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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:29):
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of Donald Trump's cabinet nominees. Today it will be bond
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Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio. And in terms of the fires,
fire crews quickly in Los Angeles has extinguished a few
new blazes, but the largest ones far from fully contained.
The Palisades at eighteen percent containment. The eating fires at
thirty five percent containment. They're the two biggest roy o'neiler.
National correspondent has been covering this all week, Rory. What's
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the latest in southern California?
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Yeah, Michael, those Santa Ana wins have returned and that
really is a challenge for the firefighters. We're now getting
more concerned about the fire spreading to neighboring Ventura County.
We did see one fire flare up there yesterday, dubbed
the Auto fire. But I think the concern is that
if the winds blow in the right direction, more concerns
about new fires starting rather than just trying to combat
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the ones we know about.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Yeah, and the new ones pretty good success rate yesterday
and putting them out. They had several that popped up
and they got them under control quickly. It's still the
two biggies that you know, progress but not much right.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
And this is also you know, we saw the increase
of the winds yesterday. It grounded a lot of the
airs supply that they have in terms of the helicopters
and the airplanes that they fly so low it's too
dangerous to fly in. I think with winds over thirty
thirty five miles per hour. They're essentially grounded, so they
need these conditions to improve, and that is in the forecast.
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We should start to see the Santa Ana wins ease
up late today transition day tomorrow. But then the National
Weather Service says Friday and Saturday could actually be really
good firefighter weather with increased humidities and maybe even a
ten percent chance of a shower.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Got to love the immediacy of radio. We have so
many great radio stations. At iHeart in the state of
California or on a few of them. The Dream Center
has now raised one and a half million dollars and
counting in cash to help those in need, and two
to two and a half million dollars in supplies. This
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is extraordinary. This is what makes radio so immediate, so effective,
and so caring. There's more than just a heart in
the name and in the logo, and everyone we can
be a part of this. So if you want to
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or you can simply text Relief to thirty three one hundred.
Let's continue to give Rory good reporting. We'll talk again
next hour. If you're just waking up here are your
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sounds of the day. She's gonna get smoked.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
He's got to.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
I really don't know what he said at the end
of this, and I don't think he knows what he
said either.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
It's got to be a big book understanding.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
I'm going win, I'm going.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
How do you like by gobg? You were doing what
when you could have been doing what? You were asking
what when you should have been asking this. I loved
what Chris Cuomo did yesterday when he talked about, you're
a United States senator and an incoming president has put
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forward an individual for Secretary of Defense. What are you
going to ask him about? Would it be China? Would
be Russia? Would it be Iran? Would it be the
Houthis hamas Hezbalah Muslim Brotherhood, Taliban? Would it be North Korea?
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And it was everything but that, And kind of like
in California where the legislature yesterday passed fifty million dollars
to Trump proof their state when they should be focused
on fires and should have been focused on fires months ago.
There's a tone deafness, but that didn't stop the Democrats yesterday,
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And in the end, it's not going to work in
the midst of that, I do want to feature in
Sounds of the day the few times things were properly
asked and you were able to hear him answer. These
are the kind of shining moments that I think impacted
Joni to say he now has my support, all but
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making his confirmation certain.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Are you willing to support our veterans organizations that will
help our veterans get every damn thing that they deserve
because they signed on the dotted line to keep us safe,
just like you did.
Speaker 5 (05:17):
I respect that, will you, Senator, with all due humility.
Speaker 7 (05:22):
I don't know that there's anyone in this room over
the last twenty years that have worked harder to ensure
that our veterans are taken care of.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
It's been a.
Speaker 7 (05:29):
Passion to my life, alongside with so many on this day,
is to make sure that veterans receive and it is
a recruiting crist veterans are dependent.
Speaker 6 (05:37):
On the government, on the government. Do you believe that
veterans getting these benefits are dependent on the government or
do you believe it's a benefit they've earned and deserved
through their service.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
It's a benefit they've earned and a hand up to
these are yours?
Speaker 6 (05:51):
Then so you have again changed your position where you
believe the veterans are dependent, now you believe they've earned
and deserved it.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
That's the kind. But having to shine in those moments,
that's a center that least allowed him to answer. Most
just kept talking over him. They really weren't questions, they
were statements. Another shining moment for Pete Haks happened.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
I think the first and most important thing we could
have done is elect Donald Trump as the new commander
in chief.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Because past is prologue.
Speaker 7 (06:21):
Our warfighters understand what kind of commander in chief they're
going to get in President Donald Trump. Someone who stands
behind them, someone who gives them clear missions, someone who
ends wars decisively. And the issue of Ukraine was mentioned
and insures new wars are not started. There was a
minor incursion under Barack Obama into Crimea, followed by nothing
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under President Trump, followed by an all out assault by
Vladimir Putin into Ukraine under the Bide administration that did
not happen under Donald Trump. Donald Trump managed the Taliban.
Under the Bide administration, Afghanistan collapsed tragically, ending in the
lives of thirteen at Abbygate, who we remember every single
day and no one was held accountable for that. Chinese
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bi balloons were flying over the country. None of that
happened under Donald Trump. And our war fighters understand that.
So there's no better recruiter in my mind for our
military than President Donald Trump.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Pretty shining moment, pretty powerful explanation of peace through strength
and how weakness and mistakes embolden aggressors. Speaking of failures,
seeing as he'll be overseeing generals, he addressed that as well. Listen,
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because everybody in this room knows.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
If you're a rifleman and you lose your rifle, they're throwing.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
The book at you.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
But if you're a general who loses a war, you
get a promotion. That's not going to happen in Donald
Trump's Pentagon. There will be real standards for success. Everyone
from the top, from the most senior general to the
most lowly private will ensure that they're treated fairly.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
Men and women inside that system.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
I mean, who would want to be nominated for one
of these positions and go through this? And he did
it with such dignity. He handled the attacks very well,
he handled the open moments and it cut through. And
it's no wonder Jony Ernst has changed her mind and
makes his confirmation almost certain. Two quick moments, real quick,
and then we'll take the break.
Speaker 8 (08:26):
You're quite sure that every general who serves should not
go directly into the defense industry for ten years. You're
not willing to make that same pledge.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Now, this is Pocahontas Elizabeth Warren thinking she's having a
great moment, a gotcha moment, and she makes another idiot
out of herself. No, pete, he saith makes an idiot
out of her.
Speaker 8 (08:52):
Listen, you're quite sure that every general who serves should
not go directly into the defense industry for ten years.
You're not willing to make that same pledge.
Speaker 7 (09:05):
I'm not a general, Senator, You'll be the one.
Speaker 8 (09:11):
Let us just be clear in charge of the generals.
So you're saying sauce for the goose, but certainly not
sauce for the gander.
Speaker 7 (09:20):
I would want to see what the policy.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
The oldest disastrous moment for her.
Speaker 9 (09:27):
Here's one more real question, and as you said in
your statement, do you agree anybody should be able to
serve in the military if they meet the standards?
Speaker 7 (09:36):
Senator, as the President has stated, I don't disagree with
the overturn of Donuts Hotel.
Speaker 9 (09:43):
Great, because I don't want you thinking can't serve if
your mom can't serve, your LGBTQ, and then last can't
serve if you're a leftist.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
The statements you said.
Speaker 9 (09:53):
About people who have views differently than you that were
the enemy, are you saying the fifty percent of the
if they hold liberal views or leftist views or our
Democrats are not welcome in the military.
Speaker 7 (10:06):
Are you saying that Senator I volunteered to deploy to
Afghanistan under Democrat President Barack Obama. I also volunteered to
guard the inauguration of Joe Biden, but was denied the
opportunity to serve because I was identified as an extremist
by my own unit for a Christian tattoo.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
I mean probably Senator Hildebrandt is the reason Chris Cuomo
made the comment, you're interviewing somebody to be the Secretary
of Defense. You have nothing to say about China, nothing
to say about Russia, nothing to say about Iran, nothing
to say about the war on terror, Lesbians, liberals, leftists,
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these are your questions. And if you think Pete shined today,
can you imagine Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio. I mean yesterday,
can you imagine Pam Bondi and Rubio today? Finally, the
most relevant question you could ask somebody during these hearings. Listen,
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why do you want to do this job?
Speaker 5 (11:08):
But your what drives you? If you have thirty cents?
Speaker 7 (11:16):
Because I love my country, Senator, and I've dedicated my
life to the war fighters. People see me as someone
who hosts a morning show on television, but people that
really know me know where my heart's at. It's with
the guys in this audience who've had my back.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
I've had theirs.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
We've been in some of the darkest and most difficult
places you can ever be in. You come back a
different person, and only by the grace of God am
I here before you today.
Speaker 5 (11:47):
I'm doing this job for them.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
If Pete hag Seth could have done better, I don't
know how that's yesterday today.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
Fire stop it. Don't you ever let anybody take your
power from you.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
God, no, No, it is the motto keep come, come along.
Speaker 5 (12:11):
It's your morning show with Michael del Jorno.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
In Los Angeles, the death toll rose by one to
twenty five. Many fires put out yesterday that it popped up,
but for the two largest of fires, not a lot
of containment growth. The Palisades fires are at eighteen percent containment.
They eating fires at thirty five and here comes the
dry high winds today to hamper any of the efforts.
Speaker 10 (12:37):
Michael Kashner reports dangerous high winds ever returned to the
area as firefighters continue to battle the blazes. Near Los Angeles,
the National Weather Service issued a rare Particularly Dangerous Situation
red flag warning. Winds began to ramp up overnight, with
some areas seeing gusts of over seventy miles per hour.
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People are under evacuation orders, while another eighty nine thousand
are in evacuation warning zones in Los Angeles. I'm Michael Kassner.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
LA Mayor Karen Bass says there are resources to help
victims of the wildfires to start their recovery. Lisa Taylor
has those details.
Speaker 11 (13:15):
FEMA recovery centers are now open in the area to
provide assistance for those impacted by the fires.
Speaker 12 (13:20):
We want people to come here. This is a one
stop shop. There are multiple local, state, county, and federal agencies.
There's here and hopefully people will be able to get
the services.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
That they need.
Speaker 11 (13:33):
Grants and loans are being made available for FEMA and
the US Small Business Administration. Bassays she hopes about twelve
hundred housing units will be made available in the next
week or so.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I'mly sa Taylor, LA City and County animal shelters are
overflowing with animals right now and more are still coming in.
Tammy Trehila reports.
Speaker 13 (13:50):
Under the dogs and cats have been displaced from their
homes or went missing during the fires and are being
rescued from burned out neighborhoods. The departments are asking people
to adopt or fostered these animals on an emergency basis
to clear room for more adoption. Fees are waved through
the end of the month. The costs are being covered
by the pet co Love and Anenburg, pets based nonprofits.
For anybody who might have lost or found a pet,
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there's a free national Lost and Found Pet database now
at petcolove dot org slash lost I'm dammaged for HEO.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
People from across the country are donating millions of dollars
to those affected by the devastating fires in southern California,
from the Red Cross to the Salvation Army to local
churches and synagogues. Now on full disclosure, I love my company,
and I love our listeners, and we're doing our part.
iHeartMedia stations and local charities called the Dream Center have
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been busy raising funds and supplies.
Speaker 14 (14:44):
The partnership has raised cash and collected needed goods after
the fires that ripped through La County. iHeart Division President
Paul Corvino says people from all walks of life have
stepped up to help their neighbors in La.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
They're packing up their trucks, They're giving donations, whether it's
five dollars or ten dollars as well, whatever they have.
It's just it's really amazing to me when I see this.
Speaker 14 (15:04):
The Dream Center and iHeart have raised one and a
half million dollars in cash together and more than two
and a half million dollars in donated goods to give,
visit the Dream Center online or text relief to thirty
three one hundred. I'm Michael Monks in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend President Elect
Trump's inauguration next week, just as she didn't attend a
funeral for a former President Brian Shook.
Speaker 15 (15:27):
As More, her office did not provide an explanation for
why she will not be attending. Former President Obama is
confirmed to be attending Trump's second inauguration. Michelle Obama also
did not attend former President Jimmy Carter's funeral last week.
President Elect Trump's inauguration will be held Monday. I'm Brian
Shook on the Hardwoods.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Thunder beat the seventy six Ers by sixteen, Caves won
by ten over the Pacers. Sons lost to the Hawks,
Blazers blown out by the Nets, kingsfell to the Bucks,
and the MAVs lost to Denver. On the ice, red
Wings lost sixty three to the Sharks. Light lost sixty
two to the Bruins. Cap shut out the Ducks three nothing.
Fred's actually won in Vegas Stars one four to one
over the Least and the Crack and one four to
two over the Penguins.
Speaker 8 (16:11):
This is Rebecca in spring Hill, Tennessee, and my morning
show is your Morning Show with Michael del Jarno.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Hey, it's Michael reminding you that your morning show can
be heard live each weekday morning five to eighth Central,
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a part of your morning routine and take the drive
to work with but better late than ever. We're grateful
you're here now. Enjoy the podcast.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
TikTok is denying it's considering selling to billionaire Elon Musk.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama a no show at the
Carter funeral, will not attend to President Elect Trump's inauguration
next week, and no reason given. Death toll in Los
Angeles wildfires has risen to twenty four. Containment is what
it's all about. In the Palisades, the containment level is
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at eighteen percent. In the Eton fire thirty five percent
and high high wind conditions exist for today's fight, and
we featured in our Sounds of the day trying to
avoid the chaos the nonsense of the confirmation of Pete
Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, but air some of the
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meaningful moments for peteg set They were obviously meaningful enough
to Iowa Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa, who said after
the confirmation hearing, she'll change course and support Donald Trump's
pick that somewhat all but statistically ensures confirmation. They have
room for up to three Republicans to defect, and now
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with hers changing her mind, most feel very confident that
he will secure his confirmation. Today, the two big names Bond,
Pam and Marco Rubio will be hitting the hearings, and
our White House correspondent and Supreme Court our attorney John
Decker is joining us on a preview of the cabinet
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nominees that will face the fire ramming the hearing today.
Good morning, John.
Speaker 16 (18:17):
I don't think it's going to be contentious for Mark
or Rubio. I think he's going to get some Democratic votes.
Speaker 17 (18:22):
After all, these are his colleagues.
Speaker 16 (18:25):
His colleagues he's no for in some cases decades who
will be judging him to service the next Secretary of State.
Speaker 17 (18:31):
So I think he'll skate through.
Speaker 16 (18:34):
As for Pam BONDI she could get a Democratic voter too,
but all Republicans will certainly back her nomination to be
the next Attorney General.
Speaker 17 (18:45):
So I don't anticipate any problems in terms of her
confirmation either.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
Do you think I'm wrong? I mean, first of all,
and I would quote Chris Cuomo who said, you know,
if you're in that room, and here's a nominee for
Secretary Area of Defense. Would your questions be about Russia, China,
North Korea, Hamas you know, the houthis Hesbaalah Aslam as jihad.
(19:12):
You know, it'd be about you know, North Korea. And
then he featured some of the things that they were
ranting about yesterday and in a sense of US versus them,
kind of a fighting that America is really not having
much of a stomach for as of late. Did the
Democrats do about what you expected or did they go
too far? I mean, as far as I'm concerned, if
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Joony Ernst has changed your mind, that was a good
day for him.
Speaker 16 (19:35):
Well, it was a great day for him. Jony Ernst
was on the fence. She initially indicated that she may
have some problems with his nomination. That was in early December.
Speaker 17 (19:46):
Things have changed.
Speaker 16 (19:47):
And the fact that she now supports his nomination means
that he is now on the road to being confirmed
as early as next week. You know, I'm not going
to judge the strategy of Democrats. They can do obviously
what they wish to do, but you know, you have
to have a strategy, and they had no strategy and
what I mean by that is, if you're going to
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have all of those members on the Senate Armed Services Committee,
certain members need to focus on those national security issues
that you just touched upon China, Russia, North Korea, and
the way to confront those adversaries. And I didn't hear
much in terms of that coming from the Senate Democrat.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
All Right, Finally, I've been sick as a dog for
going on thirteen days, so I understand how this flu
can be and it could certainly overlap a funeral and
then an inauguration. But Michelle Obama, for our first Lady,
announcing she will not be at the Trump inauguration, but
no reason given. But it's two events in a row.
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You know, it's not like she's going to go unnoticed.
Speaker 17 (20:55):
Well, I think it's obvious. You know, she has a
trouble with Donald.
Speaker 16 (20:58):
Trump being the next president of the United States, and
that's the reason why she skipped attending the funeral for
Jimmy Carter last week, and it's the reason why she's
skipping the upcoming inauguration, which will take place on Monday.
President Barack Obama will be there, as will the other
living presidents, as will the other Living First Ladies as well,
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but she will not be there and that's her choice.
Speaker 17 (21:23):
And you know, everybody has an option, you know, in terms.
Speaker 16 (21:27):
Of wish what they decide to do, and that's what
she has decided to do. As it relates to her
attendance at the upcoming inauguration.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
Yeah, I know the songs stand By Your Man comes
to mind. And I don't really mean it that way,
but if what you're saying is true, because it was awkward,
let's face it, all of them sitting in those front
two rows. And there's been some pretty incredible AI memes
and videos since then. But if that's the case, that
there's gonna be twice now her husband has to go
alone number one, And in the first time at Carter's funeral,
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he was awful chatty with the former president. You wonder
how that went over.
Speaker 17 (22:01):
Well, I don't know. I mean, to me, that's that's
the palace intrigue stuff.
Speaker 16 (22:05):
Man, I don't really get you at all, that from
the palace intrigue. No, I don't, I really you know,
I mean, I leave it to people like you to
do that for me. You know, it's it's just a
choice people make, and far be it for me to.
Speaker 17 (22:20):
You know, essentially pass judgment on.
Speaker 16 (22:23):
Other people's choices as to whether they want and go
to a funeral or not, or whether they want to
attend an inauguration. Keep in mind the last inauguration. Who
wasn't there, Donald Trump? You know, so you want to
pass judgment, you can pass judgment on him too.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
Touche. Good point. All right, great reporting. As always, We'll
talk again tomorrow forty one minutes after the hour. If
you know, in the old days when we had newspapers,
if we were all like on the subway together, what
are the big headlines? Well in the hill. The recent
wildfires in Los Angeles area have led to thousands of
Californians considering moving to red states with lower taxes and
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lower cost of living and more competent elected leaders. When
we look at yesterday, there was we did this earlier,
but an amazing tone deafness. So while they were focused
because fires happened annually, while they weren't focused on preparing
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for fires and preventing fires and putting them out quickly.
That's one thing to be debated. But while everyone's the
fires are raging and they're losing homes and structures, over
forty one thousand acres, and you pass a fifty million
dollar bill in the state legislature to make your state
trump proof versus fireproof. And again, you know, everybody gets California.
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There are a lot of conservatives in California, and this
is in the deepest of the blue areas. But the
Hill takes a fascinating look at how this might play out.
And we had mentioned some six hundred thousand plus people
have left California. That's the allultimate voting right your feet.
How might the publicity of this, how might the three
ring circus of this add to more And for those
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who remain, might they look differently at what they're electing?
The Hill says both and I agree Politico, Gavin Newsom
and California Democrats reach fifty million dollar deal on the
trump proofing the state. I think Michael Rappaport some that
at best they're focused on trump proofing when they should
be focused on fire proofing. As just hear John Decker
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and I come to this exact same conclusion. Johnny ertzt
has changed your mind. That's a very effective day. So
for all the grand standing of the left, it's seemingly backfired.
And he's headed for confirmation. That's just kind of some
of the big stories that are going on. There's one
piece of good news, the announcement made that Princess Kate
(25:01):
is in remission, and that's great news and a victory
for all of us who would either fought cancer personally
or have fought it with family members. It's always good
to see cancer losing, especially involving the princess. This is
your Morning Show with Michael de Tono. Very contentious confirmation
hearings yesterday with Pete heg Seth. He rose above it
(25:24):
all and did smashing and is headed for confirmation. Those
hearings continue today with the Marco Rubio and Pam Bondi.
As you just heard, White House correspondent John Decker thinks
it'll be pretty much smooth sailing there. Meanwhile, former Minneapolis
police officer connected in the death of George Floyd soon
to be a free man.
Speaker 13 (25:45):
The Federal Bureau of Prison says Jay Alexander King is
scheduled to be released today from the FCI Elkton Facility
in Ohio. He was one of four officers convicted in
connection with the death of Floyd in twenty twenty. King
was sentenced at the state level with three and a
half years of prison time after pleading guilty to aiding
and a bedding second degree manslaughter. He also served a
three year federal sentence after he was charged with violating
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Floyd's civil rights. King will be under supervision in both
his state and federal cases. I'm tammage for he.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
First a no show at the Carter funeral, now the inauguration.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration.
Brian Shook has more.
Speaker 15 (26:21):
Her office did not provide an explanation for why she
will not be attending. Former President Obama is confirmed to
be attending Trump's second inauguration. Michelle Obama also did not
attend former President Jimmy Carter's funeral last week. President Elect
Trump's inauguration will be held Monday.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
I'm Brian Shook. There may be nothing special about Wednesday
in the United States other than it mark's the middle
of the work week, But elsewhere it's a big deal
and there's no reason why you can't celebrate here at home.
Speaker 18 (26:52):
To make a typical Wednesday something special, you need to
tap into your Nordic roots, because in Sweden they celebrate
Lila Dog every Wednesday. That translates to Little Saturday, and
they celebrate it like a big Saturday.
Speaker 5 (27:06):
But maybe you're not Nordic.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
That's okay.
Speaker 18 (27:08):
In Poland they go all out on Wednesdays too, only
they call it a time of vodka. Designated driver if
you observe, I'm Bree Tennis.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
I have one glaring weakness in life, and that's cars.
Love them, love to look at him, love to buy him.
The Big Detroit Auto Show is going on this week.
What are the latest designs, features and trends. What's hot?
What's not? We're excited to have nine ten am, Detroit's
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new news talk superstation as our fiftieth affiliate, and with
it comes the services I guess of Henry Payne, who
works for the Detroit News and also does auto reporting
for nine ten am. Good morning, Henry, Hey, I good
more than Michael good to be with you. All right,
talk to us about what's hot and what's not. I've
been reading a lot about the new Subaru design. What
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are some of the the design things that you're seeing
that would quantify as a trend.
Speaker 19 (28:05):
Well, the EV's have been very hot. So electric vehicle
has been very hot last four years, in part because
of government mandates. And now we obviously have a new
administration coming in that's stripping away seventy five dollars subsidies,
and so EV's are not front and center at this
show the way they have been. So Ford, for example,
(28:26):
Big sold a lot of EV's over the last four years.
They're putting forward a Lions special edition. You can imagine
how huge the Lions are here in Detroit. They're putting
forward a new Mustang GTD, virtually a race car. This
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thing is so really leaning into their gas powered icons
and pushing the EV's back.
Speaker 16 (28:54):
A little bit.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
A nineteen eighty I believe two tone Ford must my
first car ever. What makes it a Lion's Edition.
Speaker 19 (29:04):
It's got to Lions logos all over it. And when
they introduced it, Jared Goff popped out.
Speaker 17 (29:11):
So I don't know if you if you sold.
Speaker 19 (29:13):
Everyone with Jared Goff popping out, I would say, these
things are going to go fast.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Oh wow, Henry Paint, is that the big Detroit Auto Show?
In Detroit? I looked, I saw the new design of
the Lincoln Nautilus SUV, and I noticed that they took
that that instrument screen and took it all the way
from the driver to the passenger side. It is really
good looking. Are we seeing more of that at any
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technology changes worthy of note?
Speaker 16 (29:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 19 (29:42):
Absolutely. You know, you go back ten years in this
show when the first Tesla Model S review came out.
That car was mobbed because of that big center screen,
and so that trend has continued in this industry. The
Lincoln Nautilus is spectacular with the wrap around a pillar
to a pill or screen, and you're seeing that from
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every automaker. They're all leaning into these electronics. I I
just came back from the Consumer Electronics show before the
Detroit Auto Show, and that's become a big auto show
just because cars are are basically smartphones on wheels today.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Yeah uh, I you know, I could never go back.
I love old cars and I would love to own one,
but I just couldn't go I mean, you can add
this stuff after market, I get, but I mean things
like when you go in reverse and you know you
can see the camera out the back. I couldn't live
without that anymore. I know, in the in the in
the key that my wife drives, if you turn the
(30:38):
left turn signal on, you get that camera showing you
the lane you're turning into. I am a big fan
of the what do they call that? When the I
can see the speed limit or my directions kind of
projected out onto my Yeah, I forgot what they that?
Speaker 19 (30:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's all part of adapt cruise control, where.
Speaker 3 (30:59):
You control, which I love, you know what I'm when
I'm traveling? Uh, what might be next, Henry?
Speaker 19 (31:07):
Well, the cars want to drive themselves now, Michael, So
I get I have a Tesla Model three here in
the garage, and I get into that and I set
a destination and go hands free and it'll drive me there.
So that's a little freaky, I think for a lot
of folks. But you're going to be seeing a lot
more of that, a lot more self driving cars, particularly
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on interstates where you want to travel a long distance
and you want to relax a little bit with your
hands off the office steering wheel. You're going to see
a lot of manufacturers here in the next couple of years, Chevrolet, Nissan,
Mercedes allowing you to drive hands free on the interstate.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
All right, what's uh, what's the apple of your eye
at this show? What's the one thing that sticks out
the one new design or the one new.
Speaker 19 (31:51):
Product, the what's neat about these shows or the concepts?
And uh, the Cadillac has design concept on the floor.
Just a spectacular thing. It was introduced last year in
California Monterey at the big high end show out there,
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and this is the first time it's appeared on a
car show floor for the masses to see. I think
that's worth the price of admission to see a state
of the art concept car is really spectacular, and to me,
Cadillac is best in show.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Oh you got it. Henry Payne. He in addition to
being the automotive reporter at the Detroit News, you're also
a political cartoonist as well. I love We had a
Simpson Sampson Simpson I think it was in Tulsa. Glombo
was one of the best editorial cartoonists I ever had
the pleasure of knowing. And he I got a couple
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of his originals. How did you get into that real
quick in one minute?
Speaker 19 (32:51):
That fascinates me. Yeah, I know him. He's a very
very talented fella. I got into this business through cartooning.
I've done cartoons all my life and so I actually
got into this business as an editorial cartoonist, loved the business,
and I've just kept working into becoming an auto columnist
and doing a radio show. So it keeps me busy.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
I was just going to say, but because for cartoons,
that was always my favorite thing. I know, people had
certain things like they would go to Farside or the
crossword puzzle. I just always love to go to the
political cartoons in the newspaper. And most people don't snap
newspapers anymore. It's all digital now. Don't know how that
affects a cartoonist like yourself. I guess they just post
them online, right.
Speaker 17 (33:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 19 (33:35):
It makes it better actually, because with online then you
can be right on top of the news. So I
can draw today about Pete Expus testimony yesterday, for example,
and be current.
Speaker 3 (33:46):
I was just going to say, in the current political
climate in America today, there's a lot to draw, all right.
Appreciated Henry Henry Payne, who is our Detroit Auto Show
reporter this week at the Big Detroit Auto Show, and
we're so proud to be on nineteen AM the Superstation.
Thanks for joining us. Have a great day, Henry, Michael,
love to me, Love me to you. We're all in
this Together.
Speaker 5 (34:07):
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Show going on all this week. We'll talk about the
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of Donald Trump's cabinet nominees. Today it will be bond
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Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio. And in terms of the fires,
fire crews quickly in Los Angeles has extinguished a few
new blazes, but the largest ones far from fully contained.
The Palisades at eighteen percent containment. The eating fires at
thirty five percent containment. They're the two biggest roy o'neiler.
National correspondent has been covering this all week, Rory. What's
(01:12):
the latest in southern California?
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Yeah, Michael, those Santa Ana wins have returned and that
really is a challenge for the firefighters. We're now getting
more concerned about the fire spreading to neighboring Ventura County.
We did see one fire flare up there yesterday, dubbed
the Auto fire. But I think the concern is that
if the winds blow in the right direction, more concerns
about new fires starting rather than just trying to combat
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the ones we know about.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Yeah, and the new ones pretty good success rate yesterday
and putting them out. They had several that popped up
and they got them under control quickly. It's still the
two biggies that you know, progress but not much right.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
And this is also you know, we saw the increase
of the winds yesterday. It grounded a lot of the
airs supply that they have in terms of the helicopters
and the airplanes that they fly so low it's too
dangerous to fly in. I think with winds over thirty
thirty five miles per hour. They're essentially grounded, so they
need these conditions to improve, and that is in the forecast.
(02:14):
We should start to see the Santa Ana wins ease
up late today transition day tomorrow. But then the National
Weather Service says Friday and Saturday could actually be really
good firefighter weather with increased humidities and maybe even a
ten percent chance of a shower.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
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Let's continue to give Rory good reporting. We'll talk again
next hour. If you're just waking up here are your
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sounds of the day. She's gonna get smoked.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
He's got to.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
I really don't know what he said at the end
of this, and I don't think he knows what he
said either.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
It's got to be a big book understanding.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
I'm going win, I'm going.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
How do you like by gobg? You were doing what
when you could have been doing what? You were asking
what when you should have been asking this. I loved
what Chris Cuomo did yesterday when he talked about, you're
a United States senator and an incoming president has put
(03:52):
forward an individual for Secretary of Defense. What are you
going to ask him about? Would it be China? Would
be Russia? Would it be Iran? Would it be the
Houthis hamas Hezbalah Muslim Brotherhood, Taliban? Would it be North Korea?
(04:13):
And it was everything but that, And kind of like
in California where the legislature yesterday passed fifty million dollars
to Trump proof their state when they should be focused
on fires and should have been focused on fires months ago.
There's a tone deafness, but that didn't stop the Democrats yesterday,
(04:39):
And in the end, it's not going to work in
the midst of that, I do want to feature in
Sounds of the day the few times things were properly
asked and you were able to hear him answer. These
are the kind of shining moments that I think impacted
Joni to say he now has my support, all but
(05:03):
making his confirmation certain.
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Are you willing to support our veterans organizations that will
help our veterans get every damn thing that they deserve
because they signed on the dotted line to keep us safe,
just like you did.
Speaker 5 (05:17):
I respect that, will you, Senator, with all due humility.
Speaker 7 (05:22):
I don't know that there's anyone in this room over
the last twenty years that have worked harder to ensure
that our veterans are taken care of.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
It's been a.
Speaker 7 (05:29):
Passion to my life, alongside with so many on this day,
is to make sure that veterans receive and it is
a recruiting crist veterans are dependent.
Speaker 6 (05:37):
On the government, on the government. Do you believe that
veterans getting these benefits are dependent on the government or
do you believe it's a benefit they've earned and deserved
through their service.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
It's a benefit they've earned and a hand up to
these are yours?
Speaker 6 (05:51):
Then so you have again changed your position where you
believe the veterans are dependent, now you believe they've earned
and deserved it.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
That's the kind. But having to shine in those moments,
that's a center that least allowed him to answer. Most
just kept talking over him. They really weren't questions, they
were statements. Another shining moment for Pete Haks happened.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
I think the first and most important thing we could
have done is elect Donald Trump as the new commander
in chief.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Because past is prologue.
Speaker 7 (06:21):
Our warfighters understand what kind of commander in chief they're
going to get in President Donald Trump. Someone who stands
behind them, someone who gives them clear missions, someone who
ends wars decisively. And the issue of Ukraine was mentioned
and insures new wars are not started. There was a
minor incursion under Barack Obama into Crimea, followed by nothing
(06:43):
under President Trump, followed by an all out assault by
Vladimir Putin into Ukraine under the Bide administration that did
not happen under Donald Trump. Donald Trump managed the Taliban.
Under the Bide administration, Afghanistan collapsed tragically, ending in the
lives of thirteen at Abbygate, who we remember every single
day and no one was held accountable for that. Chinese
(07:05):
bi balloons were flying over the country. None of that
happened under Donald Trump. And our war fighters understand that.
So there's no better recruiter in my mind for our
military than President Donald Trump.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Pretty shining moment, pretty powerful explanation of peace through strength
and how weakness and mistakes embolden aggressors. Speaking of failures,
seeing as he'll be overseeing generals, he addressed that as well. Listen,
(07:38):
because everybody in this room knows.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
If you're a rifleman and you lose your rifle, they're throwing.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
The book at you.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
But if you're a general who loses a war, you
get a promotion. That's not going to happen in Donald
Trump's Pentagon. There will be real standards for success. Everyone
from the top, from the most senior general to the
most lowly private will ensure that they're treated fairly.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
Men and women inside that system.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
I mean, who would want to be nominated for one
of these positions and go through this? And he did
it with such dignity. He handled the attacks very well,
he handled the open moments and it cut through. And
it's no wonder Jony Ernst has changed her mind and
makes his confirmation almost certain. Two quick moments, real quick,
and then we'll take the break.
Speaker 8 (08:26):
You're quite sure that every general who serves should not
go directly into the defense industry for ten years. You're
not willing to make that same pledge.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Now, this is Pocahontas Elizabeth Warren thinking she's having a
great moment, a gotcha moment, and she makes another idiot
out of herself. No, pete, he saith makes an idiot
out of her.
Speaker 8 (08:52):
Listen, you're quite sure that every general who serves should
not go directly into the defense industry for ten years.
You're not willing to make that same pledge.
Speaker 7 (09:05):
I'm not a general, Senator, You'll be the one.
Speaker 8 (09:11):
Let us just be clear in charge of the generals.
So you're saying sauce for the goose, but certainly not
sauce for the gander.
Speaker 7 (09:20):
I would want to see what the policy.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
The oldest disastrous moment for her.
Speaker 9 (09:27):
Here's one more real question, and as you said in
your statement, do you agree anybody should be able to
serve in the military if they meet the standards?
Speaker 7 (09:36):
Senator, as the President has stated, I don't disagree with
the overturn of Donuts Hotel.
Speaker 9 (09:43):
Great, because I don't want you thinking can't serve if
your mom can't serve, your LGBTQ, and then last can't
serve if you're a leftist.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
The statements you said.
Speaker 9 (09:53):
About people who have views differently than you that were
the enemy, are you saying the fifty percent of the
if they hold liberal views or leftist views or our
Democrats are not welcome in the military.
Speaker 7 (10:06):
Are you saying that Senator I volunteered to deploy to
Afghanistan under Democrat President Barack Obama. I also volunteered to
guard the inauguration of Joe Biden, but was denied the
opportunity to serve because I was identified as an extremist
by my own unit for a Christian tattoo.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
I mean probably Senator Hildebrandt is the reason Chris Cuomo
made the comment, you're interviewing somebody to be the Secretary
of Defense. You have nothing to say about China, nothing
to say about Russia, nothing to say about Iran, nothing
to say about the war on terror, Lesbians, liberals, leftists,
(10:46):
these are your questions. And if you think Pete shined today,
can you imagine Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio. I mean yesterday,
can you imagine Pam Bondi and Rubio today? Finally, the
most relevant question you could ask somebody during these hearings. Listen,
(11:07):
why do you want to do this job?
Speaker 5 (11:08):
But your what drives you? If you have thirty cents?
Speaker 7 (11:16):
Because I love my country, Senator, and I've dedicated my
life to the war fighters. People see me as someone
who hosts a morning show on television, but people that
really know me know where my heart's at. It's with
the guys in this audience who've had my back.
Speaker 5 (11:36):
I've had theirs.
Speaker 7 (11:38):
We've been in some of the darkest and most difficult
places you can ever be in. You come back a
different person, and only by the grace of God am
I here before you today.
Speaker 5 (11:47):
I'm doing this job for them.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
If Pete hag Seth could have done better, I don't
know how that's yesterday today.
Speaker 5 (11:58):
Fire stop it. Don't you ever let anybody take your
power from you.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
God, no, No, it is the motto keep come, come along.
Speaker 5 (12:11):
It's your morning show with Michael del Jorno.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
In Los Angeles, the death toll rose by one to
twenty five. Many fires put out yesterday that it popped up,
but for the two largest of fires, not a lot
of containment growth. The Palisades fires are at eighteen percent containment.
They eating fires at thirty five and here comes the
dry high winds today to hamper any of the efforts.
Speaker 10 (12:37):
Michael Kashner reports dangerous high winds ever returned to the
area as firefighters continue to battle the blazes. Near Los Angeles,
the National Weather Service issued a rare Particularly Dangerous Situation
red flag warning. Winds began to ramp up overnight, with
some areas seeing gusts of over seventy miles per hour.
(13:00):
People are under evacuation orders, while another eighty nine thousand
are in evacuation warning zones in Los Angeles. I'm Michael Kassner.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
LA Mayor Karen Bass says there are resources to help
victims of the wildfires to start their recovery. Lisa Taylor
has those details.
Speaker 11 (13:15):
FEMA recovery centers are now open in the area to
provide assistance for those impacted by the fires.
Speaker 12 (13:20):
We want people to come here. This is a one
stop shop. There are multiple local, state, county, and federal agencies.
There's here and hopefully people will be able to get
the services.
Speaker 5 (13:32):
That they need.
Speaker 11 (13:33):
Grants and loans are being made available for FEMA and
the US Small Business Administration. Bassays she hopes about twelve
hundred housing units will be made available in the next
week or so.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I'mly sa Taylor, LA City and County animal shelters are
overflowing with animals right now and more are still coming in.
Tammy Trehila reports.
Speaker 13 (13:50):
Under the dogs and cats have been displaced from their
homes or went missing during the fires and are being
rescued from burned out neighborhoods. The departments are asking people
to adopt or fostered these animals on an emergency basis
to clear room for more adoption. Fees are waved through
the end of the month. The costs are being covered
by the pet co Love and Anenburg, pets based nonprofits.
For anybody who might have lost or found a pet,
(14:12):
there's a free national Lost and Found Pet database now
at petcolove dot org slash lost I'm dammaged for HEO.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
People from across the country are donating millions of dollars
to those affected by the devastating fires in southern California,
from the Red Cross to the Salvation Army to local
churches and synagogues. Now on full disclosure, I love my company,
and I love our listeners, and we're doing our part.
iHeartMedia stations and local charities called the Dream Center have
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Speaker 14 (14:44):
The partnership has raised cash and collected needed goods after
the fires that ripped through La County. iHeart Division President
Paul Corvino says people from all walks of life have
stepped up to help their neighbors in La.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
They're packing up their trucks, They're giving donations, whether it's
five dollars or ten dollars as well, whatever they have.
It's just it's really amazing to me when I see this.
Speaker 14 (15:04):
The Dream Center and iHeart have raised one and a
half million dollars in cash together and more than two
and a half million dollars in donated goods to give,
visit the Dream Center online or text relief to thirty
three one hundred. I'm Michael Monks in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend President Elect
Trump's inauguration next week, just as she didn't attend a
funeral for a former President Brian Shook.
Speaker 15 (15:27):
As More, her office did not provide an explanation for
why she will not be attending. Former President Obama is
confirmed to be attending Trump's second inauguration. Michelle Obama also
did not attend former President Jimmy Carter's funeral last week.
President Elect Trump's inauguration will be held Monday. I'm Brian
Shook on the Hardwoods.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Thunder beat the seventy six Ers by sixteen, Caves won
by ten over the Pacers. Sons lost to the Hawks,
Blazers blown out by the Nets, kingsfell to the Bucks,
and the MAVs lost to Denver. On the ice, red
Wings lost sixty three to the Sharks. Light lost sixty
two to the Bruins. Cap shut out the Ducks three nothing.
Fred's actually won in Vegas Stars one four to one
over the Least and the Crack and one four to
two over the Penguins.
Speaker 8 (16:11):
This is Rebecca in spring Hill, Tennessee, and my morning
show is your Morning Show with Michael del Jarno.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Hey, it's Michael reminding you that your morning show can
be heard live each weekday morning five to eighth Central,
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Speaker 3 (16:45):
TikTok is denying it's considering selling to billionaire Elon Musk.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama a no show at the
Carter funeral, will not attend to President Elect Trump's inauguration
next week, and no reason given. Death toll in Los
Angeles wildfires has risen to twenty four. Containment is what
it's all about. In the Palisades, the containment level is
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at eighteen percent. In the Eton fire thirty five percent
and high high wind conditions exist for today's fight, and
we featured in our Sounds of the day trying to
avoid the chaos the nonsense of the confirmation of Pete
Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, but air some of the
(17:28):
meaningful moments for peteg set They were obviously meaningful enough
to Iowa Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa, who said after
the confirmation hearing, she'll change course and support Donald Trump's
pick that somewhat all but statistically ensures confirmation. They have
room for up to three Republicans to defect, and now
(17:49):
with hers changing her mind, most feel very confident that
he will secure his confirmation. Today, the two big names Bond,
Pam and Marco Rubio will be hitting the hearings, and
our White House correspondent and Supreme Court our attorney John
Decker is joining us on a preview of the cabinet
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nominees that will face the fire ramming the hearing today.
Good morning, John.
Speaker 16 (18:17):
I don't think it's going to be contentious for Mark
or Rubio. I think he's going to get some Democratic votes.
Speaker 17 (18:22):
After all, these are his colleagues.
Speaker 16 (18:25):
His colleagues he's no for in some cases decades who
will be judging him to service the next Secretary of State.
Speaker 17 (18:31):
So I think he'll skate through.
Speaker 16 (18:34):
As for Pam BONDI she could get a Democratic voter too,
but all Republicans will certainly back her nomination to be
the next Attorney General.
Speaker 17 (18:45):
So I don't anticipate any problems in terms of her
confirmation either.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
Do you think I'm wrong? I mean, first of all,
and I would quote Chris Cuomo who said, you know,
if you're in that room, and here's a nominee for
Secretary Area of Defense. Would your questions be about Russia, China,
North Korea, Hamas you know, the houthis Hesbaalah Aslam as jihad.
(19:12):
You know, it'd be about you know, North Korea. And
then he featured some of the things that they were
ranting about yesterday and in a sense of US versus them,
kind of a fighting that America is really not having
much of a stomach for as of late. Did the
Democrats do about what you expected or did they go
too far? I mean, as far as I'm concerned, if
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Joony Ernst has changed your mind, that was a good
day for him.
Speaker 16 (19:35):
Well, it was a great day for him. Jony Ernst
was on the fence. She initially indicated that she may
have some problems with his nomination. That was in early December.
Speaker 17 (19:46):
Things have changed.
Speaker 16 (19:47):
And the fact that she now supports his nomination means
that he is now on the road to being confirmed
as early as next week. You know, I'm not going
to judge the strategy of Democrats. They can do obviously
what they wish to do, but you know, you have
to have a strategy, and they had no strategy and
what I mean by that is, if you're going to
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have all of those members on the Senate Armed Services Committee,
certain members need to focus on those national security issues
that you just touched upon China, Russia, North Korea, and
the way to confront those adversaries. And I didn't hear
much in terms of that coming from the Senate Democrat.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
All Right, Finally, I've been sick as a dog for
going on thirteen days, so I understand how this flu
can be and it could certainly overlap a funeral and
then an inauguration. But Michelle Obama, for our first Lady,
announcing she will not be at the Trump inauguration, but
no reason given. But it's two events in a row.
(20:50):
You know, it's not like she's going to go unnoticed.
Speaker 17 (20:55):
Well, I think it's obvious. You know, she has a
trouble with Donald.
Speaker 16 (20:58):
Trump being the next president of the United States, and
that's the reason why she skipped attending the funeral for
Jimmy Carter last week, and it's the reason why she's
skipping the upcoming inauguration, which will take place on Monday.
President Barack Obama will be there, as will the other
living presidents, as will the other Living First Ladies as well,
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but she will not be there and that's her choice.
Speaker 17 (21:23):
And you know, everybody has an option, you know, in terms.
Speaker 16 (21:27):
Of wish what they decide to do, and that's what
she has decided to do. As it relates to her
attendance at the upcoming inauguration.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
Yeah, I know the songs stand By Your Man comes
to mind. And I don't really mean it that way,
but if what you're saying is true, because it was awkward,
let's face it, all of them sitting in those front
two rows. And there's been some pretty incredible AI memes
and videos since then. But if that's the case, that
there's gonna be twice now her husband has to go
alone number one, And in the first time at Carter's funeral,
(21:56):
he was awful chatty with the former president. You wonder
how that went over.
Speaker 17 (22:01):
Well, I don't know. I mean, to me, that's that's
the palace intrigue stuff.
Speaker 16 (22:05):
Man, I don't really get you at all, that from
the palace intrigue. No, I don't, I really you know,
I mean, I leave it to people like you to
do that for me. You know, it's it's just a
choice people make, and far be it for me to.
Speaker 17 (22:20):
You know, essentially pass judgment on.
Speaker 16 (22:23):
Other people's choices as to whether they want and go
to a funeral or not, or whether they want to
attend an inauguration. Keep in mind the last inauguration. Who
wasn't there, Donald Trump? You know, so you want to
pass judgment, you can pass judgment on him too.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
Touche. Good point. All right, great reporting. As always, We'll
talk again tomorrow forty one minutes after the hour. If
you know, in the old days when we had newspapers,
if we were all like on the subway together, what
are the big headlines? Well in the hill. The recent
wildfires in Los Angeles area have led to thousands of
Californians considering moving to red states with lower taxes and
(22:59):
lower cost of living and more competent elected leaders. When
we look at yesterday, there was we did this earlier,
but an amazing tone deafness. So while they were focused
because fires happened annually, while they weren't focused on preparing
(23:20):
for fires and preventing fires and putting them out quickly.
That's one thing to be debated. But while everyone's the
fires are raging and they're losing homes and structures, over
forty one thousand acres, and you pass a fifty million
dollar bill in the state legislature to make your state
trump proof versus fireproof. And again, you know, everybody gets California.
(23:47):
There are a lot of conservatives in California, and this
is in the deepest of the blue areas. But the
Hill takes a fascinating look at how this might play out.
And we had mentioned some six hundred thousand plus people
have left California. That's the allultimate voting right your feet.
How might the publicity of this, how might the three
ring circus of this add to more And for those
(24:13):
who remain, might they look differently at what they're electing?
The Hill says both and I agree Politico, Gavin Newsom
and California Democrats reach fifty million dollar deal on the
trump proofing the state. I think Michael Rappaport some that
at best they're focused on trump proofing when they should
be focused on fire proofing. As just hear John Decker
(24:38):
and I come to this exact same conclusion. Johnny ertzt
has changed your mind. That's a very effective day. So
for all the grand standing of the left, it's seemingly backfired.
And he's headed for confirmation. That's just kind of some
of the big stories that are going on. There's one
piece of good news, the announcement made that Princess Kate
(25:01):
is in remission, and that's great news and a victory
for all of us who would either fought cancer personally
or have fought it with family members. It's always good
to see cancer losing, especially involving the princess. This is
your Morning Show with Michael de Tono. Very contentious confirmation
hearings yesterday with Pete heg Seth. He rose above it
(25:24):
all and did smashing and is headed for confirmation. Those
hearings continue today with the Marco Rubio and Pam Bondi.
As you just heard, White House correspondent John Decker thinks
it'll be pretty much smooth sailing there. Meanwhile, former Minneapolis
police officer connected in the death of George Floyd soon
to be a free man.
Speaker 13 (25:45):
The Federal Bureau of Prison says Jay Alexander King is
scheduled to be released today from the FCI Elkton Facility
in Ohio. He was one of four officers convicted in
connection with the death of Floyd in twenty twenty. King
was sentenced at the state level with three and a
half years of prison time after pleading guilty to aiding
and a bedding second degree manslaughter. He also served a
three year federal sentence after he was charged with violating
(26:07):
Floyd's civil rights. King will be under supervision in both
his state and federal cases. I'm tammage for he.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
First a no show at the Carter funeral, now the inauguration.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration.
Brian Shook has more.
Speaker 15 (26:21):
Her office did not provide an explanation for why she
will not be attending. Former President Obama is confirmed to
be attending Trump's second inauguration. Michelle Obama also did not
attend former President Jimmy Carter's funeral last week. President Elect
Trump's inauguration will be held Monday.
Speaker 3 (26:39):
I'm Brian Shook. There may be nothing special about Wednesday
in the United States other than it mark's the middle
of the work week, But elsewhere it's a big deal
and there's no reason why you can't celebrate here at home.
Speaker 18 (26:52):
To make a typical Wednesday something special, you need to
tap into your Nordic roots, because in Sweden they celebrate
Lila Dog every Wednesday. That translates to Little Saturday, and
they celebrate it like a big Saturday.
Speaker 5 (27:06):
But maybe you're not Nordic.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
That's okay.
Speaker 18 (27:08):
In Poland they go all out on Wednesdays too, only
they call it a time of vodka. Designated driver if
you observe, I'm Bree Tennis.
Speaker 3 (27:16):
I have one glaring weakness in life, and that's cars.
Love them, love to look at him, love to buy him.
The Big Detroit Auto Show is going on this week.
What are the latest designs, features and trends. What's hot?
What's not? We're excited to have nine ten am, Detroit's
(27:37):
new news talk superstation as our fiftieth affiliate, and with
it comes the services I guess of Henry Payne, who
works for the Detroit News and also does auto reporting
for nine ten am. Good morning, Henry, Hey, I good
more than Michael good to be with you. All right,
talk to us about what's hot and what's not. I've
been reading a lot about the new Subaru design. What
(27:58):
are some of the the design things that you're seeing
that would quantify as a trend.
Speaker 19 (28:05):
Well, the EV's have been very hot. So electric vehicle
has been very hot last four years, in part because
of government mandates. And now we obviously have a new
administration coming in that's stripping away seventy five dollars subsidies,
and so EV's are not front and center at this
show the way they have been. So Ford, for example,
(28:26):
Big sold a lot of EV's over the last four years.
They're putting forward a Lions special edition. You can imagine
how huge the Lions are here in Detroit. They're putting
forward a new Mustang GTD, virtually a race car. This
(28:47):
thing is so really leaning into their gas powered icons
and pushing the EV's back.
Speaker 16 (28:54):
A little bit.
Speaker 3 (28:56):
A nineteen eighty I believe two tone Ford must my
first car ever. What makes it a Lion's Edition.
Speaker 19 (29:04):
It's got to Lions logos all over it. And when
they introduced it, Jared Goff popped out.
Speaker 17 (29:11):
So I don't know if you if you sold.
Speaker 19 (29:13):
Everyone with Jared Goff popping out, I would say, these
things are going to go fast.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Oh wow, Henry Paint, is that the big Detroit Auto Show?
In Detroit? I looked, I saw the new design of
the Lincoln Nautilus SUV, and I noticed that they took
that that instrument screen and took it all the way
from the driver to the passenger side. It is really
good looking. Are we seeing more of that at any
(29:39):
technology changes worthy of note?
Speaker 16 (29:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 19 (29:42):
Absolutely. You know, you go back ten years in this
show when the first Tesla Model S review came out.
That car was mobbed because of that big center screen,
and so that trend has continued in this industry. The
Lincoln Nautilus is spectacular with the wrap around a pillar
to a pill or screen, and you're seeing that from
(30:03):
every automaker. They're all leaning into these electronics. I I
just came back from the Consumer Electronics show before the
Detroit Auto Show, and that's become a big auto show
just because cars are are basically smartphones on wheels today.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Yeah uh, I you know, I could never go back.
I love old cars and I would love to own one,
but I just couldn't go I mean, you can add
this stuff after market, I get, but I mean things
like when you go in reverse and you know you
can see the camera out the back. I couldn't live
without that anymore. I know, in the in the in
the key that my wife drives, if you turn the
(30:38):
left turn signal on, you get that camera showing you
the lane you're turning into. I am a big fan
of the what do they call that? When the I
can see the speed limit or my directions kind of
projected out onto my Yeah, I forgot what they that?
Speaker 19 (30:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's all part of adapt cruise control, where.
Speaker 3 (30:59):
You control, which I love, you know what I'm when
I'm traveling? Uh, what might be next, Henry?
Speaker 19 (31:07):
Well, the cars want to drive themselves now, Michael, So
I get I have a Tesla Model three here in
the garage, and I get into that and I set
a destination and go hands free and it'll drive me there.
So that's a little freaky, I think for a lot
of folks. But you're going to be seeing a lot
more of that, a lot more self driving cars, particularly
(31:28):
on interstates where you want to travel a long distance
and you want to relax a little bit with your
hands off the office steering wheel. You're going to see
a lot of manufacturers here in the next couple of years, Chevrolet, Nissan,
Mercedes allowing you to drive hands free on the interstate.
Speaker 3 (31:44):
All right, what's uh, what's the apple of your eye
at this show? What's the one thing that sticks out
the one new design or the one new.
Speaker 19 (31:51):
Product, the what's neat about these shows or the concepts?
And uh, the Cadillac has design concept on the floor.
Just a spectacular thing. It was introduced last year in
California Monterey at the big high end show out there,
(32:12):
and this is the first time it's appeared on a
car show floor for the masses to see. I think
that's worth the price of admission to see a state
of the art concept car is really spectacular, and to me,
Cadillac is best in show.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Oh you got it. Henry Payne. He in addition to
being the automotive reporter at the Detroit News, you're also
a political cartoonist as well. I love We had a
Simpson Sampson Simpson I think it was in Tulsa. Glombo
was one of the best editorial cartoonists I ever had
the pleasure of knowing. And he I got a couple
(32:47):
of his originals. How did you get into that real
quick in one minute?
Speaker 19 (32:51):
That fascinates me. Yeah, I know him. He's a very
very talented fella. I got into this business through cartooning.
I've done cartoons all my life and so I actually
got into this business as an editorial cartoonist, loved the business,
and I've just kept working into becoming an auto columnist
and doing a radio show. So it keeps me busy.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
I was just going to say, but because for cartoons,
that was always my favorite thing. I know, people had
certain things like they would go to Farside or the
crossword puzzle. I just always love to go to the
political cartoons in the newspaper. And most people don't snap
newspapers anymore. It's all digital now. Don't know how that
affects a cartoonist like yourself. I guess they just post
them online, right.
Speaker 17 (33:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 19 (33:35):
It makes it better actually, because with online then you
can be right on top of the news. So I
can draw today about Pete Expus testimony yesterday, for example,
and be current.
Speaker 3 (33:46):
I was just going to say, in the current political
climate in America today, there's a lot to draw, all right.
Appreciated Henry Henry Payne, who is our Detroit Auto Show
reporter this week at the Big Detroit Auto Show, and
we're so proud to be on nineteen AM the Superstation.
Thanks for joining us. Have a great day, Henry, Michael,
love to me, Love me to you. We're all in
this Together.
Speaker 5 (34:07):
This is your Morning Show with Michael Ndel, JOHNO
Speaker 19 (34:12):
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