The Glenn Beck Program - May 18, 2017


5⧸18⧸17 - What President Trump should be doing right now! (Sen. Ben Sasse)


Episode Stats

Length

1 hour and 43 minutes

Words per Minute

155.76761

Word Count

16,199

Sentence Count

253

Misogynist Sentences

7

Hate Speech Sentences

23


Summary

Elizabeth Ailes releases a statement about her late husband Roger Ailes, the former head of Fox News and founder of the Fox Television Station Group, and the consultant for Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Rudy Giuliani s first mayoral campaign, and so much more.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 The Blaze Radio Network, On Demand.
00:00:08.160 Boy, are we living in the days where it is massive news story after massive news story.
00:00:17.580 Roger Eugene Ailes, president of Fox News, founder of Fox News,
00:00:26.200 CEO of the Fox Television Station Group, the consultant for Richard Nixon,
00:00:33.520 Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani's first mayoral campaign,
00:00:40.020 helped brief Donald Trump with the debate preparation,
00:00:45.280 and so much more has passed away.
00:00:50.700 The news broke about a half an hour ago, and I want to spend some time there.
00:01:00.440 Roger Ailes, right now.
00:01:03.980 I will make a stand. I will raise my voice. I will hold your hand.
00:01:12.320 Because we are one. I will be my drum. I have made my choice.
00:01:18.620 We will overcome. Because we are one.
00:01:23.020 The fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.
00:01:26.800 This is the Glenn Beck Program.
00:01:30.380 The statement has just been released by Elizabeth Ailes, Roger Ailes' wife.
00:01:36.380 I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, has passed away this morning.
00:01:42.100 Roger was a loving husband to me, to his son, Zachary, and a loyal friend to many.
00:01:47.340 He was a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in a country that gave him so much opportunity
00:01:51.360 to work hard, to rise, and to give back.
00:01:54.400 During a career that stretched over more than five decades,
00:01:58.040 his work in entertainment and politics and news affected the lives of many millions.
00:02:03.140 We mourn his death, and we celebrate his life.
00:02:07.040 Could this month be any more impactful?
00:02:14.640 Every day, it seems, there is something massive that is happening.
00:02:19.360 Roger Ailes and I had a very interesting relationship.
00:02:29.760 And I will tell you that I am torn,
00:02:36.400 as Roger Ailes is one of the biggest tutors in my life,
00:02:50.040 and one of the biggest disappointments in my life.
00:02:57.240 Roger was a tremendous performer and chameleon.
00:03:03.660 He could be whoever he needed to be at the time,
00:03:10.100 whoever he was around.
00:03:12.160 He was a brilliant, brilliant man.
00:03:16.760 And I truly believe, I could be wrong,
00:03:21.760 because he was such a great performer,
00:03:25.100 I truly believe I saw the best side of him.
00:03:27.940 In private conversations,
00:03:31.120 I really liked him.
00:03:33.860 The side of him that I saw,
00:03:36.680 I really liked.
00:03:38.860 The side of him that I saw come out
00:03:41.800 towards the end,
00:03:44.480 I despised.
00:03:46.660 And couldn't get away from fast enough.
00:03:48.800 He was a very dangerous man.
00:03:56.380 And I think he knew that.
00:03:58.700 I know he knew that.
00:04:00.360 But I think it bothered him.
00:04:03.000 I think Roger and I had a relationship
00:04:06.420 that honestly,
00:04:11.800 when I left Fox,
00:04:14.860 we had a gun to each other's head.
00:04:18.740 I'm the only one to have left Fox
00:04:21.180 with minimal damage.
00:04:23.760 As he said,
00:04:24.700 you're not leaving here.
00:04:25.520 Nobody leaves here.
00:04:26.740 I said, I am.
00:04:27.460 And because I had my own PR department,
00:04:33.540 because I had my own radio show
00:04:34.960 completely disconnected from him
00:04:36.620 and Fox,
00:04:38.540 because I kept my whole staff in my office
00:04:41.700 and not in their office,
00:04:44.140 we did some things right
00:04:46.120 that had never been done before.
00:04:47.560 And it really made Roger upset
00:04:52.940 because he couldn't get his thumb on me.
00:04:57.460 The one thing I learned at Fox early on,
00:05:02.620 and I thought early on
00:05:03.920 that it was a good thing,
00:05:06.180 I would say,
00:05:07.380 you know,
00:05:07.960 you have so many opportunities.
00:05:09.640 You know,
00:05:09.920 what about,
00:05:10.780 have you thought about doing X, Y, and Z?
00:05:12.620 And people would say,
00:05:13.700 oh no,
00:05:14.060 I could never leave here.
00:05:15.960 I could never leave Roger.
00:05:17.600 I owe him too much.
00:05:19.960 I always thought that was really nice
00:05:21.340 and loyalty
00:05:21.840 and he really could mentor you.
00:05:24.560 As I found out
00:05:26.040 within my first year,
00:05:28.200 I'm not sure that's exactly
00:05:29.860 what everybody meant.
00:05:31.620 I think Roger could,
00:05:33.260 would,
00:05:34.260 and did,
00:05:35.320 find out the dirt
00:05:36.860 on pretty much everybody
00:05:38.380 and then put his finger down on you
00:05:41.300 and he would control you.
00:05:44.780 One of the reasons
00:05:45.620 why I said no to him
00:05:47.160 three times
00:05:48.140 and I didn't want to go to work
00:05:50.800 at Fox News.
00:05:51.560 At the time,
00:05:52.040 we were talking about
00:05:52.800 doing something
00:05:53.680 and creating something
00:05:54.680 for HBO
00:05:55.320 and I wanted to get out of news
00:05:58.040 and Roger
00:06:00.540 had called several times
00:06:02.860 and finally met with me
00:06:05.460 in Rupert Murdoch's
00:06:07.900 dining room
00:06:09.400 and I said,
00:06:11.900 he said,
00:06:13.280 what is it
00:06:14.040 about the more money
00:06:15.700 and the bigger ratings
00:06:16.840 that we're offering you
00:06:17.860 that you don't seem
00:06:18.400 to be interested in?
00:06:19.280 And I said,
00:06:20.640 Roger,
00:06:20.960 you're very smart.
00:06:22.300 You're very smart.
00:06:23.460 But watching you,
00:06:25.040 I know what you do.
00:06:26.800 And I said,
00:06:27.700 you collect curiosities
00:06:30.320 and you put them
00:06:31.300 in a cabinet.
00:06:32.600 And I said,
00:06:33.480 right now,
00:06:34.120 I'm a curiosity.
00:06:35.920 And I said,
00:06:36.920 I'm,
00:06:37.840 I'm,
00:06:38.820 I would probably
00:06:40.140 do the same thing
00:06:41.220 if I were you.
00:06:42.220 Anybody who could,
00:06:43.500 anybody who could make a name
00:06:44.840 for themselves
00:06:45.520 outside of my empire,
00:06:48.780 if I had your money,
00:06:49.940 I probably would say,
00:06:51.080 you know what,
00:06:51.420 bring them in here
00:06:52.180 and then we'll just
00:06:53.200 set them on the shelf
00:06:54.060 and we can bring them out
00:06:55.020 when we need them.
00:06:55.640 I said,
00:06:55.860 I'm not going to be
00:06:56.460 kept in somebody's cabinet.
00:07:01.540 I remember,
00:07:02.540 I remember the first month
00:07:05.240 when I still really believed
00:07:07.180 that we were on the same team.
00:07:08.820 He had something called
00:07:14.420 the brain room.
00:07:15.260 We've never talked about this
00:07:16.480 before.
00:07:18.000 He had something called
00:07:18.860 the brain room.
00:07:20.700 And little did I know
00:07:22.800 what that brain room
00:07:23.600 was really for.
00:07:25.360 And he had talked about,
00:07:27.120 let me just,
00:07:28.120 let me put that
00:07:28.600 through the brain room.
00:07:29.980 And this is when
00:07:31.040 I saw the good side
00:07:32.720 of Roger Ailes.
00:07:33.460 I saw the patriot.
00:07:34.700 I saw the guy
00:07:35.600 who would use his resources
00:07:37.080 for good.
00:07:37.860 somebody who was
00:07:39.700 really a genius,
00:07:41.740 truly a genius.
00:07:44.280 And he would say,
00:07:46.060 let's put this
00:07:47.080 through the brain room.
00:07:48.280 And we were talking
00:07:48.980 about the border
00:07:49.620 and everything else.
00:07:51.400 And if you remember
00:07:52.100 one episode early on
00:07:53.240 at Fox,
00:07:53.900 I talked about the border.
00:07:55.800 And I said,
00:07:56.580 you know,
00:07:56.780 I made a promise
00:07:57.460 to these families
00:07:59.100 down at the border
00:07:59.860 that we would tell
00:08:00.520 your story.
00:08:02.440 I said,
00:08:03.100 I couldn't get the resources
00:08:04.340 at CNN.
00:08:06.140 I said,
00:08:06.820 but the resources
00:08:08.360 are here.
00:08:10.360 And the Calvary
00:08:11.600 is coming.
00:08:15.020 That never materialized
00:08:16.760 because it wasn't
00:08:19.660 in the agenda.
00:08:22.440 But the brain room
00:08:23.680 had helped me
00:08:24.420 on so many different things
00:08:25.920 because we were looking
00:08:26.900 at such complex figures.
00:08:28.720 And what the brain room
00:08:30.180 was,
00:08:31.420 former cops,
00:08:32.480 former investigators,
00:08:34.100 IT people,
00:08:36.000 you name it.
00:08:37.420 And what they did
00:08:39.020 was they would do research.
00:08:41.760 Now,
00:08:42.380 I thought they were
00:08:43.240 doing research
00:08:44.280 for all of us.
00:08:48.400 Roger had given me
00:08:49.820 access to an email
00:08:51.780 and said,
00:08:52.200 just send it to the brain room.
00:08:54.120 Okay,
00:08:54.800 I thought everybody
00:08:55.620 did that.
00:08:57.460 Well,
00:08:58.000 I also was somebody
00:08:59.120 who appreciates
00:09:00.840 when people
00:09:01.520 are doing hard work.
00:09:03.520 And so,
00:09:03.860 they had just done something,
00:09:05.080 I don't remember
00:09:05.500 what it was,
00:09:06.200 but they had tracked
00:09:06.920 down something for me.
00:09:08.920 And so,
00:09:09.500 I went into
00:09:10.400 my office
00:09:11.620 and I got a whole
00:09:12.460 bunch of swag.
00:09:13.780 I got a whole bunch
00:09:14.360 of Glenn Beck stuff
00:09:15.420 and,
00:09:16.100 you know,
00:09:16.460 books and t-shirts
00:09:17.800 and polos
00:09:18.980 and caps
00:09:19.560 and everything else.
00:09:20.260 and I just brought
00:09:21.900 boxes of stuff
00:09:23.140 to Fox that day
00:09:24.300 and I went down
00:09:25.100 into the basement
00:09:25.800 where somebody
00:09:26.780 had told me
00:09:27.220 where the brain room was
00:09:28.320 and it was just
00:09:29.700 down this one hallway
00:09:31.000 and it had a combination
00:09:32.760 lock on the door
00:09:33.820 and a peephole.
00:09:38.720 And I
00:09:39.480 knocked on the door
00:09:41.660 or rang the doorbell
00:09:42.580 and it opened
00:09:43.940 like a crack
00:09:45.200 and the guy inside
00:09:46.840 said,
00:09:48.260 hey Mr. Beck,
00:09:48.900 how can we help you?
00:09:51.320 And I said,
00:09:52.920 hey,
00:09:53.360 it was weird,
00:09:54.100 awkward.
00:09:54.880 Hey,
00:09:55.080 I just got a bunch
00:09:56.100 of stuff here
00:09:57.100 and I just wanted
00:09:58.560 to give it to you guys
00:09:59.360 and personally thank you
00:10:00.360 for all of your help.
00:10:01.680 And he's like,
00:10:02.360 um,
00:10:03.040 okay.
00:10:03.860 And he kind of looked
00:10:04.620 around behind him.
00:10:05.680 The door was still,
00:10:06.480 I couldn't see really
00:10:07.300 into the room.
00:10:08.480 The door was open
00:10:09.260 just a little crack
00:10:10.100 and he's like,
00:10:10.680 okay,
00:10:11.120 well,
00:10:11.500 you know what,
00:10:12.060 our boss just walked out.
00:10:14.780 I said,
00:10:16.220 I just want to just
00:10:16.880 shake everybody's hand
00:10:17.580 and thank them.
00:10:18.400 And he's like,
00:10:19.880 um,
00:10:21.140 okay,
00:10:22.100 quick,
00:10:22.400 come on in.
00:10:23.120 He opens up the door
00:10:24.160 and I bring the box
00:10:24.980 of stuff in
00:10:25.620 and I shake everybody's hand
00:10:27.340 and I see this
00:10:28.600 pretty impressive room
00:10:30.880 and,
00:10:32.260 um,
00:10:33.000 and a whole bunch
00:10:33.680 of people in there
00:10:34.260 and I'm like,
00:10:35.520 hey,
00:10:35.720 I just want to thank you guys
00:10:36.940 and so,
00:10:38.180 what is it you guys do here?
00:10:40.660 And they were like,
00:10:41.300 oh,
00:10:41.460 you know,
00:10:41.740 just,
00:10:42.040 you know,
00:10:42.340 just,
00:10:42.720 you know,
00:10:42.920 stuff like you.
00:10:44.200 And I'm like,
00:10:44.720 oh,
00:10:44.940 that's great.
00:10:45.500 Well,
00:10:45.680 thanks guys.
00:10:46.400 I leave.
00:10:47.940 That was the last time
00:10:49.140 I was allowed to even
00:10:50.240 discuss the brain room.
00:10:52.500 The brain room
00:10:53.400 was the private division
00:10:55.500 of Mr. Ailes.
00:10:58.900 So when people said,
00:11:00.540 I owe Roger too much,
00:11:02.540 I believe that to be true.
00:11:06.440 I'd like to check
00:11:07.380 with my attorneys
00:11:08.180 before I tell you
00:11:09.220 another reason
00:11:10.200 why I believe that,
00:11:11.820 uh,
00:11:12.220 but,
00:11:12.620 uh,
00:11:13.680 it was a scary place.
00:11:15.840 Roger was a very,
00:11:17.480 very powerful man.
00:11:20.200 There are reasons
00:11:21.400 that I have said,
00:11:23.820 uh,
00:11:24.640 very little
00:11:25.260 about leaving Fox
00:11:27.180 and it has only spilled out
00:11:29.040 in dribs and drabs.
00:11:30.800 He's a very powerful man
00:11:33.080 or was.
00:11:34.200 You did not
00:11:35.340 take on Roger Ailes.
00:11:37.160 When I left Fox,
00:11:38.500 we each had a gun
00:11:39.340 to each other's head.
00:11:40.320 I knew
00:11:40.900 because I had started,
00:11:42.440 uh,
00:11:43.420 the blaze
00:11:44.120 and I knew
00:11:44.740 that we had such,
00:11:45.780 uh,
00:11:46.420 power
00:11:46.800 and Roger knew
00:11:48.080 I was smart
00:11:49.240 and effective
00:11:49.920 and I also knew
00:11:51.760 his power
00:11:52.520 that we walked out
00:11:54.100 of the room
00:11:54.640 the last time
00:11:55.560 kind of smiling
00:11:56.380 with little finger guns
00:11:57.540 pointed at each other
00:11:58.640 figuratively
00:12:00.020 saying,
00:12:00.900 we're going to play nice
00:12:01.660 together,
00:12:02.100 right?
00:12:02.920 Right?
00:12:03.280 We're not going to,
00:12:03.960 we're not going to,
00:12:04.680 we're not going to hurt
00:12:05.200 each other,
00:12:05.780 right?
00:12:06.500 Because it would be bad
00:12:07.500 for the country
00:12:08.240 if we decide
00:12:09.820 to attack each other.
00:12:10.960 He knew
00:12:11.800 that he could
00:12:12.380 absolutely destroy me
00:12:14.460 but he also knew
00:12:16.280 I would put chinks
00:12:17.400 in the,
00:12:18.080 in the armor
00:12:18.980 at Fox,
00:12:20.020 uh,
00:12:21.080 if we wanted to.
00:12:22.900 I didn't think
00:12:23.880 it was the right thing
00:12:25.060 to do,
00:12:25.840 um,
00:12:27.780 because I thought
00:12:28.640 Fox did
00:12:29.280 good
00:12:30.580 and I knew
00:12:31.560 that
00:12:31.900 there's nobody else
00:12:33.500 and you start
00:12:33.960 taking Fox down,
00:12:34.960 there's nobody else
00:12:36.420 as we are now
00:12:37.400 seeing.
00:12:38.600 And they did
00:12:39.320 a few things
00:12:39.920 like,
00:12:40.340 uh,
00:12:41.760 insinuate
00:12:42.420 that you'd been
00:12:43.420 fired,
00:12:43.860 uh,
00:12:44.880 all of the things
00:12:45.800 that you,
00:12:46.120 all those things,
00:12:46.660 all the things
00:12:47.140 that you heard
00:12:48.260 about me,
00:12:49.200 um,
00:12:50.760 that were,
00:12:51.480 you know,
00:12:52.020 eh,
00:12:52.340 Glenn Beck was fired.
00:12:53.080 Those all came
00:12:53.900 from,
00:12:54.440 uh,
00:12:55.600 from Fox.
00:12:56.220 Fox.
00:12:56.600 But let's,
00:12:57.700 let's,
00:12:58.020 let's concentrate
00:12:58.580 on,
00:12:59.100 on Roger
00:12:59.600 on the good things
00:13:00.400 and the bad things.
00:13:01.820 Those were the bad things.
00:13:03.580 Roger could be
00:13:04.180 a very wicked man.
00:13:05.740 However,
00:13:07.060 he was
00:13:09.900 unbelievably likable
00:13:11.820 and
00:13:13.500 when I said
00:13:14.540 I think I saw
00:13:15.300 the real Roger Ailes,
00:13:17.620 I could be wrong.
00:13:22.280 But Roger and I
00:13:23.300 from the very beginning
00:13:24.380 had some things
00:13:26.120 in common.
00:13:27.820 He was an optimist
00:13:29.300 from Ohio.
00:13:30.100 He was a guy
00:13:31.780 who believed
00:13:32.620 in the American people
00:13:33.820 to an extent.
00:13:35.380 He,
00:13:35.740 he was a guy
00:13:37.240 who
00:13:38.160 I think
00:13:39.140 at one time
00:13:40.120 really
00:13:41.040 wanted
00:13:41.900 to do good.
00:13:43.660 And I think
00:13:44.640 he made his choice
00:13:45.880 maybe back
00:13:46.740 in the 70s
00:13:47.640 that
00:13:48.480 power
00:13:49.380 is important
00:13:51.420 and that
00:13:52.900 you have to make
00:13:53.880 compromises
00:13:54.680 for power.
00:13:56.420 And quite honestly,
00:13:57.820 I think
00:13:58.540 I think
00:14:01.860 it bothered him
00:14:02.780 to see me
00:14:04.820 not make compromises.
00:14:07.820 He tried
00:14:08.800 to get me
00:14:09.320 to compromise.
00:14:11.860 He,
00:14:12.340 I walked into
00:14:12.940 his office
00:14:13.420 one time
00:14:14.080 and
00:14:15.560 I had found
00:14:18.080 out that
00:14:18.640 his brain room
00:14:21.320 and a private
00:14:22.140 investigator
00:14:22.760 were doing
00:14:23.340 investigations
00:14:24.420 looking into
00:14:26.900 me
00:14:27.200 trying to
00:14:28.020 find a
00:14:28.480 thumb hold
00:14:29.620 and
00:14:31.040 it was right
00:14:31.900 after
00:14:32.240 restoring honor
00:14:33.140 and
00:14:34.740 and my
00:14:38.160 wife and I
00:14:38.700 who had already
00:14:39.340 had people
00:14:39.760 go through
00:14:40.080 our garbage
00:14:40.460 cans
00:14:40.840 laughed.
00:14:41.800 Go ahead.
00:14:42.380 I mean,
00:14:42.600 guys,
00:14:43.140 you can just
00:14:43.440 knock on the
00:14:43.940 door.
00:14:44.560 I mean,
00:14:44.740 we'll show you
00:14:45.360 everything you
00:14:45.860 need.
00:14:46.640 Want to see
00:14:46.960 our bills?
00:14:47.580 Want to see
00:14:48.080 prescription drug
00:14:49.700 bottles?
00:14:50.200 I'll show you
00:14:50.520 whatever you want.
00:14:51.380 I'm clean.
00:14:52.520 I'm open.
00:14:55.060 And
00:14:55.460 Roger called
00:14:56.640 me to his
00:14:57.040 office and
00:14:58.100 he said,
00:14:59.720 you know,
00:14:59.900 there's a lot
00:15:00.380 of people
00:15:00.920 that would
00:15:02.620 like to see
00:15:03.080 you fall.
00:15:04.460 And I said,
00:15:05.720 oh,
00:15:05.960 I know.
00:15:07.200 And he said,
00:15:08.000 and there are a lot
00:15:08.420 of people that are
00:15:09.060 doing investigations
00:15:09.940 on you.
00:15:11.080 And I looked at
00:15:11.940 him and I said,
00:15:13.100 I know.
00:15:15.760 And he
00:15:16.540 reached down
00:15:17.500 and he
00:15:17.940 put a stack
00:15:19.240 of probably
00:15:19.820 about a foot
00:15:20.800 tall
00:15:21.260 of files
00:15:23.080 on his
00:15:23.680 desk that
00:15:24.300 he had
00:15:24.560 pulled out
00:15:25.040 from his
00:15:25.560 credenza
00:15:26.040 behind him.
00:15:27.600 And he
00:15:28.180 put his
00:15:28.480 hand on
00:15:28.960 it.
00:15:32.380 People are
00:15:33.120 searching for
00:15:34.000 everything on
00:15:34.780 you.
00:15:35.480 Now,
00:15:35.760 I contend
00:15:36.480 there was
00:15:37.320 nothing but
00:15:37.900 blank paper
00:15:38.820 in that stack.
00:15:42.380 And I
00:15:43.780 had absolutely
00:15:44.740 no fear
00:15:45.360 because I
00:15:46.320 know who I
00:15:46.720 am.
00:15:47.560 And I
00:15:47.940 said,
00:15:48.680 I know.
00:15:49.420 Then he
00:15:51.780 made the
00:15:52.840 hair stand
00:15:53.520 up on
00:15:53.820 my neck.
00:15:55.660 As he
00:15:56.280 kind of
00:15:56.580 just petted
00:15:57.200 this stack,
00:15:58.100 he said,
00:15:59.160 you have
00:16:00.260 such a
00:16:00.640 good wife.
00:16:02.060 And I
00:16:02.720 said,
00:16:03.780 yes,
00:16:05.580 I do.
00:16:06.680 And I
00:16:07.140 moved up
00:16:08.320 in my
00:16:08.680 seat.
00:16:09.860 And he
00:16:10.520 said,
00:16:11.020 it's always
00:16:11.440 a shame
00:16:12.140 when a
00:16:12.640 man hurts
00:16:13.380 his wife.
00:16:15.080 And I
00:16:15.780 said,
00:16:16.600 yes,
00:16:17.040 it is.
00:16:17.940 And that's
00:16:18.360 why nothing
00:16:19.100 like that
00:16:19.880 has ever
00:16:21.100 happened.
00:16:22.920 And then we
00:16:23.620 went into a
00:16:24.260 stare down
00:16:24.660 for about
00:16:25.080 30 seconds.
00:16:26.940 And he
00:16:27.680 broke his
00:16:28.460 gaze.
00:16:29.400 He picked
00:16:29.720 up his
00:16:30.060 stack and
00:16:30.560 he said,
00:16:31.400 I know.
00:16:33.140 And he
00:16:33.400 put that
00:16:33.780 away and
00:16:34.420 he said,
00:16:35.180 I'm just
00:16:35.680 telling you
00:16:36.080 to be
00:16:36.340 careful.
00:16:39.620 If I
00:16:40.240 didn't know
00:16:40.680 who I
00:16:41.140 was,
00:16:42.820 it was,
00:16:44.860 it would
00:16:45.580 have destroyed.
00:16:46.160 If I
00:16:46.540 wasn't
00:16:46.920 clean,
00:16:48.160 it would
00:16:49.660 have
00:16:49.780 destroyed
00:16:50.180 me.
00:16:53.140 How can
00:16:54.260 a guy
00:16:54.740 say or
00:16:55.320 do things
00:16:55.720 like that
00:16:56.220 and then
00:16:56.820 have,
00:16:57.800 you still
00:16:58.120 have respect
00:16:58.680 for him?
00:17:00.680 Let me
00:17:01.420 tell you,
00:17:02.880 he was
00:17:04.500 diametrically
00:17:05.580 opposed to
00:17:06.280 himself and
00:17:07.080 I think
00:17:07.500 miserable in
00:17:08.880 some ways
00:17:09.500 when he
00:17:10.020 allowed himself
00:17:10.760 to reflect
00:17:11.300 on it.
00:17:12.800 Because let
00:17:13.600 me tell
00:17:13.880 you the
00:17:14.520 amazing
00:17:15.540 things
00:17:16.280 about
00:17:17.440 Roger
00:17:17.780 Ailes
00:17:18.060 and how
00:17:18.740 he's
00:17:19.040 affected
00:17:19.380 your
00:17:19.660 life
00:17:20.060 and you
00:17:21.440 didn't
00:17:21.680 even
00:17:21.880 know.
00:17:23.140 You're
00:17:23.640 listening to
00:17:24.160 the Glenn
00:17:24.540 Beck
00:17:24.780 program.
00:17:25.320 The Glenn
00:17:26.440 Beck
00:17:26.820 program.
00:17:27.940 I will
00:17:28.460 be my
00:17:29.320 drunk.
00:17:30.160 I have
00:17:30.680 made my
00:17:31.440 choice.
00:17:32.360 We will
00:17:32.880 overcome.
00:17:34.840 Because we
00:17:35.480 are one.
00:17:38.340 Mercury.
00:17:39.020 You're
00:17:42.300 listening to
00:17:42.880 the Glenn
00:17:43.280 Beck
00:17:43.520 program.
00:17:45.660 You know,
00:17:46.340 there were
00:17:46.540 two Roger
00:17:47.160 Ailes that
00:17:47.800 I knew.
00:17:49.860 And one
00:17:50.520 was the
00:17:50.960 guy who
00:17:51.300 sat behind
00:17:51.820 the desk
00:17:52.360 and was
00:17:53.100 the guy
00:17:53.520 who made
00:17:55.620 Mr.
00:17:56.880 Potter look
00:17:58.380 like a
00:17:59.360 Girl Scout.
00:18:01.080 Mr.
00:18:01.540 Potter from
00:18:01.920 It's a
00:18:02.160 Wonderful Life.
00:18:02.680 Yeah.
00:18:03.200 Just, I
00:18:03.600 mean, he
00:18:04.120 was a
00:18:05.000 dangerous
00:18:08.100 man.
00:18:10.240 There was
00:18:10.920 that guy
00:18:11.500 and then
00:18:12.220 there was
00:18:12.520 the guy
00:18:12.940 who would
00:18:13.480 say,
00:18:14.440 come on
00:18:15.700 over here
00:18:15.960 and sit
00:18:16.180 on the
00:18:16.400 couch.
00:18:17.440 After he
00:18:18.200 would do
00:18:18.540 something
00:18:18.860 like that
00:18:19.540 and he
00:18:21.140 would
00:18:21.620 realize
00:18:23.560 I
00:18:24.920 just
00:18:25.540 I didn't
00:18:27.300 win here.
00:18:28.740 He would
00:18:29.500 break.
00:18:30.860 And I
00:18:31.100 want to
00:18:31.320 tell you
00:18:31.620 the story
00:18:32.280 of how
00:18:34.100 I
00:18:34.300 really
00:18:34.680 first
00:18:35.060 saw
00:18:35.340 that
00:18:35.600 break
00:18:35.980 on
00:18:36.580 probably
00:18:36.900 one
00:18:37.080 of
00:18:37.140 the
00:18:37.240 most
00:18:37.420 important
00:18:37.820 days
00:18:38.120 of
00:18:38.260 my
00:19:04.100 time.
00:19:06.160 This is
00:19:06.740 the
00:19:06.900 Glenn Beck
00:19:07.500 program.
00:19:08.780 Roger
00:19:09.200 Ailes
00:19:10.940 dead at
00:19:13.000 77 years
00:19:14.320 old.
00:19:17.800 So many
00:19:18.800 stories I
00:19:19.300 could fill
00:19:19.620 the whole
00:19:20.080 day with
00:19:20.740 Roger Ailes
00:19:21.260 stories because
00:19:22.720 he affected
00:19:23.360 you in
00:19:24.220 ways that
00:19:24.820 you just
00:19:25.220 don't even
00:19:25.640 know.
00:19:26.620 He, you
00:19:27.500 know, in
00:19:28.360 his life he
00:19:29.260 produced a
00:19:29.860 Tony award
00:19:30.480 winning show.
00:19:31.260 he produced
00:19:32.760 or was
00:19:34.700 responsible for
00:19:35.800 giving birth
00:19:36.460 to sitcoms
00:19:39.100 and all
00:19:39.560 things that
00:19:40.080 you just
00:19:40.500 don't know.
00:19:42.220 You know,
00:19:42.520 he's 29
00:19:43.180 years old and
00:19:44.100 he's producing
00:19:44.680 the Mike
00:19:45.200 Douglas show.
00:19:46.080 The stuff
00:19:46.480 that he
00:19:46.920 taught
00:19:47.320 Reagan,
00:19:47.960 the stuff
00:19:48.280 that he
00:19:48.640 taught
00:19:49.860 unfortunately
00:19:51.540 Nixon,
00:19:52.720 the things
00:19:53.240 that he
00:19:53.500 taught me
00:19:54.260 are
00:19:54.680 remarkable,
00:19:56.140 just
00:19:56.540 remarkable.
00:19:57.260 But as I
00:20:00.880 said, there's
00:20:01.220 a double
00:20:01.820 edge to
00:20:02.400 him.
00:20:03.180 And a
00:20:06.520 story I
00:20:07.020 don't think
00:20:08.400 I've told
00:20:09.080 outside of
00:20:12.280 my inner
00:20:12.580 circle, it
00:20:13.300 was probably
00:20:13.960 the most
00:20:14.840 important day
00:20:16.320 of my
00:20:16.800 career.
00:20:19.220 And it
00:20:20.140 was the,
00:20:22.900 it began
00:20:24.240 the day
00:20:24.700 that Gabby
00:20:25.200 Giffords
00:20:25.540 was shot.
00:20:26.100 and you
00:20:26.580 have to
00:20:26.880 go back
00:20:27.420 in time
00:20:27.980 and think
00:20:29.300 about what
00:20:29.860 was happening
00:20:30.680 at the
00:20:31.340 time.
00:20:32.600 This was
00:20:33.360 at the
00:20:34.080 apex of,
00:20:35.880 you know,
00:20:38.440 the look,
00:20:38.920 they're trying
00:20:39.360 to, this
00:20:40.000 rhetoric is
00:20:40.620 going to get
00:20:40.940 people killed
00:20:41.620 and they're
00:20:41.920 trying to
00:20:42.260 start a
00:20:42.620 war and
00:20:43.140 they're yada
00:20:44.180 yada yada.
00:20:45.360 And everything
00:20:46.200 was being
00:20:46.760 blamed on
00:20:47.780 anybody who
00:20:49.020 said anything
00:20:49.620 about the
00:20:50.060 president.
00:20:51.020 And it
00:20:51.680 was me and
00:20:52.440 Sarah Palin
00:20:53.160 who were at
00:20:53.760 the point of
00:20:55.020 the spear.
00:20:56.100 and I
00:20:59.940 was sitting
00:21:00.300 in a
00:21:00.560 Broadway show
00:21:01.240 and about
00:21:02.220 halfway through
00:21:03.000 my security
00:21:04.020 came in and
00:21:04.860 passed their
00:21:05.520 phone down
00:21:06.120 the aisle.
00:21:06.580 It made
00:21:06.900 them very
00:21:07.220 popular.
00:21:07.860 Could you
00:21:08.220 pass this
00:21:08.740 to that
00:21:09.060 guy down
00:21:09.380 there?
00:21:09.840 They
00:21:10.300 passed
00:21:10.700 their
00:21:10.900 phone
00:21:11.140 to me
00:21:11.600 and on
00:21:13.100 it,
00:21:13.320 it just
00:21:13.840 had the
00:21:14.260 story,
00:21:15.460 Gabby
00:21:15.720 Giffords
00:21:16.100 shot in
00:21:17.460 the hospital.
00:21:19.200 And I
00:21:19.860 looked at
00:21:20.340 my wife
00:21:21.100 and I
00:21:22.780 said,
00:21:23.380 the whole
00:21:23.660 world's
00:21:23.980 about to
00:21:24.320 change.
00:21:25.060 At least
00:21:25.400 ours is.
00:21:27.420 That
00:21:27.980 Monday I
00:21:28.520 got a
00:21:28.760 call from
00:21:29.420 Roger Ailes.
00:21:31.900 I went
00:21:32.220 to my
00:21:32.520 office,
00:21:33.640 three o'clock
00:21:34.340 Thursday.
00:21:36.460 I'll never
00:21:36.880 forget this.
00:21:41.180 Joel
00:21:41.740 Cheatwood
00:21:42.100 came to
00:21:42.500 my office
00:21:42.960 who was
00:21:43.580 still working
00:21:45.000 for Fox
00:21:45.540 and he
00:21:45.840 said,
00:21:46.300 you're
00:21:47.200 dead.
00:21:48.380 You're
00:21:48.580 dead.
00:21:48.860 Roger was
00:21:50.040 trying to
00:21:50.340 get his
00:21:50.600 thumb on
00:21:51.060 me and
00:21:51.420 trying to
00:21:51.740 control me
00:21:52.480 and trying
00:21:53.920 to have
00:21:54.880 something and
00:21:55.620 he couldn't
00:21:56.100 find any
00:21:57.380 dirt on
00:21:57.900 me and
00:21:58.360 he needed
00:21:58.820 me to
00:21:59.320 owe him.
00:22:01.120 And he's
00:22:01.420 like,
00:22:01.760 you go in
00:22:02.340 there and
00:22:02.960 you're either
00:22:03.400 going to
00:22:03.660 have to
00:22:04.040 fold or
00:22:05.340 he's going
00:22:05.720 to fire
00:22:06.080 you and
00:22:06.480 your career
00:22:07.020 will be
00:22:07.360 over.
00:22:08.360 Because
00:22:08.800 they'll
00:22:09.460 fire you
00:22:10.380 but they'll
00:22:11.680 quietly say,
00:22:14.140 yeah,
00:22:14.380 well,
00:22:14.620 I think
00:22:15.000 Beck was
00:22:15.680 kind of
00:22:15.940 responsible
00:22:16.420 for the
00:22:16.920 Gabby
00:22:17.360 Giffords.
00:22:17.900 That rhetoric,
00:22:18.600 we can't
00:22:19.120 have that.
00:22:19.980 That would
00:22:20.360 have destroyed
00:22:20.860 me forever.
00:22:23.900 Literally,
00:22:24.940 I reached
00:22:28.100 out to
00:22:28.440 one very
00:22:28.900 powerful
00:22:29.360 friend who
00:22:30.900 had run
00:22:31.540 in these
00:22:32.000 circles before
00:22:32.800 and he
00:22:34.080 said,
00:22:35.440 you are
00:22:35.980 dealing with,
00:22:36.760 that's the
00:22:37.040 first time he
00:22:37.600 had said that
00:22:38.220 he really
00:22:38.840 knew Roger
00:22:39.500 really well
00:22:40.220 and had
00:22:42.440 experiences
00:22:42.960 with him
00:22:43.460 and said,
00:22:44.580 you are
00:22:44.800 running in
00:22:45.280 circles,
00:22:45.720 Glenn,
00:22:45.920 you have
00:22:46.260 no idea.
00:22:47.280 and then
00:22:48.720 he said
00:22:49.380 in the
00:22:49.880 middle of
00:22:50.180 the
00:22:50.300 conversation,
00:22:51.160 you're
00:22:51.360 having a
00:22:51.700 heart
00:22:51.880 attack,
00:22:52.260 aren't
00:22:52.420 you?
00:22:52.820 Are you
00:22:53.160 okay?
00:22:54.300 And I'm
00:22:54.520 like,
00:22:54.700 what the
00:22:54.900 hell are
00:22:55.080 you even
00:22:55.320 talking
00:22:55.620 about?
00:22:56.800 You need
00:22:58.220 to get
00:22:58.440 to a
00:22:58.680 hospital
00:22:59.040 right away.
00:23:01.140 And I
00:23:02.520 finally got
00:23:03.300 it.
00:23:03.480 What he
00:23:03.680 was saying
00:23:04.140 was,
00:23:05.660 don't tell
00:23:06.220 anybody,
00:23:07.200 but you
00:23:07.700 have to go
00:23:08.300 someplace for
00:23:09.340 medical
00:23:09.820 reasons.
00:23:10.420 because you
00:23:11.840 will not
00:23:12.760 survive this
00:23:13.900 conversation.
00:23:16.980 I thought
00:23:17.580 about it,
00:23:17.880 I went to
00:23:18.180 my wife and
00:23:18.640 I said,
00:23:18.880 we're living
00:23:19.140 in a
00:23:19.320 freaking
00:23:19.520 movie.
00:23:20.940 Do we
00:23:21.180 have passports
00:23:22.360 with other
00:23:22.800 names on
00:23:23.460 it?
00:23:23.640 Is it
00:23:23.760 some safety
00:23:24.320 deposit box
00:23:25.120 in Switzerland
00:23:25.640 too?
00:23:26.140 This is
00:23:26.580 crazy.
00:23:28.240 We decided,
00:23:29.140 no, I'm
00:23:29.380 not going
00:23:29.620 to do
00:23:29.820 that.
00:23:30.640 I'm going
00:23:31.100 to rely
00:23:32.100 on God
00:23:33.340 and I'm
00:23:34.820 going to
00:23:35.140 the meeting.
00:23:35.560 We
00:23:35.700 brainstormed,
00:23:36.420 brainstormed,
00:23:36.780 there was
00:23:36.980 no way
00:23:37.360 out.
00:23:37.580 I get
00:23:39.520 to the
00:23:39.760 meeting and
00:23:40.440 I'm praying
00:23:40.960 for that
00:23:41.300 three-block
00:23:41.880 walk from
00:23:42.500 my office
00:23:42.980 to his
00:23:43.640 and I'm
00:23:44.560 praying,
00:23:45.000 Lord,
00:23:46.180 I got
00:23:47.040 nothing.
00:23:47.960 I have
00:23:48.840 absolutely
00:23:49.620 nothing.
00:23:50.280 I am
00:23:50.800 walking into
00:23:51.520 the lion's
00:23:52.120 den and
00:23:53.640 I got
00:23:54.300 nothing.
00:23:55.180 It's in
00:23:55.460 your hands.
00:23:57.280 I wait
00:23:58.120 in his
00:23:58.880 waiting room.
00:23:59.740 I nervously
00:24:00.520 am thumbing
00:24:02.200 the newspaper
00:24:03.560 of the day
00:24:04.100 which was
00:24:04.440 all about
00:24:04.900 Gabby
00:24:05.180 Giffords.
00:24:05.560 and he
00:24:08.260 calls me
00:24:08.780 in and
00:24:11.420 usually he
00:24:11.940 would say
00:24:12.200 young man
00:24:12.940 and he
00:24:13.360 would hug
00:24:13.700 me or he
00:24:14.200 would give
00:24:14.600 me a
00:24:15.240 firm
00:24:16.260 handshake.
00:24:16.760 This time
00:24:17.120 Mr.
00:24:17.680 Beck and
00:24:19.060 he shook
00:24:19.380 my hand
00:24:19.980 and he
00:24:20.600 sat behind
00:24:21.040 his desk
00:24:21.620 and I
00:24:21.900 sat down
00:24:22.380 and he
00:24:23.660 said as
00:24:26.800 he leans
00:24:27.200 back we
00:24:28.120 need to
00:24:28.940 have a
00:24:29.460 talk.
00:24:30.840 Countries
00:24:31.340 at a
00:24:31.620 crossroads.
00:24:33.520 And I
00:24:34.120 said you
00:24:34.460 know what
00:24:34.720 Roger?
00:24:35.560 Can I
00:24:36.160 say something
00:24:36.520 before we
00:24:36.960 start?
00:24:37.720 I had
00:24:38.040 not planned
00:24:38.580 this.
00:24:39.520 The moment
00:24:40.360 I crossed
00:24:41.360 the threshold
00:24:42.180 of his
00:24:42.640 office I
00:24:43.340 was filled
00:24:44.600 with compassion
00:24:46.780 for this
00:24:47.420 man.
00:24:48.900 It was
00:24:49.300 unbelievable.
00:24:49.820 It almost
00:24:50.140 made me cry.
00:24:51.320 I saw him
00:24:52.180 for this
00:24:52.680 man who
00:24:53.560 had done
00:24:53.980 so much
00:24:54.460 good in
00:24:54.900 his life
00:24:55.440 and yet
00:24:56.300 had fallen
00:24:57.080 into such
00:24:57.940 darkness
00:24:59.060 happiness
00:24:59.180 and was
00:25:00.780 battling
00:25:01.500 and was
00:25:03.120 battling
00:25:03.620 now at
00:25:04.280 the end
00:25:04.580 of his
00:25:04.860 life
00:25:05.260 his own
00:25:05.920 accomplishments.
00:25:07.000 Who was
00:25:07.500 he?
00:25:07.800 How was he
00:25:08.520 going to be
00:25:08.860 remembered?
00:25:10.400 What had
00:25:11.020 he done?
00:25:12.060 What was
00:25:12.380 good?
00:25:12.840 What was
00:25:13.140 bad?
00:25:14.140 And I
00:25:14.600 was just
00:25:15.220 filled with
00:25:16.040 compassion.
00:25:17.440 I couldn't
00:25:17.880 believe it.
00:25:19.100 And I
00:25:19.440 sat down
00:25:20.140 and I
00:25:20.520 said before
00:25:21.180 you start
00:25:21.620 can I
00:25:21.920 say
00:25:22.060 something?
00:25:23.080 He said
00:25:23.720 yes.
00:25:24.140 And I
00:25:24.320 said
00:25:24.640 as I
00:25:26.280 walk into
00:25:26.640 this office
00:25:27.300 I realize
00:25:28.340 that in
00:25:28.800 many ways
00:25:29.420 you helped
00:25:30.840 provide my
00:25:31.720 freedom.
00:25:32.860 He said
00:25:33.100 what are you
00:25:33.300 talking about?
00:25:34.780 I said
00:25:35.360 I know
00:25:35.580 the stories
00:25:36.020 about you
00:25:36.460 and Ronald
00:25:36.820 Reagan.
00:25:37.280 I know
00:25:37.600 what you
00:25:38.060 did for
00:25:38.840 Ronald Reagan
00:25:39.340 and if it
00:25:40.120 wasn't for
00:25:40.560 you and
00:25:41.060 your advice
00:25:41.620 we may
00:25:42.060 not have
00:25:42.360 had
00:25:42.560 Ronald
00:25:42.840 Reagan.
00:25:44.940 We may
00:25:45.580 not have
00:25:45.900 had George
00:25:46.460 H.W.
00:25:47.140 Bush
00:25:47.400 in the
00:25:49.340 way we
00:25:49.780 had George
00:25:50.300 H.W.
00:25:50.800 Bush
00:25:51.060 because
00:25:52.340 you
00:25:52.660 started
00:25:53.060 Fox
00:25:53.520 News
00:25:53.920 imagine
00:25:54.940 an
00:25:55.240 America
00:25:55.740 without
00:25:56.240 Fox
00:25:56.800 News
00:25:57.080 after
00:25:57.400 9-11.
00:25:58.420 How
00:25:58.580 fast
00:25:59.200 would we
00:25:59.580 have
00:25:59.760 gone
00:26:00.140 to
00:26:00.440 the
00:26:00.720 it's
00:26:01.220 our
00:26:01.580 fault
00:26:02.100 America?
00:26:04.260 How
00:26:04.520 many
00:26:04.780 things
00:26:05.240 have
00:26:05.440 you
00:26:05.660 taken
00:26:06.060 a
00:26:06.260 stand
00:26:06.520 or
00:26:06.720 because
00:26:07.080 of
00:26:07.780 you
00:26:08.120 somebody
00:26:08.960 had
00:26:09.280 taken
00:26:09.580 a
00:26:09.800 stand?
00:26:12.360 I
00:26:13.140 want to
00:26:13.440 thank
00:26:13.760 you
00:26:14.080 for
00:26:15.800 giving
00:26:16.120 me
00:26:16.460 a
00:26:16.660 chance
00:26:17.060 to
00:26:17.980 raise
00:26:18.240 children
00:26:18.720 in
00:26:19.060 America
00:26:19.580 that
00:26:20.520 they
00:26:21.160 can
00:26:21.360 kind
00:26:21.800 of
00:26:21.960 understand
00:26:22.520 I
00:26:25.180 come
00:26:25.440 out
00:26:25.700 with
00:26:25.940 this
00:26:26.180 it
00:26:26.340 just
00:26:26.540 pours
00:26:27.040 out
00:26:27.200 of
00:26:27.340 me
00:26:27.540 it's
00:26:27.920 honest
00:26:28.300 it's
00:26:28.680 genuine
00:26:29.120 I'm
00:26:29.380 really
00:26:29.720 feeling
00:26:30.120 it
00:26:30.380 and I
00:26:31.340 look at
00:26:31.720 him
00:26:31.900 and he's
00:26:32.280 crying
00:26:32.640 and he
00:26:34.960 said
00:26:35.280 you really
00:26:36.680 mean that
00:26:37.220 don't you
00:26:37.660 and I
00:26:37.980 said
00:26:38.180 I
00:26:38.380 thought
00:26:38.580 to
00:26:38.700 myself
00:26:38.980 strangely
00:26:39.620 yes
00:26:40.920 and I
00:26:42.540 said
00:26:42.720 yeah
00:26:42.900 I
00:26:43.060 do
00:26:43.400 he
00:26:48.000 gets
00:26:48.180 up from
00:26:48.460 his
00:26:48.600 chair
00:26:48.760 and he
00:26:48.920 says
00:26:49.080 come
00:26:49.580 here
00:26:49.740 and we
00:26:50.660 sit
00:26:50.900 in his
00:26:51.180 couch
00:26:51.520 we
00:26:53.460 talk
00:26:53.820 about
00:26:54.140 just
00:26:54.420 the
00:26:54.640 world
00:26:55.000 and how
00:26:55.580 crazy
00:26:56.080 the
00:26:56.300 world
00:26:56.520 is
00:26:56.860 we
00:26:57.840 talk
00:26:58.040 for
00:26:58.180 45
00:26:58.620 minutes
00:26:58.980 until
00:26:59.240 he
00:26:59.400 says
00:26:59.620 you
00:26:59.760 got
00:26:59.880 a
00:27:00.000 show
00:27:00.140 to
00:27:00.260 do
00:27:00.400 go
00:27:00.580 downstairs
00:27:00.980 I
00:27:02.700 leave
00:27:03.040 his
00:27:03.220 office
00:27:03.600 before
00:27:04.600 the
00:27:04.960 door
00:27:05.200 closes
00:27:05.680 he's
00:27:06.160 back
00:27:06.400 behind
00:27:06.700 his
00:27:06.900 desk
00:27:07.260 and I
00:27:07.920 hear
00:27:08.180 him
00:27:08.420 say
00:27:08.760 get
00:27:09.900 effing
00:27:10.280 Palin
00:27:10.740 on the
00:27:11.060 phone
00:27:11.380 what
00:27:14.520 happened
00:27:14.980 what
00:27:15.400 I don't
00:27:15.800 have
00:27:16.020 any
00:27:16.220 idea
00:27:16.680 but
00:27:19.480 to
00:27:20.540 me
00:27:21.060 this
00:27:22.500 is
00:27:22.820 the
00:27:23.200 Roger
00:27:23.920 Ailes
00:27:24.500 he
00:27:27.240 that
00:27:27.600 died
00:27:28.820 today
00:27:29.260 a
00:27:30.860 guy
00:27:31.160 who
00:27:31.420 was
00:27:31.620 examining
00:27:32.240 his
00:27:32.780 life
00:27:33.360 saying
00:27:34.560 I
00:27:38.060 didn't
00:27:38.660 mean
00:27:38.940 to be
00:27:39.180 a
00:27:39.300 bad
00:27:39.500 guy
00:27:39.700 I
00:27:40.640 don't
00:27:40.780 want
00:27:40.980 to
00:27:41.060 be
00:27:41.140 a
00:27:41.240 bad
00:27:41.360 guy
00:27:41.460 I
00:27:41.600 started
00:27:41.960 out
00:27:42.160 trying
00:27:42.380 to
00:27:42.480 be
00:27:42.560 a
00:27:42.700 good
00:27:42.860 guy
00:27:43.260 I
00:27:44.860 wanted
00:27:45.080 to
00:27:45.260 do
00:27:45.380 the
00:27:45.560 right
00:27:45.760 thing
00:27:46.120 and
00:27:47.100 somehow
00:27:47.360 or
00:27:47.540 another
00:27:47.680 got
00:27:47.940 lost
00:27:48.420 and
00:27:48.700 tangled
00:27:49.100 up
00:27:49.460 in
00:27:49.760 all
00:27:51.120 kinds
00:27:51.540 of
00:27:51.700 stuff
00:27:52.040 I
00:27:54.420 found
00:27:54.760 him
00:27:55.060 an
00:27:55.340 inspiring
00:27:56.340 guy
00:27:56.880 in
00:27:58.420 more
00:27:58.680 than
00:27:58.860 one
00:27:59.060 way
00:27:59.420 inspiring
00:28:00.800 because
00:28:01.400 the
00:28:02.120 things
00:28:02.580 that
00:28:02.780 he
00:28:02.960 knew
00:28:03.260 the
00:28:03.480 things
00:28:03.960 that
00:28:04.180 he
00:28:04.400 had
00:28:04.660 done
00:28:05.000 in
00:28:05.160 his
00:28:05.400 life
00:28:05.820 you
00:28:06.840 know
00:28:06.880 I
00:28:06.980 was
00:28:07.100 at
00:28:07.220 his
00:28:07.380 house
00:28:07.720 and
00:28:08.540 in
00:28:10.980 his
00:28:11.200 library
00:28:11.660 this
00:28:11.940 amazing
00:28:12.840 library
00:28:13.440 with
00:28:13.780 artifacts
00:28:14.800 and
00:28:15.340 things
00:28:15.680 that
00:28:15.880 he
00:28:16.620 collected
00:28:17.260 not
00:28:18.280 like
00:28:18.600 I
00:28:18.740 went
00:28:18.960 to
00:28:19.100 an
00:28:19.240 auction
00:28:19.460 and
00:28:19.740 bought
00:28:20.000 it
00:28:20.220 I
00:28:20.900 was
00:28:21.180 there
00:28:21.840 and
00:28:24.400 the
00:28:25.460 door
00:28:25.840 to
00:28:26.020 his
00:28:26.220 library
00:28:26.780 was
00:28:27.540 this
00:28:27.740 solid
00:28:28.040 wood
00:28:28.300 door
00:28:28.580 and
00:28:29.020 he
00:28:29.320 went
00:28:29.580 in
00:28:29.900 and
00:28:30.240 we
00:28:30.460 were
00:28:30.580 going
00:28:30.680 to
00:28:30.700 have
00:28:30.800 a
00:28:30.920 talk
00:28:31.160 and
00:28:31.260 he
00:28:31.380 closed
00:28:31.720 the
00:28:31.920 door
00:28:32.140 and
00:28:33.720 as
00:28:35.180 I'm
00:28:35.400 walking
00:28:35.720 out
00:28:35.960 after
00:28:36.180 this
00:28:36.460 meeting
00:28:36.880 with
00:28:37.080 him
00:28:37.180 I
00:28:37.260 don't
00:28:37.380 even
00:28:37.500 remember
00:28:37.740 what
00:28:37.900 it
00:28:38.040 was
00:28:38.460 we
00:28:38.660 were
00:28:38.760 just
00:28:38.940 talking
00:28:39.580 and
00:28:39.860 I
00:28:40.660 get
00:28:41.320 up
00:28:41.620 and
00:28:41.780 he's
00:28:42.140 taking
00:28:42.340 a
00:28:42.460 phone
00:28:42.600 call
00:28:42.800 or
00:28:42.920 something
00:28:43.160 and
00:28:43.400 I
00:28:43.520 get
00:28:43.640 up
00:28:43.740 and
00:28:43.820 I
00:28:43.880 start
00:28:44.100 walking
00:28:44.400 towards
00:28:44.700 the
00:28:44.900 door
00:28:45.120 and
00:28:46.180 I
00:28:47.100 see
00:28:47.480 this
00:28:47.800 picture
00:28:48.260 this
00:28:48.480 black
00:28:48.860 and
00:28:57.540 office
00:28:57.960 and
00:28:59.380 he
00:28:59.660 is
00:29:00.180 there's
00:29:00.900 a
00:29:01.040 camera
00:29:01.520 beside
00:29:03.300 him
00:29:03.800 and
00:29:04.380 he
00:29:04.540 is
00:29:04.740 pointing
00:29:05.180 down
00:29:06.100 to
00:29:07.080 the
00:29:07.400 left
00:29:07.800 and
00:29:09.520 he
00:29:10.260 hangs
00:29:10.560 up
00:29:10.720 the
00:29:10.880 phone
00:29:11.120 or
00:29:11.300 whatever
00:29:11.660 and
00:29:12.080 I
00:29:12.240 said
00:29:12.540 now
00:29:13.480 this
00:29:13.640 is
00:29:13.780 behind
00:29:14.140 a
00:29:14.360 door
00:29:14.560 the
00:29:14.760 door
00:29:14.940 is
00:29:15.060 usually
00:29:15.320 open
00:29:15.680 and
00:29:17.100 I
00:29:17.220 said
00:29:17.620 Roger
00:29:18.500 what
00:29:18.680 is
00:29:18.800 this
00:29:18.980 picture
00:29:19.300 and
00:29:20.160 he
00:29:20.300 said
00:29:20.640 oh
00:29:21.680 that's
00:29:22.100 that was
00:29:23.500 the first
00:29:23.800 split
00:29:24.420 screen
00:29:24.780 and
00:29:26.320 I
00:29:26.440 said
00:29:26.780 what
00:29:27.620 and
00:29:28.740 he
00:29:28.860 said
00:29:29.100 somebody
00:29:29.460 had
00:29:29.640 to
00:29:29.740 come
00:29:29.880 up
00:29:30.020 with
00:29:30.120 a
00:29:30.240 split
00:29:30.500 screen
00:29:30.760 you
00:29:30.900 know
00:29:30.980 we
00:29:31.100 didn't
00:29:31.300 always
00:29:31.740 have
00:29:32.060 split
00:29:32.440 screen
00:29:32.880 and
00:29:33.700 I'm
00:29:33.800 like
00:29:33.900 don't
00:29:34.040 talk
00:29:34.220 down
00:29:34.380 to
00:29:34.460 me
00:29:34.620 and
00:29:36.120 I
00:29:36.800 said
00:29:37.060 what
00:29:37.240 was
00:29:37.480 it
00:29:37.600 and
00:29:37.700 he
00:29:37.820 said
00:29:38.240 we
00:29:39.660 were
00:29:39.780 in
00:29:39.880 the
00:29:40.000 Oval
00:29:40.200 office
00:29:40.580 it
00:29:41.640 was
00:29:41.760 Dick
00:29:42.000 Nixon
00:29:42.300 and
00:29:43.760 I
00:29:43.920 said
00:29:44.420 we
00:29:45.760 should
00:29:46.020 come
00:29:46.240 up
00:29:46.400 with
00:29:46.520 a
00:29:46.640 way
00:29:46.920 to
00:29:47.180 where
00:29:47.560 Dick
00:29:48.720 can
00:29:49.680 talk
00:29:50.360 to
00:29:51.300 Neil
00:29:52.020 Armstrong
00:29:52.420 but
00:29:53.540 we
00:29:53.720 should
00:29:53.920 split
00:29:54.360 the
00:29:54.560 screen
00:29:54.960 so
00:29:55.620 when
00:29:55.900 Neil
00:29:56.280 is
00:29:56.960 on
00:29:57.260 the
00:29:57.440 moon
00:29:57.780 he's
00:29:59.000 in
00:29:59.120 one
00:29:59.360 box
00:29:59.760 and
00:30:00.780 the
00:30:01.100 president
00:30:01.500 is
00:30:01.780 in
00:30:01.960 the
00:30:02.060 other
00:30:02.240 box
00:30:02.660 this
00:30:03.560 is
00:30:03.660 revolutionary
00:30:04.160 thinking
00:30:04.720 at the
00:30:05.020 time
00:30:05.340 and
00:30:06.620 he
00:30:06.780 said
00:30:07.020 but
00:30:07.160 when
00:30:07.300 we
00:30:07.440 put
00:30:07.620 it
00:30:07.760 together
00:30:08.200 you
00:30:08.840 know
00:30:09.020 Neil
00:30:09.500 is
00:30:09.960 on
00:30:10.520 the
00:30:10.660 moon
00:30:10.960 we
00:30:12.440 don't
00:30:12.620 know
00:30:12.800 which
00:30:13.020 way
00:30:13.260 he's
00:30:13.620 going
00:30:13.800 to
00:30:13.900 be
00:30:14.040 facing
00:30:14.520 or
00:30:14.840 turning
00:30:15.180 or
00:30:15.380 anything
00:30:15.580 else
00:30:15.940 and
00:30:16.580 I
00:30:16.720 don't
00:30:17.040 know
00:30:17.320 which
00:30:17.620 side
00:30:18.080 of
00:30:18.280 the
00:30:18.440 screen
00:30:18.840 the
00:30:19.120 box
00:30:19.580 of
00:30:19.780 the
00:30:19.920 president
00:30:20.300 is
00:30:20.580 going
00:30:20.720 to
00:30:20.780 be
00:30:20.880 on
00:30:21.140 he
00:30:22.140 said
00:30:22.360 so
00:30:22.580 we
00:30:22.760 set
00:30:23.060 up
00:30:23.200 three
00:30:23.480 TVs
00:30:24.100 one
00:30:24.900 that
00:30:25.060 I
00:30:25.220 could
00:30:25.400 see
00:30:25.700 and
00:30:26.440 two
00:30:26.840 one
00:30:27.260 on
00:30:27.580 one
00:30:27.880 side
00:30:28.160 of
00:30:28.340 the
00:30:28.580 resolute
00:30:29.140 desk
00:30:29.460 and
00:30:29.640 one
00:30:29.820 on
00:30:29.920 the
00:30:30.040 other
00:30:30.220 side
00:30:30.440 of
00:30:30.520 the
00:30:30.620 resolute
00:30:30.980 desk
00:30:31.320 and
00:30:32.200 I
00:30:32.320 said
00:30:32.500 to
00:30:32.620 the
00:30:32.740 president
00:30:33.100 look
00:30:33.820 at
00:30:33.980 me
00:30:34.300 as
00:30:35.340 soon
00:30:35.740 as
00:30:35.960 you
00:30:36.120 go
00:30:36.380 on
00:30:36.820 and
00:30:37.240 you
00:30:37.420 say
00:30:37.840 Neil
00:30:38.420 they're
00:30:39.640 going
00:30:39.780 to
00:30:39.880 go
00:30:40.040 to
00:30:40.180 this
00:30:40.380 new
00:30:40.620 split
00:30:40.960 screen
00:30:41.420 when
00:30:42.960 when
00:30:43.840 I
00:30:44.020 see
00:30:44.420 which
00:30:44.700 side
00:30:45.100 of
00:30:45.260 the
00:30:45.460 television
00:30:50.720 you
00:30:50.860 look
00:30:51.400 at
00:30:51.760 that
00:30:52.180 television
00:30:52.820 because
00:30:53.300 it
00:30:53.520 will
00:30:53.680 look
00:30:54.080 like
00:30:54.420 you're
00:30:54.700 looking
00:30:55.160 at
00:30:55.520 Neil
00:30:55.980 in
00:30:56.500 the
00:30:56.660 picture
00:30:56.980 so
00:30:58.680 he
00:30:58.880 said
00:30:59.100 that's
00:30:59.420 the
00:30:59.600 moment
00:30:59.980 where
00:31:00.340 I'm
00:31:00.760 looking
00:31:01.040 at
00:31:01.220 the
00:31:01.360 television
00:31:01.720 seeing
00:31:02.080 Neil
00:31:02.320 Armstrong
00:31:02.660 on
00:31:03.040 the
00:31:03.160 moon
00:31:03.460 and
00:31:04.140 I
00:31:04.300 point
00:31:04.680 to
00:31:04.840 the
00:31:04.960 president
00:31:05.360 that
00:31:05.920 one
00:31:06.200 this
00:31:08.980 is
00:31:09.160 the
00:31:09.300 kind
00:31:09.580 of
00:31:09.760 stuff
00:31:10.160 that
00:31:10.480 was
00:31:11.660 just
00:31:11.820 kind
00:31:12.020 of
00:31:12.080 like
00:31:12.260 hanging
00:31:12.640 around
00:31:13.120 him
00:31:13.460 the
00:31:15.160 kind
00:31:15.460 of
00:31:15.600 life
00:31:15.840 that
00:31:16.020 you're
00:31:17.160 not
00:31:17.240 going
00:31:17.340 to
00:31:17.400 find
00:31:17.580 on
00:31:17.740 Wikipedia
00:31:18.340 you're
00:31:19.740 not
00:31:19.860 going
00:31:19.980 to
00:31:20.060 find
00:31:20.320 and
00:31:20.520 if
00:31:20.640 you
00:31:20.720 go
00:31:20.820 to
00:31:20.920 Wikipedia
00:31:21.220 today
00:31:21.660 all
00:31:21.900 you're
00:31:22.060 going
00:31:22.140 to
00:31:22.160 see
00:31:22.280 is
00:31:22.380 the
00:31:22.480 bad
00:31:22.680 stuff
00:31:23.020 if
00:31:24.820 we
00:31:24.940 have
00:31:25.080 time
00:31:25.380 today
00:31:25.660 I'd
00:31:26.100 like
00:31:26.240 to
00:31:26.380 talk
00:31:26.560 about
00:31:26.740 a
00:31:26.840 couple
00:31:27.020 of
00:31:27.200 the
00:31:27.400 good
00:31:28.300 things
00:31:28.840 the
00:31:29.440 Ronald
00:31:30.220 Reagan
00:31:30.640 things
00:31:31.300 the
00:31:31.600 things
00:31:33.080 in
00:31:33.260 the
00:31:33.400 1960s
00:31:34.480 the
00:31:34.780 hardest
00:31:37.260 job
00:31:38.260 interview
00:31:38.720 if
00:31:40.080 you're
00:31:40.380 a
00:31:40.540 millennial
00:31:41.080 and
00:31:42.280 you
00:31:42.460 think
00:31:42.820 you
00:31:42.980 just
00:31:43.420 get
00:31:43.860 these
00:31:44.260 jobs
00:31:44.820 no
00:31:46.940 you
00:31:47.140 don't
00:31:47.640 let
00:31:49.200 me
00:31:49.400 tell
00:31:49.700 you
00:31:49.900 about
00:31:50.260 the
00:31:50.700 hardest
00:31:51.220 job
00:31:51.760 interview
00:31:52.220 I've
00:31:53.500 ever
00:31:53.740 had
00:31:54.180 and
00:31:55.140 everyone
00:31:55.560 I've
00:31:55.860 ever
00:31:56.040 told
00:31:56.700 this
00:31:57.000 story
00:31:57.320 to
00:31:57.660 they
00:31:58.260 all
00:31:58.480 said
00:31:58.820 good
00:32:00.500 lord
00:32:01.420 that
00:32:03.060 was
00:32:03.400 the
00:32:03.880 first
00:32:04.220 five
00:32:04.720 minutes
00:32:05.280 I'm
00:32:05.860 like
00:32:06.000 uh-huh
00:32:06.600 Roger
00:32:13.200 Ailes
00:32:13.640 dead
00:32:14.880 at
00:32:15.080 77
00:32:15.540 today
00:32:16.300 by
00:32:17.680 the
00:32:17.800 way
00:32:18.040 Ben
00:32:18.640 Sass
00:32:19.160 is
00:32:19.520 going
00:32:19.700 to
00:32:19.740 be
00:32:19.840 with
00:32:20.060 us
00:32:20.420 he's
00:32:21.300 joining
00:32:21.560 us
00:32:21.940 in
00:32:22.340 hour
00:32:22.680 number
00:32:22.920 three
00:32:23.400 to
00:32:24.140 talk
00:32:24.420 about
00:32:24.720 the
00:32:24.940 news
00:32:25.220 of
00:32:25.400 the
00:32:25.520 day
00:32:25.700 because
00:32:26.000 there
00:32:26.440 is
00:32:26.900 more
00:32:27.160 news
00:32:27.500 of
00:32:27.660 the
00:32:27.780 day
00:32:28.020 Robert
00:32:28.740 Mueller
00:32:29.060 is
00:32:29.460 special
00:32:29.820 counsel
00:32:30.240 now
00:32:30.580 he
00:32:31.440 is
00:32:32.000 going
00:32:33.180 to be
00:32:33.400 looking
00:32:33.640 into
00:32:34.100 the
00:32:34.480 Russia
00:32:34.960 connections
00:32:35.780 there's
00:32:37.580 some
00:32:37.880 new
00:32:38.480 news
00:32:38.860 breaking
00:32:39.220 that
00:32:39.580 the
00:32:39.800 Trump
00:32:40.080 campaign
00:32:40.640 had
00:32:41.020 at
00:32:41.320 least
00:32:41.600 18
00:32:42.380 undisclosed
00:32:43.060 contacts
00:32:43.660 with
00:32:43.980 Russia
00:32:45.300 Chelsea
00:32:46.280 Manning
00:32:46.820 is
00:32:47.900 now
00:32:48.240 back
00:32:48.620 in
00:32:48.800 the
00:32:48.920 world
00:32:49.280 how
00:32:50.420 does
00:32:50.640 everybody
00:32:50.960 feel
00:32:51.440 about
00:32:51.820 that
00:32:52.180 and
00:32:52.500 Bill
00:32:52.720 Cosby
00:32:53.280 gave
00:32:54.280 his
00:32:54.500 first
00:32:54.860 interview
00:32:55.340 in
00:32:55.740 two
00:32:56.100 years
00:32:56.680 what
00:32:58.860 happened
00:32:59.400 to
00:32:59.780 the
00:33:00.100 Bill
00:33:00.440 Cosby
00:33:00.980 pull
00:33:01.280 yourself
00:33:01.700 up
00:33:01.920 by
00:33:02.080 the
00:33:02.220 bootstraps
00:33:02.880 take
00:33:03.660 responsibility
00:33:04.340 for
00:33:04.740 your
00:33:04.920 life
00:33:05.300 that
00:33:06.580 man
00:33:07.020 is
00:33:08.020 long
00:33:08.380 gone
00:33:09.080 this
00:33:10.780 is
00:33:11.280 the
00:33:12.760 Glenn
00:33:13.160 Beck
00:33:13.500 program
00:33:14.240 mercury
00:33:16.200 this
00:33:19.640 is
00:33:19.920 the
00:33:20.060 Glenn
00:33:20.320 Beck
00:33:20.580 program
00:33:21.100 just
00:33:22.640 watching
00:33:23.140 little
00:33:23.420 Dana
00:33:25.660 Lash
00:33:26.120 on TV
00:33:27.560 commenting
00:33:28.000 about
00:33:28.360 this
00:33:29.260 the
00:33:29.960 new
00:33:30.420 special
00:33:30.780 counsel
00:33:31.240 mistake
00:33:32.840 good
00:33:33.760 what
00:33:34.760 do
00:33:34.880 you
00:33:34.960 think
00:33:35.200 of
00:33:35.360 this
00:33:35.700 Robert
00:33:36.540 Mueller
00:33:36.880 being
00:33:37.280 named
00:33:38.600 special
00:33:39.040 counsel
00:33:39.460 so now
00:33:39.920 there's
00:33:40.120 a
00:33:40.300 special
00:33:40.960 investigator
00:33:41.560 it's
00:33:42.820 amazing
00:33:43.180 that we
00:33:43.520 went
00:33:43.720 through
00:33:43.900 eight
00:33:44.180 years
00:33:44.460 and
00:33:44.680 didn't
00:33:44.940 have
00:33:45.200 one
00:33:45.440 with
00:33:45.820 all
00:33:46.200 of
00:33:46.360 the
00:33:46.460 things
00:33:46.780 that
00:33:46.980 could
00:33:47.160 have
00:33:47.260 happened
00:33:47.600 yeah
00:33:48.000 with
00:33:48.340 the
00:33:48.480 republicans
00:33:49.340 in
00:33:49.680 charge
00:33:50.480 they
00:33:51.460 never
00:33:51.960 appointed
00:33:52.520 a
00:33:52.720 special
00:33:52.940 with
00:33:53.220 the
00:33:53.480 IRS
00:33:54.040 they
00:33:54.780 never
00:33:55.000 appointed
00:33:55.280 Gazi
00:33:55.700 right
00:33:56.460 but the
00:33:56.900 republicans
00:33:57.740 fast and
00:33:58.440 furious
00:33:58.760 do this
00:33:59.520 and I'm
00:34:00.060 quite
00:34:00.380 honestly
00:34:00.720 fast and
00:34:03.220 furious
00:34:03.540 we know
00:34:04.020 he lied
00:34:04.580 yeah
00:34:04.840 incredible
00:34:06.000 and guns
00:34:07.400 were used
00:34:08.180 in terrorist
00:34:09.080 hits
00:34:11.080 now
00:34:11.920 we've got
00:34:12.960 a special
00:34:13.600 prosecutor
00:34:14.080 and see
00:34:14.520 this is
00:34:14.840 the problem
00:34:15.380 we are
00:34:17.020 letting
00:34:17.440 that
00:34:18.140 dictate
00:34:19.140 what should
00:34:20.120 that's
00:34:20.480 such a
00:34:20.920 low
00:34:21.360 standard
00:34:21.980 oh yeah
00:34:23.080 well
00:34:23.380 Obama
00:34:24.020 yeah
00:34:25.080 that's a
00:34:25.400 pretty low
00:34:26.080 standard
00:34:26.660 that we
00:34:27.960 should not
00:34:28.400 be aiming
00:34:28.920 for or
00:34:29.600 using as
00:34:30.280 an excuse
00:34:31.120 this is
00:34:33.720 the
00:34:34.420 Glenn
00:34:34.820 Beck
00:34:35.340 program
00:34:36.140 mercury
00:34:37.540 the blaze
00:34:52.780 radio
00:34:53.140 network
00:34:53.740 on demand
00:34:59.600 roger
00:35:00.960 rails
00:35:01.260 the former
00:35:02.060 president
00:35:02.460 of
00:35:02.980 fox
00:35:03.960 news
00:35:04.420 has
00:35:05.040 passed
00:35:05.340 away
00:35:05.700 died
00:35:06.400 at home
00:35:07.140 77
00:35:07.780 years
00:35:08.380 old
00:35:08.760 we
00:35:10.040 spent
00:35:11.000 the last
00:35:11.580 hour
00:35:11.860 talking
00:35:12.920 about
00:35:13.240 him
00:35:13.460 we may
00:35:14.420 spend a
00:35:15.020 few more
00:35:15.320 minutes
00:35:15.640 later on
00:35:16.340 today
00:35:16.720 also
00:35:17.360 bill
00:35:17.600 cosby
00:35:18.060 gives
00:35:18.480 his first
00:35:19.000 interview
00:35:19.400 in more
00:35:19.780 than
00:35:19.980 two
00:35:20.360 years
00:35:20.900 what
00:35:22.880 is
00:35:23.940 his
00:35:24.420 excuse
00:35:25.460 well
00:35:26.280 I don't
00:35:26.640 I mean
00:35:27.260 I don't
00:35:28.120 know what
00:35:28.380 happened to
00:35:28.820 the old
00:35:29.240 bill
00:35:29.880 cosby
00:35:30.440 but
00:35:31.560 he hasn't
00:35:33.000 been seen
00:35:33.460 around for
00:35:34.220 a while
00:35:34.760 at least
00:35:35.140 in this
00:35:35.520 interview
00:35:35.900 and
00:35:37.180 the
00:35:37.760 trump
00:35:38.600 campaign
00:35:39.200 and special
00:35:39.880 prosecution
00:35:40.580 their
00:35:42.460 whispers
00:35:42.960 now
00:35:43.380 with
00:35:43.740 republicans
00:35:44.820 they are
00:35:45.260 now
00:35:45.540 starting to
00:35:46.200 talk
00:35:46.540 about
00:35:46.960 president
00:35:47.500 pence
00:35:48.180 the stock
00:35:50.900 market
00:35:51.340 took a
00:35:52.360 nosedive
00:35:53.440 yesterday
00:35:54.020 because
00:35:55.020 the stock
00:35:55.940 market
00:35:56.380 priced in
00:35:57.660 all of
00:35:58.560 tax cuts
00:35:59.480 reform
00:36:00.100 everything else
00:36:00.940 they believe
00:36:02.340 this agenda
00:36:03.580 is now
00:36:04.300 over
00:36:04.820 so
00:36:06.220 where do
00:36:07.340 we go
00:36:07.820 what do
00:36:08.220 we do
00:36:08.740 I'd really
00:36:10.440 like to hear
00:36:11.060 from you
00:36:11.580 the number
00:36:11.940 is
00:36:12.140 888-727-BECK
00:36:14.160 888-727-BECK
00:36:16.400 I want to
00:36:17.000 take your
00:36:17.380 phone calls
00:36:18.020 I want to
00:36:18.720 hear what
00:36:19.340 you're
00:36:19.640 feeling
00:36:20.140 about
00:36:21.800 where we
00:36:23.380 go
00:36:23.880 if you
00:36:24.800 had
00:36:24.980 if you
00:36:25.620 had
00:36:26.060 the
00:36:26.380 president's
00:36:27.060 ear
00:36:27.360 what would
00:36:28.980 you be
00:36:29.280 saying
00:36:29.780 to him
00:36:30.460 right now
00:36:31.360 what's
00:36:32.120 your advice
00:36:32.860 to make
00:36:33.420 this go
00:36:33.900 away
00:36:34.260 what's
00:36:35.020 the best
00:36:35.500 course
00:36:35.840 of action
00:36:36.440 888-727-BECK
00:36:39.440 we want
00:36:40.340 you on
00:36:40.600 the phone
00:36:41.000 right now
00:36:41.900 the fusion
00:37:01.320 of entertainment
00:37:02.360 and enlightenment
00:37:03.580 this is
00:37:05.100 the Glenn
00:37:05.960 Beck
00:37:06.980 program
00:37:08.200 Cosmo
00:37:11.080 has a story
00:37:12.760 today
00:37:13.280 about
00:37:14.020 Cassandra
00:37:14.560 Fairbanks
00:37:15.160 she's a
00:37:15.720 Twitter star
00:37:16.600 and about
00:37:18.300 how Donald
00:37:18.880 Trump is
00:37:19.360 now becoming
00:37:20.100 punk
00:37:20.640 he is a
00:37:22.280 punk rock
00:37:22.960 hero
00:37:23.320 she is
00:37:24.100 far left
00:37:25.100 anarchist
00:37:27.040 you know
00:37:28.120 pro-choice
00:37:29.200 you know
00:37:29.820 all that
00:37:30.260 stuff
00:37:30.540 far left
00:37:31.920 she's a
00:37:32.660 huge fan
00:37:33.480 now
00:37:33.800 of Donald
00:37:34.300 Trump
00:37:34.600 and when
00:37:36.120 asked why
00:37:36.820 because
00:37:38.100 he's
00:37:38.560 counterculture
00:37:39.240 he
00:37:40.000 everybody
00:37:40.560 hates him
00:37:41.240 and he
00:37:42.580 is
00:37:42.980 he's
00:37:44.220 becoming
00:37:44.860 this
00:37:45.580 according to
00:37:46.040 Cosmo
00:37:46.580 punk rock
00:37:47.920 at the
00:37:50.440 same
00:37:50.800 time
00:37:51.280 the
00:37:52.960 Republicans
00:37:53.700 are
00:37:55.400 starting
00:37:55.800 to say
00:37:56.560 President
00:37:57.040 Pence
00:37:57.560 what is
00:38:01.100 this
00:38:01.780 going to
00:38:02.680 do
00:38:02.940 to the
00:38:03.300 country
00:38:03.620 just
00:38:05.680 having
00:38:06.020 this
00:38:06.300 conversation
00:38:07.160 is going
00:38:07.940 to tear
00:38:08.320 us
00:38:08.580 apart
00:38:09.160 well the
00:38:10.740 good thing
00:38:11.060 is it's
00:38:11.340 only been
00:38:11.680 what
00:38:11.900 120
00:38:12.760 days
00:38:13.240 since he
00:38:14.360 took office
00:38:14.780 don't worry
00:38:15.480 about it
00:38:15.840 they're
00:38:15.980 non-stop
00:38:16.580 can you
00:38:16.940 imagine
00:38:17.160 relentless
00:38:18.080 against him
00:38:20.400 and you
00:38:20.860 know what
00:38:21.200 the press
00:38:22.260 has zero
00:38:24.720 credibility
00:38:25.420 you know
00:38:26.920 the reason
00:38:27.840 why Donald
00:38:28.500 Trump was
00:38:28.900 right
00:38:29.120 I could
00:38:29.380 walk across
00:38:29.920 the street
00:38:30.180 and 5th
00:38:30.500 Avenue
00:38:30.680 and shoot
00:38:31.000 somebody
00:38:31.400 and nobody's
00:38:32.140 going to
00:38:32.340 care
00:38:32.540 the reason
00:38:33.300 why is
00:38:33.680 because
00:38:34.020 you don't
00:38:35.400 believe the
00:38:36.180 press reports
00:38:36.960 they have
00:38:38.500 no credibility
00:38:39.240 I mean
00:38:40.380 the one thing
00:38:41.140 and this is
00:38:41.540 not an
00:38:42.160 excuse
00:38:42.720 but it is
00:38:44.080 true
00:38:44.660 are you
00:38:46.860 kidding me
00:38:47.560 for eight
00:38:49.100 years
00:38:49.720 the IRS
00:38:51.460 the people
00:38:53.900 around the
00:38:54.800 president
00:38:55.120 that lied
00:38:56.460 that destroyed
00:38:58.260 the evidence
00:38:59.180 on their
00:38:59.640 hard drive
00:39:00.800 are you
00:39:02.120 kidding me
00:39:02.840 the attorney
00:39:04.560 general that
00:39:05.420 was running
00:39:06.180 guns
00:39:07.280 that were
00:39:08.560 used in
00:39:09.480 France in a
00:39:10.380 terrorist attack
00:39:11.400 and you did
00:39:12.300 nothing
00:39:13.040 zip
00:39:14.240 zero
00:39:15.100 and so
00:39:17.320 the right
00:39:18.740 is blind
00:39:20.340 with rage
00:39:21.880 and quite
00:39:23.060 honestly
00:39:23.540 righteous
00:39:25.100 rage
00:39:26.040 are you
00:39:28.280 kidding
00:39:29.260 me
00:39:29.860 how we
00:39:33.100 get past
00:39:33.740 that
00:39:34.220 because I
00:39:35.180 even do
00:39:35.700 it
00:39:35.920 I'm sitting
00:39:37.160 here I
00:39:37.420 can't watch
00:39:37.880 television
00:39:38.300 I can't
00:39:39.000 watch it
00:39:39.340 I can't
00:39:40.680 watch it
00:39:41.140 because
00:39:42.340 there's no
00:39:43.580 self-awareness
00:39:44.600 there there's
00:39:45.080 nobody there's
00:39:45.840 no one saying
00:39:46.740 on the left
00:39:48.920 in the news
00:39:49.840 organizations
00:39:50.600 wait a minute
00:39:51.460 wait a minute
00:39:51.820 guys
00:39:52.240 we should
00:39:53.580 examine
00:39:54.000 ourself
00:39:54.520 here
00:39:54.780 you know
00:39:55.480 why
00:39:55.960 I mean I
00:39:56.700 saw some
00:39:57.080 story in
00:39:57.880 I don't
00:39:58.320 know New
00:39:58.620 York Times
00:39:59.080 when will
00:39:59.860 Republicans
00:40:00.580 and the
00:40:01.060 right
00:40:01.420 wake up
00:40:02.220 well never
00:40:03.660 as long as
00:40:04.320 you're the
00:40:04.660 alarm clock
00:40:05.360 never
00:40:06.300 never
00:40:10.020 we have
00:40:11.840 we have
00:40:12.360 we don't
00:40:13.080 hit the
00:40:13.460 snooze
00:40:13.980 button
00:40:14.320 we pull
00:40:15.200 the cord
00:40:15.700 out of
00:40:16.020 the wall
00:40:16.480 and throw
00:40:17.200 it on
00:40:17.460 the sidewalk
00:40:18.240 we don't
00:40:20.140 want you
00:40:21.000 we don't
00:40:21.820 trust you
00:40:22.740 really
00:40:24.340 you got to
00:40:25.220 get up
00:40:25.540 right now
00:40:26.000 you got to
00:40:26.520 get up
00:40:26.820 right now
00:40:27.340 you got to
00:40:27.760 get up
00:40:28.020 right now
00:40:28.460 for the
00:40:28.760 last eight
00:40:29.280 years you've
00:40:29.780 been like
00:40:30.020 I don't
00:40:30.380 know if
00:40:30.620 I'm gonna
00:40:30.860 go off
00:40:31.340 or not
00:40:31.760 I don't
00:40:32.320 know
00:40:32.760 that time's
00:40:34.560 not really
00:40:35.080 that important
00:40:35.680 to me
00:40:36.160 I don't
00:40:37.240 really care
00:40:37.740 and now
00:40:38.700 you got to
00:40:39.180 get up
00:40:39.520 I'm here
00:40:39.980 I'm your
00:40:40.300 dependable
00:40:40.760 alarm clock
00:40:41.420 excuse me
00:40:42.500 no you're
00:40:43.120 not
00:40:43.480 and that was
00:40:44.860 Trump's
00:40:45.360 argument in
00:40:46.020 his Twitter
00:40:46.380 today
00:40:46.760 which he said
00:40:48.780 in his speech
00:40:49.540 yesterday
00:40:49.920 he doesn't
00:40:50.440 necessarily
00:40:50.980 help himself
00:40:51.880 he said
00:40:52.800 with all the
00:40:53.580 illegal acts
00:40:54.120 that took
00:40:54.440 place in the
00:40:54.900 Clinton campaign
00:40:55.480 and Obama
00:40:55.860 administration
00:40:56.260 there was
00:40:56.800 never a
00:40:57.260 special counsel
00:40:58.120 appointed
00:40:58.920 and he's
00:41:00.160 right
00:41:00.720 and he's
00:41:01.580 right
00:41:01.980 well there was
00:41:02.620 for Clinton
00:41:03.040 yes there was
00:41:04.300 I think he
00:41:04.780 meant
00:41:05.000 I think
00:41:06.040 he meant
00:41:06.420 Hillary
00:41:06.860 so here's
00:41:09.060 the problem
00:41:10.340 that doesn't
00:41:12.580 make what
00:41:13.940 he's done
00:41:14.940 right
00:41:15.600 it just
00:41:16.660 makes us
00:41:17.560 almost blind
00:41:18.960 to everything
00:41:20.500 else
00:41:21.200 because
00:41:22.580 the messenger
00:41:23.920 don't shoot
00:41:25.660 the messenger
00:41:26.180 are you kidding
00:41:27.120 me
00:41:27.500 the messenger
00:41:29.100 betrayed the
00:41:29.820 constitution
00:41:30.340 for the last
00:41:31.260 eight years
00:41:31.780 the messenger
00:41:32.580 should be
00:41:33.120 in jail
00:41:33.860 you know
00:41:35.420 what I mean
00:41:35.860 are you
00:41:37.040 kidding me
00:41:37.980 this is what
00:41:38.860 Trump said
00:41:39.600 in his
00:41:39.900 commencement speech
00:41:40.520 I think it
00:41:40.860 was to the
00:41:41.300 Coast Guard
00:41:41.860 Academy
00:41:42.220 yesterday
00:41:43.100 now I want
00:41:43.980 to take
00:41:44.320 this opportunity
00:41:45.200 to give you
00:41:46.240 some advice
00:41:46.980 over the course
00:41:47.800 of your life
00:41:48.540 you will find
00:41:49.500 that things
00:41:50.020 are not always
00:41:50.660 fair
00:41:51.060 look at the
00:41:52.140 way I've been
00:41:52.700 treated lately
00:41:53.480 especially by
00:41:56.960 the media
00:41:57.520 no politician
00:42:00.360 in history
00:42:01.220 and I say
00:42:03.100 this with
00:42:03.720 great
00:42:04.660 surety
00:42:05.920 has been
00:42:07.020 treated worse
00:42:07.940 or more
00:42:09.240 unfairly
00:42:10.000 yeah I'm not
00:42:10.700 sure
00:42:10.820 that's not
00:42:11.420 true
00:42:11.760 that's not
00:42:12.260 true
00:42:12.700 Abraham
00:42:14.020 Lincoln
00:42:15.280 the country
00:42:17.900 hated him
00:42:20.000 hated him
00:42:21.340 and he didn't
00:42:22.560 realize how much
00:42:23.520 he was hated
00:42:24.100 until he was
00:42:25.120 actually in a
00:42:25.960 carriage
00:42:26.500 in disguise
00:42:27.640 he went to
00:42:29.120 go give a
00:42:29.540 speech he was
00:42:29.960 on his way
00:42:30.420 to the
00:42:30.840 White House
00:42:31.400 for the
00:42:32.120 first inaugural
00:42:32.800 first inauguration
00:42:35.900 and they have
00:42:38.020 him in Baltimore
00:42:38.580 where he's
00:42:38.980 supposed to
00:42:39.320 give a speech
00:42:39.980 he gives the
00:42:41.020 speech and
00:42:41.560 everything's
00:42:41.920 polite and
00:42:42.920 then they
00:42:43.860 wrap a
00:42:44.680 shawl around
00:42:45.380 him take
00:42:45.920 his hat off
00:42:46.740 and say
00:42:47.340 we need to
00:42:48.520 go out this
00:42:49.260 door but I
00:42:49.880 need you to
00:42:50.280 crouch down
00:42:50.940 you're way
00:42:51.420 too tall
00:42:51.980 so they put
00:42:53.380 another kind
00:42:54.000 of hat on
00:42:54.540 him put a
00:42:55.380 shawl around
00:42:56.020 him he
00:42:56.740 crouched down
00:42:57.520 like he was
00:42:58.060 old and he
00:42:59.480 gets out
00:43:00.160 and he's
00:43:00.640 walking amongst
00:43:01.420 the people
00:43:02.060 and then in
00:43:02.700 the carriage
00:43:03.240 and he's
00:43:04.280 hearing everybody
00:43:05.200 saying that
00:43:06.000 Lincoln
00:43:07.000 that Lincoln
00:43:08.940 what a bad
00:43:09.940 dude that
00:43:10.560 Lincoln can
00:43:11.000 you believe
00:43:11.420 he's president
00:43:12.160 that moron
00:43:14.140 he's going to
00:43:15.600 be the president
00:43:16.440 and he realizes
00:43:18.420 holy cow
00:43:20.500 this country is
00:43:22.420 completely divided
00:43:24.060 it's until that
00:43:25.840 moment he knows
00:43:27.460 there's trouble
00:43:28.140 but he doesn't
00:43:29.480 know how
00:43:30.760 deep the
00:43:31.660 hatred is
00:43:32.600 running until
00:43:33.340 that moment
00:43:34.060 so please
00:43:35.800 don't try to
00:43:36.400 tell me that
00:43:36.860 you know you're
00:43:37.700 having a harder
00:43:38.100 time than
00:43:38.580 Abraham Lincoln
00:43:39.960 and you don't
00:43:40.460 have to go
00:43:40.800 back 150
00:43:41.500 years you can
00:43:42.320 go back 10
00:43:43.400 years how much
00:43:44.400 did the press
00:43:45.240 hate George
00:43:46.580 W. Bush
00:43:47.360 that's I mean
00:43:48.880 it was it was
00:43:49.800 continual
00:43:50.440 oh my gosh
00:43:51.600 selected not
00:43:52.320 elected yeah
00:43:53.140 and it didn't
00:43:54.420 stop during the
00:43:55.140 last eight years
00:43:55.800 of Obama
00:43:56.180 how badly did
00:43:57.260 they hate
00:43:57.900 Ronald Reagan
00:43:58.660 a lot yeah
00:43:59.640 right and we
00:44:00.280 forget that
00:44:00.680 sometimes because
00:44:01.200 now they praise
00:44:01.840 him right and
00:44:03.340 quite honestly
00:44:04.160 let's be fair
00:44:05.660 let's go back in
00:44:06.700 the last eight
00:44:07.340 years how much
00:44:08.880 did Barack Obama
00:44:09.920 now I happen to
00:44:10.600 believe some of
00:44:11.140 it was very
00:44:11.580 righteous but
00:44:12.580 how much crap
00:44:14.220 did we give
00:44:15.440 Barack Obama
00:44:16.280 he was the
00:44:17.500 first time that
00:44:18.840 that I know
00:44:19.700 of where we
00:44:21.360 were we dead
00:44:22.160 there was a
00:44:22.920 whole industry
00:44:24.840 it's the first
00:44:26.020 time the
00:44:27.240 the Republicans
00:44:27.980 the Democrats
00:44:28.800 ever had to
00:44:30.020 face any real
00:44:30.820 scrutiny from
00:44:32.220 anyone in the
00:44:33.100 press because
00:44:33.740 there was a
00:44:34.520 new arm of
00:44:35.140 the press
00:44:35.720 anyway
00:44:37.860 even though
00:44:41.760 let's say
00:44:42.400 he's right
00:44:42.980 that doesn't
00:44:45.860 excuse and
00:44:47.540 what we have
00:44:48.360 to do is
00:44:49.040 by saying
00:44:50.900 well look
00:44:52.360 what happened
00:44:53.160 with Barack
00:44:54.420 Obama
00:44:54.820 is that what
00:44:57.120 we want to
00:44:57.740 be our
00:44:58.040 standard
00:44:58.800 hey
00:45:00.900 Obama did
00:45:02.760 worse
00:45:03.240 yeah
00:45:04.500 yeah he
00:45:05.640 did but
00:45:06.320 I'd like you
00:45:06.840 not to even
00:45:07.480 be around
00:45:08.300 that room
00:45:09.440 Obama set
00:45:10.640 up a tent
00:45:11.460 office a
00:45:12.540 couch
00:45:13.020 hell he had
00:45:14.360 a bed in
00:45:15.020 there for a
00:45:15.620 while
00:45:15.960 I don't
00:45:17.460 want to
00:45:17.720 live in
00:45:18.000 that room
00:45:18.600 I want
00:45:19.320 our
00:45:19.600 president
00:45:20.040 to be
00:45:20.440 clean
00:45:20.900 I want
00:45:21.360 our
00:45:21.560 president
00:45:22.020 to not
00:45:23.480 be near
00:45:24.200 any kind
00:45:25.300 of that
00:45:25.540 now I
00:45:26.160 honestly do
00:45:26.980 not think
00:45:27.820 that there
00:45:28.340 is some
00:45:28.760 sort of
00:45:29.280 you know
00:45:30.140 cabal
00:45:30.980 with Russia
00:45:31.760 I'm not
00:45:33.420 afraid of
00:45:33.900 this special
00:45:34.360 prosecutor
00:45:34.960 because I
00:45:36.880 don't think
00:45:37.380 now they
00:45:37.780 may find
00:45:38.360 I do
00:45:38.760 believe they
00:45:39.220 will find
00:45:39.680 people around
00:45:40.560 Trump
00:45:40.960 but people
00:45:42.660 around Trump
00:45:43.360 is not
00:45:43.880 Donald Trump
00:45:44.520 I don't
00:45:46.980 think they're
00:45:47.320 going to find
00:45:47.700 anything on
00:45:48.220 this when
00:45:48.820 it comes to
00:45:49.360 Comey I
00:45:50.400 think they
00:45:50.860 are I
00:45:51.840 think the
00:45:52.180 president has
00:45:52.760 shot himself
00:45:53.500 in the foot
00:45:54.120 over and
00:45:54.840 over and
00:45:55.200 over again
00:45:55.920 because he
00:45:56.880 doesn't have
00:45:57.800 common sense
00:45:59.260 he's not
00:46:01.380 using common
00:46:02.160 sense when
00:46:03.080 you're you
00:46:04.040 know when
00:46:04.420 you're a
00:46:04.840 target you
00:46:05.980 turn to
00:46:07.080 the side
00:46:07.700 you make
00:46:09.740 yourself thinner
00:46:10.920 not bigger
00:46:12.600 and he
00:46:14.040 takes the
00:46:14.620 opportunity
00:46:15.120 always to
00:46:16.520 puff himself
00:46:17.700 up and
00:46:18.440 say look
00:46:19.380 at me look
00:46:20.060 what a big
00:46:20.420 target I
00:46:20.960 am stop
00:46:21.640 it Mr.
00:46:22.100 President
00:46:22.400 please we
00:46:24.140 would like
00:46:24.740 to get some
00:46:25.320 things done
00:46:26.120 please on
00:46:28.380 that note
00:46:28.780 for a moment
00:46:29.280 is it I
00:46:31.360 haven't heard
00:46:31.620 anybody entertain
00:46:32.320 this possibility
00:46:32.980 so it's probably
00:46:33.600 completely unrealistic
00:46:34.560 but if the
00:46:35.220 goal was to
00:46:36.260 actually get
00:46:36.900 things done
00:46:37.520 is there an
00:46:39.400 opportunity for
00:46:40.900 Republicans in
00:46:42.120 Congress to
00:46:43.580 start doing
00:46:44.720 things to
00:46:45.840 actually advance
00:46:46.720 the agenda
00:46:47.380 while the
00:46:48.180 media is
00:46:48.660 completely focused
00:46:49.460 on these
00:46:49.780 scandals because
00:46:50.760 all Trump has
00:46:51.520 to do is sign
00:46:52.280 them yes and
00:46:53.700 and it's like you
00:46:54.340 have all these
00:46:54.960 this you have this
00:46:55.540 opportunity where
00:46:56.180 the media is not
00:46:57.180 going to be
00:46:57.940 constantly focused
00:46:59.140 on every little
00:46:59.860 piece of your
00:47:00.340 health care plan
00:47:01.280 yes get that
00:47:02.700 crap done while
00:47:03.500 they're all looking
00:47:04.040 at Russia you
00:47:05.440 what do you always
00:47:06.240 used to say about
00:47:06.760 Obama watch the
00:47:07.720 other hand use
00:47:09.140 your other hand
00:47:09.940 get some of
00:47:10.960 these things done
00:47:11.820 now while they're
00:47:12.700 all focused on
00:47:13.400 the drama of
00:47:14.800 the problem is
00:47:15.780 the Republicans
00:47:16.600 don't have they
00:47:19.280 don't have a
00:47:19.880 leader there they
00:47:20.820 don't have an
00:47:21.400 agenda they don't
00:47:22.760 agree on an
00:47:23.540 agenda I mean
00:47:25.660 you know now the
00:47:27.200 reason why stock
00:47:28.240 market went down
00:47:29.100 and it took a
00:47:29.800 beating yesterday
00:47:30.820 and we're not
00:47:32.540 done with the
00:47:33.140 correction we may
00:47:33.840 be done this week
00:47:34.560 we're not done with
00:47:35.280 this correction
00:47:35.980 remember what
00:47:38.080 did what did
00:47:38.440 it go up
00:47:38.780 3,000 4,000
00:47:40.060 points 3,000
00:47:41.220 points after he
00:47:41.860 was elected we
00:47:43.360 you know over
00:47:44.060 this period of
00:47:44.800 time they just
00:47:46.100 baked in okay
00:47:47.380 health care reform
00:47:48.420 is going to
00:47:48.940 happen tax cuts
00:47:50.340 are going to
00:47:50.960 happen regulations
00:47:52.540 are going to be
00:47:53.120 reduced well that
00:47:54.320 all began to fall
00:47:55.060 apart yesterday
00:47:55.880 because people are
00:47:57.940 now starting to
00:47:58.800 say there is
00:48:00.080 impeachment coming
00:48:01.200 don't even look
00:48:02.780 at the stock
00:48:03.300 market don't even
00:48:04.120 look at anything
00:48:04.820 with this special
00:48:06.440 prosecution going
00:48:08.040 on what are our
00:48:10.440 enemies going to
00:48:12.180 do around the
00:48:13.020 world we're no
00:48:13.800 longer able to
00:48:14.760 focus on North
00:48:15.800 Korea we're no
00:48:16.840 longer able to
00:48:17.620 focus on what
00:48:18.920 new things Putin
00:48:20.460 is doing what
00:48:21.880 about ISIS what
00:48:24.040 is going to
00:48:24.700 happen on the
00:48:25.380 world stage because
00:48:27.040 of this did did
00:48:29.240 this effect and I
00:48:30.160 don't think it did
00:48:30.800 but did this effect
00:48:31.920 Donald Trump
00:48:32.960 yesterday coming out
00:48:33.960 and saying we're
00:48:35.080 not moving the
00:48:35.620 embassy that's a
00:48:40.520 blow to Israel
00:48:42.580 that's a real
00:48:43.520 blow that's a big
00:48:45.700 big disappointment
00:48:48.440 and a breaking of
00:48:49.860 a promise a big
00:48:50.680 one now I think
00:48:53.300 when he said that
00:48:54.620 I thought there's
00:48:55.380 no way he's going
00:48:55.880 to do that there's
00:48:56.600 no way he's going
00:48:57.140 to do that because
00:48:58.340 that takes balls of
00:49:00.540 steel I mean that
00:49:02.820 is a dangerous
00:49:04.040 thing to do and
00:49:05.680 you better be
00:49:06.780 really buttoned up
00:49:08.480 to do that so I
00:49:10.980 didn't think he'd
00:49:11.480 do it because no
00:49:11.980 president ever has
00:49:13.160 they all say that
00:49:13.920 and they never do
00:49:14.600 it okay whatever
00:49:15.640 it's like I'm going
00:49:16.580 to admit that
00:49:17.260 Turkey actually
00:49:18.160 killed some
00:49:18.840 Christians no they
00:49:21.520 never do it
00:49:22.380 never do it okay
00:49:23.100 State Department is
00:49:24.200 way too powerful
00:49:25.200 however if anybody
00:49:27.820 was going to do
00:49:28.460 it this is the
00:49:28.960 argument that I
00:49:29.600 kept hearing it'd
00:49:30.640 be Donald Trump
00:49:31.500 right because he's
00:49:32.140 just going to do
00:49:32.620 what's right and
00:49:33.380 blah blah blah blah
00:49:34.060 blah well he
00:49:35.440 didn't did did it
00:49:38.120 did he not do it
00:49:38.820 because the generals
00:49:39.640 all said don't do
00:49:40.880 that or did he not
00:49:43.540 do it because he
00:49:45.380 doesn't have the
00:49:46.220 clout anymore to do
00:49:48.180 that I mean I agree
00:49:50.280 with Stu if you're
00:49:51.920 going to do this
00:49:52.960 now's the time to
00:49:54.560 pile it on because
00:49:55.660 I mean if if this
00:49:56.900 isn't about Donald
00:49:57.900 Trump and it's
00:49:58.920 about actually moving
00:50:00.080 these things forward
00:50:00.860 Trump has a real
00:50:02.180 opportunity here to
00:50:03.240 say and let's just
00:50:04.060 say like he's
00:50:04.680 completely innocent of
00:50:05.540 all of these charges
00:50:06.560 what a great
00:50:07.980 opportunity however
00:50:09.220 to distract the
00:50:11.000 media the thing
00:50:12.160 that he's supposedly
00:50:12.880 so great at
00:50:13.720 distract the media
00:50:14.740 let him take the
00:50:16.200 political arrows for
00:50:17.700 a while and protect
00:50:19.440 the Congress to push
00:50:20.960 these things through
00:50:21.880 and then all he's
00:50:22.700 got to do is bring
00:50:23.320 his pen but you
00:50:24.480 know what I
00:50:25.160 don't think he'll
00:50:25.880 do it because he
00:50:26.960 watches too much
00:50:27.700 television he cares
00:50:30.400 about what was be is
00:50:31.900 being written and
00:50:32.660 said about him and
00:50:33.740 the president cannot
00:50:35.300 care about that I
00:50:36.640 agree but it
00:50:37.900 doesn't necessarily
00:50:38.920 mean that Trump
00:50:40.780 has to do much the
00:50:42.780 Congress however has
00:50:44.240 to get their ass in
00:50:45.020 gear and start moving
00:50:46.980 these things through
00:50:47.880 now no one's going
00:50:49.740 to be focused on
00:50:51.260 your on the bill no
00:50:53.420 one's going to be
00:50:54.040 focused on that right
00:50:54.840 now you have an
00:50:55.320 opportunity that
00:50:56.420 everyone wants to
00:50:57.220 talk about Donald
00:50:57.800 Trump 24 hours a
00:50:58.760 day do your job
00:51:00.020 separately and let
00:51:00.880 him sign the bill
00:51:01.540 I want to talk to
00:51:16.020 you today if I have
00:51:17.240 time if not on the
00:51:19.020 blaze TV tonight I
00:51:19.940 have a chalkboard on
00:51:21.060 Flynn Flynn is
00:51:22.960 getting a lot of
00:51:23.620 heat now because he
00:51:24.760 you know he stood
00:51:26.180 with Turkey on on an
00:51:28.280 idea to arm the
00:51:29.180 Kurds okay the way
00:51:31.420 the media is spinning
00:51:32.420 this is completely
00:51:33.700 wrong and Flynn was
00:51:36.780 right to do it now
00:51:39.380 you've heard from me
00:51:40.320 over and over again
00:51:41.200 why aren't we
00:51:42.260 supporting the Kurds
00:51:43.320 why aren't we
00:51:44.100 arming the Kurds well
00:51:45.940 there's a really good
00:51:47.180 reason not to have
00:51:49.500 anything to do with
00:51:50.920 the Syrian Kurds
00:51:52.060 mainly they're not the
00:51:55.580 same people they
00:51:56.620 don't even have the
00:51:57.560 same language as the
00:51:59.720 Iraqi Kurds you want
00:52:02.060 to arm Kurds arm the
00:52:04.400 Iraqi Kurds the Syrian
00:52:07.240 Kurds are Marxist
00:52:09.720 Leninists they are also
00:52:12.480 a designated terror
00:52:14.080 group why would we
00:52:16.600 arm yet another
00:52:18.200 terrorist organization
00:52:19.900 it's insane I don't
00:52:22.920 know who comes up
00:52:23.980 with these plans but
00:52:25.760 if anybody says that
00:52:27.000 Flynn was taking
00:52:27.860 money from Turkey and
00:52:29.340 that's why no no for
00:52:32.140 months before this
00:52:33.400 decision he had not
00:52:34.540 been taking money from
00:52:36.100 Turkey he had already
00:52:37.580 disclosed that he had
00:52:39.040 been taking money from
00:52:40.160 Turkey but on this
00:52:41.400 particular case he
00:52:42.460 even if he was he's
00:52:43.920 absolutely right but
00:52:47.520 you won't learn that
00:52:48.040 from the media I'll
00:52:48.920 show you in a chalkboard
00:52:49.900 tonight five o'clock
00:52:51.100 your phone call is next
00:52:53.780 the Glenn Beck program
00:53:02.120 the Glenn Beck program all
00:53:10.380 right taking your phone
00:53:11.380 calls I want to I want to
00:53:12.260 hear from you what are
00:53:13.460 you thinking about what is
00:53:15.020 happening and if you had a
00:53:18.020 chance to whisper into the
00:53:19.500 ear of Donald Trump what
00:53:20.800 would you tell him to do
00:53:22.180 Trish welcome to the Glenn
00:53:24.260 Beck program I would tell
00:53:25.920 him first of all he's got to
00:53:27.100 grow up yeah they're not
00:53:28.560 fair guess what you're in the
00:53:30.480 human race it's not fair it
00:53:32.240 stinks what they're doing to
00:53:33.500 you but tough luck put on the
00:53:35.860 big boy boots and get to it
00:53:38.180 all right these Nancy boys in
00:53:40.140 the media these friggin idiots
00:53:42.080 and yes sorry gay people it's
00:53:43.640 not meant to offend you that's
00:53:44.980 just what they are they're a
00:53:46.420 bunch of Nancy boys get to it
00:53:48.880 you don't give more power to the
00:53:51.120 devil the devil is evil that's
00:53:53.540 what the media are just dismiss
00:53:55.940 them you've got to do certain
00:53:57.600 accountability fine I'm all for
00:53:59.780 that for transparency but enough
00:54:02.480 ignore them they are the toe jam
00:54:05.040 all right just ignore them and as
00:54:07.760 far as these Republicans by the way
00:54:09.460 I haven't it's nice to have Joe
00:54:11.740 Pesci's mother on
00:54:12.620 you're getting that really strong
00:54:14.920 Idaho accent
00:54:15.880 okay and the Bronx is coming out
00:54:20.000 all right
00:54:20.560 these Republicans are akin to what
00:54:24.380 used to be called Democrats they are
00:54:26.240 not Republicans and trust me I'm not
00:54:28.360 really a Republican I only go with
00:54:30.400 them because they are the lesser of
00:54:31.920 the devil that's the only thing
00:54:33.940 about them but and while I never
00:54:36.040 thought Trump was going to be the
00:54:37.700 great savorous I was a Ted Cruz
00:54:40.620 person but he was the lesser choice
00:54:43.460 because I could never vote for the
00:54:44.920 devil in address all right but they
00:54:47.440 have to get with it all right and the
00:54:50.900 first thing he should work on is
00:54:53.000 term limits for all these creeps that
00:54:55.940 have sold this nation I will tell you
00:54:58.240 that I will tell Trish I love your
00:55:00.380 attitude I love your spirit I will
00:55:02.300 tell you there's not a chance in hell
00:55:04.140 you're getting term limits through now
00:55:05.880 but thank you so much for calling let's
00:55:08.320 go to Tim in Illinois oh Tim
00:55:10.720 hi Glenn thank you very much okay
00:55:13.920 this is the number one I have to get
00:55:16.920 over this last call she was amazing
00:55:18.400 but bottom line is you know we talked
00:55:22.800 about the stock market to begin with in
00:55:25.360 the program and the problem is it's
00:55:28.960 undermining authority if we're waiting
00:55:31.620 for either party to pick a leader they're
00:55:33.480 never going to pick a leader because
00:55:35.180 they want to be leaders they don't want
00:55:36.480 leaders they want to be in there
00:55:37.520 forever term limits is something I had a
00:55:39.620 miracle I hope happens number one
00:55:41.240 number two if the media continues and
00:55:45.240 I'm sorry my man I've been listening to
00:55:46.820 you for 10 years you've got to take some
00:55:48.980 responsibility for this if the media
00:55:51.000 continues to talk to him to go down to
00:55:54.700 the the worst instant where Bob Beckel
00:55:58.580 called him a punk last night on the five
00:56:00.540 on lock if they continue to do this they
00:56:03.760 are the reason for the crash that stock
00:56:05.200 market okay hang on just a second I want
00:56:08.300 to go back wait wait I want to come
00:56:09.340 back to him I want to know what do I
00:56:11.560 need to take responsibility for because
00:56:13.100 I'm more than happy to do that you can't
00:56:15.880 it's called undermining any authority
00:56:17.600 all right get behind the guy who was
00:56:20.140 elected by a lot of people for the
00:56:21.900 authority
00:56:22.360 oh wait hang on just a second hang on
00:56:25.020 just a second wait wait hang on just a
00:56:26.720 second just because I am behind his
00:56:30.180 authority as president of the United
00:56:31.720 States I've made that very clear and I
00:56:34.320 have supported him when he when he did the
00:56:36.820 policies that I thought it is very
00:56:39.460 un-american not to question we didn't
00:56:41.900 elect a king so we question the the
00:56:46.000 actions we don't question the office I've
00:56:49.140 I do not question the office and I
00:56:51.360 certainly do not question that he is the
00:56:53.960 legitimate president I have said to the
00:56:56.160 press get over it and also Donald Trump
00:56:59.100 needs to get over that the election is
00:57:01.780 over he's the president now act like the
00:57:04.680 president and the criticism that I really
00:57:07.060 like here's what Stu said earlier where
00:57:08.440 he's got two hands he should be doing
00:57:09.840 something on one side while continuing
00:57:12.240 what he's doing on the other because
00:57:14.140 attacking the press and doing what the
00:57:16.540 people want him to do I held my nose when
00:57:18.900 I voted for him I'm becoming more and
00:57:21.360 more of a fan of this guy I mean that's
00:57:24.240 all to it because the the politics the
00:57:26.740 devil she was right previous callers all
00:57:28.840 over the place in this undermining
00:57:30.680 authority I was a union president a
00:57:32.500 youth minister and I I saw in both of
00:57:35.220 these instances and things totally
00:57:38.060 collapse when that happened Tim thank you
00:57:40.600 thank you for your call you're exactly
00:57:42.420 right it is chaos what what is happening
00:57:46.240 is the promotion of chaos and and I'm
00:57:51.240 sorry but Donald Trump is an agent of
00:57:54.020 chaos as well he likes that because of the
00:57:57.360 because of the the the ratings and the
00:58:00.680 the the what do you call it the the
00:58:03.660 reality show part of Donald Trump what
00:58:07.280 Donald Trump needs to do is focus right
00:58:09.780 now let the storm go and build all
00:58:13.540 around him it doesn't matter focus stop
00:58:16.740 responding to the press and every single
00:58:20.540 thing they say focus focus on your
00:58:24.840 agenda and do that but I I will tell you
00:58:28.900 I think what he'll do is he is going to
00:58:32.520 start paying back he did that with with
00:58:35.900 with Comey I hope you don't have tapes
00:58:39.080 well I happen to have notes don't try to
00:58:42.760 pay back in kind how much do you want to
00:58:46.400 make a bet he's going to suggest we now
00:58:48.840 start to go after Hillary or we now start
00:58:51.160 to have a special investigator on I think
00:58:53.660 he pays back in kind he punches back
00:58:56.720 twice as hard stop punching back they
00:59:01.000 will look like bullies don't bully back
00:59:05.400 be the president we were talking earlier
00:59:09.600 this morning about the vitriol from from
00:59:13.780 the left-leaning media is so ridiculous
00:59:16.800 and so relentless that it's pushing us to
00:59:19.380 be bigger Trump supporters you know
00:59:21.860 that's that's what happens when when
00:59:23.640 you're attacking a guy so much and it to
00:59:26.400 the point of it being unreasonable then
00:59:29.260 even some of the people who maybe weren't
00:59:31.320 his biggest fans start to become fans I
00:59:34.740 mean I was driven to yeah look what
00:59:37.340 happened with Donald Trump with Barack
00:59:38.900 Obama mm-hmm the more we said and we
00:59:41.940 didn't say this but the more we said oh
00:59:44.300 birth certificate the higher his ratings
00:59:47.260 went yeah with those who were on the
00:59:49.280 fringe they were like a shut up and that
00:59:53.160 can happen with this but not with him
00:59:56.460 making stupid mistakes stop zip your mouth
01:00:02.440 focus be presidential rise above it and
01:00:07.640 you might be right I don't know I mean I
01:00:09.560 don't have tons of faith in that but I
01:00:11.300 always think that the best sort of
01:00:12.460 observations are the ones that that come
01:00:14.400 from like recognizing a reality that
01:00:17.960 might not be so obvious now capitalism
01:00:19.860 is the best example of that like every
01:00:21.580 king from the beginning of time try to
01:00:23.560 force all sorts of different things from
01:00:26.180 the top down and and our founders were
01:00:28.440 smart enough to realize wait a minute
01:00:29.780 people are gonna pursue their own
01:00:31.820 rational self-interest and if we set up
01:00:34.280 rules that actually accentuates that
01:00:36.440 process it's better it may very well be
01:00:39.240 that what Republicans need to realize is
01:00:41.280 this is just reality this is what he's
01:00:43.560 there to do he's president United States
01:00:45.100 not to pass of anything about a wall
01:00:47.180 because he likes this he likes to fight
01:00:49.720 he likes to get in these battles he likes
01:00:51.880 to go back and forth and instead of
01:00:53.680 trying to constantly you know stop him
01:00:56.060 from doing that realize maybe that it's
01:00:59.060 just providing you an incredible
01:01:00.680 distraction to do actual work is it is is
01:01:04.340 one of the best strategies I've heard
01:01:06.320 because I don't hear a lot of good
01:01:09.700 strategies but but the for the
01:01:12.880 Republicans just to push things through
01:01:15.300 and to not be dragged into this I I I would
01:01:20.900 hope that Donald Trump is enough of a
01:01:23.460 strategist that he can take it on the
01:01:27.740 chin for a while and be quiet he just
01:01:31.460 can't add to this it's getting too
01:01:34.560 serious he can't just add to this if he
01:01:39.040 does he's done there's just not going to
01:01:42.040 be a way out of it because he just keeps
01:01:44.460 throwing things in and you're like oh
01:01:46.000 what why why would you say that that's
01:01:49.840 not going to help you that's going to
01:01:51.480 make you look this way and so it's just
01:01:54.300 going to get out of control because the
01:01:56.460 the media Hollywood everything they
01:01:59.700 despise him they despise him and
01:02:04.940 that's hard enough we knew that going
01:02:08.920 in though we knew this was going to
01:02:11.480 happen now he said he would change as
01:02:15.800 president don't worry I'm not going to
01:02:18.200 be this guy all the time well but you
01:02:20.780 are so so please mr. president fulfill
01:02:24.400 that promise and don't be that guy
01:02:26.700 don't make this any worse and on top of
01:02:31.980 that Republicans get off your ass and
01:02:34.660 use this distraction quickly too I mean
01:02:38.240 you can blame the media all you want
01:02:39.660 for his not being able to pass things
01:02:41.400 he brought they brought both the
01:02:42.600 callers brought up term limits therefore
01:02:44.640 on the first day of my term in office
01:02:47.820 first priority propose a constitutional
01:02:51.320 amendment to impose term limits on all
01:02:53.700 members of Congress you know that
01:02:56.160 didn't it wasn't it's not a long
01:02:57.760 series of scandals that stopped that
01:02:59.320 that was the thing he promised he
01:03:00.620 would do I know but here's the
01:03:02.140 problem if he proposes that he will
01:03:05.660 only have people like Mike Lee and the
01:03:07.980 Freedom Caucus he will lose all support
01:03:11.620 of agenda and everything else from but
01:03:13.780 if he wasn't going to do it he
01:03:14.920 shouldn't have said it I agree but I'm
01:03:17.540 saying now he could have done it and
01:03:20.100 used his bully pulpit I think and I
01:03:22.820 think there's still a chance if he
01:03:24.400 understood discipline that he could
01:03:26.540 still come in and plow through a lot of
01:03:29.280 this and if he is indeed clean which I
01:03:32.200 actually believe he is he's just making
01:03:36.320 himself look guilty but if he is clean
01:03:40.240 which I believe he is and he's he can
01:03:43.720 plow through this if he's disciplined but
01:03:46.660 he's not going to have any support in
01:03:50.060 Congress or too little to actually get
01:03:52.800 any of his bills passed if that's what
01:03:55.540 he says he's going to do at this point
01:03:57.100 if he would have done it on day one it
01:03:59.720 would have been another thing that
01:04:01.000 people would have hung their hat on
01:04:02.260 right now they're hanging their hat on
01:04:03.860 hey he did the Supreme Court and that's
01:04:06.340 a big one he needed a few more of these
01:04:10.560 and he needed to put them up now his
01:04:15.440 ideas for Trump care I don't know what's
01:04:19.140 going to happen I don't know what the
01:04:20.780 agenda how is he going to get taxes done
01:04:22.820 he's got to reconnect with the people
01:04:26.860 he's got to stop making stupid mistakes
01:04:30.800 Roger Ailes died last night 77 years old
01:04:36.800 I just thought of something he taught
01:04:38.580 me he called me into his office and he
01:04:43.020 said Glenn you you you have to stop
01:04:51.320 being a shooting star or a solar flare
01:04:53.920 and recognize that you need to be a son
01:04:58.140 and I said you're gonna have to break
01:05:03.000 that down to me because I don't
01:05:04.360 understand what you're talking about
01:05:05.600 and he said solar flares are part of
01:05:10.560 life solar flares happen all the time and
01:05:14.720 if science is looking up and they're
01:05:17.000 seeing solar flares they're regular
01:05:20.740 they're part of the pattern but if they
01:05:23.640 start to see solar flares over and over
01:05:25.900 and over and over again and they just
01:05:28.120 keep happening and they're gaining speed
01:05:30.340 that's when science says the Sun may be
01:05:33.500 unstable he said you're making good
01:05:36.920 points you're saying things but you're
01:05:39.520 moving at such a high rate of speed that
01:05:43.080 you say this then you say that then you
01:05:45.500 say that then you say that and all of
01:05:47.420 those are pretty hard for people to get
01:05:49.600 their arms around all of these are solar
01:05:52.640 flares you look unstable the show looks
01:05:57.520 unstable because you're taking too many
01:06:00.640 chances and too many you're pushing spikes
01:06:03.700 out too far every day and I said well I'm
01:06:08.320 just here for a short period of time I'm
01:06:10.140 just gonna do this anyway for a short
01:06:11.460 period of time I had a different
01:06:13.120 philosophy as it turns out he was right
01:06:15.620 he was right that's what's happening
01:06:19.360 with Donald Trump there's too many of
01:06:22.700 these things and so the average person
01:06:25.760 becomes uncomfortable because it looks
01:06:28.640 unstable now we're gonna harden into
01:06:31.700 positions because that's what that's
01:06:34.160 what happened with Barack Obama they
01:06:35.960 hardened into positions where they would
01:06:38.160 not listen do you see what he's doing
01:06:41.780 with the IRS do you want the IRS to be
01:06:45.280 used as a weapon or do you see what he
01:06:48.680 just did he's running guns with the
01:06:51.440 Attorney General they wouldn't listen
01:06:55.900 because they had been pushed into a
01:06:59.000 place of complete defense that's gonna
01:07:03.580 happen to us but unfortunately I think
01:07:06.940 because this guy has the press with him
01:07:09.320 you're going to be the minority again and
01:07:13.900 it's not gonna go well for us unless he
01:07:17.900 stops being a shooting star or a series of
01:07:22.320 solar flares he's got to look stable did
01:07:27.300 anybody hear that they're talking now
01:07:28.640 about there are people in Washington
01:07:31.220 that are talking about can we use what
01:07:33.280 is it the 28th amendment which 25th
01:07:35.540 amendment that he's not fit to be
01:07:38.140 president holy cow he's 120 days into it
01:07:42.300 needs to back down be the president that
01:07:49.280 we recognize you don't have to be you
01:07:51.860 don't have to propose the same policies
01:07:53.420 but act like the president this is the
01:07:58.720 Glenn Beck program mercury
01:08:03.860 triple-a-727 back there is a there's
01:08:11.160 some interesting pictures so with our
01:08:12.860 next guest Senator Ben Sash Ben sasset
01:08:16.100 are going around the internet right now
01:08:17.480 and in his own words he just tweeted
01:08:21.200 this out it looks like Chuck Schumer and
01:08:23.040 I are smoking reefer out back behind a
01:08:26.060 wedding and it does it does it's
01:08:30.620 trending quite wildly and we'll talk to
01:08:33.660 him about what the name of his reefer and
01:08:36.280 dealer is Senator Ben sass joins us here
01:08:39.880 in just a moment the blaze radio network on
01:09:01.880 blaze radio network on demand
01:09:07.100 u.s senator from the state of nebraska ben
01:09:13.700 sass is is in the bullpen ready to come
01:09:19.820 out and I'm not sure he's in any shape to
01:09:22.100 come out based on these pictures that are
01:09:24.300 now trending on Twitter of him and Chuck
01:09:27.320 Schumer and John McCain where where
01:09:32.460 honestly their hair is messed up and he's
01:09:34.500 sitting in shorts sure he might say this
01:09:38.580 story he's gonna spin is I was just coming
01:09:41.020 out of the Senate gym and these guys were
01:09:43.360 walking by but he looks like as he himself
01:09:47.380 pointed out he and Chuck Schumer are behind
01:09:50.380 the back of some wedding getting high
01:09:52.780 smoking reefer I'm just saying Ben sass
01:09:56.240 with the truth about these stories which
01:10:00.140 we have to these pictures which we have
01:10:01.620 to get to what's happening in Washington
01:10:03.620 where we go here and he has also written
01:10:06.460 an incredible book called the vanishing
01:10:09.540 American adult something that I can highly
01:10:13.540 recommend that every adult every parent
01:10:18.060 should read this book Ben sass the senator
01:10:21.500 from nebraska on the topic of the day
01:10:25.660 chaos right now
01:10:27.920 the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment
01:10:49.520 this is the Glenn Beck program senator Ben sass we would we'd like to treat you with respect and then we saw the pictures of you in the red shorts and you know what it is it's reminiscent of remember the book that Arlen Spector wrote where he talked about the Senate bathhouse
01:11:09.120 yeah that's right John Thune was naked in the hot tub yeah we made tender love for
01:11:17.040 I don't think you wrote that but Ben sass welcome to the program sir I am here just to be your straight
01:11:24.400 man wow uh what uh what uh unfortunate timing for you to be on this program after these pictures are trending now yeah I think my phone's breaking up but it's been good I've enjoyed it
01:11:38.720 thanks for the interview not a problem do you stand by I mean I'm sure you stand by the red
01:11:44.960 shorts but how about the little pencil legs wow
01:11:48.560 too soon I'm sorry okay all right I'm just happy I'm not wearing umbrows
01:11:55.840 I would have been in 1992 garb yeah so well you know we'll come back in about 20 minutes it won't be too soon
01:12:02.800 um uh I want to talk to you about your book the vanishing american adult which I think you are
01:12:07.840 you are spot on on so much I would we were kicking around that we believe that there should be a
01:12:15.920 constitutional amendment that uh makes it illegal for any senator to write a book um because they usually
01:12:22.480 don't have anything to say and I mean who the hell do you think you are writing a book
01:12:26.000 I am I am if the book has a little bit of substance I uh I'm ashamed I apologize all right
01:12:32.640 okay all right next time okay um I do want to get to the book but can we can we start with
01:12:38.080 the news of the day and the storm that is happening in washington dc can you tell us the weather pattern
01:12:47.520 yeah there's weather and there's climate right uh so let's talk about weather as you want to but
01:12:52.240 let's be sure we also then back up and put it in the context of climate because the chaos here
01:12:57.920 isn't just the last uh four months it isn't just the last 18 months it's not just this presidential
01:13:03.440 cycle it's that for a heck of a long time we've forgotten to do basic civics and when you don't do
01:13:08.400 basic civics you lose that sense of what politics are for because I'm of the one cheer for politics
01:13:14.800 school zero cheers doesn't work the world's broken and so you need a framework for liberty you need
01:13:19.600 security we need spies we need to protect sources and methods we need to have clarity about when
01:13:24.480 and what foreign uh interventions we do and don't do and what allies we support and not but you don't
01:13:30.480 want washington to be the center of the world and five of the seven richest counties in america are now
01:13:35.120 here that's because we've not been doing civics and so there's a drift toward government filling that
01:13:39.200 vacuum um what is the uh the forecast for any of the president's uh...
01:13:49.920 initiatives going through tax cuts health care uh the border uh with all of the wall on the wall i
01:13:57.520 mean what if is any of it going to come is it happening i really uh hope i obviously overwhelmingly
01:14:05.680 hope and um and partly believe some of it will still happen there will be some movement on an agenda
01:14:12.560 but the reality is there's just not much of a decision making process in the white house right now with a
01:14:18.320 really big carve out which is on the national security side uh general mcmaster is a really
01:14:24.080 good pick by the president and he's doing a really good job the president has named a bunch of
01:14:28.320 exceptional people uh on the foreign policy and national security space so mattis is arguably the
01:14:33.840 most impressive person at the pentagon in a half a century for example and those folks are working
01:14:39.360 together trying to develop a strategy you know the president's planning to still leave town tomorrow
01:14:43.520 night and go to the middle east and his idea about trying to foster and facilitate more arab sunni
01:14:49.520 cooperation as a counter force against you know the last administration's willingness to let iran
01:14:55.840 expand its fear of influence lots of things happening there that are important and worth deliberating
01:15:00.000 about the problem is on the domestic policy and the economic policy side there's really not any
01:15:05.040 decision making process inside the white house so you just have kitty soccer he's just that's exactly
01:15:10.720 right he has he has really done a great job on on um um on the the um security side especially with
01:15:22.320 with foreign policy in the pentagon i think i think mcmaster um tremendous tremendous however
01:15:30.160 where are the republicans i mean you have the greatest cover going on right now i mean barack
01:15:37.920 obama used to try to overwhelm the system and have the news cycle going out of control so you couldn't
01:15:44.480 pay attention to anything you didn't know what to watch and i used to say on fox all the time watch the
01:15:49.520 other hand well there is no other hand here can anyone in congress actually start to put together some
01:15:56.880 proposals that the president only has to sign um so here let's distinguish between what should happen
01:16:04.480 and what is really possible because one of the places where i've changed in the two and a half years
01:16:09.680 i've been here is i still believe that what should happen is the legislature as the article one branch
01:16:15.920 should be the place where policy deliberation and initiative happen right but now descriptively the
01:16:21.200 reality is since the rise of television since the late 40s early 50s when television became
01:16:26.720 the main way that we communicate together and now let's call it television let's call it um
01:16:31.600 moving imagery as opposed to print based culture right an image based culture so now the rise of
01:16:37.280 digital media descriptively you've really never had any big things happen in washington the last
01:16:42.560 six or seven decades if the president wasn't using the bully pulpit to focus attention on one issue
01:16:48.800 and right now obviously for lots of reasons um this white house doesn't have any kind of clarity
01:16:54.400 about policy initiatives and so they kind of bounce around from thing to thing that that doesn't
01:16:59.360 exonerate the congress the congress has a nine percent approval rating and to quote my wife that
01:17:03.280 seems insanely too high um so the congress is not doing its work but neither of these two political
01:17:09.600 parties have had clarity of an agenda for the american people for you know a decade two decades and so
01:17:15.840 right now both parties main job they think is to flit about doing hot take to hot take and mainly
01:17:21.680 saying that the other people are even worse than we are that's different than casting a vision you
01:17:26.240 get back in but the particular vision we should talk about but as a descriptive matter we should admit
01:17:31.280 that absent a bully pulpit from the white house to guide a domestic economic policy agenda it's not
01:17:36.720 very likely that it'll go forward why is that though i i i don't i i mean you guys can come up with
01:17:42.720 the rules you guys can pass the laws you guys can do i mean and it's not that hard it's not that hard
01:17:47.440 cut the spending you know i mean it's not that hard but we had seven but but spending is really
01:17:54.480 mostly about entitlements now and the public doesn't seem to want us to focus on entitlements
01:18:00.240 we still should and i would gladly lose right i've run for one thing once in my life politics are not
01:18:06.080 the center of my uh life or identity i would gladly try to have a big conversation about actually being
01:18:11.840 honest with the american people about entitlements most people here have zero desire to do that i thought
01:18:16.800 until the last presidential cycle only the democrats were indifferent to whether or not
01:18:20.960 we bankrupted our children but now when you had 17 republican candidates for president and 15 of the
01:18:26.960 17 started the election cycle saying we need to tell the truth about entitlements only two didn't
01:18:32.160 and it seems like the public didn't really care there isn't enough domestic discretionary spending that
01:18:37.760 can possibly make a difference to move the needle i'll give you one stat when kennedy was president
01:18:43.120 52 of our federal spending was national security one percent was health entitlements today 71 of our
01:18:51.600 spending is five entitlement programs and the remaining 29 of all federal spending is half and half defense
01:18:57.920 and non-defense discretionary spending well i think we under invest in defense i can make a bunch of
01:19:03.440 cases about why i believe that the 14 and a half percent that's non-defense discretionary you just can't
01:19:09.440 solve the problems of bankrupting our kids there even if you took all of it away the problem is in
01:19:14.560 entitlements and there's no political will or courage here to tackle that but hang on just a second is there
01:19:20.640 enough political forget about the courage and the uh is can you muster up enough will to um to get a
01:19:29.280 consensus on something because with this swirling around the press is so busy feeding in the bloody
01:19:39.200 water that i think you guys could get almost anything through at this point
01:19:45.520 so let's talk about uh obamacare entitlements as an example about why uh so many republicans don't
01:19:51.920 seem to actually want to repeal and replace obamacare we then all start technical stuff about
01:19:57.200 why it takes 60 votes to do most things in the senate we only have 52 senators to do reconciliation
01:20:01.280 which is only a subset but for a minute just bracket all that substantively there are 50 republicans
01:20:06.720 we have the vice president so we need 50 of the 52 of us to do anything at all and then you could
01:20:10.960 use my expense as the tiebreaker you'd need 50 of 52 of us to agree what's wrong in american health
01:20:16.720 care i have very well formulated views you can argue with me but i have a clear sense of what i think is
01:20:22.480 wrong in american health care and no obamacare exacerbated lots of problems it isn't the case that
01:20:28.240 the problems of american health care just began eight years ago the american health care system had
01:20:32.560 unsustainable you know premium growth of two and a half times inflationary growth annually for year
01:20:37.440 on year on year on year why is it that we never get higher quality lower cost care in american health
01:20:42.720 care there's a technical business case and policy argument for why that is i didn't know before i got
01:20:48.800 here that most republicans don't really understand that or want to fix that you have republicans who
01:20:55.600 really think the worst part of obamacare is the cadillac tax that's insane it's a tiny tiny little
01:21:01.520 piece of the program and you can debate the merits of whether or not a tax on employer-sponsored
01:21:05.520 insurance that equalized the individual market is good or bad policy but it's a tiny part of what
01:21:10.640 the story is in obamacare and we seemingly have republicans who have so little clarity about a
01:21:15.600 vision for a system of health care where you have an insurance policy that's portable across job and
01:21:21.120 geographic change for american families which is what we need in american health care more and more
01:21:25.920 jobs are going to get shorter and shorter and most of the uninsurance in american life is from
01:21:30.080 people changing jobs so then from health status so ben when when does somebody like you and a
01:21:36.800 group of you even if it's three or five when does a group of you say basically what the republicans said
01:21:45.600 in the 1850s neither party is serious i'm not going to play this game anymore and in a very short period
01:21:54.240 of time without social media what started is about 20 people elected the president in 1860
01:22:03.520 when what is a tipping point because i hear this from republicans all the time and you're seeing the
01:22:09.760 number of people who are saying i'm not having anything to do with the republican party i'm not
01:22:13.600 having anything to do with the democratic party there is a large growing number of people who are sick of
01:22:18.960 both of them when is it that you guys are going to just come out and say i can't do it anymore
01:22:24.800 because it's all lies well said so let's unpack it a little bit i'm third or fourth most conservative
01:22:31.840 guy in the senate by voting record but i'm not very partisan and that i'm very unimpressed with both of
01:22:37.440 these parties so i have thought of my calling and my approach to this job has been that i think of
01:22:42.960 myself as functionally an independent who caucuses with the republicans and so i there you know when
01:22:49.440 you have republican versus democratic fights on the things that we're voting on now i'm not just
01:22:54.800 republican i'm you know at the at the conservative end of the republican continuum so i am republican
01:23:00.560 when the choice is republican versus democrat but what i'm really for is limited government i'm for
01:23:06.720 families and mediating institutions and markets and i'm for the future in that we should be talking
01:23:12.560 about the challenges of 10 and 15 and 20 years from now before they're fully upon us with the
01:23:18.160 way cyber is going to remake warfare for example and so i am trying to have a conversation that is
01:23:24.400 okay fine on the continuum of stuff in my mind i'm sort of uh i have three levels of this the bottom
01:23:30.880 level is right to left continuum on small policy then one layer above that is right to left continuum
01:23:37.440 on the bigger policies that we know how to think about right now but there's not a lot of political
01:23:41.840 courage or will that stuff like entitlement reform what would a portable health care system really
01:23:46.720 look like but then above that there's another tier which is the most important one which is basic
01:23:52.640 civics education and what are we trying to do as a people in america because america is the most
01:23:59.120 exceptional nation in the history of the world because we believe in the dignity of 320 million americans
01:24:04.560 we believe in the dignity of seven billion people that god gives rights to by nature and government
01:24:09.040 is a shared project to secure those rights and we need to pass on that understanding of a republic and
01:24:14.240 right now we've allowed our foundations to erode for so long that we don't have a shared american
01:24:19.760 narrative so a bunch of people you know sort of reduced down to tribe and and when you're lonely at
01:24:25.200 home which is a lot of what's happening in america right now as we hollow out these local institutions
01:24:30.560 people are projecting more onto politics these two parties aren't worthy of projecting your grand grand hopes and
01:24:37.120 dreams on parties are tools and these tools are pretty spent and exhausted so i'll stop here but
01:24:42.560 to your point glenn i do think these two parties are going to be disrupted and disintermediated that
01:24:47.920 doesn't mean i'm for a mushy middle between these two no no for a conservatism that goes beyond this
01:24:53.760 present moment of constant short-termist kiddie soccer i will tell you just what i heard was one of
01:25:00.000 the most stirring and exciting things i've heard from from any leader in a long time um ben is going to
01:25:06.160 continue to be with a senator ben sass he's written basically what you just heard
01:25:11.680 is what he's talking about here a bigger picture the vanishing american adult our coming of age crisis
01:25:17.920 and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance that's the name of his book um you know a lot
01:25:22.960 of books i'll read mike lee books because they're they're deep on the constitution uh but it's just like
01:25:31.120 okay i got it this is an important book especially if you're a parent ben sass the the vanishing
01:25:36.880 american adult it's available in bookstores everywhere back with ben sass here in just a minute
01:25:44.320 the glenn beck program mercury
01:25:51.760 this is the glenn beck program sign up for the newsletter and get all the info you need to know
01:25:56.560 at glenn beck dot com hey uh senator ben sass is with us uh ben i just want to just off the top of
01:26:02.480 my head um i'm just thinking about the different states does the does nebraska have a rule about
01:26:09.840 running for senate and let's say uh president at the same time
01:26:20.080 yeah the only thing i've ever looked at is uh noxious weed control board and husker
01:26:24.560 offensive coordinator so you're talking to the wrong guy we should check you should check into
01:26:29.680 that because you're you're up for uh reelection in 2020 and uh that's the same year there's a
01:26:36.320 presidential election hmm yeah i'm not i'm not not great with math i don't know about that
01:26:44.000 i was i was told there would be no math all right well yeah they're also we were told there
01:26:48.960 wouldn't be any embarrassing pictures of you and chuck schumer too so is it still too soon
01:26:54.480 i think that i think that's why i've been photoshopped i think you should move on
01:26:59.680 uh the vanishing uh since we've been on the phone though somebody handed me a photoshop version of it
01:27:04.720 that has schumer with a huge joint in his hand in the photo now we should we should doubt the
01:27:10.400 veracity of all these photos i mean you do look like cheech and chong sitting there you really do
01:27:16.160 what was the uh open up man it's me dave well what was going on there in those pictures ben uh
01:27:23.520 what are we talking about so i uh i work out uh early in the morning and then i sneak outside the
01:27:29.600 gym and uh start out the day talking to my kids on the phone and i do some radio and so i was i was
01:27:35.520 sitting outside the russell building where our gym is uh getting ready to do some radio and cotton came
01:27:41.120 up and he and i were talking some national security stuff okay so what i so what i heard here i hate to
01:27:45.520 interrupt you you are sitting senator but what we heard here is he starts his day smoking pot with
01:27:50.160 chuck schumer every day back in a minute ben sass
01:27:54.240 you're listening to the glenn beck program mercury
01:28:04.880 the glenn beck program there's truly so much in this new book by senator ben sass
01:28:12.000 that has nothing to do with politics has everything about restoring america the the the problems
01:28:18.880 really stem from within our own homes no matter who you are no matter how big you think you are or
01:28:26.880 how you know much of you're a united states senator the most important work you will ever do will be
01:28:32.880 with inside the walls of your home and he has not just a this is not just a screed against what's
01:28:41.360 happening this is an actual plan to help restore it the vanishing american adult our coming of age crisis
01:28:47.520 and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance um ben i i don't even know where to start on this book
01:28:54.240 i i i want to start on one of the no let's start with you defining the problem and then i want to
01:28:59.760 start with one of one of the solutions in the book that i i am personally going to do with my family i
01:29:05.280 think it is such a great idea start with what the problem is thanks so i think a lot of our kids are
01:29:12.320 caught in a state of perpetual adolescence and that's not good for them and it's not good for
01:29:17.200 uh our communities and it's not good for the republic but the book is not the vanishing american
01:29:21.760 adult is not a blame-laying book it's two-thirds as you said glenn constructive project what do we do
01:29:27.760 about it how do we make this better um but if we were going to lay some blame we're not laying it
01:29:31.840 really directly at the feet of teens and 20-somethings this is not an anti-millennial book it is more
01:29:36.640 about parents and grandparents we haven't done a good job of recognizing that this new category of
01:29:41.920 perpetual adolescence that's drifted in has let us sort of start to think of adolescence as a
01:29:47.200 destination as opposed to a means to an end childhood is a glorious part of life it's supposed to be
01:29:53.040 protected our kids innocence is supposed to be guarded and then adulthood you get to pursue the
01:29:57.760 good the true and the beautiful and the heights of human achievement and loving your neighbor and
01:30:01.040 building the new app that's going to change the world adolescence is that transitional state between
01:30:05.920 the two and it's it's not an eternal idea it's only a couple thousand years old that we've had this
01:30:10.400 idea that you hit puberty you get to biological adulthood and you don't have to be totally an
01:30:15.200 independent adult yet and that's a pretty special thing except if you act like adolescence is a
01:30:20.800 destination and right now it's really hard to tell 10 and 15 and 20 year olds apart that's not good
01:30:26.720 i will tell you it's sometimes hard to tell parents apart from the 15 year old
01:30:32.640 yeah i mean we we have started to think of life as different consumption opportunities we are the
01:30:40.400 richest people uh at the richest time and place in all of human history of course there are some
01:30:44.960 bumps uh over the course of the last seven eight nine years but this is a couple decades in the making
01:30:49.760 problem and it's going to last for you know half a century in the future we are largely unable to feel
01:30:56.400 in our belly the distinction between production and consumption and that's new across time and
01:31:02.400 space explain the difference explain the difference so when you work when you're needed when you're
01:31:07.840 producing something when you're serving your neighbor you do something that's for the benefit
01:31:12.640 of somebody else consumption is a different kind of a thing and lots of consumption is great right
01:31:17.440 i mean there are all sorts of things that when we consume a fine meal it is recreating it revivifies
01:31:24.160 us to go back and serve again but we're not satisfied in life if we just consume more and more stuff
01:31:30.000 and right now we're having a kind of pop cultural sense that we're drifting toward a world where
01:31:34.400 more and more cotton candy may be good for us we all know that's not true there's a two and a
01:31:38.960 seven minute dopamine hit that feels good to take more cotton candy but two and seven hours later let
01:31:44.720 alone two and seven years later i never look back and say oh that was great i'm glad i did that
01:31:49.680 and right now our kids are not developing a work ethic in any sort of intentional way and it's our fault that
01:31:55.920 we're not celebrating scar tissue so let's go celebrating scar tissue this is the kind of stuff
01:32:02.480 that is in this book that you please go out and and buy this book um it is just that is worth the
01:32:12.320 price of it celebrating scar tissue what do you mean by that ben well scar tissue is the foundation of
01:32:19.200 future character right at our house when we get stitches we throw a little party uh because if we get
01:32:24.400 stitches and it didn't come with a spinal injury that's going to have permanent you know problems
01:32:28.720 for us we think we got away with something my wife and i use the frame and i want to be clear we're not
01:32:33.840 setting our family up as a model in this we stumble and fall every day um we are sinners but we have a
01:32:40.080 shared theory of what we're trying to accomplish as parents and we want to get our kids toward an
01:32:45.440 independent adulthood and so melissa and i use this idea that a huge part of parenting kids from 8 to 10 to 12
01:32:52.000 to 14 to 16 is about training wheel removal exercises how can we help them get from a place
01:32:58.160 where they need our protective uh they need our protection where they're still dependent to get
01:33:03.680 them to a place where they're independent so they can live a life of gratitude to god by serving their
01:33:07.520 neighbor and doing something productive i am a no training wheels guy when i teach my kids to bike
01:33:12.560 i'm i'm sort of a freak about this i've trained my three kids and a lot of neighbor kids i like teaching
01:33:16.960 kids how to ride a bike but we don't do training wheels in our house at the time we bubble wrap them
01:33:21.360 because i'm critical of bubble wrapping in this book but we're going to teach them how to ride a
01:33:24.800 bike we wrap them in all their snow gear right they got ski pants and a big winter coat on we put a hat
01:33:30.640 on them and i put the bike no training wheels on a slightly declining hill and i run behind them and i
01:33:36.560 bat them i'm straddling the back wheel and i bat them shoulder to shoulder to shoulder trying to
01:33:41.440 let them finally catch their balance and when they do it's like a two-hour learning process and all
01:33:46.320 of a sudden they catch their balance a few times and it's glorious like there's this moment and now
01:33:50.320 they can ride a bike and and the goal of teaching your kid to ride a bike is not for them to have
01:33:54.640 training wheels forever it's for them to ride next to you and smell the flowers and have a great workout
01:33:59.920 and so much of parenting should be about figuring out how can we take off the training wheels let's
01:34:05.120 protect them as we're taking them off but the goal is to get them to independence
01:34:08.800 ben i've talked to you several times and i've always been impressed by you um but um this is
01:34:19.600 remarkable stuff um and uh you and your family are going to be added to my family's nightly prayers
01:34:26.240 um you have a lot to a lot to teach um can we uh jump to a part in the book where you're talking about
01:34:33.200 the five-foot shelf yeah yeah i um the book is structured one third is a cultural crit stage
01:34:41.440 setting where did this perpetual adolescence come from then the last two-thirds is let's think of
01:34:45.760 five things we could do to help our kids um realize what it means to be an independent adult because it's
01:34:51.360 not just progressing through grades in school that's one of the problems is that we've started to think
01:34:56.320 that what growing up is about is about checking these markers of just grade progression and mostly school
01:35:02.320 which is really important is a tool it's a means to an end but we want them to get to these certain
01:35:06.960 ends so i friend the book around the vanishing american adult is built around developing a work
01:35:11.440 ethic it's about learning to limit consumption distinguish among different kinds of consumption
01:35:16.320 and especially know the difference between need and want don't assume that everything you might feel
01:35:21.120 a yearning for an appetite for that you might want that doesn't make it necessarily a need
01:35:26.720 how do you learn how to travel how do you build intergenerational relationships and to your
01:35:31.920 point glenn how do we learn to be a truly literate people not functionally literate not can you can you
01:35:37.520 read a passage if you sit down to do it but how can you build appetites where you want to be a reader
01:35:43.280 because our republic is premised on the idea of deliberation the ability to be dispassionate and to
01:35:50.880 reflect on other ideas to persuade or to be persuaded not to be in a safe space but to actually encounter
01:35:57.200 hard and different ideas and so we built this this idea so it's related to some canon fights but it's
01:36:02.160 not really about a one-size-fits-all canon for america um would it be fun to have that discussion
01:36:07.280 too but it is how do i teach my kids to get to a place where they've got a shelf of books that they
01:36:13.520 want to read that they've started to read that they want to go back to again how do we get them to
01:36:18.240 love both quantity and quality as they actually become appetitive readers so but you know for
01:36:24.960 instance the founding documents how do you get your kids to want to read those well for one thing you
01:36:32.160 let them understand that there were big debates right we sometimes read these documents and it
01:36:37.360 feels like they're scripture handed down from heaven and everything about them can start to feel boring
01:36:44.160 because it's just eternal truth where there was no dispute and so one of the things we do again
01:36:49.040 distinguishing quantity and quality we want them to be addicted to quality we want them to be formed
01:36:54.800 and shaped by a certain set of books i sort of made up the idea that the average width of a book is
01:36:59.840 about an inch and so we call it a five-foot shelf because we want to put 60 books on it we want our
01:37:04.240 kids to have a six foot of a 60 book five-foot shelf um that when they leave home they've already
01:37:10.160 started through these books and these are books they want to go back to well it's fine for us to use
01:37:15.440 quantity as a pathway into quality when my kids were seven and eight and nine and starting to read we just
01:37:21.440 want them to read more more more and so we let them read stuff that felt a little bit cotton candy
01:37:26.480 ish and then once they were developing a real appetite and a desire to read then we'd start
01:37:31.200 substituting in a little bit more vegetables for some of the ice cream so let me let me go through
01:37:36.400 some of the books that you say are on your shelf and it's different for everybody you c.s lewis
01:37:40.480 martin luther martin luther king all understandable um you put george orwell carl marx and money ball
01:37:47.280 yeah why uh well so first what i tried to do was i wouldn't let there be more than five books uh in
01:37:55.120 any uh particular category so first i thought about genres my wife and i got out a bunch of index cards
01:38:01.440 and we started looking at our shelf and pulling down books that we would say this is so important
01:38:06.720 that even if i think i disagree with big pieces of it so uh marx as an example or rousseau's emile
01:38:14.000 which is sort of one of the most interesting books ever written on child rearing but written
01:38:17.600 by an absolutely despicable person jean-jacques rousseau you know abandoned his own kids at an
01:38:23.200 orphanage so he could have more time to write and then he had the hubris to write a book about how
01:38:26.960 you'd raise kids um so there there are people that i strongly disagree with but i wanted the criteria to
01:38:33.040 be this is a book so important that i would want to read it more than twice in my life and i would
01:38:38.080 want to spend 20 bucks to buy it to give to other people i love and care about because i'd like to frame
01:38:42.880 a debate with them well we'd keep coming back to some of these ideas so we've got index cards out
01:38:48.080 sort of naming a bunch of our books we started building stacks as we name categories like you
01:38:53.280 know sort of fundamental theology or american history or founding documents or markets or american
01:39:02.800 literature in each of these we would only let there be five books you had to max out at that so i was
01:39:08.320 trying to get to 12 categories of five or fewer books and i just randomly realized that i had a
01:39:13.680 prison lit category prison literature um from mandela uh to uh the apostle paul uh to martin luther
01:39:21.680 there's a whole bunch of really into martin luther king a whole bunch of really interesting stuff
01:39:25.520 that's been written when people were in prison and so we just sort of organically uh built a list it
01:39:30.320 took weeks and months of haggling at my house as we came up with the list and our list is totally
01:39:35.760 imperfect and when people read it they're going to want to scream my goodness what's wrong with you
01:39:40.800 man there's no poetry category in your list you're a broken uh intellect and when people want to start
01:39:47.760 arguing about the boundaries of our list then i think we've succeeded because the vanishing american
01:39:52.240 adult is not saying i know the one way to parent it's that lots of american parents are worried that
01:39:58.560 we're not parenting well and we don't have a deliberative context to talk with our friends and neighbors
01:40:03.360 about it and the purpose of the vanishing american adult is to bring people together
01:40:07.520 into conversation where we argue about this because we're all going to do a better job if we're more
01:40:11.760 intentional about our parenting so ben you were supposed to come in today you were going to be
01:40:15.840 with us but you had a vote that you had to be back for um and i wanted to pay you offered to come
01:40:21.120 in and you know sit with me at five o'clock in the morning to to do an hour on television um and uh
01:40:26.640 i said no to that because what i'd really like to do is see if there's a time where you and your
01:40:32.000 wife can come in um and just talk about this i i think i think this is it is exactly where my head
01:40:41.280 is right now that we are in a culture of absolute chaos because we don't know what's true anymore
01:40:49.600 and everything is up for grabs and we have to find our way to putting things back together for our kids
01:40:59.520 enough for them to be able to then wrestle with some of these new ideas that are causing chaos
01:41:06.960 um can i invite you and your wife to come in together would she ever say yes to that i like
01:41:13.280 it a lot in general she doesn't like to do media but for you on this topic i think there's a chance i
01:41:18.240 could twist her arm and persuade her to do it so let's talk more about that off offline okay one of the
01:41:23.760 things that you said there that i want to completely underscore is the word virtue you didn't use it but
01:41:29.200 you were speaking about it um when people hear virtue right now that we all get a squeamishness oh
01:41:34.400 that sounds like a highly moralistic tone actually the root of virtue is from the latin word for
01:41:40.880 strength and a huge part of what america presupposes is that when we go through hard times we individuals and
01:41:48.720 we families and we local communities are actually tough enough to navigate lots of these problems
01:41:54.400 and right now we have a kind of national drift toward a belief that we're all so fragile that
01:41:59.680 a these problems probably can't be solved and if they can be solved they better be solved by some
01:42:03.840 strong man who's yeah i work for your political leader i can fix everything that is not an american
01:42:09.760 idea and the truth is these young people these teens and 20 somethings are going to have to be more
01:42:16.000 resilient they're the hero generation than anybody before because nobody we've never had a time when
01:42:22.080 40 and 45 and 50 year olds regularly lost their jobs because of technological change and that's the
01:42:27.920 world that our young people are going to enter we need them to be tough it's because we love them that
01:42:32.240 you want them to be gritty not because you're trying to harm them but because you want them to be able
01:42:36.320 to navigate this world and love the good the true and the beautiful and serve their neighbor ben sass the
01:42:41.520 vanishing american adult our coming of age crisis and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance you're
01:42:46.720 going to be hearing a lot of that on this program um uh please go out and buy this book now this is
01:42:53.920 one that every single american who wants to solve the problems and are tired of looking at the problem
01:42:58.720 in washington need to put their nose in this book for a while it will uh spur you into some action
01:43:04.320 ben sass the vanishing american adult we'll talk to you again soon ben thank you so much great to be with
01:43:09.600 you bet senator from uh uh nebraska you're listening to the glenn beck program
01:43:21.600 this is the glenn beck program
01:43:29.440 welcome back america again the name of the book is ben sass the vanishing american adult
01:43:33.680 uh pen jillette joins me tonight at five o'clock with an awesome interview unlike anything else i've
01:43:40.720 ever done before i found pen's pivot point and it's fascinating this is the glenn beck program mercury