One Year Down, Self-Declared "Uniter" Biden is a Polarizing Failure

Live from the Fox News Radio Studios in New York City, fresh off the set of Fox and Friends, it's America's receptive voice. Brian Kill Me. Thanks so much for listening, everybody. It's the Brian Kill Me Show. I hope you had a great weekend.

I know it's a holiday, Martin Luther King Day, and I know many of you have different schedules, so I appreciate you putting us on the things to listen to list. Senator Joni Ernst is going to be with us live. That'll be great. And Patrick Morrissey. Patrick Morrissey is the West Virginia Attorney General, along with 15 other states, sued the federal government to not have private businesses have a vaccine mandate.

They won.

So let's get to the big three.

Now with the stories you need to know, it's Brian's big three. Number three. I think the administration made some mistakes at a macro level. The first was buying into this prevailing narrative that a lot of the problems that CDC owed to the Trump's administration and their mishandling of those agencies. The second challenge, I think, that they bought to themselves was federalizing this in ways that they didn't have to, particularly with respect to the vaccine mandates.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb saying it like it is. Get it together or get out of the way. That's the message from Dems, yes, on the Biden administration's COVID response as the fed up American public grow weary of the lack of tests, the mixed messaging and policies, and the statements that are flat out misleading the American people. Number two.

Manchin and Senema. And they are holding up the democratic agenda. They don't care about minorities. They don't care about blacks. They don't care about people in their own districts.

Why does she not be held accountable for her horrific statements voting? Dems are using MLK Dang to push back against the Republicans' push for voter integrity, pretending that it's 1870 or 1960. How moderates like Mitt Romney and Bill Cassidy are leading the way for Republicans to really define what this is all about. Number He's had a bad year. He's had 52 weeks of bad weeks.

I mean, people are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation. Gasoline prices are, what, 50% higher than they were when he took office. The border is a mess. COVID was resurgent, but he didn't have in place the tests people needed to keep themselves safe. Mitt Romney sounded like Donald Trump one year down, and that's exactly how I described the Biden administration.

Down. We will look at how this self-described Uniter became a polarizing failure and how he might be able to turn things around. Because listen, I want him to be good. I mean, I don't think his policies are good. I didn't like his platform.

I thought he was a terrible campaigner. I never thought he was a good candidate, and neither did the Democrats. He never got close to even smell the nomination. But because of all the Very unique things that happened. He was able to campaign in his basement, and they had no choice.

They had to turn to him. And he's shot. He's been terrible. Nobody, and the American public has not given him a second look since Afghanistan.

So, for example, here's the promise. Here's the promise. of President-elect Biden and President Biden. Cut two. Testing, tracing, masking.

not politicizing the race. For a vaccine, I'm going to shut down the virus. We will deal honestly with the American people. And will never, ever, ever quit. I'll put in place a plan to deal with this pandemic responsibly.

On July 4th, we're going to celebrate our independence from the virus. And guess what? We're in the middle of June, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and we're in the middle of a second variant. They didn't see the first one, they didn't see the second one, they didn't order enough tests, and they have not done an operation warp speed version for therapeutics.

Do you realize people are dying right now because a therapeutic that we thought was going to pass, he would not bet would from Pfizer, one from Merck. Could be ready, but they only have ordered, none have arrived, 20 million. And the last 10 million just came last week.

So. Let's look at Joe Biden. $2 trillion build back better plan? Dead. No clear push forward on a voting rights bill because there shouldn't be one.

COVID hospitalizations hit record high. Border encounters are record high. You know why? He has thoroughly ignored it, and his vice president has just ignored it as well. Inflation up 7%.

That's what Mitt Romney was referring to. And I mentioned Afghanistan. And as of last week, a huge threat of a Cold War after a would-be invasion of Ukraine, as it looks like the Russians are all set to do it. That's what we're looking at now, as written up by Maureen Down in the New York Times yesterday. About The current state of the Biden administration.

Oh, the tribulations of Joe Biden. Kirsten Sinema humiliated him. Mitch McConnell disrespected him. The Supreme Court blocked him. Vladimir Putin scorned him.

Inflation defied him. COVID stalked him. And even Stacey Abrams stiffed him. That is why we're at right now.

So I want to get into voting rights, and I do want to get in. I don't want to take too much time from Senator Joni Ernst. But here is Mitt Romney. Just saying, listen, I wanted to work with you. I was one of the people on the bipartisan plan.

You never called me about voting. You never called me about even Buildback Better. Not that he would have signed off on it. Cut three. He's had a bad year.

He's had 52 weeks of bad weeks. I mean, people are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation. Gasoline prices are, what, 50% higher than they were when he took office. The border is a mess. COVID was resurgent, but he didn't have in place the tests people needed to keep themselves safe.

And then, of course, there was a disaster in Afghanistan. Russia is now threatening Ukraine. Yeah, I mean, everything he said was 100% right. And he's not a firebrand. That's why I pulled Bill Cassidy and Mitt Romney.

Because these guys were just saying it like it is. And it's not somebody that would, you know, listen, he's going to get elected in Utah as long as he wants to run.

So he doesn't mind defying his party. Cut four. Things are not going well and the president needs to stop and reset and say what is it he's trying to accomplish and if it's to try and transform America, he's not going to unite us. Bringing us together means finding a way to work on a bipartisan basis. He had one success, the infrastructure bill, and that was done by Republicans and Democrats in the Senate working together.

Build on that kind of success.

So, a couple of things. He's 100% right. And he waited three months to pass it. Mitt Romney left that out. And he said the day he announced it, he had a press conference later.

He said, But one's not going to pass without the other. And the other ended up being named Build Back Better, which was that $2 trillion plan that Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema said it's absolutely terrible. We're in an inflationary cycle. Are you kidding? A very friendly CBS poll is out, gave the president a 44% approval rating, second lowest at this point.

49% approve his COVID response. That should drop. This is a very friendly poll. The economy, only 38% approve of it. How he's handling inflation, just 30%.

69% say they find the guidance when it comes to COVID-19 confusing. 61% disapprove of the vax mandates. 47% say he was not. Prepared to handle the variants.

So, the economy, why is it so low? CBS delved into it.

So, what don't you like about the economy? 80%. Say inflation is the problem. Supply chain 65%, the virus 53%.

So voting is the other major thing. They're pretending as if this is civil rights. It's about black and white. It has nothing to do with black and white. You look at Georgia, Texas, Arizona.

This is called election integrity after loosening up restrictions because of the pandemic. James Clyburn, who was on every show yesterday, acting like this is 1960 or 1860. Cut 11. Are the election reform bills dead, do you think? No, I don't.

Uh they may be on life support. Uh book You know, Son Lewis, the others. Did not give up. after the 64 Civil Rights Act. That's why he got the 65 voting rights act.

So I'm gonna tell everybody: we're not giving up, we're gonna fight. And V plan to win. Because the people of goodwill. Are going to break their silence. And help us win this battle.

What are you talking about? Wouldn't what, battle? You want to federalize elections? You want to ease up on voter ID when 70% of the country, including most in minority communities, want to make sure that people have a license or some type of voter ID?

So what are you talking about? You're talking about, I don't know, lessening hours. There's more hours to vote in places like Arizona, places like Florida, places like Georgia than there are in Delaware and New York. Cut 12. I would ask those people.

Uh what do you think? uh it is going too far is it going too far Do it criminalize. giving somebody a bottle of water Standing in line, trying to vote. Standing in the lab for four or five hours. Is that going too far?

Is it going too far to put in place mechanism to nullify a vote. Uh when people have uh cast their votes, if you don't like the outcome then you've got the power to notify that. Is that going too far? The whole thing on a bottle of water, poll workers can give it. If you want to if you think you got to wait online five hours, which isn't happening even in Georgia, you bring a bottle of water.

Does anyone have a thermos? Are you kidding? To pretend that this is a black and white situation, that the president comes out and makes a speech that's the most insulting speech. If you don't agree with me, you're Jefferson Davis, a Democrat, or do you want to agree with me and be Abraham Lincoln, a Republican? I know.

Everything's on its head.

So, Bill Cassidy, I'm so proud of him on scene and listen to Clyburn. And I can't play you the whole interview. But it was totally irresponsible to hear that mischaracterization. Cut 15. If these laws are constitutional, they'll be struck down.

They're not criminalizing giving people water. They're just saying you can't walk up to them just before they walk in, give them a piece of water, and tell them who to vote for. You can still give water to the people working at the poll. They can distribute it.

Now, if you're trying to call the United States of America to unity, trying to get us to where we will come to common ground, you don't end up spreading things that are untrue or frankly lies. And that's why people think we need the filibuster. Otherwise, you're just totally rolled by somebody who's willing to sacrifice truth to pursue their agenda. And their agenda is black and white. He's trying to get the black vote back because little by little it is going over to Republicans, not by enough.

But it's enough to really disturb them to make these speeches like he's making.

Now, guess what he's doing? He's pivoting to police reform, it should be criminal reform. Crime reform. You should be focusing on crime in America, not cops in America.

So, when we come back, how does Senator Joni Ernst feel about this? Can they actually win back the Senate? And how does she feel about voter integrity? Does she think that's going to resonate with this country? I hope not.

And then, followed by Patrick Morrissey, the Attorney General, talking about voting and talking about vaccine mandates as well over in West Virginia. We also want to check in on Governor Jim Justice, who has COVID-19 and is having a tough time with it. You listen to the Brian Kilmey Show.

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And for us to focus on the president's words, And not pay any attention to the deeds of those legislators in Texas, in Georgia, and 17 other states. That passed 35, 34 laws that is draconian when it comes to voting. That's where our attention ought to be. Really? In 25 states, they enacted 62 laws with provisions to expand voting access.

In 19 states, they enacted 33 laws to bring voter integrity to the process because of 2020. It's important for Republicans to get a counter message because Democrats are making this a black and white issue. Is that indeed the case? Senator Joni Ernst doesn't think so. She's on the Armed Services and Small Business Committee.

The Senator from Iowa joins us now. Senator, welcome back. Hey, Brian, great to be with you. Thanks so much.

So first off, are you astounded and flabbergasted from the President's speech to James Clyburn's interviews, how they're characterizing these voter integrity laws? It is unbelievable, Brian. Republicans want to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. But Washington Democrats, I don't care what kind of catchy name you give a bill, they just simply want to take over our elections. They want to federalize what is done at the state and local levels.

And unfortunately, I don't see that as being a good thing. They bring up the fact that they say in Georgia it's up to you can, as a federal official, decide to nullify a vote total in a district. Where is that written?

Well, that is not. And I think the Democrats are gaslighting the American people. We know that we have fair elections, not to say there's not fraud in certain instances. We know that to be as true as well. But we do have state elections officials, local elections officials that can watch out for that type of thing.

But what the Democrats are trying to do, and through this bill, they would eliminate Voter ID at the polls, which we know makes our elections safer, they would legalize ballot harvesting so political hacks could go out and try and scam votes from voters to turn in or not turn in. And then it would put Washington, D.C. bureaucrats in charge of our election system. And basically, that would create a federal jobs program for political consultants and pollsters. Folks that see this as a voter integrity thing, it's not.

It's actually moving us in a different direction. No kidding, because you're going to have to show ID and a vaccine card to be able to vote. You know that? And then they're going to say, we don't need to see that same license when it comes to registration and matching. And it's been brought up before that by Mitt Romney, of all people, that you compare what Georgia's doing to Delaware and New York and New Jersey.

This is what he said: Cut 16. We have laws that prevent discrimination based upon race, and that should be the case. But what I think we have to point out here is that a state like Georgia, which everybody's talking about because the president went there, it's easier to vote in Georgia, even under the new legislation. than it is to vote in Delaware. Or to vote in New York, or to vote in New Jersey.

And no one is saying that, oh, New York has discriminatory practices. No, New York's practices are more stringent, more difficult to vote there than Georgia.

So this is clearly a political play. It's damaging to the country center, too, because it makes it seem as if this doesn't pass, you don't like black people. I know, and that is the very unfortunate thing about what the Democrats are trying to push and exactly what President Biden in his very, very divisive speech the other day demonizing the very people that want to shore up our election system. And again, when you look at the red states that are being targeted, Iowa has also changed its voter laws over the course of the last number of years. But you know what?

We haven't seen voter suppression. In fact, we have actually seen the percentage of voter participation increasing with every one of our elections. And Iowa, I'll point out, even though it had been targeted by the Biden administration and other Democrats, In a number of their speeches, because of the changes we've made to our voter laws. The fact is, Iowa is still much more progressive. As Senator Mitt Romney pointed out, than Delaware and New York.

When you look at the first year in office with President Biden, the guy that was going to kill the virus, not the economy, has that happened? Absolutely, it hasn't happened. And you can just look around the country. We still have labor shortages. We have supply shortages.

We have all kinds of variants taking off and no means for Americans to go out and test themselves.

So this has been just a disastrous first year in office for President Biden. A man who said he would come in and unify our country actually had that horrible speech the other day on voting and federalizing our election system. We have an open southern border. I know those folks aren't being tested as they're coming across the border.

So we have this. Immigration crisis at the southern border. We have the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal this last August, where we left Americans stranded behind enemy lines. I could go on and on. Inflation, the highest in 40 years, you name it.

What? Crisis has this president not? You've got a lot to run on, Senator. Not you, but your party does. Senator Joni Ernst, thanks so much.

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A radio show like no other. It's Brian Kilmead. Dr. Murthy, you mentioned those therapeutics, antiviral pills. They have had extraordinary results, but only 20 million more were ordered, and there's 35 million unvaccinated people.

Well, so here's what's important, Martha, is to recognize that there are actually multiple therapeutics we have now.

So while the 20 million refers to the Paxilvid, the Pfizer medication, there are additional medications. There is the Merck medication Malnu Pirivir. There are also intravenous medications, three of them, in fact, that we have now that we feel confident are effective against COVID-19. And we have thousands of doses of those available, in fact, millions. And so you put all of this together, and that's where you see that we have more supply in January than we've had in any other month.

But we're not stopping there. We are continuing to increase month by month our supply so that we can get those medications to people who are sick, who are at high risk, and ultimately save their lives. Is that unbelievable, the Surgeons General talking in circles like a politician? Even Martha Raditz can't resist of ABC, can't resist saying, we have therapeutics, you didn't order them, and he's bragging how many he has. They've been created, but he doesn't have any to give to people.

I mean, what is going on here? The Attorney General of West Virginia joins us now, Patrick Morsey. And you guys had a major victory last week because you stopped the vaccine mandate for private businesses. How gratifying was that?

Well, I'll tell you, it was a huge victory. We knew all along that what Biden was trying to do to his employers was absolutely unlawful, unconstitutional, never envisioned when they created OSHA, but they just moved full speed ahead, even though I think they knew they were going to get struck down in the courts.

So that was huge, and we can protect more of our people. Obviously, Brian, at the same time, they also indicated they supported the health care mandate. We think that was wrong. We're going to keep pressing. But look, these guys give us something to shoot at every single day, as you know from your radio program.

And we have to be vigilant. We have to make sure that we're aggressive against Biden's overreach because it impacts every aspect of American life.

So he wants to demand vaccines. He wants nothing to do with therapeutics. And not ordering it is sinful. People will die. Yet there's a cure out there we just don't have enough of.

I can't believe we're even talking about this. We're starting our third year with this virus. Two weeks to slow the spread, and he was so critical of it. But when you look at what's now happening now in the country, people, it looks like Democrats, 50 Democrats have written the President to say, where are the tests, where are the therapeutics, and get the communication together. Have you heard that from some Democratic colleagues?

Well, I think most people across the spectrum know that Biden's handling of the coronavirus has been an epic failure on all fronts. And we know that this is a tough job, but Biden has been flip-flopping along and they haven't done the basic things that they need to marshal the resources to work with the states. Obviously, they've downplayed significantly the type of therapeutic regimens that will actually help people that need it now. And so I think this is one of the reasons why people are so disoriented and disturbed with the Biden administration because they're just not executing the basic functions of government competently. And that's true whether you're talking about coronavirus or immigration or many other areas.

So you remember with Derron Trump, Trump's approach was: let's give the states the power and the lead. Let them tell us what we need, and we'll try to get it to them. Tell me what you need. Mike Pence headed up the pandemic unit. Remember that.

So Governor Larry Hogan, who was all. Often critical of Trump, says this is getting ridiculous because it looks like the federal government is now hoarding everything. And in the past, he says he doesn't even get on the phone calls, cut 22. The President announced nearly a month ago before Christmas that he was going to distribute these Half a billion rapid tests out across the country, and so far we haven't seen any. We were acquiring our own.

You know, the states have been on the front lines throughout this crisis. And now it appears as if, rather than producing more of these rapid tests, the federal government is just purchasing the ones that we had already contracted for.

So now we're sort of hijacking the tests that we already had plans for, and we're now getting some of those providers to tell us they no longer have the masks, the rapid tests on masks. I announced last week that we were delivering free of charge 20 million N95 and KN95 masks across the state. And I think the federal government is following behind, trying to do the same thing in other places. Is that incredible that the federal government is scooping up and trumping the contracts of states? Look, I mean, unfortunately, none of this is surprising because what you're seeing all along is that the federal government's abdicating its traditional responsibilities.

And we could talk about that at length, whether you're talking about what it's doing to hurt energy resources or the inactivity or the incompetence at the border. But when it comes to COVID, I think what you're seeing, Brian, is that the states have to step up, and they are stepping up. You see that a lot of states are coming together. They're trying to access these therapeutic regimens. It would be a heck of a lot easier if the federal government just doesn't block the state's path, but that's what we're seeing right now.

Mr. Waton, Attorney General Patrick Morsey, fresh off his victory along with other attorney generals who sued the federal government to not mandate vaccines for businesses. You're also at the forefront of the fentanyl crisis because they're coming after you guys. You're not near the border, but the fentanyl that's coming across the border gets right to your state. And we know how it works.

It's synthetically made in China. It goes to the Mexican cartels, and the cartels human trafficking to get it across into our country, and it's killing West Virginians, it's killing Americans. What are you now asking the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, to do? Yeah, a couple of things. First of all, Brian, you're exactly right.

When Middle America and flyover country think of the immigration crisis, to them, this is about fentanyl. It's about the illicit drugs that are flooding across the border. It's a huge problem. And immigration policies that are being set by this administration have been an unmitigated disaster.

So West Virginia's weighed in. We've sued the Homeland Security Department because they failed to utterly take into account what's going on at the border with fentanyl.

So we thought we'd take another step further, which is we got together with 16 states and we wrote a letter to Secretary of State Lincoln because we want to know what he's doing to work with China to stop the flow of the basic ingredients and the precursors to fentanyl into Mexico. Many people may not realize this, but back in 2019, President Trump actually worked in agreement with China and really focused on the fentanyl. Issue. And it seems like over the last couple of years, things have slid horribly backward. And so we're asking the Secretary of State to say, hey, you need to put a lot of pressure on China.

You need to put a lot of pressure on the Mexican government to curb the Mexican drug cartels because we're seeing massive death. I mean, literally 100% increase in fentanyl death year to year. It's unbelievable, and it's a huge problem. By the way, it's China's poisoning us. I mean, let's just be honest.

They're using cartels to poison us who just care about the money.

So they're doing that. By the way, this just came across. China has barred foreign spectators from attending the winter games.

Now they have barring their own citizens from attending the games. I don't know why anybody would, I feel bad for the athletes, but at this point, with the sponsors and what China has done with this pandemic and with fentanyl, I have no idea why we're going. But I want you to hear, I've just a quick thing. Could you update me on how Governor Justice is doing? I hear he got the virus.

and he said he was having a hard time with it. Yeah, so Governor Justice contracted a coronavirus and apparently had a couple bad days of it. But now, according to all the reports we're seeing, he's picking it back up and he said he's ready to come back to work. I think he's actually doing a scheduled news conference today.

So that's good news because we all want him to be healthy and he's working really hard.

So I think that's positive. I think many of us take this coronavirus very, very seriously.

So when your governor gets it, you want to root him on and make sure that he's getting back safe and healthy. He's a Republican, but he wanted a fourth shot.

So he's not, he was pro vaccine. The 60 Minutes highlighted how well you've distributed the vaccine throughout West Virginia.

So he is not reluctant to tell everybody about it. But first off, Senator Joe Manchin, along with Senator Sinema, is saving the country, not packing the court, not blowing up the filibuster, not passing Bill Back Better. And that caught the wrath of Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who is so ill-equipped, in my view, to be a lawmaker, let alone somebody of impact, cut 10. Manchin and Cinema, and they are holding up the Democratic agenda. They have decided that they are going to stick with support of the filibuster.

They don't care about minorities. They don't care about blacks. They don't care about people in their own districts. They don't d is the Senator Joe Manchin you know don't care about blacks? Look, what you hear, anytime someone seems to disagree with Maxine Waters, they become a racist.

This is ridiculous on every level. And I think that Senator Manchin is voting in the interest of West Virginians when he opposes Build Back Better, when he opposes this expansive election rights policy that the Democrats are putting out.

So I think West Virginians are really clear they want their senators to stand up and oppose this one-party rule coming out of Washington, D.C. And I think that's what you're seeing our West Virginia representatives do.

So I think that we're urging Senator Manchin. We're rooting him on to vote against these extreme policies that would hurt West Virginia and our country. And so far on these big issues, he's done that. As a conservative, I know you agree with that. What about the people of West Virginia that put him in office?

Look, obviously, many people listening may know I lost to him in one of the closest U.S. Senate races in the country back in 2018. But I think it's important that you put the country first. And I think that that's what West Virginians know about as well. And that a lot of people are trying to give Senator Manchin a little bit of space and room to try to convince him to vote the right way.

That's not always been the case, right? We know that. But I think on these big issues, once again, the huge spending matters, inflation, and on election policy, so far he's said no to making the kind of changes that would hurt West Virginians. I think West Virginians are supportive of that. And if West Virginians continue to see that their representatives are voting the right way, then there's not going to be any problem for them.

So, and I think that's good for the country. Gotcha. Very mature of you. Mr. Attorney General Patrick Morrissey, please tell Governor Justice.

We are hoping for a continued speedy recovery. Amen. Hey, thanks, Brian, and appreciate you having me on. You got it. Patrick Morrissey, great.

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It's the Ben Dominich Podcast. Subscribe and listen now by going to FoxNewsPodcasts.com. The more you listen, the more you'll know it's Brian Killmead. President Biden's New Year's resolutions fell apart in the third week of January. The Supreme Court struck down his vaccine mandate, the voting rights bill got blocked, and his approval rating is so low, it's gone into power save mode.

But I will point out there was another president who had a disastrous start to his first term, yet he became an inspiration to generations of Republicans even to this day. I'm talking, of course, about Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. And there are still statues of him in 10 different states, which, come to think of it, probably explains why the voting rights stuff isn't working out. Right. Jefferson Davis, of course, he wouldn't know this.

Colin Jost was a Democrat. And most of the southern problems in the south were from Democrats. They wanted segregation. They wanted separate but equal. They wanted no part of releasing their slaves.

And now that has reversed. I wanted the South Carolina. It's as integrated as anything I've ever seen. The same thing I could say from Atlanta when I was in Georgia, traveling around when I was in Alabama as well, in a great town, as well as going through Florida. That's the way it was, and this is the way it is.

And if anybody thought That that speech was effective They are dreaming. Because it helped the activists, but it didn't help any of the voters. I'm talking about what President Biden did one year in. How do you view it? Garrett's listening on WDBO, our coveted affiliate in Orlando.

What's on your mind, Garrett? Good morning, Brian. I was calling to comment on Senators Cinema and Mincan, as how they seem to represent the true spirit. Spirit. of the original constitution.

Where the Senators were not elected by popular vote, but by the state's legislatures. and present a pretty much a clear example to me as to uh Hmm. to uh repeal the Seventeenth Amendment. Look, we know it drove. It drove everybody crazy when Murkowski and Collins would come out against President Trump and President Bush.

We knew that. And we knew it it drives uh Democrats crazy with with Manchin and Cinema saying, I'm not going to blow up the filibuster. I am not going to sign off on $2.2 trillion when we saw the inflation's now at six percent, seven percent. I'm not going to do that. And it drives them nuts.

But now they have their own party, Garrett, calling them racists. They don't like black people. What are they even talking about? Um It's uh it's it's it's it's It's simple, it could be summed up in two words: race baiting. Yeah, hopefully, people don't buy it because when there is race issues, we want to rally around it, but not for no reason.

I'm so disappointed in James Clyburn, especially. He acts like it's 1960 or 1860, and it's just so wrong. Black people wait online for hours and they can't get a glass of water, or people be arrested. There's nothing true about any of those words. Tom listening in Georgia.

Hey, Tom. Hey, before I get to my point, Clyburn is the maxine water is just a l of the of the of the other gender, if we can even say that, only a little less strident. Anyway, on the on the on the vaccine and Sorry, the rapid test. Why can't the states see what my understanding is Have the major Control of health care in this system, why can't they immediately sue for an immediate stoppage? of the federal takeover of the contracts that they've already uh engaged in.

to get these tests to the states.

However, they could go legally. But you know what they just want? I mean, rather than sue the state the federal government and maybe this delay months, they just want the fed they want the tests. And now, the federal government is actually trumping the contracts of individual states in order to bring the tests to them so they can hand out and be the heroes. Maybe this is something to do at Wednesday's press conference.

And if the tests ended up directly in Maryland, directly in Arizona, directly in Iowa, it wouldn't make the president look good when he says, I've ordered 500 million tests. That's the only thing I could think of. I don't get it. The COVID-19 has been an absolute embarrassment. And I thought that Tom Bossard put it well: Cut 21.

The federal government really has two big primary roles. The first is procuring. these vaccines and treatments, and we've made some significant mistakes there and failed to make big bets. The doctor mentioned that we've got another Merck drug that we've ordered, but they ordered that one early in the test trial phase. That's what they should have done with Paxlovid.

They waited six months for second and third phase trials and they shouldn't have done that. And what Tom Bosser went on to say, If you admit your shortcomings, it's beginning, it makes this seem and actually is your way of being honest. Yeah, I should have ordered more of that. That's not going to happen again and fix it. You know, I should have done with therapeutics which I did with what President Trump did with vaccines.

Take a bet, I know it's on it with American tax dollars that Merck is for real, that Pfizer is going to pull this off. And when it's ready, we'll have 100 million every month ready to go. But instead, people are gasping for breath in the hospital because he did not mass order Merck and Pfizer therapeutics. Because I believe he'd rather us get vaccinated, but it's not in our interest, it's in his. Hey, it's Will Kane, co-host of Fox and Friends Weekend.

Join me as I share my thoughts on a wide range of topics from sports and pop culture to politics and business. The Will Kane Podcast. Subscribe and listen now at FoxNewsPodcasts.com. From the Fox News Radio Studios in New York City, giving you opinions and facts with a positive approach. It's Brian Kilmead.

Thanks so much for listening, everybody. It's the Brian Killmee Show. It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's a holiday and it should be.

If you're listening to us for the first time in a long time, because you might be off today, thank you very much. I think you're going to enjoy it. We come to you from New York, heard around the country, and as I mentioned, around the world. Michael Goodwin from the New York Post will be with us in a matter of seconds. We know that horrific subway story over the weekend in Times Square, nice station.

I go there maybe four times a week to take that one stop when I'm in a mad rush to get the train. And now, this woman just waiting on the sidelines, some crazy lunatic, homeless guy walks up and throws her in front of the train, and she's dead. And the mayor says, well, don't misperceive subways are safe.

Now, I know he wants us on subways, but don't say that. I mean, come on. You're telling us that now? Big three.

Now with the stories you need to know, it's Brian's big three. Number three. I think the administration made some mistakes at a macro level. The first was buying into this prevailing narrative that a lot of the problems that CDC have owed to the Trump's administration and their mishandling of those agencies. The second challenge I think that they bought for themselves was federalizing this in ways that they didn't have to, particularly with respect to the vaccine mandates.

That is Scott Gottlieb. Get it together or get out of the way. That's the message from Democrat lawmakers on the Biden administration's COVID response as the fed up American public grow weary of the lack of tests, the mixed messaging on policies, and statements that have been flat-out misleading to the American people. Number two. Manchin and Sinema.

And they are holding up the Democratic agenda. They don't care about minorities. They don't care about blacks. They don't care about people in their own districts. Can someone tell Maxine Waters they're not districts, they're states, and they're Democrats?

Voting. Dems are using MLK Jr. Day to push back against the Republican push for voter integrity, pretending this is 1870 or 1960. How moderates like Mitt Romney and Bill Cassidy are leading the way with these elusive things called facts. Number one.

He's had a bad year. He's had 52 weeks of bad weeks. I mean, people are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation. Gasoline prices are what, 50% higher than they were when he took office. The border is a mess.

COVID was resurgent, but he didn't have in place the tests people needed to keep themselves safe. Is that Jim Jordan or is that Mitt Romney? One year down, and that's exactly how I described the Biden administration. Down. We're going to look at how the self-declared Uniter became a polarizing failure and how he might be able to turn it around, which I'm hoping for because I'm country first.

Oh, let's bring in Michael Goodwin, also feels the same way. New York Post columnist, Fox News contributor. Michael, you basically the column, the headline of your title could have been written by Mitt Romney's comments. Biden's a dud man walking. I mean, he has failed this year.

Oh, no question, Brian. week was a spectacular failure. The speech in Georgia has been called a turning point by many people, and I think that's correct. When Biden attacked those who don't agree with him on this piece of legislation, two pieces of legislation on voting. uh federal election laws.

And when he called them traitors and likened them to Jefferson Davis, to George Wallace. I mean it was Bull Conner. I mean it it was designed and large uh and of course to a largely black student audience in Georgia. I mean he's poisoning people with this kind of rhetoric. And in my column Brian I point out a fascinating aspect of this.

I mean it was so foolish to do this. you had to know that Mansion and Cinema had made it very clear they were not going to break the filibuster to pass these laws. And yet Biden went anyway And you have to ask yourself, what is he doing? Why did he do that? I mean, he's effectively calling them racist and traitors.

And some in his own party said he went too far.

So why did he do that? And the answer tells you all you need to know about the incompetence and incoherence of this Presidency. He went because some of the activists who are pushing him on these laws felt he hadn't done enough to support them. And so he goes down there and opens this can of vitriol and name calling and inflammatory language, all to show the leftists, the far leftists, that he cares about the issue.

Now think about that. What about all of the people he has abandoned? What about all of the moderates? I mean, it is inconceivable to me that Joe Biden has given his presidency. The far left.

It makes no sense based on his career, based on his campaign, based on where the country is. And yet, that is why he went there and threw gasoline on the racial fires and pleased the far left, which in the end, some of them snubbed him anyway, including Stacey Abrams. Right. And the thing is, he feels though he's losing a lot of the black vote if you look at what happened in this off-year election. And if you see what happened with Trump, now you're not talking about 50-50.

You're still talking about 18%, but that's devastating to Democrats.

So what he's doing, I don't know who's advising him, who's writing the story. Is it Susan Rice? Is it pure their chief of staff, Ron Clain? I am not sure what is behind it, but I'm not sure he's divorced from it. People like to say, well, he's out of it.

Not really. This is pretty much what he thinks. And remember, he's more of a chameleon. What does it take to be effective? He was in the 90s.

He was anti-criminal. He thinks his party is pro-criminal now. Do you know what he's doing now? He's turning the page and Going back to police reform and going to put into play executive action. On what planet is this guy on?

Is he seeing what's happening in in New York, for example, with the blowback this DA is getting as we watch innocent people waiting for subways being thrown on tracks by homeless people that should be in jail? You know, Brian. understand more of what he's doing. which is he look, he's he's appealing only to Democrats now. But not all Democrats Only to the Far left.

group.

Now that may be a significant portion, but it is clearly not the entire Democratic Party. I mean, to get Bernie Sanders' vote, if you have to go all the way out there on the fringe to get the Bernie Bros and to get the activist vote, keep going, but you are divorcing yourself from the middle of the country of both parties. And not to mention Independence. In their most recent poll, Independence gave him a twenty-five percent job approval. You cannot win a national election with one party.

You need to get the independence as well. And he has failed to do that. There's no question he has failed to do that, and he doesn't seem to want to, which is pretty nutty. He's got a press conference Wednesday. He's kicked his first State of the Union address to March 1st.

So it's one of the latest ever given. I think he wants to change the narrative. He thinks the Omicron will be fading, and it's beginning to stall, thankfully, in Washington and New York. But I was struck by the amount of moderates that went back at him because here is Mitt Romney cut four. Things are not going well.

And the president needs to stop and reset and say, what is it he's trying to accomplish? And if it's to try and transform America, he's not going to unite us. Bringing us together means finding a way to work on a bipartisan basis. He had one success, the infrastructure bill, and that was done by Republicans and Democrats in the Senate working together. Build on that kind of success.

And I've had three more sound bites that make him sound like Jim Jordan. I mean, this has Cassidy and Romney incensed. That says a lot, doesn't it?

Well, it does because I mean they are embarrassed too because they have held out the olive branch to Biden and he keeps spurning it. I mean even the infrastructure bill that Romney mentions That could have been done much earlier. It sat there for what, six weeks after it was passed, yeah, before he signed it, and he signed it in secret. I mean, he didn't want to publicly be seen with Republicans. There's no other way he didn't want to give them any credit.

And look, Brian, you and I have discussed this infrastructure thing for years. They could have had this bill five years ago. Donald Trump wanted to do an infrastructure bill. The Democrats wouldn't do anything with Donald Trump. They would not be seen with Donald Trump except to point fingers at him.

And so this infrastructure keeps getting kicked around. I mean, they passed the bill. What have they done since? I mean, is there a push to get the money out the door, to get the projects going? Probably not, because it was all about the appearances for Biden.

I mean, it's a very strange presidency. It doesn't make any sense. There's no coherence to it. You would think that after being in the Senate all those years, being vice president, Biden would have at least a pretty good year for politics. But the politics of this administration are bizarre.

They are self-defeating at every turn. It really is. And I got to bring you to what happened in New York over the weekend. Again, we watched a carjacking on 55th and Broadway. Just if you're listening around the country, it's a nice area.

And we watched that happen in daylight. We caught it on tape. And then this Michelle Alicia Goh, who is a 40-year-old MBA grad from NYU, who has done work ironically and sadly with the homeless, is waiting for a Times Square subway and is thrown in front of a train at the perfect timing to kill her instantly by a man that should have been incarcerated. And the mayor comes out and says, don't think that subways are unsafe. I don't really think that's the right time with that message.

But this is at the same time the DA is speaking to his church saying, I've had a tough two weeks because people don't like my policies. What are your thoughts about this?

Well look I I think the A lot of New Yorkers Are you looking at this situation and saying, do I stay or do I go? And a lot, of course, a lot of them have left because of Bill de Blasio primarily. He's no longer mayor. Adams comes in, talks, says says all the right things about crime and education and seems to be consistent in everything he has said during the campaign and since the campaign. This note yesterday that the subways are safe and that this is a problem of perception only was a real mistake.

This is not true. It's simply not true, that it's just a matter of perception. He didn't say this when he was running for mayor. He says it now that he is mayor. And that draws suspicions that he is not as committed to these things as he said he was.

Now, I hope that's wrong. I hope he is committed to it, and that this was just a one-off misstatement when he wasn't thinking clearly about how it would look and sound. But this idea sounds as if, oh, there's no big problem. You know, it's just getting overplayed by the media. I mean, when you start retreating behind that sort of thing, you know, I mean, even Ronald Reagan at one point when he was President and there was a lot of talk about unemployment and everything, he apparently said to some aides, you know, I don't understand all this fixation on ten percent unemployment.

That means ninety percent of the people are working. Why don't we talk about them? And so politicians don't want the negative accentuated, but of course the media and your opposition is going to accentuate the negative. And so in this case, that's what made Adams mayor. He was going to change the tone.

Change the facts on the ground. This sounds like a retreat, and I hope he cleans it up quickly.

Well, I would hope so. The DA comes out and is speaking to a church audience and says, You know, I've had a tough two weeks. I grew up, I was stabbed, I was this, I saw people shot in front of me. We look into his background. And I'm not saying all of it's not true, but he lived in a $3 million brownstone, went to a private school and to an Ivy League college.

Where was the turbulence and stress and strife in this guy's background? Do we have another fictional character at a key position like DA in Manhattan?

Well look. Uh uh you know, whatever his background, whatever his experiences, and they seem to be mixed at best. There's no excuse for the way he's talked and his policies about crime. You simply cannot continue down this path. of letting people out of jail, letting them go without bail.

Reducing charges, making everything a misdemeanor, saying armed robbery isn't really armed robbery if nobody gets hurt. I mean, this kind of nonsense is going to get people killed. And the last DA was lousy on crime. This one happens to be even worse. They've decriminalized too many things.

And you know, Brian, our society, no society can hang together if there are no consequences for serious misconduct. Yeah, it's Alvin Bragg. He's got to straighten up or else he's going to be done toast. And we're going to pay the price. Because when criminals don't fear the law, we're all doomed.

Michael Goodwin puts it all in perspective. One year in, it's going to be a long three years, especially if the Republicans can't make a clean sweep for both chambers in the midterms, in my view. Michael, thanks so much. My pleasure, Brian. Thank you.

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If you're interested in it, Brian's talking about it. You're with Brian Kilmead. The John Lewis bill would basically give the unelected, unaccountable career bureaucrat at the Justice Department. The ability to veto. Almost all election changes, redistricting new redistricting maps.

of state legislatures, even changes made by referenda by voters. That is an unbelievable intrusion into state sovereignty, and frankly, it's a way of overriding the will of the state legislators and the voters in every single state. Van Spassky. He is a I was on with Mark Levin over the weekend on television. He's a senior legal fellow with the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.

And people say, John Lewis, what a great freedom fighter he was. Let's just go do this voting reform to make America a better place. Really? Federalizing elections, deciding that gerrymandering should be done in Washington, D.C., when you have state electors and they gerrymandering has been happening really since our country's been having elections. And when you equate what's happening in 2022, what's happening in 1870, you really think you're going to bring this country together?

Forget it. Raleigh, North Carolina, WPTF, is where we find Tom. Hey, Tom. Hey, good morning, Brian. I want to make two quick comments.

First of all, in North Carolina, we voted three, four years ago. 80% voted in favor of showing a valid ID to vote. And one judge overturned that.

Now, let me switch over to COVID. My neighbors went to Spain. They were there for Christmas. Uh Husband and daughter got COVID, they tested positive.

So they were going to try to come back.

So the night before they tested positive, the next morning they tested negative. I don't even think these tests are even accurate. Oh, that's true. I think the rapid tests are 80% effective. That's why they say get three.

Get three. Number one, I'd like one. And number two is, okay, I got two negatives. What do I keep taking them until I get a positive? And then what's the false?

What is the best two out of three? I mean, it's incredible. Then they say, well, the other one, you're going to pick up traces of the virus for 14 days. Then we're never going to get out of quarantine.

So it is a joke. We're going to look back at this and say how many times the ineptness of the CDC and the FDA has left us behind. And can I point out that there's nobody currently running the FDA? There's no appointed, confirmed officer running the FDA in the middle of a pandemic.

Now beginning its third year. Oh, the virus that the president didn't stop. When we come back, we have some fun. We talk football. It's one of the game's all-time greats, defensive lineman, Tony Saragusa.

You're listening to the Brian Killmee Show. Radio that makes you think. This is the Brian Killmead Show. The season comes down to this. It is car end zone.

Here's something. Jermaine Pratt has it and for the first time in 31 years. Cincinnati. You're Bengals and what a playoff game. Yes, and they hold off the Raiders and they do that.

The crowd stood up and never sat down. Final score, 26-19. Tampa was easy. They were up 31-0. Ended up being 31-15 over the Eagles.

Bills beat the Patriots. I just slaughtered them. 49ers over the Cowboys, 23-17. Cowboys were outclassed, as were the Steelers against the Chiefs. Is that a surprise to Tony Saragusa?

I have an idea. Let me ask him. He's a former defensive tackle standout, 12 years in the NFL with the Colts, but more importantly, won a Super Bowl with the Ravens. Tony, welcome back. What a day of football yesterday.

Brian? Did you watch all weekend and will you watch tonight? I watched all weekend, and yes, I will watch tonight. I was. I was happy for the Bengals after 30 years.

I mean, those fans have just been through the cheese grater. for so many years and not winning a playoff game. Wasn't surprised I was surprised with the Bills Patriots. I thought that was going to be more of a game, but the Bills, man, they are on fire. The Cowboys obviously are the are the old Cowboys.

Forty-niners just uh You know, played a great game and then uh obviously the Bucks and the Eagles. I mean I Those are going to show up a little bit more and give the Bucks a little bit more of a run, but That was sort of an embarrassment right there. Aim. The Chiefs just rolled the Steelers. I felt bad for Ben going out that way, but he hung in there as long as he could.

I know. I mean, I guess that's done with the class. Phillip Rivers, Eli Manning, and Ben Rothelsberg are three great quarterbacks from that same class. Do you think all three are going to the Hall of Fame? I think they all have a shot.

Yeah, you know, you know, the Hall of Fame nowadays, it's, you know, they put people in, and, you know, sometimes. In my opinion, Know guys might go in a little bit too soon. I think it's puts us sort of a. You know, a bad taste in a lot of the players' mouths when they go in too soon. But all three of those guys, I think, are definitely candidates.

So let's go to Brady. He has to, you know, he won three road games, but no fans were in the stands, and the Bucs win the Super Bowl. It's going to be different this time. That was his home game. He might have another.

Here is what it sounded like: cut 35. Brady keeps end zone wide open. And touchdown, Gronkowski, Brady, Evans. Yeah. Zip in for the touchdown with a flare.

You know, just trying to figure out a way to move the ball down the field and score some points. I thought we did a good job in a couple of those areas. We ran the ball really well. Line played great. Receivers played great.

Tight ends played great.

So, used a lot of different people, and everyone got in there. Made some plays to help the team win. Defense played great. Special teams was amazing.

So we're going to need it again next week. It only gets tougher from here. Tony, he's not telling the truth. He did lose two offensive linemen, and that will be tough in the next round, no matter who he plays. Yeah, you got to protect Tom Brady.

That's the one way that's exactly how you beat him. You got to go and hit him early in the game. And sort of say, listen, I'm just going to give up the big play. He's probably going to score on us where we're going to hit him. And that's how you rattle him up.

But when you look at Tom, You know, and the Buccaneers, he just doesn't make mistakes as a quarterback. You know, there might be some drop passes, but that's not on him. But he just keeps going down the fields, finds his receivers. I mean, Gronk looks like he's waddling down the field, you know, with his body as beat up, I think, as it is, but he still keeps making the plays that he needs to make and uses his body as best as possible.

So I think, you know, you can't ever count Tom Brady out. I mean, he's the GOAT. But what I don't understand is, I mean, and I was thinking about this. I remember I was for Johnny Unitas at 39 playing in San Diego. I clearly remember George Blanda when he was a kicker all those years.

And once in a while, he would come in for Dallar Monica when I was just like seven or eight years old. And they look so old. This guy does not look. I mean, I'm not telling you, he's never been the unbelievable NFL athlete. And no one expected him.

He never scrambled like Steve Young. But I just don't get how he's doing it at 44. Do you? You know what? He's just the you know, as you go along, like if you look at my first seven, six, seven years in the league, you know, the game was played with testosterone, playing testosterone, just running and doing whatever you can.

Then as you age in the NFL, you start using your brain more and the game slows down a little bit. And he is just he plays the game in his head before he plays the game. He knows where he's going when he sees things that nobody else sees, and he gets rid of the ball fast. But his body can still do it, Tony. That's my point: I get his brain, but I don't get his body.

Listen, they just I don't know what he's eating or, you know, what kind of diet he's Or whatever, but I think everybody should be on that. That pleasing the NFL. But he just keeps going. He's got a drive like I've never seen anybody have. Right, and also he must not want to spend any time at home.

I mean, he trains like 11 and a half months a year. Does he ever want to go home?

Well, I'm sure he wants to go home. I mean, uh, his wife's pretty good looking. That's a good point. Because if your wife's good looking, you should want to go home. Here is Mike Tomlin.

After, as expected, the Steelers get crushed. Here's what he said about Ben, cut 36. What do you think of what Ben gave you, though, in this game? Man, he was seven. It's been an honor and a pleasure, man.

Um I don't have the words. Here's Ben Rothlessberger, 37. God has blessed me with an ability to throw football and has blessed me to play in the greatest city in Pittsburgh with the greatest fans and the greatest football team and players. And it has just been truly a blessing. I'm so thankful to Him for the opportunity that He's given me.

What's next for you? You know, I'm going to do everything I can to. to be the best husband and and father I can be and and try and expand um God's kingdom.

So Number one, I guess you guys didn't overlap. I thought you might have. That is the biggest quarterback that I've seen star in this league. I mean, Dante Culpeper was big, but he lasted just a few years. This guy's been good for the longest time, he's mammothed.

Not not just that, Brian. I mean, The guy's a defensive lineman playing quarterback. I mean, the hits he's taken and the sacks and getting back up and playing hurt. I mean, he's a throwback quarterback. I mean, they don't make him like that anymore.

I mean, he just keeps coming and coming and, you know, makes the plays, gets his team down the field. You know, he doesn't, you know, when you know, you know, a receiver dropped the ball or ran the wrong route, you see it in his eyes. He never really calls anybody out and he just keeps it in himself and just keeps going. I mean, he is. Truly a warrior.

I got to give them a hat. Take my hat off with Ben.

So I was listening to Joe Montana the other day, and he talked about the injury that knocked him out for a year and a half. He said Leonard Marshall wrapped him up. And just took all his weight on him and just plowed him into the ground. I think he broke his back and his hand. And he said, You would never be able to do that today.

And that's when that was your era, too. And that isn't too long ago. Is there a change for defensive lineman? I know about late hits, but what about hits, period? It's it's you know what, Bri, I'm I'm you know, when I look at the game, first of all, the the the the officials, they have they have too much control over the outcome of the games.

I think. True. Rules for each individual player. I mean, some of the calls yesterday. You know, where a defensive lineman goes.

Now, people don't understand when you're a defensive lineman, you have one, two guys going, pushing you, you're going all different directions. You're doing anything you can to get to the quarterback.

Sometimes you're falling, and if you hit the quarterback shoelaces, they throw a flag at you. It's like. It's easy to go and say, oh, if you go anywhere near the quarterback, but sometimes you don't have control. of your body and where it's going because of the offensive lineman. And I just think that it's they they have to do a better job of making some of these calls and because it's really determining the outcome of the game.

It just keeps drives going. It's 15 yards, rough in the quarterback. I mean, I wish they had rough in the defensive lineman back in the day. That's going to have been nice. Two-time Super Bowl winner, NFL, rookie of the year, six-time Pro Bowler, Tony Saragusa.

Our guest, Tony, did you look forward to retirement when it was over? And what was the hardest thing once it was over? Um You know, so was I looking forward to it being over, you know, and as a defensive line and as a player, Ben's going to go through this in the next couple of weeks. you know, your body just can't recover anymore. When you're young, you go, you play the game, you get beat up on Sunday, Monday, maybe you get in the hot tub and you're good on Tuesday.

And as you progress, all of a sudden, you're ten years in the league and you don't get better till Friday. Then all of a sudden, you're twelve years in the league and you're like, man, You know, my body's just, you can't recover. You're playing, you're going from game to game with the same injuries, and you just know it's time to get out. But when you do get out, you know, you're so conditioned for playing football. You know, especially, you know, we talked about Tom Brady and And And then You know, you're so you're such in a routine of what you need to do.

You know, when I got out of football and then I went to Fox and started announcing the games, it was crazy because I would be on the sideline and my body would react to the national anthem. When the national anthem played, the hairs on my body, my body would actually You know used to going and getting an adrenaline rush. That you know, it was happening when I was on the sideline and not even playing in the game.

So that's something you have to get used to. And I would have dreams about being late for a meeting, and you know, even five, six years afterwards. I mean, you're just. You're so used to doing the same thing over and over again. You know, recondition your body to relaxing and watching the game and not having to go to practice and not having to be on time in certain meetings.

So it's a huge adjustment. Real quick about what's happening in New Jersey. Are you still in Jersey? I actually moved to Florida. You're out of Florida.

You moved to Florida. Jersey. I moved my business out of New Jersey. I got a business tightening aviation. We transport people back and forth all over the world with private aircraft and we sell and buy private aircraft.

But I moved out April of last year, and I am a resident of Jupiter, Florida. And I'm very happy. I don't I haven't sold my snowblower and my snow shovels and everything like that. I'm out.

So you did say you did sell.

So someone out there is in New Jersey using Tony Saragus' snow blower. Yeah. Yes, I signed it too. That's nice of me to do that. Do you feel the economy is coming back?

I know the private insurance company, they say that bracket did not suffer through this pandemic. Uh are you doing okay? Yeah, yeah, we're doing really well. I think people are scared with the corona and the things going on. A lot more people are flying private back and forth and worried about getting on airplanes.

And the TSA doesn't help at all with how slow they are sometimes.

So it's a different world. It's amazing, Brian, being down here in Florida and a lot of our Um um You know, people in the government who, you know, might be on the on the left a little bit are enjoying South Florida as much as we are, but they don't want to admit it coming down to our town. I almost moved out of here when I heard that Speaker Pelosi was looking at a house down here in Jupiter, but it turned out to be a You know, a a a hoax. Uh but I was ready to go and put a a for sale sign up and move. But uh it's great down here.

People down here are living. People up north are waiting to die, it seems like, when I go up there, everyone's wearing masks, everyone's petrified, scared. I mean, it's just a different world. And I don't want to live like that. I don't want my family to live like that.

And it's just, you know, it's just not good right now. I'm happy to go and see Governor Yunkin go and make some executive orders, though. I mean, there are some positives happening up in the Northeast. Cut 11 of them, he did yesterday. Do you still have the beach body, Tony?

Yes. Yes, I I still have I do my three sit-ups every day, Brian, and uh and and go to the Here and it's tough being married, and it's there's a lot of chubby chasers out there, so I have to be very cautious. I never realized it was a danger.

Okay. Yeah. I did not know that. Tony, always great talking to you. He's watched his 10 hours of football just to inform you and prediction tonight.

Rams against Cardinals.

Well, you know what? The Cardinals are playing really well, but it's tough. The Rams have that defensive line and that defense that just brings the pressure. I'm going with the Rams. And then it's going to be it's going to be a great game if the Rams do win and then next week the Rams will play the Bucs.

I mean, that's going to be an unbelievable game. And also the game I'm looking forward to is the Bills Chiefs. That's going to be an awesome game.

So there's a lot of great games coming up and uh And I'll be glued to the T V watching. And in your estimation, win or lose the Super Bowl, does Aaron Rodgers have is he with the new team next year? I don't know. Uh y you you know Aaron is a special quarterback. It all depends.

When you're in the league, he is, and you have the. The net worth he does, he can make any decision he wants. It's not really going to affect him, but uh, you know, you know, just does he want to go and move? That's something you're going to have to ask him. But uh, I think the Packers, uh, Packers are playing pretty well.

It'd be tough to go to another team, you know, unless it's a team that's better than the one you're playing on. I know, and it's not, there's very few better, and the organization's really lived up to it from Favre to Rogers. Amazing, Tony, it's always great talking to you. Hopefully, we could do this again. You got it, Brian.

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Hear it all on the Brian Kilmead Show. I think Biden just needs more time. He might be more of an acquired taste. Unfortunately, most Americans recently lost their sense of taste. Yeah, so that was Colin Joe's.

I was amazed at the cold open after the week that Biden had, the ineptness in the speech, and the ridiculous Jefferson Davis-Lincoln comparisons that they weren't really using this as comedy. I mean, Saturday Night Live said. Did a ridiculous Spider-Man analogy with Biden. The guy who's doing Biden is not good. Number two is they refuse to make fun of him.

This is the same show that mocked a New York governor who was blind and showed him tripping over things. And I thought to myself, these guys are ruthless. And now they've totally changed to a political organization exactly like Kimmel, exactly like the late Joe with Stephen Colbert, and not so much with. The Tonight Show. Benjamin, listening on KGNC.

Hey, Benjamin, over in Amarillo, Texas. what I have to say, I think the reason that Biden has gone so far left is because he knows the left will prosecute him and try to impeach him. Whereas the moderates won't and the ones in the uh the Republicans won't. But if He doesn't do what they want him to do, which it kind of got his arm twisted. There's more than enough evidence on there to hang him.

and there'll be enough Republicans to make up the difference On the Democrats, they would go after him. Benjamin, I don't see impeachments even in the cards. I think he just is worried about the midterms, and he feels by sewing up the left, he can he can stave off disaster, but he can't. I wish at 78 years old at one point, can you just do the right thing for the country? And just say, well, yeah, I've been a moderate my whole life.

Sorry, AOC.

Sorry, Jaya Powell. I'm sorry. No, I'm not going to be able to do it. In fact, I'm going to call Cassie. I'm going to call Romney.

I'm going to call Collins. I'm going to call Murkowski. I'm going to just try to get something done. They'll piss off the Republicans, no doubt about it. And there's no doubt about it.

The left wing will be crazy, but he'll start getting things done. And the American people might even try to give him four more years. Certainly independence would. Thanks so much for listening. Pick up the President of Freedom Fighter, BrianKillMe.com.

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It's Brian Killmeat coming to you from New York, heard around the country, heard around the world on Martin Luther King Day. Hopefully, a lot of your schedules have changed, and maybe you're listening for the first time in a long time. I appreciate that. This hour, we're going to be joined by Kevin Brady, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He was chairman of Ways and Means when they were in the majority.

I want to talk to you about where our economy is heading because the numbers are overwhelming. Even in a very friendly CBS poll, 34% of the American public approve of the way the president's handling the economy, and only 30% approve of the way he's handling inflation. Congressman Kevin Brady on that. And then Brett Baer will bring us up close and personal on the new rivalry on the right. Is it between DeSantis and Trump?

Let's get to the big three.

Now, with the stories you need to know, it's Brian's big three. Number three. I think the administration made some mistakes at a macro level. The first was buying into this prevailing narrative that a lot of the problems that CDC owed to the Trump's administration and their mishandling of those agencies. The second challenge I think that they brought to themselves was federalizing this in ways that they didn't have to, particularly with respect to the vaccine mandates.

Yeah, Dr. Scott Gottlieb on the reality. Get it together or get out of the way. That's the message from the Dems on the Biden administration. COVID response has fed up American public grow weary of the lack of test, the mixed messaging, and policies and statements that have flat out misled the American people.

Number 10, Manchin and Sinema. And they are holding up the Democratic agenda. They don't care about minorities. They don't care about blacks. They don't care about people in their own districts.

That's Maxine Waters, an embarrassment if there ever was one. Going after They're Democrats, a Democrat going after a Democrat, saying they're racist. Thems are using MLK Day to push back against the Republicans who are pushing for voter integrity, pretending that it's 1870 or 1960. How moderates like Mitt Romney and Bill Cassidy are leading the way for the Republicans on this thing called facts. Number one.

He's had a bad year. He's had 52 weeks of bad weeks. I mean, people are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation. Gasoline prices are, what, 50% higher than they were when he took office. The border is a mess.

COVID was resurgent, but he didn't have in place the tests people needed to keep themselves safe. And Mitt Romney, not exactly Jim Jordan, not exactly Lindsey Graham. Going off about what he sees. One year down, and that's exactly how I described the Biden administration. Down.

We're going to look at how this self-declared unifier became a polarizing failure and how we might be able to turn it around.

So let's bring in Congressman Kevin Brady. Congressman, welcome back. Hey, Brian, good to s good to talk to you. How are you doing? How do you characterize the first year?

Yeah, I would uh it's clear he bungled this economy in a big way. And he'd come into it really inherited what should have been a banner year. I mean, our economy had rebounded under President Trump. faster than anyone expected. We had trillions of COVID money in the economy.

You had reopening regions and you had life saving vaccines.

So my view is economically, President Biden began his presidency standing on third base and he promptly stole second. And he did that in a way that we've missed. Every quarter of economic growth, he failed to meet expectations.

So a million one. Short of the jobs he promised. Inflation, you know, everyone talks about 40 years high there, but the way I put it, you look at President Trump's tax cuts, what it did to grow wages. President Biden repealed three years of wage growth for the average family in one year. I mean, took people back that far.

And, of course, we know we got a big labor shortage.

So, and a lot of that due to his policies.

Well, 3.9% unemployment. He keeps pointing to that and how many jobs he created. Is he wrong to do that?

Well, he can point to it, but the bottom line is, as one expert said, he really hasn't created one new job. He's still far below what we need to catch up to where we were pre-COVID. And the labor unemployment number, I don't think that's a very good reading because the truth of the matter is, we've got almost 10 million job openings. We've got four and a half, almost 5 million people who just. Quit, got out of the workforce, or they continue to get payments from the government that allows them to stay home.

And part of those payments, like a child tax credit, where people no longer have to work to get it, no earnings whatsoever, and Obamacare subsidies so lavish that you can make a half million dollars and get your health care subsidized. That's keeping almost. 2 million people out of the workforce if those two policies are made permanent. And when you don't have enough workers, you close early. You have to raise the prices because you have to raise wages because of the market.

Now, I want people to get wages, but we also don't want to be spending $9 for a gallon of milk.

So I was looking at what the CBS gave him a 44% approval. I was stunned by that because Quintipiak, 33%. 42%, 49% approved his COVID-19. attack plan. What?

The economy, they approved thirty eight percent. Inflation, thirty percent approval. They asked in this poll, what would you do to get his economic numbers? Eighty percent say attack inflation, sixty five percent say supply chain, fifty three percent say virus.

So He has to attack inflation. Why doesn't he? Why don't his polls say what All these other polls say. Brian, I don't know. And in Texas, it is around that 32% figure.

And what I don't understand is, look, everyone in America knows he took his eye off COVID. He dismissed and denied inflation and the worker shortage, even though our small businesses were telling, were screaming what a huge problem it was. He took his eye off the supply chain issues, all to go after that extreme socialist spending plan. And he continues to be obsessed with that, or at least his White House continues to be. And I don't understand why he doesn't course correct.

And it'll be interesting to see at the State of the Union, if someone figures out how to convince him that what he's doing is not working in a huge way.

Well, Kevin, the other thing is on Wednesday, he's going to be giving a press conference. I don't know what his message is going to be, but I hear it's going to be police reform. If that isn't tone deaf, I don't know what is. With crime raging in every major city like you're in Texas, in Austin, with the whole funding of the police is still happening. He's going to come after police reform using executive action.

I mean, that to me is nuts. It is tongue-death in a big way. In the Houston region, we live outside in the woodlands, but in the Houston region, they have a The highest number of murders, 470 some, in almost two decades. And as I was with a in a at a nephew's baby shower this weekend, you know, two people from Houston say they have changed their life because of the crime that they're seeing. And that's, and that, those unsafe neighborhoods are occurring all across the country.

How could you not understand stepping forward and do more of the defund the police approach, just how damaging that will be?

So I'm just, you know, I know Democrats have to spin their way out of this. Here's Senator Tim Kaine trying to explain on Faith the Nation that Build Back Better, that $2 trillion boondoggle, which failed miserably, is going to pass. Cut eight. You're right that it's dead. The most recent version of it is not going to happen.

But if you look at the core of the bill, I think the core is education and workforce and things like reduced child care and education expenses, workforce training, and then support. support for the workforce in areas like Healthcare. There are other pieces of the bill that are more controversial. I still believe we're going to find a core of this bill, whatever we call it. We're going to find a core of the bill and pass it.

And it will deal directly with some of these inflation concerns. And it's really out of your hands, obviously, a House member, but also because it's up to Democrats if they get a simple majority, which means Sinema Kelly and Manchin. Yeah, well, he's dead or wrong in this sense, that the one, this bill is as alive or dead as Joe Manchin makes it to be. Secondly, the core of that bill are tax hikes on small businesses and America's job creators that will constitute really an economic surrender to China, Russia, the rest of the world. That is the core of that bill, along with provisions that actually discourage people from returning to work.

And just sort of creates these never-ending government checks for people.

So I'm look, it could. Come back alive depending on if President Biden and the White House can meet Joe Manchin. But to do that, the progressives are going to have to walk back from everything they care about. And I think that'll be a bigger problem.

So they're pointing to Texas and Georgia about what's changing voting, and they're saying you're trying to box out minorities by limiting access. Here's Congressman James Clyburn, cut 12. I would ask those people. So what do you think? uh it is going too far.

Is it going too far? She was criminalized. giving somebody a bottle of water. Standing in line, trying to vote. Send it in the lab for four or five hours.

Is that going too far? Is it going too far to put in place mechanism to nullify a vote? when people have uh cast their votes if you don't like is the outcome. then you've got the power to notify that. Is that going too far?

Well, I'm not I mean, I'm not ni naïve to politics. But at 78 years old or 82, whatever he is, how does he feel comfortable making those statements? I don't know, and he certainly doesn't know our Texas election law. The truth of the matter is, and nationwide, this is the case, there is no evidence of statewide voter suppression, none. It is It is this year's big lie, or last year's big lie, perhaps, there.

And in Texas, a great example, we had record voter turnout. The new election law actually expands. We had two weeks of solid early voting for no excuses. And they actually added hours, including more on Sunday and weekends for that. Made it easier really to show your ID.

Now all you have to have is know your driver's license number, know your alternate. ID number from the state, or the last four numbers your Social Security. This is, they made election voting and elections easier and more secure at the same time.

So it is frustrating to hear this big lie just promulgated all as an excuse for a federal takeover of our state and local elections. And at the heart of it, that's what this is.

So the other thing that they constantly say is that there's an ability for an election supervisor to overturn the results if they don't like them. I've never read that. What is that getting at? Is there an overseer role when they see a problem? We have seen problems with ineptness in precincts from Texas to California to certainly Florida.

You have. And I think they're going after can election officials be replaced and how can you challenge an election? I know I don't know what happened in necessarily in the other states, but I certainly know in Texas there is a huge focus on integrity, but it is integrity for all voters, not just for some. And I think one of the What we saw in this last election, Brian, were local officials who admitted they were putting drop boxes and twenty four hour drive-through voting in areas to bring out their voters in their words. And the truth of the matter is, election officials shouldn't be ginning up their voters.

There should be equal access for everyone. And that's exactly what Texas did. My understanding, that's what Georgia did as well. How did just real quick, back to another area of expertise, that's the economy. How did China grow at 8% last year?

I know they inflate their numbers, but they have 13 million people under quarantine. We've seen the problems they've had with supply chain to us and to the rest of the world. What do you think is going on there? Yeah, I I think what you said right at the beginning, those numbers can't be trusted. And in in the best of times, They're questionable, but I think certainly now in the COVID era, they're even more so.

What I think you and I know is China is very aggressive economically. They're out there, they're cheating on their trade deals, they're cutting trade agreements with other countries while America is standing on the sideline, by the way. One of my big criticisms of Joe Biden is that the rest of the world is out there divving up the customers on the planet. America is sitting in the stands while they do this. But China's helping lead all of that.

And we're seeing them even when there are bans and sanctions against them, they will send products to other countries and transport them in the back door into the U.S. And so they are a huge economic threat. But we've got a president at this point who just doesn't seem to want to confront them on it. Leslie, have you ever any regrets about retiring, being that it looks so promising for Republicans to take back the House? No, but I'm really excited about what this next year is going to bring to us because I think we're going to stop this agenda cold, win back that majority.

And I know, certainly from the Ways Mean standpoint in House Republicans, I think America is going to see how people actually, leaders actually focus on what matters to families and small businesses.

So, no, in fact, I'm going to spend this year helping them get back, helping our team get back the majority. Have you endorsed a candidate? I have not. Who do you have going for your seat? I know one of them is Luttrell, right?

Right, there's so there's seven or eight, I think, in that uh in that seat. Uh, Morgan Luttrell, uh, one of the first to announce very strong candidate, as you know, a great life story, a very serious, I think, candidate, and going to do really well in this campaign. There's uh, there are five or yeah, about seven or eight others as well.

So, we'll see how that goes. I think we have a very conservative district. I think we're going to end up with a really effective conservative representative. We watched Donald Trump get a huge crowd in Arizona. Would you like to see him run again?

Uh You know, I think he'd make a great candidate. And he's coming to Conroe here at the end of the month where he is. In my district, Ryan, he is hugely popular because he delivered on so much of what he promised as a candidate, from the economy to border security to rebuilding the military. And so I'll tell you what, if the President wants to run, he's going to be our nominee. Wow, very interesting.

Thanks so much, Congressman Kevin Brady. Appreciate it. Thanks, Brian. Take care. You got it, 1866-408-7669.

When we come back, I'll take your calls. We're going to do more to know in the back hour, so this might be the only time I can take your calls.

So get on board. And then Brett Baer, right after that, I'm going to bring him into the DeSantis Trump one-time friends. Are they now rivals? Don't move. Newsmakers and newsbreakers.

Here at first, only on the Brian Kill Me Show. The fastest three hours in radio. You're with Brian Kilmead. The late Maya Angelou has become the first black woman featured on the quarter, which is not what black people mean when we demand change. Funny.

That was okay. I thought, for the most part, they were just so light on Joe Biden. I saw a total agenda on SNL again. I don't know why I try to find something different. I think at some point they're going to go back to being funny and cutting edge.

I'm not sure when that'll happen. Don, listening in Canada. Hey, Don. Uh yeah. Yes, good morning.

I'd like to talk about. I'm an American living and working in Canada, and I'd like to talk about the Canadian elections. Um Before an election, whether it's federal, provincial or municipal, 60 days before the election, I receive a notice at my house. It asks me if the if my address and name are correct, and then it gives me an authorization to vote. On election day, I take that to the polling station or to the voting station, and I show that before I can entry into the enter into the room.

I take I'm okay to enter in. I go to a table where there are three scrutineers, I show them that letter and I show them uh a photo ID. And only then will they give me a ballot and I vote on the ballot and take a ticket back to them. And according to the laws, I can only contribute one thousand six hundred dollars Canadian money, which is a lot less American money. And that can go either to A, the political party, or B, the candidate, not both.

And so it's really well restricted. And John, thanks for that Canadian perspective. Raymond, real quick in Pennsylvania, Ray. Yeah. You can tell me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding That The federal constitution, the U.S.

Constitution, gives the state legislatures. the power and authority to control elections in their particular states.

Now if I'm wrong you can tell me, but if that was true Then, wouldn't any law passed by the Biden administration and Democrats be unconstitutional? Would it not require? Ray, Ray, you're 100% right. But you know what? We have a fight.

So, even if it passed, there's going to be a legal fight, which means it's going to not affect 2022, but they think it's going to be all fought out by 2024. You've got to make a stand now. What they could do is they could agree on reforming the electoral process. That would work. The talk show that's getting you talking.

You're with Brian Kilmead. You don't win elections on your base alone. And Biden's political problem now is that independents have abandoned him. Hispanics are in the process of abandoning him.

So he can reach out to the base. He can try to placate the base as he's done for much of the last year. It's not going to help him in 2022. He needs to adopt a center-out strategy instead of a left-in strategy. And he also needs to start acting like a president.

I mean, you mentioned the motorcade, Andrea. He's been acting more like the head of the Senate Democratic Caucus than the president of the United States of America. He should not keep going up to Capitol Hill. I think the third time he's visited Capitol Hill and failed. He needs to stay at 1600, Pennsylvania.

I mean, doesn't anyone jump in and say, Mr. President, you can't go. You're going to fail. We don't have the vote. Sinema's on stage.

You got to turn around or know the format.

Next, I would also bring up the fact that a lot of the stuff he's doing is counterintuitive to what's going to help him in the long run because he's embarrassing Democrats. If you don't believe he's hurting Democrats, why wouldn't Stacey Abrams not shown up in Georgia? Listen, you got a few months now into that governor's race. You got more than that, almost a year. And she's not showing up now.

That's terrible. Donald Trump. Trump spoke in Arizona over the weekend. Huge crowd. Sadly, he keeps bringing up 2020.

I don't care how you feel about 2020. It will not help him to keep bringing it up and does not help the push that Democrats have to nationalize the elections either. Here's a little of Donald Trump, what he's expecting and predicting, cutting on. This November, we have a chance to do something really spectacular, to bring these Marxist monstrosities to a screeching halt. A great red wave is going to begin right here in Arizona, and it's going to sweep across this country, and it's going to wash hundreds and hundreds and thousands and thousands of Democrats and socialists out of office with an unstoppable surge of Republican patriots.

And they're going to be doing it. You're going to be heading to the polls. This is maybe the most important election we've ever had, but I do believe that 2024 will be even more important. Important.

Well, there's no doubt about it. I mean, you got to see how far, think about how far the Republicans have come. One year ago, January 6th, it just ended. The disaster, which it was, it happened after a Trump rally. I don't even care if you believe that Donald Trump had nothing to do with it or everything to do with it.

Donald Trump gets banned from social media. You have Kevin McCarthy up there trying to save any type of support that he might have had, hoping that one day to be a speaker, and only got just within five points of the last election. Donald Trump gets exiled. He does not show up for the inaugural and the transfer of power. You got to think Republicans are down.

And we'll have even trouble getting one chamber back in 2022.

Now, the Democrats are so far down, they have had almost 30 retirements in the House.

So now they're pushing and trying to say Republicans are racist and they have to do voter reform. James Clyburn irresponsibly is pushing just flat-out fictional tales about what some of these states have done. And he said this yesterday on every network. I think he's still speaking today, Cut 14, which, by the way, is not true. And let me just properly set this up.

The Republicans and Democrats actually agree on reforming the electoral process. They don't like the vice president having officially gaveling things in. They're also looking at maybe it's not a winner-take-all in these states anymore. Maybe there'll be a reason for Republicans to campaign in California. Maybe there's going to be reasons for Democrats to campaign.

In other red states.

So here's what Clyburn said: Cut 14. The Electoral College will not kick in until 2024. I want to know what's going to happen. In 2022. when someone is standing in a line and I need a drink of water.

When you got these six and seven-hour waits in line in black communities and 20 minutes in white communities. when you've got a committee there set to overturn. You'll vote. if they don't like the outcome.

So that's the thing that we need to do now. And that has to be done before we have any other elections in this country. And so 2024, we got a lot of time for that. What is he even talking about? I mean, black people waiting in lines for five hours with no water.

Number one, if you are a concerned citizen and want to give water to people online, you give it to the poll workers and they hand it out. They can hand it out on their own. Has anyone ever gotten a thermos or a water bottle they travel with? Is that possible? Is it possible that race is not involved in this?

And I think in Georgia, the average rate was five minutes.

So they're mischaracterizing what these laws do that got the baseball to pull their All-Star game out, and it's continuing even today, which led to the president's ridiculous speech on Tuesday. Brett Baer knows all about it, fair and balanced. He's getting set to host his show in just over six hours. Brett, welcome back. Hey, Brett, why is James Carburn pretending that this is 1876 instead of 2020?

What to? Yeah. It's interesting to listen to Democrats sometimes characterize those voter laws. In particular, Georgia. I mean, some.

Some of those laws and changes Um Actually, expanded hours for voting and didn't restrict them. And You know, it's there's just a a real hypocrisy in talking about the election reform And it's rarely based on facts. I want you to hear what Cassidy said.

So, Bill Cassidy followed James Clyburn on the show, kid 15. If these laws are constitutional, they'll be struck down. They're not criminalizing giving people water. They're just saying you can't walk up to them just before they walk in, give them a piece of water, and tell them who to vote for. You can still give water to the people working at the poll.

They can distribute it.

Now, if you're trying to call the United States of America to unity, Trying to get us to where we will come to common ground, you don't end up spreading things that are untrue. are frequently lies. And that's why people think we need the filibuster. Otherwise, you're just totally rolled by somebody who's willing to sacrifice truth to pursue their agenda. I think it was telling that two moderates, Bill Cassidy and Mitt Romney, were just fired up pushing back on the president's agenda, economic policies, the filibuster, and then Bill Cassidy going after the truth as he sees it with voting, which is accurate.

Yeah. You know, there's not nuance here. I mean, it is being talked about the wrong way. And, um, And some people are just letting that slide. And I think that that's a a major part.

If you're going to talk about What's in bills and election reform, you've got to get. What's in there? We just had, you just missed it, but Matthew Conani over the weekend on Meet the Press said it's totally irresponsible for the president and self-defeating for the president to keep going up to Capitol Hill and keep failing like he did last week. Talk about failing. If they have a vote tomorrow on overriding the filibuster and this voting rights, it's going to fail.

What would be the point of Senator Schumer doing that, or don't you expect it? Because that's what they're saying is going to happen. Yeah, I mean it's um He's promised a vote and he says he's going to move forward with it. The question is: You know, not only is it cinema and mansion. But I think there are other Democrats who may vote against the changes and you put those people who are up for reelection in jeopardy potentially.

from um progressive side of their party.

So I don't know the strategy. I know that he's trying to fulfill a promise, but right now the votes are not there. Couple of things going on on the Republican side. The President of the United States got a huge, the former President of the United States' got a huge crowd in Arizona, but sadly for him, he's talking way too much about 2020. Nobody cares.

There's been no proof about any of this election fraud. I know he feels that way, and I've known people that are with him a lot and says he absolutely feels it to the core of his being, but his legal team has not proven anything, and nobody knows that better than you. But now Axios is writing some pretty good sources that behind the scenes, Trump and Crump and DeSantis, the governor of Florida, seem to be sniping at each other. That Trump really wants DeSantis to pledge not to run if he runs. What are you hearing?

Yeah, I mean, I've heard those same things behind the scenes, but You know, it it's really interesting if you look at what DeSantis is saying publicly. It seems like he's putting a little distance between himself and the former President and a couple of recent things he said. And you know, I think that's a dynamic that's really gonna uh determine a lot in the next, you know, after the midterms. Whether Donald Trump runs again is the political question for both parties.

So DeSantis said on the Ruthless Podcast recorded on Thursday, one of the biggest regrets in office was not speaking out much louder in March 2020 when Trump advised the American public to stay home and slow the spread for the coronavirus.

So he's pushing back on that and he also said he was pushing on Trump to ban the flights from China quicker than he actually did it. And then behind the scenes, Donald Trump is telling friends that DeSantis is an ingrate with a dull personality. Man, I see the Republicans, if they go at it, don't you see Republicans losing in that?

Well, you know, any time you have an inter-party squabble like that, yeah, there's there's a downside. Um you know, there's a lot going in the Republicans' favor right now, and uh the wins at their back as they head into the midterms. But you're right, if the former president continues to talk about the elections of 2020. It does does not get independence or center right Republicans. Hey, Brett, do you have any insight on what led Cinema to speak before the President arrived?

Uh last week. No, I don't, but it was pretty bold. I mean, think about that. He's on his way to Capitol Hill, and she takes to the floor to say. don't bother coming.

I mean, it was really. Quite something. And, you know, she is. She is that kind of um politician. You know, like she, I think, enjoys the spotlight and um and enjoys being in the Maverick role.

No question.

Now the big question is if there's a vote Tuesday. Are people who are really concerned and should be concerned about their reelection, like Mark Kelly, like Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire? Are they people, are they going to roll in and they going to vote for the filibuster even though it's going to fail? Are they going to join the two and be the one of the maybe up to five that vote against overturning the filibuster? I mean, is this a vote that could really hurt?

The prospects for these Republic these Democrats in a tough race? Yeah, there is not an upside to this. I mean, they can be courageous and vote like they've been talking about and vote against it, but you probably get a lot of pushback from the progressive side of the party. And in a tight election, You need all those people to turn out. And argue with Mark Kelly's facing a tight election.

Yeah, and by the way, he's been invisible for a guy, a tough military guy that shoots himself into space as an astronaut. I don't see him out there on any issue. Do you? No, I've asked for an interview many, many times and he does not He's not been coming out. Does he not want the job?

I mean, he does. I think he's trying to uh incognito so that he kind of goes onto the radar. Right. Much like us. We just don't want to be bothered.

Brett's book is to rescue the Republic, Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876. But his next challenge is the All-Star Panel event that's going to be in benefit for the Children's National Hospital. That'll be February 19th, 2022. Among the people scheduled to appear: Dana Perino, Jesse Waters, Harris Faulkner, Shannon Bream, and me.

Uh the Ritz Carlton Coffee Short. Yeah, I should have led with me. What am I thinking? The Ritz Carlton golf resort in Naples.

Now, there was only a handful of tickets left. Is it still possible to get tickets? They're gone, Brian. All of your listeners have purchased all The biggest Wow, VIP tickets too, everything gone? Mm-hmm.

Everything is gone. There are people banging down the doors because They all listen to your radio show and You managed to sell them all. Then you do have a TV show. I think that helped a little.

Well, maybe. Yeah. Brett, I'll watch it tonight at 6. I'll see you in person soon. All right.

Go get him. 1-866-408-7669. We're going to come back to find out if there's indeed a need to know more. Educating, entertaining, enlightening. You're with Brian Kilmead.

He's so busy, he'll make your head spin. It's Brian Kilmead. Welcome back, everyone. It's time for me to find out if I need to know more. More to know.

All right, Tampa Bay Buccaneer Tom Brady did another great thing. This guy, Noah Reeb, well, he's a 10-year-old. He's got brain cancer, loves football, loves Brady.

So Brady decided to give him a surprise. Let's listen. Hey, Noah, what's up, man? Happy New Year. But earlier, you held up that sign that I helped you beat Brady Cancer.

Well, listen, your fight, you've inspired so many people, including myself, but millions of others also. And the NFL and the Bucs look forward to sending deserving fans to the Super Bowl each year and fans that have incredible stories like the one you've had.

So as a thank you, I worked with both the Bucs and the NFL to get you and your family Super Bowl tickets this year in LA. We certainly hope to be there, but I know you're going to be there. Glad to see you're doing well. Take care, man. And enjoy the tickets.

So what do you say to Tom Brady and that phone? Thank you so much. You say, let's go, Buck. Right, he wants the Bucs to win, but whether the Bucks go or not, he's going. But who knows?

After last week's game, I think the Bucs as good a shot as anybody. Look out, Green Bay. It was a great story because it was right after a game that he was holding up the sign.

Somebody pointed out to Brady. He went right to the stands, gave him a cap, and shouted with the kids. He's a great guy.

Next, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is today. And today they have handwritten draft pages from the book for sale for $225,000. The civil rights icons book, Stride Towards Freedom, The Montgomery Story, are up for sale on momentsintime.com. They previously been part of a private collection.

The book was first published in 1958 when King was 29. The handwritten pages are from chapter three when King writes about the significance of this emerging civil rights moment, chronicling how Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat. To a white person. That was back in 1955, and then all the way, the journey all the way through.

So that is worth it.

Next. The Muhammad Ali walkout robe from the iconic 1965 Sonny Liston fight is up for auction for $500,000. Ali put it on on his way to the ring in the rematch.

So you're talking about Lewiston, Maine. Ali not only knocked Liston out, but the fight also marked the first time he had boxed under the name Muhammad Ali following the first match with Liston in 1964. The rematch with Liston a year later, just before he won a convincing and convincing fashion. A lot of people think Liston threw that fight, and Ali famously said it was the bolo punch that knocked him out. What were your thoughts on that?

He clearly did hit him, but did he hit him with a hard enough shot to truly knock him out? Don Dumphy says, no way. He says, I watched Sonny Listen get hit by billy clubs and stare back at the cop, but we'll see.

Next, Tesla has inked a deal to get a key battery component outside of China. Good job. They're going to turn to Mozambique for this key component. Musk company signed an agreement last month with Australia's Sira Resources, which operates one of the world's largest graphite mines in South Africa. Of course, you need that for your batteries.

It's a unique partnership between the electric vehicle manufacturer and the producer of the mineral. See, why let China go mine it when Mozambique can get it themselves and then sell it themselves? By the way, Tesla will buy the material from the company's processing plant in Louisiana.

So that's pretty cool. Remember, they relocated to Austin.

Next, Scream beats Spider-Man, gets $30 million. I feel like this is somewhat normal. Remember, we used to do the box offices all the time. Sing 2, which I never heard. The 355, I think, is a spy novel based on the Culprit Spy Ring.

I have to look into that, made just $2.3 million. I wanted to see The Underdog, but it made just a million dollars, $1.6. Yeah, that's the football story, LA Rams. It does look interesting, but I also wonder how streaming is impacting some of these movies on the bottom end of the film. Yeah, because sometimes they stream them first.

Yeah, they stream themselves. The first one is the movie of the year. Yeah, or like with the new Batman movie that's coming out, it's going to be 30 days in the theater, and then it's going to be on streaming.

So you wait a month, you can see it on your TV set.

Next, three in five people hate how their own smile looks. This is according to a recent study. People's online presence can affect how others perceive them. Results now show that people look at the photos and videos, 52%, their spelling and grammar, 49%, and the types of contests they post, 48%. Mostly it's on looks.

More respondents? 71% preferred this photo because they feel they look their best in it over the lightning and composition of the image.

So, three in four Americans add they don't always smile in photos. That's a fascinating study that I really wish I didn't read. Yeah, I just worry about, you know, I don't like other people's smiles like Eric over here. Thanks. Put the power of over 100 meteorologists and the worldwide resources of Fox in your hands with the Fox Weather Podcast.

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