Hurricane Ian Blows Through Florida; Joe Biden Tries to Introduce a Congresswoman Who Died Last Month

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Okay, there we go. All right, with me right now in studio is Kevin Roberts and Carly Shimkis. It's time to Carly Shimkis at the bottom of the arrow. Let's get to the big three.

Now, with the stories you need to know, it's Brian's big three. Number three. Representative governor, Senator Braun. Senator Booker, Representative Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie?

I I didn't think she was she was gonna be here. Pretty unbelievable, right? Unexplainable, inexcusable, and alarming. The president forgets a lawmaker who died, asked for her in a crowd, who, by the way, he called her to express his regrets to the surviving of her husband. It's Jackie Wilarski's family.

How do you explain that? And how do you explain that almost nobody covered it until the press conference? Number two. We're in a bunch of close races. I think we have a 50-50 shot of getting the Senate back.

It's going to be really, really close either way, in my view. Wow.

So, an optimistic Senator Mitch McConnell compared to where he was. Midterm movement and momentum. The Pennsylvania Senate race is tightening.

So is the governor's race in New York. We'll review the numbers in everywhere the Republicans seem to be making gains and where the Democrats are rejiggering their message. Number one. It may end up being a category five, but at a minimum, it's going to be a very strong category four that's going to rank as one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the Florida Peninsula. That is Governor Ron DeSantis.

Moments ago, addressing the people of Florida and around the country and the federal government, giving us an update on Hurricane Ian, the top five most powerful hurricanes that have slammed Florida in its illustrious history. Right now, the first lady of the state is speaking, and I'm not sure what she's addressing, but she's obviously a local anchor, really looked up to in Jacksonville when they first met. And that's where he was a congressman originally. Governor Ron DeSantis, so far in control, as we see more and more what is left behind. With me right now is Kevin Roberts, Heritage Foundation president.

And Kevin, we'll talk about politics, but first things first, in Florida, so many people relocated there from the Northeast, especially New York. This is maybe their first hurricane. It is. And, you know, I grew up on the Gulf Coast in Louisiana, Brian. Watching this coverage reminds me of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, which was a direct hit on my hometown.

And obviously, living through that day of those winds and that devastation is awful. But as you and I were talking about a couple minutes ago, Ago, the real test for everybody will come the next few days and weeks. And so, for people who've recently relocated there, what a rude awakening to what life is like on the coast. I mean, we thought it was going to hit in Tampa. It hit in Fort Myers.

They seemed to be somewhat surprised by it. And then the sheriff came out, and I was texting with Marco Rubio. He said, He's a great guy, but he says, We know there's hundreds dead. And He has no confirmation on that, but I did hear from somebody off the record they've seen bodies.

So there is going to be some fatalities. But to say hundreds, if that's not true, that's strange for him to say that. Look, you and I both know there's no way that he knows that. I'm not going to sit here and question his motive, but he's got to be more responsible about that because, unfortunately, Brian, there's little doubt that there will be fatalities. Obviously, we hope for our fellow Americans those are minimal.

Between the human toll of this and the toll of having 10, 20 feet of storm surge in your homes, this is going to be a major recovery effort, especially when you consider that part of Florida and that very well-run, booming state is like the engine of the state. Right. I mean, you've got 7,000 National Guard been mobilized already, 40,000 emergency workers ready to go, and we have equipment staged in various areas. Ron DeSantis been very cool under pressure. That's how he's characterized.

I talked to Jared Kushner about what. His time in the pandemic, and we were talking, and he said, I said, who are you in the most communication with? He said, like clockwork, Governor DeSantis would call me every day, and he'd crunch numbers. He'd have opinions. He asked me if this was right or this was wrong.

And that's the type of, that's somebody that's got the military background, the Yale and Harvard degrees, and somebody that wants to pull this off.

So far, so good.

So far, so good.

And I have a lot of scrutiny of that from a policy point of view. And growing up on the Gulf Coast, you think about what happened in Louisiana with Governor Blanco at that point. But DeSantis, thus far, gets near perfect marks. I mean, he prepared the state well. I don't mean that as a political statement.

We ought not be thinking about politics as Americans, although, of course, the Biden administration wants to. I think he's going to do really well because he's got the leadership profile to communicate well, to make really good decisions. And when he needs to push the feds to act quicker, we know that he's willing to do it. And he'll go to the microphone and say when he's not getting it, I remember, and I brought this up to Rick Scott when he was Governor Scott, but just now a senator on Fox and Friends. And after that conversation, club shooting in Orlando.

He said, I have not heard from President Obama. And President Obama was coming into town and never called the Republican governor. And yet he was already in his second term. Yet be a leader. And he said, so far, President Biden, after waiting a few days, Came out and called and even called again this morning.

He says, Yeah, I'm glad you called because we have a few more counties that are under duress. I'd like you to declare their emergencies, which allows individuals to go up and say, I've lost my house. I have no spending money. I need some clothes. I need a place to go.

So that allows individuals to go up to FEMA. It's crucial. And if President Biden, in fact, is going to be the uniter that he promised to be in the last election, this is the opportunity for him to show it. Obviously, DeSantis, you and I were just watching his press conference, has done a really good job of just being focused on helping his people. It's really crucial for all of us to understand that the scope of this particular natural disaster is going to last not for weeks but for months and probably a couple years.

This is when you can shorten that recovery. Right. Yeah. How quick to get the power back on, how quick you get people food and be responsive, that will ultimately be his grade.

So I was shocked about a few things, and we know a major gaffe by the President yesterday is everyone concerned. How about this? What about this choice to say this at this time, cut nine? Minister, forgive me, I want to add one more warning. That's warning to the oil and gas industry executives.

Do not. Let me repeat, do not. Do not use this as an excuse. to raise gasoline prices and gas the American people. Again, he's vilifying oil and gas companies is if he's not trying to destroy them, he is ripping them, blaming them for high gas prices.

Trevor Burrus, Jr.: It's just juvenile pandering, Brian. In fact, it really angers me because you need every kind of business owner to really dig deep and help people, and that's what Americans do. And so this is clearly something Biden sees as a political opportunity. And I want to be really clear: if anyone's gouging the American people, it's Biden and his administration and his allies in Congress who keep, in effect, raising taxes by passing more spending that leads directly to inflation. When refineries open, which will bring the oil and gas down, so when the oil industry has responded, quote, it's an unfolding weather event.

Our industry is focused on keeping the energy market well supplied and delivering fuels when they need it, most while ensuring the safety of our workforce. Gasoline prices are determined by market forces, not individual companies. And claims that the price of the pump is anything but a function of supply and demand are false.

So he doesn't even know what he's talking about. But we already know that, right? Because if he had even an eighth-grade understanding. Of economics, he wouldn't be pushing for all of the legislation that has happened in his administration. He was telling people, why if the barrel of oil is $76, has prices of gas gone up for the last five or six days?

But he says right away it's those horrible gas station owners, because we know how rich they are, and it's these horrible oil executives. And interestingly, as we know, to your point, most gas station owners are small businesses. They own one location. They are scraping by, especially during a period of inflation. We shouldn't be vilifying these people.

We should be actually celebrating what they are doing for the American economy. Especially while Western Europe pines for some type of oil and gas relief, and good allies would provide that, and we can.

So I want you to hear what the President said yesterday in a lightly covered event about nutrition. He was looking for somebody who played a role in putting together this conference, Jackie Walorski, who sadly, tragically, died in a car accident about a month ago. Listen to this, Cut 17. I want to thank all of you here for including Byron. bipartisan elected officials like Representative Governor, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, Representative Jackie, are you here?

Where's Jackie? I didn't think she was she was going to be here.

Okay. You know why she's not there? Uh because she's dead. And I don't know who put that in this copy or what he was reading, what he was thinking. Kevin, what are your thoughts on this?

And by the way, the poll report didn't have this major gap in it. I think it's one of the worst examples in a litany of leftist media bias, Brian, which you live through every day. President Biden and my dad are exactly the same age. And I tell my dad, who's a great conservative, Dad, if you ever exhibited signs of that kind of decline mentally, I would drive to where you are and I would bring you to be checked out. And I would do that because of love for you.

So that when I see this president, with whom I disagree on everything, do that, I'm sad for this country, but it also scares the daylights out of me, Brian, as someone with four kids and who loves this country, that there's no way he's capable of making decisions. And you think about what's confronting the United States, not just domestically, but in terms of foreign policy, with the Chinese Communist Party, with Putin, there is no way that he's the one making decisions. It really ought to concern all of us, including his party. Or he thinks he's making decisions. Decisions.

For example, when he came out with the One China policy and they walked him back for the fourth time, it's unbelievable. And they said, well, the President has not changed at all, and we have not changed our mission. But they never answered the question nor are they pressed. Can you imagine if President Trump came out and tried to salute somebody that was dead? I mean, there's no way.

They wouldn't even cover the hurricane on CNN. They would have covered just as GAF. And you and I are both old enough to remember when the media in the late 80s would make fun of President Reagan. Always. And there was no substance there, at least at that point in his life.

The point is, it raises the question, who's actually running the country? That's an equally scary question.

So listen to this. The least skilled press secretary in the history of our nation is now in charge.

So this happens. And it's the Washington Post who asked the question. Corrine Jean-Pierre, listen to this.

Now, I know she's in a tough spot in defense of her. What do you do when you know something this cataclysmic has happened? There are no fatalities in this, but what does it lead you to believe? Cut 18. If the late congresswoman was top of mind for the president and her family was expected to be here, and that's what he was thinking about, why was he looking for her?

I'm not trying to be snarky here. No, I mean, and I'm. No per second wouldn't sit there. I think people can understand. I think the American people out there who watch the briefing from time to time, maybe at this moment, will understand when someone is at the top of mind.

And this was such an important event when we're talking about hunger, when we're talking about food insecurity, when we're talking about these champions, these congressional champions who are in the room, who have worked in a bipartisan way. We don't talk much about bipartisan actions that we see in Congress at this point. Terrible spin. Here's more.

So they didn't let up. And this wasn't Peter Ducey, and it wasn't Fox. Cut 20. Would you be prepared to release the prepared remarks that the President had in telecommunication just so we could understand? I'm not understanding why that would be would be necessary.

We always share the remarks that the President had even delivered. That's probably going to be up on the website. not really sure what that has to do with anything. I just answered the question about her being on top of mind. I don't think that's any that's unusual.

I feel like many of us have gone through that particular time where someone is on top of mind and you call them out. Yeah. She's a specialist in using a lot of words and saying nothing. And I think, if I may make a prediction here, Brian, what's going to happen is the president's party is going to take it in the chin for midterms, and then his own party is going to turn against him. To your point, the reporters asking those questions are not strident conservatives, right?

These are people probably left of center who are concerned. And I think that's going to grow. And it leads me to believe 2023 is going to be already a very interesting year, even more so if the left abandons Biden.

Well, I know it's worse. He called the husband. And they put the White House flag at half mass. And the husband says You know, it's forgivable. But who you know, he's not mad.

Was it was he going to be mad at him? Of course he's and it's it's not as if he disparaged her, but it's g I'm concerned for uh back to your original point. I'm I'm concerned for the country. Are you kidding? Are you kidding?

Uh I d I mean. I don't know what to say. It's a big deal, right? And I don't think the President intended to do it. That's sort of the point.

I'm sure the widower of the Congressman was gracious, but the point is. Compare that to the decisions that need to be made about Taiwan, about the Chinese Communist Party, about Ukraine and Russia. There's no way Joe Biden is capable of making this. All right, when we come back, we'll have a few more minutes with Kevin Roberts. He's Heritage Foundation president for the last year.

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this year, past years. It's great to have. Terrific candidates. We're in a bunch of close races. I think we have a 50-50 shot of getting the Senate back.

It's going to be really, really close either way in my view.

So Mitch McConnell, a lot different now, and I think people got to him. Also, I think there's Kevin Roberts. I think there's some legitimate optimism here. Let's let's break it down. If I can put it I know who you want to win, but Dom Bolduck.

Governor Sununu is And he sparred. The minute he gets a nomination, he goes, I'm all for the general.

So what do you think his chances are being that he never got the Trump treatment, he never got the anointment from Trump, and now he's backing off saying that the election was fixed? I think I take a step back from that because I want the conservatives to win so that good policy is passed. I see in the last two weeks a shift back toward the conservative candidates, Brian. And I think in New Hampshire, as you're talking about, in Ohio, I think even in Arizona, where the Republican nominee Blake Masters is told by the media he has no chance, I actually think we're going to get not just a few dozen seats in the House. I do think there will be a conservative majority in the Senate.

But let me just say, being the president of the largest conservative policy policy. By the way, 538 said there's only a 17% chance. Yeah, but see, they also said that Hillary Clinton was going to win on election night in 2016. Leading the largest conservative policy group, we want these men and women to win so that we get conservative policy passed. It's not enough merely to have a Republican majority.

It looks like Fetterman, who is the least qualified person to ever run for office, especially after his stroke, he is Bernie Sanders in a hoodie, and he does not reflect what I thought Pennsylvania was, whether you're conservative or liberal. You're not that.

So he is now taking black lives. Matter off his website. He's trying to be a law and order guy. We already have him on record saying he wants to release a third of the prisoners. Oz is within four.

I understand the Republican Party has not coalesced around him. Is that true? That is true. I do think that there has been movement toward him by the party apparatus in Pennsylvania over the last two weeks. You see, I think the fruit of that is narrowing the spread.

You've also seen something similar in Georgia happen, where I now believe that Herschel Walker is going to defeat the incumbent.

Well, have you met Herschel? I haven't met him personally. I had a chance to spend a couple of days with him, known in the past, and you don't see a guy studying harder. He wants to be underestimated. The guy's studying like crazy.

He's approaching it just like he did in sports and business.

So he's not going to be outworked. And we'll see what happens on the debate. He's effectively lowering the bar. And the other big story is the President of the United States got a super PAC with $100 million. He helped get Mastriano in there, get Oz in there, get Blake Masters in there.

That's just J.D. Vance. Is the Pres did you ask the President to start spending money for these candidates? You know, I wish I had that kind of influence, but we do joke about this at Heritage because while we don't make endorsements, these are our kind of guys. And what I mean by that is they are conservatives.

They want to go to Washington, D.C., or their state capital for the gubernatorial candidates. And what do they want to do, Brian? They want to restore self-governance to the American people. Sign up the Heritage Foundation for anyone who wants to do that because the clock is ticking in order to take this Republic back. Right, and we'll see if it's going to happen.

Kevin Roberts at the helm, the Heritage Foundation president. You can follow him at Kevin Roberts, TX, Texas, right? Yes, sir. All right. Thanks so much, Kevin.

Great to see you. Thanks for having me. Best luck. In the next five weeks, it's going to be exciting. We'll have you on again.

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Well, I think it's clearly the biggest flood event we've ever seen in that part of the state. And that's not just Lee and Charlotte. That would be Collier. You had massive, massive storm surge. You have places in those counties that have massive standing water.

That, of course, presents a lot of hazards on the back end. I mean, we've been telling folks, be careful once the storm goes past. There were seven deaths directly caused by Hurricane Irma. There were 77 deaths caused in the aftermath for things like downed power lines or misusing generators.

So that's going to be a major, major disaster. That is the governor on our channel. Just gave a press conference and also points out that Florida has been slammed by Hurricane Ian.

Now, on top of that, Georgia is about to get hit, and the Carolinas all have a state of emergency. In fact, all the way up to Virginia, we did hear these reports in Carly Shimkison's studio. You'll probably watch, you watched her all morning, and you're also watching her on Fox Nation. But Carly, also, we're looking at the point: the hurricane hit in a place not exactly where we thought. We thought Tampa, Fort Myers ends up being the place.

It looks pretty devastated. But now we're getting to see everything. And this hit, night fell.

So, for the last few hours, we're starting to see everything. And then the sheriff comes out and said they think hundreds are dead. It's like, wow. Which is an estimate. It's a fear of theirs right now.

But I wish he saw that. I know, yes. Because you hear a sheriff, he's a local official, and you hear him say he thinks hundreds are dead. And then, you know, you repeat it. But then Governor DeSantis said that that number is not at all confirmed, and that's just a concern given how much destruction was caused.

But you talk to other meteorologists who are looking at the storm damage, looking at the size of the storm, looking at exactly where it hit in an area that people didn't necessarily expect it would. And they think that number could be even higher than hundreds. And Carly, now we understand the storm is with our listeners, WOKV, in Jacksonville area. Mayport's there, this big naval base. We know we got National Guard all over the place, big military community.

So many choose to retire there.

So they're usually good under pressure just by the nature. Their training. You got the ocean, you got a ton of rivers, you got the intercoastal, you got a lot of canals.

So, not a great combination, but for the longest time, up until the last hurricane, Jacksonville's been safe from this stuff. And now, this will be the second time. I'm waiting to see what's going to happen because I haven't seen many pictures. Yeah, well, the pictures really tell the story, and I think you're absolutely right. It's interesting to report on a storm that's happening all throughout the day, and because the wind is whipping so hard, you can't see anything.

You're hearing reporters on the ground, but the real gravity of the situation will definitely be much more present in the top of people's minds in the next hours to come when you can get drones in the sky and take pictures and really see exactly the extent of the damage. And Governor DeSantis said yesterday that there were a bunch of people that live in Tampa and they travel to Fort Myers, which is about 110, 120 miles south of Tampa, because They thought they were doing the right thing because everybody was thinking that Tampa was going to get hit and inadvertently they didn't know it at the time, but they were traveling into the hardest-hit area of the storm.

So you have to feel bad for those people as well. Yeah, stay away from Naples, one of the richest areas in the country, but they don't want people driving. You saw some of the devastation due to high water. I also thought it was interesting that the sheriff told me today: I said, Sheriff, you keep on hearing you want coordination outside money. What does the federal government need?

And he said, high water vehicles. Wow.

I said, yeah, we need them from other states. Right. So I have actually what Governor DeSantis said yesterday. Where is it? He said yesterday during the press conference.

Oh, I don't have, I remember the number. I think he said it was, oh, that's right. He said they have 250 aircraft and 1,600 high water vehicles staged around Florida ready to make rescues. And those are so important because you look at the streets already and they're rivers. And then you think about these barrier islands and Brian, you know, that partial bridge.

That collapsed off the coast of Fort Myers. And what's that little island called Sanibel? Yeah, Sanabelle. Sanibel Island. I hope I can say this on the air.

We were going to, I'm really worried about this. We were going to have a guest that was kind of hunkering down in Sanibel Island in the four o'clock hour, and we didn't hear from him. We don't know what happened.

So that's concerning. And then you hear about the bridge that collapsed, and that's really, I guess, your only way to mainland Tampa. And Sanibel, I don't think, is very far away from where the storm made landfall.

So it's just, again, we're just waiting in. Seeing how much damage was caused. And we also have WDBO listeners in Orlando area, and I was shocked the first reporter we had, they were getting pelted by the rain. And you would think Central Florida, you wouldn't think would be a problem, but Orlando's paying the price. And remember, it was so rare: Disney never closes.

Disney's closed again. Do you know how much money they lose every day that they close? Not that this company needs money, but it's an $82 million loss each day that they close. But you have to, because even though it's in the center of the state, the storm is making its way towards, I guess it's still over Orlando or past Orlando right now. But then I was listening to Janice earlier today, and it's going to go up the east coast.

So if you're in Georgia or South Carolina or North Carolina, once it hits the Atlantic, because water is the main power source for a hurricane, it could turn from a tropical storm to a hurricane again. Nothing like the category four/slash five that hit the west coast, but still. Still scary. That's why, I mean, living in Florida is such an incredible thing for so many people to do. But I don't know.

I would always feel very uneasy about owning property right on the coast because it's so beautiful. You have some, don't you? Am I allowed to say that? You have some. And I would always just be really concerned.

Like, how long is this going to be mine? For a long time. Although they are fortified. A lot of these homes are fortified. We're looking at a fire in one house right now on Fox News on Sanibel Island, Florida.

I don't know why it's on fire, but obviously something happened. Maybe a generator. Who knows? Yeah, as I mentioned, one of the things that people do is say, let me bring the generator inside. I don't want it to get wet.

Yeah, well, do you know why? Yeah, because they don't want it to get wet. They don't want to put in the elements.

So they'll go out and bring in their hands. Why would it start a fire if you bring it in?

Something about the exhaust and the heat that it gives off, that ignites anything in its past.

So you got newspapers, you have rags, you have anything around there.

So that was a big problem. Airports are closing Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, everything in southwest Florida, as well as Daytona and Melbourne. They are scrambling. All these major carriers are scrambling to get cell phones. service back.

What you got to do is get these battery-powered Cell phone chargers. That's the key, or else you're pretty much out of power right now. Did you also hear yesterday? As all this was happening, the storm was raging on. Border Patrol rescued.

Four Cuban migrants, their boat sank because they were trying to get to the Florida coast. Wow.

Their boat had several dozen immigrants in it, and four were able to swim to the coast, and the Coast Guard was looking for the others. Unbelievable, because Cuba got destroyed. Cuba got hit with this first.

So it got just, it was like a buzzsaw right through there. I want to talk about when we get back, I want to talk about what's happening. In politics, also what the President did yesterday, forgetting a deceased lawmaker's that she had actually died. Unbelievable to me.

So, we do have a lot more to discuss. And somebody else I always talk about with what's happening with Russia and Ukraine is. is fascinating.

Now there's intercepts picked up by cell phones that Russian soldiers were not supposed to use. That was published in the New York Times today that talk about how horrific things are for Russia and how they were basically Executing. civili Ukrainian civilians because they didn't want to be identified. And that's what the mass coinage and these mass graves are about. And now you have more proof if you want to bring charges.

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Subscribe and listen now at FoxNewsPodcasts.com. From his mouth to your ears, it's Brian Kilmead. If we do get the majorities, obviously we're going to reprioritize all the Biden agenda items because clearly this is, you know, we've got an economy that's wobbly. We have a 40-year high inflation. We've got an energy crisis in the country.

We've got a border crisis in this country. We're going to have to literally start from ground zero and do everything we can to reverse some of the harm that's been done through those massive spending bills. And to your point, you know, the 87,000 new employees at the IRS, for example, is one area where I think a Republican Congress, through the power of the purse, through the appropriations process and through the confirmation process, may be able to leverage and get the administration to go back on some of these huge new spending programs that they've started as a result of those two big spending bills. And also locking all the discounts from 2017, including the corporate tax rate. Carly Shimka's here.

Carly Senator Jon Thune saying that that's if they get the Senate in the House and then pressure him to do some of these things in some type of compromise fashion. It did. We'll see what that goes. Yeah. Well, when it was Bill Clinton, it worked and he decided to pivot when he lost a bunch of House and Senate seats.

I don't know. Do you think that President Biden would pivot like that and just say, you know what, I do need to work across the aisle finally? You would think that initially, because that is sort of his personality, but I do think he's also changed. I think a lot of it is w I think a lot of it is weakness because he's Following with the loudest voices in the party, and those loudest voices always tend to be the most radical ones. And by the way, we're following everything with Hurricane Ian.

It's now a tropical storm making his way right cutting right through Florida about the slam into Georgia, and Governor Brian Kemp just addressed his people. They're in a state of emergency.

So I want you to hear, or everyone at home here, what the President actually said yesterday, which is. Keep in mind this, Jackie Walorski tragically died in a car accident.

So she's a Democrat, at which time the president reportedly called the family, grieved with them, put the flag at half-staff at the White House. But it didn't stop him from saying this, Cut 17. And I want to thank all of you here, including bipartisan elected officials like Representative Governor, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, Representative Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? I didn't think she was going to be here.

She's died. And number one, was he reading that in the copy? Does he have the worst staff ever? The ones that put those little basic things on nose cards, like say hello, that we see spotted him because he holds him the wrong direction. I mean, what do you think about that?

It's absolutely unexcusable. It's just a shame. I feel like her family, maybe they'll take the high ground, but it's definitely too way too soon to be making this mistake. And yes, he did. Release a statement after she passed away, tragically.

So did two of her staffers. And it's also really hard to talk about because you don't want to just criticize the president in the name of someone who just passed away. And you have to be really respectful to the family and how they're feeling right now. But it also is just an unbelievably, it's an unbelievable mistake. You hear that and your jaw drops.

You go, this is another example. Here, the husband was interviewed. He said, He said, It's okay, unforgivable, no, but yeah, it's a big mess up. Yeah. But I just want to say that.

That's not really a gaffe that makes anybody laugh or speaking. Oh, no, it's not. No, that's not funny at all. It's disconcerting that he didn't quickly correct himself. He didn't say, Jack, what am I saying?

She puts it in the house. This was a huge tragically. This was a huge tragedy, and it just happened. And her role in nutrition and pushing this forward is so important. That's why I said, instead, he leaves it to his press secretary, who has yet to display communication skills that would warrant the position.

And the Washington Post is the one that kept pushing her to say, and I played a couple of these cuts already.

So the Washington Post is, can you tell me how this happened? Cut 20. Would you be prepared to release the prepared remarks that the President had in telecommunication just so we could understand? I'm not understanding why that would be necessary. We always share the remarks that the President had, even delivered.

That's probably going to be up on the website. not really sure what that has to do with anything. I just answered the question about her being on top of mind. I don't think that's any that's unusual. I feel like many of us have gone through that particular time where someone is on top of mind and you call them out.

What? What? What kind of answer? See, that's almost just as bad. Makes it worse.

Yeah, it does make it worse.

Well, it's just a floundering mistake. And I think it really does. Listen, being the press secretary is an incredibly difficult job. That's why I look up to Tana Perino so much. I think that she's a good person.

Kayla McAdamy. Kayleigh McAdye. Kayleigh has a tough one. She did such an incredible job. I remember her first day.

I didn't know her that well at the time.

Now I know her much, much more. We're friends. But I remember her first day just praying for her when she came out in the black suit because I was just like, man, she's about to, you know, be fed to the lions. And she did such a great job. It's a difficult job, but you do have to be ready to answer tough questions.

And if you aren't, then you have to face the criticism of it. And saying that somebody's on top of mind when the person has passed away. does not explain why the President was l actively searching for that person in the room. I mean, do you at that point just say, well, I know how I'm going to deal with Peter Doocy when he asked me the question, but he was probably shocked to get barraged by this. If why wasn't it in the pool report from the one person doing the report say this is the one of the president?

And actually, the Washington Post made a really good point because it may not entirely be the President's fault. It could have been something that's not a good idea. It looks like he was reading it. Yeah. And it could have been a mistake that somebody else made, and he's delivering a speech.

Maybe he forgot his n her name for a second, and it may not have totally been only his fault.

So that's that was why the question's important. How about this? You don't cover first staff, you the president you're the press secretary. Yeah, uh unfortunately the copy was written in a haphazard way and we thought we were gonna have this press conference early and Jack Roloff's good and this is on us and the president's get into it quickly realized it and was trying to talk his way out of it. We that that would have been great if if that is the case, release the transcript and everything.

I don't know, fire somebody. The other thing about Carly, Carly is very passionate about foreign relations, especially the Ukraine-Russia war.

So we understand that we have now committed to upping the weapons production for Ukraine with more high MARS. We're still investigating what's going on with Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. Who would want to blow up those pipelines? Because it doesn't seem to be in Russia's interest. But to me, it wasn't in Russia's interest to slow down the amount of oil and gas because it's making Western Europe.

less dependent on them every day that goes by. The suffering's only going to be short term. And now we see in the New York Times these soldiers intercepts on test cell phones that said the Army, Russian Army in total disarray. One of the quotes was: No one even told us before the day before that we were going to war. They complain about strategic blunders.

They say they're just trying to fool people here to fight this war. And they keep telling everyone everything's fine. It is not fine. And in the most horrific thing possible, they talk about walking Ukrainians out to the woods and just shooting them because they didn't want to be recognized after the war is over. Your thoughts about all this?

Horrific. And that is exactly what we were seeing at the start of the war, too: those shallow graves of people whose bodies were dug up. Absolutely. And now you have intercepts. Of course.

And ISW, General Joaquin's, that's General Joaquin's outfit, right? They had an analysis of Putin's mobilization, and they say that Western Intel believes tens of thousands of reservists. Russian reservists were already called in.

So the reservists who are left are low quality and are totally unwilling to go. And running for the border. 98,000 people went to Kazakhstan. Yes. Yes.

Close to 100,000 men, just Kazakhstan alone. And now I believe that Russia closed the borders to Georgia. And Finland's going to close at midnight to close their borders. It is just so sad.

So there's also reports of students, college students, getting pulled out of class and getting sent to war. And you know what happens then? Nobody wants to fight this. And then what does that say for Putin's popularity? I mean, the fact that he has any semblance of popularity in the country is still staggering to me, but he does.

They should set up a hotline to let Russians defect. Let them defect. It doesn't mean you have to die because you're losing. Lyman evidently is surrounded. A part of the Donbass is being infiltrated.

And now they might even have to hold off on their annexation, which was a shame. More to come on that front for sure. Carly Shifkis will watch you from 4-6 every day. Thanks, Deal. From high atop Fox News headquarters in New York City, always seeking solutions, never sowing division.

It's Brian Killmead. Hey, welcome to the latest moments of the Brian Killmead Show, 1866-408-7669. We're coming to you from 48th and 6th in Midtown Manhattan, but heard around the country, around the world. And of course, we're talking about what's happening in Florida and with Hurricane Ian, which is now Tropical Storm Ian. At the bottom of the hour, Joe Concha has a brand new book out.

It's called Come On, Man. It's a book about Biden. And man, does he have something to add to the paperback? And that is a major gap yesterday that I can't get my head around too. Charlie Heard has been a regular on the show.

Every time he's in the studio, we love having him. Post-pandemic world is really benefiting our radio show.

So before we get to Charlie, let's get to the big three.

Now, with the stories you need to know, it's Brian's big three. Number three. Representative Governor, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, Representative. Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie?

I didn't think she was she was supposed to be here. Is that unbelievable? Unexplainable, inexcusable, and alarming. The president forgets a lawmaker who passed away and asked for her in a crowd.

Meanwhile, he had been called Congress, he called Congresswoman Jackie Waldorski's family after she passed away in a car accident to express his grief and lowered the flag to half-mask at the White House. How do you make that mistake? Number two. We're in a bunch of close races. I think we have a 50-50 shot of getting the Senate back.

It's going to be really, really close either way, in my view. Yeah, really close in his view. And that is so optimistic compared to what Mitch McConnell was three weeks ago. Midterm movement, the Pennsylvania Senate race is tightening. We will review the numbers, and there are signs everywhere that the issues that are breaking in this world that matter most are going the Republicans' directions.

So, what are the Democrats doing? Scrubbing their websites and changing their message. Number one. It may end up being a category five, but at a minimum, it's going to be a very strong category four that's going to rank as one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the Florida Peninsula. And it's hit, and it's working its way up.

Hurricane Ian, top five, most powerful, they say top four in history. It is now a tropical storm, as I mentioned, and it is blitzing St. Augustine as well as Jacksonville. We have great affiliates in the area. Hopefully, you'll be able to hear us.

We'll cover it. We understand it. And Charlie Hurd is very interesting because so many people that you know and I know moved to Florida or said, This is the time to invest. That's where I want to spend the bulk of my time. And now they're in, this is the bad part about it.

Not that New York is immune from it. Hurricane Sanders just a few years ago, but this is the first they're experiencing it. And it's showtime for Ron DeSantis to produce for the area. Yeah, he's doing it. And it's easy to look at this thing the next morning and say, okay, it's breaking up into a tropical storm.

It's not that big of a deal. It's a huge deal. That thing is a monster storm. It goes all the way from Naples up past Fort Myers up into Gasparilla Island. It's a monster storm.

And if those reports from the mayor down there are talking about how the fatalities are in the hundreds, which seems. Astronomical to me, but especially when you consider the fact that most of these things. The vast majority of of fatalities occur after the storm has passed. In the wake of it.

So it's going to be it's important to kind of keep an eye on all that. And it's but it is it's a humbling reminder also that no matter how much Politicians in Washington try to politicize something like this and make it into something. We don't control the weather. Man does not control the weather. Mother Nature is awesome and it's powerful, and you better respect it.

Listen, I don't know the stats in front of me, but there have been less hurricanes in the Florida area of late than ever before. But every time something hits, they say, well, there you go, climate change. Because it used to be global warming, but now it's climate change. And what's so amazing about this is Joe Biden is crowing over the fact that gas prices now are $1.30. In fact, let's listen to Joe Biden yesterday inexplicably using this moment to talk about oil and gas.

The price of oil has stayed relatively low. kept going down. The price of gas should be going down as well. My experts informed me the production Of only about 190,000 barrels a day has been impacted by the storm thus far. That's less than two percent of the United States' daily production.

impact it for a very short period of time. This small temporary storm impact on oil production provides no excuse. No excuse for price increases at the pump. None. And gas companies Try to use this storm to raise the price of the pump.

I will ask officials to look into whether price gouging is going on. America is watching. The industry should do the right thing. Right. And it gets even worse from there, calling them out, saying, forgive me, I want to add one more warning of the oil and gas companies.

Do not, let me repeat, do not do this. It's not an excuse to raise gas prices.

Okay. You're creating an enemy already. It shows you don't even understand the business. Yeah. And I love he uses the phrase relatively low.

Yeah, relative to what they were right after he got into office. If increased five. And he jacked the price of gasoline up to $6 a gallon. Yeah, it's relatively low, but it's still $1.30 above where it was. But this is the other thing.

And of course, gas prices are going to go up in the wake of. Hurricane Ian, because that's what happens. You know, this guy doesn't understand economics, nor does he understand the weather. But he is so lucky that That we have not had more named storms because named these big storms. Always jack the price of gasoline up because it disrupts delivery abilities, it disrupts refineries, all of the things that naturally cause prices to go up.

And then he uses this opportunity. He claims to be attacking. Gas companies and oil companies? He's not. He's attacking normal Americans who drive their kids to school and have to drive to work.

Right. So here's what Phil Flynn says: you know, he's an oil and gas expert, CUP 13. We only saw 11% production down. That's coming back online. We've seen other storms.

If this had tracked a little bit to the west, it's very possible that we could have seen 100% of that production shut in.

So that didn't happen. And the reason why the Biden administration should be very happy that it didn't is because they've drained our strategic petroleum reserve, right? And we are going to be less able to be able to help the American people in the event of these type of storms because we've drained our reserve. The Biden administration has gambled with those barrels of oil to try to get prices down in the short term, but it leaves us vulnerable for these type of disasters. And we're very lucky it didn't go into those refineries.

I mean, he doesn't understand what he's talking about. Also, I understand we have this huge refinery in the Virgin Islands and that we all you have to do is get it online and that could alleviate br uh immediately bring back the price. But guess why he won't do it, Charlie Hurt? He doesn't want oil and gas, period. Yeah, no, and I sort of don't understand why they don't why he isn't just open about it, because he's open about it in his policies.

Um And you know, the idea, and of course, the only reason that he tapped into the strategic petroleum reserves in the first place. Is because he wanted a short-term fix to sort of buffer Democrats. in the election. Uh and and I think it's also important to remember that These are the same Democrats when President Trump so so now we hear that Biden is talking about trying to refill the reserves at, what, $80 a barrel. When President Trump tried to refill the reserves.

Uh three years ago. When the price of gasoline, you know, the price of oil was at like below 30 a barrel. Uh In Congress, he blocked him and prevented him from doing it. I mean, it's a small thing. It's not a small thing, it's a big thing.

But it's not massively consequential, but it's a clear demonstration. These people want to destroy the oil and gas industry in America. They would rather send coal to China and let China gain on America and then have Americans suffer by paying either $5 a gallon gasoline or $4 a gallon gasoline and have to cut back on taking their kids to school and going to the grocery store.

So tell me this. Let me know if you think this is concerning. Jackie Walarski died in a tragic car accident, and the president had called her. Had called her, called the family, put the flag at half-staff. But guess what?

He said this yesterday at a big nutritional meeting to announce some piece of legislation, CUD 17. I want to thank all of you here, including bipartisan elected officials like Representative Government, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, Representative Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? I didn't think she was going to be here. So her husband said.

Is it unforgivable? No, it's not unforgivable. I forgive him. Was it a major mess up? He said yes.

What do you think? I mean, this was not something you laugh at. Yeah, no, they're classy people. Um. Joe Joe Biden, I mean, it's it's it's uh it y you cringe.

The guy is out of it. Just weeks ago, he the White House issued a statement from him saying that Jill and I are shocked and saddened. And then weeks later, he doesn't even remember it.

Something is going on here. We have a major problem. We don't know what it is. And this is, and what's really disturbing to me about it. More than just the fact that we have a president who is exhibiting clear evidence of having.

His cheese slid off his cracker is the fact that it's like, okay, if he's not in charge, who is in charge? I know. We do get to elect our president, and our president is it right? And our president is in charge of the entire executive branch. Who's running the executive branch right now?

I don't know. It's not Joe Biden. I don't know who it is. We don't even know who's writing stuff into the teleprompter for him to say. And at a moment where China and Putin are watching, Every step of this guy That's really scary.

Oh, it is. And here's Kamala Harris not making me feel better. She goes to the border of Nor uh North and South Korea, but she doesn't go to our border. Listen to this, card 29.

So the United States Shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea. And It is an alliance that is strong and enduring. And today There were several demonstrations of just that point. Do we have relations with North Korea? I know the President Trump did.

Did she think she was serving with President Trump? Yeah. Who knows? North Korea. Nobody knows.

But it's also a reminder. That is just one of two of the hottest. Nuclear standoff hotspots. In the world. Probably the the most serious nuclear standoffs.

that we've ever uh of our lifetime quite possibly. You've got You've got North Korea developing a nuclear weapon that they can deliver long distances. Bike can reach California. Yeah. And then you have Vladimir Putin over here l openly talking about using nuclear weapons.

This is terrifying. And the idea you know you know the idea that you have a man who doesn't know the difference between people who are alive and dead. And doesn't is shaking hands with potted ferns on stage, and has to be ushered offstage by his wife and told to walk this way. These are not gaffes. This is not him being a buffoon, which he always has been.

This is really serious. And I don't know who's in charge. Clearly, I think this all relates to the fact that Jill couldn't answer whether he's running again and he didn't answer. I think there's something seriously going on. And, you know, there's going to be reports and people are going to write books.

Some type of adrenaline shot that he gets on big moments that really lacks on other moments. Can you believe we're sitting here speculating about that? No. Because there was a time where we wouldn't even speculate on that because it's so because we don't know. It's outlandish to think that.

But honestly, it's what everybody's talking about. And I.

Something, you know, he manages, they celebrate. David Trump said called out, called for a dead lawmaker. He took a mental competency test on television just at the mere suggestion that something is wrong. And so the idea that this guy is clearly, you know, without his mental competency. Um Facilities and no one, you know, it's terri.

It is absolutely terrifying. And by the way, Kamala Harris, they just sent a rocket over South Korea prior to her arrival. And the fact that this stuff isn't instinctive, that she doesn't know North South Korea, that you didn't grow up with that, and don't understand foreign affairs to the point where you'd actually make that mistake, is really disturbing.

So, when we come back, I want to find out where you think the midterms are going, Charlie. We'll look at the top five in terms of what you're hearing at the Washington Times. And of course, what are you going to be hosting today? Uh Mornings with Maria. We just did it.

Oh, you just did it? Yeah, no, but I was watching Fox and Friends the entire time. I had him bring in a television so that even while I was talking on Fox Business, I was actually watching you. I'm not believing that because I need a second source. And that's what journalists do.

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Number 61. He's been chasing history, and now he makes it. He and Rugg. Jamaras are tied with 61 home runs, the most anybody has ever hit in a single season in American league history. tied for the mark.

And that was finally happened last night. Charlie Hurd, you're a big baseball guy. Aaron Judge does this, and I believe he's right now winning the batting title at three point fourteen. And I was just corrected by the President of Yankees because I said it's Apple TV, it is Amazon that has the Friday night contracts, and they've agreed to do a simulcast with yes. Friday night to see if he could beat it in front of a capacity crowd at Yankee Stadium.

What do you think? Oh, I think that I think I mean, he kind of had a dry spell here for the last seven day games, but I think it's the second longest dry spell of the season.

So I think that getting over the hump last night, all bets are off. It was so amazing watching his mom and Roger Maris' son standing in the audience. As soon as that ball left Aaron Judge's bat, his mom knew it was going out of the park. It was such and I'm not a young man. She's probably watched him since he was four years old.

She watched the first baseball he ever hit off of a t-ball. And she watched that last night. And of course, when he walked back, he tipped his helmet to her. I'm not a Yankees fan, but man, it is so it was such a gorgeous thing to see last night. That's a Toronto cheering for him.

Isn't that great? A standing ovation. And they're trying to get a wild card. Yeah. And they're losing.

Yeah. Standing ovation from a crowd in Toronto. And then, also, if you don't believe in the baseball gods. You've got number Maris was number nine. Aaron Judge is 99.

It's been 61 years since Roger Maris set the record for 61 home runs, and then Aaron Judge. Uh Be uh matches it sixty-one years later. There's a lot of funny stuff going on.

So, my I mean, he's got to. He's got to pass it. And no one would be happier than Roger Maris' son. I know. He's a class actor.

I had a chance to meet the Maris family when Maguire was going for it in 98. And they love Maguire. McGuire admitted he cheated. Got to 70, he cheated. We know Sosa cheated.

We know Bonds cheated. Baseball knows he cheated. Best way is on the Hall of Fame.

So they should let that be. This should be the all-time. That's what Roger Maris said. He said, when he beats my dad's record, he should be the single-season home run champ. And he said he did it clean.

And he did. 35th plate appearance between 60 and 61, seven games overall. I think that this guy does it in bunches. And I think he does hits two Friday night. That's my prediction.

You want a pet? Yes. Yeah, no, I'd be on the same stage. You have a DraftKings account? We don't need to.

But just so we know, I put my recorder down on this. I'm taping it on my walk. I mean, if I were to go, I'd say three just to block. Just to block. Like the Babe Ruth story, Blue Gehricks.

Thanks so much, Charlie Hurt. You got me. Joe Cotcha next. A radio show like no other. It's Brian Killmead.

I want to thank all of you here, including bipartisan elected officials like Representative Governor, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, Representative Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? Sh I I didn't think she was she was gonna be here. Jackie Rulorsky was not there because she passed away in a car crash. And the President should have known that because the President called her family after she passed away and put the White House flag at half staff.

Joe Concha, our guest, is part of the reason he wrote the book, Come On Man, because it's something Joe Biden always says. The truth about Joe Biden's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad presidency, which he considers and many people consider a big success. But last, what is your take on the latest gaffe? Because to me, It is it's you don't laugh. You don't say this is a good political opportunity.

I am totally. Uh Uh I am totally set back by it. To think that he would call somebody who we knew is dead and not correct himself, look for her in the audience. That's the thing, Brian. Two people are to blame here, right?

Because obviously he was reading a list of names handed to him.

So whoever wrote that out should have known. But then the minute he read it, I said, Hey, wait a minute. I'm sorry. Yeah. Actually, she died in a car crash a month ago.

And let's take the time to remember her once again and all of her service to this country. And he didn't even get it. But then it gets worse because then the White House press secretary, Green Jean-Pierre, when she was asked about it, said, Oh, well, actually, he was just saying it to remember her because she was top of mind. No, just say that the president made a mistake and it shouldn't have happened and move on instead. They try to gaslight us on everything.

We're not in a recession when we are. We're at zero inflation when we're at 8.5% inflation. And in this latest gaffe, they think the American people are stupid. The Inflation Reduction Act is not for inflation. It's a green energy bill.

And basically, John Kerry outed him on that. And he added himself too when he signed it that day.

So, what happens is, if you're a press secretary and the president says something blatantly wrong. And for example, I remember Sean Spicer came out and said. President Trump had the biggest size crowd crowd, period. He lost credibility forever because he didn't. Here's Corrine Jean-Pierre getting a question from the Washington Post on this very thing.

Cut 18. If the late congresswoman was top of mind for the President and her family was expected to be here and that's what he was thinking about, what why was he looking for? I'm not trying to be snarky here, but No per second wouldn't sit there. I think people can understand. I think the American people out there who watch the briefing from time to time, maybe at this moment, will understand when someone is at top of mind.

And this was such an important event when we're talking about hunger, when we're talking about food insecurity, when we're talking about these champions, these congressional champions who were in the room, who have worked in a bipartisan way. We don't talk much about bipartisan actions that we see in Congress at this time. And as he was naming folks, she was on top of mind, and he understands and knew that he was going to see her family on Friday for this bill signing. Again, I don't think it's all that unusual to have someone top of mind, especially as there's a big event.

So How do you think she handled it, Joe Concha? As poorly as any press secretary could possibly handle that. Because if he's saying, Where's Jackie? Is Jackie here? Unless he has, you ever play with a Ouija board when you were younger?

When you try to contact the afterlife, you want to see Patrick Swayze as Sam Wheat suddenly just appear and Whoopi Goldberg. When you say something like that, it's an insult to the American people. And the thing is, then, after that, let's say that was Kayleigh McEnany. There would have been hostility in that room, and there would have been question after question pressing her on what do you mean by that? And what do you mean by President Trump losing it?

Right, right. And then we'd be hearing about the president as in Trump, his mental capability and his cognitive ability. And then the late night hosts would all jump in, and you would see joke after joke, rightly, about this because. You shouldn't have comedy that is non, or that is partisan. And of course, all the late night hosts are activists at this point.

And you see what Kamala Harris said yesterday? Yeah, in fact, we have that. I had a feeling you did.

So, Kamala Harris was in the DMZ line because she goes to that border, but not our border between North and South Korea.

Now, hours before, North Korea sent a rocket over South Korea just to say, I know I'm still here. Listen to how she described being in South Korea, Cut 29.

So, the United States. Shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea. And It is an alliance that is strong and enduring. And today, There were several demonstrations at just that point.

Okay, where's Colbert? Where's Kimmel? Where's Fallon? Where are all these people in Light Knight that believe me, if Vice President Pence had said something like that, or Trump? Then it would be like, see, three people in a half hour.

Right. But that's why they're getting two O's or one fives, because that is horrific. I mean, Carson was at a seven. Yeah. You know, maybe a nine.

Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, they were to double, triple that. And, you know, Letterman was probably a 3-2 or 2-8 or around a 4, whatever. He was a point or two back. But he became a partisan at the end. Ratrun John McCain was running for president.

Think of late night comedy as a pie, okay? And then now the pie is split up as three pieces. You split it in half, and then you split that half into three pieces. And that's what that audience is fighting for. And then over on the other half, you have your niche audience, half the country.

And that's why Greg Guttfeld is now at number one, beating Colbert quite easily, almost doubling Kimmel and Fallon, because he's doing comedy, not so much he's doing the political stuff. Yeah, they'll jump into it, but just. Things that are politically incorrect. You hosted the show. You saw a kind of audience that you were drawing well over 2 million people, which is much more than the other guys.

Because those late night hosts, it's like watching some sort of bad version of Don Lemon on CNN enough already. Maybe we don't want to hear about politics. I want escapism again, and we've lost that. I remember coming up on the Colbert, what is it, Late Show? It's Stephen Colbert, Chuck Schumer.

Really? That's your promo? That's your promo? I mean, like, who are you trying to get? CNN's Anderson Cooper's audience?

Yeah, Seth Meyers slams McConnell for not blowing up the filibusters. Like, this is what I'm tuning in for. How about stupid Petrics? Can I add that, please? We talk about it in the book.

I have a whole chapter on this.

So the other thing is with James Corden is the one guy I could listen to, I could tolerate.

So I always go to his military. You know, I don't know what time they tape it, but if they don't do it tonight, I'd be stunned because he's been going at Biden and his absent-mindedness, so to speak.

So we'll see what happens because I think Trump made everyone crazy. The question is to you, Joe, if Trump isn't the nominee. And it's DeSantis or Nikki Haley or Pompeo, whoever. Do they get the Trump treatment, or is that only Trump? They get almost the Trump treatment.

They get 90% of it. Let's put it that way. Because remember, John McCain was dubbed as a curmudgeon and a racist, right? John McCain. Mitt Romney, same thing.

Mitt Romney, the most moderate Republican probably in the Senate, was also dubbed that way. And DeSantis, now we even see it with this hurricane coverage, right? That even as the storm is barely leaving Florida and the blame game begins with DeSantis.

So he would be the biggest magnet. I think that somebody like Glenn Young is being overlooked here, particularly if Trump does not run, because he won in Virginia. He beat Clinton Royalty and Terry McCullough. He ran on issues like education. He ran without doing rallies, doing rallies without Trump, right?

So I think a Youngin Run for the presidency. It would be hard to hit him as an extremist or somebody who is hateful in his heart because he just doesn't come across that way. And DeSantis is doing a tremendous job in Florida, and he would be a big threat also. And I think even if Trump runs, Brian, I know this may be an unpopular opinion among some, I think even DeSantis or Young could beat Trump head-to-head. Yeah, you think they can beat Trump, really?

I do.

Well, Young is going to be interesting because he got along. Evidently, he played a major role in the China deal, the phase one. And we don't really remember that because the pandemic hit a short time later. They were already working on phase two. And Basically, Glenn Youngkin has such great relations with China and Saudi Arabia.

He was able to work with them and say, listen, is it Trump was like, is this the deal we want? What deal don't they want?

So he got a shout-out, Glenn Youngcken did, from the President for his help when he was with the Carlisle group. I just wonder if there's Trump fatigue, Brian. In other words, Reagan towards the end, like year seven, year eight, even people are like, okay, it's time for a change. When you think about it, in 2024, Donald Trump will have been on the political scene since 2015. That's nine years.

And you just wonder if just the natural human reflex is to, you know what, we need the next chapter. We could get all the things we get with Trump with DeSantis, for example, but we don't get the baggage, and we won't have to see January 6th on a loop for two years, which you know the media would do. The January 6th on a loop. Which has only goes to a certain audience. That's to motivate the Democrats.

And then they'd have the Mar-a-Lago raid and the Georgia case. I don't believe Letitia James. I think Letitia James' case looks so petty and political. I think that that's actually going to help the president. Number two, believe me, they would have loved to have got a criminal case on him.

They couldn't get it. They went through two attorney generals. Even this other guy doesn't even, yeah, even he doesn't have it. But I want you to hear what Joe Biden said yesterday. It's not getting enough play.

But this is part of the reason I imagine you wrote the book, Cut Nine. Minister, forgive me, I want to add one more warning. That's warning to the oil and gas industry executives. Do not. Let me repeat, do not.

Do not use this as an excuse. to raise gasoline prices or goug the American people.

So in other words. They're the cops. Yeah. Oil and gas companies, the CEOs, really? The ones you've been vilifying, trying to destroy on a regular basis, which legislation went effort to do that, and the oil and gas companies that just demanded pump more.

And now all of a sudden you're saying, whatever you do, we're in the middle of a catastrophe. Let me just point out a bad guy is the oil and gas companies, which shows he doesn't even understand what goes into the business. He doesn't have the humility to know what he doesn't know. How many jobs has Joe Biden held outside of government, I wonder, in the past 50 years? Zero, right?

So, of course, he doesn't understand it. When prices were going up, he blamed Putin. Then, when they came down a bit, he took credit.

Now they're going back up again.

So let's see, we have to find another boogeyman. It's oil and gas companies. Nobody buys it. And you see what's happening with the stock market again today, Brian, down another, what, 535 points. It's now well below 30,000.

You can't ignore this anymore. People are looking at their 401ks and they're seeing them disappear. They're seeing their wages not going up. They're seeing what they're paying for gas. What they're paying for food and what they're paying for rent, and then electric bills coming up this winter.

And I keep hearing about Democratic momentum. I'm sorry, what people feel on the ground is going to decide what happens in these midterms. And then they see a president who they just don't see as somebody who is completely competent and has his full abilities right now at this point, and never really did, quite frankly, to solve the problems impacting this country.

So now we're seeing the Hurricane Ian, which is now a tropical storm Ian, make its way up north.

So it's passed through St. Augustine.

Now it's in Atlantic Beach. It's on the cusp of Jacksonville. And then it's going to go flying into Georgia. And it's been pretty devastating to the entire state.

So we're following all those in the track of that storm. The president just came out and tweeted this out. We're continuing to take swift action to help the families of Florida. Overnight, I made a major disaster declaration to expedite federal aid to supplemental recovery efforts. I want the people of Florida to know that we will be there every step of the way.

Let's see, because right now, Governor Santis wants to expand the disaster areas. Let's see if they'll. Do that. Joe Koch is here. His book is now out.

It's called Come On Man: The Truth About Joe Biden's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Presidency, which is not over. Sadly. Back in a moment. Thank you. Diving deep into today's top stories, it's Brian Kilmead.

The more you listen, the more you'll know. It's Brian Killmead. Now I've seen a lot, I've learned a lot, and I've done a lot. And I want to help.

So I believe in life we do what we can when we can. I am starting a political action committee to elect the right people to office. We do not need more panderers. We need producers. We need people committed to fight for change and who get results.

We need people who have the character and the capacity to stand up and lead. and take the heat that goes with leadership. Because that is the job. Is this unbelievable? Andrew Como, so self-important, says, I'm ready for a comeback.

I got myself a podcast, got myself a super PAC, and I'm ready to go. Lead, and he wants a comeback so bad. I know he's not going to get a CNN contract. He's not going to get a Fox News contract. Maybe he'll go to wherever Chris is.

Well, that's not going to work out either.

So, Andrew Como, looking for a direction in life, leaves disgraced after having that job. Sadly, I think he might have been re-elected in New York, but I think Lee Zeldon was more even built to beat him than Hokul. Right now, good news for Lee, he's within six points. Six points with over 30% in New York City. That shows you these prominent Democrats that have come out of the woodwork to support Lee's Elden.

I think he's up to six, are starting to make some progress and chip away at Hokul's support in this bright, Blue state. And as I mentioned before, we're continuing to cover what's happening with Hurricane Ian. We got about two point five million without power. It's up to Governor DeSantis to scramble and to get them power. And he'll and that'll really define and set him up To run for president.

Not about politics all the time, but I'd love to see your great performance, wouldn't you? Many people are looking at the strength of this storm, how long it's lasted, the duration as it heads up the coast and saying, I told you it's all about climate change. Michael Schellenberger, who used to be a real green guy, then saw the reality of the politics and the religion behind the green movement, said this, cut 14. Yeah, I mean, the basic facts are there's been no increase in landfalling hurricanes over the last 120 years. In fact, there's a slight decline.

There is no science supporting the idea that hurricanes will become more frequent. In fact, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that the frequency of hurricanes will actually decline by 25%. They also expect they'll intensify by 5%, but they are not intensifying right now.

So any perception that hurricanes are more intense is just a perception fed by that relentless alarmist media. I think also there's just a lot more people that live in Hurricane Alley and we're much more resilient to extreme weather events.

So there's just a lot more people experiencing hurricanes because we're so wealthy and prosperous and there's so many more of us. And so I think that's part of what creates this false perception. Right. And because you're heavily populated in these areas, I think it also helps that Florida knows how to do it. I mean, 40,000 people have been ready to go.

They've been staged in certain areas. The equipment and resources are there. Rick Scott did a great job for eight years. Jeb Bush did a great job for eight years. Charlie Crist didn't drop the ball when he was He was a Republican for four.

I remember covering going up in a helicopter with Charlie Crist, who was governor of. Florida at the time, and it was a tornado that hit, and he knew exactly what to do and where to go. And he said to me, Man, Jeb Bush ran a tight chip here. And that has a lot to do with it. Rick Scott, a business guy, and he doesn't leave a detail out with a Navy background and with Governor DeSantis, military background, Harvard, Yale degrees, also went through the pandemic.

So a lot of us have been through the ringer, so different a. Hurricane as opposed to a pandemic. But I think we learn patience.

So if people did stay because they thought the hurricane was going to go somewhere different. And maybe got caught in it in Fort Myers. They said, stay put, don't go anywhere. We're kind of used to hanging around. Not me.

But because of the pandemic, when they told everyone, what is it, three weeks to stop the spread, ended up being two and a half years, we got kind of. Patient.

So that's what's going to be happening. We know the President came out and tweeted out that he has the support of Florida. I hate to see politics in it, but they know there's a Senator Demings is running for Senator Senator Marco Rubio's seat. Charlie Christ has, what they say is, I don't believe it, is within four points of Governor DeSantis. But it's a very even, purplish state that's been going Republicans because they've had a better message.

But I also think the Hispanic vote is going to be firmly more and more towards Republicans. I think it's going to help him separate again in Texas. I think it's going to separate again, help him separate again in Florida.

So we'll see where that goes. If the president's responsive, he can gain. If he starts warring with Governor DeSantis, looking petty, I think it really hurts his party. DeSantis is going to work 25 hours a day.

So that's not gonna be a problem. And he's not gonna just handle people that donated to him, that's not gonna be an issue. I think he'll do everything he can. And outwork most of you. That's just the way he's made up.

He did it as an athlete. And now he's doing it as a governor. You listen to the Brian Kill Me Chill.

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So glad you're here. In the matter of moments, Josh Kroshar will be joining us from Politico and Dr. Ben Carson. You know, he was former HUD Secretary, one of the finest brain surgeons in the world, and author of Created Equal, The Painful Past, Confusing Present, and Hopeful Future of Race in America. And his life is emblematic of what is possible in this great country.

But I come to you from 48th and 6th in Midtown, Manhattan, out of the storm, which is now moving right through. Jacksonville is getting hit the hardest right now, and it's going to be soon it's going to be, Georgia is going to be next. And Charleston, South Carolina basically stopped everything. On a side note, too. Mets and Braves have a big series this weekend.

They're either going to play early Friday, which is indicative of what their weather reports say, early Friday and then play two games Sunday. They think it's going to be too bad. The weather's going to be too terrible to play on Saturday. And what do and the balance is the division championship.

So there's not even games you can postpone.

So let's get to the big three.

Now, with the stories you need to know, it's Brian's big three. Number three: Representative Governor, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, Representative. Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? I didn't think she was actually she was gonna be here.

Unexplainable, inexcusable, and alarming. The president forgets the lawmaker died and asked for her in a crowd.

Meanwhile, he had already called their family after Jackie Wilarski passed away. What's going on here? Number two. We're in a bunch of close races. I think we have a 50-50 shot of getting the Senate back.

It's going to be really, really close either way, in my view. Midterm movement, the Pennsylvania Senate race is tightening. We will receive the numbers, we'll go over them, and everywhere you see, Republicans have the issues trekking their way. Democrats have an interesting way to attack back. They are scrubbing their websites and changing their stance on those issues.

Number one. It may end up being a category five, but at a minimum, it's going to be a very strong category four that's going to rank as one of the top five hurricanes to ever hit the Florida Peninsula. Wow, Hurricane Ian, top five most powerful in history.

Now it's actually four, slamming almost the entire state of Florida, and it's not over yet. And we'll discuss all that. And we know that the President of the United States just tweeted out a tweet in support of anything the people of Florida need and has did call the president. The president did call the governor this morning, and we know there are tribals. Josh Crossauer joins us now, senior political correspondent at Axios.

I should politico, that was my bad. Josh, welcome back. Hey, Brian, good to be back on the show. Hey, Josh, first off, at least they're talking, right? The Republican firebrand and the President.

Yeah, I mean, look, whenever you have a disaster, a natural disaster of this magnitude, you need to have cooperation between the President of the United States and the governor of one of the biggest states In the country that's been so deeply affected by Hurricane Ian. And look, it it's this is not the time for politics, but clearly there's going to be a question about how closely DeSantis, Governor DeSantis works with President Biden, how much praise he gives to the administration. But you know, ba I think Governor DeSantis understands that we're not in a political moment. We're in a humanitarian moment to try to help those who have been displaced and whose homes have been in ruined as a result of the hurricane. And I have a feeling that politics is going to be put aside at least for the next couple of days.

All right, a couple of things. First off, you didn't write about this necessarily, but it looks like the latest poll has Dr. Oz within four points of Fetterman. It's closing down quick. A lot has to do with the issues that matter most.

I think abortion's dropping. Crime and lack of punishment is rising. The immigration issue is now on the radar. It was invisible.

So I think that's important. And evidently, Fetterman is scrubbing any reference to Black Lives Matter on his website.

So that's pretty significant. It shows a degree of panic. Yeah, this is um been a few weeks where Dr. Ross has had the political momentum in one of the more important battleground races on the map. And you nailed it, Brian.

The issues that are front and center right now and the ones that are being talked about in Pennsylvania are the issues of crime and Philadelphia is dealing with record numbers of homicides, violent crimes. Taking place in the city. And they're dealing with, you know, you mentioned the scrubbing of Black Lives Matter references. From Fetterman's campaign site, that is a telltale sign that the Democrat doesn't want to deal with some of the more progressive positions he held as lieutenant governor. He has.

Always been someone well to the left of the Pennsylvania electorate. He's someone who made his name by being a Bernie Sanders service. Supporter in 2016, who looked different than your typical politician and was more progressive than your typical Pennsylvania Democratic politician. But when you have a record like that, that can come back to haunt you. And that's what you look at the TV ads in Pennsylvania.

They're mostly about crime right now. And they're really using both Fetterman's words and his position as the head of the Board of Pardons in Pennsylvania for taking a much more liberal view on criminal justice reform than a lot of Pennsylvanians support. Yeah, and also he's not for fracking. I mean, he doesn't have a strong record. He wants to empty out a third of everybody in prison.

He wants to legalize marijuana. I mean, that's clearly a purple state, and he's got some pretty extreme positions, and he had a stroke. I mean, he has trouble with two or three sentences. With his demands for a debate, was stunning. He needs time to read a closed caption.

How's he going to read legislation? Yeah. Well, I mean, look it's interesting because I think the Oz campaign and I was out there a couple of weeks ago following the Oz campaign around, but they they kind of did a sort of a blitz, if you will, to make a sports analogy. They put pressure on Fetterman Raising questions about his health, raising questions about why he's not willing to debate the issues.

Well, at the same time, going on the airwaves, really dominating on the issue of crime. And Federman has in the campaign has been not adept at responding to these attacks. They've got him on his heels, and he's taken a whole lot of incoming and hasn't responded their message has been sort of all over the map. The first response that you saw from the Federman campaign on the airwaves was that they actually are supportive of funding the police and they that the Feder that they didn't reflect the positions that he held in the past.

Now you've seen some quotes from some of Fetterman's campaigns. Supporters and his allies saying that actually, he, you know, if he, if he, I think there was one quote from a Federman spokesperson who said, like, if we're gonna, if we're not gonna change our position on criminal justice reform, if that makes us lose this race, then so be it. And that is a sign that those positions are potent. They're moving the numbers in Pennsylvania. And he's stuck between his very progressive principles on that issue and the political reality of Pennsylvania.

I think you're right. Also, you write, and we're talking about Josh Krashar from Axios. Josh, you write about what's going on in Arizona. The former President of the United States got to write a few checks to Blake Masters. He basically helped him get there, get to the nomination.

Why would Mitch McConnell pull out $9 million? Do you think he's a hopeless case?

Well, there are a bunch of reasons. If you belie if you talk to McConnell's Super PAC, they'll say the reality is they have a finite amount of money. They need to spend money in states like Ohio and North Carolina and states to shore up Republican candidates and they can't you know, it's it's a luxury. They view Arizona as a race. It's not as winnable as some of these other more more uh significant battleground contests.

They also argue that there are other Republican or at least conservative groups that are spending money on behalf of Blake Masters.

So The reality is though that Democrats are Outspending Masters and his supporters on the airwaves, all over television.

So uh you know it's sort of a c chicken and egg question. Is it the lack of act spending that's causing Masters a trail in the polls, or is it the fact that he's not as good of a candidate that's leading a lot of Republican groups, including Mitch McConnell Super PAC, not to spend money on behalf of his campaign? Kari Lake is doing well, basically in a flat-footed tie. She's extremely charismatic on the stump, very sure of herself. Did not necessarily get behind the whole move to Martha's Vineyard with the illegals, but understands you got to be strong at the border.

So you have her in basically a flat-footed tie, right? Yes, that is going to be boy, that's going to be probably one of the closest races on the map come November. Lake is running ahead of Masters. She actually is getting a lot of spending and support from the Republican governors. Association, which is helping her out.

Governor Ducey, who did not support her in the primary, is now endorsing her and helping her out in the general election. But that is a classic battleground state race with two fairly polarizing candidates. Lake, you know, certainly ran pretty well to the right and well to the MAGA side of the party in the primary. But she's hoping that enough traditional Republicans come home and vote Republican in what has been a traditionally Republican state.

So do you subscribe to the 39% approval rating that the ABC poll and Washington Post poll pointed out? I think two weeks ago he was at, or a week ago, he was at 45% with another poll, the Wall Street Journal NBC poll.

So where do you think President Biden is?

Well, then Probably in the low forties. His numbers, if you look overall, they've they've picked up a little bit, but I I don't think you're seeing many polls showing him better than 42, 43 percent. An approval rating. And then that's whether it's 40 or 39 or 42. The reality is the President is underwater with his support in almost every one of these important swing states where the battle for the Senate, the battle for the governorships are going to be decided.

And so you're not going to see you're not seeing many Democrats that want President Biden to appear with them on the campaign trail. He's still a drag on their fortunes. And look, the economy, one thing that the gas prices went down over the summer and that was a boost for the White House. Renewed fears over a recession. The Dow continuing to drop today, it's been dropping pretty steadily over the last week.

That is also going to have an impact. Fresh. economic worries is not a good good sign for this White House. And it did Could reduce By its approval rating as we get closer to November. I want you to hear what Mitch McConnell said, knowing what he said about a month ago: cut 21.

In every election, every year, this year or past years. It's great to have. Terrific candidates. We're in a bunch of close races. I think we have a 50-50 shot of getting the Senate back.

It's going to be really, really close either way, in my view. Wow.

I mean, for him, that's a Kevin McCarthy rave, you know, almost like a pep rally. Yeah. You know, I think of the way a lot of Republicans are looking at the Senate map is There are some races that Once we're very promising that are off the board, but the path to getting just that one Senate seat Republicans need for McConnell to get back the majority is actually looking pre pretty you know, at least the 50 I think McConnell said 50-50. That sounds about right. the the ma majority is going to be made through three big Senate races.

Pennsylvania, Georgia. Georgia, and Nevada. Whoever gets to a three-game series, whoever takes two of those three is going to hold the Republican or Democratic majority come next year. And all those races are toss-ups within the margin of error as close as they come.

So those are the three to watch. It does seem like Ron Johnson is doing better in Wisconsin. Republicans are optimistic about Florida and North Carolina. Democrats think that they have a good chance in Pennsylvania and Georgia, but Republicans have momentum in both of those races.

So this is what it's coming down to. Nevada. Georgia and Pennsylvania, Dr. Roz, Herschel Walker, and Adam Laxwell for the Republicans. What about Ohio?

Ohio is a pretty red state, at least it's a pretty Trump-friendly state, though. Democrats do have a strong candidate in Tim Ryan, and J.D. Vance has not been running a particularly good campaign. Republicans think ultimately they win that state just because it's a Trump Plus eight state. It's one that's pretty red when it comes down to it.

But, you know, if there's a wild card, Republicans would point to Ohio. If there's something that could be an unpleasant surprise on election night, it's going to be J.D. Vance in Ohio. I want you to hear this yesterday. To me, this goes beyond a gaff, cut 17.

And I want to thank all of you here for including bipartisan elected officials like Representative Governor, Senator Braun, Senator Booker, Representative Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? I didn't think she wa uh she was going to be here. She uh passed away. in a car accident.

And he had called the family though and spoke to the husband.

So What do you what's your take on that? Look, it's one of those little data points that you see with this president at the White House that. you know, raises doubts about whether he's up to snuff for another Term when he would be in his 80s and he would finish it. If he won a second term, he would be 80. President Biden would be 86 at the end of his second term.

You s I think a lot of average voters Really do worry about the president's age. And I don't know if they have significant concerns about his ability to handle the job now, but they see these little clips and these little uh the problems or you know memory lo mem mem mem memory lapses And I I I just think that's going to be a big problem in convincing the public to reelect. him for a second term. And look, Biden himself on sixty minutes did not notably did not commit to running for another term. He seemed to be leaving his options open.

And I do think the age issue is underappreciated by a lot of folks in Washington. In terms of voters just having a real resistance to electing someone in their eighties to the the highest job in the land. Yeah, I would think so. And this is probably the worst example of spinning I've ever heard. And this question is from the Washington Post, cut eighteen.

If the late congresswoman was top of mind for the president and her family was expected to be here and that's what he was thinking about, why was he looking for it? I'm not trying to be snarky here. No, I mean, and I'm saying and what he said there. And again. I think people can understand.

I think the American people out there who watch the briefing from time to time, maybe at this moment, will understand when someone is at top of mind. And this was such an important event when we're talking about hunger, when we're talking about food insecurity.

Okay, I can't.

So she's saying they were at top of mind, and then they asked for the teleprompter. I could not believe that. The Washington Post asked for the, can we have the teleprompter copy? Josh, what are they pursuing there? I mean, are they now all of a sudden they're getting aggressive on Joe Biden's?

Slip-ups? Brian, sometimes I think the the White House and the press you know, press secretary would be better. off just saying he made a mistake and and and and and not trying to spin. what was kind of obvious for anyone to see with their own two eyes. But, you know, that that that that's part pretty much the the practice of of this administration in that they kind of dig in when when when the president slips up or says something kind of cringeworthy as he did yesterday.

They don't like to take it out. They are they're going to spend this to the very end. Go get him, Josh. It's going to be an interesting sprint to the end as we deal with this hurricane and five weeks to the midterms. Josh Kreischar, thanks so much.

Thanks, Brian. 1-866-408-7669. I'll come back and take your calls. And then at the bottom of the arrow, welcome in Dr. Ben Carson.

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Welcome back, everybody. Brian Kilmeat here, finishing out this half hour. And then Dr. Ben Carson's coming up next, talk a little about race in America. I think it's pretty telling that Senator Fetterman, excuse me, Lieutenant Governor Fetterman, who resigned after his stroke and how he wants to run to become the next senator from Pennsylvania, scrubbed Black Lives Matter from his website.

My goodness, an endorsement from Black Lives Matter would deliver you every inner city, but they've been so overrun with corruption. Nobody wants to head up that organization. Millions of dollars sitting in their account. And now he's realizing his pro, his anti-law enforcement stance is going to kill him because guess who's catching him? Dr.

Oz. Once Dr. Oz gets the rest of Republicans to consolidate behind him. And you know the Dave McCormick group. The people that reported Pat Toomey, once they get behind him, I think he should pull away.

And it's not, Dr. Roz, I think, is extremely talented, and I know he's new at it, and maybe he made some missteps with some tapes. The other thing is I think Fetterman is terrible. Let alone but with or without a stroke, terrible. He's afraid to debate.

Because where he stands on issues, Will destroy him in the election. He wants to not bring up the things that define him, like anti-fracking. Raising taxes pro-criminal. Radio that makes you think. This is the Brian Kill Me Show.

The most important thing is the safety of the folks who are in difficult circumstances. And that began in the wee hours of the morning. We've had Coast Guard rescues, we've had urban search and rescue teams from the state of Florida, we've had the National Guard down in Southwest Florida. People have been being rescued on a minute-by-minute basis, and that's going to continue to go. And obviously, when you have barrier islands like Sanibel, where that bridge has now been knocked out, the only way to get there right now is through air operations.

And so we're running helicopters, both Chinook and Blackhawk helicopters, into those barrier islands, rescuing residents who are there. I heard from a lawmaker that a couple of people they saw some bodies, and then we have a sheriff come out and say they think hundreds are dead, mostly from those Barrier Islands. And we're looking at her. Hurricane now, Tropical Storm Ian, which is now blitzing the Jacksonville area en route to Georgia, Jacksonville, about 40 minutes to Georgia. Dr.

Ben Carson here, no stranger to government in emergency capacity. He was there with HUD as the 17 Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Also, he knows pressure as a brain surgeon. There was no day at the office that was easy. He's also author of this book, Created Equal: The Painful Past, Confusing Present, and Hopeful Future of Race in America.

Dr. Carson, welcome back. Thank you, Brian. It's always wonderful to be with you. Yeah, so these emergency situations, there was no difference four years ago with President Trump.

It amazes me that a lot of people stay behind. And then what alerted me is that when I started reading some of these stories, a lot of people said, all I have is my house. I'd rather die than lose my house. Everything I have that I own is here.

So I want to try to save it. Other people said, I'm not leaving because. I don't have the money to go pay for a hotel room. Even if you tell me I get reimbursed, I have no room in my credit card. Did you find some of that?

I think we find a lot more of it now because people are in much worse economic shape right now. And that really does color your perceptions. And a lot of people say, well, why did they stay? Those people are just scum, but a lot of times they feel hemmed in. And one of the first things I started thinking about, you know, when I saw that we were near a Category V hurricane.

is that there's going to be a whole lot of homeless people. they're just not going to have a place to go because their places are going to be destroyed.

Some of them don't have good insurance. I mean we cover Couple that with all the people who are coming in from the southern border, the pressure on housing is going to be absolutely enormous. you've already got one thousand people a day moving to Florida. you know, from the north. And this is just going to compound that problem significantly.

It's going to slow it down bigger. Yeah, we're going to have to work together in order to get through this. We're going to have to put partisan politics aside and just recognize that these are our fellow citizens. This could happen to any of us. It is.

And the President of the United States evidently called the President.

Now, after waiting about four days from we knew this was bearing down on Florida, he finally called the governor yesterday, Governor DeSantis, and then he called again this morning.

So maybe, number one, politically savvy, he's got a few seats he wants to win and senator he'd like to see. And number two is maybe he understands it's not going to work for him at all if you leave DeSantis isolated. And Karine Jean-Pierre's answer, when asked before he called, well, he never called the governor from Mississippi because of their water issue, and that was okay. I I could not believe that answer. That's incredible.

I mean, when I was secretary and we knew a storm was coming, I always call the governor and always talk to all the essential people many days before it even hit. We had a plan in l in place. And we talked about what we would do and how they could count on us and what numbers to call. And now we're in this political situation where everything has to be some kind of political game. Let's pray for our leaders, and let's hope that at some point they can put that aside.

and recognize that we're all Americans, we're not each other's enemies. And uh just stop all of this this stuff. And and You know, this is America. We can do almost anything if we put our minds to it.

So, here is, I want to give you a good feeling.

Now, here's what President Biden said yesterday, Cut Seven. I spoke with Governor DeSensus for some time. My team has been in constant contact with him from the very beginning. And uh and the mayors of Tampa, St. Pete's, uh and uh Clear water.

And my message has been absolutely clear. Is that uh We are on the alert and in action. We've approved every request Florida has made. For temporary assistance, emergency assistance, long-term assistance that I've received. And on top of that, so DeSantis said, Well, now I have to talk to the President again because it got so much worse, a lot more in Central Florida.

And he said, if they can declare a natural disaster and you know this, you live this, then that means you can go find a FEMA service center and you could apply for individual aid. Hey, I need a place to live, I need a subsidy to get into a hotel, I need some subsidy to go to get some clothes, I need to be able to take out a loan. A low interest loan.

So now, if you declare it a natural emergency, you can do that. I remember with Sandy on Long Island, that's what happened, and they ended up keeping this place open for over a year. And we've got plenty of money to do this. All we can do all we need to do is divert some of all that COVID money that's not being used. and use it for a purpose like this, which is very clear.

And stop being political about everything. We've got the s resources that we need. all we need is the kind of leadership That galvanizes the strength of the American people. I hear you.

So, listened to the president on 60 Minutes a couple of weeks ago. Is the pandemic over? The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it.

It's but the pandemic is over. If you notice, no one's wearing masks.

So he says it's over.

Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is trying to jam through another $22 million in emergency spending.

Meanwhile, they're trying to get rid of Title 42 because they say it's over. At the same time, telling everybody that it's not over. Uh yeah so it would be it it would be funny if it if it wasn't so tragic. I mean this is almost like the Wizard of Oz, you know. And he said something, and then the others come out and say, Don't mind that man behind the curtain.

You know, he's just not important. And this is a serious time in our country's history. where we we need real leadership that the people can count on. And we don't have that, and it's hurting us severely. Of course, the pandemic is over.

Don't be ridiculous. All you have to do is what's the definition of a pandemic? It's not going on now. But nobody wants to release it. if they can use it to control people.

Yeah. And I think the American people are absolutely sick and tired of it. Uh they're sick and tired of the line. They're sick and tired of the fact that You know, it's taking them so long to acknowledge natural immunity. because if they acknowledge natural immunity, then they can't say everybody has to get the jab.

And natural immunity is actually much more effective than the vaccine. And if you could just level with people and allow them to work with their own health care systems and their health care providers. and not intimidate the doctors. you know, by saying, you know, we're gonna cancel you, we're gonna take your license. you know, we have everything in place that we need.

In order to take care of the health of our people, the only thing we need now is honest leadership. Dr. Ben Carson, our guest.

So Dr. Carson, we have also three variants in. And we no longer do that vaccine effective the way it was when we had the original COVID-19.

So now we have people with four or five shots getting it two or three times, including sometimes there's a therapeutic out there that you take. And we watched the President of the United States spend most of the states spend most of August in quarantine because he kept getting it and was unable to shake it. What about all those people that lost their jobs because they weren't vaccinated? I have a good friend that was kicked out of Sloan Kettering 22 years as a cancer nurse. And they told her: if you do not get vaccinated, you're fired.

And they fired her. It's horrible that they would do this. What's worse is that they won't admit. that it was unfair That they did these people an injustice and try to make it up to them. Instead, they just double down on it.

And look what's happened to the airline industry. all of a sudden there's a ton of mechanical problems. No, that's not what it is. It's because so many people pilots And you know, the the stewardesses and people. you know quit and it makes it very difficult for them to keep the schedules up.

And that's happened in a lot of other areas as well. And we should just face the fact that we made a mistake. And the pandemic is over, and we've learned how to live with it. And we've got a lot of therapies now, and we know how to deal with it. And it's much weaker now, and it's becoming endemic.

and let's deal with it and move on. Rather than continue to try to get some kind of political advantage from it. Right. And now we just stop talking about it because I just worry about after November what Democrats are going to try to do with these demands because they know they're not going to get a vote if they continue to crack down on them.

So I got to ask you, too, about this guy, Lieutenant Governor Fetterman. Turns out he is so weak on crime, they scrubbed his website. They also took out all references to Black Lives Matter. What has happened to the perception of Black Lives Matter, Dr. Carson?

Well I think people recognize that uh What mattered to them is how much money they could get to enrich themselves. They're not really doing anything for the black community, unfortunately. And, you know, they are Marxist. And you know, the Marxist philosophies are in complete contradistinction to what American ideas are. It's one of the reasons that they took a lot of that stuff off of their website about them wanting to dissolve the patriarchal traditional family.

But I think people in America are smart enough to know that we don't want to trade what we have in this country for socialism and Marxism. And the reason that our founders emphasized the fact that people have to be well informed and educated for our system to work is because they knew that if people were not well informed, it would be very easy to deceive them. And you know, you see some of those man on the street interviews when they come and ask simple questions. You know, who who fought in the Civil War? They'll say, I think it was Spain and Africa.

I mean, they they just have no idea. And how can people who are that ignorant make good decisions? And they know that.

so they can manipulate those people. And I'm very concerned about what's going on with our public education. You know, when you look at us vis-a-vis other industrialized nations, particularly in STEM areas. we are far behind. And it's not because we don't know this stuff.

There must be something going on with our educational system. that we can correct and fix this. I hope so. Also, Dr. Carson, no doubt about it.

The President of the United States is running the new Green Deal, jammed it down our throats in front of the Inflation Reduction Act. What I don't think is appreciated, when you do this green energy things and you do this, how does it affect the minority community or the low income communities?

Well it it First of all, financially, it it has a terrible impact. I mean, look what's happening to the prices of gas. And then that has a domino effect on everything else because things have to be transported. And who's being hurt the most by that? obviously those who have incomes that are not high.

And you know, when they said Our taxing will not affect anybody with an income of less than $400,000.

Well, the worst kind of tax you can apply is inflation. Because that hits the People at the lower end of the income scale much more heavily than it does anybody else. And I do actually believe a lot of people are smart enough to realize that. You know, they are the people who want to fundamentally change their society. are dependent Upon people not being very well informed and people being very easy to manipulate.

That's what they count on. And I think they're counting on something that doesn't exist. I think The majority of people in this country actually have common sense and can reason this out. I hope so. Dr.

Carson, I do think they tried to divide the country on racial lines. I think it blew up in their face. I think they said we have to have compassion for people in prison. I think it put us all in jeopardy. And when you got two lawmakers who came out to defund the police and got carjacked from Pennsylvania to Michigan within 90 minutes of each other, Karen Bass, who is basically a communist who studied in Cuba, who wants to be the next mayor of Los Angeles, gets her house robbed.

I think people that all wanted to show that they were above it all and our criminal justice system was so corrupt. I hope they see the light. It's it's almost as if God is saying, Look, how much clearer can I make it to you people? Right. There's just pl the same people committing the same crimes and the and the the random victimness of it.

It isn't cr uh gang against gang. It is people preying on other people, destroying businesses and livelihoods. I I hope things turn around. And I'm not sure. I hope they do for the sake of the American people because we should not be in a situation where we have to scratch our heads twice and say sh Can we go out to dinner or is it safe?

Do you hope uh President Trump runs again?

Well, I I hope there's a a whole plethora of choices. And I think President Trump actually, his policies were extremely good. I think one of the reasons that people dislike him so much. Is because he was an outsider and he came in and got stuff accomplished that the insider couldn't do. And that ticked a lot of people off.

Dr. Ben Carson, thanks so much. Appreciate it. All right. Always good to be with you, Brian.

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And yes, we'll simulcast the game with Amazon. Brian, you'll listen on WABC in Yonkers, New York. Hey, Brian? Hi, Brian. Yes, I wanted to comment about the, I think it was CNN wanting to see the teleprompter.

What do you think is behind that?

Well, I don't know whether it's the his staff is inept or you know, it did he did the president just misread or Did his staff not double check the teleprompter and make sure that lady's name wasn't on it? You know, they're, I don't know if they're trying to sabotage the president or if they just don't know what they're doing, but either way, it's. Torrible. It just embarrassed the President. And it just looks horrible.

And then the other thing about the press secretary. come up with these um slick Expressions, you know, top of mind. I never heard that. If they would, really, if they were to concentrate more on. more on uh the real issues instead of trying to be so slick all the time, they mi they might get, you know, get something done.

Hey, Brian, you know, sometimes you you misspeak. For the for example, the same day the Vice President is in South Korea saluting North Korea. Not even realizing what she said, and the president doesn't know if she's dead or not. I mean he called a dad. I mean, all you do, listen, I get it all the time.

Sometimes you get copy, not from everybody here, Pete. I'm not insulting you.

Sometimes you get copy that's just wrong. And you just amend this. Go, yeah, okay, just to check that. Of course, she passed away, but I want to salute her for the work she did leading up before her tragic accident. We never would have thought about it again.

But instead, they try to make believe we don't understand exactly what we just heard. I don't know why this administration keeps doing that. Yeah, they keep insulting the American people's intelligence with the border, with all the business there. They're just being ridiculous about it. And the vice president had no business being in Korea when they got this border wide open.

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