Verdict with Ted Cruz - BONUS： Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Jul 10 2025

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00:00:04.180 Clay, have you heard of the Rio Reset?

00:00:06.400 Sounds like a trendy new workout, Buck.

00:00:08.660 It does, but it's actually a big summit going on in Brazil.

00:00:11.620 The formal name is BRICS, which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

00:00:16.500 But they've just added five new members.

00:00:18.680 Smart move to stick with BRICS. 1.00

00:00:20.540 We know what happens when acronyms don't end.

00:00:22.740 They confuse everyone.

00:00:23.940 Well, that's an understatement.

00:00:25.400 BRICS is a group of emerging economies

00:00:27.140 hoping to increase their sway in the global financial order.

00:00:30.640 Now that sounds like the plot line of a movie.

00:00:33.020 I'm listening.

00:00:34.000 Philip Patrick is our Bruce Wayne.

00:00:36.160 He's a precious metal specialist and a spokesman for the Birch Gold Group.

00:00:40.340 He's on the ground in Rio getting the whole lowdown on what's going on there.

00:00:44.580 Can he give us some inside intel?

00:00:46.360 Absolutely.

00:00:47.100 He's been there since day one.

00:00:48.680 In fact, a major theme at the summit is how BRICS nations aim to reduce reliance

00:00:53.100 on the U.S. dollar in global trade.

00:00:55.540 Yikes.

00:00:55.980 That doesn't sound good.

00:00:56.980 We got to get Philip on the line, stat.

00:00:59.220 Already did, and he left the Clay and Buck audience this message.

00:01:03.160 The world is moving on from the dollar, quietly but steadily.

00:01:08.140 These nations are making real progress towards reshaping global trade,

00:01:12.440 and the U.S. dollar is no longer the centerpiece.

00:01:15.840 That shift doesn't happen overnight.

00:01:18.760 But make no mistake, it's already begun.

00:01:21.380 Thank you, Philip.

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00:01:47.800 Welcome back in, Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show.

00:01:51.660 Congrats, as you just heard, Buck Sexton successfully knowing how many points of safety is worth,

00:01:57.660 unlike two-thirds of the Jeopardy! contestants.

00:02:00.960 Going to have a little bit of fun here.

00:02:04.520 And this is all real, but I want to...

00:02:07.440 How funny is that Wolf Blitzer clip?

00:02:10.020 I mean, that he would...

00:02:11.440 I mean, for everybody out there watching,

00:02:13.000 he is held up as one of the brainiacs of CNN, right?

00:02:17.660 Wouldn't you say that's probably fair to say that Wolf Blitzer is seen

00:02:21.300 as one of the smarter guys on the air at CNN?

00:02:24.700 I think that's probably fair.

00:02:27.420 Well, I don't know if it's as a result of his Jeopardy! appearance,

00:02:30.280 but people have been suggesting that he's like the confused fool for a while now. 0.99

00:02:34.640 Okay. 0.99

00:02:35.300 But I don't know if that's...

00:02:37.000 Well, to be fair, he's probably...

00:02:38.140 I mean, he's got to be over 70 now, right?

00:02:40.360 Like, that clip was from 2009.

00:02:42.200 I will say, I will say, I have heard from people within the CNN world for a long time.

00:02:47.720 He's actually a pretty...

00:02:49.040 I've heard he's a super nice guy.

00:02:50.720 Yeah, he's a nice guy.

00:02:51.660 So I will give him total credit on...

00:02:53.320 He's apparently a good dude, and we're having a little bit of fun at his expense,

00:02:56.440 but he's paid millions of dollars, and he's had a good run, and so, you know...

00:02:59.580 But he is apparently...

00:03:00.200 To be fair...

00:03:00.680 Unlike most of the CNN anchors, and I could go through chapter and verse,

00:03:05.220 he's apparently a nice guy.

00:03:06.620 To be fair, if I went on Celebrity Jeopardy!

00:03:09.700 And I lost $5,000, it would go insanely mega viral, and I would have to own it, right?

00:03:18.320 But all the clips of me missing the questions and everything else, it would actually...

00:03:22.320 It would probably be better for me to go and lose a ton of money than to win a ton of money,

00:03:28.440 because if I won tons of money, nobody would share it.

00:03:31.420 They would be like, oh, whatever. 1.00

00:03:33.880 Clay Travis still stupid, meanie head, moron. 1.00

00:03:37.480 If I lost, like, $5,000, everybody that hates me would share it. 1.00

00:03:41.720 So, it probably would go more viral for a collapse than actually being successful.

00:03:46.640 Okay.

00:03:47.480 I tweeted this last night.

00:03:49.520 I got a sense that my take...

00:03:52.600 This is all real.

00:03:54.200 I got a sense that my take on Superman, the new movie, had gone mega viral,

00:04:00.180 because yesterday I woke up and I had an email from a Japan news agency

00:04:06.560 asking if they could interview me for my take on the new Superman movie.

00:04:11.000 So, when you see the Sontori commercials with Clay Travis in them, or Sapporo,

00:04:16.840 you will know that Clay's big in Japan.

00:04:20.440 Let's just say it.

00:04:21.060 Clay is big in Japan.

00:04:22.720 In my entire career of telling tons of, sharing tons of opinions on everything under the sun,

00:04:31.220 there has never been any request for me to be interviewed by any Japanese news agency.

00:04:37.660 Well, Cook, I think the one part we have to let everybody know, though,

00:04:40.740 is that the director, James Gunn, I used to be, I will say,

00:04:47.000 if we were talking, like, late 90s, early 2000s movies, I was absolutely dialed in.

00:04:53.460 I had my favorite directors, my favorite actors, you know, excited about.

00:04:57.380 I don't even know who's...

00:04:58.580 I don't know who's been directing movies for the last 10 years.

00:05:00.580 I basically have no idea. 0.85

00:05:01.740 I don't pay attention, because I think most movies absolutely stink.

00:05:04.640 Almost all of them absolutely stink now.

00:05:06.600 He said something, though, about...

00:05:08.200 Here's the quote.

00:05:09.520 Here's the James Gunn quote.

00:05:11.040 So, this is where it all started.

00:05:12.280 In Variety magazine, which is like a Hollywood celebrity magazine,

00:05:17.760 shared a story and said,

00:05:20.200 James Gunn says Superman is about an immigrant that came from other places,

00:05:26.540 how we've lost the value of basic human kindness.

00:05:30.560 Yes, it's about politics.

00:05:33.260 That was James Gunn's take.

00:05:36.040 He is the director of the new Superman movie that is opening,

00:05:38.740 I think it may be already out or opening today or whatever else.

00:05:41.380 I tweeted three days ago, and this is true,

00:05:44.760 I'm going to skip seeing Superman. 0.99

00:05:47.160 The director is a moron to say this publicly the week before release. 0.99

00:05:51.840 America's desperate for apolitical entertainment. 1.00

00:05:55.200 Hollywood's unable to deliver it.

00:05:57.920 And then I continued.

00:05:59.480 I said, I made a fun movie I hope everyone of all backgrounds enjoys.

00:06:04.400 Is it that hard to say this when you've been given hundreds of millions of dollars

00:06:08.600 of studio money to make a summer blockbuster?

00:06:11.980 It feels like Tom Cruise is the only Hollywood superstar who still gets this.

00:06:16.940 That's what I do.

00:06:17.400 I don't even think of all my takes.

00:06:20.120 Like, I think that is like one of the most tepid, non-hot take, non-crazy takes.

00:06:25.420 It has evidently gone mega viral, and the Superman community of fans is furious at me.

00:06:34.120 And this buck, just in the last, I don't know, little bit on social media,

00:06:41.280 I got the following messages sent to me on Instagram from Superman fans.

00:06:47.120 These are people that are furious at me.

00:06:49.800 This is a representative sample.

00:06:51.240 I am deluged in angry Superman fan messages.

00:06:55.680 Here is one.

00:06:57.820 Hey, word that you can't say on the radio.

00:07:02.620 I just want to let you know Superman has been an immigrant since he was created,

00:07:07.380 and that calling stuff woke means you can't find a good reason to complain. 1.00

00:07:13.340 You're being a bitch. 1.00

00:07:15.780 You're an idiot. 1.00

00:07:17.780 Wrong you're being used. 1.00

00:07:19.240 You piece of blank. 1.00

00:07:21.640 Go kill yourself. 1.00

00:07:23.560 James Gunn isn't the moron. 1.00

00:07:26.080 You are. 1.00

00:07:27.280 Your family will burn for this. 1.00

00:07:30.140 Whoa. 1.00

00:07:30.940 Your family will burn for this? 0.97

00:07:33.080 Yeah, that's really good.

00:07:33.880 For my Superman movie take?

00:07:35.920 Okay, okay.

00:07:36.500 It's not a good idea to go mega political?

00:07:38.600 This is crazy town.

00:07:40.380 Can I give you, I'm going to give you a few things here.

00:07:42.240 First of all, Superman is not an immigrant. 1.00

00:07:45.240 If we're going to play this conversation out a little bit, let's do it, okay?

00:07:48.740 Superman is an alien.

00:07:51.240 He is not a human being who is subject to another jurisdiction on this planet and has citizenship elsewhere.

00:07:58.560 He is from another planet.

00:08:00.500 Now, that to me is actually a good case, especially when your home planet has been destroyed, as Superman's has.

00:08:07.360 If I remember my comic book lore, Superman, if anything, would be an asylum seeker. 0.88

00:08:13.360 Uh-oh.

00:08:13.960 Unlike all of the people who are showing up in America pretending that their planet was blown up, so to speak, pretending they can't go back to their home country. 0.96

00:08:23.240 They are just fraudsters.

00:08:25.180 So, Superman is an alien, not an illegal alien, but an actual alien from another planet, does not have a jurisdiction on planet Earth that he should be in other than America.

00:08:38.800 And, I think, under any reasonable view of asylum law, his home planet is gone, so I don't think he can go back. 0.97

00:08:50.920 So, I think that you could say he's a credible asylee. 1.00

00:08:54.040 Okay, you, that is amazing.

00:08:57.920 You are going to be nerding out because my wife is a superhero movie junkie super nerd. 1.00

00:09:07.660 All the boys go to all the movies and everything else.

00:09:10.680 She actually was upset that all the Superman people are mad at me.

00:09:17.060 And, she sent me this, because you're going to build on this, Buck.

00:09:19.840 She's also a lawyer. 0.85

00:09:21.580 She said, they're totally wrong.

00:09:23.580 And, she said what you just said, Buck.

00:09:25.560 Superman is actually a true asylum seeker. 1.00

00:09:29.000 His planet was destroyed.

00:09:31.060 All his culture and people are destroyed.

00:09:33.860 His first landing is on American soil in Kansas.

00:09:37.180 This is a Laura Travis lawyer.

00:09:39.480 He's orphaned as his parents die, so he's legally adopted by the Kents, who are American citizens, thus giving him American citizenship. 0.82

00:09:48.360 Even if not for one and two, he has unique talents of great use to the U.S.

00:09:54.160 that would be impossible to find after a thorough search for other candidates, thus qualifying him for EB-1A, controversially, visa, and legal channel to full citizenship.

00:10:06.200 On top of all this, he ends up being one of the most productive and useful members of society, choosing to hold two full-time jobs as both a journalist and a crime-fighting superhero.

00:10:18.680 Now, she's absolutely spot-on.

00:10:23.220 I didn't know that Laura had written any of that.

00:10:26.240 It's absolutely correct.

00:10:27.320 So, the director of this movie is saying he's just like an immigrant. 0.99

00:10:30.660 No, jackass. 0.99

00:10:32.260 That's not even vaguely correct. 0.97

00:10:34.480 And this also builds on something that I was getting at when this went mega-viral.

00:10:41.540 I would believe, if you gave me, Buck, if you and I, if I left this show and I suddenly became a Hollywood movie director,

00:10:50.640 if you gave me hundreds of millions of dollars to make a movie, it might well end in utter disaster.

00:10:55.440 Remember, Fox had to sell off the lot, the Pico and Motor part of it, where the Westfield Mall is now, for those of you out in L.A.,

00:11:03.740 because they lost so much money on Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor back in the day for the movie nerds.

00:11:09.420 So, it may well end in unmitigated disaster, and the company might lose tons of money.

00:11:14.400 But it wouldn't be because I said to half the country, hey, I'm trying to make an intensely political movie.

00:11:22.040 I would go full Michael Jordan, Republicans buy sneakers, too.

00:11:26.220 I don't think it would have been smart of James Gunn to say, hey, I think it's super timely that Superman would come out right now,

00:11:34.840 because Donald Trump is a super president, and he's super man-like in the way that he responded to the assassination attempt.

00:11:43.380 And I think that if you hate Trump, you shouldn't come see this movie.

00:11:47.560 Well, that wouldn't be smart, right?

00:11:49.300 I actually would agree with that take.

00:11:52.040 But it wouldn't be smart if you're trying to appeal to the whole swath of America.

00:11:56.160 And, I mean, look, we've got a lot of people who listen in L.A., and we've talked about this before.

00:12:01.440 When is Hollywood going to recognize that the reason why Tom Cruise is the last superstar

00:12:07.000 is because he just wants to make apolitical popcorn movies that everybody can sit and watch,

00:12:15.080 that aren't trying to indoctrinate you in any way and are just about entertaining you for a great summer movie, right?

00:12:24.800 I don't understand why these people can't get it through their heads that apolitical entertainment that everybody can watch,

00:12:33.940 it should be the goal.

00:12:35.500 No, because the goal, these are communists, their goal is the indoctrination.

00:12:39.420 They view that.

00:12:40.500 They've reached a point.

00:12:41.500 Like, James Gunn is already very rich, already has all the connections he needs.

00:12:44.800 It is more important to him to make a movie that he can virtue signal to his lib friends in Hollywood about

00:12:55.420 than to make a movie that makes a ton of money at this point.

00:12:58.720 Like, if he has to choose between those two things?

00:13:00.920 Otherwise, how do you explain things like Snow White, which was an absolute disaster,

00:13:05.720 hundreds of millions lost, and we knew it was going to lose money the whole time.

00:13:09.080 We're not making that movie, but it's because they're so ideologically committed that it is not profit motive first.

00:13:16.060 That's what they used to say, I might add.

00:13:17.920 They used to say, oh, we're just doing what makes money.

00:13:19.880 That's not true.

00:13:21.040 They care more about the mission of indoctrination than they do making money with these films,

00:13:27.760 and you see it over and over again.

00:13:30.060 Because every time we say this is going to be a disaster, this is going to be a bomb,

00:13:32.880 it pretty much is.

00:13:33.580 The only exception to that is the Barbie movie, which was so bad, was so bad.

00:13:40.020 I've still never seen it.

00:13:41.540 Oh, I watched.

00:13:42.320 I couldn't get through it.

00:13:43.080 I tried.

00:13:43.540 I watched some of it. 1.00

00:13:44.300 I'm like, this is just trash. 1.00

00:13:46.320 Trash. 0.99

00:13:47.600 And is that just, it was successful because they were just, they were marketing entirely to women, 0.99

00:13:53.320 and it's like, girl power.

00:13:54.140 It was a girl power. 0.77

00:13:54.900 It was a whole girl power thing. 0.91

00:13:56.160 Like, oh, like Barbie and the nostalgia and everything else. 1.00

00:13:58.120 It is an absolutely garbage movie. 1.00

00:14:00.040 Absolutely garbage movie. 0.99

00:14:01.200 And I, you know, just like people, Clay, I used to say that Hamilton was garbage when 0.98

00:14:06.080 people were waiting in line for like three days for tickets, okay? 0.99

00:14:10.020 I was like, guys, I just know it's garbage. 1.00

00:14:11.900 And it is garbage. 1.00

00:14:12.720 And now more and more people agree with me because it's just what it is. 1.00

00:14:16.320 Barbie, eventually everyone's going to realize nonsense.

00:14:19.700 And don't even get me started on Avatar, those of you who like Avatar.

00:14:23.000 Yeah, but Avatar is not, to me, as aggressively political.

00:14:27.720 I know James Cameron is a...

00:14:29.080 Fern Gully with some laser guns or whatever.

00:14:30.780 It's preposterous.

00:14:31.920 Preposterous.

00:14:32.400 But it made a lot...

00:14:33.240 I think that there is...

00:14:34.220 It did make a lot of...

00:14:35.480 But that was because of the technology.

00:14:36.960 It wasn't because of the storyline.

00:14:38.260 It was because of the 3D and all that stuff.

00:14:40.700 I'm just telling you, somebody out there in Hollywood is going to get smart enough to 0.99

00:14:45.700 just say, I'm not hiring any of these woke BS moron people. 1.00

00:14:50.900 We're just going to... 0.99

00:14:52.040 Like, whoever Tom Cruise wants to work with, we're going to double, triple, quadruple down

00:14:57.220 with him.

00:14:57.740 All he cares about is making movies that are going to be super entertaining.

00:15:01.760 And that's what we're going to focus on.

00:15:04.160 And you're going to mint money.

00:15:06.200 You are going to make money hand over fist.

00:15:09.100 Because I just see stuff like this all the time.

00:15:11.520 And it just makes me throw my hands up.

00:15:12.880 Because I wanted to go see Superman.

00:15:15.280 I mean, I'm a middle America guy.

00:15:18.200 Like, I like to go sit in the movies and have popcorn.

00:15:20.740 I still like going to the movie theater.

00:15:23.260 I want to go see the new Jurassic Park, even though I'm sure it's like total track.

00:15:28.760 Michael Crichton is rolling over in his grave.

00:15:31.820 Good heavens.

00:15:32.300 But I enjoy seeing dinosaurs on the movie screen.

00:15:35.740 I like seeing fighter jets blow things up.

00:15:38.240 I mean, I am the average American consumer.

00:15:42.040 Why would you alienate anybody from Superman?

00:15:44.720 You could easily say Superman is an aspirational goal that is about everyone fulfilling the

00:15:51.260 best possible abilities of their own innate gifts.

00:15:55.960 Like, it's so easy to sell this movie.

00:15:59.140 Just don't tell me that it's political and about immigration.

00:16:03.940 By the way, when most people are opposed right now to the immigration policies, it's not even

00:16:09.400 50-50.

00:16:10.480 We talked about this.

00:16:11.380 It's like 65-35. 1.00

00:16:13.540 The guy's a moron. 1.00

00:16:14.520 Anyway, I thought you guys would enjoy it. 1.00

00:16:16.040 I do think it's important culturally.

00:16:17.880 But there's people out there that are furious at me for saying, hey, you know, maybe Superman

00:16:21.900 should just kind of appeal to everybody and not be some sort of a woke version of Hollywood

00:16:27.100 fantasy.

00:16:28.120 And when you say that, the little fanboys come running and tell me my family should burn. 0.93

00:16:34.280 My family should burn for my Superman take, of all things.

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00:18:19.180 Welcome back in.

00:18:19.980 Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show.

00:18:22.040 Appreciate all of you hanging out with us

00:18:24.020 as we are rolling through the Thursday edition of the program.

00:18:27.660 Joined now by Congressman Jim Jordan, state of Ohio.

00:18:31.920 So many different things going on right now on Capitol Hill.

00:18:36.120 Let's start here.

00:18:37.760 Big, beautiful bill gets passed.

00:18:40.020 Was it more dramatic than you expected?

00:18:43.140 Was it about what you expected?

00:18:45.160 What happens now?

00:18:46.820 No, it was about what I expected.

00:18:48.140 I think the economy takes off.

00:18:49.780 I mean, I probably, I don't know how many interviews I've done on this issue,

00:18:53.660 but it's like I say all the time,

00:18:55.560 you know it was a good bill, Clay, because the left hated it.

00:18:58.780 And the left hated it because it actually empowered people, empowered families.

00:19:02.200 Tax cuts for families, school choice for families, resources.

00:19:05.280 Most resources devoted to border security in the history of our country

00:19:08.480 to make sure our borders stay secure.

00:19:10.560 And then the work requirements for able-bodied adults

00:19:13.420 who currently get your tax money in the future,

00:19:16.260 they're going to have to work, which is a good thing for the economy.

00:19:19.280 It's a good thing for taxpayers.

00:19:20.500 But most importantly, I think it's a good thing for those individuals.

00:19:23.920 What are the most important things that you think we're going to see now

00:19:27.020 changing in the economy, Congressman, since the bill has been passed?

00:19:31.120 I mean, we talk about tax cuts.

00:19:32.660 That's great, more money in people's pockets, more money for the private sector

00:19:36.740 to let the business of the American people be business.

00:19:39.620 But where do you think we're going to see some of this

00:19:42.180 in a real-life, day-to-day way take root

00:19:45.780 and be really helpful to the bottom line of the American people?

00:19:49.300 Yeah, I think it's just that fundamental point.

00:19:51.720 When you let families, when you let moms and dads keep more of their money

00:19:55.320 to spend on their goals and their dreams, good things happen.

00:19:58.600 That's good for that family.

00:19:59.720 It's good for their community.

00:20:01.160 It's good for their local school, their local businesses.

00:20:03.140 It's just good for our economy.

00:20:05.120 This was the largest tax cut in history,

00:20:07.580 coupled with the largest investment in border security.

00:20:10.280 Those were key items in last fall's campaign

00:20:12.980 and why the American people, I think, elected President Trump.

00:20:16.000 So I think it's that basic.

00:20:17.560 Now, we need to grow because we've got a huge deficit

00:20:20.920 we're running every single year, piling up this big debt.

00:20:24.480 We've got to begin to deal with that.

00:20:25.660 But step one to deal with all that is to get your economy growing at a faster clip

00:20:29.800 than, of course, it was under the Biden administration.

00:20:33.460 All right.

00:20:34.060 You and I are diehard sports fans.

00:20:36.960 Buck is, I would say, kind of coming along a little bit.

00:20:39.960 He's starting to pepper a lot of sports.

00:20:41.680 Wait, wait, wait.

00:20:42.060 Before you ask your real question, Congressman,

00:20:45.160 Clay wasn't sure that I was going to know how many points you get for a safety in football.

00:20:50.820 Can you believe the disrespect that sometimes I have to brook on this show?

00:20:57.000 We played a Jeopardy question for him

00:20:59.900 where the two of the Jeopardy contestants got it wrong

00:21:02.320 and Buck got it right to his credit.

00:21:04.180 But I'll allow you to weigh in.

00:21:06.160 Well, no, I figured he would get it right.

00:21:07.700 Everyone knows that's two points,

00:21:09.300 except I guess a few people on Jeopardy.

00:21:12.580 But, yeah, we love sports.

00:21:14.280 Now, I've got to tell you, Clay, I shot, for me,

00:21:16.460 I'm not the greatest golfer, but I shot an 81 yesterday.

00:21:18.740 So that's a good score for me.

00:21:19.940 That's really good.

00:21:21.300 And it's even better when you beat your brother and your two buddies,

00:21:24.300 which we got a chance to sneak out and play a little bit yesterday

00:21:26.660 because this week we weren't back in D.C.

00:21:28.840 So I'll take that score because I don't normally shoot quite that low,

00:21:32.200 but I'll take that any day.

00:21:33.620 All right, so let's dive into this mess

00:21:37.200 because if you are a sports fan right now,

00:21:40.180 the whole name, image, and likeness universe has been crazy.

00:21:44.340 And for people out there who don't know,

00:21:46.120 just a few years ago you went from,

00:21:48.080 hey, you get a scholarship to go to college,

00:21:50.340 that's your full compensation.

00:21:52.360 Now you can get basically paid to play.

00:21:55.220 You can also get name, image, and likeness.

00:21:57.860 You guys are working on a bill to try to standardize laws

00:22:02.340 and make these rules consistent.

00:22:05.620 Tell me what you're working on and where you are.

00:22:07.840 Yeah, we've got legislation.

00:22:10.400 It's actually bipartisan support.

00:22:11.980 The key sponsors are Gus Villaracus from Florida

00:22:14.560 and Scott Fitzgerald, who's on our committee from the great state of Wisconsin.

00:22:19.180 And we try to outline some basic things.

00:22:22.100 We want to make sure we spell out for athletes,

00:22:24.820 you have a right to get NIL money,

00:22:26.420 you have a right to work with agents,

00:22:27.580 you have a right to keep that information private.

00:22:29.980 We make sure in this bill that the agents have to disclose.

00:22:32.660 Right now nobody knows who some of these agents are,

00:22:34.780 kids transferring every year, so agent disclosure.

00:22:38.420 We put in some guaranteed rights for the student-athlete.

00:22:40.980 Now most of these student-athletes already have this,

00:22:43.600 but we want to make sure it's in there.

00:22:45.480 And then probably the key part is we allow the entity that governs college sports,

00:22:50.240 and we don't say what it is, but in essence it's the NCAA,

00:22:53.380 to set some rules and basically say, okay,

00:22:56.920 we're going to give you liability protection.

00:22:59.880 This is the antitrust issue.

00:23:00.960 We're going to give you liability protection so that you can say,

00:23:03.880 hey, here's what it takes to be eligible.

00:23:05.760 You've got to maintain a certain GPA.

00:23:07.300 Here's how many years of eligibility.

00:23:08.920 We've got kids, student-athletes today who are competing like six years.

00:23:14.120 The COVID and everything else, and the red shirt years and everything else,

00:23:16.860 they're doing like six, seven years of competition.

00:23:18.740 So we let the NCAA set eligibility.

00:23:21.700 We let them set the number of times you can transfer.

00:23:24.520 Right now some of these athletes are transferred four, five, six times,

00:23:28.440 and what we're saying is you're going to get one transfer under this.

00:23:32.180 We'll allow them to get one transfer.

00:23:34.600 And then we also put in there this sort of salary cap concept,

00:23:39.260 which every sports organization has.

00:23:41.240 And I want to thank you, Clay.

00:23:42.420 I know you've been working on this issue a ton with college,

00:23:46.540 with conference commissioners, with athletic directors and coaches.

00:23:50.140 We're trying not to get too prescriptive,

00:23:52.100 but we think this is the kind of bill that makes sense,

00:23:54.380 particularly after the big decision, the House decision.

00:23:57.180 And then finally there's a few more things where we talk about preempting states.

00:24:00.680 You can't have each state setting up a standard and trying to outdo the other.

00:24:04.160 So that's part of the legislation as well.

00:24:08.140 I've been working on this because I just think it's important to have a standard set of rules

00:24:12.660 that everybody – I love college athletics.

00:24:14.620 People out there understand this.

00:24:16.420 What is the likelihood?

00:24:17.440 Because some people are going to say, well, Congress, I mean,

00:24:19.480 it's hard to get anything passed.

00:24:20.740 You mentioned that there's bipartisan recognition that this is a mess.

00:24:24.760 And I think anyone who is a college sports fan is nodding along.

00:24:28.220 It is a mess right now.

00:24:29.240 It's a broken, you know, sort of haphazard system in place.

00:24:32.720 Coaches, players, parents, certainly administrators, everybody.

00:24:37.120 What do you think the chances are that this passes?

00:24:39.400 I know, and I'll let you kind of dive in,

00:24:42.100 that President Trump has been supportive of trying to get this fixed as well

00:24:45.880 because he's a big college sports fan.

00:24:47.620 What's the time frame?

00:24:48.480 What does that look like as you assess?

00:24:50.740 Well, I think there's a good chance that we can get it passed.

00:24:54.280 I mean, we've got Shamari Figures, a new member from the great state of Alabama, a Democrat.

00:24:59.220 We've got Janelle Bynum from Washington.

00:25:00.520 So we've got already some Democrats signing on.

00:25:02.680 We think more will do it.

00:25:04.240 And I think it's just a recognition.

00:25:05.640 I use the example.

00:25:06.960 I think the top college wrestling recruit this year is a young man out of the Pittsburgh area.

00:25:12.720 And I think the rumors are he's getting like $500,000.

00:25:15.880 So if the top wrestler is getting that, imagine what the quarterbacks are getting paid to go to these top-notch Big Ten, SEC universities.

00:25:25.460 I mean, it's a ton of money.

00:25:27.760 There needs to be something done, and everyone understands that.

00:25:30.720 And so I think when you have coaches and college presidents and athletic directors and conference commissioners begin to talk to members of Congress and say,

00:25:39.780 we need something that gives some framework to this, to college sports, something we all love,

00:25:45.720 I think there's a good chance we get the kind of bipartisan support that you don't see a whole lot of these days in Congress.

00:25:51.300 But when it comes to college sports, I think you can get it, and we'll get something done that I think will be helpful to student-athletes and helpful to college sports in general.

00:26:00.000 You've been one of the biggest and foremost defenders of Trump for 10 years.

00:26:03.360 I mentioned that President Trump, obviously, is a huge sports fan.

00:26:06.120 He's talking about having a UFC fight on the White House lawn, which would be amazing.

00:26:10.500 I bet you'll be there.

00:26:11.240 I'd like to be there.

00:26:13.820 You and I were together at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Philadelphia.

00:26:17.640 You just referenced that.

00:26:19.300 When you look at Trump 2.0 and the first six months of Trump 2.0 and you compare it to Trump 1.0, how much difference is there?

00:26:30.400 And are you blown away, like both Buck and myself are, at the president's energy and just the efficiency with which they have attacked this new term?

00:26:41.060 Yeah, and I mean, he's got his team in place around him and his key agencies, cabinet secretaries, and they're just amazing.

00:26:48.900 And you just look at the last – the attack on Iran was – and taking up their nuclear capabilities was so successful. 0.98

00:26:55.200 He goes to NATO, gets them to ante up more money, so successful.

00:26:57.820 Gets the big, beautiful bill passed, so successful.

00:27:00.540 Best border security we've had in our lifetime probably.

00:27:04.200 And you can just keep going all the things he's got done.

00:27:08.400 It's truly amazing.

00:27:09.980 And his energy – I called him last night, and then I actually went to bed, and I woke up this morning.

00:27:14.140 And so where I had a missed call, he called me after 11 last night.

00:27:18.140 And then – and you know he was up early this morning working the phones.

00:27:21.840 I mean, that's just the kind of energy he has.

00:27:24.200 He loves the country.

00:27:25.540 And one of the things I always say about him is, speaking of sports, he totally thinks like an athlete.

00:27:30.940 He hates to lose.

00:27:32.560 He despises losing, which is a great quality.

00:27:35.160 I tell people it's an American quality, and it's certainly a character trait that you want in your commander-in-chief, in your president.

00:27:43.060 And President Trump just has it.

00:27:45.640 So, yeah, I mean, he's off to an amazing start, and I think it's just going to continue to be good things that will happen for the country.

00:27:52.440 Yesterday we mentioned the idea of primetime hearings surrounding the Joe Biden cover-up.

00:27:57.860 I know you paid attention.

00:27:59.400 The doctor took the Fifth Amendment yesterday.

00:28:02.320 We led the show talking about that.

00:28:03.980 Is there any momentum to really kind of put people under the spotlight of a major national hearing,

00:28:11.280 much like occurred with the Jan 6th primetime hearings that Democrats did in, if I remember correctly, the summer of 22 or thereabouts?

00:28:20.760 What kind of momentum, if any, might there be for something such as that?

00:28:24.440 Yeah, I think that option is certainly on the table with Chairman Comer.

00:28:28.320 There's some things we're looking at in slightly different areas on the Judiciary Committee.

00:28:34.040 Specifically with the, you know, sort of the auto pen doctor, all that stuff with Joe Biden.

00:28:38.840 I really think that it would be maybe the best thing is if you had a whistleblower come forward.

00:28:44.580 I don't know if we're ever going to get that, but that to me seems what we need to really say, yes, there wasn't really Joe Biden giving the okay on this versus other people.

00:28:53.460 But that will take a whistleblower coming forward to talk about that.

00:28:56.040 Short of that, I think it's tough to ever prove it.

00:28:57.800 But that doesn't mean you don't have hearings to just highlight how we now, you know, we all saw it at the time, but how we know just how bad it was when President Biden was in there and his inability, I think, to truly handle the task at hand.

00:29:13.040 We're talking to Congressman Jim Jordan.

00:29:15.200 Last question for you, Congressman.

00:29:16.680 Appreciate all the time.

00:29:18.140 You know, I think decently, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino.

00:29:21.600 I know there's a huge flare up.

00:29:23.220 Buck and I have been talking about this all week as to what might or might not be in the Epstein files, all those things.

00:29:29.820 What and you're not involved in the Department of Justice investigation, so I'm not asking you about that.

00:29:33.860 But what confidence do you have based on your knowledge of the team in Kash Patel and Dan Bongino running the FBI?

00:29:43.080 I've got complete confidence, complete confidence in them and Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche over at the, you know, Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General.

00:29:51.040 Just night and day compared to what we have with Garland and Ray and that crowd.

00:29:55.300 So, no, complete confidence.

00:29:57.020 And the latest investigation they've announced into Comey and Brennan that has been reported.

00:30:00.880 I mean, I think this is critically important because never forget what happened with Comey and Brennan and Clapper and these guys.

00:30:07.460 In 2016, President Trump wins.

00:30:10.180 And after Election Day, but before Inauguration Day, they all go up to Trump Tower in New York and they brief him on the dossier, knowing at the time the dossier was BS.

00:30:19.680 They brief him on it so they can leak it to the press and give it – and therefore give it some kind of credibility.

00:30:25.620 That's how low they went to go after President Trump.

00:30:29.440 And now Director Ratcliffe has people who are saying, oh, no, this dossier – guys are saying what Brennan said in testimony to Congress was contradicted by what they did.

00:30:41.260 So I do think that investigation is critically important.

00:30:45.400 Awesome.

00:30:46.180 Appreciate the time, Congressman.

00:30:48.300 Have a good weekend.

00:30:50.280 I know we're not quite there.

00:30:51.600 And keep us updated.

00:30:52.420 Come back on whenever you want.

00:30:53.880 We will.

00:30:54.320 Take care, Clay.

00:30:54.780 Thanks, guys.

00:30:56.040 It's Congressman Jim Jordan.

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00:32:15.020 Third hour of Clay & Buck kicks off now.

00:32:17.340 We are joined by Texas Senator Cornyn.

00:32:20.060 Senator, appreciate you making the time for us.

00:32:22.820 The story that is first and foremost in our minds this week is anything you can tell us about updates

00:32:30.120 and what the latest is with the terrible flooding that hit the Hill Country in your home state of Texas

00:32:37.140 and all of the, of course, thoughts and prayers that this audience has been sharing with the families and the communities affected.

00:32:44.800 What can you tell us, Senator?

00:32:46.700 Well, thank you for having me on.

00:32:48.780 And, yes, it's a very sad time.

00:32:50.840 I think the numbers are now 109 recoveries.

00:32:57.620 Excuse me, it's now 120 confirmed dead.

00:33:01.900 And, unfortunately, they were then able to account for about another 170 who are missing.

00:33:11.080 Just so your listeners understand, this, of course, Guadalupe River there overflowed,

00:33:16.840 went up 26 feet in 45 minutes in the middle of the night.

00:33:22.140 But there were, in addition to some of the children, the young children at some of these camps like Camp Mystic,

00:33:28.060 there were day campers, people who, you know, cast a tent down by the Guadalupe River

00:33:33.040 or had a camper there for the 4th of July and the fireworks.

00:33:37.720 But, unfortunately, they got swept up in this as well.

00:33:40.900 So, 120 confirmed dead, 170 missing.

00:33:45.520 And, of course, this happened last Friday.

00:33:48.420 So, that number will probably go up.

00:33:50.980 What, as, and I know we're still in the early days of uncovering exactly what went wrong.

00:34:00.880 Obviously, it's hard to predict anything as it pertains to flooding and exactly when it's going to happen.

00:34:06.920 But I know here where I live in Nashville, Senator, we had an awful tornado.

00:34:12.080 And you go back and you look and you find out, hey, maybe there could have been a better tornado awareness system in place.

00:34:19.000 Are there better flood-related technology that could be applied to help people in a situation like this

00:34:25.320 where it comes through in the middle of the night and maybe people, it seems quite clearly, were sleeping

00:34:30.660 and they don't know the severity and how quickly and rapidly the floodwaters are rising

00:34:36.240 until, in some cases, unfortunately, it was too late?

00:34:38.520 Well, that's a very important question.

00:34:42.080 And I think there will be a time for us to explore all of that.

00:34:47.280 I know Governor Abbott has added this issue to the special session that we'll convene later this month in Austin.

00:34:55.460 And, of course, we're already starting to look at some of these measures at the federal level, too,

00:35:01.640 since we work cooperatively at the state, local, and federal level on disaster relief.

00:35:07.700 And events like this.

00:35:10.380 But, unfortunately, there are always some people who want to make politics out of everything

00:35:16.740 and claiming that staffing reductions at the National Weather Service or some other cut

00:35:22.700 as a result of the Department on Government Efficiency or DOGE contributed to this.

00:35:29.020 I will tell you that there is no evidence of any of that happening.

00:35:33.080 But it is, I think, fair to ask, and, indeed, I think it's necessary for us to ask, going forward,

00:35:40.900 what can we do to prevent the loss of life again, if anything?

00:35:44.860 As I said, this flooding occurred so fast in the middle of the night in a way that just it's hard to imagine

00:35:54.320 what could have prevented it.

00:35:56.460 But maybe there's something we can do in the future.

00:36:00.400 Speaking to Senator John Cornyn of Texas and, Senator, I also wanted to ask you about a story that,

00:36:07.740 if it weren't for the huge story and the tragic story of the flooding, I think,

00:36:12.900 would be much more well-known nationwide.

00:36:17.000 It also occurred in Texas.

00:36:18.260 And it's this ambush, I believe 11 people have been charged so far,

00:36:24.580 ambush of a federal law enforcement officer and an ICE officer who was hit in the neck.

00:36:32.040 They had rifles and tactical gear.

00:36:35.780 And to me, this is a harbinger, unfortunately, I think, of things to come with the way the radical left

00:36:41.060 is going to approach this.

00:36:41.920 What can you tell us about that case and about what law enforcement is doing to prepare for more of these radical attacks

00:36:50.200 that are likely to come?

00:36:52.500 Well, I'm sure you'll agree with me that there is no excuse,

00:36:56.140 no justification for attacking law enforcement officials like these two ICE agents

00:37:02.280 and the police officer in Alvarado, Texas.

00:37:04.760 And I know that a criminal complaint has been filed that alleges that the assailant shot between 20 and 30 rounds

00:37:13.620 from an AR-15-style rifle before it jammed.

00:37:17.420 But, obviously, a whole lot more casualties could have occurred as a result of this.

00:37:24.020 And, thank goodness, they did not.

00:37:27.140 But, unfortunately, I think some of the rhetoric, the irresponsible rhetoric,

00:37:31.600 starting here in Congress, people from Chuck Schumer to Maxine Waters on down,

00:37:39.100 have basically sanctioned violence against law enforcement officials.

00:37:43.940 You're familiar with the fact that some of my colleagues here in the Senate,

00:37:48.860 the Democratic colleagues, have said,

00:37:50.620 we need to pass a law that prevents ICE agents from wearing masks.

00:37:55.160 They were the ones who wanted us all to wear masks back during COVID-19.

00:38:00.720 But now, when the law enforcement officials are doing their job

00:38:04.340 and trying to protect themselves and their families, they don't want that to happen.

00:38:09.480 So, I can't imagine that the vast, the overwhelming majority of Americans

00:38:15.480 condemn this sort of attack against law enforcement.

00:38:19.420 And we ought to make clear that there is no excuse for this,

00:38:23.260 and it will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

00:38:27.540 Texas bore the brunt of illegal immigration more than any state in the nation.

00:38:32.140 Now that illegal immigration has effectively ended,

00:38:35.860 how much difference has it made in Texas,

00:38:38.420 and what are you hearing from people in your state about the border now being shut down?

00:38:42.700 Well, I think they're gratified that the border is now under control,

00:38:48.380 and now the Border Patrol can go back to their job that they were trained to do

00:38:54.520 and that they want to do, which is to secure the border and to protect the country.

00:39:01.580 Given the overwhelming numbers of people that were coming across

00:39:05.620 during the open border policies of the Biden administration,

00:39:08.660 many Border Patrol were doing things like changing diapers,

00:39:13.240 feeding people, transporting migrants and the like,

00:39:17.380 just because they were overwhelmed.

00:39:19.580 And we all remember some of the detention facilities,

00:39:23.060 which were jam-packed with individuals,

00:39:25.800 and what the answer of the Biden administration was to simply parole

00:39:29.320 or to release these individuals

00:39:31.820 and without even a notice to appear for a court hearing in the future.

00:39:36.720 So I will say my constituents in Texas and along the border

00:39:42.120 are as relieved as anybody for President Trump to actually enforce the law.

00:39:48.800 And I know the Border Patrol morale is at an all-time high

00:39:52.940 because they are now being allowed to do what they train to do,

00:39:57.420 what they volunteer to do,

00:39:59.180 which is to secure the border and to protect the public.

00:40:02.740 Senator, what can you tell us about your sense of what is going to happen now

00:40:10.600 that the BBB, the big, beautiful bill, has been passed?

00:40:15.120 What do you think is most critical that comes from this,

00:40:18.880 and what are you optimistic about?

00:40:22.140 Well, number one, we had to pass that bill

00:40:25.240 because if not, we would have seen a multi-trillion dollar tax increase

00:40:30.520 on, according to the Wall Street Journal, 62% of taxpayers.

00:40:35.660 So all this propaganda we've heard from the left and from Democrats

00:40:40.200 that this just advantaged billionaires and millionaires, it's just not true.

00:40:46.040 And it's shocking to me how easily people lie with impunity here

00:40:51.080 in the nation's capital, but it's become sort of coin of the realm,

00:40:55.360 and they can't be shamed into stopping it.

00:41:01.780 So we just need to combat that with the truth.

00:41:04.640 And there's a lot of provisions of this bill

00:41:06.640 that I think people can be very excited about.

00:41:09.000 Number one, not having a huge tax increase

00:41:11.900 on top of 40-year high inflation as a result of Bidenomics.

00:41:17.100 The standard of living of Texans and Americans

00:41:20.080 had gone down because of this hidden tax of inflation.

00:41:23.780 And a tax increase is the last thing they need.

00:41:27.280 But President Trump made clear he wanted to extend

00:41:29.920 the benefits of these tax cuts to people who work for wait for tips

00:41:35.040 and who worked overtime.

00:41:36.960 So this is truly a middle-class tax cut.

00:41:40.360 And I believe it will stimulate the economy and economic growth

00:41:44.560 in a way that will create a lot of new jobs.

00:41:47.200 It will bring a lot of companies who built factories overseas,

00:41:52.100 bring them back home, and create a lot of good, well-paying jobs here.

00:41:56.420 I'm very optimistic about it, but it really can't be viewed in isolation.

00:42:01.300 I think it's part of a larger package of economic reforms

00:42:04.840 that President Trump is committed to

00:42:06.680 that's going to see the economy take off.

00:42:09.820 And right now, we're hoping to see at least 3 percent growth

00:42:14.680 in the economy, GDP, in coming years.

00:42:18.680 We made a lot of these provisions permanent,

00:42:21.860 including expensing the new equipment

00:42:24.080 and bonus depreciation for small businesses.

00:42:27.920 So I'm very optimistic about it.

00:42:30.400 But obviously, we've got to go out and tell the story.

00:42:33.280 And we need the guy with the best megaphone,

00:42:37.100 the president, to get out there and help us

00:42:39.920 because people, when he speaks, people listen.

00:42:43.040 I know, last question for you, Senator.

00:42:45.460 I know you're in the middle now of the primary process.

00:42:49.400 I know it's going to be still a ways out.

00:42:52.020 You've got a contender on, at least one contender

00:42:55.780 on your side of the aisle in Ken Paxton.

00:42:58.800 I don't know if you saw this,

00:43:00.080 but Jasmine Crockett on the Democrat side 1.00

00:43:02.860 is potentially considering throwing her hat in the ring. 1.00

00:43:06.740 What can you tell us about the Senate race right now?

00:43:11.760 And you just mentioned President Trump.

00:43:13.520 Do you think he is going to weigh in in the primary?

00:43:16.280 Do you expect him to stay out?

00:43:17.500 How is this going to play out in your mind?

00:43:19.960 Well, when I saw Jasmine Crockett was a leading candidate 0.64

00:43:24.160 in a Democratic primary, I wanted to say,

00:43:27.440 run, Jasmine, run. 0.99

00:43:30.380 But so I don't know who's going to get in the race.

00:43:34.340 There may be more people in the Republican primary.

00:43:38.080 The race is pretty quick.

00:43:39.580 I mean, the election's on March the 3rd,

00:43:41.660 so we're the earliest one in the nation.

00:43:44.520 But I've run a number of races in the past.

00:43:48.340 We know what to do.

00:43:49.760 And I'm confident of the outcome.

00:43:53.700 But Democrats are hoping, just hoping,

00:43:56.800 that the Attorney General is successful

00:43:59.140 because he's probably the only Republican

00:44:01.620 that a Democrat could beat in the general election.

00:44:06.080 And because of all of his many troubles,

00:44:08.520 I won't go into right here.

00:44:10.580 But we haven't elected a statewide Democrat

00:44:13.540 for 30 years in Texas.

00:44:15.520 And they're looking to break that winning streak

00:44:18.020 if somehow he's able to squeak out a win

00:44:21.300 in his primary on March the 3rd.

00:44:22.860 But I'm determined not to let that happen.

00:44:24.600 Senator, we appreciate the time.

00:44:27.960 And yeah, run, Jasmine, run.

00:44:29.800 I think there's a lot of people out there

00:44:31.100 that think she would probably be 1.00

00:44:32.240 the best possible steward for the Democrat Party

00:44:34.880 in the 2026 Senate race.

00:44:37.740 Appreciate the time, sir.

00:44:38.920 And I want to remind people, everybody out there,

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00:44:50.800 Thank you, Senator.

00:44:52.140 Thanks a lot. Appreciate it.

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00:46:31.360 Welcome back in, Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show.

00:46:34.160 Appreciate all of you hanging out with us.

00:46:36.440 That battle in general, Buck,

00:46:40.400 in the Texas Senate race,

00:46:42.040 I just kind of mentioned Jasmine Crockett.

00:46:44.480 It is very funny.

00:46:45.460 Run, Jasmine, run, 0.99

00:46:46.740 was what Senator John Cornyn said.

00:46:51.380 He is running against Ken Paxton

00:46:54.040 on the Republican side,

00:46:55.760 the Attorney General,

00:46:57.100 and there is talk that there may be

00:46:58.760 other people throwing their hats in the ring.

00:47:01.560 Democrat side is going to have a lot, too.

00:47:03.660 And he mentioned that the primary is early in Texas in March.

00:47:09.540 So that will be a big battle to see whether Trump gets involved.

00:47:14.440 And in the larger political universe,

00:47:18.100 that is a Senate seat that Democrats would have to be able to flip 0.98

00:47:24.200 to put the Senate really in danger.

00:47:27.160 North Carolina now, with Tom Tillis not running,

00:47:30.160 is going to be an open, no incumbent seat.

00:47:33.160 There's a lot of battlegrounds in New Hampshire,

00:47:36.660 in Michigan, in so many different states out there,

00:47:40.340 Georgia, to see exactly what's going to happen.

00:47:42.880 But this is why building the biggest possible advantage,

00:47:46.760 53-47, with the tiebreak matters so much.

00:47:50.740 Texans, I would be stunned if they're going to vote for a Democrat,

00:47:53.640 but there's going to be a lot of money raised,

00:47:55.560 a lot of energy out there.

00:47:57.260 So that's one to pay attention to,

00:48:00.020 as I know many of you out there are paying attention to.

00:48:03.500 We got a question from a caller that I think is a good one

00:48:09.940 that is diving in with the question,

00:48:13.700 unfortunately, now that over 100 people have died,

00:48:16.860 that flood hitting in the middle of the night as it did.

00:48:20.200 Greg in Orlando, Florida, this is a really good question

00:48:23.820 that I think a lot of people are wondering going forward

00:48:26.460 to try to keep this from happening.

00:48:27.800 Fire away.

00:48:29.520 Hey, guys.

00:48:30.720 Love you guys.

00:48:31.640 I'm a local truck driver here,

00:48:33.080 so I have the ability to listen to it all day long.

00:48:35.660 We love our truckers.

00:48:37.060 You guys are rolling with us the whole show.

00:48:38.960 Thank you.

00:48:40.080 Yeah, to you guys, to Dana Lash,

00:48:41.920 and all great programs,

00:48:43.380 but I look forward mostly for you guys.

00:48:45.100 So I love the show.

00:48:46.320 What I wanted to say was,

00:48:47.420 I'm not familiar with Texas per se,

00:48:50.280 but here in Florida we have alert systems,

00:48:52.740 AMBER alerts for children that are missing.

00:48:55.640 I wonder if there's anything in place

00:48:57.020 or could go in place like that

00:48:58.660 for national disaster-type events

00:49:00.920 that could help mitigate or prevent

00:49:03.300 or at least alert larger areas of something.

00:49:07.840 Look, it's a very good question, Greg,

00:49:10.960 and I think that they're going to look at this,

00:49:12.880 but I'll just point this out.

00:49:14.280 But you guys, I know this is going to sound like

00:49:17.360 it's very different,

00:49:18.000 but it'll make sense in a second.

00:49:19.640 You know how when trucks go backwards,

00:49:22.140 they beep?

00:49:22.580 Yeah.

00:49:22.800 They make this beeping sound?

00:49:24.940 They've looked into this

00:49:26.080 because still sometimes people get run over by the truck

00:49:29.820 even when it's beeping,

00:49:31.220 and I think you can guess why.

00:49:33.000 People get so used to hearing the beeping

00:49:35.340 that it's so loud.

00:49:37.380 The danger isn't there oftentimes too.

00:49:40.420 Yes, correct.

00:49:41.160 Because it's so far away

00:49:42.280 that their brain doesn't process,

00:49:44.320 oh, maybe there's something actually

00:49:45.900 that's a real risk here

00:49:47.820 because I'm always,

00:49:48.760 you're hearing that beeping everywhere,

00:49:50.080 beep, beep, beep, all the time.

00:49:51.880 That can be the truth of alerts too.

00:49:54.420 You hear these alerts,

00:49:56.280 and if you hear them too frequently,

00:49:57.960 especially about something like flooding

00:49:59.160 in a flood-prone area,

00:50:01.040 so then you get into how do you know

00:50:03.460 when it's really the time

00:50:05.840 and you're really telling people

00:50:07.420 and who makes that decision.

00:50:09.180 It's a little bit like, yes,

00:50:11.560 and I think they're going to look into that,

00:50:13.480 and I think it's something,

00:50:14.460 again, I mentioned we had tornado sirens here.

00:50:17.240 They go off,

00:50:18.480 and I think it's the most valuable at night

00:50:21.060 because during the day,

00:50:22.500 you can assess in some way

00:50:24.000 if the river is coming up.

00:50:25.400 You can see it.

00:50:26.100 You can look outside.

00:50:27.080 You can recognize it.

00:50:28.780 If you're sleeping,

00:50:29.700 even if you're getting alerts on your phone,

00:50:31.320 you may not recognize them,

00:50:32.640 and it can happen so quickly,

00:50:33.960 you almost have to wake someone up from sleep,

00:50:37.100 and then the challenge becomes,

00:50:38.320 to your point, Buck,

00:50:39.420 sometimes if you do it too frequently,

00:50:41.320 you just presume that it's not an actual danger,

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