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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, good morning to you. Three days in a row.
You heard Ray Stagic talk about it a moment ago.
Three days in a row. That's going to qualify as
a heat wave, so be careful out there. It also
means that all of the local news casts, all the
TV newscasts are going to go crazy with this. The
meteorologists will be pushed up to the top of the show.
(00:22):
They're gonna have big graphics out, and every station, of course,
is going to play Martha and the Vandella's Heat Wave
every time there's a heat wave. That's kind of a
must play. So anyway, a heat advisory for the next
few days. Just be careful out there. It's going to
be near one hundred degrees with the heat indecks. But
then after that we get the great cool down, so
(00:42):
there's something to look forward to. But the heat leads
off our Big three. Also, well, you know what, just
a day before, just days before the August first deadline,
President Trump strikes a deal with the biggest of all
the trade partners. And it could be a couple of
(01:05):
trillion dollar deal, that's how big this is. The deal
with the European Union. This is probably the biggest deal
ever reached in any capacity trade or beyond trade. It
is that it's a giant deal with lots of countries.
And New Jersey US Attorney Alena Hobba was fired, you
remember that, by a panel of judges. So she's gone, right, Nope,
(01:28):
she's still in the office, and she says she's not leaving.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I think anybody that's known me in this public sphere
for the last four years knows I'm not a coward
to a fight. So I have obviously been doing my job.
I do my job irrespective of who you are, what
you are, what your politics are.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
So here's what happened. The judges let her go right
after they got blue cards, which is a thing by
both of the US Senators Kim and Corey Booker, and
then they voted to send her out. Then the Trump
administration fired the person they picked a replace her, who
was the first assistant US Attorney, and then they swore
(02:12):
in Alena Habba again as the acting US Attorney, meaning
she has another nine months in office. We'll see what
happens then. Aary Hoffman from The New York Sun will
be with us in minutes with more on the fight
for New Jersey's US Attorney's office. It's not over yet.
We'll talk to aary about that. And now Congress wants
(02:34):
to talk to Julane Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co conspirator.
Not only Democrats Republicans, the MAGA crowd in Congress is
pushing for this.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
I'm not worried about some crazy list. Criminals usually don't
keep a list of their criminal activity.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
You've got to dig through it. And I think that's
why we need.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
We need someone that understands this in a llegal sense
and maybe a special type prosecutor investigator.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Did they get very deep into that. You can tell
that Donald Trump is sick of the whole thing. He
was asked about it when he was over in Scotland
getting the EU deal, and he said, you're kidding me, right,
But he did say that he hasn't even thought about
a pardon for Julane Maxwell. In Gaza, the UN is
warning of a humanitarian crisis. They say food is not
(03:21):
getting to a starving population, and Benjamin net and Yahoo says,
don't blame me.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Stop lying, stop finding excuses, do what you have to do,
and stop accusing Israel deliberately of this egregious falsehood.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
And finally, in New York City mayoral candidate Zora and
mom Donnie celebrated his marriage over in Uganda in a lavish,
lavish three day ceremony that was full of wealth and
heavy security, you know, the things that he wants to
take away from New York. It was called the hypocrisy Ball.
(03:58):
Now let's get to Arie high Off, an associate editor
of the New York Sun. He's with us every Monday
at this time. So, ariy, did you see any of
the photographs of the place that Zorin Mamdani grew up,
the compound over Lake Victoria where he grew up. This
is the guy that hates wealthy.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
People, right, you know, Larry, I I have to say
my invitation must have gotten lost.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
In the mail.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
From Uganda to New York. I saw images of the
outside of the compound, the sort of walled exterior, and
as well as some photographs of security guards.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
You know.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
And this year, someone who you know has been very
critical of the police and wants to move away from
you know, strengthening the police force, had a you know,
security guard lining lining the perimeter to keep the unwashed
masses away from his wedding nuptials. Yeah, I started it
with a three day party. Sounds like it sounds like
(05:00):
a lot of fun, but it was.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
It was teeming with wealth. There were Mercedes Benz's, there
was Rolls Royces. I mean, all of these very rich people.
And this, this is kind of what he grew up with.
We're getting to see where he came from, which which
all of his talk about, you know, rising up from
the streets, being with the little people fighting the big guy,
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increasing their taxes, redistributing wealth. What about him, He never
has done any of this, None of his family has
ever done any of this. I mean, it just it
just reeks of hypocrisy.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
No, absolutely, And you know, it just shows how confident
he is in the support of you know, his constituency
that you know, he could basically take up, you know,
break summer vacation from campaigning for mayor, you know, and
uh and go off and go off to Uganda for this,
(05:56):
as he said, this for three day extravaganza. Uh in
a neighborhood you know, known as kind of the you know,
sort of the rodeo drive of Yonda, you know, with
billionaires and politicians and you know everyone, everyone you can imagine,
you know. Meanwhile, you have, as you said, you know,
(06:17):
people walking around you know, Bushwick and Bedsky, you know,
with hot girls for Zoran T shirts. Yes, I'm telling
you it's hard to believe that. And you know it,
Adams and and Cuomo, you know, can't seem to get
out of their own way, you know, running around the city.
But at least so far, it looks like a comedy
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of errors.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
It does so far. I was encouraged by a couple
of recent polls where he's slipping for the first time.
So we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Let's go across the river for a moment to New Jersey.
The long knives are out for Alena Habba, and it
seems like this weird political game of chess that's being played.
What do you make of all this?
Speaker 5 (07:01):
Sure, you know, just to cleue everyone in, you know,
a permanent appointment as US Attorney requires a vote of
the Senate, majority vote of the Senate. But you know,
Elena Hamba's confirmation is being blocked by New Jerseys to
senators both Democrats and and Corey Booker, they're not giving
(07:23):
what's called the blue slips that's what allows a nominee
to proceed to a vote, So that you have obstruction there, Larry,
And then you know what Trump has done is say, okay, well,
you know I would draw her nomination and that you
know that gives me gives her about two hundred days
to serve. I mean, I think the interesting thing here,
(07:45):
and I have to admit, how did you know this
law before it it kind of bubbled up in the news,
And that is that if if an attorney is a
US attorney to point on interim basis, the judges of
that state have the ability to veto them. Now, I
did some digging around, and you know, all the seventeen
(08:05):
judges in New Jersey Federal District judges fifteen were appointed
by Democrats, sure right, and they rejected her. And you know,
it seems to me, just at first glance, like that's
a sort of a violation of the separation of powers.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Right.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
The US attorney is an executive official, one that the
president appoints, and obviously judges are the judicial brand. So
I wonder, you know, if you'll eventually see a constitutional
challenge to that law saying it violates the separation of powers.
So Meanwhile, Alena Habba is now in place through through
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at least February, but she doesn't have a permanent appointment.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Yeah, I think this all. I'm glad you brought up politics,
so I think in all weeks of politics right now,
it seems like they are mad at her for going
after the Democratic mayor of Newark and a Democratic congresswoman
from Newark, where, by the way, I thought was probably
the wrong thing to do. But the congresswoman definitely was
(09:05):
assaulting an officer and trying to appealed impede on an arrest.
So I think that's that's valid those charges. But do
you think that's blood played into this?
Speaker 5 (09:15):
Well absolutely, you know, I think the you know Democrats,
well we know generally that obstruction is sort of one
of their strategies of resistance. But I think the charging
of one of their Democratic colleagues, uh Iron mc iver,
meant that, you know, there's no way that Kim and Booker,
(09:38):
who are already pretty part than folks, you know, we're
gonna we're gonna allow this to go forward. I mean,
one interesting question is, you know, Chuck Rassley, who's the
center in charge of the Judicial Judiciary Committee, has been asked,
you know, the blue split prophet is more of a custom, Larry.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
Than the law.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
Say will you will you kind of ditch it, get
rid of it? He said, Nope, It's been the custom
for a long time. It's the practice of the Senate.
We're gonna stick by it, even though it's blocking, you know,
President Trump's choice from being installed as US attorney.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Erry Hoffman, associate editor of The New York Sun, with
us every Monday at this time. You can read his
stuff online at New York Sun dot com. Thanks so much,
Erry Hoffman, appreciate it.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
Thanks gud.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
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Speaker 6 (11:37):
I think the kids should still be allowed to bring
the phones to school because Mandamie's going to be a
mayor and the teachers' union endorse Mandamie, and you're not
going to know what's going on. Nobody the parents are
not going to know what's happening to their kids because
they won't be able to record anything. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
You know what, you just brought up something. As I said,
you guys inspire thoughts and conversation all the time. You
thought I'm against it too. To take it the truth.
I want to be able to connect with my kids
while they're in school. I don't mind if they put
it under their desk. I don't mind if the teacher says,
if you use it again, we're gonna take it from you.
But I think they should have their phone in school
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in case of an emergency, either at home or in
the school. But something you said is just really fascinating.
And that is the dominance of the schools over the children.
We've been fighting for parents' rights all across the country.
This is another way of taking away contact with the
parents because we don't have enough say in what they're taught.
(12:44):
We don't enough say in what they learn, we don't
have enough say in how they're doing. We don't have
enough say over their sexual orientation. Apparently none of that
is shared with us. And now to take away their phones,
that dominance is increasing. That's a great point. Baseball analytics
should be a tool for use by managers in.
Speaker 7 (13:05):
Their decision making.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Instead it's turned managers into useless tools. I love that.
That's a nice little switch, nice play on words. And
you're right, it's ruining the game. It's no fun anymore.
You know, when there's seven pitches, seven pitchers pitching in
like every game, at least three in every game, it
doesn't it's not as much fun.
Speaker 8 (13:26):
Alena hobwer Is like Trump, she goes against the grain.
She's not too gentle with people, and that's why they're upresent,
not because she's not qualified. She's just like a mini Trump,
a tiger, a bull in a china shopper.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Really, you think that what has she done to make
you think that? What has she done? That she is
a bow in a china shop? That she went after
these Democratic politicians when they broke the law, does that
make her a bow in a china shop? So, yeah,
we need that. We certainly needed that in the White House,
if you're saying Trump was that, and now we needed
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in New Jersey as well. Thanks so much for your talkbacks.
We're going to be announcing who is Talkback of the
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a great prize on Friday. Now, this is a pretty
(14:28):
interesting study. How much time do you think most Americans
spend online in a given day at work or play,
doesn't matter the entire day, how much you are he
in front of your phones As I'm looking around and
I see crash on his phone, and I see you
in front of a computer, so and look at I'm
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looking at a computer too, so that counts, Like you
don't just count the time that you're scrolling and looking
at Instagram all day long? How much time do you
think you spend.
Speaker 9 (14:59):
It, not just in the office place, your whole day, Yeah,
the entire day. I'm going to say fifty five sixty percent.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Yeah it's oh really, yeah, no, it's it's it's half,
it's fifty percent. And I think people aren't being completely
honest about it because if you think about it, and
by the and it's going to get worse. What are
your kids like online?
Speaker 9 (15:24):
Can I see my kids? Because their heads are always down?
I know, But I mean I'm thinking about everything. Even
if I go to the supermarket, I have my electronic
shopping list on an app, so I'm on there when
I'm shopping. So there really is more times to end
of the day than just in front of my computer or,
like you said, looking at Instagram.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Do they include screen time as being in front of
a television. I don't think so, because I'm in front
of a TV just for about a half an hour
out of the day. I try to squeeze in a
TV show if I can before I go to bed.
But my kids don't watch TV. They watch on their phones.
Oh exactly, everything's now on their phones. Their whole life
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is on their phone. So I would think under a
certain age, it's probably about sixty seventy percent of the time.
That's kind of sad, isn't it. You just said a
moment ago. I have the same problem when you try
to talk to your kids when their head's down and
I keep going put down the phone, put down the phone.
I'm talking to you. And I try to teach them
the lesson. When I go for job interviews or I
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go to meet with somebody for lunch, I love when
they turn off their phone and put it and do
it so you see they turn off their phone and
they put it on the table. I think that is
a great sign of respect and everybody should do it,
including gen Z. And I don't know if that's possible
for them.
Speaker 9 (16:46):
I don't know if they even know how to do that.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
First time some guy did that to me that I
was he was interviewing me, and the first time he
did that, I went, wow, that's so impressive that means
you're the most important thing right now. I don't care
what else is going on my life. I'm going to
spend this half hour with you. I love that. You're welcome.
Everybody can do that. Now. Now, let's get the nine
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to thirty news with Larry Kowski, who's in today for
Jacqueline Carl. Hey, Larry, Well, good morning, Larry.
Speaker 10 (17:16):
We have eighty three degrees going up into the nineties,
sunny skies this morning. Mother Nature turning up the heat again.
The city putting out a heat advisory covering today through Wednesday.
The thermometer expected to reach into the nineties and in
the humidity and it will feel like triple digits. At
least five cases of Legionnaire's disease are reported in central Harlem.
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Several other patients are being treated tested rather in awaiting results.
City health officials are looking for the source. In New Jersey,
a fourteen year old boy is dead in a suspected
drowning over the weekend in Ramapo Lake. State Police say
the boy's body was recovered at around one pm on Saturday.
Ramapo Lake is in the Ramapo Mountain in State Forest
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and A company in Denmark is introducing a new ingredient
that helps bakers to reduce the amount of sugar in
their recipes without reducing sweetness. Food Business News is reporting
that the ingredient, called Optiva la Prime converts starch into sugar,
reducing the need for added sugar. Doesn't say what it
does or doesn't do for the calories.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
That is brand new that that product.
Speaker 10 (18:28):
That's what it says, says it's a brand new product.
Speaker 11 (18:30):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Makes well that person could be making billions. I mean,
that's a if that works. If it's true and it's
tested and it's approved, that's amazing.
Speaker 10 (18:42):
Well if it doesn't change the calories, though, what's the difference, right?
I mean, I guess it's good not to have the sugar,
but it you know, it still means that Danish is
going to have as many calories.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Well, we need we need more information. Then get get
back to us on that. Thanks so much, Larry Kowski.
We'll do in for Jaqueline carl Oh, how about those stocks?
Speaker 10 (19:06):
And we have the opening bell on Wall Street. Market
opening mixed to higher this morning following news over the
weekend of a trade deal between the US and the EU.
The Dow is down fourteen points. The s and p
though of six and a half in the nastac Up
fifty six.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Yeah, that's going to change. Larry Kowski in for Jackline
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we've all been here, right, Especially with the cost of
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repairing your car, we all look online to see if
we can find a part, maybe do it yourself. Does
that put your safety at risk? We asked the car
doctor Ronananian. Ron, you know what I have been here.
I've been on I've been at this point, not anything serious.
But I had to replace some hubcaps, so I went online.
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I looked for some hubcaps that would fit my car,
and I found four of them and they sent them
to me. They were the cheapest things I ever got
in my life. They didn't fit my car. I just
completely wasted my money. Now, I just can't imagine if
it was something serious. By the way, Ronananian is the
host of The Car Doctor, which is available weekly on
the iHeartRadio app and owner of R Automotive in Waldwick,
(21:58):
New Jersey. Good morning to oh and I would imagine
that the example I just gave you you've heard many
times before.
Speaker 12 (22:06):
I've heard many times. Good morning, Larry, Good morning to everybody,
and Larry. Even hubcaps can be a safety thing, right,
they can be a damaging thing. You get them to
go on and if by some chance, those cheaper hubcaps
you bought online, which sort of look the same, they
stay on the wheel, and then you go down the
road and one pothole and the hubcap comes off and
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it goes flying. Maybe it hits your car, maybe it
hits somebody else's car and causes damage. In any event,
it's aggravating. Right, as you said, it's a waste of time.
But expand that. Now you go buy brake parts online.
Let's go right to the meat and potatoes of this.
And you think it's the brand that they say it is,
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and you get a box that looks like the brand
that's supposed to be and then you have nothing but
noise problems or stopping problems, and you find out that
perhaps it's a copycat or a counterfeit, and that's probably
the bigger problem buying parts online today. Yes the parts
are cheaper, and yes the parts are deceiving, but there's
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a lot to be said for going to your local mechanic,
your guy. Everybody has a guy, right, Yeah, you know,
going to your guy and saying, hey, Ron, you know
I need breaks on my car because I know what
I know how to make the salad. I know what
led us to use, I know what tomatoes to use,
I know how to make that salad because I've done
it before. Buying online it's a gamble, it really is.
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There are some bargains to be had, which you've really
got to be careful of what you picked.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Yeah, and that's only part of the equation. Right, So,
now you buy something online, what are you going to
do with it? You're going to try to put it
on yourself. I mean it's not only dangerous because it
might be a cheap, inferior part, but trying to do
your own work is even more dangerous.
Speaker 12 (23:54):
You know, go back to I'll go back to this
list weekend's show, right, Larry. When we did the broadcast
show on Saturday, we had a sixteen Ford Fusion, and
one of the problems that car had was a possible turbocharger.
Turbocharger is a big ticket item, probably about three grand
for the part. Now you go out and you save
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a few bucks, you go find it online and there's
other sources other than maybe buying it from Ford. You're
going to buy a cheaper aftermarket quote unquote turbocharger set up.
Maybe it's half the price. You've got to get to it.
You've got to put it on. Turbochargers can be complicated
and difficult to replace because of their location. Sometimes studs
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that mount the turbo have heat cycles, so to speak,
and you need special drill bits to drill things. And
so you can buy the part, you still got to
find somebody to put it on. And most mechanics understand
the liability of you know, hey, you know, Ron put
this turbo on for me. Ron put these brakes on
for me. My standard expression is I like living in
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the house I'm living in, so you know, when something happens,
I don't want to be standing in front of the
judge and the judge is going to tell me, run,
you're the professional. You know better than to put on
parts for somebody else because of the liability factor.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
But you understand why people do this, right. You understand
that there is that they're fearful of how much it's
going to cost. And how do you deal with that.
Speaker 12 (25:21):
You try and gain their trust. You try and explain
the ups and the downs. You know, auto repair. Ort
to repair to me, Larry is like dating, you know,
it really is. It's just you've got to establish a relationship.
You've got to convince them that you know what you're
doing is in their best interest, even though at first
it may seem expensive. And you've got to educate people
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all the time. You've always got to be teaching people.
Here's why we do what we do, and here's why
it's so complicated, and maybe you want to let us
do that. Probably the best thing you can do. And
it's back to that dating thing. Let them do some
of their own repairs, let them go date somebody else.
They figure it out real quick. Either the grass isn't
greener or the grass is greener. It's one or the other.
And it makes everybody's life a lot easier.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
So you don't think once you have a guy that
you trust, you don't think it's still a good idea
to maybe get two estimates.
Speaker 12 (26:14):
No, why.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Well, because you might be able to get it done
cheaper somewhere else.
Speaker 12 (26:21):
But is cheaper always the answer if you've got a
guy you trust, Larry, let me tell you something. There's
always somebody cheaper to do an order repair job. Always,
there's always somebody that's going to be less expensive. But
are they doing it the same way? Are they giving
you the same quality? Do you have a restaurant that
you go to, Larry that you like the great? Take?
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Sure?
Speaker 12 (26:44):
And are they kind of expensive?
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Yeah? Moderate?
Speaker 11 (26:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 12 (26:49):
Why do you keep going back? Why don't you try
and find a cheaper steakhouse?
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Because I know the owner. That's the whole.
Speaker 12 (26:54):
Reason it doesn't give you in digestion?
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Right yeah? And also, but you're right, getting back to
your personal relationship, it's because I know somebody there. That's
exactly why I go. It's good too. I mean, I
wouldn't go back if it wasn't good, but I know somebody.
Speaker 12 (27:07):
There, right, it's and you've got a guy to talk
to and buying parts online. Going back to that buying
those parts online. Let's say you get the parts, Let's
say you're able to put them in, or you find
somebody willing to put them in, and then three months
later that part goes bad. You get to have your
mechanic take the part off, you get to send that
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part away, buy another part, maybe it's under warranty, maybe
it's not, and then you get to pay your mechanic
all over again to put the same part in because
there's no warranty on the part. There's no warranty on
the labor. He's not guaranteeing anything. He can't. It's not
his part. He doesn't have the liability for it anymore.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
I guess what's just say. What's interesting is you talked
about having a social relationship as being the relationship between
a customer and either a mechanic or somebody that owns
the shop up like you do that you go into,
it's when you first go in. That's when it can
be that when that's when there's this trust, that's when
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you have to build trust. And how does that work?
I mean, how do you know how to trust someone
if it's your first time there.
Speaker 12 (28:17):
Start with something simple. I think again, it is like dating.
It really is. Where'd you going your first date, Larry?
You went someplace simple and basic, right, and got to
know each other?
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Yeah, absolutely, yep, same thing.
Speaker 12 (28:30):
Bring them an oil change. See how they do on
an oil change. Don't judge them on the price of
the oil change. Judge them on the quality of the service.
Look at the environment. Sit there, ask for a weight
oil change. People love to sit in my shop and
watch us do an oil change. And not that they
get to see us so much because they're in the
waiting room off to the side, but they experience people
(28:52):
walking in and walking out, smiling and happy. They get
the energy of the place, right, there's a certain vibe
and I think that goes a long way because they
realize that, you know, maybe they found somebody that can
keep them safe on the road. And I always tell everybody,
don't judge me by one repair. Judge me after a
year when you realize I didn't have to go back
(29:12):
three times for something. And that's how you build trust.
And you start with the basics every time.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Yeah, this can be emotional, can it. I mean when
you're dealing with somebody and especially when it's going to
be expensive. They can get emotional.
Speaker 12 (29:26):
Yep, it can get it can become emotional. But I
think it also comes down to Larry, you bring me
your car, I hold your life in my hands. We
had a young girl in here Friday from Philadelphia. Her
father's a regular customer who's been here time and time again.
The daughter came up from Philly. She's been getting the
(29:46):
car serviced in Philly. It's a twelve year old Honda
and it had a ball tire on it. I mean
balled as a billiard ball, as they say. Right, she
had one bad tire on the car. The right front
tire had cracks in the true at the left front
tire had where not as bad. I mean, this kid's
driving two and a half hours up the turnpike on
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bad tires, but she's getting the car service regularly. Who's
taking care of that, right, you know? And that's how
problems happen. So you've got to find somebody that's going
to explain it to you. I always tell everybody it
may not be what you want to hear, but it's
what you need to know. And that's how you build
trust for somebody that's looking to get work done and
be safe. And that's the bottom line. You gotta be
(30:29):
safe in a car. It's a two ton missile travel
in sixty miles an hour.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Well said, if you're near Waldwick, New Jersey, the place
to go would be our automotive where Ron and Aanian works.
You can deal with him. He's also the host of
the Car Doctor Ron. Good to talk to.
Speaker 12 (30:42):
You, you too, Larry, be well.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Thank you. When we come back, my final thoughts, a
recap of today's show, and of course the talk back
of the morning. Here's Larry Menji with some final thoughts. Well, well, well,
so Zorin mom Donnie is stealthy rich like top one
one percent rich. He wasn't born in a manger. He
(31:04):
was born in a gold crib. His family doesn't just
have a home in Uganda's richest neighborhood. They have a compound.
That's where Zorin and his bride were to celebrate their
wedding with their families over the weekend. By the way,
the in laws are filthy rich too. He's been running
(31:25):
most of his campaign against the rich, you know, as
the everyman. Now we find out he is one of
the rich. In fact, he's mega rich. A lot of
people have been trying to research where he gets his
campaign money. Now we know it's his mommy, who was
a big time movie producer and director. But the hypocrisy
(31:47):
doesn't end there. He has been out in front in
most of his short lived political life to defund the police.
I know he's backed off that position a little bit
to win an election, but he wants to hire no
more police and instead hire social workers. Well it wasn't
(32:09):
social workers protecting his wedding party and keeping the riff
raff at bay. It was a security team of what
looked like commandos, a couple of dozen of them with
high powered rifles. He needs that protection of law enforcement,
just not you. This is a man who he claims
(32:34):
to revile the rich. He wants to take away from
the man he is the rich and give it to
the working class, That's what he says, And yet he
doesn't want the lower class, the working class at his compound, unless,
(32:56):
of course, they're a servant. He is a walking, talking
hypocrite who has been trying to hide exactly what we
caught a glimpse of the parade of Mercedes and range rovers.
The overwhelming wealth that has surrounded him his entire life,
that we never saw that he got rid of, that
(33:18):
he shed when he came up with his scheme to
be mayor of New York City. What we saw is
who he is. He is a con man and he
certainly cannot be Mayor of New York City. Coming up next,
Mark Simone welcomes New York Post journalist Michael Goodwin and
(33:39):
Fox News journalist Liz Peak, and now a recap of
today's show. Wor meteorologist Race Stagic shared important advice to
help us handle this heat wave.
Speaker 11 (33:51):
When we've got the heat in next values as highs
they're going to be, you will succumb to the heat
a lot quicker than you would, let's just say on
a normal summer day. You know, when you're outdoors, you
just take precautions stay hydrated, like cord, loose fitting clothing,
and frequent breaks. And if you stop sweating, that's one
of the signs that you are dehydrated.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
ABC News Jerusalem correspondent Jordana Miller believes Israel may have
not made all the right choices managing military and an
AID resources in Gaza.
Speaker 13 (34:23):
The idea that you know Israel is carrying out a
policy of starvation. I think that is erroneous. But Israel
is to blame for what's happening there and some real
critical mistakes.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
And how about this w HO or White House correspondent
John Decker may have just made his first policy decision
for the Trump administration after he suggested this to the President.
Speaker 14 (34:48):
With the tens and tens of billions of dollars of
tariff revenue coming into the US treasury, had the President
ever thought about providing a tariff rebate check to American taxpayers?
And you, Larry could see the light bulb above his
head when I post that question to the President. He
loved the idea.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
So now you know who to give credit to when
and if that happens. John Decker, legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf
told us a story about how Hulk Hogan would make
some extra.
Speaker 15 (35:21):
Cash when he was first starting out. To make a
little extra money, the promoter would give him an extra
fifty dollars if he would sneak a razor blade into
the ring and tuck it under his trunks and cut
his own forehead, which would bleed profusely.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
And the talkback of the Morning and winner of the
mentee and the morning t shirt was a listener who
was very happy with our story choices today.
Speaker 7 (35:54):
Thank you, Thank you Larry for finally talking about something
else besides Epstein. I mean, Trump's been doing amazing things
for the last freaking six months, and all you hear
is Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. No one even talks about the
halt law. When you get caught with fennoil, you get
like ten years behind bars. You know how many lives
that's gonna save. Where's my radio?
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Well, that radio may come if you are the Sea
Crane talkback of the week and you're in the running,
So you'll have to wait till Friday to find out.
Don't forget to check out on our podcast and catch
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Well, good morning to you. Three days in a row.
You heard Ray Stagic talk about it a moment ago.
Three days in a row. That's going to qualify as
a heat wave, so be careful out there. It also
means that all of the local news casts, all the
TV newscasts are going to go crazy with this. The
meteorologists will be pushed up to the top of the show.
(00:22):
They're gonna have big graphics out, and every station, of course,
is going to play Martha and the Vandella's Heat Wave
every time there's a heat wave. That's kind of a
must play. So anyway, a heat advisory for the next
few days. Just be careful out there. It's going to
be near one hundred degrees with the heat indecks. But
then after that we get the great cool down, so
(00:42):
there's something to look forward to. But the heat leads
off our Big three. Also, well, you know what, just
a day before, just days before the August first deadline,
President Trump strikes a deal with the biggest of all
the trade partners. And it could be a couple of
(01:05):
trillion dollar deal, that's how big this is. The deal
with the European Union. This is probably the biggest deal
ever reached in any capacity trade or beyond trade. It
is that it's a giant deal with lots of countries.
And New Jersey US Attorney Alena Hobba was fired, you
remember that, by a panel of judges. So she's gone, right, Nope,
(01:28):
she's still in the office, and she says she's not leaving.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
I think anybody that's known me in this public sphere
for the last four years knows I'm not a coward
to a fight. So I have obviously been doing my job.
I do my job irrespective of who you are, what
you are, what your politics are.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
So here's what happened. The judges let her go right
after they got blue cards, which is a thing by
both of the US Senators Kim and Corey Booker, and
then they voted to send her out. Then the Trump
administration fired the person they picked a replace her, who
was the first assistant US Attorney, and then they swore
(02:12):
in Alena Habba again as the acting US Attorney, meaning
she has another nine months in office. We'll see what
happens then. Aary Hoffman from The New York Sun will
be with us in minutes with more on the fight
for New Jersey's US Attorney's office. It's not over yet.
We'll talk to aary about that. And now Congress wants
(02:34):
to talk to Julane Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co conspirator.
Not only Democrats Republicans, the MAGA crowd in Congress is
pushing for this.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
I'm not worried about some crazy list. Criminals usually don't
keep a list of their criminal activity.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
You've got to dig through it. And I think that's
why we need.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
We need someone that understands this in a llegal sense
and maybe a special type prosecutor investigator.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Did they get very deep into that. You can tell
that Donald Trump is sick of the whole thing. He
was asked about it when he was over in Scotland
getting the EU deal, and he said, you're kidding me, right,
But he did say that he hasn't even thought about
a pardon for Julane Maxwell. In Gaza, the UN is
warning of a humanitarian crisis. They say food is not
(03:21):
getting to a starving population, and Benjamin net and Yahoo says,
don't blame me.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Stop lying, stop finding excuses, do what you have to do,
and stop accusing Israel deliberately of this egregious falsehood.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
And finally, in New York City mayoral candidate Zora and
mom Donnie celebrated his marriage over in Uganda in a lavish,
lavish three day ceremony that was full of wealth and
heavy security, you know, the things that he wants to
take away from New York. It was called the hypocrisy Ball.
(03:58):
Now let's get to Arie high Off, an associate editor
of the New York Sun. He's with us every Monday
at this time. So, ariy, did you see any of
the photographs of the place that Zorin Mamdani grew up,
the compound over Lake Victoria where he grew up. This
is the guy that hates wealthy.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
People, right, you know, Larry, I I have to say
my invitation must have gotten lost.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
In the mail.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
From Uganda to New York. I saw images of the
outside of the compound, the sort of walled exterior, and
as well as some photographs of security guards.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
You know.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
And this year, someone who you know has been very
critical of the police and wants to move away from
you know, strengthening the police force, had a you know,
security guard lining lining the perimeter to keep the unwashed
masses away from his wedding nuptials. Yeah, I started it
with a three day party. Sounds like it sounds like
(05:00):
a lot of fun, but it was.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
It was teeming with wealth. There were Mercedes Benz's, there
was Rolls Royces. I mean, all of these very rich people.
And this, this is kind of what he grew up with.
We're getting to see where he came from, which which
all of his talk about, you know, rising up from
the streets, being with the little people fighting the big guy,
(05:23):
increasing their taxes, redistributing wealth. What about him, He never
has done any of this, None of his family has
ever done any of this. I mean, it just it
just reeks of hypocrisy.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
No, absolutely, And you know, it just shows how confident
he is in the support of you know, his constituency
that you know, he could basically take up, you know,
break summer vacation from campaigning for mayor, you know, and
uh and go off and go off to Uganda for this,
(05:56):
as he said, this for three day extravaganza. Uh in
a neighborhood you know, known as kind of the you know,
sort of the rodeo drive of Yonda, you know, with
billionaires and politicians and you know everyone, everyone you can imagine,
you know. Meanwhile, you have, as you said, you know,
(06:17):
people walking around you know, Bushwick and Bedsky, you know,
with hot girls for Zoran T shirts. Yes, I'm telling
you it's hard to believe that. And you know it,
Adams and and Cuomo, you know, can't seem to get
out of their own way, you know, running around the city.
But at least so far, it looks like a comedy
(06:39):
of errors.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
It does so far. I was encouraged by a couple
of recent polls where he's slipping for the first time.
So we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
Let's go across the river for a moment to New Jersey.
The long knives are out for Alena Habba, and it
seems like this weird political game of chess that's being played.
What do you make of all this?
Speaker 5 (07:01):
Sure, you know, just to cleue everyone in, you know,
a permanent appointment as US Attorney requires a vote of
the Senate, majority vote of the Senate. But you know,
Elena Hamba's confirmation is being blocked by New Jerseys to
senators both Democrats and and Corey Booker, they're not giving
(07:23):
what's called the blue slips that's what allows a nominee
to proceed to a vote, So that you have obstruction there, Larry,
And then you know what Trump has done is say, okay, well,
you know I would draw her nomination and that you
know that gives me gives her about two hundred days
to serve. I mean, I think the interesting thing here,
(07:45):
and I have to admit, how did you know this
law before it it kind of bubbled up in the news,
And that is that if if an attorney is a
US attorney to point on interim basis, the judges of
that state have the ability to veto them. Now, I
did some digging around, and you know, all the seventeen
(08:05):
judges in New Jersey Federal District judges fifteen were appointed
by Democrats, sure right, and they rejected her. And you know,
it seems to me, just at first glance, like that's
a sort of a violation of the separation of powers.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Right.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
The US attorney is an executive official, one that the
president appoints, and obviously judges are the judicial brand. So
I wonder, you know, if you'll eventually see a constitutional
challenge to that law saying it violates the separation of powers.
So Meanwhile, Alena Habba is now in place through through
(08:42):
at least February, but she doesn't have a permanent appointment.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Yeah, I think this all. I'm glad you brought up politics,
so I think in all weeks of politics right now,
it seems like they are mad at her for going
after the Democratic mayor of Newark and a Democratic congresswoman
from Newark, where, by the way, I thought was probably
the wrong thing to do. But the congresswoman definitely was
(09:05):
assaulting an officer and trying to appealed impede on an arrest.
So I think that's that's valid those charges. But do
you think that's blood played into this?
Speaker 5 (09:15):
Well absolutely, you know, I think the you know Democrats,
well we know generally that obstruction is sort of one
of their strategies of resistance. But I think the charging
of one of their Democratic colleagues, uh Iron mc iver,
meant that, you know, there's no way that Kim and Booker,
(09:38):
who are already pretty part than folks, you know, we're
gonna we're gonna allow this to go forward. I mean,
one interesting question is, you know, Chuck Rassley, who's the
center in charge of the Judicial Judiciary Committee, has been asked,
you know, the blue split prophet is more of a custom, Larry.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
Than the law.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
Say will you will you kind of ditch it, get
rid of it? He said, Nope, It's been the custom
for a long time. It's the practice of the Senate.
We're gonna stick by it, even though it's blocking, you know,
President Trump's choice from being installed as US attorney.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Erry Hoffman, associate editor of The New York Sun, with
us every Monday at this time. You can read his
stuff online at New York Sun dot com. Thanks so much,
Erry Hoffman, appreciate it.
Speaker 5 (10:24):
Thanks gud.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
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Speaker 6 (11:37):
I think the kids should still be allowed to bring
the phones to school because Mandamie's going to be a
mayor and the teachers' union endorse Mandamie, and you're not
going to know what's going on. Nobody the parents are
not going to know what's happening to their kids because
they won't be able to record anything. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
You know what, you just brought up something. As I said,
you guys inspire thoughts and conversation all the time. You
thought I'm against it too. To take it the truth.
I want to be able to connect with my kids
while they're in school. I don't mind if they put
it under their desk. I don't mind if the teacher says,
if you use it again, we're gonna take it from you.
But I think they should have their phone in school
(12:20):
in case of an emergency, either at home or in
the school. But something you said is just really fascinating.
And that is the dominance of the schools over the children.
We've been fighting for parents' rights all across the country.
This is another way of taking away contact with the
parents because we don't have enough say in what they're taught.
(12:44):
We don't enough say in what they learn, we don't
have enough say in how they're doing. We don't have
enough say over their sexual orientation. Apparently none of that
is shared with us. And now to take away their phones,
that dominance is increasing. That's a great point. Baseball analytics
should be a tool for use by managers in.
Speaker 7 (13:05):
Their decision making.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Instead it's turned managers into useless tools. I love that.
That's a nice little switch, nice play on words. And
you're right, it's ruining the game. It's no fun anymore.
You know, when there's seven pitches, seven pitchers pitching in
like every game, at least three in every game, it
doesn't it's not as much fun.
Speaker 8 (13:26):
Alena hobwer Is like Trump, she goes against the grain.
She's not too gentle with people, and that's why they're upresent,
not because she's not qualified. She's just like a mini Trump,
a tiger, a bull in a china shopper.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Really, you think that what has she done to make
you think that? What has she done? That she is
a bow in a china shop? That she went after
these Democratic politicians when they broke the law, does that
make her a bow in a china shop? So, yeah,
we need that. We certainly needed that in the White House,
if you're saying Trump was that, and now we needed
(14:06):
in New Jersey as well. Thanks so much for your talkbacks.
We're going to be announcing who is Talkback of the
Morning coming up at the end of the show. We'll
also wait until Friday to get the best talkbacks of
the week. If you win talk Back in the Morning,
then you're qualified for the Sea Crane Radio, which is
a great prize on Friday. Now, this is a pretty
(14:28):
interesting study. How much time do you think most Americans
spend online in a given day at work or play,
doesn't matter the entire day, how much you are he
in front of your phones As I'm looking around and
I see crash on his phone, and I see you
in front of a computer, so and look at I'm
(14:49):
looking at a computer too, so that counts, Like you
don't just count the time that you're scrolling and looking
at Instagram all day long? How much time do you
think you spend.
Speaker 9 (14:59):
It, not just in the office place, your whole day, Yeah,
the entire day. I'm going to say fifty five sixty percent.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Yeah it's oh really, yeah, no, it's it's it's half,
it's fifty percent. And I think people aren't being completely
honest about it because if you think about it, and
by the and it's going to get worse. What are
your kids like online?
Speaker 9 (15:24):
Can I see my kids? Because their heads are always down?
I know, But I mean I'm thinking about everything. Even
if I go to the supermarket, I have my electronic
shopping list on an app, so I'm on there when
I'm shopping. So there really is more times to end
of the day than just in front of my computer or,
like you said, looking at Instagram.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Do they include screen time as being in front of
a television. I don't think so, because I'm in front
of a TV just for about a half an hour
out of the day. I try to squeeze in a
TV show if I can before I go to bed.
But my kids don't watch TV. They watch on their phones.
Oh exactly, everything's now on their phones. Their whole life
(16:06):
is on their phone. So I would think under a
certain age, it's probably about sixty seventy percent of the time.
That's kind of sad, isn't it. You just said a
moment ago. I have the same problem when you try
to talk to your kids when their head's down and
I keep going put down the phone, put down the phone.
I'm talking to you. And I try to teach them
the lesson. When I go for job interviews or I
(16:29):
go to meet with somebody for lunch, I love when
they turn off their phone and put it and do
it so you see they turn off their phone and
they put it on the table. I think that is
a great sign of respect and everybody should do it,
including gen Z. And I don't know if that's possible
for them.
Speaker 9 (16:46):
I don't know if they even know how to do that.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
First time some guy did that to me that I
was he was interviewing me, and the first time he
did that, I went, wow, that's so impressive that means
you're the most important thing right now. I don't care
what else is going on my life. I'm going to
spend this half hour with you. I love that. You're welcome.
Everybody can do that. Now. Now, let's get the nine
(17:10):
to thirty news with Larry Kowski, who's in today for
Jacqueline Carl. Hey, Larry, Well, good morning, Larry.
Speaker 10 (17:16):
We have eighty three degrees going up into the nineties,
sunny skies this morning. Mother Nature turning up the heat again.
The city putting out a heat advisory covering today through Wednesday.
The thermometer expected to reach into the nineties and in
the humidity and it will feel like triple digits. At
least five cases of Legionnaire's disease are reported in central Harlem.
(17:38):
Several other patients are being treated tested rather in awaiting results.
City health officials are looking for the source. In New Jersey,
a fourteen year old boy is dead in a suspected
drowning over the weekend in Ramapo Lake. State Police say
the boy's body was recovered at around one pm on Saturday.
Ramapo Lake is in the Ramapo Mountain in State Forest
(18:01):
and A company in Denmark is introducing a new ingredient
that helps bakers to reduce the amount of sugar in
their recipes without reducing sweetness. Food Business News is reporting
that the ingredient, called Optiva la Prime converts starch into sugar,
reducing the need for added sugar. Doesn't say what it
does or doesn't do for the calories.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
That is brand new that that product.
Speaker 10 (18:28):
That's what it says, says it's a brand new product.
Speaker 11 (18:30):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Makes well that person could be making billions. I mean,
that's a if that works. If it's true and it's
tested and it's approved, that's amazing.
Speaker 10 (18:42):
Well if it doesn't change the calories, though, what's the difference, right?
I mean, I guess it's good not to have the sugar,
but it you know, it still means that Danish is
going to have as many calories.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Well, we need we need more information. Then get get
back to us on that. Thanks so much, Larry Kowski.
We'll do in for Jaqueline carl Oh, how about those stocks?
Speaker 10 (19:06):
And we have the opening bell on Wall Street. Market
opening mixed to higher this morning following news over the
weekend of a trade deal between the US and the EU.
The Dow is down fourteen points. The s and p
though of six and a half in the nastac Up
fifty six.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Yeah, that's going to change. Larry Kowski in for Jackline
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we've all been here, right, Especially with the cost of
(21:12):
repairing your car, we all look online to see if
we can find a part, maybe do it yourself. Does
that put your safety at risk? We asked the car
doctor Ronananian. Ron, you know what I have been here.
I've been on I've been at this point, not anything serious.
But I had to replace some hubcaps, so I went online.
(21:34):
I looked for some hubcaps that would fit my car,
and I found four of them and they sent them
to me. They were the cheapest things I ever got
in my life. They didn't fit my car. I just
completely wasted my money. Now, I just can't imagine if
it was something serious. By the way, Ronananian is the
host of The Car Doctor, which is available weekly on
the iHeartRadio app and owner of R Automotive in Waldwick,
(21:58):
New Jersey. Good morning to oh and I would imagine
that the example I just gave you you've heard many
times before.
Speaker 12 (22:06):
I've heard many times. Good morning, Larry, Good morning to everybody,
and Larry. Even hubcaps can be a safety thing, right,
they can be a damaging thing. You get them to
go on and if by some chance, those cheaper hubcaps
you bought online, which sort of look the same, they
stay on the wheel, and then you go down the
road and one pothole and the hubcap comes off and
(22:27):
it goes flying. Maybe it hits your car, maybe it
hits somebody else's car and causes damage. In any event,
it's aggravating. Right, as you said, it's a waste of time.
But expand that. Now you go buy brake parts online.
Let's go right to the meat and potatoes of this.
And you think it's the brand that they say it is,
(22:49):
and you get a box that looks like the brand
that's supposed to be and then you have nothing but
noise problems or stopping problems, and you find out that
perhaps it's a copycat or a counterfeit, and that's probably
the bigger problem buying parts online today. Yes the parts
are cheaper, and yes the parts are deceiving, but there's
(23:11):
a lot to be said for going to your local mechanic,
your guy. Everybody has a guy, right, Yeah, you know,
going to your guy and saying, hey, Ron, you know
I need breaks on my car because I know what
I know how to make the salad. I know what
led us to use, I know what tomatoes to use,
I know how to make that salad because I've done
it before. Buying online it's a gamble, it really is.
(23:34):
There are some bargains to be had, which you've really
got to be careful of what you picked.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Yeah, and that's only part of the equation. Right, So,
now you buy something online, what are you going to
do with it? You're going to try to put it
on yourself. I mean it's not only dangerous because it
might be a cheap, inferior part, but trying to do
your own work is even more dangerous.
Speaker 12 (23:54):
You know, go back to I'll go back to this
list weekend's show, right, Larry. When we did the broadcast
show on Saturday, we had a sixteen Ford Fusion, and
one of the problems that car had was a possible turbocharger.
Turbocharger is a big ticket item, probably about three grand
for the part. Now you go out and you save
(24:16):
a few bucks, you go find it online and there's
other sources other than maybe buying it from Ford. You're
going to buy a cheaper aftermarket quote unquote turbocharger set up.
Maybe it's half the price. You've got to get to it.
You've got to put it on. Turbochargers can be complicated
and difficult to replace because of their location. Sometimes studs
(24:37):
that mount the turbo have heat cycles, so to speak,
and you need special drill bits to drill things. And
so you can buy the part, you still got to
find somebody to put it on. And most mechanics understand
the liability of you know, hey, you know, Ron put
this turbo on for me. Ron put these brakes on
for me. My standard expression is I like living in
(24:58):
the house I'm living in, so you know, when something happens,
I don't want to be standing in front of the
judge and the judge is going to tell me, run,
you're the professional. You know better than to put on
parts for somebody else because of the liability factor.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
But you understand why people do this, right. You understand
that there is that they're fearful of how much it's
going to cost. And how do you deal with that.
Speaker 12 (25:21):
You try and gain their trust. You try and explain
the ups and the downs. You know, auto repair. Ort
to repair to me, Larry is like dating, you know,
it really is. It's just you've got to establish a relationship.
You've got to convince them that you know what you're
doing is in their best interest, even though at first
it may seem expensive. And you've got to educate people
(25:44):
all the time. You've always got to be teaching people.
Here's why we do what we do, and here's why
it's so complicated, and maybe you want to let us
do that. Probably the best thing you can do. And
it's back to that dating thing. Let them do some
of their own repairs, let them go date somebody else.
They figure it out real quick. Either the grass isn't
greener or the grass is greener. It's one or the other.
And it makes everybody's life a lot easier.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
So you don't think once you have a guy that
you trust, you don't think it's still a good idea
to maybe get two estimates.
Speaker 12 (26:14):
No, why.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Well, because you might be able to get it done
cheaper somewhere else.
Speaker 12 (26:21):
But is cheaper always the answer if you've got a
guy you trust, Larry, let me tell you something. There's
always somebody cheaper to do an order repair job. Always,
there's always somebody that's going to be less expensive. But
are they doing it the same way? Are they giving
you the same quality? Do you have a restaurant that
you go to, Larry that you like the great? Take?
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Sure?
Speaker 12 (26:44):
And are they kind of expensive?
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Yeah? Moderate?
Speaker 11 (26:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 12 (26:49):
Why do you keep going back? Why don't you try
and find a cheaper steakhouse?
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Because I know the owner. That's the whole.
Speaker 12 (26:54):
Reason it doesn't give you in digestion?
Speaker 1 (26:57):
Right yeah? And also, but you're right, getting back to
your personal relationship, it's because I know somebody there. That's
exactly why I go. It's good too. I mean, I
wouldn't go back if it wasn't good, but I know somebody.
Speaker 12 (27:07):
There, right, it's and you've got a guy to talk
to and buying parts online. Going back to that buying
those parts online. Let's say you get the parts, Let's
say you're able to put them in, or you find
somebody willing to put them in, and then three months
later that part goes bad. You get to have your
mechanic take the part off, you get to send that
(27:29):
part away, buy another part, maybe it's under warranty, maybe
it's not, and then you get to pay your mechanic
all over again to put the same part in because
there's no warranty on the part. There's no warranty on
the labor. He's not guaranteeing anything. He can't. It's not
his part. He doesn't have the liability for it anymore.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
I guess what's just say. What's interesting is you talked
about having a social relationship as being the relationship between
a customer and either a mechanic or somebody that owns
the shop up like you do that you go into,
it's when you first go in. That's when it can
be that when that's when there's this trust, that's when
(28:09):
you have to build trust. And how does that work?
I mean, how do you know how to trust someone
if it's your first time there.
Speaker 12 (28:17):
Start with something simple. I think again, it is like dating.
It really is. Where'd you going your first date, Larry?
You went someplace simple and basic, right, and got to
know each other?
Speaker 1 (28:28):
Yeah, absolutely, yep, same thing.
Speaker 12 (28:30):
Bring them an oil change. See how they do on
an oil change. Don't judge them on the price of
the oil change. Judge them on the quality of the service.
Look at the environment. Sit there, ask for a weight
oil change. People love to sit in my shop and
watch us do an oil change. And not that they
get to see us so much because they're in the
waiting room off to the side, but they experience people
(28:52):
walking in and walking out, smiling and happy. They get
the energy of the place, right, there's a certain vibe
and I think that goes a long way because they
realize that, you know, maybe they found somebody that can
keep them safe on the road. And I always tell everybody,
don't judge me by one repair. Judge me after a
year when you realize I didn't have to go back
(29:12):
three times for something. And that's how you build trust.
And you start with the basics every time.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Yeah, this can be emotional, can it. I mean when
you're dealing with somebody and especially when it's going to
be expensive. They can get emotional.
Speaker 12 (29:26):
Yep, it can get it can become emotional. But I
think it also comes down to Larry, you bring me
your car, I hold your life in my hands. We
had a young girl in here Friday from Philadelphia. Her
father's a regular customer who's been here time and time again.
The daughter came up from Philly. She's been getting the
(29:46):
car serviced in Philly. It's a twelve year old Honda
and it had a ball tire on it. I mean
balled as a billiard ball, as they say. Right, she
had one bad tire on the car. The right front
tire had cracks in the true at the left front
tire had where not as bad. I mean, this kid's
driving two and a half hours up the turnpike on
(30:06):
bad tires, but she's getting the car service regularly. Who's
taking care of that, right, you know? And that's how
problems happen. So you've got to find somebody that's going
to explain it to you. I always tell everybody it
may not be what you want to hear, but it's
what you need to know. And that's how you build
trust for somebody that's looking to get work done and
be safe. And that's the bottom line. You gotta be
(30:29):
safe in a car. It's a two ton missile travel
in sixty miles an hour.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Well said, if you're near Waldwick, New Jersey, the place
to go would be our automotive where Ron and Aanian works.
You can deal with him. He's also the host of
the Car Doctor Ron. Good to talk to.
Speaker 12 (30:42):
You, you too, Larry, be well.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Thank you. When we come back, my final thoughts, a
recap of today's show, and of course the talk back
of the morning. Here's Larry Menji with some final thoughts. Well, well, well,
so Zorin mom Donnie is stealthy rich like top one
one percent rich. He wasn't born in a manger. He
(31:04):
was born in a gold crib. His family doesn't just
have a home in Uganda's richest neighborhood. They have a compound.
That's where Zorin and his bride were to celebrate their
wedding with their families over the weekend. By the way,
the in laws are filthy rich too. He's been running
(31:25):
most of his campaign against the rich, you know, as
the everyman. Now we find out he is one of
the rich. In fact, he's mega rich. A lot of
people have been trying to research where he gets his
campaign money. Now we know it's his mommy, who was
a big time movie producer and director. But the hypocrisy
(31:47):
doesn't end there. He has been out in front in
most of his short lived political life to defund the police.
I know he's backed off that position a little bit
to win an election, but he wants to hire no
more police and instead hire social workers. Well it wasn't
(32:09):
social workers protecting his wedding party and keeping the riff
raff at bay. It was a security team of what
looked like commandos, a couple of dozen of them with
high powered rifles. He needs that protection of law enforcement,
just not you. This is a man who he claims
(32:34):
to revile the rich. He wants to take away from
the man he is the rich and give it to
the working class, That's what he says, And yet he
doesn't want the lower class, the working class at his compound, unless,
(32:56):
of course, they're a servant. He is a walking, talking
hypocrite who has been trying to hide exactly what we
caught a glimpse of the parade of Mercedes and range rovers.
The overwhelming wealth that has surrounded him his entire life,
that we never saw that he got rid of, that
(33:18):
he shed when he came up with his scheme to
be mayor of New York City. What we saw is
who he is. He is a con man and he
certainly cannot be Mayor of New York City. Coming up next,
Mark Simone welcomes New York Post journalist Michael Goodwin and
(33:39):
Fox News journalist Liz Peak, and now a recap of
today's show. Wor meteorologist Race Stagic shared important advice to
help us handle this heat wave.
Speaker 11 (33:51):
When we've got the heat in next values as highs
they're going to be, you will succumb to the heat
a lot quicker than you would, let's just say on
a normal summer day. You know, when you're outdoors, you
just take precautions stay hydrated, like cord, loose fitting clothing,
and frequent breaks. And if you stop sweating, that's one
of the signs that you are dehydrated.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
ABC News Jerusalem correspondent Jordana Miller believes Israel may have
not made all the right choices managing military and an
AID resources in Gaza.
Speaker 13 (34:23):
The idea that you know Israel is carrying out a
policy of starvation. I think that is erroneous. But Israel
is to blame for what's happening there and some real
critical mistakes.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
And how about this w HO or White House correspondent
John Decker may have just made his first policy decision
for the Trump administration after he suggested this to the President.
Speaker 14 (34:48):
With the tens and tens of billions of dollars of
tariff revenue coming into the US treasury, had the President
ever thought about providing a tariff rebate check to American taxpayers?
And you, Larry could see the light bulb above his
head when I post that question to the President. He
loved the idea.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
So now you know who to give credit to when
and if that happens. John Decker, legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf
told us a story about how Hulk Hogan would make
some extra.
Speaker 15 (35:21):
Cash when he was first starting out. To make a
little extra money, the promoter would give him an extra
fifty dollars if he would sneak a razor blade into
the ring and tuck it under his trunks and cut
his own forehead, which would bleed profusely.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
And the talkback of the Morning and winner of the
mentee and the morning t shirt was a listener who
was very happy with our story choices today.
Speaker 7 (35:54):
Thank you, Thank you Larry for finally talking about something
else besides Epstein. I mean, Trump's been doing amazing things
for the last freaking six months, and all you hear
is Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. No one even talks about the
halt law. When you get caught with fennoil, you get
like ten years behind bars. You know how many lives
that's gonna save. Where's my radio?
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Well, that radio may come if you are the Sea
Crane talkback of the week and you're in the running,
So you'll have to wait till Friday to find out.
Don't forget to check out on our podcast and catch
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Minti in the morning at seven thirty five, Time to
(36:35):
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the off Broadway show Rolling Thunder at seven twenty five
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