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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Happy Valentine's Day, Thanks for being with us today.
In a stunning move, Danielle sas Soon, the acting US
Attorney of the Southern District of New York, resigned after
refusing to drop charges against Mayor Adams. That US attorney
was actually fired.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I don't know he or she resigned, but that US
attorney was fired.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Well fired, resigned, She's gone, and she's destined for a
career as a legal analyst on CNN or MSNBC. Who cares.
We have our own legal analyst, Jesse Weber, who just
told us a moment ago that this is really standard
quid pro quos in law. This happening on the same
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day that the Borders are came to the city to
talk with Mayor Adams, and he wants the mayor to
suspend the city's sanctuary city status.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Your recrement, let us in the county jail, for rest
of that guy in the states, and security of the
count of Jill safer for the area. It's safe for
the officers, certainly said for the community. Any sense for
a city that purposely released public safety trust back in
the public is stupid.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Well now, he Tom Holman and Mayor Adams are like
Batman and Robin right now. They were both on Fox
News this morning. We have some of what they said
coming up in just about thirty seconds. And the tariff's
war is on America is raising its tariffs on goods
from a country to match exactly what that country charges
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America in tariffs. And guess what other countries are already
lowering their tariffs against America.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Prime Minister Modi recently announced the reductions to India's unfair,
very strong tariffs that limit US access into the Indian
market very strongly.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, he's talking about Prime Minister Modi of India who
met with Trump at the White House and immediately lowered
tariffs on America. That's what Donald Trump does. He does
something that is shocking and then he gets what he wants.
Expect other countries to do the exact same thing. I
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talked about Tom Homan the borders are and Mayor Adams
being on Fox News together. Well, here's what they said.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
People want to hijack this narrative and turn into a
political narrative where we're saying we need to have public safety.
I requested the meeting, and I reached out to his
team and said, we want to sit down.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
This has been an.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Issue I was talking about before the election spring of
twenty twenty two. You look at these quotes over and
over again. We need to go after these dangerous people
on our street. And now I have someone that understands
that narrative, and we are fighting together to get it done.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
No, they looked cozy together and they couldn't have agreed
with each other more. And this is all that's important.
Get the drama, forget the politics. The city is going
to be safer, and criminals that came here illegally will
be sent back home.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Seventy eight percent of New Yorkers stand with me, stand
with what Tom is doing about getting these dangerous life
But the problem.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Is, and what about Governor Hokeel talking about replacing Mayor Adams.
She has the power to do that. Well, Tom Holman
has some thoughts on that.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
So Governor hoch she needs to be removed. We need
you removed, needs to be her.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
She supports sanctuary policies. Now everybody thinks that maybe today
that Mayor Adams is going to become a Republican. He
has till five o'clock to switch his registration. But he
had some things to say about the Democratic primary and
Andrew Cuomo possibly running against him. Well, listen, listen to this.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
I had another Andrew in my previous race. He was
beating me by double digits in February. But we don't
call Andrew Yang mayor. We call Eric Adams mayor.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Expect to see that to a lot and the city
is about to get a lot safer. I've been looking
forward to this all day. Here with us now is
Gail Jessep White. She is a direct descendant of Thomas
Jefferson and part of the new Thomas Jefferson docu series
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on the History Channel, premiering February seventeenth. That's Monday, Gail,
thanks so much for being here today. I know Thomas
Jefferson is one of the most fascinating founding fathers and
one of the most fascinating people in American history because
he had so many things great about him, but he
was also greatly flawed. And I know you're a direct descendant.
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So before we talk about the docu series, can you
talk about your journey in finding your lineage?
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Ken Good morning, Good morning, How are you good. Yes,
I am from Washington, d C. And when I was
thirteen years old, I learned through all history that our
family is descended from Jefferson. I did not quite believe it,
but there was enough of a kernel of truth there
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for me, as a curious young person, to want to
pursue the origins of the story. So I literally spent
forty five years of my life trying to uncover the
truth of whether our family, through my dad, was descended
from Thomas Jefferson. And after joining the Thomas Jefferson Foundation,
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which has oversight of Monticello, the estate where Thomas Jefferson,
his white family, its black family, and hundreds of the
slaved people lived, I did effect prove that we are
descended from Jefferson and his wife Martha through one of
their great great grandsons. I'm also related to the Hemi family.
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Most of your listeners would know that Sally Henrin's was
Jefferson's enslaved concubine. That's their word, historical word that was
used to describe her. Related to her as well through
one of her brothers. So it's a story that is
as complex as American history.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Well, because of what you found, how do you feel
about Thomas Jefferson now personally?
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Well, Jefferson. Most of us grew up seeing Jefferson and
all the Founders as heroes, as almost godlike figures, but
it's important for people to view them as humans, and
as humans, they were flawed, as we all are. So
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I see Jefferson no longer through a child's eyes or
the eyes of a hero worshiper. But I see Jefferson
as a person who made mistakes, who had fobles, who
did damage to people personally. I mean, Jefferson sold human
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beings he owned and sold in gifted human beings. But
I also recognized that Jefferson was courageous and that he
stood up to tyranny, that he helped create the foundations
of the democracy in which we live, and so for
that I hold him in high regard as a human being.
He was a flawed person, he was.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
And I visited Monticello and I lived there with a
completely different opinion of Thomas Jefferson. And it's not that
I like you. I don't appreciate the great things that
he did and what a wonderful writer he was, especially,
but you can't walk away from Monticello without seeing the
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other side of the man and disliking that. My wife
did likes it intensely. We went away from that with
a completely different opinion. All of this, I'm sure is
shown in your documentary.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
Well, that's the great thing about this documentary that will
begin airing on the History Channel Monday the seventeenth. I
believe that's President's Day, so it's a great time to
inaugurate this three day event. It is an honest view
of American history. And I speak of this as American
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history because indeed Jefferson and the people he enslaved represent
who we are as Americans and our history. So it's
a wonderful opportunity for viewers to learn who we are.
Oh that not just too.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Jefferson was, Yeah, that's perfect. That's extremely well said. And
I learned a lot when I was down there, and
I look forward to your documentary on Monday night on
the History Channel. Thomas Jefferson DOCU series. Gail JESSEP White
direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson, I so much appreciate your time.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Thank you. I enjoy talking with you.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Larry, I enjoyed talking with you as well. I'll tell
you what the big question today is Mayor Adams is
going to become a Republican. Well, we had a conversation
with the Bronx Republican Party chairman Mike Rendino. Will talk
to him next Welcome back when we have a new
dynamic duo Batman and Robin Tom Holman and Mayor Adams
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and they were on Fox News for like a half
an hour today talking about how they're going to get
illegal criminals off the streets. They also talked about the
city council because the city council says that Mayor Adams
doesn't have the power to unilaterally get rid of the
sanctuary city status. And this is what Tom Holman said.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
About that city council. I don't like him, I think,
and Mayor Adams, he's dealing with these sanctuary law right
that EO can't override. So we're working on some things
to work around some of these things. We can be
very careful to the city council.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
They hate me, right, Yeah, they do hate you, and
they'll sue as well. So, uh, this could be a
long drawn out process. But you heard home and say
we they're a team. Now, me and Mayor Adams, now
we had this is a very important interview because we're
going to find out a lot here. Mayor Adams has
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until five o'clock today if he would like to switch
to become a Republican and runner as a Republican in
the race. And he made a phone call yesterday to
Mike Rendino, who is the Bronx Republican party chairman. And
we have mister Rendino on the phone right now. Mike,
thank you so much for taking some time to talk
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to us.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
Oh, how you doing.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I'm He'm doing real well. I'm thrilled to talk to you.
Tell us about your phone call.
Speaker 6 (11:05):
It was just out of the blue. He gave me
a call. Obviously, he was calling because he wanted to
know about the process. He didn't say he was definitely
running or considering it. He just I told him what
the process was. I told him his chances of getting
a Wilson paccoola, which are no authorization to run on
our line as a Democrat with Slimton none and basically
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his only chance of switching to his party registration by
five pm today.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
And how did he take that news?
Speaker 6 (11:33):
Ah, he didn't say one way or the other, but
you hear he's making calls behind the scenes. He called
a couple of my other peers, other chairs in New
York City. So he's obviously making the calls. I know
he met with John Katch and the kids. The only
one who can really help with me is President Trump
if he decides to get in a Republican primary, to
throw a support behind him, and is interesting, you know,
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it is interesting because if he does switch, it's Republican.
We have a Republican mayor in New York City. What
does that mean? What can he do over the next
five months between now and the June twenty fourth primary
against Curtis Leewer. Does he hire a deputy mayor that's
a Republican? Do they work with the administration, Do they
clean up the two biggest issues we have, which are
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the migrant and crime in New York City.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Well, that's what the whole plan is, right, I mean,
he might as well become a Republican because it doesn't
think it doesn't look like he can win in a
Democratic primary at this point, not only because of Andrew Cuomo,
but because the long knives are now out for him,
including the governor. So it makes a world of sense.
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So what do you expect to happen? What did you
get from the phone call? Did could you get any
sense of what he's thinking.
Speaker 6 (12:49):
He's keeping all his options open. You're right, he is
a man without a party right now. There's no way
he could win the primary. His only hope is to
change the Republican because it would be a travesty if
the governor then removed him because he changed the Republican
and she wouldn't have that move. I don't believe so
it might be his only choice that he has right now.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
I think you're exactly right about that. But it's odd
that you talked about Donald Trump. You're right, that'll help
him win the primary. If Donald Trump comes in and
endorses him, even campaigns for him, it'll help them win
the primary. But doesn't that kill him in the general election?
Speaker 6 (13:22):
Not if over the next six to eight months we
show what a Republican mayor in New York City could
do and remind them of the Giuliani days in the
first two terms of Mike Bloomberg and how the city was.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
So what do you expect to happen today? Does it
seem like, since he's making all these phone calls, he's
going to become a Republican.
Speaker 6 (13:44):
I don't know. I would say it's fifty to fifty
But who knows, right.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Yeah, no, I mean you're the one that talks to him,
and you know he's calling people, he's thinking about it.
Speaker 6 (13:55):
It's on his mind, right. He has no party, he
has no Shotman Democratic primary, and I don't even think
Andrewcormo could win. I think once he's in there, I
think it'll be very difficult for him to get over
fifty percent. I think we're going to end up on
an ultra left socialist and I think there's going to
be a pair for Republican candidate like Curtis Lee.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
World you keep saying Curtis Lee, is that who you
would be for even if mayor Adams gets in the race. Yes,
And do you think any Republicans would switch up?
Speaker 6 (14:25):
Well, I'm just I'm a party leader. I speak for myself, right,
I represent the party. However, I don't make the decisions
on who they vote for an election day, so that
would be up to the Republican voters of New York
City to decide who they want to represent them. But
I will be supporting Curtis.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
But you know, the Republican voter is better than me.
So I'm asking for your opinion, not what there I.
Speaker 6 (14:45):
Look today today, he lose ninety ten if he switches
his voter registration. If he switches his voter registration today,
Donald Trump comes to New York. They work together. You
see the migrants situation getting better, You see crime getting better,
some quality of life getting better. I mean the things
Mayor Adams. Mayor Adams is for school choice. He does
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support small business, which is the economic engine of the
outer Burrows. And he could create a pant for himself.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
No, he could. But you've raised an interesting point that
he may not be able to get enough Republican support,
let alone Democratic support. So I think the comment you
made a moment ago is where he finds himself a
man without a party. But what other choice is he
going to have? What can he do if he doesn't
become a Republican. He has no path forward.
Speaker 6 (15:38):
If he doesn't become a Republican and he tanks in
the Democratic prim hyry, it's over for him. He's basically
alam Duck Mayer. And I think the city council is
going to eat him up. His only option right now
is to start calling out these ultra left city council people.
And there are policies and programs that are destroying our city.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
No, amen, I agree with you. Thanks so much for
spending the time with us. Mike Rendean Bronks, Republican Party Chair,
hope we can talk again.
Speaker 6 (16:03):
Thank you, Take care bye bus.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
All right now, let's get the news at nine to
thirty with Jacqueline Carl Jacquelin.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
Good Morning. Over a dozen states are suing President Trump
and Elon Musk for quote unlawful delegation of executive power.
The lawsuit filed Thursday argues that the authority being given
to Musk is unconstitutional. Arizona's attorney general says America's founders
would be outraged that citizens are now subject to the
whims of an unelected billionaire. And Manhattan's top federal prosecutor
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has resigned after the Department of Justice or to corruption
charges be dropped against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Speaker 8 (16:39):
Danielle Sassoon, a Republican serving as interim US Attorney for
the Southern District of New York, announced her resignation in
an email to staff, without giving any explanation as to why. However,
her decision to step down from the post came just
days after the DOJ issued a memo that the mayor's
case should be dismissed. Even though Sasoon worked in the
US Attorney's office for nearly a decade, she had only
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been chosen as the acting US Attorney the day after
President Trump took office, and was not the prosecutor who
brought charges against Datams. That was former US Attorney Damien Williams.
Natalie Migliori wour news.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Okay, so breaking news.
Speaker 7 (17:15):
Today is Valentine's Day, a day we shower our sweeties
with tokens of affection. Let me give you break the
numbers down. Over thirteen billion dollars the average annual amount
spent on Valentine's Day, one hundred and eighty million the
number of Valentine's Say cars exchanged every year. And one
hundred and ninety eight million the number of those poor
roses cut up in dead ready for Valentine's Day. But
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the big question is do you do more on Valentine's
Day than when you first started dating compared to now?
Speaker 9 (17:46):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I guess it changed, yes, of course.
Speaker 8 (17:49):
See you know you say that.
Speaker 7 (17:50):
But I was Can I tell you sweet.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Story real fast.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
I was at a wedding not too long ago and
standing with a group of people. And you know, weddings,
people talk about marriage, and this guy was talking about
his wife. You could tell they were married about thirty
years given the conversation. And I looked over. I said
to another group, I said, is that your wife over there?
Speaker 1 (18:08):
And he said, no, that's my girlfriend. And I looked
at him.
Speaker 7 (18:10):
Everybody stopped, and he because he'd been talking so nicely
about his wife, he said, it's the weekend, and every
weekend my wife becomes my girlfriend again, my sweach car.
And he said it so genuinely, not like some slick player.
And they had nothing to gain by doing and we
we all did that. We all like, oh, that's and
that Right then I knew I was in the presence
of greatness.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
That's a great story, a wonderful story for Valentine's Day.
Thank you so much. Although I guarantee you when you
said Valentine's Day, when you said Valentine's Day, that immediately
somebody went, oh, no, it's Valentine's breaking. All right, how
about the stocks. Yeah, we're gonna head over to Wall Street.
Speaker 7 (18:52):
At the opening bell Dow opened down sixty four points,
s and P opened up one point, and the nasdag
opened up ten point.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Thanks so much, Jacklyn Carl'll have a good weekend. Captain
America hits the theaters this weekend. Wor's Movie Minute Joe
Newmayer lets us know if it's worth going to or
you could just stay home and watch your rom com
for Valentine's Day. We'll go through the best of them.
Next the big weekend for Marvel fans, Captain America is
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coming back. Joe Newmyer, film journalist and WOOR Movie Minute
host is here to tell us about it. So, Captain America.
Is it any good?
Speaker 10 (19:34):
Hey, Larry, Yeah, Captain America, Brave New World. I'm giving
it two stars. I'm a little bit of a hard
audience on this, I gotta say because the first Captain America,
the First Avenger, is actually my favorite Marvel movie. So
that back when that first one from twenty eleven for
me set the standard in a lot of ways. Does
what introduces you know, everybody knows a little bit of
the story that you know. It's all very convoluted comic
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book wise, but the falcon excuse me, by the way,
I've got I'm getting over a bed a little bit.
I sound like Lauren McCall.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
You do you do?
Speaker 10 (20:09):
We can talk about romantic movies but been spoken too much.
So Captain America is now the character who is known
as the Falcon. Sam Wilson played by Anthony Mackie has
become the new Captain America in this film. He kind
of takes on the mantle. He has a new sidekick,
a new Falcon, and he battles I'm not getting anything away.
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Harrison Ford plays the President again. It's always good to
have Harrison Ford as the President. Like Air Force One.
He becomes sort of a red Hulk, and there's a
lot of callbacks in this movie to the two thousand
and eight Incredible Hulk movie, if you remember that one
that came out the same year as Iron Man. So
there's a lot of callbacks to it. I'm getting it
two stars. So the action scenes are fine, it's lacking
a lot of charisma and a lot of kind of
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just it's too complicated in a lot of ways. I
like it when they're a little bit more straightforward. And
these Marvel movies are kind of having to move into
a new generation because obviously all the Avengers have either
aged out or contracted out. Although Robert Downey Junior is
going to play Doctor Doom in the next one, so
there's a lot of things that they kind of need
to set up in this one. I'm giving it a
solid two stars, but I wish I could give it
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more because it's got it still has a lot of
good energy to it. But like I said, since I
have such a high standard for Captain America movies, I'm
giving it a two stars, but not much more than that.
But it's still fun in a lot of ways.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
You know, I'll tell you what comic book aficionados and
Marvel aficionados love complicated, so I'm not sure it's going
to keep anybody away. My son, by the way, An iHeart,
does a podcast called that Comic Podcast, and he is
he's so excited for this weekend. But in the past,
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Marvel has been diminishing in stature a little bit, have
they not?
Speaker 10 (21:49):
They have, But in fact, this one sort of reminds
me in some ways of things like the Captain Marvel
movie or the Marvel No there's one coming out called Yeah,
I know, there's one coming out called Thunderbolts that sort
of these off you know, off ran kind of heroes
that are there sort of a little like Guardians of
the Galaxy, which I like those movies a lot, actually,
those first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies. So this
they they've been falling. They kind of don't know what
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to do, I think in a lot of ways, because
they've got that core, you know, six characters that have
now kind of either either contracted out or people want
to go new ways. So I'm I'm interested to see
where they'll go. But you know, the Chris evans Is
and the and the Chris Hemsworths, and the and the
Scarlett Johansson characters, all of those major characters from that
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first Avengers movies, those are those characters are gone, so
they kind of have to find a way to bring
them back. And I like the Spider Man movies. I
think that the Tom Holland Spider Man movies are really good.
They're gonna make another one of those. It'll be interesting
to see where they go, though, because this is sort
of like what do they call them, like phase two,
Phase three, phase four, Once you start phasing out of
these of these that that core bunch of characters that
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we all sort of fell in love with. In a
lot of ways, the ten fifteen years ago, it's gonna
be a whole other ball of wax.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Although how many Spider Man's have been now, there's been Grease.
Speaker 10 (23:02):
Spider Man and they and they all came together in
that last one, which was a lot of fun. There
was Toby McGuire Andrew Garfield, which of you know, some
people think he's the best one out I think Tom
Holland's the best one, and then the Tom Holland movies,
and then you know, once he ages out there, it's
a pretty bad. Once you get to like a thirty
year old Spider Man, those guys they can't they can't
do it. Once you're gonna get into your thirties, midleg
Spider Man.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
It's funny. I was thinking that when you said, did
you say Harrison Ford becomes a Red Hulk.
Speaker 10 (23:29):
Yes, he becomes the Red Hulk, which again I remember
from from you know, the comics that I read in
the seventies, that is that's what happened. So this character
is Thunderbolt Ross who was always hunting the Hulk. He
becomes the Red Hulk, and you know he's in all
the trailers and in all the posters, so it's not
it's not giving anything away, so Harrison Ford becomes this
Red Hulk, and you know, it's there's a there's a
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lot of callbacks, Like I said to the to that
two thousand and eight Incredible Hulk movie that's sort of
this weird entry in all of them because it was
done by another studio and Norton played the Hulk and
Bruce Banner in that one. So there's a lot of callbacks.
So I think your son will probably enjoy the callbacks
to it because it kind of winds them up. But
it's sixteen years old now, that movie, so there's a
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lot of kind of bringing it back in strange ways.
I think, stranger even than the fact that I sound
like Lauren McCall.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Yeah, yeah, it's working for you, and it actually sounds
pretty cool, So I'd go with this all the time.
I was just bringing up the Red Hulk again because
if they want to create another franchise, they might not
want to get a seventy year old actor to be
the Red Hulk that has no lasting power whatsoever. Or
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I guess instead of going to see Captain America, you
could stay home and watch a rom com if you
don't like that kind of movie. But you like rom coms.
What rom coms are streaming right now that you would suggest, well,
you know.
Speaker 10 (24:53):
A lot of the great ones from the eighties of
Valentine's Day Weekend obviously, and this is one of the
moments where I want to sort of put in a
plug for this sounds silly, but like movie of the eighties,
because the eighties kind of get a bad rap in
a lot of ways. And I love that, you know,
that was sort of the eighties, the decade that you know,
I was in high school, I was in college coming
to come into movies a lot of times when Harry
met Sally Moonstruck, Splash, all those great eighties rom coms
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are all streaming. Say Anything another one that I think.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Is my favorite movie. I love Saying.
Speaker 10 (25:22):
Loving Love, Saying Anything. And another one another John Cusack
movie that people sort of think about it sort of
like kind of a bit of a bit of a goof,
but I actually think it's really romantic is The Sure
Thing from about four years early Sure where directed by
Rob Reiner, where he's a he's got to go cross
country with a girl and they kind of fall in
love along the way. An officer and a gentleman The
Princess Briane. The eighties was really a decade that I
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think that the rom coms sort of grew up in
a lot of ways. Seventies were sort of a you know,
there was a lot of kind of edginess going on.
The eighties was really a decade that I think so
many things happened in the right way, and I think
rom coms are definitely a genre that it did right.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
I actually believe all better movies were made in that
decade than they are right now. So it's always good
to go back real quick. I know we're celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of SNL. What do you think are the
best SNL spinoff movies?
Speaker 10 (26:13):
You know, it's a great question. I think that the
one that everybody sort of kind of waffles on, but
I think it is an FML movie is The Blues Brothers,
which in my mind is a classic. I love it.
So The Blues Brothers from nineteen eighty is absolutely the
best one. But coming up fast though, is Wayne's World,
the original Wayne's World movie. I think it's really fun.
And then rounding out a top three is Mcgruber. Of
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all things, there weren't a lot of good ones like
five or six, really bad ones like cone Heads or
in pat But mcgroober's okay, So Blues Brothers, Wayne's World
and macgroober are a great trio. If you want to
prepare for the SNL fiftieth anniversary.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Well that is that really is a testament to the
fact that I haven't had many good ones. When you
know that Wayne's World, mcgroober.
Speaker 10 (26:56):
Right to mcgroomer, but the pinnacle of the Blue Brothers
get your home. I think in a lot of ways
I love the Blues Brothers.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
I will tell you this though, Chevy Chase, he had
some He had some very funny movies, some really good
movies early on. They were not spin offs, but he
might have been my favorite movie actor that left SNL.
Speaker 10 (27:17):
Clarify yeah, quickly exactly. Bill Murray's as quickly clarifying that
those I'm kind of cutting us from characters that started
on the show. I understand both of things like happy
Gilmour and things like that. But I agree anything Bill
Murray does always worth watching. Totally agree.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
I understand. All right, I have to go see Captain America.
Joe Numaier, film journalist and wo R movie Minute host,
Thanks a lot, Joe, have a good weekend.
Speaker 10 (27:41):
Thank Clarity too.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
When we come back, we will have a recap of
today's show, and I'm gonna have my final thoughts on
my least favorite person right now, daniel Sassoon. And now
some final thoughts. The former Southern District of New York
US Attorney Danielle Sassoon is about to become the star
(28:05):
of the moment for defying the Trump Justice Department, who
wanted her to drop all charges against Mayor Adams. She'll
be on CNN and MSNBC the Sunday morning shows, and
of course that's exactly what she wanted by making this
grandiose exit from her job, a bold statement to embarrass
the President, the Justice Department, the mayor, and the city,
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while at the same time raising her own stature and marketability.
The quid pro quo, she claimed in her letter of
resignation memo to Attorney General Pam BONDI. Yeah, that's what
she screamed, quid pro quo. But Danielle, we all knew that,
(28:50):
and we didn't care because the common good was so
much more important. Keeping our city safe and getting criminals
off the street was more important than your case or
your career. Quid pro quos happen all the time, and
they're completely legal. You, Danielle, offered quid pro quos in
(29:14):
this very case you're quitting over against Mayor Adams. You
offered deals to those who would testify against the mayor.
They are quid pro quos. But it wasn't really about
the case, was it, Danielle. This was all about you.
Luckily it doesn't matter anymore. You'll be replaced. The Tom
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Holman and Mayor Adams dynamic duo will work together to
deport criminals and find three hundred thousand children who crossed
the border and disappeared. The fear is they're being used
in sex trafficking. Lies will be saved by Tom Holman
and Mayor Adams working together. And I don't really care
how that partnership came together. That's what it's important, not you, Danielle.
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People will remember Tom Holman and what he did with
the help of Mayor Adams forever and you, Danielle, you
are a footnote. Good luck in your career now that
everybody knows they can't trust you. Well, we have a
talkback we want to play because one of our listeners
has a message for us about love and marriage on
(30:25):
Valentine's Day.
Speaker 11 (30:27):
Marriage is a contract, offer an acceptance, mentally competent. Most
important part of any marriage is you have to like
the person, really like them, where you can say anything
and do anything, respect each other. That's where respect comes from.
When you like someone, it flows. Love is confusing. Sometimes
(30:48):
you need to like the person to stay in love.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
That's just beautiful, just wonderful. Thank you so much for
that talkback was great way to end Valentine's Day on
the show. It continues for everybody else. Coming up next,
Mark Simone welcomes TV personality Ronda Sheer and comedian Jackie Martling.
Plus listen for the keyword after the ten o'clock news,
(31:16):
Then head to seven to ten wr dot com for
your chance at one thousand dollars. Now a recap of
today's show, New York City Council Member Robert Holden talks
about Eric Adams policy change and his meetings with Tom Homan.
Speaker 9 (31:31):
Now he's starting to come around. I wonder why he's
coming around, Larry, and so it's very interesting, and you know,
thank god for Donald Trump when he came in. He
you know, he closed the border. But we got Tom
Holman dack as the borders are and he's doing a
great job. We met with him for a half hour.
We relate out what we felt. The number one thing
(31:52):
on our list was reopen the ice office at Rikers Bronx.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Republican Party Chairman Mike Rendino talk about the choices Eric
Adams has in front of him.
Speaker 6 (32:04):
Uh, he's keeping all his options open. You're right, he
is a man without a party right now. There's no
way he could win the primary. His only hope is
to change the Republican because it would be a travesty
if the governor then removed him because he changed the
Republican and she wouldn't have that move. I don't believe.
So it might be his only choice that he has
right now.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
Then we asked wor and newsma's host Rob Astarino what
he thinks Mayor Adams is going to do.
Speaker 12 (32:31):
I don't think he's going to switch. I think what
would happen is he can stay as a Democrat, run
in a primary as a Democrat, and he can get
what's called a Wilson pecula. So if three of the
five county chairs in New York City agree to let
him run on their line, just like they did for Bloomberg.
Then he can run as a Republican as well.
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It's ten o'clock.
Good morning, Happy Valentine's Day, Thanks for being with us today.
In a stunning move, Danielle sas Soon, the acting US
Attorney of the Southern District of New York, resigned after
refusing to drop charges against Mayor Adams. That US attorney
was actually fired.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I don't know he or she resigned, but that US
attorney was fired.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Well fired, resigned, She's gone, and she's destined for a
career as a legal analyst on CNN or MSNBC. Who cares.
We have our own legal analyst, Jesse Weber, who just
told us a moment ago that this is really standard
quid pro quos in law. This happening on the same
(00:44):
day that the Borders are came to the city to
talk with Mayor Adams, and he wants the mayor to
suspend the city's sanctuary city status.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Your recrement, let us in the county jail, for rest
of that guy in the states, and security of the
count of Jill safer for the area. It's safe for
the officers, certainly said for the community. Any sense for
a city that purposely released public safety trust back in
the public is stupid.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Well now, he Tom Holman and Mayor Adams are like
Batman and Robin right now. They were both on Fox
News this morning. We have some of what they said
coming up in just about thirty seconds. And the tariff's
war is on America is raising its tariffs on goods
from a country to match exactly what that country charges
(01:35):
America in tariffs. And guess what other countries are already
lowering their tariffs against America.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Prime Minister Modi recently announced the reductions to India's unfair,
very strong tariffs that limit US access into the Indian
market very strongly.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, he's talking about Prime Minister Modi of India who
met with Trump at the White House and immediately lowered
tariffs on America. That's what Donald Trump does. He does
something that is shocking and then he gets what he wants.
Expect other countries to do the exact same thing. I
(02:17):
talked about Tom Homan the borders are and Mayor Adams
being on Fox News together. Well, here's what they said.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
People want to hijack this narrative and turn into a
political narrative where we're saying we need to have public safety.
I requested the meeting, and I reached out to his
team and said, we want to sit down.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
This has been an.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
Issue I was talking about before the election spring of
twenty twenty two. You look at these quotes over and
over again. We need to go after these dangerous people
on our street. And now I have someone that understands
that narrative, and we are fighting together to get it done.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
No, they looked cozy together and they couldn't have agreed
with each other more. And this is all that's important.
Get the drama, forget the politics. The city is going
to be safer, and criminals that came here illegally will
be sent back home.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Seventy eight percent of New Yorkers stand with me, stand
with what Tom is doing about getting these dangerous life
But the problem.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Is, and what about Governor Hokeel talking about replacing Mayor Adams.
She has the power to do that. Well, Tom Holman
has some thoughts on that.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
So Governor hoch she needs to be removed. We need
you removed, needs to be her.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
She supports sanctuary policies. Now everybody thinks that maybe today
that Mayor Adams is going to become a Republican. He
has till five o'clock to switch his registration. But he
had some things to say about the Democratic primary and
Andrew Cuomo possibly running against him. Well, listen, listen to this.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
I had another Andrew in my previous race. He was
beating me by double digits in February. But we don't
call Andrew Yang mayor. We call Eric Adams mayor.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Expect to see that to a lot and the city
is about to get a lot safer. I've been looking
forward to this all day. Here with us now is
Gail Jessep White. She is a direct descendant of Thomas
Jefferson and part of the new Thomas Jefferson docu series
(04:19):
on the History Channel, premiering February seventeenth. That's Monday, Gail,
thanks so much for being here today. I know Thomas
Jefferson is one of the most fascinating founding fathers and
one of the most fascinating people in American history because
he had so many things great about him, but he
was also greatly flawed. And I know you're a direct descendant.
(04:43):
So before we talk about the docu series, can you
talk about your journey in finding your lineage?
Speaker 5 (04:53):
Ken Good morning, Good morning, How are you good. Yes,
I am from Washington, d C. And when I was
thirteen years old, I learned through all history that our
family is descended from Jefferson. I did not quite believe it,
but there was enough of a kernel of truth there
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for me, as a curious young person, to want to
pursue the origins of the story. So I literally spent
forty five years of my life trying to uncover the
truth of whether our family, through my dad, was descended
from Thomas Jefferson. And after joining the Thomas Jefferson Foundation,
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which has oversight of Monticello, the estate where Thomas Jefferson,
his white family, its black family, and hundreds of the
slaved people lived, I did effect prove that we are
descended from Jefferson and his wife Martha through one of
their great great grandsons. I'm also related to the Hemi family.
(06:01):
Most of your listeners would know that Sally Henrin's was
Jefferson's enslaved concubine. That's their word, historical word that was
used to describe her. Related to her as well through
one of her brothers. So it's a story that is
as complex as American history.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Well, because of what you found, how do you feel
about Thomas Jefferson now personally?
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Well, Jefferson. Most of us grew up seeing Jefferson and
all the Founders as heroes, as almost godlike figures, but
it's important for people to view them as humans, and
as humans, they were flawed, as we all are. So
(06:52):
I see Jefferson no longer through a child's eyes or
the eyes of a hero worshiper. But I see Jefferson
as a person who made mistakes, who had fobles, who
did damage to people personally. I mean, Jefferson sold human
(07:14):
beings he owned and sold in gifted human beings. But
I also recognized that Jefferson was courageous and that he
stood up to tyranny, that he helped create the foundations
of the democracy in which we live, and so for
that I hold him in high regard as a human being.
He was a flawed person, he was.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
And I visited Monticello and I lived there with a
completely different opinion of Thomas Jefferson. And it's not that
I like you. I don't appreciate the great things that
he did and what a wonderful writer he was, especially,
but you can't walk away from Monticello without seeing the
(07:56):
other side of the man and disliking that. My wife
did likes it intensely. We went away from that with
a completely different opinion. All of this, I'm sure is
shown in your documentary.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
Well, that's the great thing about this documentary that will
begin airing on the History Channel Monday the seventeenth. I
believe that's President's Day, so it's a great time to
inaugurate this three day event. It is an honest view
of American history. And I speak of this as American
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history because indeed Jefferson and the people he enslaved represent
who we are as Americans and our history. So it's
a wonderful opportunity for viewers to learn who we are.
Oh that not just too.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Jefferson was, Yeah, that's perfect. That's extremely well said. And
I learned a lot when I was down there, and
I look forward to your documentary on Monday night on
the History Channel. Thomas Jefferson DOCU series. Gail JESSEP White
direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson, I so much appreciate your time.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Thank you. I enjoy talking with you.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Larry, I enjoyed talking with you as well. I'll tell
you what the big question today is Mayor Adams is
going to become a Republican. Well, we had a conversation
with the Bronx Republican Party chairman Mike Rendino. Will talk
to him next Welcome back when we have a new
dynamic duo Batman and Robin Tom Holman and Mayor Adams
(09:37):
and they were on Fox News for like a half
an hour today talking about how they're going to get
illegal criminals off the streets. They also talked about the
city council because the city council says that Mayor Adams
doesn't have the power to unilaterally get rid of the
sanctuary city status. And this is what Tom Holman said.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
About that city council. I don't like him, I think,
and Mayor Adams, he's dealing with these sanctuary law right
that EO can't override. So we're working on some things
to work around some of these things. We can be
very careful to the city council.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
They hate me, right, Yeah, they do hate you, and
they'll sue as well. So, uh, this could be a
long drawn out process. But you heard home and say
we they're a team. Now, me and Mayor Adams, now
we had this is a very important interview because we're
going to find out a lot here. Mayor Adams has
(10:35):
until five o'clock today if he would like to switch
to become a Republican and runner as a Republican in
the race. And he made a phone call yesterday to
Mike Rendino, who is the Bronx Republican party chairman. And
we have mister Rendino on the phone right now. Mike,
thank you so much for taking some time to talk
(10:57):
to us.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
Oh, how you doing.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I'm He'm doing real well. I'm thrilled to talk to you.
Tell us about your phone call.
Speaker 6 (11:05):
It was just out of the blue. He gave me
a call. Obviously, he was calling because he wanted to
know about the process. He didn't say he was definitely
running or considering it. He just I told him what
the process was. I told him his chances of getting
a Wilson paccoola, which are no authorization to run on
our line as a Democrat with Slimton none and basically
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his only chance of switching to his party registration by
five pm today.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
And how did he take that news?
Speaker 6 (11:33):
Ah, he didn't say one way or the other, but
you hear he's making calls behind the scenes. He called
a couple of my other peers, other chairs in New
York City. So he's obviously making the calls. I know
he met with John Katch and the kids. The only
one who can really help with me is President Trump
if he decides to get in a Republican primary, to
throw a support behind him, and is interesting, you know,
(11:56):
it is interesting because if he does switch, it's Republican.
We have a Republican mayor in New York City. What
does that mean? What can he do over the next
five months between now and the June twenty fourth primary
against Curtis Leewer. Does he hire a deputy mayor that's
a Republican? Do they work with the administration, Do they
clean up the two biggest issues we have, which are
(12:17):
the migrant and crime in New York City.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Well, that's what the whole plan is, right, I mean,
he might as well become a Republican because it doesn't
think it doesn't look like he can win in a
Democratic primary at this point, not only because of Andrew Cuomo,
but because the long knives are now out for him,
including the governor. So it makes a world of sense.
(12:41):
So what do you expect to happen? What did you
get from the phone call? Did could you get any
sense of what he's thinking.
Speaker 6 (12:49):
He's keeping all his options open. You're right, he is
a man without a party right now. There's no way
he could win the primary. His only hope is to
change the Republican because it would be a travesty if
the governor then removed him because he changed the Republican
and she wouldn't have that move. I don't believe so
it might be his only choice that he has right now.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
I think you're exactly right about that. But it's odd
that you talked about Donald Trump. You're right, that'll help
him win the primary. If Donald Trump comes in and
endorses him, even campaigns for him, it'll help them win
the primary. But doesn't that kill him in the general election?
Speaker 6 (13:22):
Not if over the next six to eight months we
show what a Republican mayor in New York City could
do and remind them of the Giuliani days in the
first two terms of Mike Bloomberg and how the city was.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
So what do you expect to happen today? Does it
seem like, since he's making all these phone calls, he's
going to become a Republican.
Speaker 6 (13:44):
I don't know. I would say it's fifty to fifty
But who knows, right.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Yeah, no, I mean you're the one that talks to him,
and you know he's calling people, he's thinking about it.
Speaker 6 (13:55):
It's on his mind, right. He has no party, he
has no Shotman Democratic primary, and I don't even think
Andrewcormo could win. I think once he's in there, I
think it'll be very difficult for him to get over
fifty percent. I think we're going to end up on
an ultra left socialist and I think there's going to
be a pair for Republican candidate like Curtis Lee.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
World you keep saying Curtis Lee, is that who you
would be for even if mayor Adams gets in the race. Yes,
And do you think any Republicans would switch up?
Speaker 6 (14:25):
Well, I'm just I'm a party leader. I speak for myself, right,
I represent the party. However, I don't make the decisions
on who they vote for an election day, so that
would be up to the Republican voters of New York
City to decide who they want to represent them. But
I will be supporting Curtis.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
But you know, the Republican voter is better than me.
So I'm asking for your opinion, not what there I.
Speaker 6 (14:45):
Look today today, he lose ninety ten if he switches
his voter registration. If he switches his voter registration today,
Donald Trump comes to New York. They work together. You
see the migrants situation getting better, You see crime getting better,
some quality of life getting better. I mean the things
Mayor Adams. Mayor Adams is for school choice. He does
(15:07):
support small business, which is the economic engine of the
outer Burrows. And he could create a pant for himself.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
No, he could. But you've raised an interesting point that
he may not be able to get enough Republican support,
let alone Democratic support. So I think the comment you
made a moment ago is where he finds himself a
man without a party. But what other choice is he
going to have? What can he do if he doesn't
become a Republican. He has no path forward.
Speaker 6 (15:38):
If he doesn't become a Republican and he tanks in
the Democratic prim hyry, it's over for him. He's basically
alam Duck Mayer. And I think the city council is
going to eat him up. His only option right now
is to start calling out these ultra left city council people.
And there are policies and programs that are destroying our city.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
No, amen, I agree with you. Thanks so much for
spending the time with us. Mike Rendean Bronks, Republican Party Chair,
hope we can talk again.
Speaker 6 (16:03):
Thank you, Take care bye bus.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
All right now, let's get the news at nine to
thirty with Jacqueline Carl Jacquelin.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
Good Morning. Over a dozen states are suing President Trump
and Elon Musk for quote unlawful delegation of executive power.
The lawsuit filed Thursday argues that the authority being given
to Musk is unconstitutional. Arizona's attorney general says America's founders
would be outraged that citizens are now subject to the
whims of an unelected billionaire. And Manhattan's top federal prosecutor
(16:33):
has resigned after the Department of Justice or to corruption
charges be dropped against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Speaker 8 (16:39):
Danielle Sassoon, a Republican serving as interim US Attorney for
the Southern District of New York, announced her resignation in
an email to staff, without giving any explanation as to why. However,
her decision to step down from the post came just
days after the DOJ issued a memo that the mayor's
case should be dismissed. Even though Sasoon worked in the
US Attorney's office for nearly a decade, she had only
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been chosen as the acting US Attorney the day after
President Trump took office, and was not the prosecutor who
brought charges against Datams. That was former US Attorney Damien Williams.
Natalie Migliori wour news.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Okay, so breaking news.
Speaker 7 (17:15):
Today is Valentine's Day, a day we shower our sweeties
with tokens of affection. Let me give you break the
numbers down. Over thirteen billion dollars the average annual amount
spent on Valentine's Day, one hundred and eighty million the
number of Valentine's Say cars exchanged every year. And one
hundred and ninety eight million the number of those poor
roses cut up in dead ready for Valentine's Day. But
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the big question is do you do more on Valentine's
Day than when you first started dating compared to now?
Speaker 9 (17:46):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I guess it changed, yes, of course.
Speaker 8 (17:49):
See you know you say that.
Speaker 7 (17:50):
But I was Can I tell you sweet.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Story real fast.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
I was at a wedding not too long ago and
standing with a group of people. And you know, weddings,
people talk about marriage, and this guy was talking about
his wife. You could tell they were married about thirty
years given the conversation. And I looked over. I said
to another group, I said, is that your wife over there?
Speaker 1 (18:08):
And he said, no, that's my girlfriend. And I looked
at him.
Speaker 7 (18:10):
Everybody stopped, and he because he'd been talking so nicely
about his wife, he said, it's the weekend, and every
weekend my wife becomes my girlfriend again, my sweach car.
And he said it so genuinely, not like some slick player.
And they had nothing to gain by doing and we
we all did that. We all like, oh, that's and
that Right then I knew I was in the presence
of greatness.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
That's a great story, a wonderful story for Valentine's Day.
Thank you so much. Although I guarantee you when you
said Valentine's Day, when you said Valentine's Day, that immediately
somebody went, oh, no, it's Valentine's breaking. All right, how
about the stocks. Yeah, we're gonna head over to Wall Street.
Speaker 7 (18:52):
At the opening bell Dow opened down sixty four points,
s and P opened up one point, and the nasdag
opened up ten point.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Thanks so much, Jacklyn Carl'll have a good weekend. Captain
America hits the theaters this weekend. Wor's Movie Minute Joe
Newmayer lets us know if it's worth going to or
you could just stay home and watch your rom com
for Valentine's Day. We'll go through the best of them.
Next the big weekend for Marvel fans, Captain America is
(19:25):
coming back. Joe Newmyer, film journalist and WOOR Movie Minute
host is here to tell us about it. So, Captain America.
Is it any good?
Speaker 10 (19:34):
Hey, Larry, Yeah, Captain America, Brave New World. I'm giving
it two stars. I'm a little bit of a hard
audience on this, I gotta say because the first Captain America,
the First Avenger, is actually my favorite Marvel movie. So
that back when that first one from twenty eleven for
me set the standard in a lot of ways. Does
what introduces you know, everybody knows a little bit of
the story that you know. It's all very convoluted comic
(19:55):
book wise, but the falcon excuse me, by the way,
I've got I'm getting over a bed a little bit.
I sound like Lauren McCall.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
You do you do?
Speaker 10 (20:09):
We can talk about romantic movies but been spoken too much.
So Captain America is now the character who is known
as the Falcon. Sam Wilson played by Anthony Mackie has
become the new Captain America in this film. He kind
of takes on the mantle. He has a new sidekick,
a new Falcon, and he battles I'm not getting anything away.
(20:32):
Harrison Ford plays the President again. It's always good to
have Harrison Ford as the President. Like Air Force One.
He becomes sort of a red Hulk, and there's a
lot of callbacks in this movie to the two thousand
and eight Incredible Hulk movie, if you remember that one
that came out the same year as Iron Man. So
there's a lot of callbacks to it. I'm getting it
two stars. So the action scenes are fine, it's lacking
a lot of charisma and a lot of kind of
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just it's too complicated in a lot of ways. I
like it when they're a little bit more straightforward. And
these Marvel movies are kind of having to move into
a new generation because obviously all the Avengers have either
aged out or contracted out. Although Robert Downey Junior is
going to play Doctor Doom in the next one, so
there's a lot of things that they kind of need
to set up in this one. I'm giving it a
solid two stars, but I wish I could give it
(21:12):
more because it's got it still has a lot of
good energy to it. But like I said, since I
have such a high standard for Captain America movies, I'm
giving it a two stars, but not much more than that.
But it's still fun in a lot of ways.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
You know, I'll tell you what comic book aficionados and
Marvel aficionados love complicated, so I'm not sure it's going
to keep anybody away. My son, by the way, An iHeart,
does a podcast called that Comic Podcast, and he is
he's so excited for this weekend. But in the past,
(21:44):
Marvel has been diminishing in stature a little bit, have
they not?
Speaker 10 (21:49):
They have, But in fact, this one sort of reminds
me in some ways of things like the Captain Marvel
movie or the Marvel No there's one coming out called Yeah,
I know, there's one coming out called Thunderbolts that sort
of these off you know, off ran kind of heroes
that are there sort of a little like Guardians of
the Galaxy, which I like those movies a lot, actually,
those first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies. So this
they they've been falling. They kind of don't know what
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to do, I think in a lot of ways, because
they've got that core, you know, six characters that have
now kind of either either contracted out or people want
to go new ways. So I'm I'm interested to see
where they'll go. But you know, the Chris evans Is
and the and the Chris Hemsworths, and the and the
Scarlett Johansson characters, all of those major characters from that
(22:29):
first Avengers movies, those are those characters are gone, so
they kind of have to find a way to bring
them back. And I like the Spider Man movies. I
think that the Tom Holland Spider Man movies are really good.
They're gonna make another one of those. It'll be interesting
to see where they go, though, because this is sort
of like what do they call them, like phase two,
Phase three, phase four, Once you start phasing out of
these of these that that core bunch of characters that
(22:52):
we all sort of fell in love with. In a
lot of ways, the ten fifteen years ago, it's gonna
be a whole other ball of wax.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Although how many Spider Man's have been now, there's been Grease.
Speaker 10 (23:02):
Spider Man and they and they all came together in
that last one, which was a lot of fun. There
was Toby McGuire Andrew Garfield, which of you know, some
people think he's the best one out I think Tom
Holland's the best one, and then the Tom Holland movies,
and then you know, once he ages out there, it's
a pretty bad. Once you get to like a thirty
year old Spider Man, those guys they can't they can't
do it. Once you're gonna get into your thirties, midleg
Spider Man.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
It's funny. I was thinking that when you said, did
you say Harrison Ford becomes a Red Hulk.
Speaker 10 (23:29):
Yes, he becomes the Red Hulk, which again I remember
from from you know, the comics that I read in
the seventies, that is that's what happened. So this character
is Thunderbolt Ross who was always hunting the Hulk. He
becomes the Red Hulk, and you know he's in all
the trailers and in all the posters, so it's not
it's not giving anything away, so Harrison Ford becomes this
Red Hulk, and you know, it's there's a there's a
(23:50):
lot of callbacks, Like I said to the to that
two thousand and eight Incredible Hulk movie that's sort of
this weird entry in all of them because it was
done by another studio and Norton played the Hulk and
Bruce Banner in that one. So there's a lot of callbacks.
So I think your son will probably enjoy the callbacks
to it because it kind of winds them up. But
it's sixteen years old now, that movie, so there's a
(24:11):
lot of kind of bringing it back in strange ways.
I think, stranger even than the fact that I sound
like Lauren McCall.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Yeah, yeah, it's working for you, and it actually sounds
pretty cool, So I'd go with this all the time.
I was just bringing up the Red Hulk again because
if they want to create another franchise, they might not
want to get a seventy year old actor to be
the Red Hulk that has no lasting power whatsoever. Or
(24:39):
I guess instead of going to see Captain America, you
could stay home and watch a rom com if you
don't like that kind of movie. But you like rom coms.
What rom coms are streaming right now that you would suggest, well,
you know.
Speaker 10 (24:53):
A lot of the great ones from the eighties of
Valentine's Day Weekend obviously, and this is one of the
moments where I want to sort of put in a
plug for this sounds silly, but like movie of the eighties,
because the eighties kind of get a bad rap in
a lot of ways. And I love that, you know,
that was sort of the eighties, the decade that you know,
I was in high school, I was in college coming
to come into movies a lot of times when Harry
met Sally Moonstruck, Splash, all those great eighties rom coms
(25:16):
are all streaming. Say Anything another one that I think.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Is my favorite movie. I love Saying.
Speaker 10 (25:22):
Loving Love, Saying Anything. And another one another John Cusack
movie that people sort of think about it sort of
like kind of a bit of a bit of a goof,
but I actually think it's really romantic is The Sure
Thing from about four years early Sure where directed by
Rob Reiner, where he's a he's got to go cross
country with a girl and they kind of fall in
love along the way. An officer and a gentleman The
Princess Briane. The eighties was really a decade that I
(25:44):
think that the rom coms sort of grew up in
a lot of ways. Seventies were sort of a you know,
there was a lot of kind of edginess going on.
The eighties was really a decade that I think so
many things happened in the right way, and I think
rom coms are definitely a genre that it did right.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
I actually believe all better movies were made in that
decade than they are right now. So it's always good
to go back real quick. I know we're celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of SNL. What do you think are the
best SNL spinoff movies?
Speaker 10 (26:13):
You know, it's a great question. I think that the
one that everybody sort of kind of waffles on, but
I think it is an FML movie is The Blues Brothers,
which in my mind is a classic. I love it.
So The Blues Brothers from nineteen eighty is absolutely the
best one. But coming up fast though, is Wayne's World,
the original Wayne's World movie. I think it's really fun.
And then rounding out a top three is Mcgruber. Of
(26:34):
all things, there weren't a lot of good ones like
five or six, really bad ones like cone Heads or
in pat But mcgroober's okay, So Blues Brothers, Wayne's World
and macgroober are a great trio. If you want to
prepare for the SNL fiftieth anniversary.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Well that is that really is a testament to the
fact that I haven't had many good ones. When you
know that Wayne's World, mcgroober.
Speaker 10 (26:56):
Right to mcgroomer, but the pinnacle of the Blue Brothers
get your home. I think in a lot of ways
I love the Blues Brothers.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
I will tell you this though, Chevy Chase, he had
some He had some very funny movies, some really good
movies early on. They were not spin offs, but he
might have been my favorite movie actor that left SNL.
Speaker 10 (27:17):
Clarify yeah, quickly exactly. Bill Murray's as quickly clarifying that
those I'm kind of cutting us from characters that started
on the show. I understand both of things like happy
Gilmour and things like that. But I agree anything Bill
Murray does always worth watching. Totally agree.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
I understand. All right, I have to go see Captain America.
Joe Numaier, film journalist and wo R movie Minute host,
Thanks a lot, Joe, have a good weekend.
Speaker 10 (27:41):
Thank Clarity too.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
When we come back, we will have a recap of
today's show, and I'm gonna have my final thoughts on
my least favorite person right now, daniel Sassoon. And now
some final thoughts. The former Southern District of New York
US Attorney Danielle Sassoon is about to become the star
(28:05):
of the moment for defying the Trump Justice Department, who
wanted her to drop all charges against Mayor Adams. She'll
be on CNN and MSNBC the Sunday morning shows, and
of course that's exactly what she wanted by making this
grandiose exit from her job, a bold statement to embarrass
the President, the Justice Department, the mayor, and the city,
(28:29):
while at the same time raising her own stature and marketability.
The quid pro quo, she claimed in her letter of
resignation memo to Attorney General Pam BONDI. Yeah, that's what
she screamed, quid pro quo. But Danielle, we all knew that,
(28:50):
and we didn't care because the common good was so
much more important. Keeping our city safe and getting criminals
off the street was more important than your case or
your career. Quid pro quos happen all the time, and
they're completely legal. You, Danielle, offered quid pro quos in
(29:14):
this very case you're quitting over against Mayor Adams. You
offered deals to those who would testify against the mayor.
They are quid pro quos. But it wasn't really about
the case, was it, Danielle. This was all about you.
Luckily it doesn't matter anymore. You'll be replaced. The Tom
(29:36):
Holman and Mayor Adams dynamic duo will work together to
deport criminals and find three hundred thousand children who crossed
the border and disappeared. The fear is they're being used
in sex trafficking. Lies will be saved by Tom Holman
and Mayor Adams working together. And I don't really care
how that partnership came together. That's what it's important, not you, Danielle.
(30:02):
People will remember Tom Holman and what he did with
the help of Mayor Adams forever and you, Danielle, you
are a footnote. Good luck in your career now that
everybody knows they can't trust you. Well, we have a
talkback we want to play because one of our listeners
has a message for us about love and marriage on
(30:25):
Valentine's Day.
Speaker 11 (30:27):
Marriage is a contract, offer an acceptance, mentally competent. Most
important part of any marriage is you have to like
the person, really like them, where you can say anything
and do anything, respect each other. That's where respect comes from.
When you like someone, it flows. Love is confusing. Sometimes
(30:48):
you need to like the person to stay in love.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
That's just beautiful, just wonderful. Thank you so much for
that talkback was great way to end Valentine's Day on
the show. It continues for everybody else. Coming up next,
Mark Simone welcomes TV personality Ronda Sheer and comedian Jackie Martling.
Plus listen for the keyword after the ten o'clock news,
(31:16):
Then head to seven to ten wr dot com for
your chance at one thousand dollars. Now a recap of
today's show, New York City Council Member Robert Holden talks
about Eric Adams policy change and his meetings with Tom Homan.
Speaker 9 (31:31):
Now he's starting to come around. I wonder why he's
coming around, Larry, and so it's very interesting, and you know,
thank god for Donald Trump when he came in. He
you know, he closed the border. But we got Tom
Holman dack as the borders are and he's doing a
great job. We met with him for a half hour.
We relate out what we felt. The number one thing
(31:52):
on our list was reopen the ice office at Rikers Bronx.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
Republican Party Chairman Mike Rendino talk about the choices Eric
Adams has in front of him.
Speaker 6 (32:04):
Uh, he's keeping all his options open. You're right, he
is a man without a party right now. There's no
way he could win the primary. His only hope is
to change the Republican because it would be a travesty
if the governor then removed him because he changed the
Republican and she wouldn't have that move. I don't believe.
So it might be his only choice that he has
right now.
Speaker 1 (32:23):
Then we asked wor and newsma's host Rob Astarino what
he thinks Mayor Adams is going to do.
Speaker 12 (32:31):
I don't think he's going to switch. I think what
would happen is he can stay as a Democrat, run
in a primary as a Democrat, and he can get
what's called a Wilson pecula. So if three of the
five county chairs in New York City agree to let
him run on their line, just like they did for Bloomberg.
Then he can run as a Republican as well.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
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