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Welcome to the show on this Tuesday, June eleventh, I'm
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We're live on air and on your iHeartRadio app. Coming up,
new polling on why some are supporting President Biden for reelection.
We'll tell you about that, and the latest on the
Hunter Biden gun trial as the jury is set to
start deliberating once again. We'll have lots on that in
(00:54):
just a bit. In fact, let's get to that right
now with today's top stories. Good morning, Chris, Good morning.
Speaker 5 (00:59):
So, after a week of testimony, the jury of the
federal gun trial against Hunter Biden is deliberating. They went
for about an hour yesterday. They'll be back at it
this morning. Hunter Biden facing three felonies stemming from a
twenty eighteen firearm purchase when he was, according to his book,
in the throes of a crack addiction. Now a key
witness for prosecutors bo Biden's widow, Halle, who had a
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brief relationship with Hunter after his brother died of brain cancer.
She found an unloaded gun in Hunter Biden's truck in
twenty eighteen. She panicked, tossed it into a garbage can
at a grocery store in Wilmington, Delaware, and a man
inadvertently fished it out of the trash. Now, as far
as the results of this, President Biden said last week
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he would accept the jury's verdict and has ruled out
a pardon for his son.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Now he's ruled out a pardon obviously ahead of the election.
You do wonder, though, let's just say Biden were to
lose in November, a Hunter were to get convicted. I
don't know that a pardon on the way out the
door is completely ruled out. And we've seen pardons similar
to that, not quite you know, exactly the same, but
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similar to that before.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
Yeah, I mean, he could certainly change his mind on
that issue. Yeah, now right, he's probably thinking politics right now. Yeah,
because we're in the midst of a campaign.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Can't pardon him before the election. He's kidding me that
would That's one thing that would definitely move the needle,
I think ahead of the election in terms of the
outcome of this trial. The jury is going to start
deliberating in just a bit, I said earlier, and it
sounded like we were talking to our national correspondent Roory O'Neill,
sound like he was surprised.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Am I take?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
I thought the likeliest scenario was a guilty verdict and
the second likeliest was a hung jury. And I don't
think an acquittal is happening here. I mean, look, I
could be wrong. A lot of people think the fix
is in that there's no way they're going to convict
Hunter Biden.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I'm not so sure. I don't think the defense has
a good defense.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
Well is in his book, and then he's got all
these witnesses, including his daughter who was supposed to help him,
who didn't. Her testimony and those text messages did not
help him at all. So yeah, it's hard to see
how a jury is going to look at all the
facts of the case and not find him guilty. I mean,
it's very clear that he did what they say he did.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Yeah, I mean, this is pretty cut and dry. It's
all about him filling out that form and saying that
he wasn't an addict when he purchased a gun, and
the defense is trying to say, well, in that moment,
he didn't believe he was an addict, and so he
technically didn't lie.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
I mean with all the evidence before and after that
moment and some of the new text messages that came
out where he's texting drug dealers like right around that time,
I just that's a stretch.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Well what about the no one's seen him do drugs
like that day? I mean, people have seen him do
drugs the one.
Speaker 6 (03:57):
I mean, there's pictures of him doing Trump photographic as
of himself doing drugs. But I don't think most people
do drugs in front of a whole bunch of other people.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
That's true, and it's not like he's denied it.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
But at the same time, and number the witnesses they
said that they thought he was doing it, Yeah, they
didn't actually see him do it.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Right, They only found the paraphernalia about all of.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
The educations that he was doing drugs. They just didn't
see him actually like light the crack pipe.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
The stripper who testified who he was with, she did
testify that she I believe she's.
Speaker 7 (04:29):
The one who saw him do it every twenty minutes.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Yeah, and in the minute he woke up, he was
he was doing it. So I don't know, we'll I
don't think it's going to take that long for a
verdict to come back. I mean, unless it's unless it's
a hung Jerry. Yeah, So we'll see if maybe we
even get one today. And I guess courtroom was packed yesterday.
According to Alex Thompson, who he talked to in the
last hour from Axios, he was in the courtroom and
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packed with you know, family members, friends and all of that.
First lady's there, Yeah, she's been there just about every
single day and sitting through you wonder how it is
for her because we talked about some of the awkward
moments with his ex wife and Haley Biden, his dead
brother's widow who we had an intimate relationship with, and
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the stripper who he was with, and then his daughter
with that testimony, that emotional testimony. You wonder how awkward
it is for like Joe Biden is sitting there through
all of that.
Speaker 7 (05:25):
I mean, she knows it's not anything she does, true.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Yeah, you're right about that. Yeah, Yeah, she's familiar with
his ways. All right. What else is going on? Chris Well?
Speaker 5 (05:33):
The day after the United Nations Security Council endorsed a
US backed ceasefire proposal for Gaza, we're now waiting for
the Hamas leader to respond. So the Secretary of State
Anthony Blincoln was asked whether the group Hamas would act
in the best interests of the Palestinian people by accepting
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the deal, and he said it would help pause fighting
and allow humanitarian aid. But he's, you know, pointing to
the head of the guy of Hamas. You're talking about,
Yahya Sinwar, and he is, you know, in the spotlight.
Now you don't hear his name as often as some
of the other leaders involved in this war in Gaza.
But now he has to be the one to decide
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whether they're going to take this deal or not. And
it's not clear that's going to happen.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
There is a report and this is all I have
on this I don't have a lot of details, but
News Nation is reporting that there's a report that Hamas
has accepted the ceasefire, A report of a report, a
report of a report, So we'll see if that ends
up being the case. In Hamas is also alluded to
the fact they were going to accept the deal in
the past and then not so much. I don't understand
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how this is going to work. So Hamas doesn't want
to give up power in Gaza, that's clear. Israel isn't
going to accept anything less than Hamas not being in
power in Gaza. Seems like that's that's kind of a
sticking point in order to get some kind of a deal.
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And look, I don't blame it is I don't see
how you could allow Hamas after what they did to
remain in power. There has to be another entity operating
in Gaza moving forward, one that Israel can work with
and at least trust isn't going to try to carry
out another October seventh like attack.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
So it's a tough spot.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
This is the most pressure I would say we've seen
on Hamas with the UN resolution, for whatever that's worth,
and some of the Arab countries in the region trying
to get them to agree to the deal. I think
it's the most pressure we've seen, but doesn't sound like
they want to give up power, and doesn't sound like
they want to give up the hostages either. I can't
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believe we're even talking about anything related to a ceasefire
without more of the hostages being returned. I mean, it's
a relatively small number of living hostages and then the
bodies of some dead hostages that are part of this
initial phase of the ceasefire deal.
Speaker 5 (08:03):
Yeah, and the ceasefire isn't permanent, it would go six
months as part of the deal. Yeah, it's going to
be interesting.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
You know.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
The thing about Cinemar is you know he's in hiding
and so you don't see him out in public the
same way you would the Israeli Prime minister and obviously
US officials. So what his thoughts are on this and
what he's going to do a big question mark, right,
And as you said, Ryan, you know a lot of
indications are that Hamas doesn't want things to change quite
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as dramatically as the deal would suggest.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Now, there is also a line of thinking that Israel
might be more in favor of this temporary ceasefire right
now because there is a situation that sometimes doesn't get
the attention that deserves. That's happening along the northern border
with Hasbolah, and ceasefire in Gaza would allow them to
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turn their attention to that situation and deal with that.
So it's a lot going on there right now.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
So more Americans are identifying as having liberal views on
social issues than they did in past years. This is
according to data from a recent Gallup Pole. Now those
who consider themselves liberal about thirty three percent, remain close
to those who identify as being conservative, which is thirty
two percent, and then moderates the remaining thirty two percent
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in the presidential election coming up in November. So when
it comes to certain issues, those three groups have become
more liberal on social issues. Now you might expect to
push to lean more to the left, driven by Democrats.
If you look at the breakdown by Republicans and independents,
not a lot of change. But as far as Democrats go,
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according to the Gallup Pole, they have expressed more liberal
views and some of those have jumped by as many
as twenty points maybe thirty points, depending on the issue.
So maybe not surprising as we look at some of
the things that are in the spot, like yeah, this
presidential election, abortion being probably top of mind, right.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
And I think I think the center of America, the
what I would call is the silent majority, generally is
more fiscally conservative and a little more socially liberal. And
you see that reflected in you know, like support for
gay marriage and marijuana and those kinds of different things.
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I think on the left where they've gone more liberal
on some of the social issues, that's where we're starting
to see some of the pushback from other Americans where
they've taken it too far. And we've talked about all
those kinds of different cultural issues, whether it's transgender women
in sports and you know, different stuff like that. The
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fiscal conservatism, though, I think that's where a lot of
Americans are.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Unfortunately, nobody in DC is not at all be they
say they are.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
But like distink species, uh there. So it doesn't surprise
me all that much. I mean, especially again when you
look at some of the bigger cultural issues, even like
you mentioned Chris, abortion, some red states where the right
went a little too far with the bands. The vote
those amendments has brought things back.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
A little bit.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Yeah, but if you look at Democrats or going to
this poll from two thousand and four, thirty nine percent
consider themselves liberal. It's jumped to sixty nine twenty twenty four,
So that shows you the direction of the party and
on economic issues they've become dramatically more liberal.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
Yeah, that's where you're getting into that democratic socialism territory.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
I think, right that that would be the AOC wing
of the party.
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Yeah, and just I think sort of the idea that
maybe higher taxes on the wealthy operations come more in vogue.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Yeah, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
They know, less tax breaks for corporations, that sort of
thing has become more popular among Democrats.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
All right, Chris Trankman with today's app stories. Chris, thanks
so much. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
Still to come this hour more on the situation along
the southern border, including what the border patrol has scene
since President Biden issued his executive order on asylum seekers.
We're going to talk to News Nation Border correspondent Ali
Bradley about that, so stick around for that. I'm Ryan
Gorman with Dana McKay in for Michael del Schoorno this weekend.
Right now, let's get to a trending story, this one
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involving a disagreement between Jerry and Elaine.
Speaker 8 (12:24):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (12:24):
So, Julia Luis Dreyfuss does not agree with Jerry Seinfeld's
recent comments about political correctness. He said in quite a
few interviews that the extreme left and PC crap are
ruining comedy. But she told The New York Times, if
you look back on comedy and drama, say thirty years ago,
through the lens of today, you might find bits and pieces.
Speaker 7 (12:43):
That don't age well.
Speaker 6 (12:45):
And she said to have an antenna about sensitivities is
not a bad thing. It doesn't mean that all comedy
goes out the window as a result. She also said
that pushing back on political correctness could be a red flag,
and she said, when I hear people starting to complain
about it, I understand why people might push back, But
to me, that's a red flag because it sometimes means
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something else. And I don't believe that being aware of
sensitivities is not a bad thing, And she said, I
don't know how else to say. It's so pretty much
a direct yeah, directly confronting everything.
Speaker 7 (13:16):
That he said.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Right, And Julia Luis Dreyfus, I mean, she is a
Hollywood liberal of course it's no secrets, but I got
to say I'm on team Jerry.
Speaker 9 (13:26):
I am.
Speaker 7 (13:26):
I am too, Yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
There's just way too much pushback on way too many
ridiculous things. Like the warning that they put on the
On the Fellows Good Fellaws.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Yeah, just really made me shake my head. But even
some of the comedies, like and I've said this before,
I think comedy should get a lot of room to operate,
you know what I mean, and push those boundaries and
should be getting offended if it's if it's a comedy,
you know what I mean. And I feel like a
lot of what we used to watch, whether it's The
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Office or some parts of Seinfeld or even Veep wouldn't
be able to do some of the stuff they did today.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
And was it really that bad? Not only supersensitive? This
is Your Morning Show with Michael del Chona.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
Ryan Gorman here with Dana McKay. More than half of
President Biden supporters said they're mainly backing him to oppose
former President Donald Trump. This according to a new CBS
News UGA poll, fifty four percent of likely Biden voters
planning to vote for him because he's not Trump. The
second highest reason for choosing Biden was that they liked him.
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That came in at twenty.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
Seven percent him because he's not Trump.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Maybe nineteen percent said they're just going with him because
he's likely going to be their party's nominate. CBS pollsters
noted how voters framed their decision either as a referendum
or a choice, is a strong influence on their choice.
Of those who said they see the election as a
judgment on Trump, most vote for Biden's thirty four percent.
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When people see it as a judgment on just Biden,
a referendum on him, they vote for Trump, same numbers,
sixty six to thirty four. That's what's going to be
so key here down the stretch. Who's going to be
able to make it a referendum on the other candidate?
Can Biden make it more about Trump? Or can Trump
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make it more about Biden? And I've talked about this,
I don't know how many times. That's sometimes where Trump
gets himself into a little bit of trouble because he's
constantly in the spotlight, and it's almost like if he
just quieted down at TAD. I mean, it's not what
he's known for, and people love him because he doesn't
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do that, but it would put things a little bit
more on Biden and that would be better for Trump.
Speaker 6 (15:51):
Yeah, I can't remember what it was that we talked
about recently where Biden had an awful, awful time with
something and then Trump should have just kept his mouth
shut and instead, Yeah, and Steady Winn said something that
he shouldn't assent.
Speaker 7 (16:02):
I can't remember what it was, but it was a
few weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
And we have a video for you that we put
on our social media.
Speaker 6 (16:10):
It's on our Facebook page at Ryan Gorman Show.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
And this is one of those moments where, like today,
Trump shouldn't say anything and they should just play this
video like.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
His campaign, over and over and over again. It's bet
it on social media.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
So President Biden is at some Juneteenth events and they're
all dancing and he's standing there frozen. It's almost like
he's imitating Mitch McConnell.
Speaker 6 (16:33):
Remember when Mitch McConnell would stare off like a deer
in headlights. He would have those episodes. I feel like
Biden's had a couple.
Speaker 7 (16:39):
Of those lately.
Speaker 6 (16:40):
And yeah, he's standing next to Kamala Harrison. She's dancing,
and then there's other people dancing, and then he is
just standing there, totally stiff, not moving.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
Now, look, be fair, I can kind of relate if
I were in that same situation, I'd probably.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Have a similar look shake your booty. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
No, the second gentleman he was doing it, Kamala Harris's husband,
he was getting down.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Yeah, but I would probably.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Be more like Biden, frozen and offered and not know
what to do. But again, you can see that video.
It's on our Facebook page. Just go to Ryan Gorman
Show to check that out.
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Speaker 4 (17:36):
Him Gorman here with Dana McKay and now let's go
to the hotline and bring in our next guest. We're
joined by NewsNation Border correspondent Ali Bradley. You can find
all of her reporting on NewsNation at newsnationnow dot com
and on ex at Ali Bradley TV. And she's with
us to give us some insight into what we've been
seeing along the southern border since President Biden came out
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and issued that recent executive order dealing with asylum. Ali,
thanks so much for taking a few minutes to come
on the show. You had an exclusive late yesterday on
the president's executive action. What can you tell us about
what you've learned?
Speaker 10 (18:14):
Yeah, so, Chief Jason Owens, the actual chief of Border Patrol,
was down here in Sanderson, Texas because a tornado actually
had ripped through this area impacted several agents' homes. So
he was down here touring kind of what was left
of this really small community. Only around seven hundred people
live here, so pretty devastating. But he was available to
us and was able to have a conversation with us
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about the executive action.
Speaker 9 (18:37):
Obviously a week.
Speaker 10 (18:38):
In Where where is it right now? How are things
kind of unfolding? And he said, you know, they're grateful
for something being done. And he said, but the reality is,
you know, we keep fixating on this twenty five hundred number.
But he said, really, we need to get the numbers
down to fifteen hundred or below right and right now,
we have not seen a change in encounter numbers. We
actually have seen them go up slightly on so days
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since this executive action was put into place. And the
more shocking number to me is the capacity numbers. We
have seen them go from just around ten thousand to
over eleven thousand, and so with that said, that signals
that they're not able to process people and remove them
as expeditiously as kind of.
Speaker 9 (19:19):
They let on.
Speaker 10 (19:20):
And we have seen those reports that there are issues
with removal with flights that include deportations, and we've been
talking about that at News Nation. On the surface level,
we know Venezuela has not.
Speaker 9 (19:31):
Been accepting deportation flights for months.
Speaker 10 (19:34):
There's all these other countries, including China and Iran that
are not going to accept these flights back into their
countries because we don't have a good working relationship, So
you can't just fly over these countries and parachute people out.
There is a working relationship and an agreement and that
hasn't really been worked out yet. So we did ask
the chief if they had conversations with these countries. We
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know one hundred and sixty seven nationalities have been represented
at our subs. So they say that they are talking
with some of these countries who are not accepting these flights,
but they're also working with Mexico or trying to work
with Mexico to get more removals back over into their
country and also to have them kind of do more
of their part. And so I also asked him if
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he thinks it's working, and he said, the reality is this,
until migrants get the memo that you'll have to cross
between the ports legally, no change is going to happen.
He actually said that not much is going to change,
and so he didn't really seem that optimistic. He seemed
grateful that conversations were being had, that moves were being made,
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but at the end of the day, he said, it's
not going to make a difference until that difference.
Speaker 9 (20:42):
Is made kind of on the ground level.
Speaker 10 (20:44):
Right that messaging, because if one person gets in and
is released into the country and they weren't supposed to be,
they're going.
Speaker 9 (20:50):
To call somebody, They're going to call someone, and they're
going to call someone, and.
Speaker 10 (20:53):
Messaging is very, very powerful and very important, and so
that's what the chief is saying is one of their
biggest cruxes right now that they have to deal with.
And again, we are seeing those numbers continuously well above
twenty five hundred.
Speaker 9 (21:05):
We haven't hardly seen them drop below.
Speaker 10 (21:07):
Four thousand since this executive action was ordered, and so
it's very interesting to see not much change at all.
Speaker 9 (21:14):
We actually saw numbers, like I.
Speaker 10 (21:15):
Said, go up a little under this executive action during
certain days.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
We're joined by News Nation Border correspondent Ali Bradley. So
what's happening with these migrants who come from those countries
that you mentioned, like China, Iran, Venezuela, where we don't
have a working relationship to send them on flights back.
Speaker 10 (21:34):
Well, we just saw kind of a scathing report, if
you will, that DHS acknowledge any multiple agencies reporting.
Speaker 9 (21:40):
That a lot of these migrants from those countries are.
Speaker 10 (21:43):
Being released into the interior of the United States. Same
play as the old playbook. And so this is happening
mostly in the San Diego sector, which, yes, you look
at one of nine sectors.
Speaker 9 (21:55):
Here's the thing.
Speaker 10 (21:56):
The San Diego sector is the one leading in apprehensions
and they're also the one who has been rivaling the
Tucson sector for special interest migrants, and so those are
the two sectors where.
Speaker 9 (22:07):
You see people that are coming.
Speaker 10 (22:08):
From kind of these countries that need a little bit
extra attention to these countries that might not accept these
return flights. And now they have deported thousands of people
since this order went into place, but that's kind of
business as usual. They haven't necessarily deported more. The Tucson
sector is actually above capacity for the first time in
months when it comes to their processing situation, and so
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that's what.
Speaker 9 (22:31):
We're dealing with right now.
Speaker 10 (22:32):
And those migrants again, you know a lot of individuals
that saw this kind of internal memo that went around
sounded the alarm saying, wait a second, this isn't what's supposed.
Speaker 9 (22:41):
To be happening.
Speaker 10 (22:42):
And so DHS came back and on kind of a
background call, acknowledged the situation, acknowledge that they are having
removal issues. We were actually able to get our hands
on an internal email from CBP Commissioner Troy Miller that
went out within the agency that said that not only
agnowed that they weren't doing the job they were hired
to do, but he also said that he recognizes that
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they're not getting additional resources to carry out this directive,
but said, rest assured, we are working and advocating to
getting you the resources and the quote enforcement tools that
you deserve. And so that's the reality on the ground.
You know, you can say one thing out of one
corner of your mouth, but the action out of the
other doesn't really match.
Speaker 9 (23:26):
And that's what we're seeing right now.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
Was there anything else notable that came out of your
one on one with the Border patrol chief that really
stood out to you?
Speaker 10 (23:35):
You know, the fact that he was a little bit
not optimistic about it was staggering for me.
Speaker 9 (23:42):
But you know, he had to play the game as well.
Speaker 8 (23:45):
Ryan.
Speaker 10 (23:46):
He had to kind of say, you know what we're
trying and we are doing our best. And he said,
you know, as long as we all work together, as
long as everyone's doing their part. But again, when your
counterparts don't have the resources to carry out this directive,
how do you move forward? And so it does seem
like it's kind of lip service right now. We'll see
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what happens moving forward. But I would say that, you know,
his kind of optimism towards working together, but knowing that
that's just not really the reality right now, was kind
of shocking to hear.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
And last thing I want to ask you about again.
We're joined by News Nation Border correspondent Ali Bradley. The
situation is getting more dangerous down there at the southern
border with the heat that we've been seeing in that
part of the country. You noted this on your x
account and again everyone can follow you at Ali Bradley TV.
You're having quite a large number of migrants now dying
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because of the weather down there.
Speaker 10 (24:42):
Right So, right now, what we know is sources confirm
that more than three hundred and twenty eight people have
already lost their lives crossing into the country illegally, and
that's just since October when the fiscal year began. Now,
the leading sector is the del Rio sector where Eagle Passes.
They've seen more than one hundred and five deaths already
and the leading cause of that is drowning. So they're
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taking to the Rio Grand Unfortunately, it looks very calm,
but it's very swift, it's very deep, and so it's misleading.
People will be swept away and drowned. The second cause
is heat related deaths or the elements, and so we
know right now we're seeing extremely warm temperatures across the
southern border. This is when encounter numbers would typically drop
(25:23):
down a little bit because of the heat. That hasn't
necessarily happened, So we're still seeing people make that really
dangerous journey and that you know, triple digit temperatures and
extreme humidity, and all.
Speaker 9 (25:33):
They have a lot of times is a bottle of water.
Speaker 10 (25:35):
And then the final way that these migrants are losing
their lives are through vehicle accidents. A lot of those
are vehicular pursuits that start with, you know, the smuggling
driver not stopping for a law enforcement officer trying to
make a traffic stop, and then a pursuit ensues and
oftentimes those pursuits ending crashes. There was just a deadly
crash in Del Rio Proper that three migrants were killed
(25:59):
in that, and so those numbers are pretty staggering in
the Del Rio sector. You know, we saw when they
were seeing ten to twelve thousand encounters, there was an
average around four.
Speaker 9 (26:08):
Deaths each week. Now we're seeing.
Speaker 10 (26:10):
Around two thousand encounters and we're still seeing four deaths
with that spike to seven when those three migrants were killed.
So that's a staggering statistic, right, we should see those
numbers plummet when it comes to death because those encounter
numbers have also dropped. That that tells us more people
are trying to evade as well. The godaway counts are
still up. People are making that dangerous journey trying not
to be detected and in turn they lose their life.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
Ali Bradley News Nation Border correspondent. You can watch her
on News Nation, check out her reports at newsnationnow dot com,
and get the latest updates from her throughout the course
of the day at Ali Bradley TV on x Ali.
Always appreciate the time and reporting. Thanks so much for
coming back on.
Speaker 9 (26:50):
Thanks Brian, thanks for having me all right.
Speaker 4 (26:52):
Still to come this hour more on the Hunter Biden
gun trial, with the jury set to begin deliberating again shortly,
so stick around for that. I'm Ryan Gorman with Dana
McKay in for Michael del Jorno this week. And right now,
let's get to another trending story, this one involving Donald
Trump and Taylor Swift.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
Yes, well, Donald Trump has some thoughts about Taylor Swift.
First of all, he says that she's very beautiful, unusually beautiful,
But he also told a writer for Variety unusually beautiful,
unusually beautiful. Is she liberal or is it just an act?
He said, how is she legitimately liberal? It surprises me
that a country star can be successful being liberal. And
(27:33):
then the writer for the Variety pointed out to him
that she's actually like more a pop star now than
a country star. He also brought up how Garth Brooks's liberal.
Explain that, but she definitely legitimately does not like Trump.
I mean, she's spoken out against him many times. She
also in her documentary spoke out against him. And there
was a big conversation with her family in that documentary
like should I do this?
Speaker 7 (27:54):
Should I not? And they want her to speak.
Speaker 6 (27:56):
Out about politics because they were afraid she was going
to alienate some fans. But she felt so strongly that
she finally, after years of not being political, decided to
get political.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
I remember watching that clip and it's hard to believe
she was faking that. I mean, she was almost in
tears as she was explaining, you know, why she was
thinking the way she thought on certain issues, and it
just seems like those are her.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Views, you know.
Speaker 4 (28:21):
For all that we talked about Taylor Swift for that
stretch where there were the rumors that she was going
to come out and endorse Joe Biden.
Speaker 6 (28:28):
When Trump took a shot at her for that too,
saying she's disloyal because he signed that Music Modernization Act or.
Speaker 7 (28:34):
Whatever, and Joe Biden would never do that for her.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
I'm sure Taylorswift knows all about that piece of legislation.
She's been a little busy because yeah, yeah, but you know,
when all of that was happening, she really doesn't speak out.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Much about polices.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
She tries to stay away from that. I don't know
if she will this year. I don't know if she'll
event So no, no, I'm Keith.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Andrews and Mobile, Alabama, and my morning show is Your
Morning Show with Michael del Jarhny Ryan Gorman here with
Dana McCain.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
There's been a lot of focus on the Hunter Biden
trial this week, but there's another trial under way that
we wanted to update you on. A key witness was
back on the stand yesterday in the bribery trial of
Senator Bob Menindez, which has taking place in Lower Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Lisa g has this report.
Speaker 8 (29:23):
Jose you Rebay testify that he asked the senator directly
for help with a criminal matter after he said he
paid for a new Mercedes for the senator's wife. You
Rebay said the car was part of a deal to
get the senator to interfere with an ongoing state attorney
General Insurance brought investigation into his associates. Eurebay has pled
(29:44):
guilty to paying bribes and has cut a plea deal with.
Speaker 4 (29:47):
Authorities cars, cash, and of course gold bars, gold bars,
gold bar Bob. So that trial is underway, it's going
to be interesting to see what happens there. He is
still hanging on to his Senate sea.
Speaker 6 (30:02):
Well, and he's running for re election too, but his
campaign is pretty shady, like he's just running it himself,
and a lot of people think it's just to raise
money legal bills, right.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
And really, you don't hear much from Democrats about Menendez.
I mean, John Fetterman, he's the most outspoken one saying
that he needs to resign, but.
Speaker 7 (30:21):
After that, nobody really says anything at all.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Yeah, I mean, especially with those kinds of accusations, and
it's not the first time he's been faced with accusations
of bribery, and you know, ethical violation stuff like that.
Of course, the other story we're following closely as the
Hunter Biden gun trial. Jury deliberations continue today and earlier
in the show, we spoke with Axios national political correspondent
(30:44):
Alex Thompson, who's been in the courtroom since the start.
I asked him about some of the key witnesses and
here's what he said about Naomi Biden's testimony. She of
course is Hunter Biden's daughter.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
There was a sort of heartbreaking stage where she basically
texted him, you know, I don't know what else to do.
I just really miss you and all I want to
do is hang out with you. And you know, the
tension within the courtroom I remember, you know, someone read
afterward described the aftermath as funereal, and during closing arguments,
(31:23):
you know, Abby Lowell, hunter Biden's lawyer, called the prosecution
cruel and the way that they prosecutor and the prosecution
went right back and said, hey, it was you who
called her, and it was an our fault that your
client was blowing off his daughter and staying up in
order to stay up late partying and doing drugs.
Speaker 4 (31:43):
You're not supposed to bring someone on the stand whose testimony.
You don't know where it's.
Speaker 7 (31:47):
Going to go, right, Yeah, they should have known that.
Speaker 4 (31:50):
I have a kind of a big mistake. We also
talked about when Halle Biden took the stand. She's the
widow of Hunter Biden's dead brother Bo, who Hunter had
a romantic relationship with.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
She said that Hunter Biden, you know, introduced her to
crack cocaine. They were doing it together at the time.
They were taking care of two young kids. A Hunter
would smoke at the house with the you know, when
the true kids were there, not in front of them, necessarily,
but there. They even shared messages that one of the
(32:21):
kids found you know, you know, crack cocaine paraphernalia, and
like the family homes Lot, Family Home Library, it really
just described one of these really dark and ugly periods
in the Biden family tragedy.
Speaker 4 (32:42):
Now I'm not a parent, so maybe I'm not the
one to comment on this, but Dana, you are smoking
crack when the kids are around.
Speaker 7 (32:51):
Not a good idea.
Speaker 6 (32:52):
I mean, you probably shouldn't be smoking crack at all
when we're a parents, but definitely not when they're in
the house.
Speaker 1 (32:59):
That's what I have, That's what I thought.
Speaker 7 (33:00):
Yeah, I guess that was a good assumption. Yeah, yeah,
maybe you could do the job.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
And finally I asked about attention in the courtroom when
Hunter's as Kathleen Buell, took the stand. Here's what again.
Alex Thompson from Axios, who's been in the courtroom, had
to say.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Talk about a divorce that will never end. They you know,
got divorced in March of twenty seventeen, and not just
the unpaid alimony, but just this constant you know, being
reminded of all of these things that she just can't
you know, she changed her name, she's trying to you know,
started a nonprofit, she even trying to date, and you know,
(33:37):
I think this all this stuff has been very, very difficult.
You could tell when she walked out of that courtroom.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
You know a lot of people usually you know.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
You know, said, you know, whenever to hug Hunter at
least like acknowledged him, and Kathleen just acted like he
wasn't even there and just walked straight past.
Speaker 7 (33:58):
She was not happy about being called.
Speaker 6 (34:00):
I mean twenty seventeen, so that's seven years later, she's
still going to deal with his nonsense.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
Yeah, It's like when you have this stink that you
can't wash off.
Speaker 4 (34:10):
Yeah, no matter how many times you shower, you know,
you're scrubbing your skins out right, and it just won't
go away. It sounds like that's what she's dealing with.
And she just got married, I think it was like
last weekend, and instead of the honeymoon, this is what
she's having to do.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
She's having to go to this trial.
Speaker 4 (34:26):
So you could just see the impact that Hunter Biden
has had on all these different people, and it really
is a sad story.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
But you know, it's not just the addiction.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
Like he tends to blame everything on the addiction, but
even when he hasn't been like an active addict, he
was still doing shady stuff. That's when he was doing
those business.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
Deals, right, Yeah, he's enough to get involved in all
that shadiness.
Speaker 1 (34:55):
Yeah, some people, they're just the real pain in the ass.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
I mean, you know, we've all got those f family
members and it seems like he's just that.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
Only two extreme. Yeah, that's gonna do it for us.
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We'll tell you about that, and the latest on the
Hunter Biden gun trial as the jury is set to
start deliberating once again. We'll have lots on that in
(00:54):
just a bit. In fact, let's get to that right
now with today's top stories. Good morning, Chris, Good morning.
Speaker 5 (00:59):
So, after a week of testimony, the jury of the
federal gun trial against Hunter Biden is deliberating. They went
for about an hour yesterday. They'll be back at it
this morning. Hunter Biden facing three felonies stemming from a
twenty eighteen firearm purchase when he was, according to his book,
in the throes of a crack addiction. Now a key
witness for prosecutors bo Biden's widow, Halle, who had a
(01:23):
brief relationship with Hunter after his brother died of brain cancer.
She found an unloaded gun in Hunter Biden's truck in
twenty eighteen. She panicked, tossed it into a garbage can
at a grocery store in Wilmington, Delaware, and a man
inadvertently fished it out of the trash. Now, as far
as the results of this, President Biden said last week
(01:44):
he would accept the jury's verdict and has ruled out
a pardon for his son.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Now he's ruled out a pardon obviously ahead of the election.
You do wonder, though, let's just say Biden were to
lose in November, a Hunter were to get convicted. I
don't know that a pardon on the way out the
door is completely ruled out. And we've seen pardons similar
to that, not quite you know, exactly the same, but
(02:11):
similar to that before.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
Yeah, I mean, he could certainly change his mind on
that issue. Yeah, now right, he's probably thinking politics right now. Yeah,
because we're in the midst of a campaign.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Can't pardon him before the election. He's kidding me that
would That's one thing that would definitely move the needle,
I think ahead of the election in terms of the
outcome of this trial. The jury is going to start
deliberating in just a bit, I said earlier, and it
sounded like we were talking to our national correspondent Roory O'Neill,
sound like he was surprised.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Am I take?
Speaker 4 (02:39):
I thought the likeliest scenario was a guilty verdict and
the second likeliest was a hung jury. And I don't
think an acquittal is happening here. I mean, look, I
could be wrong. A lot of people think the fix
is in that there's no way they're going to convict
Hunter Biden.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I'm not so sure. I don't think the defense has
a good defense.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
Well is in his book, and then he's got all
these witnesses, including his daughter who was supposed to help him,
who didn't. Her testimony and those text messages did not
help him at all. So yeah, it's hard to see
how a jury is going to look at all the
facts of the case and not find him guilty. I mean,
it's very clear that he did what they say he did.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
Yeah, I mean, this is pretty cut and dry. It's
all about him filling out that form and saying that
he wasn't an addict when he purchased a gun, and
the defense is trying to say, well, in that moment,
he didn't believe he was an addict, and so he
technically didn't lie.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
I mean with all the evidence before and after that
moment and some of the new text messages that came
out where he's texting drug dealers like right around that time,
I just that's a stretch.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Well what about the no one's seen him do drugs
like that day? I mean, people have seen him do
drugs the one.
Speaker 6 (03:57):
I mean, there's pictures of him doing Trump photographic as
of himself doing drugs. But I don't think most people
do drugs in front of a whole bunch of other people.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
That's true, and it's not like he's denied it.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
But at the same time, and number the witnesses they
said that they thought he was doing it, Yeah, they
didn't actually see him do it.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Right, They only found the paraphernalia about all of.
Speaker 7 (04:18):
The educations that he was doing drugs. They just didn't
see him actually like light the crack pipe.
Speaker 4 (04:22):
The stripper who testified who he was with, she did
testify that she I believe she's.
Speaker 7 (04:29):
The one who saw him do it every twenty minutes.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Yeah, and in the minute he woke up, he was
he was doing it. So I don't know, we'll I
don't think it's going to take that long for a
verdict to come back. I mean, unless it's unless it's
a hung Jerry. Yeah, So we'll see if maybe we
even get one today. And I guess courtroom was packed yesterday.
According to Alex Thompson, who he talked to in the
last hour from Axios, he was in the courtroom and
(04:54):
packed with you know, family members, friends and all of that.
First lady's there, Yeah, she's been there just about every
single day and sitting through you wonder how it is
for her because we talked about some of the awkward
moments with his ex wife and Haley Biden, his dead
brother's widow who we had an intimate relationship with, and
(05:15):
the stripper who he was with, and then his daughter
with that testimony, that emotional testimony. You wonder how awkward
it is for like Joe Biden is sitting there through
all of that.
Speaker 7 (05:25):
I mean, she knows it's not anything she does, true.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Yeah, you're right about that. Yeah, Yeah, she's familiar with
his ways. All right. What else is going on? Chris Well?
Speaker 5 (05:33):
The day after the United Nations Security Council endorsed a
US backed ceasefire proposal for Gaza, we're now waiting for
the Hamas leader to respond. So the Secretary of State
Anthony Blincoln was asked whether the group Hamas would act
in the best interests of the Palestinian people by accepting
(05:53):
the deal, and he said it would help pause fighting
and allow humanitarian aid. But he's, you know, pointing to
the head of the guy of Hamas. You're talking about,
Yahya Sinwar, and he is, you know, in the spotlight.
Now you don't hear his name as often as some
of the other leaders involved in this war in Gaza.
But now he has to be the one to decide
(06:14):
whether they're going to take this deal or not. And
it's not clear that's going to happen.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
There is a report and this is all I have
on this I don't have a lot of details, but
News Nation is reporting that there's a report that Hamas
has accepted the ceasefire, A report of a report, a
report of a report, So we'll see if that ends
up being the case. In Hamas is also alluded to
the fact they were going to accept the deal in
the past and then not so much. I don't understand
(06:41):
how this is going to work. So Hamas doesn't want
to give up power in Gaza, that's clear. Israel isn't
going to accept anything less than Hamas not being in
power in Gaza. Seems like that's that's kind of a
sticking point in order to get some kind of a deal.
(07:03):
And look, I don't blame it is I don't see
how you could allow Hamas after what they did to
remain in power. There has to be another entity operating
in Gaza moving forward, one that Israel can work with
and at least trust isn't going to try to carry
out another October seventh like attack.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
So it's a tough spot.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
This is the most pressure I would say we've seen
on Hamas with the UN resolution, for whatever that's worth,
and some of the Arab countries in the region trying
to get them to agree to the deal. I think
it's the most pressure we've seen, but doesn't sound like
they want to give up power, and doesn't sound like
they want to give up the hostages either. I can't
(07:47):
believe we're even talking about anything related to a ceasefire
without more of the hostages being returned. I mean, it's
a relatively small number of living hostages and then the
bodies of some dead hostages that are part of this
initial phase of the ceasefire deal.
Speaker 5 (08:03):
Yeah, and the ceasefire isn't permanent, it would go six
months as part of the deal. Yeah, it's going to
be interesting.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
You know.
Speaker 5 (08:09):
The thing about Cinemar is you know he's in hiding
and so you don't see him out in public the
same way you would the Israeli Prime minister and obviously
US officials. So what his thoughts are on this and
what he's going to do a big question mark, right,
And as you said, Ryan, you know a lot of
indications are that Hamas doesn't want things to change quite
(08:30):
as dramatically as the deal would suggest.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Now, there is also a line of thinking that Israel
might be more in favor of this temporary ceasefire right
now because there is a situation that sometimes doesn't get
the attention that deserves. That's happening along the northern border
with Hasbolah, and ceasefire in Gaza would allow them to
(08:55):
turn their attention to that situation and deal with that.
So it's a lot going on there right now.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
So more Americans are identifying as having liberal views on
social issues than they did in past years. This is
according to data from a recent Gallup Pole. Now those
who consider themselves liberal about thirty three percent, remain close
to those who identify as being conservative, which is thirty
two percent, and then moderates the remaining thirty two percent
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in the presidential election coming up in November. So when
it comes to certain issues, those three groups have become
more liberal on social issues. Now you might expect to
push to lean more to the left, driven by Democrats.
If you look at the breakdown by Republicans and independents,
not a lot of change. But as far as Democrats go,
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according to the Gallup Pole, they have expressed more liberal
views and some of those have jumped by as many
as twenty points maybe thirty points, depending on the issue.
So maybe not surprising as we look at some of
the things that are in the spot, like yeah, this
presidential election, abortion being probably top of mind, right.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
And I think I think the center of America, the
what I would call is the silent majority, generally is
more fiscally conservative and a little more socially liberal. And
you see that reflected in you know, like support for
gay marriage and marijuana and those kinds of different things.
(10:24):
I think on the left where they've gone more liberal
on some of the social issues, that's where we're starting
to see some of the pushback from other Americans where
they've taken it too far. And we've talked about all
those kinds of different cultural issues, whether it's transgender women
in sports and you know, different stuff like that. The
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fiscal conservatism, though, I think that's where a lot of
Americans are.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Unfortunately, nobody in DC is not at all be they
say they are.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
But like distink species, uh there. So it doesn't surprise
me all that much. I mean, especially again when you
look at some of the bigger cultural issues, even like
you mentioned Chris, abortion, some red states where the right
went a little too far with the bands. The vote
those amendments has brought things back.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
A little bit.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Yeah, but if you look at Democrats or going to
this poll from two thousand and four, thirty nine percent
consider themselves liberal. It's jumped to sixty nine twenty twenty four,
So that shows you the direction of the party and
on economic issues they've become dramatically more liberal.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
Yeah, that's where you're getting into that democratic socialism territory.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
I think, right that that would be the AOC wing
of the party.
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Yeah, and just I think sort of the idea that
maybe higher taxes on the wealthy operations come more in vogue.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
Yeah, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
They know, less tax breaks for corporations, that sort of
thing has become more popular among Democrats.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
All right, Chris Trankman with today's app stories. Chris, thanks
so much. Thank you.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
Still to come this hour more on the situation along
the southern border, including what the border patrol has scene
since President Biden issued his executive order on asylum seekers.
We're going to talk to News Nation Border correspondent Ali
Bradley about that, so stick around for that. I'm Ryan
Gorman with Dana McKay in for Michael del Schoorno this weekend.
Right now, let's get to a trending story, this one
(12:21):
involving a disagreement between Jerry and Elaine.
Speaker 8 (12:24):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (12:24):
So, Julia Luis Dreyfuss does not agree with Jerry Seinfeld's
recent comments about political correctness. He said in quite a
few interviews that the extreme left and PC crap are
ruining comedy. But she told The New York Times, if
you look back on comedy and drama, say thirty years ago,
through the lens of today, you might find bits and pieces.
Speaker 7 (12:43):
That don't age well.
Speaker 6 (12:45):
And she said to have an antenna about sensitivities is
not a bad thing. It doesn't mean that all comedy
goes out the window as a result. She also said
that pushing back on political correctness could be a red flag,
and she said, when I hear people starting to complain
about it, I understand why people might push back, But
to me, that's a red flag because it sometimes means
(13:05):
something else. And I don't believe that being aware of
sensitivities is not a bad thing, And she said, I
don't know how else to say. It's so pretty much
a direct yeah, directly confronting everything.
Speaker 7 (13:16):
That he said.
Speaker 4 (13:16):
Right, And Julia Luis Dreyfus, I mean, she is a
Hollywood liberal of course it's no secrets, but I got
to say I'm on team Jerry.
Speaker 9 (13:26):
I am.
Speaker 7 (13:26):
I am too, Yeah, one hundred percent.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
There's just way too much pushback on way too many
ridiculous things. Like the warning that they put on the
On the Fellows Good Fellaws.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Yeah, just really made me shake my head. But even
some of the comedies, like and I've said this before,
I think comedy should get a lot of room to operate,
you know what I mean, and push those boundaries and
should be getting offended if it's if it's a comedy,
you know what I mean. And I feel like a
lot of what we used to watch, whether it's The
(13:56):
Office or some parts of Seinfeld or even Veep wouldn't
be able to do some of the stuff they did today.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
And was it really that bad? Not only supersensitive? This
is Your Morning Show with Michael del Chona.
Speaker 4 (14:11):
Ryan Gorman here with Dana McKay. More than half of
President Biden supporters said they're mainly backing him to oppose
former President Donald Trump. This according to a new CBS
News UGA poll, fifty four percent of likely Biden voters
planning to vote for him because he's not Trump. The
second highest reason for choosing Biden was that they liked him.
(14:33):
That came in at twenty.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
Seven percent him because he's not Trump.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Maybe nineteen percent said they're just going with him because
he's likely going to be their party's nominate. CBS pollsters
noted how voters framed their decision either as a referendum
or a choice, is a strong influence on their choice.
Of those who said they see the election as a
judgment on Trump, most vote for Biden's thirty four percent.
(15:01):
When people see it as a judgment on just Biden,
a referendum on him, they vote for Trump, same numbers,
sixty six to thirty four. That's what's going to be
so key here down the stretch. Who's going to be
able to make it a referendum on the other candidate?
Can Biden make it more about Trump? Or can Trump
(15:22):
make it more about Biden? And I've talked about this,
I don't know how many times. That's sometimes where Trump
gets himself into a little bit of trouble because he's
constantly in the spotlight, and it's almost like if he
just quieted down at TAD. I mean, it's not what
he's known for, and people love him because he doesn't
(15:44):
do that, but it would put things a little bit
more on Biden and that would be better for Trump.
Speaker 6 (15:51):
Yeah, I can't remember what it was that we talked
about recently where Biden had an awful, awful time with
something and then Trump should have just kept his mouth
shut and instead, Yeah, and Steady Winn said something that
he shouldn't assent.
Speaker 7 (16:02):
I can't remember what it was, but it was a
few weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
And we have a video for you that we put
on our social media.
Speaker 6 (16:10):
It's on our Facebook page at Ryan Gorman Show.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
And this is one of those moments where, like today,
Trump shouldn't say anything and they should just play this
video like.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
His campaign, over and over and over again. It's bet
it on social media.
Speaker 4 (16:22):
So President Biden is at some Juneteenth events and they're
all dancing and he's standing there frozen. It's almost like
he's imitating Mitch McConnell.
Speaker 6 (16:33):
Remember when Mitch McConnell would stare off like a deer
in headlights. He would have those episodes. I feel like
Biden's had a couple.
Speaker 7 (16:39):
Of those lately.
Speaker 6 (16:40):
And yeah, he's standing next to Kamala Harrison. She's dancing,
and then there's other people dancing, and then he is
just standing there, totally stiff, not moving.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
Now, look, be fair, I can kind of relate if
I were in that same situation, I'd probably.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Have a similar look shake your booty. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (16:59):
No, the second gentleman he was doing it, Kamala Harris's husband,
he was getting down.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Yeah, but I would probably.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Be more like Biden, frozen and offered and not know
what to do. But again, you can see that video.
It's on our Facebook page. Just go to Ryan Gorman
Show to check that out.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
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Speaker 4 (17:36):
Him Gorman here with Dana McKay and now let's go
to the hotline and bring in our next guest. We're
joined by NewsNation Border correspondent Ali Bradley. You can find
all of her reporting on NewsNation at newsnationnow dot com
and on ex at Ali Bradley TV. And she's with
us to give us some insight into what we've been
seeing along the southern border since President Biden came out
(17:57):
and issued that recent executive order dealing with asylum. Ali,
thanks so much for taking a few minutes to come
on the show. You had an exclusive late yesterday on
the president's executive action. What can you tell us about
what you've learned?
Speaker 10 (18:14):
Yeah, so, Chief Jason Owens, the actual chief of Border Patrol,
was down here in Sanderson, Texas because a tornado actually
had ripped through this area impacted several agents' homes. So
he was down here touring kind of what was left
of this really small community. Only around seven hundred people
live here, so pretty devastating. But he was available to
us and was able to have a conversation with us
(18:35):
about the executive action.
Speaker 9 (18:37):
Obviously a week.
Speaker 10 (18:38):
In Where where is it right now? How are things
kind of unfolding? And he said, you know, they're grateful
for something being done. And he said, but the reality is,
you know, we keep fixating on this twenty five hundred number.
But he said, really, we need to get the numbers
down to fifteen hundred or below right and right now,
we have not seen a change in encounter numbers. We
actually have seen them go up slightly on so days
(19:00):
since this executive action was put into place. And the
more shocking number to me is the capacity numbers. We
have seen them go from just around ten thousand to
over eleven thousand, and so with that said, that signals
that they're not able to process people and remove them
as expeditiously as kind of.
Speaker 9 (19:19):
They let on.
Speaker 10 (19:20):
And we have seen those reports that there are issues
with removal with flights that include deportations, and we've been
talking about that at News Nation. On the surface level,
we know Venezuela has not.
Speaker 9 (19:31):
Been accepting deportation flights for months.
Speaker 10 (19:34):
There's all these other countries, including China and Iran that
are not going to accept these flights back into their
countries because we don't have a good working relationship, So
you can't just fly over these countries and parachute people out.
There is a working relationship and an agreement and that
hasn't really been worked out yet. So we did ask
the chief if they had conversations with these countries. We
(19:56):
know one hundred and sixty seven nationalities have been represented
at our subs. So they say that they are talking
with some of these countries who are not accepting these flights,
but they're also working with Mexico or trying to work
with Mexico to get more removals back over into their
country and also to have them kind of do more
of their part. And so I also asked him if
(20:17):
he thinks it's working, and he said, the reality is this,
until migrants get the memo that you'll have to cross
between the ports legally, no change is going to happen.
He actually said that not much is going to change,
and so he didn't really seem that optimistic. He seemed
grateful that conversations were being had, that moves were being made,
(20:37):
but at the end of the day, he said, it's
not going to make a difference until that difference.
Speaker 9 (20:42):
Is made kind of on the ground level.
Speaker 10 (20:44):
Right that messaging, because if one person gets in and
is released into the country and they weren't supposed to be,
they're going.
Speaker 9 (20:50):
To call somebody, They're going to call someone, and they're
going to call someone, and.
Speaker 10 (20:53):
Messaging is very, very powerful and very important, and so
that's what the chief is saying is one of their
biggest cruxes right now that they have to deal with.
And again, we are seeing those numbers continuously well above
twenty five hundred.
Speaker 9 (21:05):
We haven't hardly seen them drop below.
Speaker 10 (21:07):
Four thousand since this executive action was ordered, and so
it's very interesting to see not much change at all.
Speaker 9 (21:14):
We actually saw numbers, like I.
Speaker 10 (21:15):
Said, go up a little under this executive action during
certain days.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
We're joined by News Nation Border correspondent Ali Bradley. So
what's happening with these migrants who come from those countries
that you mentioned, like China, Iran, Venezuela, where we don't
have a working relationship to send them on flights back.
Speaker 10 (21:34):
Well, we just saw kind of a scathing report, if
you will, that DHS acknowledge any multiple agencies reporting.
Speaker 9 (21:40):
That a lot of these migrants from those countries are.
Speaker 10 (21:43):
Being released into the interior of the United States. Same
play as the old playbook. And so this is happening
mostly in the San Diego sector, which, yes, you look
at one of nine sectors.
Speaker 9 (21:55):
Here's the thing.
Speaker 10 (21:56):
The San Diego sector is the one leading in apprehensions
and they're also the one who has been rivaling the
Tucson sector for special interest migrants, and so those are
the two sectors where.
Speaker 9 (22:07):
You see people that are coming.
Speaker 10 (22:08):
From kind of these countries that need a little bit
extra attention to these countries that might not accept these
return flights. And now they have deported thousands of people
since this order went into place, but that's kind of
business as usual. They haven't necessarily deported more. The Tucson
sector is actually above capacity for the first time in
months when it comes to their processing situation, and so
(22:31):
that's what.
Speaker 9 (22:31):
We're dealing with right now.
Speaker 10 (22:32):
And those migrants again, you know a lot of individuals
that saw this kind of internal memo that went around
sounded the alarm saying, wait a second, this isn't what's supposed.
Speaker 9 (22:41):
To be happening.
Speaker 10 (22:42):
And so DHS came back and on kind of a
background call, acknowledged the situation, acknowledge that they are having
removal issues. We were actually able to get our hands
on an internal email from CBP Commissioner Troy Miller that
went out within the agency that said that not only
agnowed that they weren't doing the job they were hired
to do, but he also said that he recognizes that
(23:06):
they're not getting additional resources to carry out this directive,
but said, rest assured, we are working and advocating to
getting you the resources and the quote enforcement tools that
you deserve. And so that's the reality on the ground.
You know, you can say one thing out of one
corner of your mouth, but the action out of the
other doesn't really match.
Speaker 9 (23:26):
And that's what we're seeing right now.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
Was there anything else notable that came out of your
one on one with the Border patrol chief that really
stood out to you?
Speaker 10 (23:35):
You know, the fact that he was a little bit
not optimistic about it was staggering for me.
Speaker 9 (23:42):
But you know, he had to play the game as well.
Speaker 8 (23:45):
Ryan.
Speaker 10 (23:46):
He had to kind of say, you know what we're
trying and we are doing our best. And he said,
you know, as long as we all work together, as
long as everyone's doing their part. But again, when your
counterparts don't have the resources to carry out this directive,
how do you move forward? And so it does seem
like it's kind of lip service right now. We'll see
(24:07):
what happens moving forward. But I would say that, you know,
his kind of optimism towards working together, but knowing that
that's just not really the reality right now, was kind
of shocking to hear.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
And last thing I want to ask you about again.
We're joined by News Nation Border correspondent Ali Bradley. The
situation is getting more dangerous down there at the southern
border with the heat that we've been seeing in that
part of the country. You noted this on your x
account and again everyone can follow you at Ali Bradley TV.
You're having quite a large number of migrants now dying
(24:40):
because of the weather down there.
Speaker 10 (24:42):
Right So, right now, what we know is sources confirm
that more than three hundred and twenty eight people have
already lost their lives crossing into the country illegally, and
that's just since October when the fiscal year began. Now,
the leading sector is the del Rio sector where Eagle Passes.
They've seen more than one hundred and five deaths already
and the leading cause of that is drowning. So they're
(25:03):
taking to the Rio Grand Unfortunately, it looks very calm,
but it's very swift, it's very deep, and so it's misleading.
People will be swept away and drowned. The second cause
is heat related deaths or the elements, and so we
know right now we're seeing extremely warm temperatures across the
southern border. This is when encounter numbers would typically drop
(25:23):
down a little bit because of the heat. That hasn't
necessarily happened, So we're still seeing people make that really
dangerous journey and that you know, triple digit temperatures and
extreme humidity, and all.
Speaker 9 (25:33):
They have a lot of times is a bottle of water.
Speaker 10 (25:35):
And then the final way that these migrants are losing
their lives are through vehicle accidents. A lot of those
are vehicular pursuits that start with, you know, the smuggling
driver not stopping for a law enforcement officer trying to
make a traffic stop, and then a pursuit ensues and
oftentimes those pursuits ending crashes. There was just a deadly
crash in Del Rio Proper that three migrants were killed
(25:59):
in that, and so those numbers are pretty staggering in
the Del Rio sector. You know, we saw when they
were seeing ten to twelve thousand encounters, there was an
average around four.
Speaker 9 (26:08):
Deaths each week. Now we're seeing.
Speaker 10 (26:10):
Around two thousand encounters and we're still seeing four deaths
with that spike to seven when those three migrants were killed.
So that's a staggering statistic, right, we should see those
numbers plummet when it comes to death because those encounter
numbers have also dropped. That that tells us more people
are trying to evade as well. The godaway counts are
still up. People are making that dangerous journey trying not
to be detected and in turn they lose their life.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
Ali Bradley News Nation Border correspondent. You can watch her
on News Nation, check out her reports at newsnationnow dot com,
and get the latest updates from her throughout the course
of the day at Ali Bradley TV on x Ali.
Always appreciate the time and reporting. Thanks so much for
coming back on.
Speaker 9 (26:50):
Thanks Brian, thanks for having me all right.
Speaker 4 (26:52):
Still to come this hour more on the Hunter Biden
gun trial, with the jury set to begin deliberating again shortly,
so stick around for that. I'm Ryan Gorman with Dana
McKay in for Michael del Jorno this week. And right now,
let's get to another trending story, this one involving Donald
Trump and Taylor Swift.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
Yes, well, Donald Trump has some thoughts about Taylor Swift.
First of all, he says that she's very beautiful, unusually beautiful,
But he also told a writer for Variety unusually beautiful,
unusually beautiful. Is she liberal or is it just an act?
He said, how is she legitimately liberal? It surprises me
that a country star can be successful being liberal. And
(27:33):
then the writer for the Variety pointed out to him
that she's actually like more a pop star now than
a country star. He also brought up how Garth Brooks's liberal.
Explain that, but she definitely legitimately does not like Trump.
I mean, she's spoken out against him many times. She
also in her documentary spoke out against him. And there
was a big conversation with her family in that documentary
like should I do this?
Speaker 7 (27:54):
Should I not? And they want her to speak.
Speaker 6 (27:56):
Out about politics because they were afraid she was going
to alienate some fans. But she felt so strongly that
she finally, after years of not being political, decided to
get political.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
I remember watching that clip and it's hard to believe
she was faking that. I mean, she was almost in
tears as she was explaining, you know, why she was
thinking the way she thought on certain issues, and it
just seems like those are her.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Views, you know.
Speaker 4 (28:21):
For all that we talked about Taylor Swift for that
stretch where there were the rumors that she was going
to come out and endorse Joe Biden.
Speaker 6 (28:28):
When Trump took a shot at her for that too,
saying she's disloyal because he signed that Music Modernization Act or.
Speaker 7 (28:34):
Whatever, and Joe Biden would never do that for her.
Speaker 4 (28:39):
I'm sure Taylorswift knows all about that piece of legislation.
She's been a little busy because yeah, yeah, but you know,
when all of that was happening, she really doesn't speak out.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
Much about polices.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
She tries to stay away from that. I don't know
if she will this year. I don't know if she'll
event So no, no, I'm Keith.
Speaker 1 (29:00):
Andrews and Mobile, Alabama, and my morning show is Your
Morning Show with Michael del Jarhny Ryan Gorman here with
Dana McCain.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
There's been a lot of focus on the Hunter Biden
trial this week, but there's another trial under way that
we wanted to update you on. A key witness was
back on the stand yesterday in the bribery trial of
Senator Bob Menindez, which has taking place in Lower Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Lisa g has this report.
Speaker 8 (29:23):
Jose you Rebay testify that he asked the senator directly
for help with a criminal matter after he said he
paid for a new Mercedes for the senator's wife. You
Rebay said the car was part of a deal to
get the senator to interfere with an ongoing state attorney
General Insurance brought investigation into his associates. Eurebay has pled
(29:44):
guilty to paying bribes and has cut a plea deal with.
Speaker 4 (29:47):
Authorities cars, cash, and of course gold bars, gold bars,
gold bar Bob. So that trial is underway, it's going
to be interesting to see what happens there. He is
still hanging on to his Senate sea.
Speaker 6 (30:02):
Well, and he's running for re election too, but his
campaign is pretty shady, like he's just running it himself,
and a lot of people think it's just to raise
money legal bills, right.
Speaker 4 (30:12):
And really, you don't hear much from Democrats about Menendez.
I mean, John Fetterman, he's the most outspoken one saying
that he needs to resign, but.
Speaker 7 (30:21):
After that, nobody really says anything at all.
Speaker 4 (30:24):
Yeah, I mean, especially with those kinds of accusations, and
it's not the first time he's been faced with accusations
of bribery, and you know, ethical violation stuff like that.
Of course, the other story we're following closely as the
Hunter Biden gun trial. Jury deliberations continue today and earlier
in the show, we spoke with Axios national political correspondent
(30:44):
Alex Thompson, who's been in the courtroom since the start.
I asked him about some of the key witnesses and
here's what he said about Naomi Biden's testimony. She of
course is Hunter Biden's daughter.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
There was a sort of heartbreaking stage where she basically
texted him, you know, I don't know what else to do.
I just really miss you and all I want to
do is hang out with you. And you know, the
tension within the courtroom I remember, you know, someone read
afterward described the aftermath as funereal, and during closing arguments,
(31:23):
you know, Abby Lowell, hunter Biden's lawyer, called the prosecution
cruel and the way that they prosecutor and the prosecution
went right back and said, hey, it was you who
called her, and it was an our fault that your
client was blowing off his daughter and staying up in
order to stay up late partying and doing drugs.
Speaker 4 (31:43):
You're not supposed to bring someone on the stand whose testimony.
You don't know where it's.
Speaker 7 (31:47):
Going to go, right, Yeah, they should have known that.
Speaker 4 (31:50):
I have a kind of a big mistake. We also
talked about when Halle Biden took the stand. She's the
widow of Hunter Biden's dead brother Bo, who Hunter had
a romantic relationship with.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
She said that Hunter Biden, you know, introduced her to
crack cocaine. They were doing it together at the time.
They were taking care of two young kids. A Hunter
would smoke at the house with the you know, when
the true kids were there, not in front of them, necessarily,
but there. They even shared messages that one of the
(32:21):
kids found you know, you know, crack cocaine paraphernalia, and
like the family homes Lot, Family Home Library, it really
just described one of these really dark and ugly periods
in the Biden family tragedy.
Speaker 4 (32:42):
Now I'm not a parent, so maybe I'm not the
one to comment on this, but Dana, you are smoking
crack when the kids are around.
Speaker 7 (32:51):
Not a good idea.
Speaker 6 (32:52):
I mean, you probably shouldn't be smoking crack at all
when we're a parents, but definitely not when they're in
the house.
Speaker 1 (32:59):
That's what I have, That's what I thought.
Speaker 7 (33:00):
Yeah, I guess that was a good assumption. Yeah, yeah,
maybe you could do the job.
Speaker 4 (33:05):
And finally I asked about attention in the courtroom when
Hunter's as Kathleen Buell, took the stand. Here's what again.
Alex Thompson from Axios, who's been in the courtroom, had
to say.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
Talk about a divorce that will never end. They you know,
got divorced in March of twenty seventeen, and not just
the unpaid alimony, but just this constant you know, being
reminded of all of these things that she just can't
you know, she changed her name, she's trying to you know,
started a nonprofit, she even trying to date, and you know,
(33:37):
I think this all this stuff has been very, very difficult.
You could tell when she walked out of that courtroom.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
You know a lot of people usually you know.
Speaker 3 (33:48):
You know, said, you know, whenever to hug Hunter at
least like acknowledged him, and Kathleen just acted like he
wasn't even there and just walked straight past.
Speaker 7 (33:58):
She was not happy about being called.
Speaker 6 (34:00):
I mean twenty seventeen, so that's seven years later, she's
still going to deal with his nonsense.
Speaker 1 (34:05):
Yeah, It's like when you have this stink that you
can't wash off.
Speaker 4 (34:10):
Yeah, no matter how many times you shower, you know,
you're scrubbing your skins out right, and it just won't
go away. It sounds like that's what she's dealing with.
And she just got married, I think it was like
last weekend, and instead of the honeymoon, this is what
she's having to do.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
She's having to go to this trial.
Speaker 4 (34:26):
So you could just see the impact that Hunter Biden
has had on all these different people, and it really
is a sad story.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
But you know, it's not just the addiction.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
Like he tends to blame everything on the addiction, but
even when he hasn't been like an active addict, he
was still doing shady stuff. That's when he was doing
those business.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
Deals, right, Yeah, he's enough to get involved in all
that shadiness.
Speaker 1 (34:55):
Yeah, some people, they're just the real pain in the ass.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
I mean, you know, we've all got those f family
members and it seems like he's just that.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
Only two extreme. Yeah, that's gonna do it for us.
We're all in this together. This is your Morning Show
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