July 8, 2025 • 32 mins
Mark kicks off hour 2 with Axios Reporter, Kerry Flynn, and they talk about CNN updating its FAST (Free ad-supported streaming television) channel with new host, Brad Smith, and will offer bite-sized and continuing news clips. Kerry unpacks it for us and explains how it will be a refreshed offering of CNN Headlines with exclusive programming. The FAST networks are gaining in crowd as we have ‘cord-nevers’ aka people who never subscribed to cable. They also discuss how Max will yet again become HBO Max, and CNN is trying to leverage their brand to reach younger audiences where they are.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's KMF I Am six forty and you're listening to
The Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Big developments over at CNN. Yeah, Carry Flynn from Axios
joins us and I guess there's a new expanded element
associated with CNN and it's a relaunch of something that
they tried before. Carry is here to short it all
out for us.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Hi, Carry, Hi, thanks for having me And Yeah, a
lot going on over at CNN, and what we're really
seeing is they're pushing to the future. Right what they
announced today, what they're what Axios was actually first to report,
we got a little early scoop on the matter, was
they're relaunching CNN Headlines, which is it's been around for
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a little bit, but they're really putting a lot more
effort into this product, which is a free TV version
of CNN. So you may be familar with CNN, you know,
the cable news network, you get it traditionally through cable.
CNN known, there's a lot of people out there who
perhaps have cut the cord or have never subscribed to
cable in the first place, and that's part of this
new shift CNN Headlines. Is it twenty four seven streaming
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channel made specifically for digital platforms.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Is it going to feel different carrier than the CNN
that we.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
See, Well, definitely feel different. They actually announced today that
they hired a new anchor who will be the anchor
for the CNN Headlines this new product specifically, and so
again it's not someone you'll be familiar with traditional broadcast
on their main channel. It's someone new. And that's part
of the strategy is they want this to be new,
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they want us to be fresh, and they're creating programming
exclusively for this channel and this products CNN Headlines. Again,
I noted it has existed in the past. Before, it
was really like repurpose clips of what you've seen in
CNN the past. It was just nothing that you'd really
want to necessarily turn to as a news source. But
they're really looking to it now as something that you
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could have and rely on for news, or even just
have in the background of an office building or another
place that you just frequent out of the home as well.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I see. So it really does resemble kind of that
CNN headline news that populated so many televisions for so long,
right correct.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
And what's interesting here is again the free part of it. Right,
So this is what's known as a fast service, free
ad supporting streaming Tellivision. These are gaining a lot more
attention recently, like they noted, because of these coret never
as you call them, people are abandoning le linear subscription service.
People are really just sick of paying all these bills, right,
But at the same time, they're still seeking premium content.
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They still want news when news matters, right, and so
these services really can fill the gap in there. And
what's interesting here is a lot of CNN's competitors already
have these services. NBC has one, CBS has had one
for a while.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
So this is.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
CNN really making their mark, making this bigger bet, being like,
we need to have this offering for us show.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
This is going to be called it's called CNN Fast
Headlines or what is the name that they've decided on
the branding.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
It's CNN Headlines, which again is the name that has
been out there for a while. It's actually been available
internationally as well. They had an international one called CNN
Pass too. There's a lot of name changes over at CNN.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Carrie, what's the name of the guy running CNN?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
I know We're first. When I heard who I was
speaking to, I was like, oh, the man himself, Marks Upton,
the head at CNN. But yeah, there's a lot of
name diffusion. They actually you might see tomorrow that HBO
Max is now going to be the name for.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
What was Max.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
So a lot of name changing at CNN's complicated. And
that's really kind of the world that we're in in
streaming right. There's a lot of places that people can
get contact content. CNN has incredible journalism, incredible brand, and
they really want to go on in and streaming and
reach these younger audiences.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
They are the news anchor that you're talking about. The
new news anchor at CNN never before been on CNN
is a guy named Brad Schmith. Only Chatlin because it's
like the most generic name ever, you know what I mean.
It's just it's worse than Mark Thompson. It is just
so perfect for.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
An anchor, I think. Yet, I actually I do know
Brad because he used to be an anchor at another
streaming service that another fast platform. It was called Cheddar.
And in my early career I used to be on
Tedder because it was interesting. It was like for young
journalists and again for young news consumers, what Cheddar tried
to do is be a new CNBC. There are so
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many people who you know, perhaps would never pay for
cable again not access CNBC, and also maybe didn't like
the way CNBC did it, and also felt like maybe
the anchors on there were not really They're maybe a
little older, maybe a little loud, right, And so they
hired people like Brad to like be a little more
accessible and tell news and a different wayne not necessarily
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wear suit solvent time things like that. It's just really
interesting for me to see that that Bradesmith, I think
it's a really smart choice to happen be the anchor
for this new product.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
So let me just ask you in closing, Carrie Flynn
from Axios, with this news of the new element that
is added to a CNN across the board. The old
CNN will still be there, but this CNN Headline Express
and this this new envisioned CNN where the news comes
with the without i guess, without a feeling like it's
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being reheated from the main CNN network. Do you feel
as though this is like you mentioned Cheddar and I
kind of remember now Cheddar and some of those younger
skewing streaming type things. They were like younger versions they
felt more contemporary versions of like the CNBC's of the World.
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As you say, is that time now going to be revisited?
Was cheddar and you on sheddter before it's time?
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I think that's a great question. I think I don't
know necessarily before it's signed. But but yeah, we've definitely
reached a moment where Fast again, this free TV is
something that people have wanted.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
More and more.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Like I mentioned, there's so many streaming services, it's so complicated.
People love free when it comes down to it, and
at the same time, people also like news. So again
Fast isn't new, but the number of channels and viewership
is rising, so it makes a lot of sense that
CNM would go down here. I hear a lot these
days about how much attention and how much time fentis
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goes to channels like YouTube.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Right.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
People like the familiarity, they like the ease of use
that these services provide, and there's also just the growth
of connected TV. So what's important to note here is
again you don't need a cable subscript from FLAC. In
that headline, all you need is one of those connected
TV services, whether it's a Samsung or a Visio, you
have an Apple TV box or a Roku or there's
all these different products, and the idea is that CNM
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will now be available well to on all of those
for free.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Love it from Axios. Carrie Flynn, thank you, carry appreciate
you checking in, and of course on YouTube. Is the
Mark Thompson Show, that's my daily show. Yes, of course,
I'm sure she's gonna go check out past episodes of
the Mark Thompson Show. The guy who runs CNN really
his name Mark Thompson. It's kind of well, he used
to be the editor at the New York Times and
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he ran the BBC. So I've kind of been haunted
by this guy who's done very well in media, is
what I'm talking about, you know, the same game. I've
been haunted by that name for some time. So that
is just, of course, pure coincidence. CNN Fast and the
Fast Reports to really refers to free ad supported streaming
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television CNN Fast. When we come back, the origins of
a Laguna Beach Fire, We'll get to that as we continue.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on Demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Well, you know it was a fire that started just
after two o'clock yesterday in Laguna Beach Morning Side Drive
and Rancho Laguna Road, and they thought maybe it was
started by illegal fireworks. Now a thirteen year old has
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been arrested. This is very much the way they think
this thing started.
Speaker 7 (08:30):
That fire started not far from where we are right
now on the Rancho Laguna hillside. Here is some video
from the fire started around two in the afternoon yesterday
and as you said, an arrest has now been made
in the fire. Police believe a juvenile playing with fireworks
started the fire. Now, the fire started, like I said,
around two o'clock. A lot of water and air resources
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were put on it very quickly. The fire spread to
about four and a half acres before it was contained.
Right now it's at about fifty percent containment. And as
I said, they do have an arrest that was made.
They say video evidence clearly shows a thirteen year old
boy lighting some firecrackers near where the fire started, then
running off.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Police now believe.
Speaker 7 (09:13):
Investigators now believe he is the one responsible for starting
the fire. Katla did talk.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
I have to say it's a very thirteen year old
boy thing to do. You know, the pyromania, the you know,
on a light of fuse, something goes bang. I mean,
it's very much consistent with the profile of a pretty
average thirteen year old kid. I'm not excusing it. Remember
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I lost my house to fire. I'm not a fire
freaks me out. Even when they're talking about this brush
fire yesterday, the vegetation fire looks like it's under control.
Not sure. Initially it wasn't clear that it was gonna
be under control. And all I'm saying is I want
to make it clear. I'm not given this guy a pass.
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I'm just saying, Wow, it's you know, that's how vulnerable
we are as a region. This kid's playing around with
something that a lot of kids his age play around with.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
He is the one responsible for starting the fire. KTLA
did talk to one resident around here who told us
what he saw and heard around the time the fire started.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
I was working out in the yard trimming the bushes.
I heard two explosions, and so that was weird. And
then all of a sudden, ten minutes later, I looked
over on the hill and we saw a small on
both sides of the road and we had a fire
and it was going pretty good and it was starting
to flame and run up the hill.
Speaker 7 (10:44):
Now, thankfully the fire did stop, like I said, at
around four and a half acres. They've got it at
fifty percent containment right now. No homes were destroyed or damaged,
so that's the good news. And also all the evacuation
orders have been lifted. But as you can see behind me,
they still do. You have some road closures because they
are still trying to mop up that fire and get
it to one hundred percent content.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Oh, when you're looking at this situation, what happens to
this thirteen year old boy? Again, he was arrested and
he's released into custody of his folks. Right he is
charged on suspicion of felony reckless burning of forest land.
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If you're wondering, juvenile Hall would not accept the suspect
for booking because the absence of any injuries or immediate
threat to structures. This is according to authorities. He was
processed at the police department and released to the custody
of his parents. As I say, the case will be
submitted to the Orange County District Attorney's Office for review
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and the filing of criminal charges. It's interesting to me
because you know, what happens to him is I suppose,
and I don't know much about juvenile law. Whatever happens
to him, it's expunged, I think once he's eighteen. But
the idea somehow that he just gets to walk that's
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not acceptable either, right, I mean, you've got this kid
and kids like him have to know. We live in
a place you just can't mess with this stuff. You
just can't. But that's the latest that surveillance, video and
witnesses have led authorities to this thirteen year old in
Laguna burned as much as five acres this vegetation fire.
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But the good news is that there were no injuries
and no immediate threat to structures. Gavin Newsom on the road.
What is Gavin Newsom's plan? We'll talk about where he's
shown up most recently when we come back.
Speaker 6 (12:54):
You're listening to Tim conwaytun you're on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I'm struck by Gavin Newsom's schedule, which includes a swing
through South Carolina. I mean it's not exactly Democratic stronghold,
but he is making a move on South Carolina. He
knows that. Let's remember that South Carolina was pretty key
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to getting Joe Biden the Democratic nomination for president. Remember,
the entire narrative seems to maybe seem like a galaxy
far far away and long long ago, but it was
a pretty key state in terms of vaulting Biden ahead
of all other Democratic contenders. So I guess what I'm
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trying to say is it makes some sense for Newsom
to show up there if he has an eye on
the White House, and we all know he does.
Speaker 8 (13:56):
Never too early to start talking about the twenty twenty
eight presidential election, and Newsom he is there in South Carolina.
South Carolina could be the first primary when we get.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
To that point.
Speaker 8 (14:06):
That would be in twenty twenty seven. The Gavin Newsom,
of course, he has presidential ambitions on the Senate Demo.
I'm sorry they South Carolina Democrats are saying on the
road with Gavin Newsom is something that they want to do.
They want to see if there's a way to at least,
you know, get a foothold somewhere. And I don't know
if Gavin Newsom is their ticket out of the wilderness,
but he's going to give it a shot there.
Speaker 9 (14:27):
Remember now Joe Biden changed the order of this primary season.
It was Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Biden with
James Clyburn, helped move to South Carolina give a bit
of a springboard. So does it stay in this order?
What do you think, Dana, I think it's going to
be I think it's going to be a fight.
Speaker 8 (14:47):
I think it'll be a fight. Yeah, but I don't
know what's going to happen.
Speaker 9 (14:51):
So you know what I was saying this, Yeah, we'll see.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Wow, that was a courageous physician being taken there, essentially
echoing that of the fundit.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
And then I think it's going to be a fight.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Yeah, Okay, I think it's going to be a fight.
I think it's going to be a fight.
Speaker 8 (15:08):
I think it'll be a fight.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Okay. It sounds to me like they're they're up for
a fight. They're not wrong. Of course, there will be
a lot of positioning. Every state wants to be first,
every state wants to be early in these primaries. You know,
it's weird that we live in this incredibly powerful state.
From the standpoint of uh, the electoral college and just
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even the electorate here is so reflective of a tremendous
population chunk. The problem is we do show up later
in the primary season, and of course our state is
typically blue because of the population centers. We are not
a blue state. As you are well aware. If you've
spent any time in California, you drive outside of the
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major cities and you're in a red country. You know,
just generally speaking again, I don't mean to speak in
too many general but just you know, when you look
at the texture of California, it shakes out that way, right.
The big cities generally blue, and the rest of California
can really be a deep red. So anyway, Newsom stopping
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in South Carolina and he you know, the last time
was in South Carolina, I want to say, was when
he was there for Biden. He was making runs and
was a surrogate for Biden in South Carolina in New Hampshire.
And he wants a real strong position with these states
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that could be critical to vaulting him ahead. And as
a result, he put out his itinerary. It went to
local media and you can imagine you got some pushback.
Gavin Newsom is bringing his crazy California agenda to the
Trump Country. It's up to us to show him what
really looks like. That went out as an email blast
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to GOP in South Carolina, and that email includes the
itinerary that Newsom had sent out. So stops at cafes,
coffee shops, community centers, and churches, they're all going to
be met by Newsom supporters maybe, But also the GOP
of the party hopes that there'll be a GOP show
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that will accompany the Gavin Newsom show. So the Southern
California Democratic Party on the road with Gavin Newsom making
stops across the state, they say. But again, as I mentioned,
people are leaving California and heading here, they're saying, the
GOP in South Carolina. So he's being taken on and
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broadsided as he makes his run. And again, you know,
no officially declared, but let's be honest, we know it's
the worst kept secret. The other thing that's happening is
the Musk Party. Could it work? I mean, it'll definitely
work to siphon all some votes, there will be support there,
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but will it really be a viable third party? He
is re entering national politics, and man, you talk about
a guy who has power. Elon Musk has a lot
of it. He has a lot of it through his
contracts with the US, which are really honestly, they're dictated
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by the federal government, right, the FEDS have all of
this money that is channeled to Musk. But I say
he has power because he has SpaceX and the country
needs the use of SpaceX. Now there is really no alternative.
NASA and SpaceX have worked cooperatively now for a while.
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And he has Star, which is critical to many rural
regions of the US, and it's of course critical when
it comes to international physicians of everything from ships to
planes to communications on the ground during the Ukraine Russia conflict.
So you see the power of Elon Musk, even as
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he is in a serious food fight with the President
of the United States. I mean, there is no love
loss there. So this is a daring scheme to come
up with a third party, but it might work, and
certainly it works to upset things politically.
Speaker 10 (19:39):
After spending much of the July fourth weekend away from
the White House, President Trump returned to the nation's capital
Sunday to fireworks, but not just the kind celebrating Independence Day.
Fireworks reignited between the President and his former advisor Elon
Musk after their political feud restarted over the weekend, the
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former Doge head announcing Saturday the launch of a new
third political party, citing frustrations with both Democrats and Republicans.
Speaker 11 (20:08):
Third parties have never worked, so he can have fun
with it.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
But I think it's ridiculous. Well, you know, Trump is
right about that in one sense. Third parties have never
really worked to be dominant, but they've always been relevant.
I mean, Ross Perot's third party was relevant. And I
would also say, and here's the irony. Trump is kind
of third party ish. I mean, I understand he ran
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and is GOP, but he was the disruption candidate, right.
I mean, Trump was the guy who made a lot
of headlines by rejecting the mainstream, and so he had
all of these ideologies that a lot of people who
are frustrated in America shared, you know, immigration, trade, global security, inflation.
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He hit all these things, and he wasn't afraid to
shake up the snow globe. So it's weird to hear
Trump now. Of course, I got it. He's the standard
bearer for the GOP has to say some of this stuff.
But I'm just saying when he talks about Musk. He's
not wrong about the third party stuff, as I'm saying,
but it's interesting that he was such a disruptor, and
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that essentially is what Musk is aiming to be, a disruptor.
I think it's ridiculous.
Speaker 10 (21:26):
Musk's launch of the so called America Party coming days
after the President's megabill passed legislation. He's slammed for adding
to the deficit.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
He's a brilliant guy. He's been phenomenally successful in business.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I think it's clear that Elon Musk is kind of
shifted in a lot of ways.
Speaker 10 (21:43):
On truth social the president, adding I am saddened to
watch Elon Musk go completely off the rails, essentially becoming
a train wreck over the past five weeks. Treasury Secretary
Scott Besson also taking aim at Musk's new America Party,
saying that while the principles of those who were very popular,
the Tesla CEO was not.
Speaker 12 (22:04):
I believe that the boards of directors at his various
companies wanted him to come back and run those companies.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
And that is true. I mean, honestly, Musk has a
stink on him, to the point that even Trump was
like stepping aside from him. I think in a way,
Musk not being part of government anymore, at least officially,
was doing him a favor. But I mean again, if
you really wish to take a shot at it, you'd
have to find those things along the lines of what
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Trump was doing, you know. So I would champion free
trade because this protectionism that's going on with the tariffs,
their inflationary, all these other things. So Musk really wants
to go after his old best friend Donald Trump, he
could do it around that, you know, again, championing free
trade and just a radical fiscal rebalancing. He could play
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on that. You know, most Americans say they worry about
overspending in debt and neither party is credible. Do you
think that that'll help him too, because he's like trying
to like reverse what Trump's doing. That's what I mean. Yeah,
as he wants to provide I mean again, taking me
out his word or whatever, an alternative to Trump, right,
an alternative to the Democrats, an alternative to the Republicans.
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And so I'm saying that those guys let you down.
They said that they were going to take care of
everything and be fiscally responsible, when they did it, and
now look at what the Republicans have done. I mean,
this is what he could say, I mean and responsibly
say it. Right. They've bloated the deficity even higher than
Joe Biden did. So to the extent that he wants
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to kind of take a radical position like that and
really square off against Trump and the GOP. He could
do it, and he could be relevant. I'm not saying
he's going to prevail, not that he's going to win.
It's hard to beat, you know, the machine that is
the Democrats and the Republicans, but he could definitely be relevant.
So I would say stay tuned on his new party,
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the America Party.
Speaker 6 (24:05):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
The Supreme Court has ruled the Trump administration allowed to
resume those mass layoffs at the federal level.
Speaker 13 (24:22):
So breaking us from Washington, the Supreme Court says the
Trump administration can carry out its plans to significantly downsize
the federal workforce. More than a dozen unions, nonprofits, and
local governments had sued, and a lower court had blocked
the President from making those changes to federal agencies without
congressional approval. But the Supreme Court says the lower court
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order stop plans based on the administration's general plans and
not on specific plans for agencies. It says it couldn't
come in on the legality of those specific plans, but
in general, it does believe that the executive order likely
is le it was an unsigned order from the justices.
Justice Katanji Brown Jackson dissented.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
Yeah, I mean, that's just note that, you know, you
have the three liberal judges didn't walk in lockstep on this,
you only had the one. So again, reading from the opinion,
because the government is likely to succeed on its argument
that the executive order and memorandum are lawful, and because
the other factors bearing on whether to grant a stay
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are satisfied, we grant the application. The Court said, So
look for more federal layoffs as the entire the plan
to downsize the federal government in dramatic fashion continues. The
other thing that has been a bit of a broadside
in Washington is this Jeffrey Epstein thing. I mean, the
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whole idea was these guys promising on the road, the
road to the White House, that they were going to
release all of this information on everything from JFK to
Martin Luther King, to the UFO files, to the Epstein files,
and the Epstein files might have been head of that parade,
(26:10):
you know, and when it actually came up, and it
was one of those moments in a cabinet meeting at
which the Justice Department head Pam Bondi was there with
the President of the United States Donald Trump, he was asked,
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you know, what's happening, what about Epstein? What's the deal
with that list? And when will it be released as
you had said it would be.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
Are you still.
Speaker 11 (26:43):
Talking about Jeffrey and Epstein? This guy's been talked about
for years. You're asking we have Texas, we have this,
we have all of the things which and are people
still talking about this guy, this creep that is unbelievable
to waste the time?
Speaker 2 (27:00):
And do you feel like answered?
Speaker 8 (27:02):
I don't mind answering.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
I can't say so.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
He kind of hands the ball off, but it's something
that he talked about, as I say, and he's been
fairly you know. One of the things that is endearing
about Donald Trump. I can just I mean, that's a
weird word to use. I know, he's a tough guy
and everything. But what I'm saying is a lot of
people spark to the fact that he seems so bent
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on getting all this stuff out there. We're going to
make everything transparent, and now it seems as though this
is something that's going sideways. So he hands off to
Pam Bondy in this meeting.
Speaker 11 (27:38):
And are people still talking about this guy, this creep
that is unbelievable. Do you want to waste the time?
Speaker 2 (27:46):
And do you feel like answered?
Speaker 8 (27:48):
I don't mind answering.
Speaker 11 (27:49):
I mean, I can't believe you're asking a question Epstein
at a time like this where we're having some of
the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
It just seems like a desecration. But you go ahead, Well,
we're no. As I say, it's a he's swimming away
so vigorously. It makes you wonder, Now I have the
Bondi stuff also of Matt where is that? Do you
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have that in here? Because she does answer the question, no, well,
I want to play it for everybody. We'll play it
after the top of the hour. Then this is Caroline
Levitt on the claims about the Epstein five. So she's
of course seen the White House spokesperson.
Speaker 12 (28:37):
So the FBI looks at the circumstances surrounding the debt
of Jeffrey Epstein. According to the report, this systematic review
revealed no incriminating client list. So what happened to the
Epstein client list that the Attorney General said she had
on her desk?
Speaker 14 (28:55):
Well, I think if you go back and look at
what the Attorney General said in that interview, which was
on your Next work on Fox News, go ahead.
Speaker 12 (29:01):
And Roberts said, doj may be releasing the list of
Jeffrey Epstein's clients? Will that really happen? And she said,
it's sitting on my desk right now to review.
Speaker 14 (29:10):
Yes, she was saying the entirety of all of the paperwork,
all of the paper in relation to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
That's what the Attorney General was referring to. And I'll
let her speak for that. But again, when it comes
to the FBI and the Department of Justice, they are
more than committed to ensuring that bad people are put
behind bars. They have an operation going on right now
called Summer Heat, which has our murder rate trending in
(29:34):
the lowest direction in United States history.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
So everybody is changing the subject. Everybody's changing the sudd Well,
let me talk about summer heat. Yeah, so the number
help has a government been more focused on bringing down
the murder rate? Here, we're not talking about that.
Speaker 5 (29:52):
I don't think any subject ever has Trump pushed away
from like this really like he did. I don't recall
him sort of like not avoiding, but kind of, like
you say, moving on or trying to change this. I
don't recall anything where he's really done that before.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
No, he usually like steers into the skid, you know
what I mean, Like he'll handle it. Yeah, He's not
a guy who is going to duck out. He's usually
not looking for the exit. He's looking to lean in.
But he really swam away from this. And so now
(30:30):
the punditree associated with the right wing of the MAGA Party,
all of them are saying, gee, I mean, I'm seeing
it on Fox News channel. I'm seeing it from those
who you associate as supporters of this administration. They're angry,
they want some answers. Even Dan Bongino wasn't. He had
(30:53):
a podcast here on iHeart. He would talk repeatedly about
the fact that we've got to get this Jeffrey Epstein
file exposed. There's a lot here. Finally, with the Trump
people in, we're going to get this wide open. Now
he's not only the Trump people, he's number two at
(31:13):
the FBI. He really handles day to day operations at
the FBI. And Bongino is saying, uh, you know what,
it turns out they were right, there's nothing here, there's
no there there, and Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. Gosh, I've
looked at it, I've seen it. I have more sound
from Bondi also Tucker Carlson ways in on this. It's
(31:36):
a pretty big fumble on the part of this administration,
an administration that seems so at least fervently committed rhetorically
to doing something and exposing a lot of new information
on these hot topic subjects like Epstein. There was a
lot here. There's clearly a conspiracy when you look at
(31:58):
Jeffrey Epstein. Just too many stuff, too many things going on,
too much stuff. But I'll play you some sound from
both Bondi and Tucker Carlson as we continue Conway Show.
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Big developments over at CNN. Yeah, Carry Flynn from Axios
joins us and I guess there's a new expanded element
associated with CNN and it's a relaunch of something that
they tried before. Carry is here to short it all
out for us.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Hi, Carry, Hi, thanks for having me And Yeah, a
lot going on over at CNN, and what we're really
seeing is they're pushing to the future. Right what they
announced today, what they're what Axios was actually first to report,
we got a little early scoop on the matter, was
they're relaunching CNN Headlines, which is it's been around for
(00:48):
a little bit, but they're really putting a lot more
effort into this product, which is a free TV version
of CNN. So you may be familar with CNN, you know,
the cable news network, you get it traditionally through cable.
CNN known, there's a lot of people out there who
perhaps have cut the cord or have never subscribed to
cable in the first place, and that's part of this
new shift CNN Headlines. Is it twenty four seven streaming
(01:10):
channel made specifically for digital platforms.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Is it going to feel different carrier than the CNN
that we.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
See, Well, definitely feel different. They actually announced today that
they hired a new anchor who will be the anchor
for the CNN Headlines this new product specifically, and so
again it's not someone you'll be familiar with traditional broadcast
on their main channel. It's someone new. And that's part
of the strategy is they want this to be new,
(01:37):
they want us to be fresh, and they're creating programming
exclusively for this channel and this products CNN Headlines. Again,
I noted it has existed in the past. Before, it
was really like repurpose clips of what you've seen in
CNN the past. It was just nothing that you'd really
want to necessarily turn to as a news source. But
they're really looking to it now as something that you
(01:59):
could have and rely on for news, or even just
have in the background of an office building or another
place that you just frequent out of the home as well.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I see. So it really does resemble kind of that
CNN headline news that populated so many televisions for so long,
right correct.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
And what's interesting here is again the free part of it. Right,
So this is what's known as a fast service, free
ad supporting streaming Tellivision. These are gaining a lot more
attention recently, like they noted, because of these coret never
as you call them, people are abandoning le linear subscription service.
People are really just sick of paying all these bills, right,
But at the same time, they're still seeking premium content.
(02:39):
They still want news when news matters, right, and so
these services really can fill the gap in there. And
what's interesting here is a lot of CNN's competitors already
have these services. NBC has one, CBS has had one
for a while.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
So this is.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
CNN really making their mark, making this bigger bet, being like,
we need to have this offering for us show.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
This is going to be called it's called CNN Fast
Headlines or what is the name that they've decided on
the branding.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
It's CNN Headlines, which again is the name that has
been out there for a while. It's actually been available
internationally as well. They had an international one called CNN
Pass too. There's a lot of name changes over at CNN.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Carrie, what's the name of the guy running CNN?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
I know We're first. When I heard who I was
speaking to, I was like, oh, the man himself, Marks Upton,
the head at CNN. But yeah, there's a lot of
name diffusion. They actually you might see tomorrow that HBO
Max is now going to be the name for.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
What was Max.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
So a lot of name changing at CNN's complicated. And
that's really kind of the world that we're in in
streaming right. There's a lot of places that people can
get contact content. CNN has incredible journalism, incredible brand, and
they really want to go on in and streaming and
reach these younger audiences.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
They are the news anchor that you're talking about. The
new news anchor at CNN never before been on CNN
is a guy named Brad Schmith. Only Chatlin because it's
like the most generic name ever, you know what I mean.
It's just it's worse than Mark Thompson. It is just
so perfect for.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
An anchor, I think. Yet, I actually I do know
Brad because he used to be an anchor at another
streaming service that another fast platform. It was called Cheddar.
And in my early career I used to be on
Tedder because it was interesting. It was like for young
journalists and again for young news consumers, what Cheddar tried
to do is be a new CNBC. There are so
(04:41):
many people who you know, perhaps would never pay for
cable again not access CNBC, and also maybe didn't like
the way CNBC did it, and also felt like maybe
the anchors on there were not really They're maybe a
little older, maybe a little loud, right, And so they
hired people like Brad to like be a little more
accessible and tell news and a different wayne not necessarily
(05:01):
wear suit solvent time things like that. It's just really
interesting for me to see that that Bradesmith, I think
it's a really smart choice to happen be the anchor
for this new product.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
So let me just ask you in closing, Carrie Flynn
from Axios, with this news of the new element that
is added to a CNN across the board. The old
CNN will still be there, but this CNN Headline Express
and this this new envisioned CNN where the news comes
with the without i guess, without a feeling like it's
(05:33):
being reheated from the main CNN network. Do you feel
as though this is like you mentioned Cheddar and I
kind of remember now Cheddar and some of those younger
skewing streaming type things. They were like younger versions they
felt more contemporary versions of like the CNBC's of the World.
(05:54):
As you say, is that time now going to be revisited?
Was cheddar and you on sheddter before it's time?
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I think that's a great question. I think I don't
know necessarily before it's signed. But but yeah, we've definitely
reached a moment where Fast again, this free TV is
something that people have wanted.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
More and more.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Like I mentioned, there's so many streaming services, it's so complicated.
People love free when it comes down to it, and
at the same time, people also like news. So again
Fast isn't new, but the number of channels and viewership
is rising, so it makes a lot of sense that
CNM would go down here. I hear a lot these
days about how much attention and how much time fentis
(06:34):
goes to channels like YouTube.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Right.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
People like the familiarity, they like the ease of use
that these services provide, and there's also just the growth
of connected TV. So what's important to note here is
again you don't need a cable subscript from FLAC. In
that headline, all you need is one of those connected
TV services, whether it's a Samsung or a Visio, you
have an Apple TV box or a Roku or there's
all these different products, and the idea is that CNM
(06:59):
will now be available well to on all of those
for free.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Love it from Axios. Carrie Flynn, thank you, carry appreciate
you checking in, and of course on YouTube. Is the
Mark Thompson Show, that's my daily show. Yes, of course,
I'm sure she's gonna go check out past episodes of
the Mark Thompson Show. The guy who runs CNN really
his name Mark Thompson. It's kind of well, he used
to be the editor at the New York Times and
(07:24):
he ran the BBC. So I've kind of been haunted
by this guy who's done very well in media, is
what I'm talking about, you know, the same game. I've
been haunted by that name for some time. So that
is just, of course, pure coincidence. CNN Fast and the
Fast Reports to really refers to free ad supported streaming
(07:46):
television CNN Fast. When we come back, the origins of
a Laguna Beach Fire, We'll get to that as we continue.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on Demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Well, you know it was a fire that started just
after two o'clock yesterday in Laguna Beach Morning Side Drive
and Rancho Laguna Road, and they thought maybe it was
started by illegal fireworks. Now a thirteen year old has
(08:24):
been arrested. This is very much the way they think
this thing started.
Speaker 7 (08:30):
That fire started not far from where we are right
now on the Rancho Laguna hillside. Here is some video
from the fire started around two in the afternoon yesterday
and as you said, an arrest has now been made
in the fire. Police believe a juvenile playing with fireworks
started the fire. Now, the fire started, like I said,
around two o'clock. A lot of water and air resources
(08:53):
were put on it very quickly. The fire spread to
about four and a half acres before it was contained.
Right now it's at about fifty percent containment. And as
I said, they do have an arrest that was made.
They say video evidence clearly shows a thirteen year old
boy lighting some firecrackers near where the fire started, then
running off.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Police now believe.
Speaker 7 (09:13):
Investigators now believe he is the one responsible for starting
the fire. Katla did talk.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
I have to say it's a very thirteen year old
boy thing to do. You know, the pyromania, the you know,
on a light of fuse, something goes bang. I mean,
it's very much consistent with the profile of a pretty
average thirteen year old kid. I'm not excusing it. Remember
(09:40):
I lost my house to fire. I'm not a fire
freaks me out. Even when they're talking about this brush
fire yesterday, the vegetation fire looks like it's under control.
Not sure. Initially it wasn't clear that it was gonna
be under control. And all I'm saying is I want
to make it clear. I'm not given this guy a pass.
(10:01):
I'm just saying, Wow, it's you know, that's how vulnerable
we are as a region. This kid's playing around with
something that a lot of kids his age play around with.
Speaker 7 (10:12):
He is the one responsible for starting the fire. KTLA
did talk to one resident around here who told us
what he saw and heard around the time the fire started.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
I was working out in the yard trimming the bushes.
I heard two explosions, and so that was weird. And
then all of a sudden, ten minutes later, I looked
over on the hill and we saw a small on
both sides of the road and we had a fire
and it was going pretty good and it was starting
to flame and run up the hill.
Speaker 7 (10:44):
Now, thankfully the fire did stop, like I said, at
around four and a half acres. They've got it at
fifty percent containment right now. No homes were destroyed or damaged,
so that's the good news. And also all the evacuation
orders have been lifted. But as you can see behind me,
they still do. You have some road closures because they
are still trying to mop up that fire and get
it to one hundred percent content.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Oh, when you're looking at this situation, what happens to
this thirteen year old boy? Again, he was arrested and
he's released into custody of his folks. Right he is
charged on suspicion of felony reckless burning of forest land.
(11:26):
If you're wondering, juvenile Hall would not accept the suspect
for booking because the absence of any injuries or immediate
threat to structures. This is according to authorities. He was
processed at the police department and released to the custody
of his parents. As I say, the case will be
submitted to the Orange County District Attorney's Office for review
(11:49):
and the filing of criminal charges. It's interesting to me
because you know, what happens to him is I suppose,
and I don't know much about juvenile law. Whatever happens
to him, it's expunged, I think once he's eighteen. But
the idea somehow that he just gets to walk that's
(12:10):
not acceptable either, right, I mean, you've got this kid
and kids like him have to know. We live in
a place you just can't mess with this stuff. You
just can't. But that's the latest that surveillance, video and
witnesses have led authorities to this thirteen year old in
Laguna burned as much as five acres this vegetation fire.
(12:34):
But the good news is that there were no injuries
and no immediate threat to structures. Gavin Newsom on the road.
What is Gavin Newsom's plan? We'll talk about where he's
shown up most recently when we come back.
Speaker 6 (12:54):
You're listening to Tim conwaytun you're on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
I'm struck by Gavin Newsom's schedule, which includes a swing
through South Carolina. I mean it's not exactly Democratic stronghold,
but he is making a move on South Carolina. He
knows that. Let's remember that South Carolina was pretty key
(13:25):
to getting Joe Biden the Democratic nomination for president. Remember,
the entire narrative seems to maybe seem like a galaxy
far far away and long long ago, but it was
a pretty key state in terms of vaulting Biden ahead
of all other Democratic contenders. So I guess what I'm
(13:47):
trying to say is it makes some sense for Newsom
to show up there if he has an eye on
the White House, and we all know he does.
Speaker 8 (13:56):
Never too early to start talking about the twenty twenty
eight presidential election, and Newsom he is there in South Carolina.
South Carolina could be the first primary when we get.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
To that point.
Speaker 8 (14:06):
That would be in twenty twenty seven. The Gavin Newsom,
of course, he has presidential ambitions on the Senate Demo.
I'm sorry they South Carolina Democrats are saying on the
road with Gavin Newsom is something that they want to do.
They want to see if there's a way to at least,
you know, get a foothold somewhere. And I don't know
if Gavin Newsom is their ticket out of the wilderness,
but he's going to give it a shot there.
Speaker 9 (14:27):
Remember now Joe Biden changed the order of this primary season.
It was Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Biden with
James Clyburn, helped move to South Carolina give a bit
of a springboard. So does it stay in this order?
What do you think, Dana, I think it's going to
be I think it's going to be a fight.
Speaker 8 (14:47):
I think it'll be a fight. Yeah, but I don't
know what's going to happen.
Speaker 9 (14:51):
So you know what I was saying this, Yeah, we'll see.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Wow, that was a courageous physician being taken there, essentially
echoing that of the fundit.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
And then I think it's going to be a fight.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Yeah, Okay, I think it's going to be a fight.
I think it's going to be a fight.
Speaker 8 (15:08):
I think it'll be a fight.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Okay. It sounds to me like they're they're up for
a fight. They're not wrong. Of course, there will be
a lot of positioning. Every state wants to be first,
every state wants to be early in these primaries. You know,
it's weird that we live in this incredibly powerful state.
From the standpoint of uh, the electoral college and just
(15:31):
even the electorate here is so reflective of a tremendous
population chunk. The problem is we do show up later
in the primary season, and of course our state is
typically blue because of the population centers. We are not
a blue state. As you are well aware. If you've
spent any time in California, you drive outside of the
(15:54):
major cities and you're in a red country. You know,
just generally speaking again, I don't mean to speak in
too many general but just you know, when you look
at the texture of California, it shakes out that way, right.
The big cities generally blue, and the rest of California
can really be a deep red. So anyway, Newsom stopping
(16:15):
in South Carolina and he you know, the last time
was in South Carolina, I want to say, was when
he was there for Biden. He was making runs and
was a surrogate for Biden in South Carolina in New Hampshire.
And he wants a real strong position with these states
(16:42):
that could be critical to vaulting him ahead. And as
a result, he put out his itinerary. It went to
local media and you can imagine you got some pushback.
Gavin Newsom is bringing his crazy California agenda to the
Trump Country. It's up to us to show him what
really looks like. That went out as an email blast
(17:04):
to GOP in South Carolina, and that email includes the
itinerary that Newsom had sent out. So stops at cafes,
coffee shops, community centers, and churches, they're all going to
be met by Newsom supporters maybe, But also the GOP
of the party hopes that there'll be a GOP show
(17:29):
that will accompany the Gavin Newsom show. So the Southern
California Democratic Party on the road with Gavin Newsom making
stops across the state, they say. But again, as I mentioned,
people are leaving California and heading here, they're saying, the
GOP in South Carolina. So he's being taken on and
(17:54):
broadsided as he makes his run. And again, you know,
no officially declared, but let's be honest, we know it's
the worst kept secret. The other thing that's happening is
the Musk Party. Could it work? I mean, it'll definitely
work to siphon all some votes, there will be support there,
(18:15):
but will it really be a viable third party? He
is re entering national politics, and man, you talk about
a guy who has power. Elon Musk has a lot
of it. He has a lot of it through his
contracts with the US, which are really honestly, they're dictated
(18:38):
by the federal government, right, the FEDS have all of
this money that is channeled to Musk. But I say
he has power because he has SpaceX and the country
needs the use of SpaceX. Now there is really no alternative.
NASA and SpaceX have worked cooperatively now for a while.
(18:59):
And he has Star, which is critical to many rural
regions of the US, and it's of course critical when
it comes to international physicians of everything from ships to
planes to communications on the ground during the Ukraine Russia conflict.
So you see the power of Elon Musk, even as
(19:20):
he is in a serious food fight with the President
of the United States. I mean, there is no love
loss there. So this is a daring scheme to come
up with a third party, but it might work, and
certainly it works to upset things politically.
Speaker 10 (19:39):
After spending much of the July fourth weekend away from
the White House, President Trump returned to the nation's capital
Sunday to fireworks, but not just the kind celebrating Independence Day.
Fireworks reignited between the President and his former advisor Elon
Musk after their political feud restarted over the weekend, the
(20:00):
former Doge head announcing Saturday the launch of a new
third political party, citing frustrations with both Democrats and Republicans.
Speaker 11 (20:08):
Third parties have never worked, so he can have fun
with it.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
But I think it's ridiculous. Well, you know, Trump is
right about that in one sense. Third parties have never
really worked to be dominant, but they've always been relevant.
I mean, Ross Perot's third party was relevant. And I
would also say, and here's the irony. Trump is kind
of third party ish. I mean, I understand he ran
(20:34):
and is GOP, but he was the disruption candidate, right.
I mean, Trump was the guy who made a lot
of headlines by rejecting the mainstream, and so he had
all of these ideologies that a lot of people who
are frustrated in America shared, you know, immigration, trade, global security, inflation.
(20:59):
He hit all these things, and he wasn't afraid to
shake up the snow globe. So it's weird to hear
Trump now. Of course, I got it. He's the standard
bearer for the GOP has to say some of this stuff.
But I'm just saying when he talks about Musk. He's
not wrong about the third party stuff, as I'm saying,
but it's interesting that he was such a disruptor, and
(21:19):
that essentially is what Musk is aiming to be, a disruptor.
I think it's ridiculous.
Speaker 10 (21:26):
Musk's launch of the so called America Party coming days
after the President's megabill passed legislation. He's slammed for adding
to the deficit.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
He's a brilliant guy. He's been phenomenally successful in business.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I think it's clear that Elon Musk is kind of
shifted in a lot of ways.
Speaker 10 (21:43):
On truth social the president, adding I am saddened to
watch Elon Musk go completely off the rails, essentially becoming
a train wreck over the past five weeks. Treasury Secretary
Scott Besson also taking aim at Musk's new America Party,
saying that while the principles of those who were very popular,
the Tesla CEO was not.
Speaker 12 (22:04):
I believe that the boards of directors at his various
companies wanted him to come back and run those companies.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
And that is true. I mean, honestly, Musk has a
stink on him, to the point that even Trump was
like stepping aside from him. I think in a way,
Musk not being part of government anymore, at least officially,
was doing him a favor. But I mean again, if
you really wish to take a shot at it, you'd
have to find those things along the lines of what
(22:32):
Trump was doing, you know. So I would champion free
trade because this protectionism that's going on with the tariffs,
their inflationary, all these other things. So Musk really wants
to go after his old best friend Donald Trump, he
could do it around that, you know, again, championing free
trade and just a radical fiscal rebalancing. He could play
(22:56):
on that. You know, most Americans say they worry about
overspending in debt and neither party is credible. Do you
think that that'll help him too, because he's like trying
to like reverse what Trump's doing. That's what I mean. Yeah,
as he wants to provide I mean again, taking me
out his word or whatever, an alternative to Trump, right,
an alternative to the Democrats, an alternative to the Republicans.
(23:18):
And so I'm saying that those guys let you down.
They said that they were going to take care of
everything and be fiscally responsible, when they did it, and
now look at what the Republicans have done. I mean,
this is what he could say, I mean and responsibly
say it. Right. They've bloated the deficity even higher than
Joe Biden did. So to the extent that he wants
(23:41):
to kind of take a radical position like that and
really square off against Trump and the GOP. He could
do it, and he could be relevant. I'm not saying
he's going to prevail, not that he's going to win.
It's hard to beat, you know, the machine that is
the Democrats and the Republicans, but he could definitely be relevant.
So I would say stay tuned on his new party,
(24:02):
the America Party.
Speaker 6 (24:05):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
The Supreme Court has ruled the Trump administration allowed to
resume those mass layoffs at the federal level.
Speaker 13 (24:22):
So breaking us from Washington, the Supreme Court says the
Trump administration can carry out its plans to significantly downsize
the federal workforce. More than a dozen unions, nonprofits, and
local governments had sued, and a lower court had blocked
the President from making those changes to federal agencies without
congressional approval. But the Supreme Court says the lower court
(24:43):
order stop plans based on the administration's general plans and
not on specific plans for agencies. It says it couldn't
come in on the legality of those specific plans, but
in general, it does believe that the executive order likely
is le it was an unsigned order from the justices.
Justice Katanji Brown Jackson dissented.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
Yeah, I mean, that's just note that, you know, you
have the three liberal judges didn't walk in lockstep on this,
you only had the one. So again, reading from the opinion,
because the government is likely to succeed on its argument
that the executive order and memorandum are lawful, and because
the other factors bearing on whether to grant a stay
(25:26):
are satisfied, we grant the application. The Court said, So
look for more federal layoffs as the entire the plan
to downsize the federal government in dramatic fashion continues. The
other thing that has been a bit of a broadside
in Washington is this Jeffrey Epstein thing. I mean, the
(25:49):
whole idea was these guys promising on the road, the
road to the White House, that they were going to
release all of this information on everything from JFK to
Martin Luther King, to the UFO files, to the Epstein files,
and the Epstein files might have been head of that parade,
(26:10):
you know, and when it actually came up, and it
was one of those moments in a cabinet meeting at
which the Justice Department head Pam Bondi was there with
the President of the United States Donald Trump, he was asked,
(26:32):
you know, what's happening, what about Epstein? What's the deal
with that list? And when will it be released as
you had said it would be.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
Are you still.
Speaker 11 (26:43):
Talking about Jeffrey and Epstein? This guy's been talked about
for years. You're asking we have Texas, we have this,
we have all of the things which and are people
still talking about this guy, this creep that is unbelievable
to waste the time?
Speaker 2 (27:00):
And do you feel like answered?
Speaker 8 (27:02):
I don't mind answering.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
I can't say so.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
He kind of hands the ball off, but it's something
that he talked about, as I say, and he's been
fairly you know. One of the things that is endearing
about Donald Trump. I can just I mean, that's a
weird word to use. I know, he's a tough guy
and everything. But what I'm saying is a lot of
people spark to the fact that he seems so bent
(27:25):
on getting all this stuff out there. We're going to
make everything transparent, and now it seems as though this
is something that's going sideways. So he hands off to
Pam Bondy in this meeting.
Speaker 11 (27:38):
And are people still talking about this guy, this creep
that is unbelievable. Do you want to waste the time?
Speaker 2 (27:46):
And do you feel like answered?
Speaker 8 (27:48):
I don't mind answering.
Speaker 11 (27:49):
I mean, I can't believe you're asking a question Epstein
at a time like this where we're having some of
the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
It just seems like a desecration. But you go ahead, Well,
we're no. As I say, it's a he's swimming away
so vigorously. It makes you wonder, Now I have the
Bondi stuff also of Matt where is that? Do you
(28:21):
have that in here? Because she does answer the question, no, well,
I want to play it for everybody. We'll play it
after the top of the hour. Then this is Caroline
Levitt on the claims about the Epstein five. So she's
of course seen the White House spokesperson.
Speaker 12 (28:37):
So the FBI looks at the circumstances surrounding the debt
of Jeffrey Epstein. According to the report, this systematic review
revealed no incriminating client list. So what happened to the
Epstein client list that the Attorney General said she had
on her desk?
Speaker 14 (28:55):
Well, I think if you go back and look at
what the Attorney General said in that interview, which was
on your Next work on Fox News, go ahead.
Speaker 12 (29:01):
And Roberts said, doj may be releasing the list of
Jeffrey Epstein's clients? Will that really happen? And she said,
it's sitting on my desk right now to review.
Speaker 14 (29:10):
Yes, she was saying the entirety of all of the paperwork,
all of the paper in relation to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
That's what the Attorney General was referring to. And I'll
let her speak for that. But again, when it comes
to the FBI and the Department of Justice, they are
more than committed to ensuring that bad people are put
behind bars. They have an operation going on right now
called Summer Heat, which has our murder rate trending in
(29:34):
the lowest direction in United States history.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
So everybody is changing the subject. Everybody's changing the sudd Well,
let me talk about summer heat. Yeah, so the number
help has a government been more focused on bringing down
the murder rate? Here, we're not talking about that.
Speaker 5 (29:52):
I don't think any subject ever has Trump pushed away
from like this really like he did. I don't recall
him sort of like not avoiding, but kind of, like
you say, moving on or trying to change this. I
don't recall anything where he's really done that before.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
No, he usually like steers into the skid, you know
what I mean, Like he'll handle it. Yeah, He's not
a guy who is going to duck out. He's usually
not looking for the exit. He's looking to lean in.
But he really swam away from this. And so now
(30:30):
the punditree associated with the right wing of the MAGA Party,
all of them are saying, gee, I mean, I'm seeing
it on Fox News channel. I'm seeing it from those
who you associate as supporters of this administration. They're angry,
they want some answers. Even Dan Bongino wasn't. He had
(30:53):
a podcast here on iHeart. He would talk repeatedly about
the fact that we've got to get this Jeffrey Epstein
file exposed. There's a lot here. Finally, with the Trump
people in, we're going to get this wide open. Now
he's not only the Trump people, he's number two at
(31:13):
the FBI. He really handles day to day operations at
the FBI. And Bongino is saying, uh, you know what,
it turns out they were right, there's nothing here, there's
no there there, and Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. Gosh, I've
looked at it, I've seen it. I have more sound
from Bondi also Tucker Carlson ways in on this. It's
(31:36):
a pretty big fumble on the part of this administration,
an administration that seems so at least fervently committed rhetorically
to doing something and exposing a lot of new information
on these hot topic subjects like Epstein. There was a
lot here. There's clearly a conspiracy when you look at
(31:58):
Jeffrey Epstein. Just too many stuff, too many things going on,
too much stuff. But I'll play you some sound from
both Bondi and Tucker Carlson as we continue Conway Show.
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