The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - September 10, 2026


The Anchormen Show EP 160 - Power Shift： Midterms, Cartels, & A.I.


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00:00:00.000 now it's time for the anchorman podcast with matt gates and pearson sharp welcome back to another
00:00:12.260 episode of the anchorman podcast i'm matt gates host the matt gates show here on one america news
00:00:17.280 and i am joined by my buddies who i get to hang out with once a week kick back talk about the
00:00:22.540 day's headlines the big things happening in news politics culture sports pearson sharp is the host
00:00:27.880 with the sharp report here on our network and david pollock takes the baton from me every night
00:00:32.800 10 o'clock eastern 7 o'clock pacific david pollock prime time david you are my campaign man so i'm
00:00:38.780 going to start this is convention week it is the republicans are choosing to convene in dallas i
00:00:44.400 think it's a very strategic location when you consider the need to activate a lot of texans
00:00:50.180 to make phone calls for ken paxton you get local media there with access to some of the heavy
00:00:56.020 hitters in national politics like rick scott who you've had on your show like anna paulina luna
00:01:01.120 and that's going to help get people excited about defeating james tallarico but fast forward to the
00:01:08.580 end of of the week a lot of people are going to listen to this after the convention there's still
00:01:12.820 a lot of speeches left to give but like if you're assessing this at the end of the week
00:01:17.380 what what is the big goal of setting the frame on this midterm election from your standpoint what
00:01:25.580 But what do you want, if you and I are kicking back on Friday, what are you hoping was the labor that got done at this thing?
00:01:33.800 I mean, I've thought a lot about this, like wondering what the efficacy of this event is.
00:01:40.800 And look, I love when patriots get together and get along and cheer for speeches and all that.
00:01:49.300 But here's the thing.
00:01:50.600 Usually the RNC, we have it when we're selecting our nominee.
00:01:54.000 There's a lot of energy.
00:01:54.820 The delegates are casting their votes for the person that's going to lead our party to the next election.
00:01:59.840 This is a midterm, historic midterm RNC.
00:02:04.080 So the question is, what is the purpose of this event, is what you asked me.
00:02:08.540 I think the hope is to rally the base.
00:02:12.240 But if you're showing up to the RNC, you're already going to support Ken Paxton over James Talrico.
00:02:17.800 I think the purpose of this mid-year RNC should have been to rebuild the coalition.
00:02:23.900 Because that's what we're going to need
00:02:25.840 To defeat the Democrats and the Socialists
00:02:27.980 And I understand the messaging is
00:02:29.260 Yeah, we've got to beat the Communists
00:02:30.420 But the people in that room
00:02:31.280 You're preaching to the choir, so to speak
00:02:33.880 That's every convention, though
00:02:35.900 Every convention you're preaching to the choir
00:02:37.680 But what you hope is that you have
00:02:39.800 Maybe some moments that break through
00:02:41.560 You hope that there's a surprise speech
00:02:44.240 Who could forget
00:02:45.580 Kai Trump taking the stage
00:02:47.600 And winning over America
00:02:49.720 With a description
00:02:52.000 Of her grandfather
00:02:53.780 Yeah, it was a sweet moment.
00:02:55.680 It felt like it cut through, you know.
00:02:57.900 And you look at, you know, Obama's speeches at his convention helped persuade a lot of independence that he wasn't some, you know, radical communist as they were heading to the polls.
00:03:09.360 Look at presidential conventions, though.
00:03:11.500 And that's what's weird about the mid-year conventions.
00:03:13.280 Yes, that speech with Kai, she almost lost her grandfather.
00:03:16.300 That's why that was a moving speech.
00:03:18.200 You know, and this was our convention.
00:03:19.960 The first convention when President Trump was nominated, Ted Cruz, it was a question about whether or not he would support him.
00:03:27.260 It was a question about whether it was going to be a brokered convention.
00:03:30.120 This 2024 convention—
00:03:31.960 And this is the drama of selecting a nominee.
00:03:32.960 Yeah, it's just a big—it's a pep rally.
00:03:35.260 It's a Trump rally.
00:03:36.040 And look, I love Trump, and I love Trump rallies, but you don't need everybody else for a Trump rally.
00:03:40.200 Well, I think that dovetails into what I think one of the true purposes is here, Pearson.
00:03:45.120 in some midterms of yesteryear there's been a divide in the consultancy class about whether
00:03:53.400 or not you go full trump or whether you try to localize some of these races whether you try to
00:03:59.560 make it about some other issue some pork barrel project you brought home and i think the big
00:04:06.260 message here whether it's a good one or a bad one i think it's probably a good one is we're putting
00:04:11.700 trump on the ballot it's exactly what suzy wiles said months ago i think we talked about it right
00:04:16.180 here on this set and i think what they know is the democrats are going to do that anyway right
00:04:22.140 if what you think is that you're going to be able to create some sort of space between yourself and
00:04:27.000 trump uh before the voters in this election he's just been too dominant a figure in american
00:04:31.900 politics he is the big question and so this better for worse this strikes me as a lean in
00:04:37.160 to that an embrace of it he's headlining both nights and it kind of settles that question
00:04:42.880 now what isn't settled i think is you know what you want the major question to be in the minds
00:04:49.440 of every voter in this race and i think it can't just be i like trump or i don't like trump i i
00:04:54.820 think it has to be a contrast with democrat socialism and i do think when you look at the
00:05:00.120 speech brandon gill gave when you look at the speech on apolina luna gave they're putting
00:05:04.600 democrat socialism on trial and there is a chance that that then becomes the forcing function of
00:05:12.020 bringing the coalition together for that purpose what do you think trump absolutely has to be
00:05:17.860 this this has to be about trump his name has to be on the ballot metaphorically speaking this has
00:05:23.840 to be about him because we don't have anything else as republicans as voters as people who want
00:05:28.700 to save our country we don't have these great figureheads to look to to be like ah yes this
00:05:33.980 person is going to save our country in the same way that Trump did. We don't have anyone to rally
00:05:39.460 around like that. So it's still, it has to be Trump. We're counting on him. And this is the
00:05:45.280 point where, I'm not gonna say we lose, it makes or breaks us, but historically this is, these
00:05:52.260 midterms are where the controlling party loses seats, like loses massive numbers of seats. The
00:05:57.500 last time it didn't happen, the last time the controlling party, the president's party won seats
00:06:01.780 was in 2002, right after 9-11.
00:06:05.540 That's when we won back more seats for the Republicans.
00:06:08.140 It's only happened five times in the last 150 years.
00:06:12.160 So odds are we're going to lose seats.
00:06:16.580 People are just not happy with the way things are going.
00:06:19.000 Inflation, gas, groceries, everything else.
00:06:22.480 Yeah, Biden started a lot of that.
00:06:24.580 Then it got better and then it got worse.
00:06:27.500 And I think that's fresh in a lot of people's minds.
00:06:30.340 and that has to be something that they address that's what people want to hear when when we
00:06:35.080 watch this because most people i think this is this is something that appeals to the political
00:06:40.900 class this convention this appeals to people who like politics my neighbor doesn't care about this
00:06:46.740 you don't think the moms have got the convention on as they're making dinner uh here in the first
00:06:52.180 few i don't really care about this honestly it this doesn't move the needle for me this is people
00:06:56.760 What would make you care about it, Pearson?
00:06:58.640 The economy.
00:07:00.580 Iran war.
00:07:01.240 Well, you heard your trade events.
00:07:03.280 That's it. The economy, stupid.
00:07:04.840 That's it. Nothing else.
00:07:07.140 I don't care about the Iran war.
00:07:09.580 Nobody cares.
00:07:10.680 No Americans really care about the Iran war.
00:07:12.740 No one cares if Iran has nukes.
00:07:14.460 That does not matter.
00:07:16.560 All we care about is paying our bills.
00:07:19.980 That's what matters.
00:07:21.100 And these politicians and political activists going up and talking about how we had to save the country
00:07:26.220 and all this great stuff we've done and look what we have. Nobody cares. Fix it. We want it to be
00:07:31.980 fixed. That's all that matters. And so I think a lot of people just don't care about this.
00:07:35.800 Will you accept as a political strategy laying out the provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill
00:07:42.540 Act and saying, look, this is the fix. The fix is no tax on tips so that working people have
00:07:47.500 more money in their pocket. The fix is to not have taxes on Social Security so there's a little
00:07:52.460 more buying power among seniors on a fixed income the fix is to have a an investment climate in the
00:07:58.700 united states where everyone in the world is wanting to pump money into american robotics
00:08:03.420 rather than third world labor that's great like like that's don't you think that is that's that's
00:08:08.400 telling us what we've done and what we're going to do and it doesn't we don't see it affecting us we
00:08:13.880 don't see it when we go to the store we don't see it when the things day to day it's just talking
00:08:17.720 about things that are going to happen that they're going to do but it doesn't really make a difference
00:08:21.140 yet. And that's what matters. We look at what we're paying right now, and that's what matters.
00:08:25.320 Sometimes when you turn the sailboat, it takes a moment for the nerves of the vessel to turn.
00:08:30.800 But voters aren't going to care about that. They're caring about what they're doing right
00:08:33.580 now, not what they're promising is going to happen.
00:08:35.760 The impatience of Pearson Sharp notwithstanding, David, do you think that that is a penetrable
00:08:42.080 critique with the right messaging, not just at this convention, but really the springboard
00:08:48.160 into this this big push where everybody's making making those big ad buys two really interesting
00:08:52.620 things one that i heard you say and one that i heard pearson say is one you mentioned this settles
00:08:57.660 the question amongst the consultant class of what do we do about the trump problem right
00:09:01.700 it just does force the issue and trump very interestingly posted it jogged my memory
00:09:06.220 he said everybody wants to speak at this convention but i'm i'm only limiting the speaker spots to the
00:09:11.720 people whose races are close where they need the platform the most aka my endorsement so there is
00:09:17.120 something really interesting about that. He's almost saying, hey, this is my party and I'm
00:09:20.420 going to throw this convention. You're going to speak here and you're going to accept my endorsement
00:09:25.200 whether you like it or not. So that's interesting. For what you said, Pearson, and I left this part
00:09:30.800 out, this is the most important thing about this convention. Can we align on messaging? Because
00:09:35.980 I've always believed that we're actually doing better. I know it's empirical. People are like,
00:09:41.120 well, I'm paying a lot for gas. I'm feeling this economy. But by a lot of different measures,
00:09:46.260 this economy is doing well it just doesn't feel like it's doing well but how it matters the jobs
00:09:51.300 numbers were great jobs numbers are great and but the thing is how people feel is how they vote so
00:09:55.600 it doesn't matter what the data shows it matters how they feel so can we articulate a message as
00:10:00.820 matt said sometimes it takes a long to steer the ship the bow can start turning and so can we use
00:10:06.140 this convention and will we use this convention to articulate a message that can be shared with
00:10:12.600 the voters in the various districts across this country of here's how we're winning yes the gas
00:10:18.160 prices are high but here's how trump is helping here's what he's done on tax on tips here's what
00:10:22.400 he's done on saving money for seniors here's what he's doing with the marriage credit that he just
00:10:26.600 announced the other day he's not going to penalize married couples anymore here's what he's done on
00:10:30.100 the border here's what he's done on that'll really help us with single women well but maybe that's a
00:10:35.060 message we can figure out but the point of this convention can be and it's what we do at the
00:10:39.020 regular conventions is we decide our platform. At this convention, the opportunity is, can we
00:10:44.200 decide on messaging and take that messaging to the voters? I think the tone's important here
00:10:49.020 because I think, and it's not just the convention, this really is a continuum into when ballots are
00:10:55.460 going out. If you just have the message, everything's great, look at these deals that
00:11:03.160 have been announced. That's going to kill it. People are going to hate that. That will come
00:11:06.900 off as tone deaf to some and so i think you have to show empathy for what we've all struggled
00:11:12.320 through with the biden years and the excesses of covid and uh the the lack of performance of the
00:11:19.500 congress to put any downward pressure on the spending i think you've got to acknowledge that
00:11:23.660 but then you know to pearson's point elections are about new promises so you've got this hand
00:11:30.340 you're dealt you've got eight minutes on that stage to go talk about the economy how does
00:11:36.420 How does a Pearson Sharp curate the balance between understanding the challenges people are going through,
00:11:43.220 but also showcasing the Republican path as being far preferable to the socialist path?
00:11:48.600 I mean, there are issues that they have to address.
00:11:55.520 They just they have to get up and address them.
00:11:57.580 And they aren't necessarily going to resonate well with everybody, but they still have to do it.
00:12:01.760 I think that this is a good thing overall.
00:12:04.560 I think it's important.
00:12:05.300 The convention.
00:12:05.700 I think it's good to get our messaging out as an opportunity.
00:12:08.080 So we found an issue where you're more optimistic than David Pollock
00:12:11.040 because he was kind of down on the convention and you're up on the convention.
00:12:14.560 I think any chance we have to make noise, to get our messaging out there,
00:12:20.000 to get our brand in front of people is a good thing.
00:12:22.840 Okay.
00:12:23.720 Whether we do that well, that's up for debate.
00:12:27.860 So you're just grateful for the at-bat?
00:12:30.120 Right, right.
00:12:31.540 But now tell me how you're going to approach it.
00:12:34.380 I don't know.
00:12:35.360 See, maybe I'm just a critic.
00:12:37.240 I can tell you what the problem is.
00:12:38.820 I can't tell you what the answer is.
00:12:40.600 I don't know what I would do on stage.
00:12:42.560 I would tell people, well, again, it's all about the economy.
00:12:46.380 And the problem is this is like when your wife nags you and stuff.
00:12:49.600 And I'll make it clear this is not my issue.
00:12:52.740 By the way, the clearest evidence that Pearson's wife listens to the podcast.
00:12:56.260 I have to.
00:12:56.780 I have to.
00:12:57.300 Wow.
00:12:57.740 I have been through this in the past.
00:12:59.760 It's other people's women.
00:13:00.820 Oh, my God.
00:13:01.200 I've been through this in the past.
00:13:02.300 OPW.
00:13:02.620 But my wife, God bless her.
00:13:04.020 She is a saint, and we never have this.
00:13:06.000 But this is like a situation when your wife nags you or your girlfriend.
00:13:10.380 A person's wife.
00:13:11.140 A person's wife.
00:13:12.840 And says, well, why aren't you doing this?
00:13:14.560 Why aren't you doing that?
00:13:15.360 Why don't you do this and this and this?
00:13:16.640 And you say, well, I took out the trash.
00:13:20.440 That doesn't move the needle.
00:13:21.720 That doesn't solve the problem.
00:13:23.060 And that's what the GOP is doing.
00:13:24.620 By the way, I do that all the time.
00:13:27.540 You need more practice in this, Pearson.
00:13:29.280 What about X, Y, and Z?
00:13:30.400 What about fixing all these other issues?
00:13:32.160 That doesn't do it.
00:13:32.940 And so for me, I see this big announcement that we're having this convention and it's going to be so grand and important.
00:13:40.520 What I notice is that at the same time we're getting this, we have Congress coming back for a little bit and then canceling it for two weeks.
00:13:50.740 They're leaving town.
00:13:51.860 It's such a bad one.
00:13:52.700 They're done.
00:13:53.700 That's what I notice.
00:13:55.160 That's what I pay attention to.
00:13:56.420 These people who haven't done anything, because Trump has passed 281 executive orders, and Congress has codified 70 of them.
00:14:06.760 And when Trump leaves office, I just want to bring this up.
00:14:11.180 When Trump leaves office, the day a Democrat takes office, we're going to lose the federal DEI policy.
00:14:17.480 They're going to start hiring based on DEI and roll all the DEI back.
00:14:21.000 We're going to have the federal definition of sex and gender identity return.
00:14:24.320 You know, that's that's out the window from what he did. Energy drill, baby drill. That's gone. Back to Biden's plans, shutting all the oil wells down and everything.
00:14:32.680 Paris climate agreement. We're back in that. That's back on the table. Refugee missions. Trump's suspended almost all refugee admissions.
00:14:39.460 That's back on the table. Just refugees from everywhere. Border. What border? We won't have one. No, none of that has been made into law.
00:14:46.960 What's Congress doing? They're just they're taking a break right before our last opportunity to actually make a difference.
00:14:51.760 and they're just twiddling their thumbs.
00:14:53.600 But look at this convention!
00:14:55.240 What great race does not end with someone taking a knee at the very end?
00:15:00.540 I mean, you know, I get why this is deflating, David.
00:15:03.180 I do, because I also, I'll bring you guys inside how this actually plays out in D.C.
00:15:08.080 You know, Mike Johnson and John Thune, they've got the majority now.
00:15:13.040 And so it's their members who are, like, having to pick up the newspaper every day
00:15:18.020 and say, oh gosh, while I'm here in Washington, my opponent is at a fish fry back, they're at a
00:15:24.200 rotary meeting, they're speaking at the local hobnob, they're at a debate that I'm not able to
00:15:28.220 make it because I'm here stuck in Washington. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Leader, send us home. Give me a
00:15:33.200 fighting chance. I don't want to be here in Washington. I want to be back in Omaha. I want
00:15:37.220 to be back in my district. But the problem is when you don't use something as precious
00:15:44.000 as the majority, as control over the floor of the House and the Senate, it becomes difficult
00:15:50.640 to motivate people in the midterm elections. I would have that floor like a war room. If I was
00:15:57.100 the Speaker of the House right now, I would be forcing Democrats to vote on the no tax on tips
00:16:02.320 issue again and again and show the public that they're against working people. I would be having
00:16:08.260 special order hours on what it means to have seniors get the rebate that the Trump administration
00:16:13.260 gave them the the points pearson just made about the border and the refugee resettlements all the
00:16:18.720 things that the democrats would bring in i would i would take the worst democrat bills and i'd put
00:16:23.200 them on the floor and schedule votes on them and so that's my point what do the midterms matter
00:16:29.000 what is the convention matter when we can't do anything when we have the majority well why as a
00:16:33.380 voter why should i care their argument is this is how we keep the majority by sending our members
00:16:38.640 home to the fish friday campaign i actually hold your view i think that the floor control over the
00:16:44.900 floor is a terrible thing to waste that sends a better message as a voter when i see my you know
00:16:49.980 i don't care if my guy is at home campaigning if he's out there winning battles for me that's going
00:16:54.140 to be the best advertisement for him and the battles specifically are the executive orders
00:16:58.320 like you don't have to go find some battle to pick up the list of trump's executive orders
00:17:02.620 But here's I have a different opinion on this is because the House has done their job.
00:17:10.840 I mean, they passed five different versions of the Save America Act.
00:17:13.280 When they reconvened, they did keep the lights on.
00:17:15.380 We're not going to have a government shutdown in the middle of the election season, which would crush us from a media standpoint.
00:17:21.800 And I think Speaker Johnson could be looking at the House and exactly like you're saying is we got some members in tough races.
00:17:27.180 We have to keep the House. And I think the opposite would happen.
00:17:30.260 And I agree with you. I wish we would have used this majority over the last two years to do exactly what you're talking about, get those things over and over again, get the Democrats on record saying no, no, no, no.
00:17:40.040 But here we're in the fourth quarter, right? And I think if we tried to ensue chaos in the House in the month leading up to the midterms and say, well, let's fight the Democrats, I think more people would be turned off by Washington.
00:17:54.060 They already have a low approval rating.
00:17:55.440 Well, that sounds like you don't believe we could execute on it.
00:17:57.260 We wouldn't execute on it.
00:17:58.420 We wouldn't because the Senate won't even do what we've already passed.
00:18:01.480 So all it's going to do is make us look foolish.
00:18:03.620 It's better to send them home and let us go into the fish fries and make a case for why we should be reelected.
00:18:08.520 We're in a tough situation.
00:18:09.960 Pearson's right.
00:18:11.360 He's calling out a lot of things that people are frustrated about.
00:18:14.180 But I do believe we have answers.
00:18:15.940 And if I was on stage at the RNC to answer the question you asked Pearson, what I would say is, yes, gas is high.
00:18:21.660 Yes, things aren't perfect.
00:18:23.240 Here's what we've accomplished.
00:18:24.100 But regardless of what we accomplish, because it's not enough and I'll acknowledge that, here is our plan moving forward and let's compare our plan with who you would have to elect if you don't send us back to Washington, what their plan is.
00:18:36.120 I would just put the platforms on displays, which is what you do at conventions.
00:18:39.720 Do you worry that if we do that too much, it gives Democrats the mantle of change?
00:18:45.340 I was thinking about this in the car today.
00:18:47.000 I was really thinking about this because on one hand, you really do want to put democratic socialism on trial.
00:18:53.020 Right.
00:18:53.280 but like if you stand up and say dear america let me tell you the dangerous path of change
00:19:00.080 the left wants to take you on you risk man with some of these people who are so frustrated angry
00:19:06.160 and feeling like why not try it be like well you know what they are the change party donald trump
00:19:10.580 beat kamala harris because he was the change agent and i think one of the objectives of this
00:19:16.600 convention and the ensuing campaign should be to say to the country america trust that the
00:19:22.740 MAGA Republicans are still the ones fighting to change Washington for you.
00:19:28.700 They want to change Washington back to the way it was under Joe Biden, where money was printed,
00:19:34.120 inflation was insanely out of control, and we were humiliated as a country.
00:19:39.120 And we had open borders and crime everywhere.
00:19:42.500 And so we are trying to change this place still.
00:19:45.160 But when it's just a defense of what we've done, then you get the reaction you just heard from Pearson,
00:19:50.180 which is, what have you done for me lately?
00:19:51.400 But that's the conundrum, right?
00:19:52.740 Because if you defend what we've done and say it's a messaging problem, the media is not reporting on Trump's accomplishments fairly.
00:19:58.080 Here's what we've actually accomplished.
00:19:59.360 Well, then it falls on deaf ears, as Pearson argued, which is fair.
00:20:01.960 Or if you take the approach that you just mentioned, say, hey, we've got to beat the communists.
00:20:04.920 People go, hey, it's not any better without them.
00:20:07.220 So this is where the RNC becomes important.
00:20:09.800 You have to decide which path you're taking because we can't take neither path and we clearly can't do both.
00:20:15.460 So the RNC should be the place where we say, OK, this is the message.
00:20:20.160 Come hell or high water, we're committing to this message.
00:20:22.520 just like we did Trump.
00:20:23.980 Trump is the face of the party.
00:20:25.800 Love him or hate him, either get behind him or lose.
00:20:28.600 We have to say this is the platform, get behind it or don't.
00:20:31.640 And whether we win or lose, that's up to the voters.
00:20:33.080 Final question for you, David, on this point,
00:20:34.660 and then we want to get on to some other important headlines.
00:20:37.540 Are we going to look back at this and regret the fact
00:20:39.880 that we had a major convention night on the start of the NFL season?
00:20:43.740 I mean, so much of politics is gendered now.
00:20:46.460 So much of the strategy has to be getting young men,
00:20:48.840 low propensity working class men
00:20:51.200 black working class
00:20:53.440 men, the key part of our coalition
00:20:55.100 out to vote. Are we going to regret that?
00:20:56.860 I wonder why we did it in September. Maybe.
00:20:58.700 It's also interesting enough.
00:21:01.680 We would have to tell you what the NFL is.
00:21:04.160 I hate sports.
00:21:05.600 But the idea is, Charlie Kirk,
00:21:07.280 one year anniversary of his death is tomorrow too.
00:21:09.000 They're doing events at Turning Point
00:21:10.420 in Utah. The timing
00:21:12.720 of this conference, maybe it was
00:21:15.100 just venue availability, but yes, you're right.
00:21:17.100 It does interfere with football.
00:21:18.840 But I don't think – I think anybody watching football, they're not going to be upset.
00:21:23.340 But I don't think – again, I don't think regular Americans are watching this, and I don't think they're going to be moved one way or the other based on the speeches that are being held at this RNC.
00:21:34.100 I think what has to happen when everybody's together – forget the people watching the speeches, all the people that are gathered there, the brains of our party, right?
00:21:42.520 All the people, the consultants are there, the political activists are there, the influencers are there, the president's there, his cabinet is there.
00:21:48.320 This is when we all kumbaya and say,
00:21:50.280 this is the messaging going forward.
00:21:52.880 Take it to the streets.
00:21:54.020 It is the beehive.
00:21:55.600 Now, disperse the bees.
00:21:57.180 That's what should be happening.
00:21:59.220 A couple of things before we move on.
00:22:01.700 I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship,
00:22:03.880 or America is, with...
00:22:05.440 On this podcast?
00:22:06.900 Yeah, in your podcast with David,
00:22:09.200 with the GOP,
00:22:11.020 because they keep promising,
00:22:12.240 I'll do better next time.
00:22:13.500 I won't hit you again next time.
00:22:14.900 Just give me another chance, please.
00:22:16.840 How many chances do we give them?
00:22:18.440 I mean, they've screwed us so many times.
00:22:21.640 Secondly, you said that Congress has been doing their job.
00:22:25.360 $40 trillion in debt.
00:22:28.060 Really?
00:22:28.340 They've been doing their job?
00:22:29.780 No.
00:22:30.320 Screw that.
00:22:31.020 Three, I have a conservative neighbor.
00:22:34.560 You think Democrats are going to spend less?
00:22:37.040 I have a conservative neighbor.
00:22:37.860 I'm just saying.
00:22:38.580 I've heard this argument before.
00:22:39.940 He's from Georgia.
00:22:40.900 You know, a good old boy.
00:22:43.020 Doesn't really follow the news.
00:22:45.120 Still conservative.
00:22:46.020 intelligent guy he's got a pilot's license we were talking the other day i mentioned the gop
00:22:51.180 doing this or that he goes what's the gop he's not watching this he doesn't care about this
00:22:57.520 but he did complain about gas prices he did complain about his bills that's what matters
00:23:03.340 and that's the people that we're losing with all of this those and by the way those are the people
00:23:07.520 donald trump brought together and motivated to come out and elect him in you know in multiple
00:23:13.260 elections yeah that those are the forgotten americans and i don't think they want a geopolitical
00:23:18.120 lesson and i don't know that they want an economics lesson right i think they i think
00:23:22.640 they want improved conditions yeah where they live and feel it in the pocket that is how any
00:23:27.140 political movement ultimately gets judged one person will not be at the convention as mitch
00:23:31.180 mcconnell pearson sharp has a story he's going to bring us up to date on on that in just a moment
00:23:35.740 but first the dollar does not go as far as it used to you feel it at the pump like those everyday
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00:24:26.740 real protection don't wait fisher liberty pearson what are we learning in this uh in this in this
00:24:33.700 Daily Caller report. Throw up the headline.
00:24:35.380 The headline is, Mitch McConnell is silent
00:24:37.700 as report raises questions about his wife's
00:24:39.840 Chinese government ties.
00:24:42.580 So, Elaine Chao,
00:24:44.200 Mitch McConnell's wife, her real
00:24:45.940 name is Zhao Xiaolan
00:24:47.880 and she allegedly
00:24:50.200 held positions with Chinese
00:24:51.860 government entities. Hold on, hold on. There's not even
00:24:53.860 a Chao in her real name?
00:24:56.100 Xiao. Okay, okay, okay.
00:24:58.140 It was in the pronunciation. I'm sorry, continue.
00:24:59.820 I just needed that. Yeah.
00:25:00.920 Yeah. So this Daily Caller investigation, they found that she held positions with the Chinese government entities and organizations tied to the CCP.
00:25:10.580 Mitch McConnell's wife. Mitch McConnell's wife. Yes. According to the Daily Caller.
00:25:14.120 According to their investigation, tied to the Chinese Communist Party's United Front apparatus while simultaneously serving senior U.S. government posts.
00:25:26.440 This is also a good time to mention that she was in the cabinet.
00:25:29.260 She was in the cabinet under Trump as well and Bush.
00:25:31.860 Are you saying that the Daily Caller was alleging this woman was in the U.S. cabinet and working for the CCP?
00:25:37.280 It's not just, well, it's their investigation, but these are documents produced by the CCP that they obtained from them.
00:25:44.080 Why would the CCP do that?
00:25:46.380 Well, it wasn't like they just handed them over.
00:25:48.100 They were uncovered.
00:25:48.840 So, CCP officials appointed Mitch McConnell's wife to multiple government positions, many of which partially overlapped with her two U.S. cabinet posts.
00:25:59.040 According to Chinese government and state media reports, Chao has received at least four Chinese government positions since 2008,
00:26:09.140 including within the arms of the CCP influence and intelligence agency called United Front Work Department.
00:26:15.080 And this is according to translations of Chinese government and state media reports.
00:26:19.820 That's the source.
00:26:21.180 Beijing uses the United Front Work Department to steer foreign policy and gain access to advanced foreign technology.
00:26:30.980 Chow did not disclose any of the reported Chinese government positions during her January 2027 Department of Transportation Secretary Senate confirmation hearing.
00:26:40.600 You have to attest to those things under oath, those documents.
00:26:43.580 which required her to list all positions held within the last 10 years.
00:26:49.960 So lying to Congress, misleading Congress, these are real offenses.
00:26:55.320 Yeah.
00:26:55.680 Well, do we know that she didn't disclose any of this?
00:26:57.740 It said she didn't.
00:26:59.860 And when this came out yesterday or the day before,
00:27:03.400 her agent flat out denied that she'd ever been a part of any foreign government organization.
00:27:08.080 So they are denying this?
00:27:09.200 They're denying it.
00:27:10.140 And what type of documentation?
00:27:13.060 Are you talking about anecdotal here?
00:27:14.960 Are you talking about actual hard documents?
00:27:17.100 No, these are, according to this, these are state media reports,
00:27:20.520 Chinese government and state media reports.
00:27:23.160 These are official documents.
00:27:25.360 So are you trying to convince me that the Chinese government
00:27:28.800 might send women over to get close to American politicians?
00:27:32.020 It's hard to believe, isn't it?
00:27:33.160 Is that what you're trying to tell me?
00:27:34.660 We should ask Swalwell about that.
00:27:36.400 I don't know if he would agree with me or not.
00:27:38.420 um add this real quick uh the united front division or what did i call it uh united front
00:27:45.160 work department appointed both chow and her father as honorary chairman of its third council
00:27:53.060 in december 2008 while she was the dol secretary should you be allowed to serve in the u.s government
00:28:00.820 if you're also a member of another government probably not china's no i mean i i would think
00:28:07.720 that that would be prohibitive, David.
00:28:10.300 Are you buying this?
00:28:11.480 Are you buying this report?
00:28:14.100 It's so unbelievable.
00:28:16.100 Is it unbelievable? Really?
00:28:17.500 Let's start with the premise of Mitch McConnell being...
00:28:19.040 He's like the nerve.
00:28:21.300 Let's start with the premise of Mitch McConnell being silent on it.
00:28:24.060 Where do you expect him to speak from?
00:28:25.740 Well, exactly.
00:28:26.580 What do they say? Dead men don't talk or something?
00:28:28.740 No, there's no evidence Mitch McConnell's asking.
00:28:30.880 Oh, I'm not saying he is. I'm just wondering what the expression is.
00:28:33.520 So, I don't expect him.
00:28:35.820 He hasn't made a statement on his health.
00:28:37.300 I don't expect him to make a public statement about his wife.
00:28:41.660 Now, here's the thing.
00:28:42.700 She's been in the administration twice, as you mentioned.
00:28:45.700 She has been very close to Mitch McConnell as his wife.
00:28:49.800 They do full FBI.
00:28:50.920 Right. That's what I'm saying.
00:28:51.940 If she is a member of the CCP or has worked with the CCP, I can't imagine that in any of the vetting that happened, both in the White House and in Washington,
00:29:02.200 all the positions she's held, and the close position she has to a very influential senator who was leader of the Senate.
00:29:08.320 I can't imagine that our vetting resources are so either incompetent or uninformed that they would have no idea.
00:29:17.100 Because they have to – I mean, have you ever done a federal security – I mean, they ask you if you ever even traveled to China, which she would have said yes.
00:29:24.000 They would have sat down with investigators.
00:29:26.040 I have to believe this – I'm calling –
00:29:29.800 That is astonishing that you wouldn't believe.
00:29:31.520 I would be astonished if nine out of ten senators weren't owned by China.
00:29:36.700 Well, now we're going to put a pin in this.
00:29:38.240 As we gather more information, we're coming back.
00:29:40.800 I want to add to this story, just for your information and background.
00:29:47.060 I mean, recently, like the last two weeks, the Pentagon has ordered 30 American universities to audit their relationships with China
00:29:53.920 over concerns the taxpayer fund of research could be exploited by the Communist Party.
00:29:58.460 Harvard itself is now the subject.
00:29:59.680 I'm doubting that China's interfering with their...
00:30:01.520 But I'm saying...
00:30:02.780 We just had here in California, the mayor of Arcadia, Eileen Wang, was a Chinese plant.
00:30:09.460 She pled guilty to acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government.
00:30:13.180 The mayor here in California, yeah.
00:30:15.640 Well, I just think Pollock's making the argument that there's a big leap between being the mayor of Arcadia
00:30:20.520 and the great state secrets you have about which potholes you're filling.
00:30:23.940 And like these people who are...
00:30:25.240 Swalwell?
00:30:25.700 Feinstein?
00:30:27.020 Swalwell was hanging out at the Dublin City Council when he ran into Fang Fang initially, okay?
00:30:33.880 And so Pollock doesn't believe that they would go to this length at this level.
00:30:41.240 And not only that, it would have been missed.
00:30:44.240 Like, the fact they're like, oh, yeah, we just – and if there is some truth to that, it might be something that is probably not as scary as it sounds by the report.
00:30:52.040 And it's probably like, yeah, she's from China.
00:30:54.140 She had some ties.
00:30:55.520 She had some jobs, but they probably vetted it and realized it wasn't a security risk.
00:30:59.040 I don't believe that she was opposing a threat to national security, and they would have allowed her to serve in the capacity.
00:31:03.920 Unless they absolutely did not vet her.
00:31:05.720 Just go Max Normie for us, Pollock.
00:31:08.760 Wow.
00:31:09.480 Max Normie.
00:31:10.600 I can't go down.
00:31:11.860 I've got some beachfront property in Nevada if you want.
00:31:13.720 I actually think Pollock might be right about this, but we'll have to come back to it.
00:31:16.700 All right, so I've got to get to what's going on here in San Diego or Tijuana North.
00:31:21.980 Amy Riker, who we love
00:31:24.340 Great friend of the network
00:31:25.760 Has an incredible report
00:31:27.120 Take a listen
00:31:27.840 This is not Tijuana, Mexico
00:31:32.020 This is the gas lamp in downtown San Diego
00:31:34.820 Every night the box trucks roll in
00:31:37.000 Hundreds of cheap carts
00:31:38.580 No refrigeration, no health permit
00:31:40.760 No business license
00:31:42.000 They set up right in front of restaurants
00:31:43.880 That pay rent, payroll, and taxes
00:31:45.940 Then sell $12 hot dogs
00:31:47.840 To drunk people pouring out of the bars
00:31:49.800 A lawsuit against the city alleged some of these operations are funded by Mexican cartels,
00:31:55.380 with vendors working off debts tied to being smuggled into the United States.
00:31:59.860 A 2018 California law, SB 946, decriminalized sidewalk vending.
00:32:05.520 Then last January, a court ruled San Diego couldn't even impound the carts.
00:32:10.060 The penalty? Only a $100 civil fine.
00:32:12.880 And according to local businesses, some of these carts dump grease into storm drains and have caused fires.
00:32:19.360 Meanwhile, restaurants play by the rules.
00:32:21.520 These vendors don't.
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00:32:53.400 david pollock is the cartel running a secret army of hot dog vendors they might be i mean it is weird
00:32:59.860 that they're all like the same exact carts are unloaded by these white trucks and they're like
00:33:04.600 here's your carts um looks like most of their patrons are drunk girls well i love street food
00:33:10.040 Let me be very clear.
00:33:11.060 What this story isn't about is street food.
00:33:15.100 I thoroughly enjoy street food.
00:33:18.120 But as the mayor of L.A. has said, Karen Bass has said, oh, it adds to the diverse multicultural food scene of L.A.
00:33:26.460 Because this is happening there, too.
00:33:27.880 These vendors are setting up.
00:33:29.100 The issue is these are unpermitted food carts that the city has just decided they're no longer going to enforce any law that says they can't have these unlicensed food carts.
00:33:39.320 Now, if you want to have a permit to have that food cart out there and health inspectors say, yeah, you're not going to poison people, fine.
00:33:45.840 And if you want to be totally anti-bureaucratic and say, no, no, no, that's too much government, well, then don't make the restaurants follow the same health code that they're setting up the carts right in front of because you have a guy paying rent in San Diego.
00:33:55.920 Yeah, that's the bigger issue.
00:33:57.080 To me, like if you want to buy a hot dog from an illegal alien food cart, I don't really know the government is the least cost avoider to your gastrointestinal issues that come thereafter.
00:34:07.820 but like yeah you do you're there trying to make your business work you're the euro stand uh in
00:34:14.640 downtown you pay your insurance you pay your taxes you've got every regulatory burden right
00:34:20.800 in demand in this state with your employees and you go to jail if you don't enforce all right and
00:34:25.980 and these guys are are out in front what's the pearson sharp with you as the mayor of san diego
00:34:32.380 What's the right solution here?
00:34:33.700 Because in Florida, it would be the hose.
00:34:37.980 We have ample water, and these people would be hit with the hose.
00:34:41.760 What's the Pearson Sharp solution?
00:34:45.420 Let me contain my glee for a moment.
00:34:48.680 No inciting violence.
00:34:50.680 Well, that's not fun.
00:34:52.320 That's not going to solve the problem.
00:34:54.240 No, I mean, this is ice.
00:34:55.680 Ice is the solution.
00:34:56.740 Ice is the solution.
00:34:57.480 You know, that's illegal, too, in the law.
00:34:58.580 Yeah, well, we're going to take care of that.
00:35:01.200 Just get ice out there and start rounding these people up.
00:35:03.540 Because one of the reports of what was happening out there
00:35:07.160 was a dog eating meat out of a street vendor's bag
00:35:10.180 before it was served to customers.
00:35:11.840 The dog?
00:35:12.640 The dog.
00:35:13.480 Was the dog served to customers?
00:35:16.340 The dog was eating meat out of one of the bags
00:35:19.540 that the vendor was using to serve to customers.
00:35:21.860 Oh, thank God.
00:35:22.960 But I'm sure dogs have been served.
00:35:24.920 I have no doubt about it.
00:35:26.220 I lived in China.
00:35:26.980 I saw what they ate over there.
00:35:28.120 cockroaches crawling out of a food truck
00:35:31.200 mice scurrying beside open salsa
00:35:32.960 raw meat baking unrefrigerated in the heat
00:35:35.200 people urinating around cooking equipment
00:35:37.540 it sounds like my college dorm
00:35:39.440 yeah
00:35:39.840 yeah and the lack of
00:35:43.200 action to protect the public from foodborne
00:35:45.580 illnesses from street vendors is particularly ironic
00:35:47.760 in that Los Angeles County Department
00:35:49.560 of Health is headed by Dr. Barbara
00:35:51.320 Ferrer and if you don't remember who that is
00:35:53.460 during the COVID epidemic Ferrer gained national
00:35:55.660 reputation for her sweeping
00:35:57.320 draconian shutdowns claiming they were necessary to preserve public health they don't give a damn
00:36:04.100 about us not one bit pearson believes the biological war against americans is now being administered
00:36:10.520 through poorly refrigerated hot dogs no i'm just saying our health officials these people in charge
00:36:15.020 they don't care about it does point out that the whole thing was a racket yeah 100 the san diego
00:36:19.880 wet markets the hot dog wet markets what's the what's the what's the fix uh either force them
00:36:26.300 To get permits
00:36:27.620 And then where these hot dogs are placed
00:36:29.100 Not because we want to be the big hand of government
00:36:31.400 But because we don't want them to put a cart in front of a business
00:36:33.520 That's creating an unfair competition scenario
00:36:36.200 I think you should have areas
00:36:38.000 Where they can exist
00:36:38.760 I do love street food
00:36:39.880 And even if they are permitted
00:36:42.540 You do eat at your own risk
00:36:46.020 Because you don't know
00:36:47.060 But we can't have our streets look like Mumbai
00:36:49.480 We can't have a YouTube channel
00:36:51.320 Where the guy goes around
00:36:52.520 What's your go to street food
00:36:55.380 My favorite street food, well, besides the New York City, like Dirty Water Dog, like a Sabret from a cart in New York,
00:37:02.000 there was a gyro guy that was in New York near Brian Park, and he had just the best street gyros.
00:37:08.800 And he had this white sauce.
00:37:09.720 I don't know what it was.
00:37:10.560 I don't care.
00:37:11.440 It was just delicious.
00:37:12.540 I just hope it didn't come out of that dog piercing.
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00:38:17.520 Pearson we've got to go to this
00:38:20.480 ai story that has got the entire internet on fire walk us through it so an anthropic researcher
00:38:27.480 just quit his job anthropic's one of the biggest ai three of them in the world uh well the main one
00:38:33.240 was this jacob coxson uh he announced his resignation from anthropic tuesday in a chain
00:38:38.540 of posts saying that both ai companies uh chat gpt and anthropic have failed to disclose the
00:38:45.380 extent of their concerns about the technology warning that neither anthropic or ai is acting
00:38:50.760 responsibly they are racing straight to self-improving super intelligence and gambling
00:38:57.380 with our lives he argued the researchers and executives of both companies privately harbor
00:39:02.720 fears great fears about ai that they will not acknowledge publicly quote the people building
00:39:08.540 ai earnestly believe that it will kill us at the end of the decade he goes on to say do not
00:39:16.940 underestimate the power of this technology there will soon be superhuman systems that can hack
00:39:22.440 anything no other human activity poses this level of danger well david how are you going to be living
00:39:30.100 your life differently now that you know that we only have uh the remaining part of the decade
00:39:34.320 I mean, look, AI, Elon Musk has testified that we do need to have a better regulatory environment for AI.
00:39:43.640 It has been discussed in Congress.
00:39:45.500 But that being said, the AI that's going to kill us will similarly have our own AI to stop the AI from killing us.
00:39:51.580 I don't think AI is going to kill us within 10 years.
00:39:54.120 I think AI is definitely—
00:39:55.360 How long do we have?
00:39:56.300 Yeah, exactly.
00:39:57.320 I mean, it'll kill us the same time climate change does, right?
00:40:01.320 Okay.
00:40:01.580 So you think it falls into that alarmism space?
00:40:03.960 It is alarmism.
00:40:05.260 It's an alarmism.
00:40:06.280 I mean, look, AI is a tool, and it does have risks,
00:40:09.300 and we do need regulation in order to ensure that that tool is being utilized in a way that's not harmful.
00:40:14.820 But at the same time, it's a tool like anything else.
00:40:17.740 Man is still in control of it.
00:40:19.160 I don't believe that we're getting to a place where AI is going to disobey its lords and start taking over things.
00:40:24.520 It already has, though.
00:40:24.800 We have examples of it doing that very clearly.
00:40:27.220 Do you think Pearson was, like, hiding under his bed when Y2K happened?
00:40:31.460 100%.
00:40:31.860 100%.
00:40:32.620 He got rid of all the technology.
00:40:34.920 He had it in the sugar.
00:40:35.420 Were you a canner during Y2K?
00:40:36.920 No, I was playing games.
00:40:38.240 I was playing Half-Life.
00:40:39.100 In his bunker.
00:40:39.960 In his bunker.
00:40:40.540 All right.
00:40:40.760 In my basement.
00:40:41.780 All right.
00:40:42.100 So how does it go down?
00:40:43.460 How does AI kill us all?
00:40:44.780 Does a robot show up at my door one day?
00:40:47.500 Do they eat all the food?
00:40:49.020 Do they even need food?
00:40:49.820 That's possibly.
00:40:50.660 There was a video that just came out of China last week where there was this AI helper in
00:40:54.760 a store, and the customer, I don't know, there was no audio.
00:40:58.140 The customer pushed the AI robot.
00:40:59.960 Was that real?
00:41:00.720 Yeah.
00:41:00.880 Well, I don't know if it's the same video I saw, but in this video, the customer pushed the AI robot and he backed up and he kind of stood there for a second.
00:41:07.740 And then he crouched down, like, for Kung Fu and started, like, kicking and trying to punch the guy.
00:41:12.180 Sounds like an entirely reasonable reaction.
00:41:13.720 The store owner, well, this is a tool.
00:41:16.560 This isn't a weapon.
00:41:17.420 Okay, but somebody had to program that robot to know Kung Fu.
00:41:20.300 So the store owner tried to hold it back and it started attacking the store owner, too.
00:41:24.960 So you think humanoid robots turn on us?
00:41:28.980 Potentially.
00:41:29.660 There's a lot of avenues for our destruction
00:41:32.100 in that everything we use today
00:41:33.920 is connected via the internet.
00:41:36.520 They could shut down our water systems.
00:41:38.260 They could open dams.
00:41:39.280 They could shut down our power systems.
00:41:40.900 Why would they do that to us?
00:41:42.100 So the question is not that they would turn evil,
00:41:45.220 not that they would be like the Matrix
00:41:46.760 and come after all of us or Terminator,
00:41:49.100 but that, for example,
00:41:51.020 we would give them an instruction
00:41:52.720 to do something efficiently,
00:41:54.920 like optimize this task,
00:41:57.080 and they would begin optimizing it
00:41:59.300 to a super level, to the point of eliminating all obstacles to completing that task.
00:42:04.700 For example, if we told them to make paperclips and they didn't get the proper guidelines for that,
00:42:11.300 everything available to them would become repurposed to make paperclips.
00:42:15.820 And that could be the destruction of humanity just to make paperclips.
00:42:18.500 So it's not necessarily that they're evil, but that they could look at something,
00:42:21.860 an order that we give them as take it to the nth degree.
00:42:25.140 But is that the concern of these researchers?
00:42:27.400 That's one concern.
00:42:28.220 I'm not inside. I don't know what Anthropic is saying.
00:42:31.680 Everyone saw the headline, we've got the decade remaining.
00:42:36.240 This was in every buddy group chat I encountered this week.
00:42:42.360 And David, I just wonder, is that just a fear of the pace?
00:42:49.140 Or is there some specific thing that we should prepare for?
00:42:51.180 I don't think there's a specific threat.
00:42:52.780 Actually, I'll say the opposite is the risk.
00:42:55.340 The more reliant we get on this technology, right?
00:42:58.220 Because AI does everything. AI controls our power grids. AI controls a lot of decisions we make, even in military now.
00:43:05.240 AI is, and then when we get these robotic assistants, like, you know, whatever the Elon Musk robots are called.
00:43:11.400 I forget what they're called. But either way, once you start buying your AI robots that start doing your laundry and cutting your grass and picking up your kids from school or whatever you let it do,
00:43:19.420 Pearson's not going to let that happen.
00:43:20.760 Have you not seen iRobot?
00:43:21.940 No, but listen, I have seen iRobot. I've seen Terminator, too.
00:43:25.120 But the thing is, I think what happens is an ENP or a weapon that can shut off our electricity, and remember, if AI goes down for even an hour, if X goes down for an hour, people lose their damn minds.
00:43:38.340 Imagine in 10 years we're so much more reliant on AI technology, and then somebody kills it for even a day or two.
00:43:46.420 We will literally stop.
00:43:48.120 Everything stops.
00:43:49.300 People won't know how to do anything anymore.
00:43:50.900 I think the big risk is the AI allows us to rely too heavily on artificial intelligence and substitutes our own intelligence.
00:43:59.200 No, no.
00:43:59.620 I'm just saying when we replace our intelligence with artificial intelligence and that artificial intelligence goes down, do we have enough of our own intelligence and enough fail-safes to prevent that?
00:44:10.000 So I think that's where regulation comes in and helps.
00:44:11.960 Are we building in enough redundancies and fail-safes to prevent ourselves from attack?
00:44:15.940 Coxson doesn't believe that we're capable of harnessing this thing with any human regulation.
00:44:21.260 Well, it doesn't seem like we want to, because like here, like Coxson was saying, at OpenAI, many have not internalized the civilizational stakes.
00:44:29.920 And I do agree that that's probably true.
00:44:31.840 People said that about the cotton gin.
00:44:33.500 No, I agree.
00:44:34.680 About the pretty press.
00:44:35.280 Well, I don't know about the cotton gin.
00:44:36.580 About the internet.
00:44:37.640 The pretty press was a big one.
00:44:39.420 I take that point, and I'm sure that there is some alarmism.
00:44:42.040 We love to alarm over things.
00:44:44.740 Sure.
00:44:45.140 but one can see that this could be a threat and one is seeing that there are these situations
00:44:52.160 where it is getting out of control it is teaching itself its own language it is escaping containment
00:44:56.360 it is hacking systems it wasn't supposed to hack but it's and and and and there was another story
00:45:02.440 tied into this escaping containment it did like a velociraptor well it did it is you're totally
00:45:08.060 Especially the Greta Thunberg of AI.
00:45:09.840 Keep going.
00:45:10.740 I like this rant.
00:45:11.760 But AI was just recently used to design a new virus.
00:45:18.680 It's also going to cure scientists.
00:45:20.440 Well, scientists are raising biosafety concerns about using AI to design new viruses.
00:45:24.880 A team of researchers used it to design bacteriophages.
00:45:28.560 And the team tested 300 of the AI-generated genomes and identified 16 phages that were successful in killing E. coli bacteria.
00:45:36.860 That's great.
00:45:37.520 what else are they going to design?
00:45:39.020 The ability to compose viral genomes
00:45:40.860 using generative AI now exists.
00:45:42.780 The government to safely steer it does not.
00:45:45.920 Will we trust the process
00:45:47.020 even if government did have control over it?
00:45:49.260 And look what they did with COVID.
00:45:51.920 Thank God Fauci got out of government
00:45:54.220 before he had control over AI.
00:45:56.660 That might be how it goes.
00:45:57.800 That would have been terrifying.
00:45:58.680 That might be how some are contemplating
00:46:01.380 the rapid destruction.
00:46:04.560 also the bias in ai systems is significant and and what what the people who are programming the
00:46:12.500 people who are teaching it um at open ai employees uh spent more than 260 000 on democrats and zero
00:46:20.900 dollars oh yeah the chatbots are biased yeah but i don't think percent i don't think they're going
00:46:25.440 to kill people in 10 years you don't you don't think if you're in charge of an ai program and
00:46:29.160 you absolutely hate donald trump and everything that maga stands for you wouldn't use that to
00:46:32.960 What would have happened if there were 5,000 Optimus robots running around after January 6th?
00:46:40.120 I truly don't know.
00:46:40.820 I want to just get a final note before we head out because we may not have more time before the AI bots kill us or before we hit the end of our hour.
00:46:50.860 Just a weird week.
00:46:51.980 A weird week with what we mentioned about one year since Charlie Kirk's murder.
00:46:58.440 September 11th one of the young people in our newsroom today told me a third of Americans
00:47:04.040 were not around for September 11th and have no kind of institutional memory of that you and I
00:47:09.840 think we're at Florida State uh when when that happened and a searing moment on the lives of
00:47:15.980 of millennials uh just uh you know in terms of the national unity that came after this moment
00:47:23.720 followed by the years of war and a lot of the costs that Donald Trump talked about bringing us
00:47:31.860 out of. Pearson, how do you reflect on a week that has these two markers in history, one
00:47:37.780 obviously far more recent and another almost fading from the memory of the country among
00:47:44.920 young people? How do you memorialize something like this? How do you put something like this
00:47:53.700 down into posterity. It's, I mean, I was in eighth grade when it happened. I was in biology class. It
00:47:58.400 was 10 AM and it was unbelievable with everything stopped as it did for many people. What do you
00:48:05.040 think about the fact that so many Americans have no recall? It's like, is it like Pearl Harbor to
00:48:10.440 us? I mean, it's, it's hard to imagine this is, this was central to our lives and has changed
00:48:15.860 everything about our nation since then and i think what stands out to me most right now is how we
00:48:23.940 seem to have forgotten the lessons that that so painfully taught us about how when that happened
00:48:31.260 our country united to to defeat the enemy to everybody came together everybody i mean the
00:48:38.060 kind of like after charlie was killed right like there was like a there was like a brief moment in
00:48:42.800 our movement where like you know yeah even more everybody was like every we were going to have
00:48:47.280 like a million charlie kirks go out and and and reignite this this this movement and it almost
00:48:53.980 seems like like some of that momentum has been lost because i think our our country was more
00:48:58.840 united back then with charlie kirk he existed at a time when we've never been more divided
00:49:03.100 but there were people yeah tons of people came together because of him but there were still
00:49:08.760 people who were saying yeah i'm glad he died and dancing on his grave i don't remember i was what
00:49:14.140 15 when 9 11 happened i don't remember people cheering the tower is falling down back then
00:49:19.580 they're cheering now they're cheering now and so that's my point is i feel like we've forgotten
00:49:23.580 the lessons and now we're embracing the things that caused this to happen david i'll give you
00:49:27.440 the last word how do you how do you approach this week in these these two moments i mean on the on
00:49:32.720 david public prime time we're we're honoring both days i mean we're honoring the legacy of charlie
00:49:37.080 Kerr talking about the trial. We're talking about the aftermath, what happens to Turning Point. And
00:49:41.800 for September 11th, we're asking the question of, have we forgotten? It's a great point because
00:49:45.960 you have Zoran Mandani being asked by over a hundred thousand New Yorkers not to come to the
00:49:50.380 Ground Zero memorials because of a lot of the controversial figures he surrounded himself
00:49:56.040 with. His New York City legal counsel defended somebody from Al-Qaeda and who's like the
00:50:03.240 brother-in-law of one of the 9-11 terrorists and of course hassan piker who said america deserved
00:50:07.800 9-11 mandanian originally wouldn't condemn him i mean why would anybody want him at the 9-11
00:50:12.900 memorial so the bigger question is not have we just forgotten if people aren't aware of it of
00:50:16.860 um are we worse off than we were back then and have we lost that war 20 years in afghanistan
00:50:21.860 um for what for what if they're taking over our cities election by election so
00:50:26.560 this is a very interesting 9-11 25 years after the fact one year from charlie kirk
00:50:31.680 But look, I'll say this, and on a positive note,
00:50:34.060 because I have to be an optimist or else we're all screwed.
00:50:37.440 I'll say this.
00:50:38.100 I don't think we're as divided as it seems.
00:50:39.760 I think the media has just convinced us we are.
00:50:42.000 I walk around communities and our neighbors,
00:50:44.920 even the people we disagree with politically,
00:50:46.260 I think we get along with each other a lot more than we realize.
00:50:48.600 We just believe that we're more divided.
00:50:50.500 I do think America is safer.
00:50:53.140 I think we've learned a lot of lessons from it,
00:50:54.760 but we're still learning.
00:50:55.840 And, you know, privacy, TSA, all that stuff,
00:50:58.260 we've got to fix a lot of stuff.
00:50:59.400 And, yeah, maybe if Congress, to bring it all full circle, maybe if Congress would schedule some votes, we can settle this FISA thing once and for all and maybe put to bed one of the lessons from 25 years ago.
00:51:10.060 I don't know.
00:51:10.780 I don't know.
00:51:11.220 Well, it's a conversation that's going to continue happening in these events, remembering the killing of Charlie Kirk, remembering 9-11, how these things are proximate to one another kind of forever after this week.
00:51:25.140 David Pollack. Can't wait to check out
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