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>> Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is
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Carmine Sabia for Explain America and
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tragedy has struck the political world
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overnight.
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We do have some sad news to bring you.
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appreciate all of you so very much.
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I'm starting today with a different
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tragedy.
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A tragedy that I got to be honest with
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you, this story has bothered me.
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It's [snorts] hard to wrap my mind
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around it.
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I'm trying to be as fair as possible,
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but I don't understand.
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And that is the Lindsay Clancy case.
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I don't understand how a jury is taking
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this long. I don't understand a number
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of things. Listen, by the time you see
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this video cuz I'm recording this in,
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you know, before there's a verdict,
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right? By the time you see this video,
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there may be a verdict.
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And I I shudder to think what that
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verdict might be because
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no matter [snorts] what version of the
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story you believe, no matter anything,
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there are three children who are
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deceased. There is a mother who does not
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deny that she did it.
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There is a mother whose first words
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after becoming conscious again in the
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hospital was lawyer.
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There's a mother who to me doesn't seem
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like she doesn't have her mental
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faculties. If it were If it were me,
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and I had done that to my children,
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I would think I'd be begging for the
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death penalty, not trying to get out of
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jail.
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So, that's just me. You guys may have a
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different theory on it. I respect that.
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And as always in the comments, you can
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tell me what that theory is and I'm
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happy to hear it.
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Um I'm allowed to have an opinion.
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That's mine.
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But I would like to, you know, hear
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yours. Listen, I didn't watch the trial
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every day like some people, so
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maybe I don't know something that you
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know.
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That being said,
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I think that's disturbing, but what's
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even more disturbing is what this one
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legal expert says is that the judge did
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something you're not supposed to do.
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He told the jury all the possible
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verdicts they could reach. But then,
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he told the jury what the punishments
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for each of those verdicts could be. So
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now,
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people believe that the jury is
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deliberating, you know, do we really
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want to give her X, Y, Z punishment when
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they're not supposed to be deliberating
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that. They're supposed to be
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deliberating, did the state prove this
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case as manslaughter?
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As first-degree murder? Second-degree?
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Uh not guilty by reason of insanity?
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That's what they're supposed to be
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deciding.
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They're not supposed to be deciding, you
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know, she's guilty of this particular
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thing, but we don't want her to have
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that punishment. That's not what you're
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supposed to do.
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Judge made a massive mistake there in my
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opinion and the opinion of many legal
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experts. Let's take a look at this.
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>> You said was very important. We can have
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a not guilty verdict. Not guilty due to
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lack of criminal responsibility. Guilty
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of first-degree murder. Guilty of
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second-degree murder. I want to focus on
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that last one there, Cully. Guilty of
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manslaughter. My gut tells me the longer
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this goes along and you have people who
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I know they weren't sequestered this
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week and they were with their family,
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but the longer this goes along, they're
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going to want to get back to normal
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life. They've been doing this for many,
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many weeks now and they're in a room
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with 11 other people, if you will, and
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this is going to be tiresome after a
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while. Do you think the jury ultimately
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settles on a compromise verdict of
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manslaughter the longer these
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deliberations go along?
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>> They could and one of the reasons I
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think they could is something the judge
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did that I think people didn't really
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pick up on and that is under
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Massachusetts preliminary jury
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instructions, the judge is supposed to,
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under Massachusetts law, tell the jury,
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"You are not to consider the maximum
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possible penalty in any of these
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charges. Yet, at the same time, what he
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did is the opposite. He told them what
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the max penalty was for each. So, they
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may be sentence bargaining instead of
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figuring out guilty or not guilty on
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things. And so, you're right. We don't
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know what's really going on in there,
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but the fact that the judge threw this
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into the punch bowl
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disturbs me.
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>> Quickly, before we let you go, what do
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you make of the decision to not
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sequester the jury in this case? Look,
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this case is capturing the public
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discourse, not just in Massachusetts,
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but across the country. You think that
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was a wise choice?
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>> I think it was a reasonable choice. I
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know there are differing views on that,
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but look, like you said, they've been
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going at this for a while. They probably
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needed to breathe some fresh air and
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touch some grass over the weekend and
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clear their heads
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cuz they know that there's work to be
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done. And so, it's probably a good
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breather for them, assuming they follow
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the judge's instructions and don't talk
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to folks and don't read the news.
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>> I want to just pick up on one final
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thing you said. You did mention the jury
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instructions. You disagree.
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>> Again, everybody's free to decide what
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they believe, what they think the
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punishment should be. That's America.
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We're all allowed to have our opinions.
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And you know, we we respect law
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enforcement, we respect the justice
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system.
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And we certainly respect law enforcement
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when they descend on a top Democrat. And
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then the Democrats did not need this
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before the midterm elections. But the
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ghost,
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if you will,
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of Eric Swalwell is coming back to haunt
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them. See, Eric,
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Mr. Impeachment, one of the Mr.
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Impeachments,
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the guy who was so worried about how
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President Donald Trump was talking about
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women.
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See, he committed
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He's accused of committing horrific acts
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against women, which I can't describe
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here because of the forum.
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But he's he's accused of committing
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things that are non-consensual
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against women.
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And the FBI descended on him. They
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raided his house. They raided his
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office. They stopped him and swarmed him
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at the airport, took his phone, took his
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electronic devices.
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Now, this happened a few weeks ago,
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but just today
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did we get the video of what that scene
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looked like.
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And again, I think bringing this to the
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fore is such a nightmare for Democrats
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right before the midterms, but I do want
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you to see Republicans, not the
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Democrats. Midterms are around the
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corner.
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And now the White House and Republicans
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have what could be a distraction.
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You have Dana Drisco, the former now
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Secretary of the Army,
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resigning. And why is he resigning?
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Because he's clashing with Pete Hegseth.
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>> [snorts]
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>> And the clash is happening because, I
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believe in what we're being told,
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Drisco is friends with Vice President
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J.D. Vance, but he's also become an ally
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and a friend of President Donald Trump.
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What Hegseth doesn't like is he claims
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that Drisco keeps going above his head
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to the Vice President, to the President,
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and arguing and and arguing his points
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and his cases when he should be
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following the chain of command and going
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to Pete Hegseth.
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Now, Secretary Hegseth is within his
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rights on that, and and I understand
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him.
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I I I wish these two gentlemen, who are
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both MAGA,
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could have worked this out. Could have
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found a way, but apparently the
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situation became untenable, and Drisco
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said, "You know what? I'm just going to
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resign here." Cuz obviously Secretary
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Hegseth is not resigning over this. He
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said he's going to resign, and and the
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President has accepted his resignation.
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It's a very interesting case, and I do
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want to hear you guys tell me about what
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you think of it in the comments, but I'd
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like you to watch this first.
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>> This morning, let's get to the major
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shakeup that's happening at the Pentagon
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in the middle of the war with Iran.
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Sources tell CNN that [music] the Army
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Secretary, Dana Drisco, has now
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submitted his reg- resignation to
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President Trump. He is the services top
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civilian leader and now after months of
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tension with the defense secretary Pete
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Hegseth, he is on his way out. When
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handing in his resignation, one source
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says that Driscoll spoke to the
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president about the army's
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transformation and its readiness and
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accused Hegseth of blocking those
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efforts by firing the generals
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responsible for them. Driscoll's a
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long-time friend of Vice President J.D.
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Vance. They were Yale law school law
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school classmates and CNN has reported
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that Hegseth viewed Driscoll's
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relationship with Vance and even his
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relationship with the president as a way
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of going around his authority. This
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comes of course as the US and Iran
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renewed attacks on each other Monday,
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six months into a war that shows no
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signs of ending. The president yesterday
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once again downplayed the ongoing
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concerns about dwindling munitions
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supplies in the midst of this war.
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Here's what he said.
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>> Number one, we have nothing else in
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mind. Number two, we're very respected.
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Nobody else would be crazy enough to do
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it. Number three, we have so much
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ammunition and munitions as they like to
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call it all over the world that we can
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always take from if we want. And
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this is a relatively little war for us.
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This is not a big war.
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>> CNN's Elena Treina is live at the White
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House for us. Elena, what are you
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hearing about Driscoll's resignation
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from there today?
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>> Yeah, Kate, we've actually been
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reporting on this tension for roughly a
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year now and I would tell you when it
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started it was almost entirely
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one-sided. We had reported that the
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Defense Department, specifically
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, did
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not like the close relationship that the
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll had with the
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White House and I'd remind you that he
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had a very close relationship with the
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Vice President J.D. Vance. As you
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mentioned, Kate, they were classmates at
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Yale and we know that Driscoll would
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often go to him and speak to him
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privately, but he also had a close
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relationship with the president. He came
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to develop one over his time here in the
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second term. Uh and that's something
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that frustrated Hegseth. He was
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distrustful really of many people who
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had their own relationships with the
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White House and the president and uh
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distrustful that perhaps those people
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were trying to undermine him. So, this
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is something that has been going on for
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quite some time now. And that's exactly
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why I think, you know, if you remember
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the Secretary of the Navy, John Fielan,
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he was also ousted earlier this year
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over
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similar circumstances. But, it did seem
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though as if Driscoll had a longer shelf
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life, particularly because of that close
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relationship with Vance and others in
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>> And the one thing you don't really
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expect before the midterms, right, is
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Republicans and Democrats working
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together.
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You know, you have the distraction we
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just talked about for the Republicans,
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the distraction before that with the
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Democrats, but then you have something
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where there's actually unity.
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Where Adam Schiff says, I agree
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with President Donald Trump, we need to
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do this, and Republicans and Democrats
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need to get together on this.
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Well, that's shocking. That is shocking,
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but that's exactly what happened because
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see, for years
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our movie industry has gone overseas to
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Canada, to Europe, to all different
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places.
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And I know some actors who actually go
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to these places to
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make their movies. And they would rather
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do them in Hollywood. The ones I know
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would rather do them in Hollywood or New
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York or
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or these places, but the problem is the
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tax incentives aren't there.
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These states are liberal states. They
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are crushing their own movie industry.
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And it's not just jobs for actors.
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Forget the $10 million
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so-and-so actor gets for doing a movie.
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It's your key grip and your cameraman
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and the person who's on set making sure
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the safety is taken care of and the
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person who's decorating, all these
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people that have regular 9-to-5 jobs on
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these movies. That's the makeup person.
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All these people. Good paying jobs. And
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they're going overseas.
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And Trump says, we need to put a stop to
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this. Adam Schiff says, I agree with
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you. That's another Mr. Impeachment,
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right?
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But he agrees with President Trump on
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this and that actually shocked me, but
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it also gives me some hope that maybe
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sometimes maybe sometimes our leaders
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can work together for the good of the
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country and the people of the country.
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Let's take a look at this.
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>> For all [music] things home.
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President Trump is pushing to make
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Hollywood great again with a new tax
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incentive to bring jobs
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>> back to Tinseltown. Here's what he wrote
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on Truth Social, quote, "Congress should
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approve immediately a federal production
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incentive to create entertainment jobs
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in America. It can be done quickly,
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accurately, efficiently, and importantly
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will benefit all of America. What we
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watch on the silver screen should be
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made in what was once the movie and
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motion picture capital of the world.
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Let's get this done." Since December of
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2022, nearly 50,000 production jobs have
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been lost in Los Angeles. Uh this move
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already seeing bipartisan support. Even
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Democratic Senator Adam Schiff likes the
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plan. Here's what he wrote on X, quote,
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"I am in strong agreement with the
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president. Congress should immediately
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take up and pass a federal film tax
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incentive to bring back these good
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paying jobs that we've lost to other
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countries." Apollo, what do you make of
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this?
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>> Yeah, I mean, I think it's a good thing,
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but what's so funny to me is that Gavin
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Newsom managed to do the impossible,
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ruin Hollywood in California. But this
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has worked in places like Georgia,
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right? We've seen productions ramp up in
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the state of Georgia because of tax
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breaks and tax credits. So, it's
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definitely something that's possible if
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we put forth into it. Uh I love this. I
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think also Hollywood has gone downhill
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with a lot of bad movies and I'll
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probably a lot of these people not
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making a good quality films. So, I'm
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excited to continue to watch this
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progress.
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>> Well, again, it's a it's a It's a great
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idea. So, you have Samir basically a
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federal incentive on top of state
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incentives that are given to production
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companies. And the Motion Picture
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Association, the chairman Charles
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Rivkin, he said, "Absolutely support
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it." The Directors Guild, "We absolutely
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support this." The other interesting
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part of this is that actor Jon Voight,
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who does have a good relationship with
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President Trump, Samir,
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he's been championing this idea for
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quite some time.
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>> It's a common-sense approach, Sheryl,
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and I'll tell you, I think this is also
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a dig at our our friends
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>> And as good of news as that is,
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Democrats and Republicans finally
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working together,
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we have some sad news about a
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progressive politician
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in Colorado who lost their life during a
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hike.
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This politician, his name is Joe
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Anderson. He is a mayor pro tem in a in
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a city in in Colorado.
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He was just 45 years old. He was hiking,
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having a good time, nature walk, and he
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suffered a cardiac arrest.
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It's a young age, man. That's a young
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age. And
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you know, he did have a lot of
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progressive policies
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on homelessness and during the pandemic
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and
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and all kinds of, you know, other issues
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and
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so I imagine he got his his vaccination.
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He had He had progressive policies
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during the pandemic. I imagine he was
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vaccinated.
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Um a lot of people were.
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And yeah, suffered a cardiac arrest. An
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otherwise healthy man, a pastor.
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Also, a pastor.
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Suffered a cardiac arrest during a
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nature hike, and of course the whole
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city is in mourning. Apparently, he was
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very well-liked, loved
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among the people.
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And so this is a really sad bit of news.
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I I always
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always get sad at these stories, no
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matter what somebody's politics are. I
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think about their family and their loved
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ones and
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you know,
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just the life they would have had ahead
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of them. And somebody just at 45, too.
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It's just
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you know, I'm at an age now where 45
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seems young to me, so
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it's just incredibly sad. So I I ask
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that we all pray for his soul and pray
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for his family.
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And may he be in heaven with our Lord
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and Savior Jesus Christ
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and the Father and the Holy Spirit and
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hopefully reunited with his loved ones.
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Again, a credible, incredibly sad piece
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of news here, but I do want you to watch
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this story and learn a little bit about
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him.
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And then let me know what you think in
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the comments.
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>> We're learning more this morning about
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Joe Anderson, Englewood's mayor pro tem,
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who died suddenly last week. His family
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released a statement saying that
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Anderson likely died from a sudden
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cardiac event while helping lead
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students on a group hike last Friday on
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Quandary Peak. The Summit County
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coroner's report is still pending.
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In their statement, Anderson's family
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wrote in part, quote, "Joe lived his
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life with open conviction, active
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kindness, and a joyful commitment to
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helping others." It went on to say that
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Joe will be profoundly missed by
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countless people who knew and loved him.
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Anderson is survived by his wife, Becca,
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and seven young children. There will be
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a public service to celebrate his life
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at Foothills Bible Church in Littleton
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this Friday.
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>> And so we kind of ended today on a sad
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note, but there is a lot of news
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cracking. There's a lot of news still
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being made that we'll have for you
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tomorrow, God willing. So, I want to
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thank you guys for joining us here
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today. And remember, I'm Carmine Sabia
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for Explain America. We love you guys.
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God bless you.
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Take care, everybody.
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