June 6, 2024 • 33 mins
The military and world history significance of D-Day
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for the podcast. Troops from the United States, Canada, Britain
landed on the Normandy Beach Shores in northern France eighty
years ago today. The invasion laid the groundwork for what
would become victory in Nazi Germany a year later.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
At nineteen forty five.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
President Biden will be joining world leaders along with some
world the remaining World War Two veterans capable of traveling,
and I think everybody but Russia will be there today
because they were not invited due to their conflict with Ukraine.
Robert Greenway is a historian, military expert historian by nature. Robert,
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this is going to be the most softball feeling questions
in the world because as I was watching a recent documentary,
you just can't you just can't put into words what
D Day was and what we were up against and
what it means militarily and historically for not just America
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but the world.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Yeah, thanks for having me on this morning. It's a
great day. In days like this, I think are where
we can sort of get some perspective to look back
over the sacrifice of the generation of Americans on those
beaches during a conflict, confronting you know, a horrific evil,
and inherit prosperity and relative peace for the last eighty years,
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and I think inevitably one. You know, the respect that's
due to a generation and the inheritance that they've betweeted
us is important to reflect on today certainly. And you know,
as we look around the world as they did, you know,
we're confronted by in many ways the same sorts of evil,
and the question becomes, you know, how do we confront it?
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And do we do it with the courage and the
fortitude that they marshaled to prevail on those beaches eighty
years ago?
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Today, Boy, are we on the same page, Because that's
what I said. Two things, One the significance from a
military and world history standpoint, but the courage of the
Greatest generation. And you know, John Decker, our hit House correspondent,
did a three minute piece today with a ninety nine
year old World War Two veteran who at nineteen was
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on that boat and stormed the beach of Normandy. And
it's it's what could have possibly forged that kind of
courage and character in kids storming a beach. And I
think you would be wise to point to these were
the children of depression.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
They were forged in depression.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
They were different, and that's what created the Greatest Generation,
which created these thousands of troops and the courage it
took to penetrate those beaches.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
You're absolutely right. And look, you know we can by
talking to them, by listening to them, we can gather that,
you know, they had unquestioned confidence in each other, in
the cause in which they were committed to, in the
country that they were defending, and those things are of
inestimable value. And so you know, I think for us,
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it's important for us, you know, to ask ourselves those
same questions, do we have that same level of courage
and commitment to confront the threats that have not gone
away and that still must be confronted with the same
degree of courage. Do we have the same confidence in
our country and our values and in each other? And
I think as we look around, you know, to me,
at any rate, I'm not sure we always deserve the
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inheritance that they gave us.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
No, Robert, When we look back at nineteen forty four America,
in nineteen forty two, forty three, forty four, forty five.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
They had things.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
We had differences, big differences on race, We had political differences,
economic differences, but there was still the ability to unite.
We saw that after nine to eleven too, so it
was still live in two thousand and one, where a
different nation. When we forget we're Americans first, and we
forget that there are some things that are the essence
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of who we are and they're essential and we must
always stay one, and then things that are non essential
we can have differences with. That's been blurred. And I
don't know if it was first twenty four hour news
cycles and cable news, and I don't have talk radio
bears some of the blame. The Internet certainly does. We've
kind of lost that balance. That's what needs to be
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gotten back, and unfortunately you know as well as I do,
the only way to have it comeback is have something
that can unite us all. Something so easy to agree
is evil, and I would hate for that to be
the circumstance.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
No, I think you're exactly right, and I think, look,
if one confronted with the same sorts of threats that
has a tendency, I think to I hope still bring
out the best in our country and unify us. And
in a sense, you know, prosperity can be dangerous, can
be more dangerous because it allows us to become complacent
and then we start to stress and focus on our divisions.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Rather than on those things the United But I.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Also think it's important to recognize that we cannot detegrate
our country, the values, the character, and the faith that
led to victory on those beaches eighty years ago today
and expect it to be without consequence. And so if
we spend our time denigrating our country and our founding fathers,
our legacy, and our inheritance that they fought and gave us,
(05:39):
then I think we're not doing We're not paying the
proper respect and honor and dignity that it deserves.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Robert Greenway, let's put this into perspective. Heritage Foundation Heritage
dot org. You can read his great work History, Military
Form Policy Expert. All Right, So it was Roosevelt and
the US's decision to stay out of the war until
drawn in Pearl Harbor.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Then we get in.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
And probably the two biggest decisions was the very end
the bombing in Japan using the atomic bomb, and then
this D Day. What were the considerations and why was
this the only choice that the military leadership and the
president could have made.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah, No, I think that's important context. So you know,
we were reluctant in a way to enter into the conflict,
and I think that was the sense not just the
political leadership, but of Americans in general. I think as
a nation, we're reluctant to enter into conflict. But I
think once committed, and we certainly were committed, we marshaled
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unprecedented resources to prepare and to wage conflict globally, to
confront both Japan and the ACXIS in Europe. And that
level of commitment was absolutely unprecedented in our history, and
I think in world history it is required. And I
think the two biggest decisions you pointed to the employment
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of the nuclear weapon and the commitment of ground forces
on the continent of Europe were seminal. But I think
what's important to remember is that it took us along,
took us years to marshal the equipment and resources and
men at arms in order to do that from a
relative I don't want to say zero, but pretty close
to it, and within three years we had amassed the
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largest army of the world has ever seen with the
with resources that are virtually unprecedented, and that is I
think a testament to the commitment of the generation. In
addition to the storming the beaches of Normandy, we also
mobilize an entire country that became the arsenal democracy, not
just during the Second World War, but for them women.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
In factories making the weapons. I mean, it was a
total effort. The percentage of those who left Major League
Baseball fields and put on a different uniform and left
folitionally versus those that were drafted real quickly. Before we
end this, obviously the anniversary of of D Day, so
that's rightly why we're focusing on the horrific events of
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that day and the victorious triumph because of those sacrifices.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
But do we lose perspective that?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
I mean, because the enormity of this, I think is
hard for people in this generation to conceive. There was
like a world war going on in the Pacific and
a world war going on across.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
The Atlantic and Europe.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And I mean, you know, I don't know where you
put the Battle of Midway Okinawa with D Day. I mean,
these are all very equally significant, and they were. These
were two evil empires with really determined leaders and militaries.
I mean, both were so huge. How do you keep
your grasp of all of it? And where do you
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place D Day in all of that?
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Yeah, I think it's important to remember that there were
other events, both tragic and and you know, tremendous victories.
Think it's important to remember all of that. But Normandy,
I think the return of Allied forces to the continent
of Europe after it had been enslaved by Nazi Germany
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is a is a seminal moment. There are others in
the Pacific I think that would would be similar. But
this was really the largest amphibious invasion ever conducted, the
largest force you know that man has ever seen. And
again liberating a content at the beginning of the liberation
of the continent and the marshaling of resources we've never
seen before. But I think what's important to remember is
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that there are everyday, individual, ordinary citizens that came together
to make that possible and to make that and to
sure victory. And I think we have to remember that,
you know, they gave us and passed that torch to us.
We need to pick it up and carry it. Evil
remains among us, and we've got to confront it with
the same amount of courage, and we've got I think,
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honor their service and sacrifice and remember that we're called
to do the same. And so that, I think is
what's important about today. And I think we need to
take stock of whether or not we're honoring their memory
and we're doing the right thing with the inheritance station.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Ah, Robert, you just dismounted with the most important point,
didn't you. There's a difference between remembering eighty years ago
today or quite frankly, studying it, and that's a function
of the mind. It's far different to really understand what
forged that generation, what character did they have to triumph
over evil? And do we have it today? And if not,
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how can we find it and get there? Because to
remember is one thing to honor lives, to uphold what
they created and what they fought for and what our
intent truly is, because there's a frankly, there is evil
as great as Adolf Hitler on the planet Earth today
and I don't know that America has that vision yet,
(10:52):
but it exists and it's going to strike soon.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Oh, You're absolutely right. And it is today about honoring
that memory and recognizing that we have no less a
commitment than they did, and that I think is what's
important about today like today, And I hope that we
come together as they did and confront it in the
same way. And frankly, I hope we can do it
to prevent conquests, so we don't have to retake beaches
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that are taken by an adversary, but we can prevent
it from happening in the first place.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Robert Greenway, thank you so much on this the eightieth
anniversary of the Normandy Beaches in d Day, for making
sure we both remember and honor today. Thank you so
much for your time means everything to us.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
My pleasure, sir, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
You got it. Nineteen minutes after the hour. Thanks for
waking up with your morning show. All right, this is
something we've been following and it may have gone under
the radar for you. The diamond industry is in big,
big trouble. Why and it's been coming on lab grown diamonds.
(11:53):
So what does that do with real diamonds that have
been invested in sale and those that are holding them.
It drives the price down. Aaron Reale has that story
coming up in minutes, and I have your top five
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A Ukrainian parliament member confirmed that US weapons hit right
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The eightieth anniversary of D Day is something brewing, is
something escalating. Encourage everyone to pray for peace until we
decide who leads this country. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin says, okay, well,
now we'll start using our conventional weapons in proximity to
US and Allied forces in Europe. That sounds like escalation
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to me, and this didn't make me feel much better now.
The military expects Russia to begin air and naval exercises
in the Caribbean Sea.
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The military drills will reportedly involve long range bombers and
Russian warships making courts of call in Cuba and possibly Venezuela.
It will be the first Russian military exercise in the
Caribbean since twenty nineteen, and is expected to last over
the summer. A US official told the Miami Herald that
the Biden administration believes Russia is using the air exercises
as a messaging tactic after Biden gave Ukraine permission to
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Maybe that should be our go to Coopertown?
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I think it was Mean Girls? I kid you not. Well,
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Enjoy The final say on our interview with Robert Greenway
is it's one thing to acknowledge something happened, to know
something a function of the mind, and then it's another
to truly understand it and honor it. Who were these
nineteen year old kids on these boats when those doors
would flip down and the bullets would start hitting them,
that they would storm the beaches. What what forged that
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kind of honor and character and commitment? And does it
exist today? Because we assure you evil does. You will
look in and there's something so profoundly different about it
being colorized and you are looking into the faces of
kids about to liberate the world. That's about what we're
honoring today on the eightieth anniversary of D Day and
coming up in about exactly sixty minutes from now. We
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had talked to John Decker, our White House correspondent when
he went to North Carolina to interview a ninety nine
year old who was nineteen on those beaches eighty years ago,
George Serros. And you will hear that interview, and I think, look,
I don't know what it takes to win an Edward R.
Murreau Award, but if this doesn't, nothing will. It's an
amazing piece on this the eightieth anniversary of D Day.
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Don't miss it one hour from now, all right. I
had been following this eron and you'd be very proud.
And that is and this is how came up. You know,
my daughters were talking about diamonds and getting engaged, and
they were telling their brother, you don't get married until
you can afford a ring that represents a third of
your annual salaries.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Somewhere they read.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Them and then they asked what I paid. I remember
Andrew is ring with something like, well, I'm not going
to get to the amount, and then Andrew brought up, yeah,
but who knows what it's worth today, which shows that
we're very aware of what's going on. So if you're
in the diamond industry and you've got real earth produced
diamonds that you've invested a lot of capital in for sale,
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you're losing a lot of value because guess what's catching
on not Q big zirconias. These are lab grown diamonds,
and it's turning the diamond industry upside down.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
It is. It's fascinating.
Speaker 9 (18:34):
Diamond prices have actually fallen six percent just this year.
We're only in June, and they've declined more than thirty
percent since they're all time high in twenty twenty two.
Thirty thirty percent. Wait wait, it gets even better. If
you want to wait another twelve months to get engaged,
do it. Because prices they predict the experts in the
sector think it's going to fall another fifteen to twenty percent.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Right, So the first choice becomes Aaron, I know you
already have yours, and you have a wonderful husband and family.
But if it were today, your thoughts on a real
diamond versus a lab grown diamond?
Speaker 8 (19:06):
Oh, lab grown all day long?
Speaker 9 (19:08):
And I know that this is like and maybe it's
because I like study the sector and I love value,
and like it's number one. It's now a terrible store
of value in terms of an asset like it used
to be. Like, well, it's an asset. Like if something happened,
it's a bad real diamond. Yeah, yes, and my husband
knows me well enough to know, Like if he gave
me one, I mean listen, I wouldn't be annoyed. If
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it was real, I wouldn't be annoyed. I would say
thank you and I love you. But in reality he
I'd be like, why did you spend on a real diamond?
That's so stupid, Like you have to go with lab
grown because the value is decreasing. They're flooding the market
to beers is in free fall. It's just not a
fantastic store of value. Anymore, and you have the Chinese market.
Speaker 8 (19:51):
They've actually really faded. That was a key consumer.
Speaker 9 (19:54):
And with these lab grown diamonds, I think they're really
quite brilliant. So they're they're made in this controlled environment.
It's extreme pressure, extreme heat like the Earth would have.
But they can be up to eighty five percent cheaper
than a natural diamond. And it's not like cubic zirconi
It is literally the same chem like the same.
Speaker 8 (20:11):
It's a it's a diamond.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
It's a diamond, and they look beautiful and you can
even have better cut and clarity with this because you
have more control.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Well if you had your children.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
People think, like cubic zirconia, that was a that was
a cheap fake, right, But but these are that can't
be lost in this conversation. At the end of the day,
it's a real diamond exactly.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
It was produced the same way through pressure.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
It just didn't happen under the earth and then had
to be discovered and you know, and processed.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I think that makes a huge difference. And of course
you know beautiful stones.
Speaker 8 (20:47):
Right and exactly.
Speaker 9 (20:48):
And listen, I have women who are my very good
friends who I love and respect too, would be like Aaron,
you're crazy the real thing or nothing at all, Like,
I get it, I get it. There's people out there
like that, but I'm just I happen to not be
one of them, given the fact that it is the
same exact thing. And listen, the world's largest jewelry retailer,
Signet Jewelers, they announced that they're doing a marketing collaboration
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with de Beers because now diamonds are kind of just
this thing in the luxury segment, and luxury as an
industry as excuse me, not an industry as a sector
is fascinating because really it's all ephemeral.
Speaker 8 (21:22):
You create this want.
Speaker 9 (21:24):
So they're now having to treat diamonds much like anything else,
like a Gucci handbag. Why is Gucci popular right now
but another one isn't? And why is Lamvie like on
the outs like it doesn't It's silly.
Speaker 8 (21:38):
A lot of it is marketing.
Speaker 9 (21:39):
So the industry has to do this large scale marketing campaign.
They haven't done one for twenty years, but we all
know a diamond is forever. That was about twenty years
ago that de Beers did this. They're trying to hit
the ground again with Signet to rustle up enthusiasm for
something that just doesn't have value.
Speaker 8 (21:57):
But I guess that's what every luxury marketer.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
And here's the scary analogy. All right.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
So you have an in vitro baby, is it any
less human than your natural born baby?
Speaker 7 (22:06):
You do?
Speaker 1 (22:06):
You love it differently? That's what makes this different than
cubic zirconia. All right.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
So it's got to I mean, you can't put the
toothpaste back in the tube, so it's out, like the
internet is here. We got to deal with it, all right.
So this has got to long term drive real diamonds
down a lot worse than they've already been driven down.
And that's thirty percent from their all time high. Where
do we think they head ultimately?
Speaker 9 (22:31):
I mean, how many fake not fake? I can't believe
I just used that word. How many synthetic diamonds can
you make?
Speaker 8 (22:38):
You can make a lot, you can make a lot.
I think that.
Speaker 9 (22:44):
I don't know, but we do know that if you
look like an Anglo American, which is one of the
largest mining companies in the world, they were the biggest
investor into beers.
Speaker 8 (22:53):
They're selling their share.
Speaker 9 (22:56):
De Beers had the monopoly of in the entire diamond market,
and the fact that Anglo American plans to divest its
restructure in this business, just making a business decision. They say,
you know they're gonna it's a radical restructuring and they
want to focus on copper extraction.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Have you thought about all the ripple effects too on this?
Speaker 3 (23:14):
All?
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Right?
Speaker 2 (23:15):
So you know you have your your diamonds insured at
X value, But now it's why value? What's your premium?
Why are you can take to pay? Will replacement be
based on real and on what price? And should the
premium be adjusted or the amount the insurance company is
responsible for. I mean, this isn't I think out of
all the stories this year, this has been one of
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the most interesting to me. And something is so symbolic
as a diamond, right, I mean, this is like a
foundational element. It would be like if somebody could create gold,
it'd be like if somebody could create energy.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Well, I guess we can. But you know what I'm.
Speaker 10 (23:50):
Getting at, Oh girl, baby girl, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (23:52):
There is that I don't know.
Speaker 9 (23:55):
And you're right, yes, you should probably have your your
jewelry reappro.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yeah, well yeah, seriously, what you're thinking about? You know,
what do I want a real one or a synthetic
one you might want to be thinking about, Well, you're
a real one. This isn't the investment it used to
be at all, and we're starting to see that, and
we don't even know how far it's going to fall
by the end of the year. Fascinating stuff, Aaron, thanks
so much for the report. All Right, if you're just
waking up, the are far and away your top stories
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than a dozen of his allies are charged with racketeering
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out his plan for a hostage and CEASMI I'm Mark.
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Mayfield and then Donald Trump talking to Sean Hannity and
Fox made it crystal clear BB Daniell, who finished the.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
Job, but do so as quickly as possible.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
The White House and its Democratic allies are sharply pushing
back against a Wall Street Journal story questioning Joe Biden's
mental fitness.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Lisa Taylor reports.
Speaker 6 (26:19):
The story includes accounts that the eighty one year old
Biden displays an unevenness in meetings and is sometimes hard
to hear when he speaks. White House officials criticize the
story for being based largely on accounts from anonymous Republicans.
The paper interviewed more than forty five people, and while
most of those who voice concerned were Republicans, some Democrats
also said it was noticeable. Biden allies took issue with
(26:41):
the fact the only lawmaker to strongly criticize the president
on the record was former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who
said the president is not the same person he was
when he was Vice president.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
I said Taylor, whether it's him or someone else really
making the decisions, The decisions are Israel can't use US
weapons and the guy but Ukraine can use it inside
Soviet territory.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Now the Soviets and Putner saying well, we'll use ours
inside your or ally European territories. And then the TikTok
gets even worse as the US military expects Russia to
begin air and naval exercises in the Caribbean.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Tammy Trihilo's here with that story.
Speaker 7 (27:19):
The military drills will reportedly involve long range bombers in
Russian warships, making courts of call in Cuba impossibly Venezuela.
It will be the first Russian military exercise in the
Caribbean since twenty nineteen and is expected to last over
the summer. A US official told The Miami Herald that
the Biden administration believes Russia is using the exercises as
a messaging tactic after Biden gave Ukraine permission to fire
(27:43):
US made weapons into Russia in self defense. I'm Tammy Trhio.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
So it seems like nobody can succeed in entertainment right
now except one who can't stop succeeding Taylor Swift. It's
even inspiring tours in the Big Apple, sarahly that's our story.
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That could include walks around the high Line and of course,
the West Village.
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Venzil Place on Connelia Street.
Speaker 11 (28:20):
Swift has since moved, but she still hangs out downtown,
including at the Waverley Inn, the Members only Club Zero Bond,
and the Bus Stop Cafe. I thought saw who had
the bus stop, and then though another possible stop NYU,
where Swift picked up an honorary doctorate in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 8 (28:38):
Sarah Lee Kessler, NBC News Radio, New York.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
I don't know, Sarah.
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I think I'd rather go to a Yankees game instead.
All right, AA finals are finally here in game one
tonight seven o'clock in Boston. It's the Dallas Mavericks and
the Boston Celtics.
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Game one tonight.
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NHL Stanley Cup Finals start on Saturday night, and the
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to three over.
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The Longhorns in Game one.
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That gives them about a seventy three percent according to
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away from a first ever NC double, a four pete
for a national championship.
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show is your morning show with Michael Dale Jornoight we get.
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To peek behind the dysfunctional family yesterday with his ex
wife's testimony and Donald Trump's election subversion case in Georgia
has gone the way of the document's case in Florida.
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Now on pause indefinitely.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
Now we have many correspondents because it takes a team
to bring the day to li life to you.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
The one who respects me the least is here, and.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
I want to maybe question whether or not I gave
you the idea for this story, because I kept saying
to you, you know, we talk about how prices go
up on cars, Well, then insurance follows because they're expensive
and they got to be replaced or repaired. And then
you know, when you think about restaurants, the price keeps
(30:24):
going up and up. It's the same stake. It's only
twenty dollars more, and with it the tip. With it,
we're all getting tipped to death. And now we're even
expected to tip when we're just serving ourselves. That's the
story you've been following because America is getting tired of tipping.
Speaker 10 (30:40):
Yeah, and this actually came from a bank rate survey
that just got released, so it wasn't necessarily related to
whatever you really.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Can't stand me. I thought maybe I inspired the story.
Speaker 10 (30:50):
I had nothing to do with whatever you were spouting
off about this.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Or that it came out today. Friend.
Speaker 10 (30:57):
By the way, I'm turning the screen around so I'll
give this. You can look at this screen while I
do the report. Okay, it's a tap of some ten, fifteen,
twenty custom go at a head while I talk about
the fifty nine percent of Americans say we now have
a negative view of tipping.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
That's actually down from last year.
Speaker 10 (31:15):
But got the general idea that, especially as we pay
with plastic, more and more those screens get flipped around
to us and we're offered the opportunity to tip more
and more frequently. You know, I think if we're paying
in cash, we wouldn't be seeing these screens all the time.
But it really is also a function of how we
pay for transactions these days.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
That's an interesting angle I hadn't thought about. But as
the prices go up. So should inflation impact what the
worth is of the same service?
Speaker 3 (31:49):
All right?
Speaker 2 (31:49):
We all inflation impacts the steak itself, and you know,
and everything in the restaurant, in the brick and mortar.
But what did it do to impact Have you ever
had something with take something off your bill or if
you had a coupon, you still want to tip it
what it would have been before they did the removal
of that price. Why don't we do the same with inflation.
(32:09):
I think that's got to be driving some of the two.
Speaker 10 (32:12):
Because when the waiter or waitress goes out, they're paying
twenty percent more for their stake.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
I hadn't thought of that. I do you know what
I do? Twenty percent?
Speaker 2 (32:26):
And you know when I stand before God, the honest
truth is because it's simple math.
Speaker 10 (32:29):
But usually I go buy the math equation versus the
percent like it's going to be at least twenty. But
if it's over, like it's just because I doubled that
digit or something.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
All right, So what do we expect to happen when
you see numbers like this?
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Do tips go down? Do they go up?
Speaker 11 (32:44):
Do?
Speaker 10 (32:46):
I think it's just become much more of a routine,
you know, As I mentioned, the numbers were sixty six
percent last year were had a negative view of tipping,
and now it's fifty nine percent.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
I think it's now just settling in. Oh, this is
how it's gonna be is We're all in this together.
This is your Morning Show with Michael Tell, Jorna
Hi, It's Michael.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
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Live while you're getting ready in the morning to take
us along for the drive to work. But as we
always say, better late than never. Thanks for joining us
for the podcast. Troops from the United States, Canada, Britain
landed on the Normandy Beach Shores in northern France eighty
years ago today. The invasion laid the groundwork for what
would become victory in Nazi Germany a year later.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
At nineteen forty five.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
President Biden will be joining world leaders along with some
world the remaining World War Two veterans capable of traveling,
and I think everybody but Russia will be there today
because they were not invited due to their conflict with Ukraine.
Robert Greenway is a historian, military expert historian by nature. Robert,
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this is going to be the most softball feeling questions
in the world because as I was watching a recent documentary,
you just can't you just can't put into words what
D Day was and what we were up against and
what it means militarily and historically for not just America
(01:19):
but the world.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Yeah, thanks for having me on this morning. It's a
great day. In days like this, I think are where
we can sort of get some perspective to look back
over the sacrifice of the generation of Americans on those
beaches during a conflict, confronting you know, a horrific evil,
and inherit prosperity and relative peace for the last eighty years,
(01:46):
and I think inevitably one. You know, the respect that's
due to a generation and the inheritance that they've betweeted
us is important to reflect on today certainly. And you know,
as we look around the world as they did, you know,
we're confronted by in many ways the same sorts of evil,
and the question becomes, you know, how do we confront it?
(02:08):
And do we do it with the courage and the
fortitude that they marshaled to prevail on those beaches eighty
years ago?
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Today, Boy, are we on the same page, Because that's
what I said. Two things, One the significance from a
military and world history standpoint, but the courage of the
Greatest generation. And you know, John Decker, our hit House correspondent,
did a three minute piece today with a ninety nine
year old World War Two veteran who at nineteen was
(02:35):
on that boat and stormed the beach of Normandy. And
it's it's what could have possibly forged that kind of
courage and character in kids storming a beach. And I
think you would be wise to point to these were
the children of depression.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
They were forged in depression.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
They were different, and that's what created the Greatest Generation,
which created these thousands of troops and the courage it
took to penetrate those beaches.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
You're absolutely right. And look, you know we can by
talking to them, by listening to them, we can gather that,
you know, they had unquestioned confidence in each other, in
the cause in which they were committed to, in the
country that they were defending, and those things are of
inestimable value. And so you know, I think for us,
(03:26):
it's important for us, you know, to ask ourselves those
same questions, do we have that same level of courage
and commitment to confront the threats that have not gone
away and that still must be confronted with the same
degree of courage. Do we have the same confidence in
our country and our values and in each other? And
I think as we look around, you know, to me,
at any rate, I'm not sure we always deserve the
(03:48):
inheritance that they gave us.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
No, Robert, When we look back at nineteen forty four America,
in nineteen forty two, forty three, forty four, forty five.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
They had things.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
We had differences, big differences on race, We had political differences,
economic differences, but there was still the ability to unite.
We saw that after nine to eleven too, so it
was still live in two thousand and one, where a
different nation. When we forget we're Americans first, and we
forget that there are some things that are the essence
(04:20):
of who we are and they're essential and we must
always stay one, and then things that are non essential
we can have differences with. That's been blurred. And I
don't know if it was first twenty four hour news
cycles and cable news, and I don't have talk radio
bears some of the blame. The Internet certainly does. We've
kind of lost that balance. That's what needs to be
(04:42):
gotten back, and unfortunately you know as well as I do,
the only way to have it comeback is have something
that can unite us all. Something so easy to agree
is evil, and I would hate for that to be
the circumstance.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
No, I think you're exactly right, and I think, look,
if one confronted with the same sorts of threats that
has a tendency, I think to I hope still bring
out the best in our country and unify us. And
in a sense, you know, prosperity can be dangerous, can
be more dangerous because it allows us to become complacent
and then we start to stress and focus on our divisions.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Rather than on those things the United But I.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Also think it's important to recognize that we cannot detegrate
our country, the values, the character, and the faith that
led to victory on those beaches eighty years ago today
and expect it to be without consequence. And so if
we spend our time denigrating our country and our founding fathers,
our legacy, and our inheritance that they fought and gave us,
(05:39):
then I think we're not doing We're not paying the
proper respect and honor and dignity that it deserves.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Robert Greenway, let's put this into perspective. Heritage Foundation Heritage
dot org. You can read his great work History, Military
Form Policy Expert. All Right, So it was Roosevelt and
the US's decision to stay out of the war until
drawn in Pearl Harbor.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Then we get in.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
And probably the two biggest decisions was the very end
the bombing in Japan using the atomic bomb, and then
this D Day. What were the considerations and why was
this the only choice that the military leadership and the
president could have made.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah, No, I think that's important context. So you know,
we were reluctant in a way to enter into the conflict,
and I think that was the sense not just the
political leadership, but of Americans in general. I think as
a nation, we're reluctant to enter into conflict. But I
think once committed, and we certainly were committed, we marshaled
(06:38):
unprecedented resources to prepare and to wage conflict globally, to
confront both Japan and the ACXIS in Europe. And that
level of commitment was absolutely unprecedented in our history, and
I think in world history it is required. And I
think the two biggest decisions you pointed to the employment
(07:00):
of the nuclear weapon and the commitment of ground forces
on the continent of Europe were seminal. But I think
what's important to remember is that it took us along,
took us years to marshal the equipment and resources and
men at arms in order to do that from a
relative I don't want to say zero, but pretty close
to it, and within three years we had amassed the
(07:21):
largest army of the world has ever seen with the
with resources that are virtually unprecedented, and that is I
think a testament to the commitment of the generation. In
addition to the storming the beaches of Normandy, we also
mobilize an entire country that became the arsenal democracy, not
just during the Second World War, but for them women.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
In factories making the weapons. I mean, it was a
total effort. The percentage of those who left Major League
Baseball fields and put on a different uniform and left
folitionally versus those that were drafted real quickly. Before we
end this, obviously the anniversary of of D Day, so
that's rightly why we're focusing on the horrific events of
(08:05):
that day and the victorious triumph because of those sacrifices.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
But do we lose perspective that?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
I mean, because the enormity of this, I think is
hard for people in this generation to conceive. There was
like a world war going on in the Pacific and
a world war going on across.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
The Atlantic and Europe.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And I mean, you know, I don't know where you
put the Battle of Midway Okinawa with D Day. I mean,
these are all very equally significant, and they were. These
were two evil empires with really determined leaders and militaries.
I mean, both were so huge. How do you keep
your grasp of all of it? And where do you
(08:44):
place D Day in all of that?
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Yeah, I think it's important to remember that there were
other events, both tragic and and you know, tremendous victories.
Think it's important to remember all of that. But Normandy,
I think the return of Allied forces to the continent
of Europe after it had been enslaved by Nazi Germany
(09:09):
is a is a seminal moment. There are others in
the Pacific I think that would would be similar. But
this was really the largest amphibious invasion ever conducted, the
largest force you know that man has ever seen. And
again liberating a content at the beginning of the liberation
of the continent and the marshaling of resources we've never
seen before. But I think what's important to remember is
(09:31):
that there are everyday, individual, ordinary citizens that came together
to make that possible and to make that and to
sure victory. And I think we have to remember that,
you know, they gave us and passed that torch to us.
We need to pick it up and carry it. Evil
remains among us, and we've got to confront it with
the same amount of courage, and we've got I think,
(09:52):
honor their service and sacrifice and remember that we're called
to do the same. And so that, I think is
what's important about today. And I think we need to
take stock of whether or not we're honoring their memory
and we're doing the right thing with the inheritance station.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Ah, Robert, you just dismounted with the most important point,
didn't you. There's a difference between remembering eighty years ago
today or quite frankly, studying it, and that's a function
of the mind. It's far different to really understand what
forged that generation, what character did they have to triumph
over evil? And do we have it today? And if not,
(10:31):
how can we find it and get there? Because to
remember is one thing to honor lives, to uphold what
they created and what they fought for and what our
intent truly is, because there's a frankly, there is evil
as great as Adolf Hitler on the planet Earth today
and I don't know that America has that vision yet,
(10:52):
but it exists and it's going to strike soon.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Oh, You're absolutely right. And it is today about honoring
that memory and recognizing that we have no less a
commitment than they did, and that I think is what's
important about today like today, And I hope that we
come together as they did and confront it in the
same way. And frankly, I hope we can do it
to prevent conquests, so we don't have to retake beaches
(11:16):
that are taken by an adversary, but we can prevent
it from happening in the first place.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Robert Greenway, thank you so much on this the eightieth
anniversary of the Normandy Beaches in d Day, for making
sure we both remember and honor today. Thank you so
much for your time means everything to us.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
My pleasure, sir, thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
You got it. Nineteen minutes after the hour. Thanks for
waking up with your morning show. All right, this is
something we've been following and it may have gone under
the radar for you. The diamond industry is in big,
big trouble. Why and it's been coming on lab grown diamonds.
(11:53):
So what does that do with real diamonds that have
been invested in sale and those that are holding them.
It drives the price down. Aaron Reale has that story
coming up in minutes, and I have your top five
stories of the day next.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
This is your Morning Show with Michael del Chna.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Thanks for waking up with the show that belongs to you,
your morning show. I'm Michael del Jernal and here's what
you need to know. We effectually call it your top
five stories of the day. Donald Trump's election subversion case
not to be confused with the one that ended in
New York or the one that's been postponed down in Florida,
the Georgia one in the law Fair.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
It's on pause two now. Brian Shook has that story.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Georgia Court of Appeals indefinitely paused the case against the
former president and several of his code defendants until a
panel of judges rules on whether Fulton County District Attorney
Fannie Willis should be removed. Trump's legal team is pushing
to disqualify Willis over her relationship with a special prosecutor
she hired to lead the case. Trump and more than
(13:00):
a dozen of his allies are charged with racketeering for
efforts to overturn the twenty twenty election. I'm Brian Shook.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Apparently democracy is only a big deal when you don't
have a choice. Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy knows who
to blame for why he's not going to be on
the debate stage, and its President Biden.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Mark Mayfield has that story.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Biden and Donald Trump will thinks off June the twenty seventh.
In a debate on CNN On Wednesday, Kennedy spoke with
the TMZ and said he believes Biden made CNN alter
the criteria for debate inclusion so that he wouldn't qualify.
Kennedy also said he's filed a complaint with the Federal
Election Commission against CNN, claiming that the network colluded with
Biden's campaign to keep him from debating.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Well, Ukraine is striking inside of Russia and using US
weapons for the first time. Joe Biden and the administration
granted him permission to do so. Lisa Taylor starts our
team coverage with that story.
Speaker 6 (13:56):
A Ukrainian parliament member confirmed that US weapons hit right
Sian logistics and artillery locations this week. Putin warned of
fatal consequences if the US ignores Moscow's warnings that Ukraine
should not use weapons provided by Washington to attack Russia.
I'm Lisa tailor.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Tic tick tick on this.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
The eightieth anniversary of D Day is something brewing, is
something escalating. Encourage everyone to pray for peace until we
decide who leads this country. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin says, okay, well,
now we'll start using our conventional weapons in proximity to
US and Allied forces in Europe. That sounds like escalation
(14:34):
to me, and this didn't make me feel much better now.
The military expects Russia to begin air and naval exercises
in the Caribbean Sea.
Speaker 7 (14:40):
The military drills will reportedly involve long range bombers and
Russian warships making courts of call in Cuba and possibly Venezuela.
It will be the first Russian military exercise in the
Caribbean since twenty nineteen, and is expected to last over
the summer. A US official told the Miami Herald that
the Biden administration believes Russia is using the air exercises
as a messaging tactic after Biden gave Ukraine permission to
(15:04):
fire US made weapons into Russia in self defense.
Speaker 8 (15:07):
I'm Tammy Trhio.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
It's official. I want to go back and live in
the nineteen fifties. That'd be swell starting with a drive
in movie. Here's bre Tennis.
Speaker 7 (15:15):
We started parking and watching movies in nineteen thirty three
when the first drive in opened in New Jersey. In
the fifties, there were four thousand drive ins. Driveway dot
Com says now there's only three hundred and twenty one
left in the US, but it is fun to reminisce
about piling into the car and watching a movie outside.
The end of that memory comes down to progress and
the invention of the VCR, the DVD streaming services, and
(15:38):
that big screen TV you have at home. I'm Bree Tennis.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Robbie writes from Watertown. There's a fantastic drive in movie
theater experience. Just outside of Lebanon in Watertown.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Really, so there's someone out there, let's do that. You
were wanting to go fishing? Who was the other thing
we were going to do together?
Speaker 5 (15:55):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Maybe that should be our go to Coopertown?
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Yeah, that was it. Yeah, we need to take a
drive in movie. Poltergeist was the last one I saw.
Do you remember your last drive in movie?
Speaker 1 (16:04):
I think it was Mean Girls? I kid you not. Well,
that's not that long ago. Poultergeist was like the eighties.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
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Speaker 2 (16:32):
Enjoy The final say on our interview with Robert Greenway
is it's one thing to acknowledge something happened, to know
something a function of the mind, and then it's another
to truly understand it and honor it. Who were these
nineteen year old kids on these boats when those doors
would flip down and the bullets would start hitting them,
that they would storm the beaches. What what forged that
(16:55):
kind of honor and character and commitment? And does it
exist today? Because we assure you evil does. You will
look in and there's something so profoundly different about it
being colorized and you are looking into the faces of
kids about to liberate the world. That's about what we're
honoring today on the eightieth anniversary of D Day and
coming up in about exactly sixty minutes from now. We
(17:19):
had talked to John Decker, our White House correspondent when
he went to North Carolina to interview a ninety nine
year old who was nineteen on those beaches eighty years ago,
George Serros. And you will hear that interview, and I think, look,
I don't know what it takes to win an Edward R.
Murreau Award, but if this doesn't, nothing will. It's an
amazing piece on this the eightieth anniversary of D Day.
(17:40):
Don't miss it one hour from now, all right. I
had been following this eron and you'd be very proud.
And that is and this is how came up. You know,
my daughters were talking about diamonds and getting engaged, and
they were telling their brother, you don't get married until
you can afford a ring that represents a third of
your annual salaries.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Somewhere they read.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Them and then they asked what I paid. I remember
Andrew is ring with something like, well, I'm not going
to get to the amount, and then Andrew brought up, yeah,
but who knows what it's worth today, which shows that
we're very aware of what's going on. So if you're
in the diamond industry and you've got real earth produced
diamonds that you've invested a lot of capital in for sale,
(18:23):
you're losing a lot of value because guess what's catching
on not Q big zirconias. These are lab grown diamonds,
and it's turning the diamond industry upside down.
Speaker 8 (18:33):
It is. It's fascinating.
Speaker 9 (18:34):
Diamond prices have actually fallen six percent just this year.
We're only in June, and they've declined more than thirty
percent since they're all time high in twenty twenty two.
Thirty thirty percent. Wait wait, it gets even better. If
you want to wait another twelve months to get engaged,
do it. Because prices they predict the experts in the
sector think it's going to fall another fifteen to twenty percent.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
Right, So the first choice becomes Aaron, I know you
already have yours, and you have a wonderful husband and family.
But if it were today, your thoughts on a real
diamond versus a lab grown diamond?
Speaker 8 (19:06):
Oh, lab grown all day long?
Speaker 9 (19:08):
And I know that this is like and maybe it's
because I like study the sector and I love value,
and like it's number one. It's now a terrible store
of value in terms of an asset like it used
to be. Like, well, it's an asset. Like if something happened,
it's a bad real diamond. Yeah, yes, and my husband
knows me well enough to know, Like if he gave
me one, I mean listen, I wouldn't be annoyed. If
(19:30):
it was real, I wouldn't be annoyed. I would say
thank you and I love you. But in reality he
I'd be like, why did you spend on a real diamond?
That's so stupid, Like you have to go with lab
grown because the value is decreasing. They're flooding the market
to beers is in free fall. It's just not a
fantastic store of value. Anymore, and you have the Chinese market.
Speaker 8 (19:51):
They've actually really faded. That was a key consumer.
Speaker 9 (19:54):
And with these lab grown diamonds, I think they're really
quite brilliant. So they're they're made in this controlled environment.
It's extreme pressure, extreme heat like the Earth would have.
But they can be up to eighty five percent cheaper
than a natural diamond. And it's not like cubic zirconi
It is literally the same chem like the same.
Speaker 8 (20:11):
It's a it's a diamond.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
It's a diamond, and they look beautiful and you can
even have better cut and clarity with this because you
have more control.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Well if you had your children.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
People think, like cubic zirconia, that was a that was
a cheap fake, right, But but these are that can't
be lost in this conversation. At the end of the day,
it's a real diamond exactly.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
It was produced the same way through pressure.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
It just didn't happen under the earth and then had
to be discovered and you know, and processed.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I think that makes a huge difference. And of course
you know beautiful stones.
Speaker 8 (20:47):
Right and exactly.
Speaker 9 (20:48):
And listen, I have women who are my very good
friends who I love and respect too, would be like Aaron,
you're crazy the real thing or nothing at all, Like,
I get it, I get it. There's people out there
like that, but I'm just I happen to not be
one of them, given the fact that it is the
same exact thing. And listen, the world's largest jewelry retailer,
Signet Jewelers, they announced that they're doing a marketing collaboration
(21:08):
with de Beers because now diamonds are kind of just
this thing in the luxury segment, and luxury as an
industry as excuse me, not an industry as a sector
is fascinating because really it's all ephemeral.
Speaker 8 (21:22):
You create this want.
Speaker 9 (21:24):
So they're now having to treat diamonds much like anything else,
like a Gucci handbag. Why is Gucci popular right now
but another one isn't? And why is Lamvie like on
the outs like it doesn't It's silly.
Speaker 8 (21:38):
A lot of it is marketing.
Speaker 9 (21:39):
So the industry has to do this large scale marketing campaign.
They haven't done one for twenty years, but we all
know a diamond is forever. That was about twenty years
ago that de Beers did this. They're trying to hit
the ground again with Signet to rustle up enthusiasm for
something that just doesn't have value.
Speaker 8 (21:57):
But I guess that's what every luxury marketer.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
And here's the scary analogy. All right.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
So you have an in vitro baby, is it any
less human than your natural born baby?
Speaker 7 (22:06):
You do?
Speaker 1 (22:06):
You love it differently? That's what makes this different than
cubic zirconia. All right.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
So it's got to I mean, you can't put the
toothpaste back in the tube, so it's out, like the
internet is here. We got to deal with it, all right.
So this has got to long term drive real diamonds
down a lot worse than they've already been driven down.
And that's thirty percent from their all time high. Where
do we think they head ultimately?
Speaker 9 (22:31):
I mean, how many fake not fake? I can't believe
I just used that word. How many synthetic diamonds can
you make?
Speaker 8 (22:38):
You can make a lot, you can make a lot.
I think that.
Speaker 9 (22:44):
I don't know, but we do know that if you
look like an Anglo American, which is one of the
largest mining companies in the world, they were the biggest
investor into beers.
Speaker 8 (22:53):
They're selling their share.
Speaker 9 (22:56):
De Beers had the monopoly of in the entire diamond market,
and the fact that Anglo American plans to divest its
restructure in this business, just making a business decision. They say,
you know they're gonna it's a radical restructuring and they
want to focus on copper extraction.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Have you thought about all the ripple effects too on this?
Speaker 3 (23:14):
All?
Speaker 1 (23:14):
Right?
Speaker 2 (23:15):
So you know you have your your diamonds insured at
X value, But now it's why value? What's your premium?
Why are you can take to pay? Will replacement be
based on real and on what price? And should the
premium be adjusted or the amount the insurance company is
responsible for. I mean, this isn't I think out of
all the stories this year, this has been one of
(23:36):
the most interesting to me. And something is so symbolic
as a diamond, right, I mean, this is like a
foundational element. It would be like if somebody could create gold,
it'd be like if somebody could create energy.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
Well, I guess we can. But you know what I'm.
Speaker 10 (23:50):
Getting at, Oh girl, baby girl, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (23:52):
There is that I don't know.
Speaker 9 (23:55):
And you're right, yes, you should probably have your your
jewelry reappro.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yeah, well yeah, seriously, what you're thinking about? You know,
what do I want a real one or a synthetic
one you might want to be thinking about, Well, you're
a real one. This isn't the investment it used to
be at all, and we're starting to see that, and
we don't even know how far it's going to fall
by the end of the year. Fascinating stuff, Aaron, thanks
so much for the report. All Right, if you're just
waking up, the are far and away your top stories
(24:22):
of the day to keep an eye on, starting with
Donald Trump. Obviously, this is good news. If law fair
was the goal of the left, it's officially failed. It's failed.
In the document's case in Florida, it's on hold indefinitely.
Nobody seems to care about the thirty four guilty verdicts
of Donald Trump. I have that polling information if we
(24:44):
can get to it today. And now the Georgia case,
it too has been paused indefinitely. Brian Shook reports.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
Georgia Court of Appeals indefinitely paused the case against the
former president and several of his Code defendants and tell
a panel of judges rules on whether Fulton County District
Attorney Fani Willis should be removed. Trump's legal team is
pushing to disqualify Willis over her relationship with a special
prosecutor she hired to lead the case. Trump and more
(25:14):
than a dozen of his allies are charged with racketeering
for efforts to overturn the twenty twenty election. I'm Brian Shook.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
President Biden said, there's every reason for people to believe
the Israeli Prime Minister BB Netyalu Netanyahu is prolonging this
war in the Gaza and doing so for political reasons.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Mark Mayfield has that story.
Speaker 5 (25:35):
Biden appeared on the cover of Time magazine Tuesday with
the caption if he wins. In an interview with Time,
Biden was told that some people in Israel believe that
Netanyahu is prolonging the war for his own political self preservation,
and was asked if he believed this. Biden said there
was every reason for people to draw that conclusion. The
interview was conducted last week, three days before Biden laid
(25:57):
out his plan for a hostage and CEASMI I'm Mark.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Mayfield and then Donald Trump talking to Sean Hannity and
Fox made it crystal clear BB Daniell, who finished the.
Speaker 1 (26:07):
Job, but do so as quickly as possible.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
The White House and its Democratic allies are sharply pushing
back against a Wall Street Journal story questioning Joe Biden's
mental fitness.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Lisa Taylor reports.
Speaker 6 (26:19):
The story includes accounts that the eighty one year old
Biden displays an unevenness in meetings and is sometimes hard
to hear when he speaks. White House officials criticize the
story for being based largely on accounts from anonymous Republicans.
The paper interviewed more than forty five people, and while
most of those who voice concerned were Republicans, some Democrats
also said it was noticeable. Biden allies took issue with
(26:41):
the fact the only lawmaker to strongly criticize the president
on the record was former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who
said the president is not the same person he was
when he was Vice president.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
I said Taylor, whether it's him or someone else really
making the decisions, The decisions are Israel can't use US
weapons and the guy but Ukraine can use it inside
Soviet territory.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
Now the Soviets and Putner saying well, we'll use ours
inside your or ally European territories. And then the TikTok
gets even worse as the US military expects Russia to
begin air and naval exercises in the Caribbean.
Speaker 1 (27:17):
Tammy Trihilo's here with that story.
Speaker 7 (27:19):
The military drills will reportedly involve long range bombers in
Russian warships, making courts of call in Cuba impossibly Venezuela.
It will be the first Russian military exercise in the
Caribbean since twenty nineteen and is expected to last over
the summer. A US official told The Miami Herald that
the Biden administration believes Russia is using the exercises as
a messaging tactic after Biden gave Ukraine permission to fire
(27:43):
US made weapons into Russia in self defense. I'm Tammy Trhio.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
So it seems like nobody can succeed in entertainment right
now except one who can't stop succeeding Taylor Swift. It's
even inspiring tours in the Big Apple, sarahly that's our story.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
On the side.
Speaker 11 (28:03):
Will if you're a swifty get your Guide dot com
wants you to take visitors to Taylor's favorite city hotspots.
That could include walks around the high Line and of course,
the West Village.
Speaker 8 (28:17):
Venzil Place on Connelia Street.
Speaker 11 (28:20):
Swift has since moved, but she still hangs out downtown,
including at the Waverley Inn, the Members only Club Zero Bond,
and the Bus Stop Cafe. I thought saw who had
the bus stop, and then though another possible stop NYU,
where Swift picked up an honorary doctorate in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 8 (28:38):
Sarah Lee Kessler, NBC News Radio, New York.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
I don't know, Sarah.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
I think I'd rather go to a Yankees game instead.
All right, AA finals are finally here in game one
tonight seven o'clock in Boston. It's the Dallas Mavericks and
the Boston Celtics.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Game one tonight.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
NHL Stanley Cup Finals start on Saturday night, and the
oiler's in the Florida Panthers. In Baseball's Cities of Your
Morning Show, Raised one, Cardinals one, Rangers one, d Backs,
Nats and Mariners lost, and the Guardians were off a
little shout out to our listeners in Oklahoma City listening
to kt OKA yours sooners eight to three last night
(29:18):
in the College Women's nc Double A World Series eight
to three over.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
The Longhorns in Game one.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
That gives them about a seventy three percent according to
history chants of winning the actual series. Their one went
away from a first ever NC double, a four pete
for a national championship.
Speaker 11 (29:37):
Hey, this is Top Cop Kathy Hinters, and my morning
show is your morning show with Michael Dale Jornoight we get.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
To peek behind the dysfunctional family yesterday with his ex
wife's testimony and Donald Trump's election subversion case in Georgia
has gone the way of the document's case in Florida.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
Now on pause indefinitely.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
Now we have many correspondents because it takes a team
to bring the day to li life to you.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
The one who respects me the least is here, and.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
I want to maybe question whether or not I gave
you the idea for this story, because I kept saying
to you, you know, we talk about how prices go
up on cars, Well, then insurance follows because they're expensive
and they got to be replaced or repaired. And then
you know, when you think about restaurants, the price keeps
(30:24):
going up and up. It's the same stake. It's only
twenty dollars more, and with it the tip. With it,
we're all getting tipped to death. And now we're even
expected to tip when we're just serving ourselves. That's the
story you've been following because America is getting tired of tipping.
Speaker 10 (30:40):
Yeah, and this actually came from a bank rate survey
that just got released, so it wasn't necessarily related to
whatever you really.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
Can't stand me. I thought maybe I inspired the story.
Speaker 10 (30:50):
I had nothing to do with whatever you were spouting
off about this.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Or that it came out today. Friend.
Speaker 10 (30:57):
By the way, I'm turning the screen around so I'll
give this. You can look at this screen while I
do the report. Okay, it's a tap of some ten, fifteen,
twenty custom go at a head while I talk about
the fifty nine percent of Americans say we now have
a negative view of tipping.
Speaker 1 (31:14):
That's actually down from last year.
Speaker 10 (31:15):
But got the general idea that, especially as we pay
with plastic, more and more those screens get flipped around
to us and we're offered the opportunity to tip more
and more frequently. You know, I think if we're paying
in cash, we wouldn't be seeing these screens all the time.
But it really is also a function of how we
pay for transactions these days.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
That's an interesting angle I hadn't thought about. But as
the prices go up. So should inflation impact what the
worth is of the same service?
Speaker 3 (31:49):
All right?
Speaker 2 (31:49):
We all inflation impacts the steak itself, and you know,
and everything in the restaurant, in the brick and mortar.
But what did it do to impact Have you ever
had something with take something off your bill or if
you had a coupon, you still want to tip it
what it would have been before they did the removal
of that price. Why don't we do the same with inflation.
(32:09):
I think that's got to be driving some of the two.
Speaker 10 (32:12):
Because when the waiter or waitress goes out, they're paying
twenty percent more for their stake.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
I hadn't thought of that. I do you know what
I do? Twenty percent?
Speaker 2 (32:26):
And you know when I stand before God, the honest
truth is because it's simple math.
Speaker 10 (32:29):
But usually I go buy the math equation versus the
percent like it's going to be at least twenty. But
if it's over, like it's just because I doubled that
digit or something.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
All right, So what do we expect to happen when
you see numbers like this?
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Do tips go down? Do they go up?
Speaker 11 (32:44):
Do?
Speaker 10 (32:46):
I think it's just become much more of a routine,
you know, As I mentioned, the numbers were sixty six
percent last year were had a negative view of tipping,
and now it's fifty nine percent.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
I think it's now just settling in. Oh, this is
how it's gonna be is We're all in this together.
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