September 30, 2024 • 6 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the sports field to the shearing shed. It's the
Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on Gold Sport, Stay
Away from Me.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Well, it's been a few weeks since we've caught up
with a US correspondent, Amy Taylor, who took her daughter
to a university on the West Coast. What was the university?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Amy?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Good morning, Good morning BK.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
So nice to be back with you. I was in
Washington State, at the University of Washington in Seattle. What
a beautiful, beautiful state and city. I had so much fun.
And Blythe is doing really well. She's been there now
for well, she started classes on Wednesday, so this will
be her first full week and she's just really thriving.
(00:47):
And they did such a nice job of orientation and
having so many activities for the kids to choose from
to find their people and get to know the campus.
And it's a huge school. There's something like sixty thousand
students wow, graduate and undergraduate students. And they've made a
really good effort to make a big school small. And
(01:08):
it was, as you know, we talked throughout last year,
it was a tough decision for her to figure out,
you know, which of the American schools she would pick,
and then America versus Otago, and you know, her besties
down in Otago having a brilliant time. And it was
a tough decision. But I really feel like I spent
a week there with her, not the whole time with her,
(01:29):
because I gave her her wings. But I really feel
that she made a good decision, and if she screws
it up, she'll be heading to Otago.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
All right, Okay, well you're back in DC now. We've
got a lot to talk about since we last spoke politics.
And Hurricane Helene just wreaked havoc down down the East coast,
didn't it.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Yeah, so really started kind of Florida all the way
up to the mountains of North Carolina. It included Tennessee Mountains,
West Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina. But the area western
North Carolina seems to be the hardest hit. It's about
thirty four hundred square kilometers and holds something like eleven
(02:09):
percent of the state's population. So I did a little
poking round that's about one point two million people. But
worse yet, it is that not just that devastation. I mean,
there have been reportedly sixty people that have died so far.
I think that number is just going to climb. But
it's that both political parties are making the whole thing
(02:33):
about politics this disaster, and the Republicans seem to have
started it. The Trump campaign has a stop in Valdosta,
Georgia today Monday, right where at least seventeen people have
reportedly died, and they say that he's going to be
briefed on this situation and then speak to the press.
I mean, come on, it's not about politics. He's leveraging
(02:56):
the disaster and stump speeches applying that since the President
and VP aren't there, that they're not being supportive. And
it's not just the Republicans. The Dems are also criticizing
Trump's long standing position of denying climate change, which is
known to lead to extreme weather events. They say Project
twenty twenty five, which he said would lay the groundwork
(03:18):
for a second term, contains proposal to slash funding for
hurricane monitoring and relief agencies. So while it's not Biden
and Harris talking about those things, it is just the
politics are getting into it at a time when it shouldn't.
The reality is that if Trump and Biden and Harris
go down there, it's just not helpful to the relief, right,
(03:41):
They bring way too much security, It disrupts emergency responses.
People on the ground, they just want to see things
like water, cell towers and power being restored, and most importantly,
they just want to be able to connect with their
loved ones, which is horrifically impossible right now. So Harris
have simply expressed their condolences and their support, but they
(04:03):
said they won't visit until it doesn't interfere with the
emergency response operations.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
And Trump yesterday came out and upset big time the
disabled community by absolutely embarrassingly insulting Kimila Harris.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Yeah, I mean, people are appalled and surprised, but frankly,
I'm not surprised. He's done it before. He has made
comments previously against that community and the guys.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I'm hinged.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I was reading some polling this morning preparing for today,
and there are people that say they just you know,
think he's not fit for the seat, that he shouldn't
be anywhere near the press. But the thing that's concerning
me is I had to stop reading actually all the
polls because it's so close, which I don't understand. I mean,
(04:59):
you know how I feel about this election, but I
don't understand it's going to come down to the independence.
I did a deep dive. They did this whole thing
on the news over the weekend over the Latina votes
and how it's being cut and all this analysis, and
I was taking pictures so we could talk about it.
But it's not even worth it. I think it's going
to come down to the independence, right, people that don't
(05:21):
know which way they're gonna swing, And I just don't
understand how it can be that close. I mean, how
on earth you can have someone that speaks the way
they do in the highest office in the land. I mean,
the leader of the free world ought to be able
to have better oration skills and ought to know that.
(05:42):
You shouldn't, you know, disparage people in that way. I mean,
personally attacking an opponent is just not needed. Talk about
the policies, talk about where they stand, talk about their record,
you know, the record in office or whatever. But she's
actually not in office. It's Biden. That's an office, and
people can't seem to make that distinction. She can't speak
(06:04):
out right now about policies that are Biden's policies because
she's still part of his cabinet. It's a very complicated situation.
But thirty five days until election.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
There you go, alrighty Amy, Well we'll talk again next week.
Perhaps things might settle down a week, but thank you
so much. Have a great week, have a great one.
Dk Amy Tayler, a US correspondent. Here own the country
sport breakfast.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
It's called spoil
From the sports field to the shearing shed. It's the
Country Sport Breakfast with Brian Kelly on Gold Sport, Stay
Away from Me.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Well, it's been a few weeks since we've caught up
with a US correspondent, Amy Taylor, who took her daughter
to a university on the West Coast. What was the university?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Amy?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Good morning, Good morning BK.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
So nice to be back with you. I was in
Washington State, at the University of Washington in Seattle. What
a beautiful, beautiful state and city. I had so much fun.
And Blythe is doing really well. She's been there now
for well, she started classes on Wednesday, so this will
be her first full week and she's just really thriving.
(00:47):
And they did such a nice job of orientation and
having so many activities for the kids to choose from
to find their people and get to know the campus.
And it's a huge school. There's something like sixty thousand
students wow, graduate and undergraduate students. And they've made a
really good effort to make a big school small. And
(01:08):
it was, as you know, we talked throughout last year,
it was a tough decision for her to figure out,
you know, which of the American schools she would pick,
and then America versus Otago, and you know, her besties
down in Otago having a brilliant time. And it was
a tough decision. But I really feel like I spent
a week there with her, not the whole time with her,
(01:29):
because I gave her her wings. But I really feel
that she made a good decision, and if she screws
it up, she'll be heading to Otago.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So we'll see.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
All right, Okay, well you're back in DC now. We've
got a lot to talk about since we last spoke politics.
And Hurricane Helene just wreaked havoc down down the East coast,
didn't it.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Yeah, so really started kind of Florida all the way
up to the mountains of North Carolina. It included Tennessee Mountains,
West Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina. But the area western
North Carolina seems to be the hardest hit. It's about
thirty four hundred square kilometers and holds something like eleven
(02:09):
percent of the state's population. So I did a little
poking round that's about one point two million people. But
worse yet, it is that not just that devastation. I mean,
there have been reportedly sixty people that have died so far.
I think that number is just going to climb. But
it's that both political parties are making the whole thing
(02:33):
about politics this disaster, and the Republicans seem to have
started it. The Trump campaign has a stop in Valdosta,
Georgia today Monday, right where at least seventeen people have
reportedly died, and they say that he's going to be
briefed on this situation and then speak to the press.
I mean, come on, it's not about politics. He's leveraging
(02:56):
the disaster and stump speeches applying that since the President
and VP aren't there, that they're not being supportive. And
it's not just the Republicans. The Dems are also criticizing
Trump's long standing position of denying climate change, which is
known to lead to extreme weather events. They say Project
twenty twenty five, which he said would lay the groundwork
(03:18):
for a second term, contains proposal to slash funding for
hurricane monitoring and relief agencies. So while it's not Biden
and Harris talking about those things, it is just the
politics are getting into it at a time when it shouldn't.
The reality is that if Trump and Biden and Harris
go down there, it's just not helpful to the relief, right,
(03:41):
They bring way too much security, It disrupts emergency responses.
People on the ground, they just want to see things
like water, cell towers and power being restored, and most importantly,
they just want to be able to connect with their
loved ones, which is horrifically impossible right now. So Harris
have simply expressed their condolences and their support, but they
(04:03):
said they won't visit until it doesn't interfere with the
emergency response operations.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
And Trump yesterday came out and upset big time the
disabled community by absolutely embarrassingly insulting Kimila Harris.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Yeah, I mean, people are appalled and surprised, but frankly,
I'm not surprised. He's done it before. He has made
comments previously against that community and the guys.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
I'm hinged.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I was reading some polling this morning preparing for today,
and there are people that say they just you know,
think he's not fit for the seat, that he shouldn't
be anywhere near the press. But the thing that's concerning
me is I had to stop reading actually all the
polls because it's so close, which I don't understand. I mean,
(04:59):
you know how I feel about this election, but I
don't understand it's going to come down to the independence.
I did a deep dive. They did this whole thing
on the news over the weekend over the Latina votes
and how it's being cut and all this analysis, and
I was taking pictures so we could talk about it.
But it's not even worth it. I think it's going
to come down to the independence, right, people that don't
(05:21):
know which way they're gonna swing, And I just don't
understand how it can be that close. I mean, how
on earth you can have someone that speaks the way
they do in the highest office in the land. I mean,
the leader of the free world ought to be able
to have better oration skills and ought to know that.
(05:42):
You shouldn't, you know, disparage people in that way. I mean,
personally attacking an opponent is just not needed. Talk about
the policies, talk about where they stand, talk about their record,
you know, the record in office or whatever. But she's
actually not in office. It's Biden. That's an office, and
people can't seem to make that distinction. She can't speak
(06:04):
out right now about policies that are Biden's policies because
she's still part of his cabinet. It's a very complicated situation.
But thirty five days until election.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
There you go, alrighty Amy, Well we'll talk again next week.
Perhaps things might settle down a week, but thank you
so much. Have a great week, have a great one.
Dk Amy Tayler, a US correspondent. Here own the country
sport breakfast.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
It's called spoil
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