00:30:05.500They have no evidence that it isn't more than 100.
00:30:08.040But that's their estimate that they, you know, published.
00:30:11.840And, by the way, not more than 100, in this case, obviously means around 100 or about 100.
00:30:17.440Because if they thought that it was, you know, 5 or 10, if you think that it's only 5 boys and girls' sports, you wouldn't say, well, it's not more than 100.
00:30:27.960So they seem to think it's around 100.
00:30:31.040Meanwhile, the UN published a report just a few weeks ago saying that female athletes have lost 900 medals to trans athletes, to men, since all this began.
00:32:10.440Over the past week, Joe and I have heard from so many people, from political leaders to regular citizens,
00:32:16.620deeply dismayed by several of President-elect Trump's cabinet selections, and they are scared.
00:32:23.900Last Thursday, we expressed our own concerns on this broadcast and even said we would appreciate the opportunity
00:32:29.840to speak with the President-elect himself.
00:32:32.880On Friday, we were given the opportunity to do just that.
00:32:38.540Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet personally with President-elect Trump.
00:32:43.760It was the first time we have seen him in seven years.
00:32:48.780Now, we talked about a lot of issues, including abortion, mass deportation, threats of political retribution against political opponents, and media outlets.
00:32:59.980And it's going to come as no surprise to anybody who watches this show, has watched it over the past year or over the past decade,
00:33:09.240that we didn't see eye to eye on a lot of issues, and we told him so.
00:33:13.480What we did agree on was to restart communications.
00:33:18.320My father often spoke with world leaders, with whom he and the United States profoundly disagreed.
00:33:25.080That's a task shared by reporters and commentators alike.
00:33:28.840We had not spoken to President Trump since March of 2020, other than a personal call Joe made to Trump on the morning
00:33:37.820after the attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania.
00:33:40.740In this meeting, President Trump was tearful, he was upbeat, he seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats on some of the most divisive issues.
00:33:52.620And for those asking why we would go speak to the president-elect during such fraught times, especially between us,
00:34:00.300I guess I would ask back, why wouldn't we?
00:34:04.840Five years of political warfare has deeply divided Washington and the country.
00:36:28.680So this kind of exhaustion can set in regardless of the president.
00:36:35.340But in this case, it's an even bigger problem for MSNBC because Trump just won in a landslide.
00:36:40.780And also, he'll be a good president, already was a good president, a good president enacting an agenda that 75 million Americans voted for.
00:36:52.120So whining about him every day puts you in a narrow lane within a narrow lane.
00:36:56.400And you've automatically ruled out the majority of the country, you know, from listening.
00:37:03.420So it's simply a ratings game, I think.
00:42:18.960Now let's get to our daily cancellation.
00:42:20.000A while ago on the show, we discovered the concept of girl math.
00:42:29.880For those who need a refresher course on this academic subject, girl math describes the sorts of mental calculations that women make when they're out shopping.
00:42:37.600Girl math is less math and more magical thinking.
00:42:40.700So for example, according to girl math, if a woman buys some totally unnecessary item for $63, well, she just lost $63.
00:42:50.800However, if that same exact item is $63, but it was originally $90, then instead of losing $63, she has just made $27.
00:43:01.620That 30% discount immediately becomes profit for the female customer.
00:43:06.260Now, a man might point out that even if the item was on sale, she still spent money she didn't need to spend on an item that she didn't need to buy.
00:43:15.960The 30% discount doesn't change the fact that she's out the $63.
00:43:20.520In fact, a man might also argue, discounts are usually fake anyway.
00:43:26.420So most of the time, the alleged discounted price is just the price.
00:43:30.120If the item on the shelf is $14.99, but the store claimed the regular sale price is $23.99, the alleged regular sale price is almost always imaginary.
00:43:40.880Like, they've never actually sold the item for $23.99.
00:43:48.700Now, this is what men so often try to explain, but to no avail.
00:43:51.840That's how a woman can go out and buy a car full of junk that she doesn't need and still feel like she has somehow saved hundreds of dollars.
00:44:00.800As long as she buys stuff on sale, she isn't actually spending any money in her mind.
00:44:07.000So girl math taken to its logical end would mean that if you have $0 in your bank account,
00:44:11.820you can still buy an infinite amount of merchandise on sale because you're making money.
00:44:16.320If you make $14 an hour working retail, there's no reason why you can't buy a Lamborghini for $250,000 if the normal sale price is $300,000.
00:44:27.340Because then they're paying you $50,000 to take the car.
00:44:31.000$50,000 in a new car, that's a hell of a deal.
00:44:33.980And that's kind of how girl math works.
00:45:14.880During this process, from day one, I have made affordability for New York families a top priority.
00:45:24.300I always have, and I always will, fight to put more money in the pockets of everyday New Yorkers.
00:45:32.400That's why, back in June, I stood up on behalf of hard-working families and simply said no.
00:45:42.020No to a new $15 congestion toll that at that particular time was just too much.
00:45:49.400Too many people were worrying about high costs, groceries, rent, childcare.
00:45:57.020These are real challenges for our families.
00:46:00.060And launching a toll that high really would have hurt a working mom or working dad trying to make ends meet,
00:46:08.480especially someone driving in from a transportation desert or far from outside the center of the city.
00:46:14.940And I'm proud to announce we have found a path to fund the MTA, reduce congestion and keep millions of dollars in the pockets of our commuters.
00:46:27.140Under this plan, the MTA will implement a congestion pricing plan with a reduced daytime toll of $9 beginning in January.
00:47:21.200And the new toll is $9, which is pretty steep.
00:47:24.020But it could have theoretically been even steeper, which means that you're saving money every time you lose money on the toll.
00:47:29.820This is what Kathy Hokule, professor of girl math, is claiming.
00:47:34.820New Yorkers should thank Kathy for her generosity.
00:47:38.340Now, every time they go through the toll now, they earn $6.
00:47:42.780Now, on the surface, it seems like they're paying $9, but they could have been forced to pay $15, which means they're earning $6.
00:47:50.620I mean, I think that Kathy is being a bit too modest.
00:47:53.000Because really, this theoretical toll could have been any amount of money.
00:47:59.180You know, the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics states that everything that can possibly happen is happening in one of the infinite number of parallel universes.
00:48:08.680And this would mean that there's a universe where the toll is $15.
00:48:12.820There's also a universe where the toll is $30, even $50.
00:48:19.020Indeed, there is a universe where the poor people of New York are forced to pay a billion dollars every time they pass through the toll.
00:48:28.860And the person who saved us from that horrible possibility is Kathy Hokule.
00:48:33.600She just saved every commuter in New York a billion dollars a day.