October 30, 2025 • 14 mins
BEST OF - National Correspondent Rory O’Neill reports on the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa and explains what the Federal Reserve’s new interest rate cut means for your wallet. White House Correspondent Jon Decker recaps President Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, plus the latest on the government shutdown and how much Americans are spending on Halloween this year.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In right now, let's bring in our national correspondent, Rory O'Neil,
whose report is brought to you by Mark Spain Real Estate. So, Rory,
still early in the process of getting a good feel
for just how catastrophic Hurricane Melissa was. But some of
the early images that we're seeing, I mean, it looks
like a bomb went off in some of these neighborhoods
(00:21):
in Jamaica. And you also have the damage and destruction
and death extending out to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Right and this storm is still a thing.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Yeah, it's still a Cat two hurricane on its way
toward Bermuda right now. So this is still something to
be tracking. As this starts to pull away from the Bahamas.
It could be a Cat one hurricane off Newfoundland this weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
That's how persistent this storm has been.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
But you're right, we still know. Now the sun is
up again, maybe we'll start to get some better information,
some hard data out of Jamaica. It's been difficult to
get concrete information as they struggle to reach the whole
island with these response teams. We've gotten some aerial footage
from the Prime Minister. Boy, what do you showed from
the western part of the island. I did not see
(01:10):
one roof in place. Yeah, and it looks like I mean,
there is now a developing housing emergency all across Jamaica
right now.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, it's complete destruction in some of these areas. And
you also have Cuba. I mean, you've got a lot
of people, about seven hundred and fifty thousand in shelters.
You know, homes collapse, we know major hospitals took on
real damage.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
There.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
There's this one I mentioned this earlier. There is a
hurricane hunter. His name is Josh Morgarman. He goes by
icyclone on Ax. He's real famous because you know, in
the middle all of these storms you find him. And
he said about Hurricane Melyssa, because he was right there
in Jamaica. He said, well, perhaps the mightiest hurricane of
(01:55):
the eighty three I've witnessed. And when he goes to
these hurricane you know, he's not on the outer end
of it. He's right there in the eye wall every time.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Right, He's not at the Hilton waiting his life hit
with Anderson. No, No, he was pointing out.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
He took a picture of the family that he was
with and like the hotel kitchen. Uh, and you could
see one of the people they had their hands over
their ears. He said it the howling and the and
the noise. It was like a screaming that, you know,
just never stopped. And especially the storm wasn't moving. It's
moving fast now I think it's moving like over twenty
(02:33):
miles prow I was moving slower over Jamaica. So it
was just sitting there with that loud noise. People who
have been through these hurricanes here in Florida, they know
that noise, and uh, it was it was, you know, maddening.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
To those So many of them were in buildings or
homes where like the windows blew off, Yeah, you know,
like the wall blew off, and then it's even louder.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Right well, right, and as I said, when those rooftops
come up, well that means the rain's getting in. So
there goes the dry wall, Here comes the mold, the mild.
The whole house is essentially a loss. So this is
gonna and remembering that this is an island, so getting
the rebuilding supplies out there all this is such a
huge challenge and the logistics of this are going to
(03:13):
be something. And this is someone else described as generational
and it could take that long to recover from this.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, US rescue teams and
supplies and route to affected areas, and we're gonna go
lie to Jamaica for an update and to talk about
the ways that everyone listening can help. Coming up at
eight thirty five this morning, let's switch gears were joined
by our national correspondent Rory O'Neill. Federal Reserve cut interest
rates again yesterday.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, but the outlook for December get your magic eight ball.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
It's a little bit more of a mystery.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
So yesterday's rate cut baked in, I think to what
we've seen with the activity on the Dow lately. Most
of Wall Street was expecting it, but because of the
four cloth the government shutdown, they're not getting the jobs
data that they need to make an informed decision. So
we heard FED chair Powell say it's like driving in
the fog. The first thing you do is slow down.
So as many people were expecting another rate cut in December,
(04:07):
now it seems to be more of a coin toss,
depending on what jobs data there may be. Because anecdotally,
always see your headlines like Amazon to cut forty eight
thousand jobs, UPS cutting forty eight thousand jobs paramount and whatever.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
The was like two thousand I think it was originally
reported this one thousand and ended up being more. And
then General Motors seventeen hundred workers laid off in Michigan
and Ohio.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
So let me just point out that number in particular.
So this is what the FED has.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
To deal with.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Is that a sign of the economy or is it
because they're electric vehicles? No one wants their electric vehicles.
So that's what the FED has to decide, like, Oh,
is that an economic indicator that GM is cutting those
jobs or is that a result of their poor performance
and not really a sign about the overall health of
the economy. So that's the stuff they're trying to weigh
because they have to do two things. They have to
(05:01):
keep inflation low and they have to maximize employment, and
that's what they're trying to balance.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
What I thought was interesting was stood out to me
about his comments was this quote, in particular, inflation away
from tariffs is actually not so far from our two
percent goal, essentially saying if you remove tariffs from the equation,
inflation is not that bad.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Right now.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
But the problem is tariffs are part of the equation,
and that's you know, not something that your average American
wants to hear because it's costing them more.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Well, they also seem to be, you know, at a whim.
You know, last night we got the news from China that, oh,
we we have a China deal, so ten percent tariffs instead.
So it's difficult again to factor out what the impact
of these costs are going to be when they seem
to change on Oh did the President feel insulted? Well, okay,
here comes the Canadian tax right right, It's difficult to
(05:59):
play for that.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
And just wait, if the Blue Jays win this World Series,
you're probably gonna see a hundred percent tarify on Canada.
I mean, I'm stunned. I thought the Dodgers were gonna
cruise and now they're right up against it.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
So I think that the Blue Jays will be invited
to the East wage. Yeah, wife said, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Our national correspondent Rory O'Neill with us this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Rory, thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Right to recap President Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xijingping,
Let's turn to our White House correspondent John Decker. So,
John Lots, it sounds like came out of this meeting.
What are some of the headlines.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
Well, the President is now flying back as we speak
on Air Force One, and the beginning part of the flight,
it's a long flight. The President came back to the
press cabin, spoke with the traveling press corps for about
fifteen minutes, and he spelled out what were some of
the things agreed upon between himself and President she The
President said that right away, immediately, China is resuming its
(07:01):
purchase of large volumes of American agriculture, including soybeans, So
that's welcome news for our farmers in the Midwest. The
President also said there was a deal that was reached
concerning the amount of fentanyl that's coming into the United States.
Because of that agreement, the President has agreed to lower
the terif rate that is applied to Chinese products coming
(07:25):
into the US. The new teriff rate, the President said,
is forty seven percent, and the President said that the
agreements reached with China will be essentially returned to look
at and see whether they will be renewed in one
year's time. The President also said he would travel to
China in April of next year.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
There was also talk of a loosening of some of
those export restrictions on rare earth minerals, and in return,
there were some rumors that perhaps we were going to
allow Nvidia to supply China with some of those really
advanced AI chips.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Do we know anything more about that potential deal?
Speaker 6 (08:04):
Yeah, the President spoke a little bit about that was
kind of vague, you know, because there are different types
of chips that Nvidia manufactures, and there are some chips
that the US has no problem in terms of Nvidia
supplying to China, and then there are the really advanced
chips that the US does have a problem with Nvidia
supplying to China. And it's not really clear what was
(08:26):
the deal that was reached as it relates to those
chips and whether or not China will have access to
that kind of technology.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
We also got an announcement from the President, and we're
joined by our White House correspondent John Decker, having to
do with testing nuclear weapons that seem to kind of
come out of nowhere.
Speaker 6 (08:48):
It did come out of nowhere. The President put that
out on a social media post. That's how we learned
about it, and then the President was asked about it
on the flight back on Air Force One by reporters,
and the President explained, Look, you know, our adversaries, Russia, China,
even North Korea. Uh, they continue to test their nuclear
weapons on a regular basis. We need to keep up.
(09:11):
We need to do that as well. So that is
really what's behind the President's decision on that front.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
And then there was another truth social post that made
some news where Trump put out South Career did. It
was something that I don't think anybody really knew what
in the world he was he was talking about.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
That's that's the post, and it was it was like
that one.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
It was eventually taken down, but yeah, was that like, yeah,
what was that?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
John? Exactly?
Speaker 6 (09:42):
Yeah, I think that might be it. You know it's
a long you put your you put your thumb on
the phone in your fall asleep. Yeah, that's what that was.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Just sends that out.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
So I thought that was you always got to monitor
President Trump's truth social never know what what you're going
to see. Our White House correspondent John Decker with us
this morning.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
John, have a great I'm out tomorrow, so I have
a great weekend. Talk to you.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
Soon. Oh thanks a lot, Ryan, you too, Bye bye.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer got pretty heated over how they think the
other side is handling things. The frustration centered around the
freezing of SNAP food benefits, which is set to happen
Saturday for the first time ever during a government shutdown.
But there's reportedly been some progress on a deal to
end the shutdown, happening behind the scenes, behind closed doors,
(10:33):
and not among leadership in the Senate, but among the
rank and file, So seems pretty certain the shutdown is
going to break the thirty five day record from Trump's
first term, but it's happening in the background. There are
conversations about larger funding bills, so not just a short
term one like what passed in the House, and some
(10:55):
think next week could be pivotal, which makes a lot
of sense. Shutdown will have a record late next week.
The pain could ratchet up on Saturday with the freezing
of the Snap benefits. You've got the air travel delays.
Those are probably going to pick up more and more
as we're more and more removed from air traffic controllers
missing their first full paycheck. And you had members from
(11:18):
both parties in the Senate say there was a bit
of a shift in tone in recent days, a greater
push for a solution. I think everybody recognized you can't
have this go right up to like Thanksgiving or after
Thanksgiving or something like that. Now, whatever ends up being
agreed upon, it would still have to get through the
(11:39):
House and Trump would have to be on board. But
I think we're going to see a much more movement
next week, maybe early to mid next week, we'll start
to hear some rumblings that the deal could be coming together. Now,
let me get to a little news on Halloween. The
National Retail Federation reporting Americans are expected to spend a
record thirteen point one billion dollars on Halloween this year,
(12:04):
up from eleven point six billion last year. That includes
about three point nine billion dollars on candy. Now, some
of that's because candy prices were up eight percent compared
to last year, and then also four point three billion
on costumes.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
The candy prices are outrageous, So I ordered a big bag.
It was twenty six dollars of like the chocolate stuff,
kit kats and stuff like that from Target.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
The other day. Yeah, the minis.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
And when I got the bag, I was like, oh
my gosh, this is like nothing. And I live in
a neighborhood with a lot of kids.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
I've heard it's my new neighborhood. I've heard Halloween's awesome.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
I'm going to end up having to spend over one
hundred dollars to have enough candy and not run down.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
And if you're a kid, don't expect to get the
full size. That's not happening this year.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
No.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
And then Americans are spending a record eight hundred and
sixty million dollars on Halloween costumes for their pets.
Speaker 5 (12:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
The most popular pet costumes are a pumpkin, a hot dog,
a bumblebee, a ghost, and a super hero. And then
I've got to get to this Wall Street Journal story
because I'd never heard of this before, But families are
paying hundreds of dollars for curated porch pumpkin scapes that
cover Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
This is a growing business. These people.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
They set up like twenty pumpkins outside your home for
between one hundred and eighty five and thirteen hundred dollars.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
Yeah, these displays are really nice and they put them
so that it's very esthetically pleasing. They use all different
sizes of pumpkins and different colors of pumpkins.
Speaker 5 (13:34):
It looks really nice.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
Not something I'm about to spend three hundred and seventy
five dollars on.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
But there's one in South Florida. And this is, you know,
an endors'. This was somebody who was quoted in the
Wall Street Journal article. It's it's mister jacko Lanterns Pumpkins,
And you can go to mister Jackolanterns Pumpkins dot com
to see the whole deal. You can get add ons
with those displays for a little extra.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
You can get a hay bail, a cornstock bundle. I mean,
I had no idea this was a thing. But people
are making a ton of money off of Oh.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
They absolutely are.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
And it was It's funny because yesterday I had somebody.
I paid somebody to hang lights around the outside of
my patio and he was telling me that he's excited
because at Christmas, like right after Halloween is when people
start paying a lot of money to hang their Christmas lights.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
And he's asking me if I want them.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
I was like no, I mean, he charged me one
hundred and fifty bucks just to hang the lights around
my patio.
Speaker 5 (14:28):
I'm like doing. My whole house is gonna be a
thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
He probably racks in a lot of money, racks in
a lot.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Of money, does like electric work, but he says that
in the Christmas season.
Speaker 5 (14:36):
That's he makes all of his money.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
So there you have it. Pumpkinscapes a new thing.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
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In right now, let's bring in our national correspondent, Rory O'Neil,
whose report is brought to you by Mark Spain Real Estate. So, Rory,
still early in the process of getting a good feel
for just how catastrophic Hurricane Melissa was. But some of
the early images that we're seeing, I mean, it looks
like a bomb went off in some of these neighborhoods
(00:21):
in Jamaica. And you also have the damage and destruction
and death extending out to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Right and this storm is still a thing.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Yeah, it's still a Cat two hurricane on its way
toward Bermuda right now. So this is still something to
be tracking. As this starts to pull away from the Bahamas.
It could be a Cat one hurricane off Newfoundland this weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
That's how persistent this storm has been.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
But you're right, we still know. Now the sun is
up again, maybe we'll start to get some better information,
some hard data out of Jamaica. It's been difficult to
get concrete information as they struggle to reach the whole
island with these response teams. We've gotten some aerial footage
from the Prime Minister. Boy, what do you showed from
the western part of the island. I did not see
(01:10):
one roof in place. Yeah, and it looks like I mean,
there is now a developing housing emergency all across Jamaica
right now.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, it's complete destruction in some of these areas. And
you also have Cuba. I mean, you've got a lot
of people, about seven hundred and fifty thousand in shelters.
You know, homes collapse, we know major hospitals took on
real damage.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
There.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
There's this one I mentioned this earlier. There is a
hurricane hunter. His name is Josh Morgarman. He goes by
icyclone on Ax. He's real famous because you know, in
the middle all of these storms you find him. And
he said about Hurricane Melyssa, because he was right there
in Jamaica. He said, well, perhaps the mightiest hurricane of
(01:55):
the eighty three I've witnessed. And when he goes to
these hurricane you know, he's not on the outer end
of it. He's right there in the eye wall every time.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Right, He's not at the Hilton waiting his life hit
with Anderson. No, No, he was pointing out.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
He took a picture of the family that he was
with and like the hotel kitchen. Uh, and you could
see one of the people they had their hands over
their ears. He said it the howling and the and
the noise. It was like a screaming that, you know,
just never stopped. And especially the storm wasn't moving. It's
moving fast now I think it's moving like over twenty
(02:33):
miles prow I was moving slower over Jamaica. So it
was just sitting there with that loud noise. People who
have been through these hurricanes here in Florida, they know
that noise, and uh, it was it was, you know, maddening.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
To those So many of them were in buildings or
homes where like the windows blew off, Yeah, you know,
like the wall blew off, and then it's even louder.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Right well, right, and as I said, when those rooftops
come up, well that means the rain's getting in. So
there goes the dry wall, Here comes the mold, the mild.
The whole house is essentially a loss. So this is
gonna and remembering that this is an island, so getting
the rebuilding supplies out there all this is such a
huge challenge and the logistics of this are going to
(03:13):
be something. And this is someone else described as generational
and it could take that long to recover from this.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, US rescue teams and
supplies and route to affected areas, and we're gonna go
lie to Jamaica for an update and to talk about
the ways that everyone listening can help. Coming up at
eight thirty five this morning, let's switch gears were joined
by our national correspondent Rory O'Neill. Federal Reserve cut interest
rates again yesterday.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Yeah, but the outlook for December get your magic eight ball.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
It's a little bit more of a mystery.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
So yesterday's rate cut baked in, I think to what
we've seen with the activity on the Dow lately. Most
of Wall Street was expecting it, but because of the
four cloth the government shutdown, they're not getting the jobs
data that they need to make an informed decision. So
we heard FED chair Powell say it's like driving in
the fog. The first thing you do is slow down.
So as many people were expecting another rate cut in December,
(04:07):
now it seems to be more of a coin toss,
depending on what jobs data there may be. Because anecdotally,
always see your headlines like Amazon to cut forty eight
thousand jobs, UPS cutting forty eight thousand jobs paramount and whatever.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
The was like two thousand I think it was originally
reported this one thousand and ended up being more. And
then General Motors seventeen hundred workers laid off in Michigan
and Ohio.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
So let me just point out that number in particular.
So this is what the FED has.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
To deal with.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Is that a sign of the economy or is it
because they're electric vehicles? No one wants their electric vehicles.
So that's what the FED has to decide, like, Oh,
is that an economic indicator that GM is cutting those
jobs or is that a result of their poor performance
and not really a sign about the overall health of
the economy. So that's the stuff they're trying to weigh
because they have to do two things. They have to
(05:01):
keep inflation low and they have to maximize employment, and
that's what they're trying to balance.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
What I thought was interesting was stood out to me
about his comments was this quote, in particular, inflation away
from tariffs is actually not so far from our two
percent goal, essentially saying if you remove tariffs from the equation,
inflation is not that bad.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Right now.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
But the problem is tariffs are part of the equation,
and that's you know, not something that your average American
wants to hear because it's costing them more.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Well, they also seem to be, you know, at a whim.
You know, last night we got the news from China that, oh,
we we have a China deal, so ten percent tariffs instead.
So it's difficult again to factor out what the impact
of these costs are going to be when they seem
to change on Oh did the President feel insulted? Well, okay,
here comes the Canadian tax right right, It's difficult to
(05:59):
play for that.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
And just wait, if the Blue Jays win this World Series,
you're probably gonna see a hundred percent tarify on Canada.
I mean, I'm stunned. I thought the Dodgers were gonna
cruise and now they're right up against it.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
So I think that the Blue Jays will be invited
to the East wage. Yeah, wife said, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Our national correspondent Rory O'Neill with us this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Rory, thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Right to recap President Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xijingping,
Let's turn to our White House correspondent John Decker. So,
John Lots, it sounds like came out of this meeting.
What are some of the headlines.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
Well, the President is now flying back as we speak
on Air Force One, and the beginning part of the flight,
it's a long flight. The President came back to the
press cabin, spoke with the traveling press corps for about
fifteen minutes, and he spelled out what were some of
the things agreed upon between himself and President she The
President said that right away, immediately, China is resuming its
(07:01):
purchase of large volumes of American agriculture, including soybeans, So
that's welcome news for our farmers in the Midwest. The
President also said there was a deal that was reached
concerning the amount of fentanyl that's coming into the United States.
Because of that agreement, the President has agreed to lower
the terif rate that is applied to Chinese products coming
(07:25):
into the US. The new teriff rate, the President said,
is forty seven percent, and the President said that the
agreements reached with China will be essentially returned to look
at and see whether they will be renewed in one
year's time. The President also said he would travel to
China in April of next year.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
There was also talk of a loosening of some of
those export restrictions on rare earth minerals, and in return,
there were some rumors that perhaps we were going to
allow Nvidia to supply China with some of those really
advanced AI chips.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Do we know anything more about that potential deal?
Speaker 6 (08:04):
Yeah, the President spoke a little bit about that was
kind of vague, you know, because there are different types
of chips that Nvidia manufactures, and there are some chips
that the US has no problem in terms of Nvidia
supplying to China, and then there are the really advanced
chips that the US does have a problem with Nvidia
supplying to China. And it's not really clear what was
(08:26):
the deal that was reached as it relates to those
chips and whether or not China will have access to
that kind of technology.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
We also got an announcement from the President, and we're
joined by our White House correspondent John Decker, having to
do with testing nuclear weapons that seem to kind of
come out of nowhere.
Speaker 6 (08:48):
It did come out of nowhere. The President put that
out on a social media post. That's how we learned
about it, and then the President was asked about it
on the flight back on Air Force One by reporters,
and the President explained, Look, you know, our adversaries, Russia, China,
even North Korea. Uh, they continue to test their nuclear
weapons on a regular basis. We need to keep up.
(09:11):
We need to do that as well. So that is
really what's behind the President's decision on that front.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
And then there was another truth social post that made
some news where Trump put out South Career did. It
was something that I don't think anybody really knew what
in the world he was he was talking about.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
That's that's the post, and it was it was like
that one.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
It was eventually taken down, but yeah, was that like, yeah,
what was that?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
John? Exactly?
Speaker 6 (09:42):
Yeah, I think that might be it. You know it's
a long you put your you put your thumb on
the phone in your fall asleep. Yeah, that's what that was.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Just sends that out.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
So I thought that was you always got to monitor
President Trump's truth social never know what what you're going
to see. Our White House correspondent John Decker with us
this morning.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
John, have a great I'm out tomorrow, so I have
a great weekend. Talk to you.
Speaker 6 (10:07):
Soon. Oh thanks a lot, Ryan, you too, Bye bye.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer got pretty heated over how they think the
other side is handling things. The frustration centered around the
freezing of SNAP food benefits, which is set to happen
Saturday for the first time ever during a government shutdown.
But there's reportedly been some progress on a deal to
end the shutdown, happening behind the scenes, behind closed doors,
(10:33):
and not among leadership in the Senate, but among the
rank and file, So seems pretty certain the shutdown is
going to break the thirty five day record from Trump's
first term, but it's happening in the background. There are
conversations about larger funding bills, so not just a short
term one like what passed in the House, and some
(10:55):
think next week could be pivotal, which makes a lot
of sense. Shutdown will have a record late next week.
The pain could ratchet up on Saturday with the freezing
of the Snap benefits. You've got the air travel delays.
Those are probably going to pick up more and more
as we're more and more removed from air traffic controllers
missing their first full paycheck. And you had members from
(11:18):
both parties in the Senate say there was a bit
of a shift in tone in recent days, a greater
push for a solution. I think everybody recognized you can't
have this go right up to like Thanksgiving or after
Thanksgiving or something like that. Now, whatever ends up being
agreed upon, it would still have to get through the
(11:39):
House and Trump would have to be on board. But
I think we're going to see a much more movement
next week, maybe early to mid next week, we'll start
to hear some rumblings that the deal could be coming together. Now,
let me get to a little news on Halloween. The
National Retail Federation reporting Americans are expected to spend a
record thirteen point one billion dollars on Halloween this year,
(12:04):
up from eleven point six billion last year. That includes
about three point nine billion dollars on candy. Now, some
of that's because candy prices were up eight percent compared
to last year, and then also four point three billion
on costumes.
Speaker 4 (12:19):
The candy prices are outrageous, So I ordered a big bag.
It was twenty six dollars of like the chocolate stuff,
kit kats and stuff like that from Target.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
The other day. Yeah, the minis.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
And when I got the bag, I was like, oh
my gosh, this is like nothing. And I live in
a neighborhood with a lot of kids.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
I've heard it's my new neighborhood. I've heard Halloween's awesome.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
I'm going to end up having to spend over one
hundred dollars to have enough candy and not run down.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
And if you're a kid, don't expect to get the
full size. That's not happening this year.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
No.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
And then Americans are spending a record eight hundred and
sixty million dollars on Halloween costumes for their pets.
Speaker 5 (12:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
The most popular pet costumes are a pumpkin, a hot dog,
a bumblebee, a ghost, and a super hero. And then
I've got to get to this Wall Street Journal story
because I'd never heard of this before, But families are
paying hundreds of dollars for curated porch pumpkin scapes that
cover Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
This is a growing business. These people.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
They set up like twenty pumpkins outside your home for
between one hundred and eighty five and thirteen hundred dollars.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
Yeah, these displays are really nice and they put them
so that it's very esthetically pleasing. They use all different
sizes of pumpkins and different colors of pumpkins.
Speaker 5 (13:34):
It looks really nice.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
Not something I'm about to spend three hundred and seventy
five dollars on.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
But there's one in South Florida. And this is, you know,
an endors'. This was somebody who was quoted in the
Wall Street Journal article. It's it's mister jacko Lanterns Pumpkins,
And you can go to mister Jackolanterns Pumpkins dot com
to see the whole deal. You can get add ons
with those displays for a little extra.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
You can get a hay bail, a cornstock bundle. I mean,
I had no idea this was a thing. But people
are making a ton of money off of Oh.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
They absolutely are.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
And it was It's funny because yesterday I had somebody.
I paid somebody to hang lights around the outside of
my patio and he was telling me that he's excited
because at Christmas, like right after Halloween is when people
start paying a lot of money to hang their Christmas lights.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
And he's asking me if I want them.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
I was like no, I mean, he charged me one
hundred and fifty bucks just to hang the lights around
my patio.
Speaker 5 (14:28):
I'm like doing. My whole house is gonna be a
thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
He probably racks in a lot of money, racks in
a lot.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Of money, does like electric work, but he says that
in the Christmas season.
Speaker 5 (14:36):
That's he makes all of his money.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
So there you have it. Pumpkinscapes a new thing.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
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