December 4, 2025 • 10 mins
Larry Mendte goes over the biggest news stories of the day including the strikes against Venezuelan narco terrorists being legal, justice coming for an NYU student who was assaulted on the street, the Somalian fraud in Minnesota being investigated by the justice department.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Larry Minty.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
He's waking you up in a New York state of mind.
He's Minty in the morning.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I'm sevent ten wr.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Doe's you love it when a story completely turns around
and embarrasses the Democratic Party. That's how I'm starting off
the Big Three. Good morning, and it is a great morning. Well, well, well,
well well, after all of the huffing and puffing in
the talk of court martials and scandals, a source, actually
(00:34):
several sources tell ABC's Martha Raddits that the strike on
the Venezuelan Narco terrorist boats were legal.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
According to a source familiar with the incident, the two
survivors climbed back onto the boat after the initial strike.
They were believed to be potentially in communication with others
and salvaging some of the drugs. Because of that, it
was determined they were still in the fight and vale
and targets. A JAG officer was also giving legal advice.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
The JAG officer being right there is a hugely important
detail that means the legal department was there and they
signed off on a strike because the people that were
out of the boat were now back in the boat
communicating and trying to save the drugs. I love when
(01:25):
stories turn out like this. It happened so much, doesn't it.
Amelia lewis a NYU student who was assaulted while walking
down the street in broad daylight in Manhattan in Lower Manhattan,
gets justice and becomes an anti crime advocate after getting
a very bad man off the streets.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yeah, like, just be aware when you're walking, like anywhere
right now in New York, because like, are you, Like
I never thought this was gonna happen to me, just
because I was like, I've seen the stories and I
was like, oh, that's so scary, but like having it
actually happen now, it's like, oh my god, Like you
need to be aware at all times.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
That was her. She ran to social media right afterwards,
and it was the power of social media, It was
the power of friends, and it was girl power that
brought down this guy and finally put him in jail.
We'll have more details on that in just a couple
of minutes. It was another young NYU student, by the way,
who was also assaulted, who helped her the Somalion. You'll
(02:28):
hear from her too, coming up in a couple of minutes.
The Somalian fraud scandal in Minnesota will now be investigated
by the Justice Department and may end up now being
a two billion dollar scandal.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
What we know is the state employees in Minnesota rang
the veil, They blew the whistle that there was massive fraud,
and yet Tim Waltz and Keith Ellison, the Attorney General,
apparently turned to blind aye to that for fear of
political retaliation from the large voting block of Somalis.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Yeah, and isn't it amazing? The media was all over
the Narco terrorist boat story because they thought they had
Donald Trump. This story they ignored. They're finally covering it now,
but completely ignored it for days. The House of Terror
in Samford, Connecticut, when police showed up to take possession
(03:21):
because no one paid the mortgage, a man inside opened fire.
After an hour long standoff, police sent a drone inside
the home for the residents out there, you know that
we serve you first. We have no political barks. And
what they found was explosives in there, explosives all over
(03:41):
the house. When they finally entered the home because nobody
was shooting. After a while, they found two bodies. The
gunman shot himself and there was a body hidden that
had been decomposing for some time. Well, the new mayor
of Jersey City, James Solomon apparently as good friends with
the new mayor of and Emily Jabor, both progressive Democrats
(04:04):
who were not part of the party party establishment. For
the residents out there, you know that we serve you first.
We have no political boss that we answer to.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
For me, I got involved in local politics as a
mom who cared about her community.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
James is a dad.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
You know.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
I think we just are average, you know, residents who
want to do more and give back.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
A ninety million dollar Mega Million's ticket was sold in
Union City, New Jersey. What is it about New Jersey?
They seem to have an inordinate amount of lottery winners.
Speaker 6 (04:38):
Every time I meet lottery directors from other states, they
say the biggest complaint that they hear is, how come
only people in California and New Jersey win Powerball are
Maga millions. There's an awful lot of people in California
buying power Ball at megamillion's tickets, and there's an awful
lot of lucky people in the state of New Jersey
that are buying power Ball on Mega millions tickets.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Well, it's now officially the Christmas season, the Rockefeller Center
Christmas Tree has been lit. Man, that was it?
Speaker 5 (05:21):
Come on, it was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I love all the more the crowd. Did you hear
the crowd?
Speaker 5 (05:27):
They're like, it's ten o'clock and I'm exhausted. I want
to go home.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
That was the funniest thing, just the yelling and then
all of a sudden, that's it, right, it was beautiful.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
I can't wait to go walk by it today because
it really it looks gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
It is gorgeous, but you know you have to be
there to sit there, oh yeah, and have to wait
through all of this act and all the stuff and
stand in the cold, and then it's like ten seconds,
not even five seconds. They did a five second and
then you get to go home. Hey, this story about
Amelia Lewis is just heartwarming. It's scary, but it's also heartwarming.
(06:11):
Amelia Lewis, if you haven't seen the video, and we
should definitely post that video is it is incredible. She's
just walking down the street Lower Manhattan by NYU. She's
an NYU student and a homeless guy that we find
out has been arrested several times and for sexual assault.
Runs up behind her. You see her on the surveillance
(06:33):
video running up behind her, smacks her across the back
very hard, then grabs her hair and throws her down
on the ground and then runs off. And so she
of course ran right away to social media, and you
heard her a second ago in the Big Three crying,
you know, just telling everybody else be careful.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
Yeah, like just be aware when you're walking, like anywhere
right now, work, because like, are you, Like I never
thought this was gonna happen to me, just because I
was like, I've seen the stories and I was like, oh,
that's so scary, but like having it actually happened now,
it's like, oh my god, Like you need to be
aware at all times.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
She was really upset. And the amazing thing is the
social media post that she made, and apparently she's very
big on x and on TikTok and on Instagram, and
all of these women, all these young girls then wrote
and said the same thing happened to me, and apparently
(07:35):
this isn't that unusual. This type of stuff happens throughout
the city all of the time. And and by the way,
after it happened, she also texted her friend the last
name was Armstrong. I don't have the first name right now,
I'll get it in a second. But texted her friend
and the same exact thing happened to her friend. And
(07:58):
now they never caught the guy, but she remembers how
important surveillance video was, so she went and got her
friend and they went to all the stores in the
area and got the surveillance video to tell the police.
Speaker 7 (08:12):
Right when I got Amelia's text, I was in class
and I got a horrible, sinking, gut feeling because this
has also happened to me, and I was lucky enough
to have footage in my case. Unfortunately, my assailant was
not caught. But I knew that footage is key in
this and I knew that it was in front of stores,
(08:33):
and so my first thought was, we need to get
this footage and we need to catch this guy.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
No, it's just incredible. So her name is Summer Armstrong.
By the way, she's a hero. Summer Armstrong. The thing
that I liked the most about this story, by the way,
because of them, they caught this guy, James Armstrong, who
was arrested shortly afterwards. Apparently everybody knows about him. Apparently
he was squatting in the house of Nyu. He was
(09:02):
in there, this in NYU housing, stealing stuff from other
rooms and then praying on these girls, I mean, or
assaulting I should say these girls. But he was arrested
and the reporters were there.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
James, help us understand.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Why do you keep attacking women?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
What were you doing in a good apartment?
Speaker 6 (09:22):
What's wrong with you?
Speaker 2 (09:23):
James, James, anything you had set of are victims. Thirty
five years old. He's going to be off the streets
now for a long time. He just got out of
jail for sexual assault. He he served two years. But
the reason I'm pushing this story is because what about
these girls, all women, I should say, all getting together,
(09:45):
all joining together to get this guy.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
You know what, Els, I was really happy to see,
although it's scary. Right after it happened, there were a
lot of other young women walking to class, you know,
so we're looking at nineteen year old. They all came
to her aid. Instead of fleeing thinking where because you
didn't know where the guy went, so you know, he
could have been still around trying to attack them. They
(10:09):
all came up to her, They got her off the ground,
and they didn't run away and they didn't turn away.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
And it's a man that's being hailed as a real
hero because he came up to her, lifted her off
the ground and then gave her the cell phone and
said you should call nine to one one right now,
which she wouldn't have done, she says. She said, I
would not have done that, but she called nine one
one immediately and they got this time to see it.
But have you heard of this? I mean, please leave
(10:35):
a talkback, because I never heard of this before. Apparently
it's happening on the streets of Manhattan all the time
and it's incredible and especially in that area. Just leave
us a talkback. Big changes down Under Australia says no
more social media for anyone under sixteen. Find out what
happens that the platforms don't play by the rules. Next
Larry Minty.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
He's waking you up in a New York state of mind.
He's Minty in the morning.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I'm sevent ten wr.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Doe's you love it when a story completely turns around
and embarrasses the Democratic Party. That's how I'm starting off
the Big Three. Good morning, and it is a great morning. Well, well, well,
well well, after all of the huffing and puffing in
the talk of court martials and scandals, a source, actually
(00:34):
several sources tell ABC's Martha Raddits that the strike on
the Venezuelan Narco terrorist boats were legal.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
According to a source familiar with the incident, the two
survivors climbed back onto the boat after the initial strike.
They were believed to be potentially in communication with others
and salvaging some of the drugs. Because of that, it
was determined they were still in the fight and vale
and targets. A JAG officer was also giving legal advice.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
The JAG officer being right there is a hugely important
detail that means the legal department was there and they
signed off on a strike because the people that were
out of the boat were now back in the boat
communicating and trying to save the drugs. I love when
(01:25):
stories turn out like this. It happened so much, doesn't it.
Amelia lewis a NYU student who was assaulted while walking
down the street in broad daylight in Manhattan in Lower Manhattan,
gets justice and becomes an anti crime advocate after getting
a very bad man off the streets.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yeah, like, just be aware when you're walking, like anywhere
right now in New York, because like, are you, Like
I never thought this was gonna happen to me, just
because I was like, I've seen the stories and I
was like, oh, that's so scary, but like having it
actually happen now, it's like, oh my god, Like you
need to be aware at all times.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
That was her. She ran to social media right afterwards,
and it was the power of social media, It was
the power of friends, and it was girl power that
brought down this guy and finally put him in jail.
We'll have more details on that in just a couple
of minutes. It was another young NYU student, by the way,
who was also assaulted, who helped her the Somalion. You'll
(02:28):
hear from her too, coming up in a couple of minutes.
The Somalian fraud scandal in Minnesota will now be investigated
by the Justice Department and may end up now being
a two billion dollar scandal.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
What we know is the state employees in Minnesota rang
the veil, They blew the whistle that there was massive fraud,
and yet Tim Waltz and Keith Ellison, the Attorney General,
apparently turned to blind aye to that for fear of
political retaliation from the large voting block of Somalis.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Yeah, and isn't it amazing? The media was all over
the Narco terrorist boat story because they thought they had
Donald Trump. This story they ignored. They're finally covering it now,
but completely ignored it for days. The House of Terror
in Samford, Connecticut, when police showed up to take possession
(03:21):
because no one paid the mortgage, a man inside opened fire.
After an hour long standoff, police sent a drone inside
the home for the residents out there, you know that
we serve you first. We have no political barks. And
what they found was explosives in there, explosives all over
(03:41):
the house. When they finally entered the home because nobody
was shooting. After a while, they found two bodies. The
gunman shot himself and there was a body hidden that
had been decomposing for some time. Well, the new mayor
of Jersey City, James Solomon apparently as good friends with
the new mayor of and Emily Jabor, both progressive Democrats
(04:04):
who were not part of the party party establishment. For
the residents out there, you know that we serve you first.
We have no political boss that we answer to.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
For me, I got involved in local politics as a
mom who cared about her community.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
James is a dad.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
You know.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
I think we just are average, you know, residents who
want to do more and give back.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
A ninety million dollar Mega Million's ticket was sold in
Union City, New Jersey. What is it about New Jersey?
They seem to have an inordinate amount of lottery winners.
Speaker 6 (04:38):
Every time I meet lottery directors from other states, they
say the biggest complaint that they hear is, how come
only people in California and New Jersey win Powerball are
Maga millions. There's an awful lot of people in California
buying power Ball at megamillion's tickets, and there's an awful
lot of lucky people in the state of New Jersey
that are buying power Ball on Mega millions tickets.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Well, it's now officially the Christmas season, the Rockefeller Center
Christmas Tree has been lit. Man, that was it?
Speaker 5 (05:21):
Come on, it was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I love all the more the crowd. Did you hear
the crowd?
Speaker 5 (05:27):
They're like, it's ten o'clock and I'm exhausted. I want
to go home.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
That was the funniest thing, just the yelling and then
all of a sudden, that's it, right, it was beautiful.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
I can't wait to go walk by it today because
it really it looks gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
It is gorgeous, but you know you have to be
there to sit there, oh yeah, and have to wait
through all of this act and all the stuff and
stand in the cold, and then it's like ten seconds,
not even five seconds. They did a five second and
then you get to go home. Hey, this story about
Amelia Lewis is just heartwarming. It's scary, but it's also heartwarming.
(06:11):
Amelia Lewis, if you haven't seen the video, and we
should definitely post that video is it is incredible. She's
just walking down the street Lower Manhattan by NYU. She's
an NYU student and a homeless guy that we find
out has been arrested several times and for sexual assault.
Runs up behind her. You see her on the surveillance
(06:33):
video running up behind her, smacks her across the back
very hard, then grabs her hair and throws her down
on the ground and then runs off. And so she
of course ran right away to social media, and you
heard her a second ago in the Big Three crying,
you know, just telling everybody else be careful.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
Yeah, like just be aware when you're walking, like anywhere
right now, work, because like, are you, Like I never
thought this was gonna happen to me, just because I
was like, I've seen the stories and I was like, oh,
that's so scary, but like having it actually happened now,
it's like, oh my god, Like you need to be
aware at all times.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
She was really upset. And the amazing thing is the
social media post that she made, and apparently she's very
big on x and on TikTok and on Instagram, and
all of these women, all these young girls then wrote
and said the same thing happened to me, and apparently
(07:35):
this isn't that unusual. This type of stuff happens throughout
the city all of the time. And and by the way,
after it happened, she also texted her friend the last
name was Armstrong. I don't have the first name right now,
I'll get it in a second. But texted her friend
and the same exact thing happened to her friend. And
(07:58):
now they never caught the guy, but she remembers how
important surveillance video was, so she went and got her
friend and they went to all the stores in the
area and got the surveillance video to tell the police.
Speaker 7 (08:12):
Right when I got Amelia's text, I was in class
and I got a horrible, sinking, gut feeling because this
has also happened to me, and I was lucky enough
to have footage in my case. Unfortunately, my assailant was
not caught. But I knew that footage is key in
this and I knew that it was in front of stores,
(08:33):
and so my first thought was, we need to get
this footage and we need to catch this guy.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
No, it's just incredible. So her name is Summer Armstrong.
By the way, she's a hero. Summer Armstrong. The thing
that I liked the most about this story, by the way,
because of them, they caught this guy, James Armstrong, who
was arrested shortly afterwards. Apparently everybody knows about him. Apparently
he was squatting in the house of Nyu. He was
(09:02):
in there, this in NYU housing, stealing stuff from other
rooms and then praying on these girls, I mean, or
assaulting I should say these girls. But he was arrested
and the reporters were there.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
James, help us understand.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Why do you keep attacking women?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
What were you doing in a good apartment?
Speaker 6 (09:22):
What's wrong with you?
Speaker 2 (09:23):
James, James, anything you had set of are victims. Thirty
five years old. He's going to be off the streets
now for a long time. He just got out of
jail for sexual assault. He he served two years. But
the reason I'm pushing this story is because what about
these girls, all women, I should say, all getting together,
(09:45):
all joining together to get this guy.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
You know what, Els, I was really happy to see,
although it's scary. Right after it happened, there were a
lot of other young women walking to class, you know,
so we're looking at nineteen year old. They all came
to her aid. Instead of fleeing thinking where because you
didn't know where the guy went, so you know, he
could have been still around trying to attack them. They
(10:09):
all came up to her, They got her off the ground,
and they didn't run away and they didn't turn away.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
And it's a man that's being hailed as a real
hero because he came up to her, lifted her off
the ground and then gave her the cell phone and
said you should call nine to one one right now,
which she wouldn't have done, she says. She said, I
would not have done that, but she called nine one
one immediately and they got this time to see it.
But have you heard of this? I mean, please leave
(10:35):
a talkback, because I never heard of this before. Apparently
it's happening on the streets of Manhattan all the time
and it's incredible and especially in that area. Just leave
us a talkback. Big changes down Under Australia says no
more social media for anyone under sixteen. Find out what
happens that the platforms don't play by the rules. Next
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