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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In central Texas. They are still searching for bodies after
a once in a century flood, and people coming back
to the scene of what was homes, of what was
camp sites can't control their emotions. People die, kids have died.
We're still finding people out here.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
We have to rebuild because what else do we have
about here? We have nothing.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Literally, eighty two are dead, and as I said, several
are still missing, including twelve children. We have Jim Ryan
in Texas covering the flood coming up in just a
couple of minutes. And the Big Beautiful Bill is now law,
and after all the fear mongering, we're starting to understand
(00:43):
all of the good things it's going to do, including
keeping the border the most secure it's been in history.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
On this vote, the yaser two hundred and fifteen, the
nayser two hundred and fourteen, with one answering present.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
The bill is past. So Donald Trump has a whole
lot going on right now. Right he has the Big
Beautiful Bill, but he's signed. He's working on a cease
fire deal between Hamas and Israel. He's still dealing with Ukraine,
and he's dealing with the tariffs. A lot going on,
(01:21):
but somehow he still finds the time to slam Zorin Mamdani.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
As President of the United States, I'm proclaiming here and
now that America is never going to be Communist in
any way shape form, and that includes New York City.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
And now, without any further ado, let's get to ABC
News correspondent Jim Ryan, who is in Kurveville, Texas. Jim,
why don't we just start with you giving us the
latest from there?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Connection.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Oh no, Jim, go ahead, We got him. Hi, Jim,
I think we're having a little bit of a problem
for some reason. Jim Ryan has been covering and doing
an amazing job over the last couple of days. Dozens
of parents who sent their kids to summer camps along
the scenic Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country are
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now having to plan funerals for those same children. It
is just a devastating scene from there, and everything we
hear from there is just horrible. The search continues right now,
and we have Jim Ryan back. Jim, go ahead. I
was just saying, if you can just give us the
very latest.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
Yeah, Larry, we know that at least eighty people were
killed in these flash flood events here eleven girls from
one day camp are still missing, but the number of
missing we really don't know at all are because, I mean,
those girls were registered to be a part of this
summer camp. The camp missed it, But we have no
idea how many people might have been just camping alongside
the Guadaloupe River in rbs or in tents and were
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fast asleep at three point thirty four o'clock Friday morning
when the water rose up ten twelve inches in just
a couple of hours. Time at the deluge was just incredible,
and the death count is almost unprecedented here.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
I know, people are going back to the scene of
the camp site and they're saying, nothing's there. I mean,
it's nothing like at least it used to be. And
many of the even the cabins, are now missing. Is
that the case it is?
Speaker 5 (03:35):
Yeah, The governor yesterday toured that area and the few
buildings that are still standing are water logged. They were
up to their rafters in floodwaters just a few days ago.
Just very little left. I mean, those girls, they're counselors.
The buildings were just washed into the river and carried away.
We've heard of people who were recovered who were you know,
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who were rescued. A couple of young girls, sisters who
were found miles and miles downstream, clinging to a tree.
And certainly the four hundred search and rescue folks out
of the field today are hoping for more stories like
that of people still alive waiting for rescue.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
The federal government's been hit with some criticism for not
giving enough of a warning. And I know the National
Weather Service has put out a list of all the
warnings they gave and all the alerts they put out
up to twelve hours before. But even if that's the case,
something did go wrong, is it too early to talk
about that? What happened? Why wasn't there enough of a warning?
Speaker 5 (04:39):
Well, I mean even a couple of days before this
event on Wednesday that we're talking about the possibility of
flash flooding. But Larry, this is known as flash Flood Alley.
It's also known as the Texas Hill Country. And that's
relevant because you have this topography here bone dry. We've
had a drought here, so the water that falls onto
the ground simply washes into the creeks and streams that
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feed into the Guadalupe River. And so we had moisture
coming up from the Gulf, from the Pacific, from the
South Plains, all converging right over those tributaries into the Guadalupe.
And again this happened at about three thirty or four
o'clock in the morning, So even if people had had warnings,
or if warnings had been issued, people might not have
heard them at all.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Right, I understand that there were some sirens that were
supposed to be put in in the area and the
funding didn't come through. It just wasn't finished. Have you
heard anything about that.
Speaker 5 (05:33):
Yeah, I mean, the warning systems that are out there
are fairly low tech, you know. But what's more, consider this,
there's seven hundred some odd girls were at this camp Mystic.
They had been there for a few days. We're spending
a month altogether there. But cell phones aren't allowed there,
so how were you know, the counselors were able to
keep to get warnings by their cell phones, but the
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kids were not because cell phones aren't allowed there. That's
just part of how they do things. So just one,
you know, one part after another fell into place to
create this kintaclysmic situation.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Jimmy, seems like an unusual area. Maybe you can paint
a picture for us of what was there, what's been destroyed.
And I mean it's it's certainly not a metropolis in
that area. But are there people that live there?
Speaker 5 (06:23):
Sure? Oh, absolutely, Kerville where I'm right now, and Guadalupe
runs right through the middle of town. Twenty five thousand
people live here. Not too far to the east of here,
city of Austin is there. This is known generally as
the Hill Country. It's a large area in the middle
of the state, kind of brushy and you know, rocky hills.
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And to the north you have the Dallas Fort Worth
and then to the south and southwest Houston and then Mexico.
So but it's a scenic part of the state. Lots
to do out here. Campgrounds again, right around the Guadalupe
you've got different campgrounds. That's sort of what you find
here is people just coming here to relax.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
And it's interesting. There were several different camps. You said,
there's twenty different campgrounds, and some of them got hit
harder than others. Some of them were just destroyed decimated.
Were they the ones that are right on the.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
Banks, Yes, the ones that are the closest to the
river are the ones that sustain the most damage. So
we have a damaged footprint here that's extremely long. It
goes twenty twenty five miles or so, but it's very
narrow as well, and whatever was closest to the river
was the stuff that was pulled into the river and
washed downstream.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Yeah. I've heard some of the people that have gone
to the sites that have talked about it, especially people
that are trying to return to the area that had
to evacuate, And as they come back, they keep wondering,
will this be able to be rebuilt, Is there an
effort to rebuild it just like it was, or will
there will be something new put in to prevent this
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happening in the future.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Well, I think it'll will stay as much the same
as as people can keep it. But you know, in
looking at the massive trees that were just forests worth
of trees that were just toppled over and dragged downstream,
I mean, it's not going to look the same forever,
I assume, but and recoverying cleanup will take months, if
not years.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
Larry, Yeah, I just to.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Leave this on kind of a positive note or an
upnote in such a horrible story. I know there's been
some amazing stories of survival. Have you heard a couple
that you can share with us.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
A couple of young girls, preteen girls, sisters who are
at one of these camps. They realized that the flooding
was happening. They got caught up in the flood waters,
but managed to float downstream. They were found twenty miles
away from the point at which they went into the water.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Wow, we thank you for that, Jim Ryan, ABC News
corresponded in Kerrville, Texas. Thanks a lot, Jim, that was great.
I appreciate it. By the way, you can contribute to
help the people in the area. All donations to Community
Foundation dot net will go directly to trusted local organizations
to provide food, shelter, healthcare, and of course hope. Natalie,
(09:18):
I know that you're a parent, and the first thing
I thought of when I heard of this was all
the times I sent my kids to camp, All the
times I sent my kids to some place where they're
going to be there for a week, and you know,
you want to go and visit them, you want to
get in touch with them, you want to do anything
because you're worried about them. And I can't imagine getting
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this kind of phone call.
Speaker 7 (09:41):
And now hearing that they weren't allowed cell phones, which
I'm sure is a standard in a lot of camps.
Especially these children are very young. To think that you
had no way of reaching them at that point, right,
it's even worse and more horrifying.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Well, not only that, I mean what Jim was alluding
to was the fact that nobody got notifications because nobody
had and how did the counselors not Now I guess,
I guess this hit at four in the morning, but
apparently there were alerts throughout the night. There's somebody. Look,
I don't want to blame anybody, certainly in something as
horrible as this, I don't want to blame anybody, But wow,
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let's get the news at nine to thirty with Jacqueline
Carl Jacklin Larry.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Good Morning. At least eighty one people are dead after
massive flash flooding in central Texas. Search and rescue efforts continue,
including at a girls camp on the Guadalupe River, where
officials confirmed twenty seven campers and councilors died in the
fourth of July flooding. Dozens more are still missing across
the state, and beachgoers are hoping the waters off the
(15:14):
Rockaways will stay open to swimming today after a number
of shark sightings over the holiday weekend.
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There were numerous shark sightings in the Rockaways, forcing lifeguards
to keep swimmers out of the water a number of
times over the last three days.
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We waste our time going to the beach because we
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I mean, like, if you don't hurt them, they're not
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Lifeguards happened getting assistants from drunes to spot the sharks.
Rules state that beach goers must leave the water for
an hour after a shark is spotted, for one mile
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Speaker 2 (15:46):
Yeah, I think I might wait a little bit more
than an hour after a shark sighting. But anyway, police
in India must have a very different job description than
they have here in the US. This woman marched into
the women's police station in Poor India to complain about
her husband, saying he ruined her budding Instagram career. They
got their best men on it, she told officers. He
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insisted she washed dishes and cleaned their home instead of
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lost two followers and one day she had it, she
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Her husband shot back with the complaint, saying his wife
ignored all housework for her phone. Guess what the police did.
(16:29):
They brought the pair together, counseled them on marital harmony,
and persuaded them to reunite. Now, somehow, I just don't
see any of that happening here. Like if I Magico
and my husband is complaining I'm on Instagram, they'd be like,
that's a shame, girl, let's head hit it now because
(16:51):
we've wasted like five seconds listening to your complaint. But
these police took it very seriously. I didn't even know
there was a woman's police station.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
I've never heard of that before in my life, but
I guess it would be a woman's police station that
would do the counciling. I got a feeling you go
to most police stations here, especially if you have guys there,
none of them are going to counsel this one.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
No, they're just gonna have a good laugh after you
leave and say, can you believe she came in and
you're thinking that, what are we supposed to do for her? Anyway,
Let's head over to Wall Street at the opening bill,
So the Dow opened down seventy three points, s ANDP
down eighteen points, and the NASDAC opened down ninety two points.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Thank you so much, Jacquelyn Carl. When we come back.
It is one of the most extraordinary times in our history,
one of the most controversial times as well, the Vietnam War,
And now a new Broadway rock drama relives that time
through compelling storytelling and some great music like Bridge Over
Troubled Waters, All Along the Watchtower, Born to Be Wild.
(17:52):
It's called Rolling Thunder Vietnam and it's opening off Broadway.
We'll talk with the playwright and the producer when we
come right back. Our iHeartRadio Music Festival is also back
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was one of the most complex, extraordinary and controversial times
in American history, the Vietnam War, and it was It
was littered with protest people sacrificing their lives and just
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some compelling stories as well. Also, I should point out
that during that time was some great music, great production
that is about to open on Broadway calling Rolling Thunder
and we are here with us as the writer, Bryce
Hallett and Rebecca Blake, the producer, And why don't we
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start with you, Bryce, since you've you wrote this, tell
us what people when they go to this would expect
off Broadway.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Well, as you mentioned, it's definitely the songs of that era.
And you often hear that catchphrase, you know, the songs
or art that defined a generation. But if there was
ever a praise that can actually describe that prodigious output
of songwriting in that late sixties and early seventies, it's
this song, this show, and so it embraces like a
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huge catalog of songs from Paul Simon to you know,
Robert of Flag and on it goes step Steppenwolf and so.
And then you sort of marry that to the words
and the intimate stories of based on many, many interviews
I did with veterans and their family members, and so
that adds to this intimate sort of aspect of this epic,
(19:50):
as you say, complex picture of war. So it's a
very dynamic experience.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Yeah, it's you said compelling, and that's absolutely the case.
And the Rebecca that these are personal stories. You know,
this isn't just from somebody's imagination. This is what really happened.
Makes it even more fascinating and makes it even more compelling.
Speaker 10 (20:15):
Look in Australia, we had veterans that would come and
see this show again and again. They contributed to the show,
not only with stories, but with photography. We had like
the Groupie veterans that just were so honored that we
were even doing this show. And to bring it here
to New York is a dream of mine. We've been
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touring it in Australia for ten years now. We've readapted
the script for the American audiences and it is compelling.
It has heart, it has many many aspects to the show,
and this amazing music weaves in and out of the story.
So and all the songs have strategically been placed.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Listening to them, listened to some of the music and
I saw some of the music you're you're going to
put in there. I mean, it's a great album if
you were able to get all of that on an album.
I mean, it's the soundtrack of many of our lives.
I know.
Speaker 10 (21:13):
And during this tumultuous period, the best music came out
of this time. You know, these songwriters were writing these
songs that are still played today, so younger generations know
this music. So I would just love as many Americans
to see this show. I mean, we used to get
comments you've got to take this to America. You've got
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to see let the us see this. And it's your music.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Yeah, you know, yeah, it is our music. You're absolutely right,
But it's the best of that music. I mean, when
you go down the list of what is in there,
it's incredible. I love that you have bridge over troubled
Waters and I'm sure we got to get out of
this place. That's that's exactly the story for a lot
of people that were there. I'm interested brace about an
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Australian writing this story because this is such an American experience.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
Because of my background, my background as a journalist. You know,
it's sort of that, you know, as a matter of
earning the trust of many veterans and talking to their families,
and that took a while and over many many drinks
in many cases, and so that yeah, so it was
sort of yeah, you were sort of earning their trust
and getting into the interior of their lives. And you know,
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several people I interviewed were like American Marines, and Gis
and so, you know, we have in Australia quite a
world view of events, and you know, we were part
of the Vietnam War. So it's you know, to actually
adapt the work wasn't as difficult as you imagine, because
and dramatically, it's set in nineteen sixty eight, which is
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you know, is considered one of the worst years in
the twentieth century, the termoil for assassinations of Martin lutherk
and Robert Kennedy and so to have that dramatic arc
in the show, as much as all of this great music,
that does make for a pretty powerful experience.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Yeah, Rebecca walk us through it. Like when people go
to see this, what are they going to see?
Speaker 10 (23:14):
Well, most of the comments are it's so insightful. We
had no idea. It's just so much more than a
jukebox musical. It's a love story. It's joyous and uplifting.
It's not you know, oh my god, we don't need
to see another story about war right now when everything's
happening in this timeframe.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
But it's a.
Speaker 10 (23:37):
Show where people come in, they're dancing, they're singing the songs.
It's a journey of three boys, lives through letters because
back then that was the only way to communicate back home,
so that the letter writing is a big aspect. We
cover protests, combat history schools were coming in Australia because
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of the history.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
We cover.
Speaker 10 (24:06):
It was the first televised war, the assassination of Martin
Luther King and as Bryce said, you know Robert Kennedy,
it was a powerful time.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
So we cover all that.
Speaker 10 (24:17):
And we keep saying it's this, you know, killing me
softly helped me make it through the night. These ballads
that Cassidy Pope who won the Voice, she was the
winner of the Voice. She is one of our leads.
And it's just brings tears to your eyes and then
you know everyone's I don't know. Veterans come and they
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thank me, they hug me after the show, they say
thank you so much, And I think, what makes this
so different from anything else running at the moment. It
has purpose. We have partnered with American Legion. A percentage
of our merchandise is going back to American Legion. And
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veterans come, they bring their grandchildren and they bring their brothers,
their sisters, and they keep reappearing every night and I go, oh,
my God, you're back again. We just can't get enough
of this show. It encapsulates so much, so it's very
hard for me to sit here and describe it because
you know, it's a journey and it's in the late sixties,
(25:23):
and it covers a.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Lot of history.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
And I can't imagine Brace that you took all of
what she was just talking about. It's immense. It's years
and years and years of experiences and got this into it.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Yeah, but you know, to reawaken the pulse of that
generation in the sixties and to make it feel so
current as well, so it's not this nostalgia piece. It
actually talks to young people, It talks to people of
every age and ultimately at a firm's peace, and it's
a real sense of anti war protests through the show,
which just seems a natural fit for what's going on
(25:56):
in the world today.
Speaker 10 (25:58):
And we're only here for such a short time, so
we won't know. We're closing September seven, so we don't
have time. And it is a word of mouth because
once it hits people will be talking about it. We're
in you know, we have the first preview this Thursday.
We open the twenty fourth of July, but we're not
here for a long time. So if I would just
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say to those New Yorkers, come and have a great night,
you'll come out of the theater singing and it'll be insightful.
It's an era we don't want to forget.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
No, it sounds compelling and it sounds amazing, the music,
especially you were talking about. I don't know the rest
of it yet until I see it, but the music
is amazing. If you want to get tickets, you go
to Rolling thunder us dot com. That's Rolling thunder us
dot com again. Preview start July tenth. It opens on
the twenty fourth. Bryce Hall, the writer, Rebecca Blake, producer.
(26:54):
Thanks so much for being here. Can't wait to see it.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Thanks, thank you Grans so much.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
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Part of the mostly cloudy skyes in warm here today
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Tonight partly clouding and hot. Tuesday afternoon evening storms low nineties,
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Currently seventy seven at WR. I'm mean deronaligist, Ken Boom.
Now here's Jackeline with a check of today's top stories.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Good morning, Ken. The latest on the deadly flash flooding
in Texas. President Trump says letters go out today to
finalize trade negotiations, and Governor Hockel says congestion pricing is
a huge success. Details coming up on sevent to ten WR.
Speaker 8 (30:00):
Jesse Kelly.
Speaker 13 (30:01):
The Communist looks at your child in dreams of recruiting
them as loyal foot soldiers, and since the Communists took
over America's public school system, he has endeavored to do
exactly that.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Jesse Kelly on seven to ten Double Uor This.
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Summer, the World's Game comes to New York, New Jersey
MetLife Stadium. We'll host Epics semifinal matchups on Tuesday, July
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but one thing's clear, you won't want to miss that.
Speaker 13 (30:33):
Beat as we wind up another minty in the morning
on wor Let's get some final thoughts from Larry Well.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
The flooding in Kerrville, Texas is horrifying and as the
search continues for the bodies of children, the media, like
the impatient adolescents they are, couldn't control themselves. They needed
to blame Trump somehow. It was more than thoughtless. It
was heartless. I would say it's embarrassing, but the reporters
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and anchors are beyond embarrassment because they live in a
media bubble where they only talk with each other, a
media bubble where eighty seven percent are liberal and Democrat
according to Pew Research, and in their exclusive closed minded club,
they all hate Trump so much they forget not only
basic journalism, but basic common decency. They report that because
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of Donald Trump's budget cuts, that many people died when
they didn't get a proper warning because of the budget cuts.
The affliction of Trump hatred in the media is terminal.
They are quite literally slowly killing themselves and they know it.
They see the ratings, the readership going down, and they continue.
(31:50):
At CNN and MSNBC, the staff has been threatened to
stop being so biased and anti Trump and many of
the staff have refused watch for more firings to come
at both. It doesn't matter to the sick minded of
those with Trump arrangement syndrome. They are on a suicide
mission of bias. The truth is that Homeland Security and
(32:13):
the National Weather Service had alerts and warnings flashing twelve
hours before the rain hit, and they forecast it days
before the rain hit. The media just plane linede It's shameful.
It should be firerable. It hasn't been in the past.
(32:35):
As I alluded to, times are changing. Stay tuned and
pay close attention to Anderson Cooper in particular. He may
be the first big name casualty of Trump derangement syndrome.
Coming up next, Mark Simone welcomes Boston radio host Howie
Carr and CNBC contributor Jake Novak. Plus listen for the
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in Dallas, Jim Ryan explains the events that led to
the tragedy down in Texas over the weekend. White House
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Corresponded for The Daily Caller, Reagan Reese believes that Donald
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anyone could have predicted.
Speaker 8 (33:27):
I think it's perfix and the administration completely lucked out
with the fact that the bill was in fact passed
and made it to President Trump's death by July fourth,
because it perfectly coincided with everything he had planned to
celebrate the birthday of our nation.
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ABC News corresponded in Jerusalem. Jordana Miller is optimistic in
current talks of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Speaker 15 (33:50):
I think we do, and you know, it's always folly
to make predictions, but you know, it looks like all
the ducks are kind of lining up, and we're certainly
the closest to a ceasefire that we've been in six months.
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but it won't be easy for Jack Chitarelli to catch
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I think Shotarelli has to worry about is that Mikey
Cheryl pulled above him, and I think he has a
lot of work to do to convince voters that he's
the guy I mean. Mikey Cheryl, She's sort of the
flavor of the week right now. She's a very good speaker.
She has a fascinating background. This isn't Johann Mondami running
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The talk back of the morning and winner of the
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the ten o'clock News
In central Texas. They are still searching for bodies after
a once in a century flood, and people coming back
to the scene of what was homes, of what was
camp sites can't control their emotions. People die, kids have died.
We're still finding people out here.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
We have to rebuild because what else do we have
about here? We have nothing.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Literally, eighty two are dead, and as I said, several
are still missing, including twelve children. We have Jim Ryan
in Texas covering the flood coming up in just a
couple of minutes. And the Big Beautiful Bill is now law,
and after all the fear mongering, we're starting to understand
(00:43):
all of the good things it's going to do, including
keeping the border the most secure it's been in history.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
On this vote, the yaser two hundred and fifteen, the
nayser two hundred and fourteen, with one answering present.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
The bill is past. So Donald Trump has a whole
lot going on right now. Right he has the Big
Beautiful Bill, but he's signed. He's working on a cease
fire deal between Hamas and Israel. He's still dealing with Ukraine,
and he's dealing with the tariffs. A lot going on,
(01:21):
but somehow he still finds the time to slam Zorin Mamdani.
Speaker 4 (01:28):
As President of the United States, I'm proclaiming here and
now that America is never going to be Communist in
any way shape form, and that includes New York City.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
And now, without any further ado, let's get to ABC
News correspondent Jim Ryan, who is in Kurveville, Texas. Jim,
why don't we just start with you giving us the
latest from there?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Connection.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Oh no, Jim, go ahead, We got him. Hi, Jim,
I think we're having a little bit of a problem
for some reason. Jim Ryan has been covering and doing
an amazing job over the last couple of days. Dozens
of parents who sent their kids to summer camps along
the scenic Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country are
(02:22):
now having to plan funerals for those same children. It
is just a devastating scene from there, and everything we
hear from there is just horrible. The search continues right now,
and we have Jim Ryan back. Jim, go ahead. I
was just saying, if you can just give us the
very latest.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
Yeah, Larry, we know that at least eighty people were
killed in these flash flood events here eleven girls from
one day camp are still missing, but the number of
missing we really don't know at all are because, I mean,
those girls were registered to be a part of this
summer camp. The camp missed it, But we have no
idea how many people might have been just camping alongside
the Guadaloupe River in rbs or in tents and were
(03:05):
fast asleep at three point thirty four o'clock Friday morning
when the water rose up ten twelve inches in just
a couple of hours. Time at the deluge was just incredible,
and the death count is almost unprecedented here.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
I know, people are going back to the scene of
the camp site and they're saying, nothing's there. I mean,
it's nothing like at least it used to be. And
many of the even the cabins, are now missing. Is
that the case it is?
Speaker 5 (03:35):
Yeah, The governor yesterday toured that area and the few
buildings that are still standing are water logged. They were
up to their rafters in floodwaters just a few days ago.
Just very little left. I mean, those girls, they're counselors.
The buildings were just washed into the river and carried away.
We've heard of people who were recovered who were you know,
(03:57):
who were rescued. A couple of young girls, sisters who
were found miles and miles downstream, clinging to a tree.
And certainly the four hundred search and rescue folks out
of the field today are hoping for more stories like
that of people still alive waiting for rescue.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
The federal government's been hit with some criticism for not
giving enough of a warning. And I know the National
Weather Service has put out a list of all the
warnings they gave and all the alerts they put out
up to twelve hours before. But even if that's the case,
something did go wrong, is it too early to talk
about that? What happened? Why wasn't there enough of a warning?
Speaker 5 (04:39):
Well, I mean even a couple of days before this
event on Wednesday that we're talking about the possibility of
flash flooding. But Larry, this is known as flash Flood Alley.
It's also known as the Texas Hill Country. And that's
relevant because you have this topography here bone dry. We've
had a drought here, so the water that falls onto
the ground simply washes into the creeks and streams that
(05:02):
feed into the Guadalupe River. And so we had moisture
coming up from the Gulf, from the Pacific, from the
South Plains, all converging right over those tributaries into the Guadalupe.
And again this happened at about three thirty or four
o'clock in the morning, So even if people had had warnings,
or if warnings had been issued, people might not have
heard them at all.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Right, I understand that there were some sirens that were
supposed to be put in in the area and the
funding didn't come through. It just wasn't finished. Have you
heard anything about that.
Speaker 5 (05:33):
Yeah, I mean, the warning systems that are out there
are fairly low tech, you know. But what's more, consider this,
there's seven hundred some odd girls were at this camp Mystic.
They had been there for a few days. We're spending
a month altogether there. But cell phones aren't allowed there,
so how were you know, the counselors were able to
keep to get warnings by their cell phones, but the
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kids were not because cell phones aren't allowed there. That's
just part of how they do things. So just one,
you know, one part after another fell into place to
create this kintaclysmic situation.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Jimmy, seems like an unusual area. Maybe you can paint
a picture for us of what was there, what's been destroyed.
And I mean it's it's certainly not a metropolis in
that area. But are there people that live there?
Speaker 5 (06:23):
Sure? Oh, absolutely, Kerville where I'm right now, and Guadalupe
runs right through the middle of town. Twenty five thousand
people live here. Not too far to the east of here,
city of Austin is there. This is known generally as
the Hill Country. It's a large area in the middle
of the state, kind of brushy and you know, rocky hills.
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And to the north you have the Dallas Fort Worth
and then to the south and southwest Houston and then Mexico.
So but it's a scenic part of the state. Lots
to do out here. Campgrounds again, right around the Guadalupe
you've got different campgrounds. That's sort of what you find
here is people just coming here to relax.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
And it's interesting. There were several different camps. You said,
there's twenty different campgrounds, and some of them got hit
harder than others. Some of them were just destroyed decimated.
Were they the ones that are right on the.
Speaker 5 (07:19):
Banks, Yes, the ones that are the closest to the
river are the ones that sustain the most damage. So
we have a damaged footprint here that's extremely long. It
goes twenty twenty five miles or so, but it's very
narrow as well, and whatever was closest to the river
was the stuff that was pulled into the river and
washed downstream.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Yeah. I've heard some of the people that have gone
to the sites that have talked about it, especially people
that are trying to return to the area that had
to evacuate, And as they come back, they keep wondering,
will this be able to be rebuilt, Is there an
effort to rebuild it just like it was, or will
there will be something new put in to prevent this
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happening in the future.
Speaker 5 (08:01):
Well, I think it'll will stay as much the same
as as people can keep it. But you know, in
looking at the massive trees that were just forests worth
of trees that were just toppled over and dragged downstream,
I mean, it's not going to look the same forever,
I assume, but and recoverying cleanup will take months, if
not years.
Speaker 6 (08:22):
Larry, Yeah, I just to.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Leave this on kind of a positive note or an
upnote in such a horrible story. I know there's been
some amazing stories of survival. Have you heard a couple
that you can share with us.
Speaker 5 (08:35):
A couple of young girls, preteen girls, sisters who are
at one of these camps. They realized that the flooding
was happening. They got caught up in the flood waters,
but managed to float downstream. They were found twenty miles
away from the point at which they went into the water.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Wow, we thank you for that, Jim Ryan, ABC News
corresponded in Kerrville, Texas. Thanks a lot, Jim, that was great.
I appreciate it. By the way, you can contribute to
help the people in the area. All donations to Community
Foundation dot net will go directly to trusted local organizations
to provide food, shelter, healthcare, and of course hope. Natalie,
(09:18):
I know that you're a parent, and the first thing
I thought of when I heard of this was all
the times I sent my kids to camp, All the
times I sent my kids to some place where they're
going to be there for a week, and you know,
you want to go and visit them, you want to
get in touch with them, you want to do anything
because you're worried about them. And I can't imagine getting
(09:40):
this kind of phone call.
Speaker 7 (09:41):
And now hearing that they weren't allowed cell phones, which
I'm sure is a standard in a lot of camps.
Especially these children are very young. To think that you
had no way of reaching them at that point, right,
it's even worse and more horrifying.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Well, not only that, I mean what Jim was alluding
to was the fact that nobody got notifications because nobody
had and how did the counselors not Now I guess,
I guess this hit at four in the morning, but
apparently there were alerts throughout the night. There's somebody. Look,
I don't want to blame anybody, certainly in something as
horrible as this, I don't want to blame anybody, But wow,
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That was a bumper stick state statement.
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Very good, short and succinct and well said. It sounds
like James Earl Jones. I'd just like.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
To ask a question about the Epstein case.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Whatever happened to.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
The woman that was was his cold conspirator, that she
was locked up?
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Whatever happened to her? You ever talk?
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Oh?
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Did she ever talk? That's a great question. I didn't.
I was to tell you she was in prison, but
I don't know. I don't know if she's ever talked.
But man, if she's smart, she doesn't talk because she's
going to get a lot of money for a book.
Don't you think I was thinking, a bunch of rookies.
Speaker 5 (12:13):
You never recline.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
What You never recline on an airplane. That's what he's saying,
the rookie move. You don't want to make the person
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Speaker 7 (12:30):
You know, airlines are just stop having the seats reclined.
Nobody can recline. Then there'll be no fight. It'll just
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No.
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But as you mentioned, if you go back just an
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World, It does, It does?
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You don't have to go all the way back.
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I'm not worried about an alien invasion.
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We have Tom Holman. He'll take care of her. Oh
very good. I mean I kind of absolutely agree with
you on that. So, uh, that'll be something more for
him to do. Did you see when he got up
during Trump's speech and spoke, man, that guy is angry
(13:14):
all the time. Doesn't matter of fact that Trump even mentioned.
And Trump said, look at him, he's so angry. He
didn't look at me, and he forgot to shake my
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He focused. He's just focused.
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Man. Wow, you know what any Oasis fans here?
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Yes, yeah?
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Really? Are you good? Yeah? I liked Oasis. I didn't
love Oasis, but I appreciated them, and I understand how
they were able to take the world by storm. But
they are back after people said they would never get
back together, ever get back together again, because the two
(13:53):
brothers just had that kind of a of a rivalry
and and we're so upset with each other that nobody
thought that would ever happen, that the two of them
would be back together. But they are. They were in
concert after sixteen years. But the two of them wouldn't
even talk together, which is really kind of amazing. What
(14:15):
is it? Liam and Noel the Gallagher brothers who started this,
and they wouldn't even they wouldn't even talk to each other,
and everybody thought they would never ever get back together.
But you know what, after sixteen years, they were probably
running out of money, and I would imagine that's the
reason they're doing this right now. But good for them,
(14:37):
and good for all of the Oasis fans. And I
wouldn't mind to go see them. I'd love to go
see them, but I can't imagine what the tickets are
going to be like. Because this is maybe a once
in a left they may never do it again. Now,
let's get the news at nine to thirty with Jacqueline
Carl Jacklin Larry.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Good Morning. At least eighty one people are dead after
massive flash flooding in central Texas. Search and rescue efforts continue,
including at a girls camp on the Guadalupe River, where
officials confirmed twenty seven campers and councilors died in the
fourth of July flooding. Dozens more are still missing across
the state, and beachgoers are hoping the waters off the
(15:14):
Rockaways will stay open to swimming today after a number
of shark sightings over the holiday weekend.
Speaker 9 (15:20):
There were numerous shark sightings in the Rockaways, forcing lifeguards
to keep swimmers out of the water a number of
times over the last three days.
Speaker 4 (15:27):
We waste our time going to the beach because we
can't join the beach presence.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I mean, like, if you don't hurt them, they're not
going to hurt you. They don't bother me. That's their territory.
Speaker 9 (15:35):
Lifeguards happened getting assistants from drunes to spot the sharks.
Rules state that beach goers must leave the water for
an hour after a shark is spotted, for one mile
in each direction. I'm staff tringle WRDS.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Yeah, I think I might wait a little bit more
than an hour after a shark sighting. But anyway, police
in India must have a very different job description than
they have here in the US. This woman marched into
the women's police station in Poor India to complain about
her husband, saying he ruined her budding Instagram career. They
got their best men on it, she told officers. He
(16:08):
insisted she washed dishes and cleaned their home instead of
filming the two reels she posted daily. Now after she
lost two followers and one day she had it, she
moved back to her parents and filed a formal report.
Her husband shot back with the complaint, saying his wife
ignored all housework for her phone. Guess what the police did.
(16:29):
They brought the pair together, counseled them on marital harmony,
and persuaded them to reunite. Now, somehow, I just don't
see any of that happening here. Like if I Magico
and my husband is complaining I'm on Instagram, they'd be like,
that's a shame, girl, let's head hit it now because
(16:51):
we've wasted like five seconds listening to your complaint. But
these police took it very seriously. I didn't even know
there was a woman's police station.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
I've never heard of that before in my life, but
I guess it would be a woman's police station that
would do the counciling. I got a feeling you go
to most police stations here, especially if you have guys there,
none of them are going to counsel this one.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
No, they're just gonna have a good laugh after you
leave and say, can you believe she came in and
you're thinking that, what are we supposed to do for her? Anyway,
Let's head over to Wall Street at the opening bill,
So the Dow opened down seventy three points, s ANDP
down eighteen points, and the NASDAC opened down ninety two points.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
Thank you so much, Jacquelyn Carl. When we come back.
It is one of the most extraordinary times in our history,
one of the most controversial times as well, the Vietnam War,
And now a new Broadway rock drama relives that time
through compelling storytelling and some great music like Bridge Over
Troubled Waters, All Along the Watchtower, Born to Be Wild.
(17:52):
It's called Rolling Thunder Vietnam and it's opening off Broadway.
We'll talk with the playwright and the producer when we
come right back. Our iHeartRadio Music Festival is also back
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in American history, the Vietnam War, and it was It
was littered with protest people sacrificing their lives and just
(18:36):
some compelling stories as well. Also, I should point out
that during that time was some great music, great production
that is about to open on Broadway calling Rolling Thunder
and we are here with us as the writer, Bryce
Hallett and Rebecca Blake, the producer, And why don't we
(18:57):
start with you, Bryce, since you've you wrote this, tell
us what people when they go to this would expect
off Broadway.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Well, as you mentioned, it's definitely the songs of that era.
And you often hear that catchphrase, you know, the songs
or art that defined a generation. But if there was
ever a praise that can actually describe that prodigious output
of songwriting in that late sixties and early seventies, it's
this song, this show, and so it embraces like a
(19:27):
huge catalog of songs from Paul Simon to you know,
Robert of Flag and on it goes step Steppenwolf and so.
And then you sort of marry that to the words
and the intimate stories of based on many, many interviews
I did with veterans and their family members, and so
that adds to this intimate sort of aspect of this epic,
(19:50):
as you say, complex picture of war. So it's a
very dynamic experience.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Yeah, it's you said compelling, and that's absolutely the case.
And the Rebecca that these are personal stories. You know,
this isn't just from somebody's imagination. This is what really happened.
Makes it even more fascinating and makes it even more compelling.
Speaker 10 (20:15):
Look in Australia, we had veterans that would come and
see this show again and again. They contributed to the show,
not only with stories, but with photography. We had like
the Groupie veterans that just were so honored that we
were even doing this show. And to bring it here
to New York is a dream of mine. We've been
(20:36):
touring it in Australia for ten years now. We've readapted
the script for the American audiences and it is compelling.
It has heart, it has many many aspects to the show,
and this amazing music weaves in and out of the story.
So and all the songs have strategically been placed.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Listening to them, listened to some of the music and
I saw some of the music you're you're going to
put in there. I mean, it's a great album if
you were able to get all of that on an album.
I mean, it's the soundtrack of many of our lives.
I know.
Speaker 10 (21:13):
And during this tumultuous period, the best music came out
of this time. You know, these songwriters were writing these
songs that are still played today, so younger generations know
this music. So I would just love as many Americans
to see this show. I mean, we used to get
comments you've got to take this to America. You've got
(21:34):
to see let the us see this. And it's your music.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Yeah, you know, yeah, it is our music. You're absolutely right,
But it's the best of that music. I mean, when
you go down the list of what is in there,
it's incredible. I love that you have bridge over troubled
Waters and I'm sure we got to get out of
this place. That's that's exactly the story for a lot
of people that were there. I'm interested brace about an
(22:01):
Australian writing this story because this is such an American experience.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
Because of my background, my background as a journalist. You know,
it's sort of that, you know, as a matter of
earning the trust of many veterans and talking to their families,
and that took a while and over many many drinks
in many cases, and so that yeah, so it was
sort of yeah, you were sort of earning their trust
and getting into the interior of their lives. And you know,
(22:29):
several people I interviewed were like American Marines, and Gis
and so, you know, we have in Australia quite a
world view of events, and you know, we were part
of the Vietnam War. So it's you know, to actually
adapt the work wasn't as difficult as you imagine, because
and dramatically, it's set in nineteen sixty eight, which is
(22:51):
you know, is considered one of the worst years in
the twentieth century, the termoil for assassinations of Martin lutherk
and Robert Kennedy and so to have that dramatic arc
in the show, as much as all of this great music,
that does make for a pretty powerful experience.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Yeah, Rebecca walk us through it. Like when people go
to see this, what are they going to see?
Speaker 10 (23:14):
Well, most of the comments are it's so insightful. We
had no idea. It's just so much more than a
jukebox musical. It's a love story. It's joyous and uplifting.
It's not you know, oh my god, we don't need
to see another story about war right now when everything's
happening in this timeframe.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
But it's a.
Speaker 10 (23:37):
Show where people come in, they're dancing, they're singing the songs.
It's a journey of three boys, lives through letters because
back then that was the only way to communicate back home,
so that the letter writing is a big aspect. We
cover protests, combat history schools were coming in Australia because
(24:04):
of the history.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
We cover.
Speaker 10 (24:06):
It was the first televised war, the assassination of Martin
Luther King and as Bryce said, you know Robert Kennedy,
it was a powerful time.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
So we cover all that.
Speaker 10 (24:17):
And we keep saying it's this, you know, killing me
softly helped me make it through the night. These ballads
that Cassidy Pope who won the Voice, she was the
winner of the Voice. She is one of our leads.
And it's just brings tears to your eyes and then
you know everyone's I don't know. Veterans come and they
(24:39):
thank me, they hug me after the show, they say
thank you so much, And I think, what makes this
so different from anything else running at the moment. It
has purpose. We have partnered with American Legion. A percentage
of our merchandise is going back to American Legion. And
(25:00):
veterans come, they bring their grandchildren and they bring their brothers,
their sisters, and they keep reappearing every night and I go, oh,
my God, you're back again. We just can't get enough
of this show. It encapsulates so much, so it's very
hard for me to sit here and describe it because
you know, it's a journey and it's in the late sixties,
(25:23):
and it covers a.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Lot of history.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
And I can't imagine Brace that you took all of
what she was just talking about. It's immense. It's years
and years and years of experiences and got this into it.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
Yeah, but you know, to reawaken the pulse of that
generation in the sixties and to make it feel so
current as well, so it's not this nostalgia piece. It
actually talks to young people, It talks to people of
every age and ultimately at a firm's peace, and it's
a real sense of anti war protests through the show,
which just seems a natural fit for what's going on
(25:56):
in the world today.
Speaker 10 (25:58):
And we're only here for such a short time, so
we won't know. We're closing September seven, so we don't
have time. And it is a word of mouth because
once it hits people will be talking about it. We're
in you know, we have the first preview this Thursday.
We open the twenty fourth of July, but we're not
here for a long time. So if I would just
(26:21):
say to those New Yorkers, come and have a great night,
you'll come out of the theater singing and it'll be insightful.
It's an era we don't want to forget.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
No, it sounds compelling and it sounds amazing, the music,
especially you were talking about. I don't know the rest
of it yet until I see it, but the music
is amazing. If you want to get tickets, you go
to Rolling thunder us dot com. That's Rolling thunder us
dot com again. Preview start July tenth. It opens on
the twenty fourth. Bryce Hall, the writer, Rebecca Blake, producer.
(26:54):
Thanks so much for being here. Can't wait to see it.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Thanks, thank you Grans so much.
Speaker 1 (26:59):
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Speaker 12 (29:22):
Part of the mostly cloudy skyes in warm here today
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Tonight partly clouding and hot. Tuesday afternoon evening storms low nineties,
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Currently seventy seven at WR. I'm mean deronaligist, Ken Boom.
Now here's Jackeline with a check of today's top stories.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Good morning, Ken. The latest on the deadly flash flooding
in Texas. President Trump says letters go out today to
finalize trade negotiations, and Governor Hockel says congestion pricing is
a huge success. Details coming up on sevent to ten WR.
Speaker 8 (30:00):
Jesse Kelly.
Speaker 13 (30:01):
The Communist looks at your child in dreams of recruiting
them as loyal foot soldiers, and since the Communists took
over America's public school system, he has endeavored to do
exactly that.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Jesse Kelly on seven to ten Double Uor This.
Speaker 14 (30:16):
Summer, the World's Game comes to New York, New Jersey
MetLife Stadium. We'll host Epics semifinal matchups on Tuesday, July
eighth and Wednesday, July nine. Teams will be revealed soon,
but one thing's clear, you won't want to miss that.
Speaker 13 (30:33):
Beat as we wind up another minty in the morning
on wor Let's get some final thoughts from Larry Well.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
The flooding in Kerrville, Texas is horrifying and as the
search continues for the bodies of children, the media, like
the impatient adolescents they are, couldn't control themselves. They needed
to blame Trump somehow. It was more than thoughtless. It
was heartless. I would say it's embarrassing, but the reporters
(31:02):
and anchors are beyond embarrassment because they live in a
media bubble where they only talk with each other, a
media bubble where eighty seven percent are liberal and Democrat
according to Pew Research, and in their exclusive closed minded club,
they all hate Trump so much they forget not only
basic journalism, but basic common decency. They report that because
(31:29):
of Donald Trump's budget cuts, that many people died when
they didn't get a proper warning because of the budget cuts.
The affliction of Trump hatred in the media is terminal.
They are quite literally slowly killing themselves and they know it.
They see the ratings, the readership going down, and they continue.
(31:50):
At CNN and MSNBC, the staff has been threatened to
stop being so biased and anti Trump and many of
the staff have refused watch for more firings to come
at both. It doesn't matter to the sick minded of
those with Trump arrangement syndrome. They are on a suicide
mission of bias. The truth is that Homeland Security and
(32:13):
the National Weather Service had alerts and warnings flashing twelve
hours before the rain hit, and they forecast it days
before the rain hit. The media just plane linede It's shameful.
It should be firerable. It hasn't been in the past.
(32:35):
As I alluded to, times are changing. Stay tuned and
pay close attention to Anderson Cooper in particular. He may
be the first big name casualty of Trump derangement syndrome.
Coming up next, Mark Simone welcomes Boston radio host Howie
Carr and CNBC contributor Jake Novak. Plus listen for the
(32:56):
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to ten w or for your chance at one thousand
dollars Now a recap of today's show. ABC News Corresponded
in Dallas, Jim Ryan explains the events that led to
the tragedy down in Texas over the weekend. White House
(33:16):
Corresponded for The Daily Caller, Reagan Reese believes that Donald
Trump's July fourth plan was allowed was followed better than
anyone could have predicted.
Speaker 8 (33:27):
I think it's perfix and the administration completely lucked out
with the fact that the bill was in fact passed
and made it to President Trump's death by July fourth,
because it perfectly coincided with everything he had planned to
celebrate the birthday of our nation.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
ABC News corresponded in Jerusalem. Jordana Miller is optimistic in
current talks of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Speaker 15 (33:50):
I think we do, and you know, it's always folly
to make predictions, but you know, it looks like all
the ducks are kind of lining up, and we're certainly
the closest to a ceasefire that we've been in six months.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Award winning columnists for North Jersey dot Com Mike Kelly
thinks the New Jersey governor's race is far from over,
but it won't be easy for Jack Chitarelli to catch
the moderate Mikey Cheryl.
Speaker 6 (34:19):
I think things are going to tighten up, But what
I think Shotarelli has to worry about is that Mikey
Cheryl pulled above him, and I think he has a
lot of work to do to convince voters that he's
the guy I mean. Mikey Cheryl, She's sort of the
flavor of the week right now. She's a very good speaker.
She has a fascinating background. This isn't Johann Mondami running
(34:42):
in New Jersey and.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
The talk back of the morning and winner of the
Menti in the Morning. T shirt had a strong comment
about a restaurant server who is annoyed when she has
to bring customers water.
Speaker 13 (34:55):
This generations so lazy that literally is your job all
things getting watered down? Is her tip. What a crappy attitude.
Bring me my water with lemon two by the way,
and a straw.
Speaker 1 (35:10):
I love. That's a strong contender for the CC Crane
Radio at the end of the week. It could be
coming up tomorrow and Menti in the Morning. Wl r's
White House correspondent John Decker, Fox News contributor Joe Kancia,
editor in chief of National Review, Rich Lowry, New York
Post entertainment columnist Johnny Olegzinski. Plus tickets to see the
(35:31):
Steve Miller Band at H twenty five. Thank you for
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