The Great America Show - June 25, 2024


Mid-Day Update： June 25th, 2024


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

176.86957

Word Count

339

Sentence Count

19


Summary

Julian Assange has been released from a UK jail and now heads back to his homeland of Australia. Former Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark joins the Great America Show to discuss the release of Julian Assange and what it means for the future of the Biden campaign.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett in for Lou Dobbs on this Great America Show midday update for Tuesday, June 25th.
00:00:06.560 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finally released from UK jail after spending nearly five years there.
00:00:12.100 Assange was confined to a cell for nearly 23 hours a day, eating his meals out of a tray,
00:00:16.760 surrounded by over 200 books, and allowed only an hour a day for exercise in the prison courtyard.
00:00:22.580 This week he agreed to plead guilty to a single felony count of illegally obtaining
00:00:26.560 and disclosing national security material in exchange for his release from prison.
00:00:32.000 This ending his years-long standoff with the United States.
00:00:35.240 Assange now heads back to his homeland of Australia.
00:00:38.620 Barack Obama is reportedly getting very anxious about the election and getting, quote,
00:00:42.200 increasingly involved in the Biden campaign.
00:00:45.600 New York Magazine is reporting that Obama speaks more often with O'Malley Dillon,
00:00:49.780 Biden's campaign chair, including about Biden's efforts to target hard-to-persuade young and black voters.
00:00:55.260 They are also reporting that operatives in Obama's personal office coordinate with Biden's campaign
00:01:01.320 to make sure Obama is in the loop on all campaign updates.
00:01:05.860 One of Obama's close friends saying, quote,
00:01:08.000 his anxiety about the election is real.
00:01:11.220 And a new poll from CBS YouGov this week shows that President Trump is making gains with black voters
00:01:15.860 with support at 23%, nearly double from what it was in 2020.
00:01:21.040 Exit polling in 2020 showed that only 12% of voters supported President Trump,
00:01:24.980 which was still higher than it was in 2016, at only 8%.
00:01:28.280 At the same time Trump has been gaining support among black voters,
00:01:32.000 black voter support for President Joe Biden is down significantly.
00:01:35.600 Exit polls in 2020 showed 87% support for Biden, according to a CNN exit poll.
00:01:41.060 However, the recent CBS News YouGov poll only shows 75% support for Biden.
00:01:46.780 Join Lou today for The Great America Show.
00:01:48.620 Our guest is former Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark.
00:01:51.460 I'm John Fossett with the Midday Update.
00:01:53.980 Have a great day, everybody.