October 7, 2024 • 30 mins
The presidential race could go either way, but control of the Senate looks solid red!
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This is your morning show with Michael dl chun. Still
reeling from Helene, and here comes Hurricane Milton, gaining strength,
expected to be a Cat three by the time it
hits off the coast of Tampa, Florida. Wednesday afternoon, President
Biden sending another five hundred active duty troops to assist
in western North Carolina, and former President Trump and Vice
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President Harris, along with President Biden, all set to address
the one year anniversary of the Hamas terror attacks in
Israel today. Welcome to Monday, the seventh of October twenty
twenty four on the Aaron streaming live on your iHeartRadio app.
This is your morning show. I'm Michael del Journal Jeffrey
Lyons as the controls. Let's look at where we're at
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a month tomorrow will be the election. And first you
do this when you're dealing with an incumbency. The question
is to people view both as an incumbent if it
would have been Biden versus Trump. We just said a
former president and a president. Two incumbents makes it unique.
Now we don't have Biden, we have Harris, but it's
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the same administration. So I don't know what's reality and
what's perception. I can tell you this that America is
disapproving of Joe Biden pie by twenty Well, it's thirteen percent.
Rasmussen has a recent one that's nine, but his disapproval
rating is underwater. The one question that usually strikes to
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the heart of an incumbent reelection ability, right direction, wrong direction?
Twenty eight percent of America thinks we're heading in the
right direction. Sixty one percent of America thinks we're heading
in the wrong direction. Who puts there? He's the boogeyman?
Fear of Donald Trump above that time will tell. And
then when we look at the swing states and how
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they're falling with the latest polling information, North Carolina now tied,
obviously a concern, Pennsylvania tide, Georgia Trump's leads at one
and a half, Arizona Trump's leads at one and a half.
Harris has a zero point eight percent lead in Wisconsin
and a zero point seven percent lead in Michigan and
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a one point one percent lead in Nevada. Now the
road for Donald Trump. He must secure North Carolina and
Georgia to have a path, and then he'll still need Pennsylvania,
Michigan or Wisconsin. And that presumes he splits Nevada and
Arizona for Kamala Harris. He loses Pennsylvania or Wisconsin or Michigan,
it looks very difficult for her to find a path.
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And you have the underpolling of Donald Trump, where the
heck does this thing really stand? That and Trump's triumphant
return to Butler, Pa. SNL has chosen to roast Walls
and Kamala and usually the way they roast is the
way elections go. It's interesting that even Lauren Michaels and
serenat Live are taking sides against these two candidates who
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seemingly aren't doing well, and where are all the Senate
races for control of the US Senate standing? For that more,
we turn to Chris Walker, who is a Republican analyst
and a Your Morning Show contributor. Good morning, Chris, Good
morning Michael. How are you well. I'm guessing that if
you got Senator Kelly on CNN over the weekend talking
about only Kamala Harris is concerned about Arab Americans and
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presumably taking a side with the Palestinians, even though today
I'm sure she'll mark the one year anniversary by siding
with Israel. Got Barack Obama hitting the campaign trail. I'm
assuming that's to address not just the Muslim American black vote,
but the black vote in general. Sounds like they're a
little concerned.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Yeah, I mean, this is a really tight race. You're
gonna you're not.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Going to leave a fairly popular former president on the
sidelines in this environment, You're going to try to use
every resource you can to to.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
To get out the vote.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
So, like like you said in the polling, I mean
it's it's razor thin and Michigan, Wisconsin Pennsylvania and that's
really the election. So you know, we'll see, we'll see
how this all takes out.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
My sense is Trump's still.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
A little behind in all three. I mean, yeah, the
polling is is kind of about even. But I just
think with the voter turnout machines the Democrats have, I
think we have to kind of assume a little.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Bit of an advantage there.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
So there's a lot of work to do for Republicans
to to continue to register voters and get out the
vote as much much as they can, because that's really
how you're gonna win this election.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
How does Helene impact the North I mean North Carolina tied?
I'm sorry, I can't find a path for Donald Trump
without North Carolina. He simply has to win North Carolina.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
There isn't one without North Carolinia, right, you know.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
I just because there's such a humanitarian crisis still going
on in western North Carolina. I just it just feels
icky talking about it politically. But in my view, I've
got to think that the lack of FEMA's response and
their inability to do their basic function as a job
is going to yield a little.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Bit of a favor to President Trump.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
I mean, this is again a humanitarian crisis, and you
have FEMA checking out at five o'clock and doing incredibly
an incredibly poor job in terms of how they're taking
care of Americans.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
So again, I just I don't like talking about a
political terms because there's just so much suffering going on
over there right now.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
But to me, it would seem that there would be
a little bit of a pushback on the failure, once again,
another failure of the Biden administration ability to you know,
falter and promises to even do the basic functioning of government.
Compare that to around to Santus in Florida and seeing
what competent government governance says versus in competent governance.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
I'm looking at the North Carolina gooblatatorial race and Steyn
is up seventeen over Robinson, fifty one to thirty four percent.
What do you see when when there's a presidential election
cycle and there is a governor race so lopsided, how
difficult does the state to lean that blue for governor
and still go red for president.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
I mean, that's a really good point, Michael. Before Helene
I would have said, I thought North Carolina might be
out to reach for Trump. Because of the failure of
that gubernatorial race, there's just got to be you know,
a bleeding over of some of those votes that just aren't.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Going to vote for you know, they're just going to
vote more and more blue just because of that race.
Speaker 5 (06:52):
That said, you know, again there's enough split ticket there
in suburban areas, there's enough of a western Restronoto thing.
Obviously Buncome County in Asheville as a Democrat stronghold, and
there's going to be a lot of votes there that just.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Have to be figured out how they're going to get counted.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
So from a standpoint of just kind of the and
again let's not also dismiss that Governor Cooper, I don't
think it's that a particularly solid job in North Carolina.
But again, some of that just is out of his control.
You can't account for a one hundred and fifty year
flood like that and you're just kind of catching it up.
But in this instance, everything focuses on saving people's lives
and doing what they can. We saw Dolly step up
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last week. Those are the types of things that we
need right now, not just government interaction.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, I don't like to play politics with tragedy. Especially
when it's ongoing. But you know the FEMA issue. I
played a clip earlier in our Sound of the Day,
and you have Jean Currang Jean Pierre two years ago
talking about FEMA money being used for immigrant and migrant
populations that are overwhelming communities, and then now denying that
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FEMA money has been used. So, I mean, these are
going to be politically problematic things when people are hurting,
you would think. So it's worthy of mentioning, as is
a googlenatorial race that lopsited at the top of the ticket,
Your Morning.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Correspondent, into account, people shall into account they go to vote.
I mean they're lying, and that's that is something that
people should be very upset about it. It's fair to
call them out on it.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, No, it's despicable. Well, all of them had rough weekends.
Tim Walls was despicable on Fox Sunday Morning, caught in
constant lies about abortion and other issues. Your Morning Sial correspondent,
Republican analyst Chris Walker joining us. All right, So Michigan,
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Wisconsin also very close. The president tied in Pennsylvania. Donald
Trump got to win one of those three, which the
three you think is looking the most likely.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
Pennsylvania is the closest Pennsylvania is it all comes down
to Pennsylvania. It's it's the it's the the more electoral
votes in Michigan and Wisconsin. You know, my sense is Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania's a Bellweather who wins Pennsylvania wins the White House
this year. That's I think it's as simple as that.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Well, in twenty sixteen, he took all three and shocked
all of us. Yeah, so we had I think it
was JR or JD. I think was j R. Trucker Say,
he drives through Pennsylvania, he sees nothing but Trumps signs.
We saw the triumphant return in the crowd in Butler, Paight,
do our eyes deceive us? Or does that just kind
of point to well, there's more enthusiasm among Republicans for
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Donald Trump and a lot less enthusiasm for Democrats. But
that doesn't mean the Democrats aren't going to vote Democrat. Well,
that's right.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
I mean, let's look at the let's look at the
urbanization of the Democrat vote and look at the city
like Pennsylvania, the city like Pittsburgh where the line's share
of their votes are going to be that's not yard
sign you know, indicative, but it is you know, density
of popular So you're just you get so much bang
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for your buck in terms of voter turnout by going
to these communities where people live in in giant high
rise buildings and you can you can hit a thousand
people in one door knocking rather than having to go
three miles. And you know, in rural Pennsylvania, it's just
there is an easier path to getting your vote out
in these cities. It's an unfair advantage, it's not. It's
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an advantage. I wouldn't call it unfair. That's not right,
exactly right, but as an advantage of Democrats have that
you know, Republicans need to overcome. And yeah, the yard
signs and other stuff are important in rural areas, but
let's not forget the population of these Democrats strongholds in
these cities that we have to kind of outregister and
out vote. And that's where every single vote in these
rural districts become even more important. It's harder to get to,
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but it's much more important for people to get out there.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
To do it, you must experience it like I do
experience it at home. My wife seems to ask me
every day. You don't think Donald Trump's gonna lose to
You don't think Donald Trump's gonna lose to you? Do
you think Kama's gonna win? Do you think Kama's going
Of course, the answer is the same. I don't know.
Nobody knows. These swing states that we're talking about. In
the case of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, they swung by
fifty thousand votes between the three of them in twenty
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sixteen and twenty one. Time it went Trump's wway, the
other time it went Biden's way. I would think that
this should look and lean a little bit more like
twenty sixteen without being COVID and all of that, But
who knows. That's why you play the game. What is
the control of the United States Senate? Look like? Not
a lot of attention on that. And yeah, if the
election were held today, who's going to control the Senate?
Speaker 5 (11:30):
Republicans are going to control the Senate. You know, we're
picking up West Virginia with Joe Manchin's retirement. We're going
to pick up which gets as a fifty to fifty
Senate just on pure numbers. John Tester out of Montana
is probably is very likely going to lose that he's
down several He's put down about eight points in the
latest bowling that I've seen, and you know that's probably
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that's a pickup. So that right there puts some Punkins
in the majority of fifty one. The question that becomes
how big can you kind of make the majority.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
You've got Marino in Ohio.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
And that's probably our next best pick up opportunity to
get us to fifty two. Jay McCormick and Pennsylvania is
running a really good race our Covey, and Wisconsin's running
a good race on James and with Michigan, all three
of those are are within a point or two. Again,
just like the presidential race. So depending on how the
voter turnout is in the swing states for the presidency,
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it really could swing s Senate seats people aren't really
paying attention to. So there's a there's a very possible
chance that we could get to fifty four or fifty
five Senate seats if all three of those swing in
a really positive red wave in.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
This this election. You know, Caroy Lake in Arizona down thirteen,
I think that's just.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
I think they're far far of away, and you know, Nevada.
I'm not convinced that that's really coming our way either,
But those three swing states are very important, not just
for the presiden seed but for the Senate as well.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
I have one to three up, one to three when
it's all over, So one for sure, because you know
Montana and West Virginia is going red. And then I
think there's a chance to pick up two more. But
we'll see. And by the way, if it should come
down to Pennsylvania, all things considered, whatever freak thing happens,
whether it's Michigan or Wisconsin, assuming Trump hangs on to
Georgia and North Carolina and gets at least Arizona, you know,
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we'll all be waiting on Pennsylvania and all will we
be waiting for days based on how they plan to
count these votes. So if it comes down to Pennsylvania,
we're not going to know election night.
Speaker 5 (13:26):
One thing that worries me about Arizona. We talked about
the governor's rights in North Carolina. Terry Lake being so
far down in Arizona I think has a similar effect. Unfortunately,
I don't want to think that. I just have to
look at it. Honestly, I'm not. You know, my worry
is is that she could be a drag on Trump
in Arizona as well, just given the history and everything
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else there. Arizona has been fools gold for us for
the last ten years or so, and we've done a
really poor job at getting it back to the Republican column.
We have a lot of work to do to get there.
I hope we can, but there's a lot of work
get to be done.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
There's a lot of folks on the border in Arizona
that makes me think it leans red. But obviously, if
Donald Trump were to lose Arizona and Nevada, he's gonna
and lose North Carolina. It's over. But he would need
Michigan or Wisconsin on top of Pennsylvania. At that point we.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Bolt new issue for air though. Let's not forget that.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
I mean, it's something that's been and you have new
voters there that are probably you know, Democrat because of
the border issue, as you and I are well aware of.
On the registration efforts. So again, this is a numbers game,
and you know it just it worries me. It worries
me a lot. We have a lot of work to
do to get Arizona back in the right column a.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Month till election day, right tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
And that's that's correct. Goodness, gracious, and this is where
we stand.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
This is where we stand, suspended in mid air in
a tie. May you live in interesting times. Let's we
definitely do all right, Chris Walker, appreciate it. Thanks for
joining us. We'll talk again next week or sooner if
conditions warrant. This is your morning show with Michael del Truona.
Hurricane Milton is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. The
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trajectory and an arrival time of Wednesday afternoon, heading straight
for Tampa, Florida, where it seems like just yesterday Helene
made landfall just north of there. Roy O'Neill is following
Milton and his current power and trajectory. Good morning, Rory.
Speaker 6 (15:19):
Yeah, and it did get a bit stronger in the
past few hours. Now one hundred and twenty mile per
hour maximum sustained winds.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
That makes it a category three.
Speaker 6 (15:27):
The forecast is for this thing to get up to
one hundred and forty five mile per hour winds.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
That's up four.
Speaker 6 (15:33):
Luckily, it may ease back off that peak number a
little bit just before making landfall, and exactly where it
makes landfall still a bit gray, but it's somewhere south
of Tampa Bay.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Just house south now is going to It makes a
big difference.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Okay, the ban the outer bands of this storm that
should affect Tampa Orlando, how far north and south.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
Right, Well, this whole storm is going to cross right
over the peninsula. So if you're familiar with Florida at
all politically, the Corridor is something famous in presidential elections.
That's the highway that goes from Tampa to Orlando to
Daytona Beach. This storm is pretty much going to track
right along it, maybe just a bit south of that line.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
So it is going to go right across the peninsula.
Speaker 6 (16:14):
So the whole most of the state is going to
feel something from this starting Wednesday afternoon.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
What about storm surge, Helene, Of course, for Florida was
a storm surge story. We knew it was going to
be an inland flooding story, and boy did it live
up to it. We also expected Milton to be a
Cat three, going to be a Cat four when he's
off shore. This doesn't look fun, No.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
It does not.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
And the storm surge predictions for the Tampa Bay area
somewhere between eight and twelve feet of storm surge.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
That would be much more than Helene, which was around
five feet.
Speaker 6 (16:47):
So this could be catastrophic for the Tampa Bay area,
which is why we're crossing our fingers hoping it continues
this move to the south a little bit and hopefully
we'll get that cone will narrow. But no matter what
the area is, this response is being complicated by the
fact that so much debris is already out on the
roadways waiting to be picked up by clearing crews that
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they're trying to rush that work, bringing in the National
Guard to help. Just pick up the junk on the
side of the road, the branches, the wet sofas, the.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Wet insulation, the rotted and drywall. Get all that stuff
picked up before one.
Speaker 6 (17:23):
Hundred and twenty mile per hour winds move in or
eight feet of water something sends that stuff further into
the city.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
What a mess, all right?
Speaker 2 (17:30):
You know?
Speaker 1 (17:31):
In New Orleans, of course, we're under sea level and
we're a bowl, and so the trajectory up the Mississippi
River and then the Lake Ponta train to the north,
it just you know, what's the how's the Tampa Bay
play into this in terms of trajectory?
Speaker 6 (17:47):
Right, So keep in mind that a hurricane, the wings
move counter clockwise, right, But if you're still imagining that
clock the worst part of a hurricane is like noon
to three is that's the part where you don't want
to be hit. But if the way this storm is tracking,
if that is going that counterclockwise action, and the way
Tampa Bay is shaped, maybe even Port Charlotte and that area,
it could send that surge right.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Up into the Bay. And that's the real worry. But
if it does.
Speaker 6 (18:12):
Track just that little bit further to the south, that
could make all the difference. Because look, Penellas County, which
is where Saint Petersburg is, they are still clearing up
after that wallop that Helene gave them.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
And Helene didn't even really make landfall there.
Speaker 6 (18:26):
I mean, that was really just a glancing blow, but
it did catch them with that counterclockwise wave action, and
that's how they got so much storm surge there.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Helene and now Milton appreciate the reporting. Where we we'll
talk again tomorrow, all right, we're just waking up. Obviously,
that's a big story. You just drove Rory said, Milton
now with maximum sustained winds of one hundred and twenty
miles an hour, that makes Milton a Cat three right now,
let alone churning in the warm golf waters with the
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ways to go to Wednesday afternoon. What's interesting is they
expected to get to a Cat four and then maybe
lessened back down to a Cat three before making landfall.
We'll have to keep an eye on that. Governor Ron
De Santis has already declared a state of emergency and
dozens of counties FEMA has already in movement with supplies
and equipment into the state. Meanwhile, we're still arguing over
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Helene and what the government is failing to do. House
Speaker Mike Johnson says the federal response to Hurricane Helen
was a failure. Lisa Cardon reports.
Speaker 7 (19:28):
In an interview with Fox New Sunday, the Louisiana Republican
claimed FEMA hadn't made sufficient preparations before Helene made landfall
last month.
Speaker 6 (19:37):
He had more than a week's notice of this, and
yet we still have people who have not been served
and even rescued in North Carolina.
Speaker 8 (19:43):
It is a heartbreaking, tragic, and infuriating situation.
Speaker 7 (19:47):
He went on to make assurances that once the full
scope of the damage is known and the financial costs calculated,
Congress would allocate funds to the states that need it.
Hurricane Helene has killed at least two hundred and twenty
seven people in the Southeast, as Cruz continue to search
for the missing. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Well, that wasn't lost on Donald Trump either, who turned
the heat up on Kamala's Helen relief failures. Mark Mayfield
has our road to the White House.
Speaker 8 (20:12):
Former President Trump is criticizing Vice President Harris over the
federal response to Hurricane Helene. Speaking at a rally and
juno Wisconsin on Sunday, Trump said disaster relief efforts remain
underfunded as the Biden Harris administration spends money elsewhere.
Speaker 9 (20:26):
They send hundreds of billions of dollars to foreign nations,
and you know what they're giving our people seven hundred
and fifty bucks.
Speaker 8 (20:33):
Trump claimed the Biden Harris administration has done an exceptionally
poor job responding to Hurricane Helene.
Speaker 7 (20:39):
This is the worst.
Speaker 8 (20:40):
Response to a storm or a catastrophe that we've ever seen.
During his fourth appearance in Wisconsin in the last two weeks.
He went on to say the government's relief effort after
Helen has been even worse than Hurricane Katrina.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
I'm Mark Neefield.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
It's the anniversary of the October seventh attack and invasion
of Israel by Hamas, and for one political party, it's
still difficult to stay focused on who the good guys
were and who the bad guys were. Senator Mark Kelly,
who was a runner up to be Kamala Harris's vice
presidential choice, urging Arab American voters to cast their vote
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for Kamala Harris. Appearing on CNN State of the Union,
the Arizona Democrat insisted Harris is working to end the
war in the Gaza that has killed tens of thousands
of Palestinians.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
I know the vice president is committed to solving this
and getting this done and getting some amount of peace
in the Middle East, and when she's sworn in on
January twenty if, I know this is going to be
one of her top priorities.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Kelly went on to say that Harris is taking the
concerns of Arab Muslims and voters to heart.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
She met with them many in the Muslim and the
Arab community here earlier in the week to talk about
the issues that they care about. Certainly peace in the
Middle East is at the top of the list.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Recent polling shows Harris's lacking support among Arab Muslim voters,
as specially in Michigan, a swing state that may decide
the election. Politics over allies Apparently, Harris, of course, can't
hide her in plain sight and get away with it forever,
so they're going to roll her out to all the
familiar friendly late night places, starting with Stephen Colbert. Mark
(22:17):
Mayfield is back with more.
Speaker 8 (22:18):
It will be her first appearance on the Late nine
talk show as the Democratic nominee for president. Overall, Harris
has appeared on the Colbert Show seven times, both as
Vice president and as a US Senator from California. Harris's
running mate, Tim Wallas will also be making a Late
nine appearance this week. The Minnesota governor will appear on
Jimmy Kim Alive Monday night. It will be his first
ever late night appearance. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I would assume this is to address the poor black
vote numbers in polling. May have something to do with
the Muslim black voting too. Former President Barack Obama going
to hit the campaign trail for Kamala Harris starting next week.
Brian Shook has more.
Speaker 10 (22:51):
He'll travel to key battleground states through election Day, beginning
with Pennsylvania. The forty fourth president will make a stop
in the Pittsburgh area on Thursday. Polls have shown Harris
and former President Trump locked in a tight race in
the state. Obama remains one of his party's most popular
figures and gave a keynote address at the Democratic National
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Convention in August. I'm Brian Shook.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
It's all guns, pornography, and transgender rights on the docket
for the US Supreme Court when their new term starts today.
Tammy Triheel has more.
Speaker 11 (23:24):
The High Court will be looking at several cases, including
the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that bans gender affirming
care for miners. The case will have implications for similar
laws passed by Republican led state legislatures around the country.
This week, the Court will also consider whether the Biden
administration has the authority to crack down on so called
ghost guns. Those are homemade firearms that are difficult to trace.
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Later in the turn, the Court will take up a
challenge to a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to
verify the ages of users.
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Speaker 2 (25:04):
Go figure.
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Morning Show with Michael gil Jorno.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
President Biden sending another five hundred active duty troops to
assist in western North Carolina, and former President Trump and
Vice President Harris set to speak today on the one
year anniversary of Hamas's invasion of Israel and its terrorist
attack on Israel. That falling down partisan lines as to
where support lies, Kamala will be increasing her media presence.
(25:33):
They've been taking the strategy of kind of hiding her
in plain sight, keep her out of teleprompter, keep her
out of interview situations. But that all changes this week.
And look where she's had it safe zones like the
view Howard Stern, Univision town Hall, the sixty minutes that
took place, these are all very friendly places for Kamala.
Harris and I think it's viewers probably already in the
(25:55):
Harris camp. So it begs the question of White House
correspondent John Decker, what exactly is she accomplishing? Good morning John.
Speaker 9 (26:01):
Well, First of all, I would not consider sixty minutes
to be a safe place. That's number one. In fact,
it's not considered a safe place. That's one reason why
Donald Trump has declined that same interview request from sixty
minutes to appear on sixteen minutes. And as far as
town halls are concerned, I've been read in in terms
of how that town hall will work itself out. You know,
(26:23):
you can get these questions at a left field with
town halls, so those are not necessarily safe places. Everybody
that will be taking part in that town hall, that
Univision town hall out West will be what is described
as an undecided voter. Donald Trump is doing a similar
town hall with Univision that will take place in Miami,
(26:43):
again with undecided voters.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
So all right, what about the view? What about the
view on Howard Stern?
Speaker 9 (26:49):
Well, I mean, look, what about Sean Hannity, I mean
Sean Hennerity ever asked the top question of Donald Trump
or Jesse I mean, look, you know, both campaigns. You
have to be honest here, both campaigns they'd shoot their
safe places, and I think that that is acknowledged. There's
no doubt about it. There is an increased media presence
this week by Vice President Harrison. We'll see whether she
(27:11):
does interviews with local television in some of the battleground states.
I think that's really a good place in terms of
mining for those undecided voters in the critical battleground states.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
I guess they probably you'll probably disagree with this too,
but I'm guessing they probably have higher hopes for Barack
Obama hitting the campaign trail, addressing not only their core
voters who maybe are holding their nose and not quite
as enthusiastic as they should be. He'll remind them of
the good old days him and hopefully swaying independent voters,
(27:46):
or I'll be more specific, the lost black vote that
they're really dealing with. I would think there's more to
game with Barack Obama than there is. Kamala Harris on
the view.
Speaker 9 (27:56):
Well, look, you know, you run a strategy in which
you're doing several things at the same time, and as
you point out, former President Barack Obama starting to hit
the campaign trail on behalf of Vice President Harris that
begins on Thursday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And you can bet
he's going to be also doing stops over the course
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of the next few weeks and critical places like Philadelphia,
at Lanta, Milwaukee, Detroit. That's exactly what he did in
the waning weeks of the twenty twenty presidential campaign, and
that's certainly what I think he's going to likely do
in the waning weeks of this campaign as well.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Well. It was a triumphant return for Donald Trump to Butler, PA,
a lot of tributes for Corey and his family, and
then the appearance of Elon Musk, which begs the question
we talked about strange alliances are Elon Musk? The difference
between twenty twenty and today, there is no COVID, The
stranglehold on social media has been lost because X is
taken over by Elon Musk. He's an odd guy jumping around,
(28:57):
but you know Elon Musk, Robert Kennedy Junior, Telsey Gabbert.
How effective have they been and will they be nearly
as effective with independent swing voters as let's say Barack Obama.
I think I give an advantage Bolt.
Speaker 9 (29:12):
I don't know. Your guess is as good as mine.
I mean, that's the honest answer. We'll see what happens
when the exit polls come out after the November fifth
presidential election. Whether you know the endorsements of the people
that you just mentioned are helpful to Donald Trump, the
endorsement of Taylor Swift of Vice President Harris, is that helpful?
(29:34):
I don't know, that's the honest answer, Michael. We have
to wait and see whether these types of endorsements of
high profile people really make a difference with the people
that ultimately will decide who wins this presidential election.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Actually, we do have polling on the Taylor Swift and
it actually for eighty one percent it mattered not at all,
and then twice as many said it made them wonderful
for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris, which was thirteen to
seven percent, but with a margin in a bear of five.
So with that and with that and a nickel, I
think we can get a cup of coffee.
Speaker 9 (30:04):
All right, appreciate it, John, great visit, Michael, I have
a great day.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
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This is your morning show with Michael dl chun. Still
reeling from Helene, and here comes Hurricane Milton, gaining strength,
expected to be a Cat three by the time it
hits off the coast of Tampa, Florida. Wednesday afternoon, President
Biden sending another five hundred active duty troops to assist
in western North Carolina, and former President Trump and Vice
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President Harris, along with President Biden, all set to address
the one year anniversary of the Hamas terror attacks in
Israel today. Welcome to Monday, the seventh of October twenty
twenty four on the Aaron streaming live on your iHeartRadio app.
This is your morning show. I'm Michael del Journal Jeffrey
Lyons as the controls. Let's look at where we're at
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a month tomorrow will be the election. And first you
do this when you're dealing with an incumbency. The question
is to people view both as an incumbent if it
would have been Biden versus Trump. We just said a
former president and a president. Two incumbents makes it unique.
Now we don't have Biden, we have Harris, but it's
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the same administration. So I don't know what's reality and
what's perception. I can tell you this that America is
disapproving of Joe Biden pie by twenty Well, it's thirteen percent.
Rasmussen has a recent one that's nine, but his disapproval
rating is underwater. The one question that usually strikes to
(02:02):
the heart of an incumbent reelection ability, right direction, wrong direction?
Twenty eight percent of America thinks we're heading in the
right direction. Sixty one percent of America thinks we're heading
in the wrong direction. Who puts there? He's the boogeyman?
Fear of Donald Trump above that time will tell. And
then when we look at the swing states and how
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they're falling with the latest polling information, North Carolina now tied,
obviously a concern, Pennsylvania tide, Georgia Trump's leads at one
and a half, Arizona Trump's leads at one and a half.
Harris has a zero point eight percent lead in Wisconsin
and a zero point seven percent lead in Michigan and
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a one point one percent lead in Nevada. Now the
road for Donald Trump. He must secure North Carolina and
Georgia to have a path, and then he'll still need Pennsylvania,
Michigan or Wisconsin. And that presumes he splits Nevada and
Arizona for Kamala Harris. He loses Pennsylvania or Wisconsin or Michigan,
it looks very difficult for her to find a path.
(03:05):
And you have the underpolling of Donald Trump, where the
heck does this thing really stand? That and Trump's triumphant
return to Butler, Pa. SNL has chosen to roast Walls
and Kamala and usually the way they roast is the
way elections go. It's interesting that even Lauren Michaels and
serenat Live are taking sides against these two candidates who
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seemingly aren't doing well, and where are all the Senate
races for control of the US Senate standing? For that more,
we turn to Chris Walker, who is a Republican analyst
and a Your Morning Show contributor. Good morning, Chris, Good
morning Michael. How are you well. I'm guessing that if
you got Senator Kelly on CNN over the weekend talking
about only Kamala Harris is concerned about Arab Americans and
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presumably taking a side with the Palestinians, even though today
I'm sure she'll mark the one year anniversary by siding
with Israel. Got Barack Obama hitting the campaign trail. I'm
assuming that's to address not just the Muslim American black vote,
but the black vote in general. Sounds like they're a
little concerned.
Speaker 4 (04:11):
Yeah, I mean, this is a really tight race. You're
gonna you're not.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Going to leave a fairly popular former president on the
sidelines in this environment, You're going to try to use
every resource you can to to.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
To get out the vote.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
So, like like you said in the polling, I mean
it's it's razor thin and Michigan, Wisconsin Pennsylvania and that's
really the election. So you know, we'll see, we'll see
how this all takes out.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
My sense is Trump's still.
Speaker 5 (04:37):
A little behind in all three. I mean, yeah, the
polling is is kind of about even. But I just
think with the voter turnout machines the Democrats have, I
think we have to kind of assume a little.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
Bit of an advantage there.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
So there's a lot of work to do for Republicans
to to continue to register voters and get out the
vote as much much as they can, because that's really
how you're gonna win this election.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
How does Helene impact the North I mean North Carolina tied?
I'm sorry, I can't find a path for Donald Trump
without North Carolina. He simply has to win North Carolina.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
There isn't one without North Carolinia, right, you know.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
I just because there's such a humanitarian crisis still going
on in western North Carolina. I just it just feels
icky talking about it politically. But in my view, I've
got to think that the lack of FEMA's response and
their inability to do their basic function as a job
is going to yield a little.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
Bit of a favor to President Trump.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
I mean, this is again a humanitarian crisis, and you
have FEMA checking out at five o'clock and doing incredibly
an incredibly poor job in terms of how they're taking
care of Americans.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
So again, I just I don't like talking about a
political terms because there's just so much suffering going on
over there right now.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
But to me, it would seem that there would be
a little bit of a pushback on the failure, once again,
another failure of the Biden administration ability to you know,
falter and promises to even do the basic functioning of government.
Compare that to around to Santus in Florida and seeing
what competent government governance says versus in competent governance.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
I'm looking at the North Carolina gooblatatorial race and Steyn
is up seventeen over Robinson, fifty one to thirty four percent.
What do you see when when there's a presidential election
cycle and there is a governor race so lopsided, how
difficult does the state to lean that blue for governor
and still go red for president.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
I mean, that's a really good point, Michael. Before Helene
I would have said, I thought North Carolina might be
out to reach for Trump. Because of the failure of
that gubernatorial race, there's just got to be you know,
a bleeding over of some of those votes that just aren't.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Going to vote for you know, they're just going to
vote more and more blue just because of that race.
Speaker 5 (06:52):
That said, you know, again there's enough split ticket there
in suburban areas, there's enough of a western Restronoto thing.
Obviously Buncome County in Asheville as a Democrat stronghold, and
there's going to be a lot of votes there that just.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Have to be figured out how they're going to get counted.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
So from a standpoint of just kind of the and
again let's not also dismiss that Governor Cooper, I don't
think it's that a particularly solid job in North Carolina.
But again, some of that just is out of his control.
You can't account for a one hundred and fifty year
flood like that and you're just kind of catching it up.
But in this instance, everything focuses on saving people's lives
and doing what they can. We saw Dolly step up
(07:29):
last week. Those are the types of things that we
need right now, not just government interaction.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, I don't like to play politics with tragedy. Especially
when it's ongoing. But you know the FEMA issue. I
played a clip earlier in our Sound of the Day,
and you have Jean Currang Jean Pierre two years ago
talking about FEMA money being used for immigrant and migrant
populations that are overwhelming communities, and then now denying that
(07:55):
FEMA money has been used. So, I mean, these are
going to be politically problematic things when people are hurting,
you would think. So it's worthy of mentioning, as is
a googlenatorial race that lopsited at the top of the ticket,
Your Morning.
Speaker 5 (08:08):
Correspondent, into account, people shall into account they go to vote.
I mean they're lying, and that's that is something that
people should be very upset about it. It's fair to
call them out on it.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, No, it's despicable. Well, all of them had rough weekends.
Tim Walls was despicable on Fox Sunday Morning, caught in
constant lies about abortion and other issues. Your Morning Sial correspondent,
Republican analyst Chris Walker joining us. All right, So Michigan,
(08:39):
Wisconsin also very close. The president tied in Pennsylvania. Donald
Trump got to win one of those three, which the
three you think is looking the most likely.
Speaker 5 (08:50):
Pennsylvania is the closest Pennsylvania is it all comes down
to Pennsylvania. It's it's the it's the the more electoral
votes in Michigan and Wisconsin. You know, my sense is Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania's a Bellweather who wins Pennsylvania wins the White House
this year. That's I think it's as simple as that.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Well, in twenty sixteen, he took all three and shocked
all of us. Yeah, so we had I think it
was JR or JD. I think was j R. Trucker Say,
he drives through Pennsylvania, he sees nothing but Trumps signs.
We saw the triumphant return in the crowd in Butler, Paight,
do our eyes deceive us? Or does that just kind
of point to well, there's more enthusiasm among Republicans for
(09:35):
Donald Trump and a lot less enthusiasm for Democrats. But
that doesn't mean the Democrats aren't going to vote Democrat. Well,
that's right.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
I mean, let's look at the let's look at the
urbanization of the Democrat vote and look at the city
like Pennsylvania, the city like Pittsburgh where the line's share
of their votes are going to be that's not yard
sign you know, indicative, but it is you know, density
of popular So you're just you get so much bang
(10:02):
for your buck in terms of voter turnout by going
to these communities where people live in in giant high
rise buildings and you can you can hit a thousand
people in one door knocking rather than having to go
three miles. And you know, in rural Pennsylvania, it's just
there is an easier path to getting your vote out
in these cities. It's an unfair advantage, it's not. It's
(10:23):
an advantage. I wouldn't call it unfair. That's not right,
exactly right, but as an advantage of Democrats have that
you know, Republicans need to overcome. And yeah, the yard
signs and other stuff are important in rural areas, but
let's not forget the population of these Democrats strongholds in
these cities that we have to kind of outregister and
out vote. And that's where every single vote in these
rural districts become even more important. It's harder to get to,
(10:46):
but it's much more important for people to get out there.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
To do it, you must experience it like I do
experience it at home. My wife seems to ask me
every day. You don't think Donald Trump's gonna lose to
You don't think Donald Trump's gonna lose to you? Do
you think Kama's gonna win? Do you think Kama's going
Of course, the answer is the same. I don't know.
Nobody knows. These swing states that we're talking about. In
the case of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, they swung by
fifty thousand votes between the three of them in twenty
(11:09):
sixteen and twenty one. Time it went Trump's wway, the
other time it went Biden's way. I would think that
this should look and lean a little bit more like
twenty sixteen without being COVID and all of that, But
who knows. That's why you play the game. What is
the control of the United States Senate? Look like? Not
a lot of attention on that. And yeah, if the
election were held today, who's going to control the Senate?
Speaker 5 (11:30):
Republicans are going to control the Senate. You know, we're
picking up West Virginia with Joe Manchin's retirement. We're going
to pick up which gets as a fifty to fifty
Senate just on pure numbers. John Tester out of Montana
is probably is very likely going to lose that he's
down several He's put down about eight points in the
latest bowling that I've seen, and you know that's probably
(11:51):
that's a pickup. So that right there puts some Punkins
in the majority of fifty one. The question that becomes
how big can you kind of make the majority.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
You've got Marino in Ohio.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
And that's probably our next best pick up opportunity to
get us to fifty two. Jay McCormick and Pennsylvania is
running a really good race our Covey, and Wisconsin's running
a good race on James and with Michigan, all three
of those are are within a point or two. Again,
just like the presidential race. So depending on how the
voter turnout is in the swing states for the presidency,
(12:24):
it really could swing s Senate seats people aren't really
paying attention to. So there's a there's a very possible
chance that we could get to fifty four or fifty
five Senate seats if all three of those swing in
a really positive red wave in.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
This this election. You know, Caroy Lake in Arizona down thirteen,
I think that's just.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
I think they're far far of away, and you know, Nevada.
I'm not convinced that that's really coming our way either,
But those three swing states are very important, not just
for the presiden seed but for the Senate as well.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
I have one to three up, one to three when
it's all over, So one for sure, because you know
Montana and West Virginia is going red. And then I
think there's a chance to pick up two more. But
we'll see. And by the way, if it should come
down to Pennsylvania, all things considered, whatever freak thing happens,
whether it's Michigan or Wisconsin, assuming Trump hangs on to
Georgia and North Carolina and gets at least Arizona, you know,
(13:16):
we'll all be waiting on Pennsylvania and all will we
be waiting for days based on how they plan to
count these votes. So if it comes down to Pennsylvania,
we're not going to know election night.
Speaker 5 (13:26):
One thing that worries me about Arizona. We talked about
the governor's rights in North Carolina. Terry Lake being so
far down in Arizona I think has a similar effect. Unfortunately,
I don't want to think that. I just have to
look at it. Honestly, I'm not. You know, my worry
is is that she could be a drag on Trump
in Arizona as well, just given the history and everything
(13:46):
else there. Arizona has been fools gold for us for
the last ten years or so, and we've done a
really poor job at getting it back to the Republican column.
We have a lot of work to do to get there.
I hope we can, but there's a lot of work
get to be done.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
There's a lot of folks on the border in Arizona
that makes me think it leans red. But obviously, if
Donald Trump were to lose Arizona and Nevada, he's gonna
and lose North Carolina. It's over. But he would need
Michigan or Wisconsin on top of Pennsylvania. At that point we.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
Bolt new issue for air though. Let's not forget that.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
I mean, it's something that's been and you have new
voters there that are probably you know, Democrat because of
the border issue, as you and I are well aware of.
On the registration efforts. So again, this is a numbers game,
and you know it just it worries me. It worries
me a lot. We have a lot of work to
do to get Arizona back in the right column a.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Month till election day, right tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
And that's that's correct. Goodness, gracious, and this is where
we stand.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
This is where we stand, suspended in mid air in
a tie. May you live in interesting times. Let's we
definitely do all right, Chris Walker, appreciate it. Thanks for
joining us. We'll talk again next week or sooner if
conditions warrant. This is your morning show with Michael del Truona.
Hurricane Milton is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. The
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trajectory and an arrival time of Wednesday afternoon, heading straight
for Tampa, Florida, where it seems like just yesterday Helene
made landfall just north of there. Roy O'Neill is following
Milton and his current power and trajectory. Good morning, Rory.
Speaker 6 (15:19):
Yeah, and it did get a bit stronger in the
past few hours. Now one hundred and twenty mile per
hour maximum sustained winds.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
That makes it a category three.
Speaker 6 (15:27):
The forecast is for this thing to get up to
one hundred and forty five mile per hour winds.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
That's up four.
Speaker 6 (15:33):
Luckily, it may ease back off that peak number a
little bit just before making landfall, and exactly where it
makes landfall still a bit gray, but it's somewhere south
of Tampa Bay.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Just house south now is going to It makes a
big difference.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Okay, the ban the outer bands of this storm that
should affect Tampa Orlando, how far north and south.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
Right, Well, this whole storm is going to cross right
over the peninsula. So if you're familiar with Florida at
all politically, the Corridor is something famous in presidential elections.
That's the highway that goes from Tampa to Orlando to
Daytona Beach. This storm is pretty much going to track
right along it, maybe just a bit south of that line.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
So it is going to go right across the peninsula.
Speaker 6 (16:14):
So the whole most of the state is going to
feel something from this starting Wednesday afternoon.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
What about storm surge, Helene, Of course, for Florida was
a storm surge story. We knew it was going to
be an inland flooding story, and boy did it live
up to it. We also expected Milton to be a
Cat three, going to be a Cat four when he's
off shore. This doesn't look fun, No.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
It does not.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
And the storm surge predictions for the Tampa Bay area
somewhere between eight and twelve feet of storm surge.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
That would be much more than Helene, which was around
five feet.
Speaker 6 (16:47):
So this could be catastrophic for the Tampa Bay area,
which is why we're crossing our fingers hoping it continues
this move to the south a little bit and hopefully
we'll get that cone will narrow. But no matter what
the area is, this response is being complicated by the
fact that so much debris is already out on the
roadways waiting to be picked up by clearing crews that
(17:11):
they're trying to rush that work, bringing in the National
Guard to help. Just pick up the junk on the
side of the road, the branches, the wet sofas, the.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Wet insulation, the rotted and drywall. Get all that stuff
picked up before one.
Speaker 6 (17:23):
Hundred and twenty mile per hour winds move in or
eight feet of water something sends that stuff further into
the city.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
What a mess, all right?
Speaker 2 (17:30):
You know?
Speaker 1 (17:31):
In New Orleans, of course, we're under sea level and
we're a bowl, and so the trajectory up the Mississippi
River and then the Lake Ponta train to the north,
it just you know, what's the how's the Tampa Bay
play into this in terms of trajectory?
Speaker 6 (17:47):
Right, So keep in mind that a hurricane, the wings
move counter clockwise, right, But if you're still imagining that
clock the worst part of a hurricane is like noon
to three is that's the part where you don't want
to be hit. But if the way this storm is tracking,
if that is going that counterclockwise action, and the way
Tampa Bay is shaped, maybe even Port Charlotte and that area,
it could send that surge right.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Up into the Bay. And that's the real worry. But
if it does.
Speaker 6 (18:12):
Track just that little bit further to the south, that
could make all the difference. Because look, Penellas County, which
is where Saint Petersburg is, they are still clearing up
after that wallop that Helene gave them.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
And Helene didn't even really make landfall there.
Speaker 6 (18:26):
I mean, that was really just a glancing blow, but
it did catch them with that counterclockwise wave action, and
that's how they got so much storm surge there.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Helene and now Milton appreciate the reporting. Where we we'll
talk again tomorrow, all right, we're just waking up. Obviously,
that's a big story. You just drove Rory said, Milton
now with maximum sustained winds of one hundred and twenty
miles an hour, that makes Milton a Cat three right now,
let alone churning in the warm golf waters with the
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ways to go to Wednesday afternoon. What's interesting is they
expected to get to a Cat four and then maybe
lessened back down to a Cat three before making landfall.
We'll have to keep an eye on that. Governor Ron
De Santis has already declared a state of emergency and
dozens of counties FEMA has already in movement with supplies
and equipment into the state. Meanwhile, we're still arguing over
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Helene and what the government is failing to do. House
Speaker Mike Johnson says the federal response to Hurricane Helen
was a failure. Lisa Cardon reports.
Speaker 7 (19:28):
In an interview with Fox New Sunday, the Louisiana Republican
claimed FEMA hadn't made sufficient preparations before Helene made landfall
last month.
Speaker 6 (19:37):
He had more than a week's notice of this, and
yet we still have people who have not been served
and even rescued in North Carolina.
Speaker 8 (19:43):
It is a heartbreaking, tragic, and infuriating situation.
Speaker 7 (19:47):
He went on to make assurances that once the full
scope of the damage is known and the financial costs calculated,
Congress would allocate funds to the states that need it.
Hurricane Helene has killed at least two hundred and twenty
seven people in the Southeast, as Cruz continue to search
for the missing. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Well, that wasn't lost on Donald Trump either, who turned
the heat up on Kamala's Helen relief failures. Mark Mayfield
has our road to the White House.
Speaker 8 (20:12):
Former President Trump is criticizing Vice President Harris over the
federal response to Hurricane Helene. Speaking at a rally and
juno Wisconsin on Sunday, Trump said disaster relief efforts remain
underfunded as the Biden Harris administration spends money elsewhere.
Speaker 9 (20:26):
They send hundreds of billions of dollars to foreign nations,
and you know what they're giving our people seven hundred
and fifty bucks.
Speaker 8 (20:33):
Trump claimed the Biden Harris administration has done an exceptionally
poor job responding to Hurricane Helene.
Speaker 7 (20:39):
This is the worst.
Speaker 8 (20:40):
Response to a storm or a catastrophe that we've ever seen.
During his fourth appearance in Wisconsin in the last two weeks.
He went on to say the government's relief effort after
Helen has been even worse than Hurricane Katrina.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
I'm Mark Neefield.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
It's the anniversary of the October seventh attack and invasion
of Israel by Hamas, and for one political party, it's
still difficult to stay focused on who the good guys
were and who the bad guys were. Senator Mark Kelly,
who was a runner up to be Kamala Harris's vice
presidential choice, urging Arab American voters to cast their vote
(21:15):
for Kamala Harris. Appearing on CNN State of the Union,
the Arizona Democrat insisted Harris is working to end the
war in the Gaza that has killed tens of thousands
of Palestinians.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
I know the vice president is committed to solving this
and getting this done and getting some amount of peace
in the Middle East, and when she's sworn in on
January twenty if, I know this is going to be
one of her top priorities.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Kelly went on to say that Harris is taking the
concerns of Arab Muslims and voters to heart.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
She met with them many in the Muslim and the
Arab community here earlier in the week to talk about
the issues that they care about. Certainly peace in the
Middle East is at the top of the list.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Recent polling shows Harris's lacking support among Arab Muslim voters,
as specially in Michigan, a swing state that may decide
the election. Politics over allies Apparently, Harris, of course, can't
hide her in plain sight and get away with it forever,
so they're going to roll her out to all the
familiar friendly late night places, starting with Stephen Colbert. Mark
(22:17):
Mayfield is back with more.
Speaker 8 (22:18):
It will be her first appearance on the Late nine
talk show as the Democratic nominee for president. Overall, Harris
has appeared on the Colbert Show seven times, both as
Vice president and as a US Senator from California. Harris's
running mate, Tim Wallas will also be making a Late
nine appearance this week. The Minnesota governor will appear on
Jimmy Kim Alive Monday night. It will be his first
ever late night appearance. I'm Mark Mayfield.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I would assume this is to address the poor black
vote numbers in polling. May have something to do with
the Muslim black voting too. Former President Barack Obama going
to hit the campaign trail for Kamala Harris starting next week.
Brian Shook has more.
Speaker 10 (22:51):
He'll travel to key battleground states through election Day, beginning
with Pennsylvania. The forty fourth president will make a stop
in the Pittsburgh area on Thursday. Polls have shown Harris
and former President Trump locked in a tight race in
the state. Obama remains one of his party's most popular
figures and gave a keynote address at the Democratic National
(23:13):
Convention in August. I'm Brian Shook.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
It's all guns, pornography, and transgender rights on the docket
for the US Supreme Court when their new term starts today.
Tammy Triheel has more.
Speaker 11 (23:24):
The High Court will be looking at several cases, including
the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that bans gender affirming
care for miners. The case will have implications for similar
laws passed by Republican led state legislatures around the country.
This week, the Court will also consider whether the Biden
administration has the authority to crack down on so called
ghost guns. Those are homemade firearms that are difficult to trace.
(23:46):
Later in the turn, the Court will take up a
challenge to a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to
verify the ages of users.
Speaker 1 (23:54):
I'm tammy, triheo, I know mine is. If your phone
is ringing off the hook with political calls, there is
helpach Tennis on what to do.
Speaker 12 (24:01):
The FCC says political calls and text messages are exempt
from the do not Call list, so there's really nothing
you can do to stop that first call. But after that,
the agency says you need to take a moment and
reply stop to the cender because that action must be
honored by campaigns, or they can face a fine of
fifty thousand dollars per call. You can report the center
(24:23):
for violating the opt out rule by forwarding that text
to seventy seven to twenty six that spells out the
word spam. I'm pre tennis.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
Usually it's a good thing to be highly ranked. Not
this weekend. Vanderbilt forty thirty five knocks off Alabama. Obama
drops to seven Arkansas nineteen fourteen over the Tennessee Balls.
The Balls drop all the way to eighth Washington Huskies
twenty seven to seventeen over Michigan. They almost fall out
of the top twenty five at twenty four in Miami,
Georgia and Penn State avoided near upsets. Your new top five, Texas,
(24:53):
Ohio State, Oregon. By the way, Ohio State and Oregon
play this weekend. Penn State and Georgia. Yes, Alabama lou
To Vanderbilt beat Georgia last week and falls below Georgia.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
Go figure.
Speaker 12 (25:07):
I'm Jim Schulton Tampa and my morning show is your
Morning Show with Michael gil Jorno.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
President Biden sending another five hundred active duty troops to
assist in western North Carolina, and former President Trump and
Vice President Harris set to speak today on the one
year anniversary of Hamas's invasion of Israel and its terrorist
attack on Israel. That falling down partisan lines as to
where support lies, Kamala will be increasing her media presence.
(25:33):
They've been taking the strategy of kind of hiding her
in plain sight, keep her out of teleprompter, keep her
out of interview situations. But that all changes this week.
And look where she's had it safe zones like the
view Howard Stern, Univision town Hall, the sixty minutes that
took place, these are all very friendly places for Kamala.
Harris and I think it's viewers probably already in the
(25:55):
Harris camp. So it begs the question of White House
correspondent John Decker, what exactly is she accomplishing? Good morning John.
Speaker 9 (26:01):
Well, First of all, I would not consider sixty minutes
to be a safe place. That's number one. In fact,
it's not considered a safe place. That's one reason why
Donald Trump has declined that same interview request from sixty
minutes to appear on sixteen minutes. And as far as
town halls are concerned, I've been read in in terms
of how that town hall will work itself out. You know,
(26:23):
you can get these questions at a left field with
town halls, so those are not necessarily safe places. Everybody
that will be taking part in that town hall, that
Univision town hall out West will be what is described
as an undecided voter. Donald Trump is doing a similar
town hall with Univision that will take place in Miami,
(26:43):
again with undecided voters.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
So all right, what about the view? What about the
view on Howard Stern?
Speaker 9 (26:49):
Well, I mean, look, what about Sean Hannity, I mean
Sean Hennerity ever asked the top question of Donald Trump
or Jesse I mean, look, you know, both campaigns. You
have to be honest here, both campaigns they'd shoot their
safe places, and I think that that is acknowledged. There's
no doubt about it. There is an increased media presence
this week by Vice President Harrison. We'll see whether she
(27:11):
does interviews with local television in some of the battleground states.
I think that's really a good place in terms of
mining for those undecided voters in the critical battleground states.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
I guess they probably you'll probably disagree with this too,
but I'm guessing they probably have higher hopes for Barack
Obama hitting the campaign trail, addressing not only their core
voters who maybe are holding their nose and not quite
as enthusiastic as they should be. He'll remind them of
the good old days him and hopefully swaying independent voters,
(27:46):
or I'll be more specific, the lost black vote that
they're really dealing with. I would think there's more to
game with Barack Obama than there is. Kamala Harris on
the view.
Speaker 9 (27:56):
Well, look, you know, you run a strategy in which
you're doing several things at the same time, and as
you point out, former President Barack Obama starting to hit
the campaign trail on behalf of Vice President Harris that
begins on Thursday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And you can bet
he's going to be also doing stops over the course
(28:16):
of the next few weeks and critical places like Philadelphia,
at Lanta, Milwaukee, Detroit. That's exactly what he did in
the waning weeks of the twenty twenty presidential campaign, and
that's certainly what I think he's going to likely do
in the waning weeks of this campaign as well.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Well. It was a triumphant return for Donald Trump to Butler, PA,
a lot of tributes for Corey and his family, and
then the appearance of Elon Musk, which begs the question
we talked about strange alliances are Elon Musk? The difference
between twenty twenty and today, there is no COVID, The
stranglehold on social media has been lost because X is
taken over by Elon Musk. He's an odd guy jumping around,
(28:57):
but you know Elon Musk, Robert Kennedy Junior, Telsey Gabbert.
How effective have they been and will they be nearly
as effective with independent swing voters as let's say Barack Obama.
I think I give an advantage Bolt.
Speaker 9 (29:12):
I don't know. Your guess is as good as mine.
I mean, that's the honest answer. We'll see what happens
when the exit polls come out after the November fifth
presidential election. Whether you know the endorsements of the people
that you just mentioned are helpful to Donald Trump, the
endorsement of Taylor Swift of Vice President Harris, is that helpful?
(29:34):
I don't know, that's the honest answer, Michael. We have
to wait and see whether these types of endorsements of
high profile people really make a difference with the people
that ultimately will decide who wins this presidential election.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Actually, we do have polling on the Taylor Swift and
it actually for eighty one percent it mattered not at all,
and then twice as many said it made them wonderful
for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris, which was thirteen to
seven percent, but with a margin in a bear of five.
So with that and with that and a nickel, I
think we can get a cup of coffee.
Speaker 9 (30:04):
All right, appreciate it, John, great visit, Michael, I have
a great day.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
We're all in this together.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
This is your Morning Show with Michael Held Show.
Speaker 9 (30:13):
Now h m hm
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