April 25, 2025 • 10 mins
Larry Mendte talks about the biggest news stories of the day including sentencing day for George Santos, a 19 year old under arrest because police believe he intentionally started the Ocean County wildfires, and the New York City Council banning noisy helicopters.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Morning, Yessey were meant to be. It's time for Mente
in the morning on sevent ten wo or good morning everyone,
it's Friday, and thanks for spending your Friday morning with
us in the Big Three. Today, Well, it is sentencing
day for former Congressman George Santos, and in a big
(00:22):
interview that he did, you can tell he's a little
bit more than concerned that he might be going to
prison for stealing campaign funds.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Ferably in protective custody, because I do fear for my safety.
I'm not somebody who's I didn't grow up in an
environment where I had to fend for myself.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Really, he seems he seems tougher than that. Did you
would you ever imagine that that he wasn't that he
got beat up as a kid, or that he was
not a tough kid. I couldn't. I was gonna say,
what does that even mean? I think that it means
that he fears he's going to get beat up a lot.
And Santo's could get sentenced over seven months, seven years
(01:06):
excuse me in prison. Nineteen year old is under arrest
right now in Ocean County, New Jersey. Police believe he
intentionally started one of the largest wildfires in New Jersey history.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I'm not prepared to discuss the motive at this time,
nor does the state have to prove what the motive is.
We can just confidently say that we think the fire
was set intentionally.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Well, in custody is Joseph Kling of where Town, New Jersey,
is now charged with second degree aggravated arson. And in
response to a fatal helicopter crash that killed six, the
New York City Council bans noisy, old helicopters from New
York City.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
The most outdated, loudest, and dirtiest helicopters will no longer
be allowed to fly out of our downtown Manhattan Heliport
or East thirty fourth Street Heliport starting in twenty twenty nine.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Well, it's interesting because Congresswoman Nicole Mellottakis says the problem
that they have in Staten Island is not with the
helicopters coming from Manhattan. They come from New Jersey. And
she has a solution to that. The Congresswoman is coming
up at eight thirty five. Cardinal Dolan is in Rome
right now. He held a mass for New Yorkers there.
(02:22):
He's there, of course, for the pope's funeral and then
the conclave to choose the new pope. Once you get
into the conclave, you better kind of know. So to
that point, do you have an idea on a direction
you're landing at this point? None of your business. I
(02:44):
have to love him. Yeah, that was a great answer,
and I love the real, deep, honest, sincere laugh. That
was a belly laugh. Yeah he was. He got a
kick out of himself. That was Mike Brza, who is
over there for ABC. And Donald Trump says, once again,
we may be close to a peace deal between Russia
(03:07):
and Ukraine. We want to end that war. We want
to end it quickly. And I think we've met along
a lot of progress and we'll see what happens.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
This next few days.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Is going to be very important.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Meetings are taking place right now.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
And let's stay with this for a second only because
it's huge in the world if they can come up
with a ceasefire and then a peace deal between Ukraine
and Russia. And Donald Trump, I know he said this before,
and he felt like he's been close to this before,
which he gets a lot of criticism over which I
of course believe is completely unfair because here's a guy
(03:42):
trying to bring trees, peace, save millions of lives, and
it's like people are looking at their watch, going, well,
why didn't happen yet? How come it hasn't happened yet
because it's difficult. At least he tried. At least it
didn't just keep funding Ukraine like a meat grinder. There
(04:03):
was no way Ukraine was ever going to win this war.
It just was never going to happen. And we kept
funding it and funding it and funding it, making them
falsely believe they could hold on. But Russia can go
to war forever. So God blessed Donald Trump for actually
(04:26):
taking the initiative to say this has got to end.
I think we have a deal with Russia. We have
to get a deal with Zelensky, and I hope that Selensky.
I thought it might be easier to deal with Selensky.
So far it's been harder. But that's okay, It's so right.
But I think we have a deal with both. We
(04:46):
have a deal with Russia. That's extremely important. But Russia
is basically getting everything they asked for. Russia's getting the
eastern part of Ukraine, which is not a huge part,
but it's big enough, Russia gets the concession that Ukraine
can't join NATO. Those two things we know for a fact.
(05:11):
Now there may be some other things, because I know
Vladimir Putin wanted to make certain that Zelenski didn't continue
on as president. I don't know if that is in
the deal they're talking about right now. But someone asked
the question, and it was an interesting question, said what's
in this for Ukraine? What is Russia conceding? What does
(05:33):
Ukraine get out of this deal? It seems like they're
giving up a lot. And Donald Trump had an answer
I didn't think of, but it's so obvious we all
should have thought of this. Stopping the war, stopping taking
the whole country pretty big concession. That is a huge concession.
So what he's saying, if Ukraine signs this deal, they
(05:56):
can continue to exist because if this war continues. It
seems like that was where it was going, no matter
how many arms are given to them, That's where this
was going because eventually that money is going to run out.
And if you think about it, with the billions we
(06:17):
gave and with the billions NATO gave, Ukraine was still losing.
They were losing ground. They were losing infrastructure, and they
were losing a massive amount of people, and so this
war had to end. There was no question to that.
And of course the media, which gives them no credit,
(06:38):
which just seems to mock him over these peace negotiations, saying,
you know, looking at their watch, going when's it going
to happen? When's it going to happen? Well, nobody even tried,
No one even tried before to end this. This president
came in and said I want to end this war.
He should be heralded, that he should be a hero
(07:02):
for that. But no. As a matter of fact, what
he was asked was, well, are you conceding too much
to Russia? Are you cozying up to Russia? You don't
know what pressure I'm putting on Russia they're dealing. You
have no idea what pressure I'm putting on Russia. We're
putting a lot of pressure. We're putting a lot of
pressure on Russia. Right. It is incredible. The media has
(07:26):
become so embarrassing, so incredibly embarrassing. Now I don't expect
them to suck up to him, but my god, every
question is negative. And that was not the case under Biden.
I could see if it was consistent, if it was consistent,
and they just were tough on both all the time.
(07:48):
That's fair. But they gave Biden a pass, and they
didn't only give him a pass into questioning, they gave
him a pass in never saying he had cognitive problems.
And they saw it, they knew it, They talked to
their sources, all of them knew it, and all of
them hid this. And thank god from Marco Rubio. I
(08:11):
cannot be more impressed by the Secretary of State now,
I will be honest with you. I never thought a
lot about Marco Rubio. I thought he was fine, But man,
did he step up in this position and he lectured
the media on what Donald Trump's been doing.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Of all the leaders in the world today, no leader
is working harder to prevent wars or end them than
President Trump is. Right now. We're trying. That's why we're
talking to Iran, That's why we're engaged with Ukraine and Russia.
It's the desire to prevent these wars from breaking out
into end the ones that exist already. And again, I
just think it's tremendous for our country to be led
by a president who desires to bring peace and establish
(08:50):
peace and protect peace.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
So it's hard work. It's one of the reasons I
voted for him. It's one of the reasons I support
him because he's never sent a young man or woman
to war, and I had two young boys and so
it was very personal to me, and I commend him
for that. There are too many presidents that willy nilly
(09:13):
send men and women to their death in war, and
he just will not do it. And he tries to
end wars around the world, and our media doesn't give
him credit. But when he was there with the Prime
Minister of Norway yesterday, one of their reporters said, should
Donald Trump get the Nobel Peace Prize?
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Absolute? President Trump for having been taking very important initiatives
to get this conflict towards and which both parties to serve.
We need to have a ceasefire, save lives and move
towards something which is more secure for Europe, for the
people concerned, and on that we work together and I
(09:53):
look forward to, you know, go into some details because
we are at the critical moment on that price. You
know that is a committee take care of that, which
is completely working on its own terms. And I cannot
comment on that.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
I thank you very much for that question. I like
that question. So the Prime Minister, of course wouldn't answer,
but Donald Trump commended the reporter for the question. So
let's watch. This weekend is going to be key. Hopefully
Monday we can talk about a ceasefire. Wouldn't that be wonderful.
I'm sure the media will hate it, the Democrats will
hate it, but wouldn't that be wonderful? You know what
(10:28):
we need right now? We need rain. Will the rain
that's expected this weekend help the wildfires in New Jersey?
And how much do we need to make a difference.
We'll have an extended conversation with War's Weather Channel meteorologist
Jeff Mahr when we return. Plus tickets to see the
Brotherhood of Rock tour at age twenty five
Morning, Yessey were meant to be. It's time for Mente
in the morning on sevent ten wo or good morning everyone,
it's Friday, and thanks for spending your Friday morning with
us in the Big Three. Today, Well, it is sentencing
day for former Congressman George Santos, and in a big
(00:22):
interview that he did, you can tell he's a little
bit more than concerned that he might be going to
prison for stealing campaign funds.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Ferably in protective custody, because I do fear for my safety.
I'm not somebody who's I didn't grow up in an
environment where I had to fend for myself.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Really, he seems he seems tougher than that. Did you
would you ever imagine that that he wasn't that he
got beat up as a kid, or that he was
not a tough kid. I couldn't. I was gonna say,
what does that even mean? I think that it means
that he fears he's going to get beat up a lot.
And Santo's could get sentenced over seven months, seven years
(01:06):
excuse me in prison. Nineteen year old is under arrest
right now in Ocean County, New Jersey. Police believe he
intentionally started one of the largest wildfires in New Jersey history.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I'm not prepared to discuss the motive at this time,
nor does the state have to prove what the motive is.
We can just confidently say that we think the fire
was set intentionally.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Well, in custody is Joseph Kling of where Town, New Jersey,
is now charged with second degree aggravated arson. And in
response to a fatal helicopter crash that killed six, the
New York City Council bans noisy, old helicopters from New
York City.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
The most outdated, loudest, and dirtiest helicopters will no longer
be allowed to fly out of our downtown Manhattan Heliport
or East thirty fourth Street Heliport starting in twenty twenty nine.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Well, it's interesting because Congresswoman Nicole Mellottakis says the problem
that they have in Staten Island is not with the
helicopters coming from Manhattan. They come from New Jersey. And
she has a solution to that. The Congresswoman is coming
up at eight thirty five. Cardinal Dolan is in Rome
right now. He held a mass for New Yorkers there.
(02:22):
He's there, of course, for the pope's funeral and then
the conclave to choose the new pope. Once you get
into the conclave, you better kind of know. So to
that point, do you have an idea on a direction
you're landing at this point? None of your business. I
(02:44):
have to love him. Yeah, that was a great answer,
and I love the real, deep, honest, sincere laugh. That
was a belly laugh. Yeah he was. He got a
kick out of himself. That was Mike Brza, who is
over there for ABC. And Donald Trump says, once again,
we may be close to a peace deal between Russia
(03:07):
and Ukraine. We want to end that war. We want
to end it quickly. And I think we've met along
a lot of progress and we'll see what happens.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
This next few days.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Is going to be very important.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Meetings are taking place right now.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
And let's stay with this for a second only because
it's huge in the world if they can come up
with a ceasefire and then a peace deal between Ukraine
and Russia. And Donald Trump, I know he said this before,
and he felt like he's been close to this before,
which he gets a lot of criticism over which I
of course believe is completely unfair because here's a guy
(03:42):
trying to bring trees, peace, save millions of lives, and
it's like people are looking at their watch, going, well,
why didn't happen yet? How come it hasn't happened yet
because it's difficult. At least he tried. At least it
didn't just keep funding Ukraine like a meat grinder. There
(04:03):
was no way Ukraine was ever going to win this war.
It just was never going to happen. And we kept
funding it and funding it and funding it, making them
falsely believe they could hold on. But Russia can go
to war forever. So God blessed Donald Trump for actually
(04:26):
taking the initiative to say this has got to end.
I think we have a deal with Russia. We have
to get a deal with Zelensky, and I hope that Selensky.
I thought it might be easier to deal with Selensky.
So far it's been harder. But that's okay, It's so right.
But I think we have a deal with both. We
(04:46):
have a deal with Russia. That's extremely important. But Russia
is basically getting everything they asked for. Russia's getting the
eastern part of Ukraine, which is not a huge part,
but it's big enough, Russia gets the concession that Ukraine
can't join NATO. Those two things we know for a fact.
(05:11):
Now there may be some other things, because I know
Vladimir Putin wanted to make certain that Zelenski didn't continue
on as president. I don't know if that is in
the deal they're talking about right now. But someone asked
the question, and it was an interesting question, said what's
in this for Ukraine? What is Russia conceding? What does
(05:33):
Ukraine get out of this deal? It seems like they're
giving up a lot. And Donald Trump had an answer
I didn't think of, but it's so obvious we all
should have thought of this. Stopping the war, stopping taking
the whole country pretty big concession. That is a huge concession.
So what he's saying, if Ukraine signs this deal, they
(05:56):
can continue to exist because if this war continues. It
seems like that was where it was going, no matter
how many arms are given to them, That's where this
was going because eventually that money is going to run out.
And if you think about it, with the billions we
(06:17):
gave and with the billions NATO gave, Ukraine was still losing.
They were losing ground. They were losing infrastructure, and they
were losing a massive amount of people, and so this
war had to end. There was no question to that.
And of course the media, which gives them no credit,
(06:38):
which just seems to mock him over these peace negotiations, saying,
you know, looking at their watch, going when's it going
to happen? When's it going to happen? Well, nobody even tried,
No one even tried before to end this. This president
came in and said I want to end this war.
He should be heralded, that he should be a hero
(07:02):
for that. But no. As a matter of fact, what
he was asked was, well, are you conceding too much
to Russia? Are you cozying up to Russia? You don't
know what pressure I'm putting on Russia they're dealing. You
have no idea what pressure I'm putting on Russia. We're
putting a lot of pressure. We're putting a lot of
pressure on Russia. Right. It is incredible. The media has
(07:26):
become so embarrassing, so incredibly embarrassing. Now I don't expect
them to suck up to him, but my god, every
question is negative. And that was not the case under Biden.
I could see if it was consistent, if it was consistent,
and they just were tough on both all the time.
(07:48):
That's fair. But they gave Biden a pass, and they
didn't only give him a pass into questioning, they gave
him a pass in never saying he had cognitive problems.
And they saw it, they knew it, They talked to
their sources, all of them knew it, and all of
them hid this. And thank god from Marco Rubio. I
(08:11):
cannot be more impressed by the Secretary of State now,
I will be honest with you. I never thought a
lot about Marco Rubio. I thought he was fine, But man,
did he step up in this position and he lectured
the media on what Donald Trump's been doing.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Of all the leaders in the world today, no leader
is working harder to prevent wars or end them than
President Trump is. Right now. We're trying. That's why we're
talking to Iran, That's why we're engaged with Ukraine and Russia.
It's the desire to prevent these wars from breaking out
into end the ones that exist already. And again, I
just think it's tremendous for our country to be led
by a president who desires to bring peace and establish
(08:50):
peace and protect peace.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
So it's hard work. It's one of the reasons I
voted for him. It's one of the reasons I support
him because he's never sent a young man or woman
to war, and I had two young boys and so
it was very personal to me, and I commend him
for that. There are too many presidents that willy nilly
(09:13):
send men and women to their death in war, and
he just will not do it. And he tries to
end wars around the world, and our media doesn't give
him credit. But when he was there with the Prime
Minister of Norway yesterday, one of their reporters said, should
Donald Trump get the Nobel Peace Prize?
Speaker 5 (09:32):
Absolute? President Trump for having been taking very important initiatives
to get this conflict towards and which both parties to serve.
We need to have a ceasefire, save lives and move
towards something which is more secure for Europe, for the
people concerned, and on that we work together and I
(09:53):
look forward to, you know, go into some details because
we are at the critical moment on that price. You
know that is a committee take care of that, which
is completely working on its own terms. And I cannot
comment on that.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
I thank you very much for that question. I like
that question. So the Prime Minister, of course wouldn't answer,
but Donald Trump commended the reporter for the question. So
let's watch. This weekend is going to be key. Hopefully
Monday we can talk about a ceasefire. Wouldn't that be wonderful.
I'm sure the media will hate it, the Democrats will
hate it, but wouldn't that be wonderful? You know what
(10:28):
we need right now? We need rain. Will the rain
that's expected this weekend help the wildfires in New Jersey?
And how much do we need to make a difference.
We'll have an extended conversation with War's Weather Channel meteorologist
Jeff Mahr when we return. Plus tickets to see the
Brotherhood of Rock tour at age twenty five
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