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California’s Fraud Problem Is BIGGER Than Minnesota plus the Art of the Deal w Iran · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Massive fraud found in California, and many, including Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 1: are warning that it may be bigger than what we
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  Speaker 1: found in Minnesota. Millions of your tax dollars were defrauded,
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  Speaker 1: in fact, by just one man. The money was meant
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  Speaker 1: to feed the homeless. I want you to hear how
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  Speaker 1: Fox News talked about this one individual the defrauded Americans
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  Speaker 1: of more than twenty three million dollars. I'll stay it again.
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  Speaker 1: This is just one person. Listen to report from Fox News.
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  Speaker 2: Agent's moving in today, busting a man accused of stealing
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  Speaker 2: tens of millions of dollars meant for the homeless and
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  Speaker 2: spending that cash on a lavish lifestyle. Of course, bonding
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  Speaker 2: Matt finn Is live in Los Angeles for you, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, folks were warned about this and lo and
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  Speaker 2: behold here it is.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, this is it. Behind me, John.
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  Speaker 4: The Feds say this man was contracted with the city
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  Speaker 4: and County of Los Angeles to housing feed up to
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  Speaker 4: six hundred homeless people, but instead he was misusing tens
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  Speaker 4: of millions of.
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  Speaker 3: Dollars to live a luxurious life.
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  Speaker 4: Exclusive Fox video shows the fed's early morning bust here
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  Speaker 4: at the La Mansion forty two year old Alexander.
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  Speaker 3: Suker was arrested.
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  Speaker 4: Suker's one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars land rover
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  Speaker 4: was also seized by law enforcement. The FED say Suker
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  Speaker 4: defrauded the city and County of La out of twenty
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  Speaker 4: three million in taxpayer dollars for not only his mansion
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  Speaker 4: and car, but a second home in Greece, luxury vacations,
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  Speaker 4: designer clothes, and private schools.
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  Speaker 5: He was living the high life while the people suffering
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  Speaker 5: homelessly on the streets with no shelter, no food. They're
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  Speaker 5: living out in the streets. People are literally dying, and
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  Speaker 5: this guy is out vacationing, buying homes, buying range rovers,
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  Speaker 5: and going shopping.
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  Speaker 4: Prosecutor say Suker was supposed to provide three nutritional meals
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  Speaker 4: a day to the home, but during one inspection, Suker
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  Speaker 4: only had canned beans and ramen noodles on hand. The
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  Speaker 4: FED say lucre lied about various aspects of abundant blessings,
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  Speaker 4: including fake vendors, facilities, and the homest actually getting meals.
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  Speaker 4: The US Attorney's Office in La says they are actively
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  Speaker 4: investigating at least twelve other similar fraud cases here in California.
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  Speaker 4: First Assistant US Attorney Bill as Sale says there's a
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  Speaker 4: tremendous amount of fraud in this state and that today's
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  Speaker 4: bus of one man who misused twenty three million dollars
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  Speaker 4: alone may show how little oversight there is.
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  Speaker 5: California was pushing this money out quickly. A lot of
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  Speaker 5: money went out the door with frankly, very little vetting,
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  Speaker 5: very little checks and balances, and he's one of the
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  Speaker 5: individuals that got it.
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  Speaker 4: The suspect is scheduled to make his first appearance later today.
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  Speaker 4: He faces up to twenty years if convicted on a
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  Speaker 4: federal case. The local district attorney is also planning on
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  Speaker 4: prosecuting John.
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  Speaker 1: Now this is just the tip of the iceberg. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: we now have the same man, Nick Shirley, who did
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  Speaker 1: the incredible job of discovering massive fraud in Minneapolis and
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  Speaker 1: exposing it to the world that is landed in California,
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  Speaker 1: and he's now saying that's even worse than anyone else
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  Speaker 1: Nick shirley said about arriving In. California and what he says, is,
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  Speaker 1: well incredible amounts of fraud that may be much bigger
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  Speaker 1: than what he exposed In.
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  Speaker 3: Minnesota, oh there's massive fraud In.
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  Speaker 6: CALIFORNIA i, mean the homelessness is just increased as they
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  Speaker 6: receive more. Money that's just one part of. It like
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  Speaker 6: you talked about the light rail and everything like, that
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  Speaker 6: that the fraud is crazy In california and they have
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  Speaker 6: the highest.
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  Speaker 7: Taxes, yeah they want, More.
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  Speaker 8: Nick because anybody approached you about this, THING i tweeted
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  Speaker 8: it about. IT i had never heard about, it but
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  Speaker 8: these guys educated me on it CALLED qui, ten which
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  Speaker 8: is this framework where you can actually sue on behalf
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  Speaker 8: of the state and on behalf of. Taxpayers has anybody
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  Speaker 8: approached you about thinking about using all of the information
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  Speaker 8: that you've garnered to try to launch some of these
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  Speaker 8: lawsuits or.
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  Speaker 6: No, YEAH i actually have somebody to reach out to
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  Speaker 6: me the other day about. It So i'm gonna actually
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  Speaker 6: help on a phone call that. Guy.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, also AS i understand that some of these whistleblower
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  Speaker 7: laws reward the whistleblower with something like twenty to thirty
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  Speaker 7: percent of amounts in some. Cases, yeah that ARE i
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  Speaker 7: don't know if it's like fines or it's amounts that
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  Speaker 7: are recaptured, recaptured BUT i don't.
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  Speaker 6: Know.
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  Speaker 7: Nick you can become a billionaire here just all the
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  Speaker 7: buildings you've.
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  Speaker 3: EXPOSED i gotta sit down and figured it.
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  Speaker 7: OUT i know that's not why you're in, it but
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  Speaker 7: you'd be the most well loved billionaire In america if
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  Speaker 7: you did absolutely.
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  Speaker 9: Well the way to do, it you, know since you're
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  Speaker 9: drafting off of these other news, reports is to set
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  Speaker 9: up your own tip. Line, So, nick what's your website
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  Speaker 9: or do you have a website where people can? Donate
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  Speaker 9: and do you have a tip, line because you wouldn't
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  Speaker 9: get The Whistleblow awards for the Stuff fox nine has
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  Speaker 9: been doing for a, decade but for the next one you.
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  Speaker 9: Could so what is your website where people can?
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  Speaker 6: Donate? Nick? Yeah everything just on social, media so if
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  Speaker 6: they can message me on any, PLATFORM i should probably
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  Speaker 6: get a website.
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  Speaker 9: Going, So, nick what's your social media handle where people
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  Speaker 9: CAN dm you and?
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  Speaker 3: Donate, yeah it's Just Nick.
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  Speaker 6: Shirley and if you go ON, X i do have
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  Speaker 6: my tip section, open so if you would like to donate,
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  Speaker 6: there that gives them all the whether it be, venmo, cash, app,
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  Speaker 6: crypto you can all do it right.
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  Speaker 3: There SO x.
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  Speaker 1: Doc by the, WAY i love that this guy is
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  Speaker 1: doing this on his, own like he's just, like, yeah
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  Speaker 1: if you want to, support go for. It i'm just
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  Speaker 1: going to be out of here exposing all this, waste
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  Speaker 1: fraud and, Abuse Like that's What i'm doing with my life.
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  Speaker 1: Now i'm not afraid Like Nick shirley was In. Sandy
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  Speaker 1: he now estimates billions of dollars in fraud Under Gab newsom's.
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  Speaker 3: Leaderships and they want more.
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  Speaker 1: Money they want to raise taxes even higher than they
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  Speaker 1: are right. Now there's Also Benny johnson who says his
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  Speaker 1: team is traveling to the fraud capital of the.
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  Speaker 3: World he's now saying It's.
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  Speaker 1: California they say the fraud uncovered In minnesota was very
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  Speaker 1: bad and led to the destruction Of Tim waltz's, career
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  Speaker 1: But Gavin Newsom's california is far, worse saying The american
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  Speaker 1: taxpayer needs first hand to understand how Criminal california's fraud
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  Speaker 1: is robbing our nation. Blind he, said here's just a
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  Speaker 1: glimpse of what we already. Know state auditor In california
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  Speaker 1: found ready for this seventy. Billion think about that, number
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  Speaker 1: seventy billion and taxpayer funds that have been lost like
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  Speaker 1: they just, disappeared no accounting for them. Whatsoever twenty four
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  Speaker 1: billion In. California loan spent on non existent homeless business.
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  Speaker 1: Programs that means someone stole twenty four billion dollars eighteen
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  Speaker 1: billion poured into non existent high speed. Rail you Heard
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  Speaker 1: nick talk about that a second. Ago thirty two billion
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  Speaker 1: FOR covid relief funds that have been stolen two point
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  Speaker 1: five billion ready for this word lost to snap. Fraud
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  Speaker 1: billions spent on rebuilding after The palisade, fires but no
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  Speaker 1: homes have been. Built that is just some of what's
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  Speaker 1: being exposed right. Now this is all happening In. California
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  Speaker 1: it's truly. Incredible But california is the fraud capital Of,
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  Speaker 1: america and the taxpayer fund and nonprofits there are in
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  Speaker 1: bezzling our money by the, billions and the governor is
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  Speaker 1: allowing it to. Happen President, trump yet again keeping it
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  Speaker 1: sweet and simple at The White house today in The Oval,
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  Speaker 1: office he was asked about what's happening with a, ran and.
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  Speaker 3: The president had this to say to the. Press we have.
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  Speaker 10: Ships heading to a run right, now big, ones the
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  Speaker 10: biggest of the.
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  Speaker 11: Best and do we have talks going on WITH i.
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  Speaker 11: Run we'll see it all works.
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  Speaker 3: Out, well see how it all works?
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  Speaker 1: Out now this comes just days after The president had
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  Speaker 1: this to say inside The oval office About iran as.
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  Speaker 10: Well, okay we have a large armada flotilla go whatever
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  Speaker 10: you want heading Forward iran right, now even larger than
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  Speaker 10: what we had In. Venezuela it's still in front Of,
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  Speaker 10: venezuela The.
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  Speaker 1: Venezuelan this showing the presence not. Bluffing he also over the,
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  Speaker 1: weekend when asked at Mar lago about what's happening In,
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  Speaker 1: iran said, This why wouldn't he say?
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  Speaker 2: That of course you could say, That but we have
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  Speaker 2: the biggest most bon off for ships in the world
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  Speaker 2: over there very close a couple of, days and hopefully
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  Speaker 2: we'll make a.
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  Speaker 4: Deal we don't make a, deal then we'll find.
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  Speaker 3: Out whether or not he was, right find out or
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  Speaker 3: not whether he was.
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  Speaker 1: Right The president was referencing a rand supreme leader warning
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  Speaker 1: of a regional war if THE us Attacks, tehran and
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  Speaker 1: The president, saying, hey if we don't make a, deal
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  Speaker 1: then we'll find out whether or not he was, right
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  Speaker 1: which brings us to where we are right. Now with
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  Speaker 1: all of, This wikoff has now said that the talks
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  Speaker 1: with nukes will happen On, friday With, iran that's. Right
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  Speaker 1: THE Us Special envoyd and The Iranian Foreign minister are
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  Speaker 1: expected to meet In, istanbul marking a potential restart of
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  Speaker 1: direct engagement Between washington And tehran after months of stalled.
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  Speaker 1: Diplomacy Several arab And muslim countries are expected to send
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  Speaker 1: representatives to the, meeting which ames discussed the framework for
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  Speaker 1: a possible nuclear agreement that according to two sources familiar
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  Speaker 1: with the planning and A us. Official another source Described
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  Speaker 1: friday's meetings as the best case, scenario following day of
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic efforts to bring both sides back to the.
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  Speaker 3: Table.
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  Speaker 1: Now if it, occurs the meeting would be the first
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  Speaker 1: between THE us and The iranian representative since talks collapsed
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  Speaker 1: last year and a twelve day conflict that broke out In.
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  Speaker 1: June it also comes during a SIGNIFICANT us military build
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  Speaker 1: up in The. Gulf President trump has argued that a
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  Speaker 1: swift agreement is the only alternative to military confrontation With.
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  Speaker 3: Iran.
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  Speaker 1: NOW us administration source said the meeting In turkey is
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  Speaker 1: intended to develop an agreement that could in fact prevent.
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  Speaker 1: Escalation The trump administration is also hoping That iran will
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  Speaker 1: arrive prepared to make. Concessions the plan talks follow recent
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  Speaker 1: mediation efforts By, Turkey egypt And. Katar they don't want
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  Speaker 1: war in The Middle east because of instability that it
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  Speaker 1: can cost for their own, countries and On, monday the
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  Speaker 1: foreign ministers Of, Turkey Saudi Arabian egypt held further discussions
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  Speaker 1: about the Proposed. Meetia, now The iranian state media reported
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  Speaker 1: that the president has ordered renewed negotiations with The trump.
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  Speaker 1: Administrations in, fact in a speech On monday To iran
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  Speaker 1: and the people they're, watching they said they were quote
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  Speaker 1: open to, diplomacy, saying quote but diplomacy is incompatible with, pressure,
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  Speaker 1: intimidation and. Force we hope that it results will soon become.
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  Speaker 1: EVIDENT a key obstacle also remains. Unsolved The trump administration
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  Speaker 1: has insisted that any agreement Address iran's nuclear, program its missile,
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  Speaker 1: development and regional proxy. Forces they're the biggest funders of
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  Speaker 1: Terrorism hamas and has Blocked iran maintains that only nuclear
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  Speaker 1: issues are quote. Negotiable in other, words they still want
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  Speaker 1: to sponsor terrorist proxies in The Middle east and around the. World,
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  Speaker 1: now it remains unclear How whitcough And iran's leadership would
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  Speaker 1: bridge that divide Of, obviously that's part of the art
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  Speaker 1: of the, deal and that's part of why The president
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  Speaker 1: of The United States america, Said i'm not wasting. Time
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  Speaker 1: i'm going to send her military resources to that part
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  Speaker 1: of the.
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  Speaker 12: World.
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  Speaker 1: Now head of The istanbul, meeting Wit koff was to
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  Speaker 1: travel To israel and meet with The prime minister there
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  Speaker 1: At netanyahu's. Request witkoff is also scheduled to meet With General,
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  Speaker 1: zamir The Israeli Defensive force chief of, staff who recently
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  Speaker 1: BRIEF us military leaders On israel's planning for a potential
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  Speaker 1: conflict With. Iran witkoff will then travel To Abu, dhabi
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  Speaker 1: The United air Of emirates for trilateral talks also Involving
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  Speaker 1: russia And ukraine On wednesday And, thursday And trump's son in,
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  Speaker 1: Law Jered kushner is expected to participate as. Well from,
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  Speaker 1: there The White house staying busy With witkoff And kushner
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  Speaker 1: set to travel To qatar for discussions On iran with
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  Speaker 1: The Qatar's Prime, minister and before the, meeting they'll also
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  Speaker 1: stop In. Istanbul On, friday the foreign ministers were being
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  Speaker 1: told From, Turkey, Qatar egypt oman The United air Of,
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  Speaker 1: Emirates Saudi, arabia And pakistan are all planning to. Attend
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  Speaker 1: you've got to ask yourself this question, why because they're
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  Speaker 1: all very concerned about what happens With iran and the
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  Speaker 1: instability it can cause in their countries and also if
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  Speaker 1: there's an all out war Between iran And israel or
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  Speaker 1: I ran in THE. Us, right these are real problems
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  Speaker 1: that they want to make sure don't happen for them. Personally,
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  Speaker 1: Now trumps set On sunday that it remains quote hopeful
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  Speaker 1: for a deal After RAN's leader warn that ANY us
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  Speaker 1: attack could trigger a regional. War but at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the, day this is all up To President. Trump
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  Speaker 1: now there are some thank goodness in the, media then
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  Speaker 1: understand That President trump's an amazing job when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to dealing with these types of dictators and, leaders whether
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  Speaker 1: It's venezuela Or cuba Or. Iran even ON, Hbo bill
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  Speaker 1: maher credit to The president Of United states Of america
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  Speaker 1: for his, leadership saying, this.
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  Speaker 11: You, know we've seen these demonstrations In iran, before but
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  Speaker 11: this was bigger and more people have. Died BUT i
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  Speaker 11: think maybe more people have died because he said he
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  Speaker 11: was going to. Help this looks like a bay of.
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  Speaker 11: Pigs to, me this looks Like america is going to
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  Speaker 11: come and help. You where is it? This remember The
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  Speaker 11: courage in ninety one when they thought they were going
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  Speaker 11: to get help From. America vietnam could make the same.
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  Speaker 11: CLAIM i mean a lot of people have felt let
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  Speaker 11: down BY. US i Thought trump was. Different where are
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  Speaker 11: you on? This because all these bodies THAT i, see
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  Speaker 11: these body bags In, IRAN i think a lot of
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  Speaker 11: those people went in the streets because they, thought, oh he,
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  Speaker 11: said he's got our back this. Time where's the.
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  Speaker 12: Help, well the generals have told us that short of
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  Speaker 12: sending in a massive number of, troops it will be Another.
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  Speaker 11: Iraq well then what did he mean when he, SAID
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  Speaker 11: i don't.
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  Speaker 12: Know but but if you look at it from the
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  Speaker 12: larger if you look at it from larger, perspective because Of,
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  Speaker 12: israel this is one person's. Opinion because Of israel And
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  Speaker 12: President trump's backing, visory The Middle east is safer than
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  Speaker 12: it has been in twenty.
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  Speaker 3: Years, Absolutely.
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  Speaker 12: Sneeze has Boss. SNEEZE i gave him credit for.
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  Speaker 3: That, yes no longer looks.
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  Speaker 12: Invincible and you, know and you know who is applauding
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  Speaker 12: us every step of the why not out, loud but
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  Speaker 12: The arab. Countries look if every one of.
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  Speaker 11: Them If venezuela and Causes cuba to, fall if he
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  Speaker 11: somehow Gets, Venezuela, cuba And iran all to be not
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  Speaker 11: these horrible places they, were he should get A Nobel Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Prize he should get A Nobel Peace. PRIZE i got
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: to give credit there To Bill. Maher you Heard Senter
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  Speaker 1: kennedy laying it, out and he agreed with. Him he
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  Speaker 1: said he was absolutely. Right AND i wish there was
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  Speaker 1: more in the media that would actually cover this honestly
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  Speaker 1: the way That Bill maher just talked about. IT i
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  Speaker 1: wrote a book years, ago and after THAT i stopped
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  Speaker 1: writing for a very long. Time but this WEEK i
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: decided to write an op ed that you can read
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  Speaker 1: On foxnews Dot. Com i'm also going to post a
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  Speaker 1: link up on social media so you can follow me
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  Speaker 1: on Ex Ben ferguson's show or On Instagram Ben Ferguson,
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  Speaker 1: podcast and you can read the entire. Article, now what
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  Speaker 1: made me decide to write an article is a major,
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  Speaker 1: issue one of, importance one That Ronald reagan understood and
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  Speaker 1: that Is america needs to have dominance in the world
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to what we're putting.
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  Speaker 3: Out, Yes i'm talking about.
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  Speaker 1: Movies you may remember That Donald trump also understood this
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  Speaker 1: about the importance of television and exporting What america and
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  Speaker 1: freedom actually looks. Like we also have other adversaries around
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  Speaker 1: the world that want nothing more than to Silence american
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  Speaker 1: movies and put their propaganda. Everywhere the biggest person that's
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  Speaker 1: looking to do this is Chin they're coming after our
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  Speaker 1: kids to the point where they had to Sell TikTok
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  Speaker 1: To american. Ownership they understand the value of silencing and
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  Speaker 1: censoring different things and, people and that is exactly why
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  Speaker 1: this hearing In, washington D. C today is vitally important
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  Speaker 1: and it deals with a. Merger Now i'm going to
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  Speaker 1: read for you the op ed THAT i have put
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  Speaker 1: together and give you a little bit of commentary. Throughout
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  Speaker 1: BUT i hope that all of you will take the
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  Speaker 1: op ed and this show and share it wherever you,
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  Speaker 1: can because this hearing actually deals with national, security Putting america,
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  Speaker 1: first and exporting freedom of speech and freedom through the arts.
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  Speaker 3: To the rest of the. World today In, washington.
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  Speaker 1: A critical hearing will help decide the future Of america's
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  Speaker 1: entertainment industry And america's influence. Abroad the question before lawmakers
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  Speaker 1: is simple but. Consequential will The United states strengthen its
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  Speaker 1: own creative companies or weaken them just as foreign avisaries use,
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  Speaker 1: media culture and capital to shape global. Narratives at the
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  Speaker 1: center of the debate is a proposed merger Between netflix
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  Speaker 1: And Warner Brothers. Discovery this should not be treated as
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  Speaker 1: just another corporate. Deal that's Why i'm talking about it right,
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  Speaker 1: now by the, way on this. Show it directly Affects american,
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  Speaker 1: Jobs it directly Affects american movie, making and it directly
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  Speaker 1: AFFECTS us national. Security let me explain. Why for more
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  Speaker 1: than a, Century american films and television have carried our
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  Speaker 1: values around the world of, freedom, creativity open. Expression the
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  Speaker 1: cultural influences have been one Of america's greatest strategic, advantages
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  Speaker 1: and TODAY i would say that is under real. Threat
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  Speaker 1: the entertainment industry supports hundreds of thousands of good Paying american.
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  Speaker 1: Jobs this includes writers and, actors camera, crews, editors visual effects,
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  Speaker 1: artists set, builders, marketers and. Engineers and then don't even
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  Speaker 1: count all the people behind the scenes to get hired
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  Speaker 1: for social media and things like. That, NOW i care
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  Speaker 1: about these jobs BECAUSE i work with these people each
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  Speaker 1: and every, day AND i understand how important is to
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  Speaker 1: keep those jobs In. America these are also middle class.
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  Speaker 1: Jobs i'll give you a great example, Today i'm going
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  Speaker 1: to basically help employ a team of fifteen. People why
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  Speaker 1: because of me doing What i'm doing right. Now there are,
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  Speaker 1: cameramen makeup, artists they're, editors their. Producers all of these
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  Speaker 1: people have jobs right now because of the entertainment. Industry
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  Speaker 1: why on earth WOULD i want to turn that over
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  Speaker 1: to a foreign. Country not only is it about, that
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  Speaker 1: but it's also about building the economies in different. States all,
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  Speaker 1: Right these jobs are spread all over the. Country i'm
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  Speaker 1: doing this right now for you From. Texas you've got
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  Speaker 1: States california And, Georgia New, mexico And New jersey that
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  Speaker 1: are all growing in this. Area we know about movies
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  Speaker 1: that are made In, georgia for. Example there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people that are listening right now where you. Live
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  Speaker 1: there is a thriving. Industry and if you think this
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  Speaker 1: is like, theoretical you're. Wrong netflix recently committed one billion
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  Speaker 1: dollars to build a new production studio at The Fort
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  Speaker 1: Mama Army base In New, jersey a project that's expected
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  Speaker 1: to create you ready for, this more than five thousand
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  Speaker 1: high Paying american. Jobs, now that doesn't even count all
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  Speaker 1: the jobs that come because of what is produced there
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  Speaker 1: and all the support for when those jobs wrap up
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  Speaker 1: and the movies or the content is made available to
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  Speaker 1: all of.
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  Speaker 3: Us you, understand there's a snowball effect.
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  Speaker 1: Here that investment turns a former military base into an
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  Speaker 1: engine Of american, production, innovation and. Employment and it only
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  Speaker 1: happens when companies have this scale and the stability to
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  Speaker 1: invest long. Term because this is big money we're talking about. Here, streaming,
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  Speaker 1: however is capital intensive as. Well when companies are weak
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  Speaker 1: in or, fragmented that's WHEN i get. Worried, right because
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  Speaker 1: production is, slow opportunities, shrink that's when the layoffs. Happen
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  Speaker 1: scale brings, stability stability protects and creates More american. Jobs
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  Speaker 1: this is a no brainer for. Me, now a Combined
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  Speaker 1: netflix And Warner Brothers discovery would create not only a
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  Speaker 1: stronger but a more Resilient american. Company that's me and
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  Speaker 1: my ideals as An american first, guy and it would
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  Speaker 1: create An american company able to invest consistently in one
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  Speaker 1: thing that matters the most to, ME us production instead
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  Speaker 1: of foreign. Production that means more projects made here at,
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  Speaker 1: home and more investments like the military base that was just.
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  Speaker 1: Bought that is amazing For american. Job this is all
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  Speaker 1: about protecting WHAT i say is so important to, us
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  Speaker 1: our secret. Weapon our influence around the world THROUGH, tv
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  Speaker 1: film and content is.
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  Speaker 3: Massive all.
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  Speaker 1: RIGHT i look at my podcast and it's incredible how
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  Speaker 1: many people download it in foreign. Countries it's unbelievable the
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  Speaker 1: reach that you can have when you create things. Here
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  Speaker 1: this is the reason WHY i say it is a
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  Speaker 1: strategic national. Asset let me explain why More american movies
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  Speaker 1: And i'm going back to my OpEd and television reached
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  Speaker 1: more people globally than any government program or diplomatic. Initiative
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  Speaker 1: they literally shape how the world views The United states Of,
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  Speaker 1: america and it serves a powerful counterweight to authoritarian propaganda
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  Speaker 1: and regimes around the. World now on the other side
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  Speaker 1: of this Is. China we all know how much Influence
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  Speaker 1: china wants to have on our. Lives go back to
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  Speaker 1: what just having with, TikTok, right you're terrified of what
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  Speaker 1: can happen With TikTok Because TikTok being owned By china
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  Speaker 1: And china Hating america and trying to have, influence can
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  Speaker 1: change the algorithms and put out propaganda to Undermine.
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  Speaker 3: America we knew.
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  Speaker 1: That that's part of the reason why the forced sell
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  Speaker 1: To american assets was so vitally important for a national security.
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  Speaker 1: Standpoint Now china understands. This it's why they tightly control
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  Speaker 1: media at home and they heavily invest in state back
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  Speaker 1: platforms abroad because they want foreign. Influence we've already seen
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  Speaker 1: how that censorship. Works i'll give you a great. Example Top.
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  Speaker 1: Gun maverick loved the. Movie the film was a massive global,
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  Speaker 1: success bring in billions of dollars made In america and
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  Speaker 1: guests who refused to show It. China china refused to
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  Speaker 1: allow it to be shown in its. Theaters why because
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  Speaker 1: of a small patch On Tom crui's leather flight jacket
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  Speaker 1: depicting the flag Of. Taiwan no, violence not offensive, content
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  Speaker 1: not a diet tribe Against. China it was a patch
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  Speaker 1: on a jacket that ninety nine zero point nine percent
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  Speaker 1: of the audience would never have even noticed that single
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  Speaker 1: symbol was enough For beijing to block the film. Entirely
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  Speaker 1: the message was, unmistakable by the, way unmistakable by the
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  Speaker 1: way access To china's markets require you bowing down to, them,
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  Speaker 1: right political compliance and self. Censorship Ronald reagan understood the
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  Speaker 1: fight long before streaming even. Existed he knew television and
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  Speaker 1: storytelling were powerful tools in the battle of, ideas literally
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  Speaker 1: going after the in The Cold. War he understood that
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  Speaker 1: foreign or communist influence Over american media.
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  Speaker 3: Posed a real.
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  Speaker 1: Threat that's why he became so famous when he was
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  Speaker 1: fighting communism In. California As reagan, warned, quote freedom is
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  Speaker 1: never more than one generation away from. Extinction Protecting american
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  Speaker 1: culture and the cultural leadership became a cornerstone of his,
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  Speaker 1: presidency and that lesson matters more, NOW i argue than ever.
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  Speaker 3: Before there are.
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  Speaker 1: Also serious concerns about foreign money entering The american media,
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  Speaker 1: ecosystem and then national security risks that come with. It
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  Speaker 1: some company proposals are involving legacy studios that would shrink
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  Speaker 1: the field from five to four major, studios and that's a, problem,
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  Speaker 1: right concentrating more power in fewer hands and driving up
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  Speaker 1: costs for families who just want to watch a movie at.
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  Speaker 1: Home that kind of consolidation reduces, Competition it limits your
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  Speaker 1: choice and historically leads to, layoffs not. Innovation even more,
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  Speaker 1: troubling some of these proposal and these takeovers are requiring
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  Speaker 1: money to come from, overseas reportedly backed by twenty four,
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  Speaker 1: billion for, example from foreign. Governments did you HEAR i
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  Speaker 1: said foreign, governments Including Saudi, Arabia Abu, dhabi And. Qatar
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  Speaker 1: Now i'm hardly a fan of excess, regulation but we
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  Speaker 1: have laws on the books for reason to protect The
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  Speaker 1: american marketplace and The american people from foreign. Manipulation so
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  Speaker 1: let's be, clear twenty four. Billion twenty four billion from
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  Speaker 1: The Middle east is not. Philanthropy foreign governments do not
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  Speaker 1: invest billions In american media for. Fun they do it
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  Speaker 1: to gain, leverage, influence, narratives shape what you see and.
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  Speaker 1: Hear that's WHY i say this is a direct national security.
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  Speaker 1: Concern so in today's, world influence is, power and When
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  Speaker 1: american content is, weakened something else fills the, void and
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  Speaker 1: increasingly that content is shaped or approved by authoritarian. Governments
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  Speaker 1: that's the reason Why i'm saying right now This, Netflix Warner, Brothers, discovery.
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  Speaker 1: Merger it doesn't eliminate. Competition it actually Strengthens american company
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  Speaker 1: and allows for us to get foreign backed actors out
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  Speaker 1: of our. Studios that's WHY i say that this merger is.
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  Speaker 1: Important it's a vote For american, Workers american, creativity And american.
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  Speaker 1: Strength and by the, Way Ronald reagan knew culture influence
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  Speaker 1: was national security and power, that my friends hasn't. Changed
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  Speaker 1: so i'd encourage you call your, senator tell them what you.
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  Speaker 1: Think tell them if you want to back AS i
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  Speaker 1: do The Netflix Warner Brothers discovery. Merger why don't forget
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  Speaker 1: to share this, podcast by the, way with your family
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  Speaker 1: and your friends on social media wherever you can hit
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  Speaker 1: you again.
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  Speaker 3: Tomorrow