down there constantly.
And now of course he's on ABC every Sunday slamming
Donald Trump. So there's no love loss there. But let's
talk about the issue of the day, the thing everybody's
talking about. And of all the things that you thought
would be Trump's achilles heel, if you were betting on
(08:13):
the Epstein files, you probably won a million dollars because
nobody saw this coming.
Speaker 5 (08:20):
I mean, if you're deep in maga lore and podcast
and internet world, you would not be surprised because this
is something that people feel really passionate about. Remember all
this pedophile stuff that Epstein, you know he was convicted
of that ties into the whole QAnon thing in Pizzagate.
(08:43):
I mean, there's this idea of this huge elite conspiracy
that's a pedophile ring. And Epstein was a principal part
of this. And remember Trump, Cash, Pateel, Dan, Bongino, all
these people were calling for, you know, showing everything being transparent,
putting everything out there, letting people decide. Now they're like, uh, hamadahamana,
(09:03):
maybe there's no there there, Let's just let it go.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
What do you think happened?
Speaker 5 (09:08):
I have no clue. I have no idea, but I
do you know, when I saw that truth social post
from Trump yesterday talking about his past followers and telling
calling him stupid and saying they don't he doesn't want
their support anymore, I thought of that Shakespeare phrase that
Queen Gertrude says in Hamlet, the lady dost protest too much? Methinks?
Speaker 1 (09:31):
All right, Laura Karr, and thank you so much Laura
Carr and political commentator and also the former NASA County executive.
Thanks so much, Laura. Talk to you again next week.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Bye bye.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Here's an interesting question that could get you in big
troubles depending on exactly how you answer this, and so
I'm not going to answer it. Would you leave your
partner for a million dollars?
Speaker 7 (09:56):
Yep, I'm gonna not say anything.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Crash. I'm gonna do you a favor and not repeat
what you just said. Oh really he said he would
leave for one dollar. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 8 (10:11):
I wouldn't leave my dog for.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
A million dollars. Paul tells us how many people would
take that cash? Next, plus, take us to see the
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You know, normally we are hated full of talkbacks. Today's
been a little bit late. Have I been boring today?
Is that? The problem?
Speaker 6 (10:28):
Am? I? Am?
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I particularly dull today? Is that what's happening?
Speaker 5 (10:32):
No, I think it's just so hot.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
People don't even want to move. Everybody's out taking a walk.
Every time you do send us a talkback. You were
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Speaker 6 (11:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 9 (11:10):
I think the polls are all wrong. I think Sleewang,
as crazy as he is with that stupid red hat,
might be the best candidate. I don't think the Jews
will vote for Mandanni, and the Democrats themselves are going
to break their vote up between those three knuckleheads. So
I think as a toll, I think Sleewad's going to
(11:32):
end up with the most Republican votes because I don't
have to see how Jews can vote for is Mondanni.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
I'll tell you what. I think. That's some decent political analysts,
because analysis, because I was thinking about it, and this
is the first time I know Curtis has been saying this.
This is the first time I truly believe he has
a chance. That was a stunning poll to me. Now
I have to wait to see a couple of polls
that come out to see if this is some type
(11:59):
of out liar. But he gets about twenty five percent
just for being a Republican and also because of his
name recognition. So no, he does have a chance in
this race if they all stay in.
Speaker 10 (12:12):
Hey, Larie, it's Jerry Seinfeld. What is the plural of bigfoot?
Did I see two bigfoot? Did I see two bigfoots?
Maybe maybe I saw a couple of big feet? For
these people doing bad impressions of Jerry Seinfeld for a free.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Radio very good, Very good. You saved it by calling
it a bad impression. Before that point, I'm thinking of myself,
this is a bad impression. But the fact that you
acknowledged it, you could You could win.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
I don't have a vote, but I'm telling you that
could win unless somebody else calls in and is better
or so go to the iHeartRadio app seven to ten
WR and leave your talkback. We're going to play some
coming up in an hour. So here is this is
an interesting study. And it's an interesting study because they
ask a whole lot of questions about money, and I'm
(13:05):
going to get your guesses on what percentage, Jacqueline, do
you think how many Americans would leave their romantic partner
for a million dollars?
Speaker 8 (13:18):
What percentage I'm going to say the divorce, right, so
maybe fifty percent.
Speaker 7 (13:22):
Oh, that's a good way of looking.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
At And that's a good guess too. That was close.
What is it?
Speaker 8 (13:31):
So the other eight are lying they're on a fence still.
Speaker 7 (13:36):
I was shocked by it, But now the way you know,
Jacqueline put it, it isn't as shocking because I thought
you'd leave your partner for a million dollars? Is that
going to get you happiness for the rest of your life?
That million bucks that your your partner would potentially bring
you You're.
Speaker 8 (13:55):
In love, honey.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Yeah, No, a million dollars isn't enough. It would have
to be significantly more. And then I'd just split it
with her.
Speaker 8 (14:02):
But if she get divorced anyway, that was very logical.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
That was a good one.
Speaker 7 (14:08):
Yeh know, there was a logical way of looking at it.
But now Larry seems to have a price.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Oh my gosh, what is it, Larry?
Speaker 8 (14:14):
A billion?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
No, maybe lessen that. I'd say ten million. And by
the way, if somebody offered me ten billion dollars, I
mean ten million dollars to leave my wife. She'd say,
take it and we'll split it.
Speaker 7 (14:29):
What she would say, there's no rules.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Here's another one ready. What would you do if you
had sudden wealth? What's the first thing you would do?
Speaker 8 (14:40):
Bye? B y and then b u y. How about
you guys, Well here's that.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
I'll give you the answers. Fifty seven percent say they
would buy their first home. Eighty four percent This is
a lie, This is an absolute lie. Eighty four percent
said they would donate to charity. Well that's nice.
Speaker 5 (15:09):
Why do you think it's a lot.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Yeah, And thirty eight percent would spend it slowly rather
than splurge.
Speaker 5 (15:18):
I would do both.
Speaker 8 (15:19):
I'd slurge a little and then slow it down.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
And how about this money would fundamentally change work life
for most Americans? How many agree that with that? If
you got money all of a sudden, would it change
your work life?
Speaker 8 (15:33):
Yeah, I would not have one.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
It would cease to exist.
Speaker 7 (15:37):
Seeing how I'm surprised. I think the first thing I
would do is pay down the debt of my family members,
like anything that they had, my kids, student loans, you know,
houses for my.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Sister in law and my brother in laws, you know,
things like that.
Speaker 6 (15:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Anybody that plays the lottery probably has this all part
in their mind what they're going to do with the money,
and a lot of it is with me. Give a
whole bunch of my kids. I just put it away
so they have that kind of money, I'd have to
win a lot of Jacqueline, don't don't give me the
side because it have to be a lot of money.
Speaker 8 (16:10):
Give you, I said, of course.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Yeah that could because no, no, no, I vent it.
I thought there was a supportive side that it was. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
that's the way I turn.
Speaker 8 (16:18):
It depends on how much money there is. I mean,
if there's like a ton, yeah, I'm out of here,
like right now after this sentence.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
But if that's not.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Now Jacqueline Carl with the eight thirty News Good Morning.
Speaker 8 (16:32):
Senate republicans worked late into the night to approve the
cutting of funding for public broadcasting, global health programs, and
some more foreign aid. Lawmakers narrowly passed a package that
would claw back nine billion dollars in spending that had
already been approved. It's part of the efforts of the
Department of Government Efficiency, or DOZE, that used to be
run by billionaire Elon Musk and candidates for New York
(16:56):
City mayor continue to try and win over support and
endorse A number.
Speaker 11 (17:01):
Of police unions are announcing their support for Mayor Eric
Adams in the race. However, the NYPD's largest union, the
Police Benevolent Association, is still remaining silent. Meanwhile, zor on
Mom Donnie he met Wednesday with New York Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocostio Cortes and other congressional members who have endorsed him.
There are still several high profile Democrats yet to make
(17:21):
an endorsement, including Governor Kathy Hochel and Senator Chuck Schumer.
I'm scat Pringle wr News.
Speaker 8 (17:26):
It's so funny. We were just speaking about sudden wealth.
Well wait till you hear what economists look to to
forecast a recession. According to edu Vas, they sometimes watch
men's underwear sales to predict changes in the economy. The
idea is when money gets tight, men skip buying new
underwear since it's not something anyone else can see. This
(17:48):
idea was first talked about by former Federal Reserve chair
Alan Greenspan. For example, underwear sales dropped during the two
thousand and eight recession and then went up again as
the economy got better. It's not a perfect system, but
it's one of the ways they use to spot trouble.
Men's underwear sales are easy to track and don't get
affected by style trends like other clothes do. Isn't that interesting?
Speaker 1 (18:11):
That is fascinating, especially with most of them probably don't
even buy their own underwear. No, you're probably right, boy,
I just never even thought of that. Thanks a lot. Ever,
Yeah it is Jacqueline Carl, Thank you so much. We
want to congratulate George Ossman from Elmont, New York who
just want a pair of tickets to see the Who.
They will be in the area next month at the
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Prudential Center, north Well Health at Jones Beach and Madison
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at a twenty five well. As Democrats in Congress introduce
a bill to force ice officers to remove their masks,
(18:54):
County Executive Bruce Blakeman in Nasa County wants to do
exactly the opposite. Here to talk about that next now
on Capitol Hill. The Democrats do have a bill and
one of the co sponsors of that bill is New
Jersey's own Senator Spartacus, who what they want to do
(19:14):
is make certain that ICE officers do not wear their
masks and that they wear identification at all times, even
though it puts their lives at risk. They want to
push forward this bill. Corey Booker is one of the
co sponsors of that bill. In NASA County, they want
to do the exact opposite, and this is being pushed
by NASA County Executive Bruce Blakeman. Thanks so much for
(19:39):
coming on, County Executive. I really appreciate your time. Tell
us about what you want to do in NASA County.
Speaker 6 (19:47):
Well, we passed a ban on wearing masks in public
about a year ago, primarily because we found that anti
Semites were engaged in harassing activity, violent activity against Jewish students,
against Jewish institutions, and we also found that criminals were
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wearing masks to hide their identity, specifically when they're involved
in robberies, carjacking, shoplifting. We ban the wearing a mask
except for wearing a mask for religious reasons or healthcare
reasons or safety. So to clarify the safety aspect of it.
(20:31):
When we saw what was happening all around the United
States with these crazy people who are pro criminal, anti cop,
anti law enforcement, attacking ICE agents and local law enforcement
because they were wearing masks. We set in Nassau County
wait a second our ice agents that operate in Nassau County,
(20:55):
any federal or state or local law enforcement agency, if
they're involved in a specific operation pursuance to the rules
and procedures of their department, such as a raid on
gang activity, things of that nature, a drug deal, then
they could wear a mask and they would not be prosecuted.
(21:16):
So basically, we are protecting law enforcement. We've got their
back here in Nassau County and that's why we're the
safest county in the United States of America.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Yeah, across the country, they are taking the pictures of
ICE officers, figuring out who they are, doxing them online,
telling them, telling people where they live, and their families
have been threatened. So identifying an ICE officer in a
raid is threatening their lives. This makes no sense. Now,
(21:48):
I know that Corey Booker's bill is not going to
go anywhere because he's a Democrat and the Republicans have
the majority, and I think there's some sensible Democrats that
are also going to say, no, that's going too far.
But if there were a federal law, what would happen
in Nasa County? Would your law supersede the federal law
(22:08):
or the other way around.
Speaker 6 (22:11):
Well, first of all, i'm the chief executive officer, and
I set forth the rules and policies of a police department.
So I would fight that, and I would allow our officers,
and I would allow federal, state, and local law enforcement
agencies under the guidelines that I just said that it's
for a specific operation, that it was related to some
(22:34):
kind of operation which could be highly dangerous, like dealing
with a drug cartel, dealing with gang activity, and basically
it's just common sense to let them cover themselves, because,
as you said, Larry, there are these crazy people, anti American,
anti cop, people who are trying to out these law
(22:57):
enforcement officers. They tell them where they live, and these
people have families, and their families are entitled to protection,
and we're going to protect them here in Nassau County.
So if they tried to do it, and I don't
think they'd be successful, but if they tried to do it,
I would fight at tooth and nail all the way
to the Supreme Court.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
I'll tell you what, I just don't understand the Democratic
Party right now being on the wrong side. It seems
of every single issue, including this one. I don't know.
I'll tell you what, Bruce, they seem lost right now.
Speaker 6 (23:31):
Well, they've become the party of the pro criminal. Everything
they do is pro criminal. Here in New York State,
they pass laws that are pro criminal, like cashlest bail,
like raise the age. Everything they do is to make
it easier for criminals to operate, and it makes it
more difficult on law enforcement and it hurts the victims.
(23:55):
You know, the type of crimes we're talking about. Some
of these stagents are going after people who've been engaged
in murder, rape, drug dealing. Here in Nassau County, our
drug overdoses opioid and Sentinel are down forty percent. A
because we have a great police department that does a
(24:17):
great job. And b because the open border policy of
Biden Harris is over and President Trump is closing up
the borders and therefore the Sentinel and the other illegal
drugs aren't getting to Nassau County like they used to
or other parts of the country. It's just common sense.
But they don't care about our kids who are dying
(24:40):
from overdose. They don't care about young girls who are
sold basically into slavery. They don't care about carjackings, they
don't care about shoplifting. They are very pro criminal oriented
and it's a disgrace. And that's why they're failing miserably
(25:01):
in elections because they're on the wrong side of the issues.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
And their approval ratings at like twenty percent. And something
that's not reported enough right now in the media is
the fact that crime is down in every major city.
They kind of ignore that, but it is all across
since these ice raids. You had Pam Bondy visiting recently.
How did that go?
Speaker 6 (25:25):
Well? Then? Great? To get someone of her stature to
Nassau County for the opening of our new police training village,
which is the state of the art training village in
the United States, was something that we're very proud of.
She was very gracious, very kind, She spent a lot
of time with us, and she recognized the hard work
(25:46):
that we're doing here in Nassau County. We've probably got
one of the most sophisticated police departments in the United States.
And I would say, with some amount of bias and
pride that we have the best police department in the
United States, but also our Sheriff's department, our probation officers,
all working together, our civilian officers and employees all working
(26:08):
together to keep Nassau County safe. And that's why we're
the safest county in America. That's why Niche magazines said
we're the most desirable place to live in New York State.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
That's wonderful. This training village. Describe it to me, Why
is this great for police work?
Speaker 6 (26:25):
So we have created a whole village so police could
train realistically in a real time setting, in a real place. So,
for instance, we have a house of worship that can
be one day a Christian church, the next day a
Muslim mosque, the next day a Jewish synagogue, so police
(26:45):
officers can train under realistic conditions. We've got a gas station,
we've got a mini market, We've got a restaurant. We've
even got a train station with a train. We've got
a bank, we've got houses. So when our cops train,
they're training in situations and in a village that will
(27:06):
replicate real life, and we are not only going to
train our police officers, but we've opened it up to federal, state,
and local law enforcement. We had the FDI there, we
had the Secret Service there, We even had CIA, we
had state police, we had police departments from all over
the country. They came there. They could not believe what
(27:26):
we were able to do. We've got a great commissioner,
pat Ryder. It was his vision and I said, pedal
to the metal, let's get this built. We got it
built in two and a half years, and it's beautiful
and it's going to save life. It's going to be
safer for our cops, and it's gonna be safer for
our communities.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Well that sounds amazing. And my guess is you're going
to get visits from police departments all across the country
and they're going to want to do the same thing
in their states and cities. Bruce Blakeman, you're always ahead
of the game. NASA County Executive, Thanks so much, sir,
Thanks for spending time with us today.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Thanks so much, Larry, enjoy your summer.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
Thank you too well. A new poll shows New York
City's mayoral race is a dead heat. Mondani, Cuomo and
Sliwa locked in a statistical tie. Who's got the momentum?
Natalie Migliori gets the Beat on the Street next.
Speaker 4 (28:19):
Now it's seventen w oars Beat on the Street with
Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
We've been talking about it all morning. A statistical tie
in the New York City's mayoral's race. It's what everybody's
talking about. So of course Natalie Mgliori is talking about
it in her Beat on the Street. Good morning Natalie,
Good morning Larry.
Speaker 12 (28:41):
We cannot escape it. And we're still four months out
from the mayoral election, and we just got polls coming
in Galore. The most recent Harris x poles shows a
tight race between three candidates in a four way race.
(29:02):
Zoran Mamdannie received twenty six percent of the vote, Former
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo received twenty three percent, and
Republican nominee Courtis Leewa polls at twenty two percent. So
what do voters think of that?
Speaker 13 (29:17):
I thought that was actually encouraging. I was happy to
hear that instead of Zandami running away with it or
being out of the margin of error ahead.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
A lot depends on what people do with the polls,
and it's up for grass right now.
Speaker 14 (29:31):
I'd rather go for Cuomo just known him for so
long and everything that's going on, He's usually the person
to get tickings done.
Speaker 15 (29:37):
That means that we have no idea what's going to happen.
Three people can't share the job. We have three terrible candidates.
Speaker 12 (29:44):
Well, there's also Mayor Adams, the incumbent, who's running as
an independent. He receives thirteen percent of votes. Another fifteen
percent of respondents say they had yet to decide who
their candidate is. And like I said, Larry, we've got time.
So these candidates have a lot of time to see
if they can win somebody over. Some New Yorkers are
(30:08):
approaching this race with strategy.
Speaker 13 (30:12):
I would throw my support towards Cuomo, but I'm afraid
that with so many other people in the race, unless
Adams drops out, I think Cuomo's going to create more
problems than he helps because it's going to split votes.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
Cuomo has a lot of baggage.
Speaker 5 (30:26):
Okay, so I don't know if he's gonna do it.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
What is to go away?
Speaker 14 (30:29):
You know what, somebody go away? How much power would
he need go away? Already you got to have your
name como. Are you a crazy man?
Speaker 1 (30:36):
You screwed up before.
Speaker 14 (30:38):
Now you want to run as an independent. They knocked
you down as Zema Fred.
Speaker 12 (30:43):
They done people more emotional, right.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
I love you, I do too.
Speaker 12 (30:51):
He was very interesting. We had a very nice conversation,
much longer, like you always hear snippets of our conversations.
But he's a great guy.
Speaker 7 (30:59):
The same.
Speaker 12 (31:00):
Well projects are three ray race for mayor without Cuomo
gives Mom Donnie a sure chance or an almost sure
chance at victory. So Mom Donnie would beat Adams by
forty three to thirty six percent. However, if Cuomo and
Mom Donni forced a two way race, Cuomo gets fifty
(31:20):
percent of the vote and Mom Donnie gets thirty five.
That sounds good to these guys.
Speaker 13 (31:25):
I'm a concern New Yorker. I believe that Zandani is
making promises or alluring people into his camp with things
that he's not really able to follow through on, and
as a result of that, I want to do everything
I can to make sure he doesn't get voted up.
Speaker 15 (31:42):
I think he's inexperienced, may be a bit idealistic, but
in the end, you know, when you're running the city,
you have to balance the budget, you have to pay
with people to keep it clean, people to keep it safe.
And you know, some of dexieties may be well meaning,
but they sent to me like candats to win the election.
Speaker 12 (32:00):
Yeah, many moderate Democrats are calling on Adams, Cuomo, and
Sleewat to come to some sort of an agreement, all
with the purpose of defeating Mom Donnie.
Speaker 15 (32:10):
No, that's exactly what the election's about. So when you
split the opposition to him between two other guys, that
doesn't work.
Speaker 13 (32:16):
I can only hope that they can come to an
agreement and consolidate that face, meaning that one is going
to have to drop out.
Speaker 15 (32:25):
I don't know who that is.
Speaker 14 (32:27):
I'm not sure if I was going to vote, I
hope for slee Wah. He's a's a genuine guy. I
came from nothing. He's being McDonald's as a manager. He
cleaned up the Bronx. I'd rather see him win, but
I don't know if he's got a chance.
Speaker 15 (32:37):
As far as I've been voting, Republicans don't do good
in New York.
Speaker 12 (32:41):
Yeah, no matter the chances or past election results, Adams
and Sleewah are sort of resistant to step aside at
any point in the race. However, Cuomo has said he
will do anything in a sense to ensure Mom Donnie
does not become the mayor. He doesn't want to get
in the way of that. So we'll really see where
they shakes out.
Speaker 6 (33:00):
Cuomo.
Speaker 12 (33:02):
Larry had said previously that by September, if there wasn't
a clear leader, or if there was a clear leader
against Mom Donnie the other candidates, he had requested to
drop out, including himself.
Speaker 6 (33:14):
So we'll see what happened.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
Yeah, we have four months to go and this is
going to happen just about every week. There's going to
be a story. And it's a good thing. It really
is a good thing because this is the most exciting
mayoral race that New York has had in decades because
it used to be Natalie As you know, it was
(33:36):
always whoever won the Democratic primary. Well the general election
doesn't matter because they are going to win the general election,
and so why even come out to vote? This time,
everybody's involved, everybody counts, and I think it's going to
be over fifty percent turnout for the first time in
a long time. And from your beat on the street,
(33:56):
I'm encouraged.
Speaker 12 (33:57):
Everybody knows we're going to keep people engaged and see
and we'll take their temperature as much as he can, Larry.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
But they're engaged. They are this what's so cool about it, Natalie.
We'll be back tomorrow morning at eight point fifty. What
does Hank Shinkough think of all?
Speaker 8 (34:12):
This?
Speaker 1 (34:13):
A statistical three way tie in the New York City
mayor's race and Republican Curtis sliwa is right there in
the mix. Could he actually win? We asked the veteran
Democratic strategist. Next, plus, listen for your keyword after the
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