November 12, 2025 • 18 mins
BEST OF - Democrats remain divided as the House prepares to vote on ending the shutdown. White House Correspondent Jon Decker has the latest on today's big vote. We look at how President Trump’s comments on affordability compare to his policies, and National Correspondent Rory O’Neill explains why many holiday shoppers aren’t feeling festive this year — plus what’s happening with holiday hiring. Finally, the sister of one of the Ybor City crash victims shares her emotional story.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, let's go to the hotline and bring in
our White House correspondent John Decker, who joins us.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Now, so, John, you've got the House.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
It looks like set to vote on this bill to
reopen the federal government today.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
What's the latest that you're hearing.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Well, that's right, that is the schedule. But things supplide.
And the reason I say that is because there's a
possibility that not every Republican that needs to be here
in Washington can get back to Washington. You know, there
have been delays, there have been cancellations at airports all
across the country. So the plan, assuming everyone gets back
in time to be on the House floor, is for
(00:37):
that vote to take place today. And assuming that happens,
then indeed, this CR this Continued Resolution, will pass the
House of Representatives.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
Certainly.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
The reason I say that is because House Speaker Mike
Johnson is for it as well as President Donald Trump.
So I don't think any Republicans going to stray from
their leadership in terms of supporting this legislation.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
And even if one or two do, and I think
Thomas Massey he's likely going to be one who does,
you probably will have maybe a handful of Democrats who
vote in favor of it in those swing districts.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Is that what you're thinking.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Yeah, If I had to lay a bet down as
to which Democrat may decide to vote for this legislation
vote for the CR, my money would be on the
Democratic congressman who represents one of the two districts in
Maine who just announced his retirement. Believe it's Jared Golden,
and he often does actually side with Republicans on issues
(01:40):
because he comes from a district overwhelmingly went for President
Donald Trump in both twenty sixteen and in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
And then the best part about this continuing resolution is
that we get to do it all over again in
less than two minds.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Right, Yeah, that's the crazy thing.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
So this CR, as it's known as stopgap funding bill,
only funds the government through January the thirtieth, and then
we could be facing the same kind of situation that
we faced over the course of the past forty three days,
the possibility of another government shutdown at that time, so
it will be a repeat of what we've just gone
(02:20):
through over the past six weeks.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
And then last thing for you, we're joined by our
White House Correspondent John Decker. The one maybe concession the
Democrats got in this bill was that in the Senate
there'll be a vote on those enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
And extending them. But that isn't a given for the House, right, Well.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
It's not a given for the bus. You could even
argue it's not a given for the Senate either, you know,
in terms of passage. So if you first have to
pass the Senate and then let's just say it, it passes
the Senate, and that's not a certainty.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
But even if.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
That's the case, there's no guarantee from House Speaker Mike
Johnson that the House of Representatives will even take up
what may have passed in the US Senate concerning the
extension of those subsidies for the ACA premiums.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
All right, our White House correspondent John Decker with us
this morning. John, thanks so much, Thank you. Don't forget.
You can get all the latest from John on the
White House Briefing Room podcast, which you can listen to
on your iHeartRadio app. So the other day, during an
interview with Laura Ingram on Fox News, President Trump insisted
again the costs are way down and basically dismiss concerns
(03:32):
about affordability as a quote con job by the Democrats. Now,
some costs are down like eggs, and there are different
things we talked about the other day that are down
year over year, and that's what he's saying repeatedly these days.
But and I think this is important, his actions tell
a bit of a different story. So, in the wake
(03:53):
of the rough election results for the GOP last week,
if you've been paying attention, Trump has introduced a number
of policies or ideas that, on their face seem to
be aimed at easing the financial stress many Americans are feeling,
even though he's claiming they shouldn't be stressed. So, for example,
he's floated a plan to send most Americans two thousand
(04:16):
dollars checks funded by tariff revenues. Now, as I mentioned
the other day, could be a bit of a problem
because the Solicitor General just got done arguing before the
Supreme Court that the tariffs aren't meant for generating revenue,
because that would be an emission. The tariffs are attacks,
which falls under the purview of Congress, not the executive branch.
But we'll put that aside for a second, Trump also
announced a deal that will bring down the cost of
(04:38):
very popular and very expensive weight loss drugs. He proposed
that instead of funding Affordable Care Act subsidies, the money
be sent directly to Americans so they could purchase their
own much better healthcare. And Trump is floating the idea
of offering fifty year mortgages to bring monthly costs down, even.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
If it doesn't make much sense for homeowners in the
long run. I mean, if you take out a four
hundred thousand dollars mortgage loan at today's rate, you'll save
two hundred and eighty three dollars a month, but you
pay an extra four hundred twenty one.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Thousand dollars a life flown. I'm not a financial advisor.
Seems like a bad idea.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
Interest I'm going to end up paying back. I wanted
to vomit, but I will leave something to my children.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Right, imagine that though even longer so.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
The point here is if the President really thought, you know,
the polls were fake, the exsit poles were manufactured by
the Democrats, and there's nothing to see here in terms
of affordability, you would have launched all these proposals at
the same time, if at all. It's kind of like
if your spouse handles the finances and keeps telling you
everything is great. Yeah, the bills are paid, the savings
(05:47):
keep growing. Meanwhile, she keeps putting your stuff up on
Facebook Marketplace, and the second you buy a new iPhone
you get the silent treatment for a month.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Something's not right there.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
And Trump is naturally inclined to say that anything under
his purview is tremendous and better than ever, but he
knows that this is maybe the one issue you cannot
bs the American people on, as Joe Biden and Democrats
(06:16):
learn the hard way. So he's throwing a bunch of
affordability policies at the wall to see what sticks. And
if Republicans want to hang on to control of Congress,
he's going to need something to stick. A bill to
end the record breaking government shutdown is moving closer to
final passage. Overnight, the House Rules Committee voted along party
(06:36):
lines to advance the Senate's bipartisan funding package. The Republican
led committee rejected amendments that would have extended Obamacare subsidies,
and now the bill heads to the full House, where
a final vote is expected later today. And the bill
is expected to pass. There is a lot of turmoil
in the Democratic Party right now. We're talking about that
(06:58):
a little while ago with Mike Lilis from The Hill.
If you missed that interview, we'll have it for you
up on the podcast after the show. Just search for
Ryan Gorman Show on your iHeart radio app or wherever
you listen to podcasts, and look, there should be a
lot of turmoil within the Democratic Party. The shutdown deal
for Democrats kind of like walking into a car dealership
because your car crapped out and saying, in that car
(07:20):
over there, I'll pay forty thousand dollars for it, even
though it's got to stick a price at fifty thousand dollars.
And then the dealership says, no, you'll pay fifty if
you want that car. So you hold out for a month. Meanwhile,
your whole life is a mess. You got to figure
out how to get to work, how to get the
kids to where they need to go. Then, after a month,
to go back to the dealership, car still on a lot,
you say, I'll pay forty thousand dollars for that car.
(07:41):
They say no, no, no, fifty thousand dollars, and you say, Okay,
all that time and energy, and you end up right
where you started in the beginning.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
And you caused a whole bunch of chaos, a whole
bunch of people that you're supposedly trying to do something
good for.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Right, That's pretty much what we just saw unfold. But
I will say this, and I mentioned this before, including
that conversation with Mike Lillis, the tides will turn. So
I wouldn't spike the football if I with the GOP.
They got to come up with an alternative to Obamacare.
I just saw a headline on Fox News a few
minutes ago that President Trump says that he is going
(08:20):
to announce something called trump Care.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
Uh oh, I'm sure that's gonna be so much better.
You gotta come with a gold insurance car.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Yeah, that's a great idea. Actually, you can't just tell
people to eat these higher prices. Okay, that's not gonna work.
And so far it's been over a decade and we
still haven't seen anything. Now, maybe they've got a plan
that will be better than Obamacare. I will say this,
no matter what Republicans do, they're gonna be winners and losers.
(08:49):
Like you can't it's just not possible to make a
healthcare plan that works for everybody, So they're gonna have
to prioritize. There are gonna be some people who if
trump Care becomes a thing, they're gonna be better off.
Some people are gonna be worse off. I mean that
that is inevitable. We saw it with Obamacare. The one
thing I'll say about Obamacare, being called the Affordable Care Act,
(09:11):
the problem with it was, well, it made healthcare a
bit more affordable for some people because the government is
funneling money to help them pay their premiums, not because
it actually brought down the.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Cost of healthcare.
Speaker 7 (09:25):
People.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Still, so there are lots of different ways that this
could play out.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
It's not over yet.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
I think the battle is over in the sense of,
you know, this battle over the subsidies that led to
in part, the government shutdown, but the war over healthcare
that continues, and we'll see where it heads in the
coming weeks, especially ahead of that Senate vote that was
promised in this bipartisan funding package. And right now, let's
(09:51):
bring in our national correspondent Rory O'Neil, who supports Bronci
by Mark Spain real estate. So Rory why holiday shoppers
aren't feeling very merry this year.
Speaker 8 (10:01):
Well, we're seeing a wallet Hub survey out this morning
that finds what they call the Grinch economy. Two and
three Americans say the current economic conditions will make holidays
feel less fun this year. Eighty five percent say they'll
spend the same as they did last year, maybe even less.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
I like.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
Gifts do not equal joy.
Speaker 8 (10:22):
Sixty one percent of Americans say they would enjoy the
holidays a lot more if people didn't exchange gifts at all.
Speaker 6 (10:29):
Oh, absolutely, thousand percent, like we did. We did a
cruise last year with my kids. Instead of gifts, they
got a couple of things for the cruise. I spent
way more money actually doing the cruise than if I
had bought them gifts. But we had so much fun
and we made memories with cousins, and we didn't do
all the gifts. I can't stand the gifts and then
(10:50):
the pressure to give stuff to everyone, and then people
give you something and you feel bad because you didn't
give them something, and yeah, and it's all just one
big money exchange. And I'd rather hold on to my money.
And you don't give me a gift if.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
You if you took gifts off the table and he
got rid of the songs and the decorations, I would
be all of Actually the.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
Holidays, some of my neighbors have started like turning on
their their permanent Christmas lights, like the ones that are up.
You can just put them up all the time and
then turn them on a Christmas. And I'm seriously like
looking into how much it's going to cost to get
my house done because I want Christmas light.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
And in one of the top stress points in that
survey coming up with the gift ideas, like forty people says.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Here's here's a card charger, you'll love it.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Right now, there are several grassroots groups, I don't know
if you saw this Rory calling for a nationwide economic
boycott on Black Friday. They want people to stop spending
on Black Friday and Cyber Monday to protest economic inequality.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
I don't think that's going to go anywhere.
Speaker 6 (11:56):
Yeah, no, no, no, probably not. People are still going
to try to get those deals.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
There's one there's one place that I will tell you
I am going to boycott because of their new policy target.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Have you heard about this? Ten four rule at you.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Oh yeah, so they're rolling out this new ten four
rule requiring employees to smile, make eye contact, and greet
shoppers who come within ten feet, and if customers come
within four feet, they have to ask how their day
is going.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Oh no, no way.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Nobody wants no, nobody wants hate. When I go, I
don't want anybody who works in the store to talk
to me.
Speaker 4 (12:35):
Exactly Target. My niece just started working. My niece started
working at Target this week.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
A great smile my daughter.
Speaker 6 (12:45):
My daughter worked at Target before this policy was implemented,
but she doesn't.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Work there anymore. No way.
Speaker 5 (12:49):
Now.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
THEIRS internal research says that the customer satisfaction improves when
shoppers are acknowledged. All I know is I'm trying to
avoid everybody, workers, people, the I just want to get
in and get out.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
So this policy not for me. I don't need to smile.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
I do the Target delivery and then I don't have
to deal with any of that.
Speaker 8 (13:10):
We can't get my niece to take her head out
of her phone. I don't know how right, Uh?
Speaker 1 (13:16):
And then real quick, going back to what holiday shoppers
are focused on, a lot of them, you know, hunting
for low prices waiting for sales, and we're really seeing
it in advance of Thanksgiving. I think Target they were
the latest to roll out a deal, and I forget
what the deal was for Thanksgiving dinner, but you know,
that's become a really big thing at all these stores,
these super cheap you know dinners that you can put together.
Speaker 6 (13:40):
Well, I saw though, was pretty cheap, but it was
only for four people. I don't know if that was
the Target one or not, but one of them, Like
I think the old one was for ten people, and
then the Amazon or Walmart was for for six, and
now this one I saw was only for four.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Yeah, yeah, ror a, you're going to get Is there
one for just one person that maybe me and you
can enjoy?
Speaker 8 (14:00):
I just know, I just go to other people's houses
and bring the bring the wine. So that's my that's
my job.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
That's what I do too. Yeah, that's I think the
best way to go about it.
Speaker 8 (14:07):
By the way, the red flag in that National Retail
Federation survey that I was that.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Holiday hiring is way down.
Speaker 8 (14:14):
Yeah, we had more hundred and forty two thousand people
were hired for temp jobs last Christmas.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
It's two hundred and sixty five thousand this year.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
I noted that when we talked about that story, because
the National Retail Federation they're expecting holiday spending despite you
know what these surveys are saying. They're expecting it to
exceed a trillion dollars. Now, maybe that is in part
because things cost more, so that that could be up.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Like two and a half.
Speaker 8 (14:38):
Yeah, but that's still only an increase of like two
and a half percent, So they're not you know, these
two surveys aren't way off right now. The wallat up
one isn't saying it's going to be a collapse, but
they're saying a little bit softer.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
But yeah, I think the holiday hiring being so.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Low is a concern. More money coming in, but holiday
hiring slower. That is interesting.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
But Rory O'Neil, our national correspondent with us this morning, Rory.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Thanks guys, real quay.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Going back to that conversation that we had a few
minutes ago on Target, my worst night bear is walking
in and having someone smiling at me and you know,
wishing me a nice day. I know that sounds weird,
It's just it's how I am. But I get very
frustrated if I do need someone and I can't find them, Oh, right,
of course. So you know there's that, and it sounds
like they're going to be on the lookout looking to
(15:24):
help people in any way they can. So if you're
planning and going into the store, like you said, I
don't really go into stores anymore.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I never do. I can't remember the last time I
was in any store. I just you know, it's easier.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
It's a tome.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
I buy stuff online.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Yeah, now I do the delivery.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
If I had somebody take close look at my finances,
how much money I've wasted, you know.
Speaker 6 (15:44):
Oh I don't even want to think about how much
more I'm paying because I get it delivered. In the
tip and the markup and all that. Yeah whatever.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
A memorial in front of Bradley's Bar and Eymore City
continues to grow, marking the site where four people were
killed and more than a dozen were injured in the
deadly crash Friday night. Karen Simmons is the sister of
Sherman Jones, who was one of those killed, and she
had this to say about his death.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Reality haven't hit me yet.
Speaker 7 (16:10):
I still think that Sherman stopped playing just give me
a call so you.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Can see me. You okay.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
She also talked about receiving the news that he had died.
Speaker 7 (16:18):
First to ask me my name, and then I said
did I was out? Was a relative to Sherman Jones?
He said, yes, that's my brother.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Then you said I have bad news.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
I can only imagine the sinking feeling when you hear
those words.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
And Simmons says her family thought of Sherman Jones as
a superhero soup plan because he.
Speaker 7 (16:36):
Loved to help help anybody and everybody, it doesn't matter.
He was just a good guy, get hearted, kind. I'll
give you He'll give you the straight.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
Off his bike.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
The suspect, Sila Samson, remains behind bars on eight felony
counts and has a bond hearing tomorrow. Meanwhile, the debate
over what should be done to better protect Seventh Avenue continues.
Here's some of what Tampa may Or Jane cast said
the other day.
Speaker 9 (17:00):
Unfortunately, we will never be able to completely safeguard our
residents are visitors from the bad decisions that people make.
All of the data tells us that it's safer to
have Seventh Avenue open because it prevents the congregations of
(17:23):
individuals that are coming with no intent to patronize the
establishments the restaurants.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
And city councilmen Alan clenden And spoke about some of
the criticism over how police handled the chase.
Speaker 10 (17:36):
This wasn't an accident. This was the result of a
criminal and doing criminal activities that resulted in the deaths
of four individuals. One bad actor, one bad decision, and
people lost their lives and people were injured.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Now two points.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
This incident, definitely, I think highlights Seventh Avenue's vulnerability. Not
that we didn't know that before this, but if someone
wanted to intentionally do something horrific, obviously they're able to
do that at Seventh Avenue in Ebor City.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
That said, you.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Don't want to create a solution to one potential problem
that creates all kinds of other, potentially more frequent issues,
And I think that's basically what Tampa may Or Jane
Caster is saying. I think the discussion will continue, but
I wouldn't expect any big changes to how things are
handled at Seventh Avenue anytime soon.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
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All right, let's go to the hotline and bring in
our White House correspondent John Decker, who joins us.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Now, so, John, you've got the House.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
It looks like set to vote on this bill to
reopen the federal government today.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
What's the latest that you're hearing.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Well, that's right, that is the schedule. But things supplide.
And the reason I say that is because there's a
possibility that not every Republican that needs to be here
in Washington can get back to Washington. You know, there
have been delays, there have been cancellations at airports all
across the country. So the plan, assuming everyone gets back
in time to be on the House floor, is for
(00:37):
that vote to take place today. And assuming that happens,
then indeed, this CR this Continued Resolution, will pass the
House of Representatives.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
Certainly.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
The reason I say that is because House Speaker Mike
Johnson is for it as well as President Donald Trump.
So I don't think any Republicans going to stray from
their leadership in terms of supporting this legislation.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
And even if one or two do, and I think
Thomas Massey he's likely going to be one who does,
you probably will have maybe a handful of Democrats who
vote in favor of it in those swing districts.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Is that what you're thinking.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Yeah, If I had to lay a bet down as
to which Democrat may decide to vote for this legislation
vote for the CR, my money would be on the
Democratic congressman who represents one of the two districts in
Maine who just announced his retirement. Believe it's Jared Golden,
and he often does actually side with Republicans on issues
(01:40):
because he comes from a district overwhelmingly went for President
Donald Trump in both twenty sixteen and in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
And then the best part about this continuing resolution is
that we get to do it all over again in
less than two minds.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Right, Yeah, that's the crazy thing.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
So this CR, as it's known as stopgap funding bill,
only funds the government through January the thirtieth, and then
we could be facing the same kind of situation that
we faced over the course of the past forty three days,
the possibility of another government shutdown at that time, so
it will be a repeat of what we've just gone
(02:20):
through over the past six weeks.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
And then last thing for you, we're joined by our
White House Correspondent John Decker. The one maybe concession the
Democrats got in this bill was that in the Senate
there'll be a vote on those enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
And extending them. But that isn't a given for the House, right, Well.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
It's not a given for the bus. You could even
argue it's not a given for the Senate either, you know,
in terms of passage. So if you first have to
pass the Senate and then let's just say it, it passes
the Senate, and that's not a certainty.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
But even if.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
That's the case, there's no guarantee from House Speaker Mike
Johnson that the House of Representatives will even take up
what may have passed in the US Senate concerning the
extension of those subsidies for the ACA premiums.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
All right, our White House correspondent John Decker with us
this morning. John, thanks so much, Thank you. Don't forget.
You can get all the latest from John on the
White House Briefing Room podcast, which you can listen to
on your iHeartRadio app. So the other day, during an
interview with Laura Ingram on Fox News, President Trump insisted
again the costs are way down and basically dismiss concerns
(03:32):
about affordability as a quote con job by the Democrats. Now,
some costs are down like eggs, and there are different
things we talked about the other day that are down
year over year, and that's what he's saying repeatedly these days.
But and I think this is important, his actions tell
a bit of a different story. So, in the wake
(03:53):
of the rough election results for the GOP last week,
if you've been paying attention, Trump has introduced a number
of policies or ideas that, on their face seem to
be aimed at easing the financial stress many Americans are feeling,
even though he's claiming they shouldn't be stressed. So, for example,
he's floated a plan to send most Americans two thousand
(04:16):
dollars checks funded by tariff revenues. Now, as I mentioned
the other day, could be a bit of a problem
because the Solicitor General just got done arguing before the
Supreme Court that the tariffs aren't meant for generating revenue,
because that would be an emission. The tariffs are attacks,
which falls under the purview of Congress, not the executive branch.
But we'll put that aside for a second, Trump also
announced a deal that will bring down the cost of
(04:38):
very popular and very expensive weight loss drugs. He proposed
that instead of funding Affordable Care Act subsidies, the money
be sent directly to Americans so they could purchase their
own much better healthcare. And Trump is floating the idea
of offering fifty year mortgages to bring monthly costs down, even.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
If it doesn't make much sense for homeowners in the
long run. I mean, if you take out a four
hundred thousand dollars mortgage loan at today's rate, you'll save
two hundred and eighty three dollars a month, but you
pay an extra four hundred twenty one.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Thousand dollars a life flown. I'm not a financial advisor.
Seems like a bad idea.
Speaker 6 (05:18):
Interest I'm going to end up paying back. I wanted
to vomit, but I will leave something to my children.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Right, imagine that though even longer so.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
The point here is if the President really thought, you know,
the polls were fake, the exsit poles were manufactured by
the Democrats, and there's nothing to see here in terms
of affordability, you would have launched all these proposals at
the same time, if at all. It's kind of like
if your spouse handles the finances and keeps telling you
everything is great. Yeah, the bills are paid, the savings
(05:47):
keep growing. Meanwhile, she keeps putting your stuff up on
Facebook Marketplace, and the second you buy a new iPhone
you get the silent treatment for a month.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Something's not right there.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
And Trump is naturally inclined to say that anything under
his purview is tremendous and better than ever, but he
knows that this is maybe the one issue you cannot
bs the American people on, as Joe Biden and Democrats
(06:16):
learn the hard way. So he's throwing a bunch of
affordability policies at the wall to see what sticks. And
if Republicans want to hang on to control of Congress,
he's going to need something to stick. A bill to
end the record breaking government shutdown is moving closer to
final passage. Overnight, the House Rules Committee voted along party
(06:36):
lines to advance the Senate's bipartisan funding package. The Republican
led committee rejected amendments that would have extended Obamacare subsidies,
and now the bill heads to the full House, where
a final vote is expected later today. And the bill
is expected to pass. There is a lot of turmoil
in the Democratic Party right now. We're talking about that
(06:58):
a little while ago with Mike Lilis from The Hill.
If you missed that interview, we'll have it for you
up on the podcast after the show. Just search for
Ryan Gorman Show on your iHeart radio app or wherever
you listen to podcasts, and look, there should be a
lot of turmoil within the Democratic Party. The shutdown deal
for Democrats kind of like walking into a car dealership
because your car crapped out and saying, in that car
(07:20):
over there, I'll pay forty thousand dollars for it, even
though it's got to stick a price at fifty thousand dollars.
And then the dealership says, no, you'll pay fifty if
you want that car. So you hold out for a month. Meanwhile,
your whole life is a mess. You got to figure
out how to get to work, how to get the
kids to where they need to go. Then, after a month,
to go back to the dealership, car still on a lot,
you say, I'll pay forty thousand dollars for that car.
(07:41):
They say no, no, no, fifty thousand dollars, and you say, Okay,
all that time and energy, and you end up right
where you started in the beginning.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
And you caused a whole bunch of chaos, a whole
bunch of people that you're supposedly trying to do something
good for.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Right, That's pretty much what we just saw unfold. But
I will say this, and I mentioned this before, including
that conversation with Mike Lillis, the tides will turn. So
I wouldn't spike the football if I with the GOP.
They got to come up with an alternative to Obamacare.
I just saw a headline on Fox News a few
minutes ago that President Trump says that he is going
(08:20):
to announce something called trump Care.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
Uh oh, I'm sure that's gonna be so much better.
You gotta come with a gold insurance car.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Yeah, that's a great idea. Actually, you can't just tell
people to eat these higher prices. Okay, that's not gonna work.
And so far it's been over a decade and we
still haven't seen anything. Now, maybe they've got a plan
that will be better than Obamacare. I will say this,
no matter what Republicans do, they're gonna be winners and losers.
(08:49):
Like you can't it's just not possible to make a
healthcare plan that works for everybody, So they're gonna have
to prioritize. There are gonna be some people who if
trump Care becomes a thing, they're gonna be better off.
Some people are gonna be worse off. I mean that
that is inevitable. We saw it with Obamacare. The one
thing I'll say about Obamacare, being called the Affordable Care Act,
(09:11):
the problem with it was, well, it made healthcare a
bit more affordable for some people because the government is
funneling money to help them pay their premiums, not because
it actually brought down the.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Cost of healthcare.
Speaker 7 (09:25):
People.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Still, so there are lots of different ways that this
could play out.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
It's not over yet.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
I think the battle is over in the sense of,
you know, this battle over the subsidies that led to
in part, the government shutdown, but the war over healthcare
that continues, and we'll see where it heads in the
coming weeks, especially ahead of that Senate vote that was
promised in this bipartisan funding package. And right now, let's
(09:51):
bring in our national correspondent Rory O'Neil, who supports Bronci
by Mark Spain real estate. So Rory why holiday shoppers
aren't feeling very merry this year.
Speaker 8 (10:01):
Well, we're seeing a wallet Hub survey out this morning
that finds what they call the Grinch economy. Two and
three Americans say the current economic conditions will make holidays
feel less fun this year. Eighty five percent say they'll
spend the same as they did last year, maybe even less.
Speaker 4 (10:18):
But here's the thing.
Speaker 8 (10:19):
I like.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
Gifts do not equal joy.
Speaker 8 (10:22):
Sixty one percent of Americans say they would enjoy the
holidays a lot more if people didn't exchange gifts at all.
Speaker 6 (10:29):
Oh, absolutely, thousand percent, like we did. We did a
cruise last year with my kids. Instead of gifts, they
got a couple of things for the cruise. I spent
way more money actually doing the cruise than if I
had bought them gifts. But we had so much fun
and we made memories with cousins, and we didn't do
all the gifts. I can't stand the gifts and then
(10:50):
the pressure to give stuff to everyone, and then people
give you something and you feel bad because you didn't
give them something, and yeah, and it's all just one
big money exchange. And I'd rather hold on to my money.
And you don't give me a gift if.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
You if you took gifts off the table and he
got rid of the songs and the decorations, I would
be all of Actually the.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
Holidays, some of my neighbors have started like turning on
their their permanent Christmas lights, like the ones that are up.
You can just put them up all the time and
then turn them on a Christmas. And I'm seriously like
looking into how much it's going to cost to get
my house done because I want Christmas light.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
And in one of the top stress points in that
survey coming up with the gift ideas, like forty people says.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Here's here's a card charger, you'll love it.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Right now, there are several grassroots groups, I don't know
if you saw this Rory calling for a nationwide economic
boycott on Black Friday. They want people to stop spending
on Black Friday and Cyber Monday to protest economic inequality.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
I don't think that's going to go anywhere.
Speaker 6 (11:56):
Yeah, no, no, no, probably not. People are still going
to try to get those deals.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
There's one there's one place that I will tell you
I am going to boycott because of their new policy target.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Have you heard about this? Ten four rule at you.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Oh yeah, so they're rolling out this new ten four
rule requiring employees to smile, make eye contact, and greet
shoppers who come within ten feet, and if customers come
within four feet, they have to ask how their day
is going.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Oh no, no way.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
Nobody wants no, nobody wants hate. When I go, I
don't want anybody who works in the store to talk
to me.
Speaker 4 (12:35):
Exactly Target. My niece just started working. My niece started
working at Target this week.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
A great smile my daughter.
Speaker 6 (12:45):
My daughter worked at Target before this policy was implemented,
but she doesn't.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Work there anymore. No way.
Speaker 5 (12:49):
Now.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
THEIRS internal research says that the customer satisfaction improves when
shoppers are acknowledged. All I know is I'm trying to
avoid everybody, workers, people, the I just want to get
in and get out.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
So this policy not for me. I don't need to smile.
Speaker 6 (13:05):
I do the Target delivery and then I don't have
to deal with any of that.
Speaker 8 (13:10):
We can't get my niece to take her head out
of her phone. I don't know how right, Uh?
Speaker 1 (13:16):
And then real quick, going back to what holiday shoppers
are focused on, a lot of them, you know, hunting
for low prices waiting for sales, and we're really seeing
it in advance of Thanksgiving. I think Target they were
the latest to roll out a deal, and I forget
what the deal was for Thanksgiving dinner, but you know,
that's become a really big thing at all these stores,
these super cheap you know dinners that you can put together.
Speaker 6 (13:40):
Well, I saw though, was pretty cheap, but it was
only for four people. I don't know if that was
the Target one or not, but one of them, Like
I think the old one was for ten people, and
then the Amazon or Walmart was for for six, and
now this one I saw was only for four.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
Yeah, yeah, ror a, you're going to get Is there
one for just one person that maybe me and you
can enjoy?
Speaker 8 (14:00):
I just know, I just go to other people's houses
and bring the bring the wine. So that's my that's
my job.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
That's what I do too. Yeah, that's I think the
best way to go about it.
Speaker 8 (14:07):
By the way, the red flag in that National Retail
Federation survey that I was that.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
Holiday hiring is way down.
Speaker 8 (14:14):
Yeah, we had more hundred and forty two thousand people
were hired for temp jobs last Christmas.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
It's two hundred and sixty five thousand this year.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
I noted that when we talked about that story, because
the National Retail Federation they're expecting holiday spending despite you
know what these surveys are saying. They're expecting it to
exceed a trillion dollars. Now, maybe that is in part
because things cost more, so that that could be up.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Like two and a half.
Speaker 8 (14:38):
Yeah, but that's still only an increase of like two
and a half percent, So they're not you know, these
two surveys aren't way off right now. The wallat up
one isn't saying it's going to be a collapse, but
they're saying a little bit softer.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
But yeah, I think the holiday hiring being so.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Low is a concern. More money coming in, but holiday
hiring slower. That is interesting.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
But Rory O'Neil, our national correspondent with us this morning, Rory.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Thanks guys, real quay.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Going back to that conversation that we had a few
minutes ago on Target, my worst night bear is walking
in and having someone smiling at me and you know,
wishing me a nice day. I know that sounds weird,
It's just it's how I am. But I get very
frustrated if I do need someone and I can't find them, Oh, right,
of course. So you know there's that, and it sounds
like they're going to be on the lookout looking to
(15:24):
help people in any way they can. So if you're
planning and going into the store, like you said, I
don't really go into stores anymore.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
I never do. I can't remember the last time I
was in any store. I just you know, it's easier.
Speaker 4 (15:37):
It's a tome.
Speaker 6 (15:39):
I buy stuff online.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Yeah, now I do the delivery.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
If I had somebody take close look at my finances,
how much money I've wasted, you know.
Speaker 6 (15:44):
Oh I don't even want to think about how much
more I'm paying because I get it delivered. In the
tip and the markup and all that. Yeah whatever.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
A memorial in front of Bradley's Bar and Eymore City
continues to grow, marking the site where four people were
killed and more than a dozen were injured in the
deadly crash Friday night. Karen Simmons is the sister of
Sherman Jones, who was one of those killed, and she
had this to say about his death.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
Reality haven't hit me yet.
Speaker 7 (16:10):
I still think that Sherman stopped playing just give me
a call so you.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Can see me. You okay.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
She also talked about receiving the news that he had died.
Speaker 7 (16:18):
First to ask me my name, and then I said
did I was out? Was a relative to Sherman Jones?
He said, yes, that's my brother.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Then you said I have bad news.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
I can only imagine the sinking feeling when you hear
those words.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
And Simmons says her family thought of Sherman Jones as
a superhero soup plan because he.
Speaker 7 (16:36):
Loved to help help anybody and everybody, it doesn't matter.
He was just a good guy, get hearted, kind. I'll
give you He'll give you the straight.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
Off his bike.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
The suspect, Sila Samson, remains behind bars on eight felony
counts and has a bond hearing tomorrow. Meanwhile, the debate
over what should be done to better protect Seventh Avenue continues.
Here's some of what Tampa may Or Jane cast said
the other day.
Speaker 9 (17:00):
Unfortunately, we will never be able to completely safeguard our
residents are visitors from the bad decisions that people make.
All of the data tells us that it's safer to
have Seventh Avenue open because it prevents the congregations of
(17:23):
individuals that are coming with no intent to patronize the
establishments the restaurants.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
And city councilmen Alan clenden And spoke about some of
the criticism over how police handled the chase.
Speaker 10 (17:36):
This wasn't an accident. This was the result of a
criminal and doing criminal activities that resulted in the deaths
of four individuals. One bad actor, one bad decision, and
people lost their lives and people were injured.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Now two points.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
This incident, definitely, I think highlights Seventh Avenue's vulnerability. Not
that we didn't know that before this, but if someone
wanted to intentionally do something horrific, obviously they're able to
do that at Seventh Avenue in Ebor City.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
That said, you.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Don't want to create a solution to one potential problem
that creates all kinds of other, potentially more frequent issues,
And I think that's basically what Tampa may Or Jane
Caster is saying. I think the discussion will continue, but
I wouldn't expect any big changes to how things are
handled at Seventh Avenue anytime soon.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
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