March 17, 2026
Morning Run: Iranian Leader Killed, Trump “Taking” Cuba, Susie Wiles Breast Cancer, TSA Workers Quitting, Kennedy Center Closing and USA Vs Venezuela
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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good morning everyone. It is Tuesday, March seventeenth. Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everybody.
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Speaker 2: I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ Holmes. Happy Saint Patrick's Day. Yes, and I don't think bro, We're about to do something right now that I don't think we've ever done in harm professional careers. We're going to ask each and every one of you to call your congressmen and congresswomen and tell them to pay the TSA agents.
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Speaker 3: It's out of control.
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Speaker 2: This robes, this is come on, okay, just you got to pay the TSA agents. Everything else you'll knock yourselves out. You gotta pay these.
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Speaker 1: Fots, whatever it takes, whatever fund you have to dip into. This is absolutely wildly not even unfair, but this is life changing. People aren't able to put food on the table. They aren't able to pay their bills. Can you imagine the anxiety and the stress not about even missing one paycheck, but not knowing when your next paycheck is coming, and watching the news and seeing zero zero movement in the direction you needed to go for you to get paid for working keeping airports and air travel safe. It's one of the most important jobs a person can have.
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Speaker 2: That's what they tell us. These are the people our last line of defense, sometimes against us in a terrorist act, to keep us safe, and we won't pay them. Just this has gone. This is too much and too far again. We were talking about it beforehand here as we start the morning run, and just that is a that should just be said and beat that into anybody's heads. You can, you gotta pay these folks. But good morning to you all on this Tuesday. We're gonna be making stops all over the place today. Certainly yes, at the nation's airports. We're actually gonna give you some updated numbers about what's going on with TSA agents. But we'll also be making stops in Park City, Utah, in Ukraine and Cuba and Florida, in Harlem in DC, as well as Miami. What we need to start with the war in Iran and some updates, yes from the President, but also from the battlefield even today.
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Speaker 1: That's right, and a number of European countries holding firm against President Trump's threat that they get involved in the war with Iran or else. Specifically, these countries are rejecting President Trump's insistence that they assist in securing the all important Strait of hormonodes.
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Speaker 2: Some countries like Germany, I've come out and flatly said this is not our war. Trump has threatened that it'll be bad for NATO nations if they don't help out. He didn't say exactly what that means, however. Yes.
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Speaker 1: So meanwhile, President Trump again yesterday said that the war with Iran will be over soon, but didn't give any specifics. And then Iran now continues to trade shots with Israel and the United States, including now targeting a US base in Baghdad. And there has been a significant development this morning. Israel now says it has killed Iran's top security official, Ali Larajani. He was widely seen as the guy running the country since the Supreme Leader's death, so that would be a significant development.
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Speaker 2: This was the guy we talked about as soon as the Supreme Leader died. We said, get used to this name. You're going to be hearing it a lot. He was the guy, and now they're saying that guy is gone. Continuing here on Lauran, at least one former president agrees with President Trump's decision to go to war with Iran. That's according to President Trump. He said yesterday that one of his predecessors has privately told him that he regretted not doing what Trump is doing now in Iran.
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Speaker 1: Here are Trump's exact words. I've spoken to a certain president who I like, actually a past president, a former president. I wish I did it. I wish I did, but they didn't do it. I'm doing it. So which former president is he talking about? We don't know, and Trump wouldn't say, but get.
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Speaker 2: This all for living former presidents have said, what mean the eighth he is reporting? They reached out to representatives for each of the former presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, and all of them said they haven't even spoken to Trump recently at all. So take that, Howard you like crops?
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Speaker 3: Wow? All right? Well, next up on the run.
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Speaker 1: Speaking of next, Cuba is apparently next on our list of countries to take over. This isn't a prediction, that's not us reading the tea leaves. Rather, this is exactly what the President of the United States said yesterday.
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Speaker 3: Did we rewind it?
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Speaker 2: Yes, this is one we do that a lot. We took it and speak. Did he just say? Yeah? So he was in the Oval Office taking questions from reporters, and he said, quote, I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba. It's a big honor taking Cuba in some form. Yeah, whether I free it or take it, I can do anything I want with it, to tell you the truth. Who, Yes, exactly.
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Speaker 1: I'm literally speechless because where how have we gotten to a point where that can just be said and we all just kind of say, there he goes again.
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Speaker 2: Conquering the world, Greenland, Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran. Yeah. I mean I don't think he wants them to join us, but these are places he's talking about adding as a fifty first state as a part of the United States, will take their oil. Yeah. And we have continuing here on about Ron now the White House to your staff, Roll diagnosed with breast cancer. This came out yesterday. I know you looked into this story and please help me understand exactly what it means. Says it was caught early and she's going to keep working.
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Speaker 1: Look, look, the technology and the advancements have been made in the last ten years have been remarkable for breast cancer. So yes, Susie Wiles made the announcement. She said it was caught in its early stages. We don't know exactly the details, but now days, if they get it early enough, that's basically you can have targeted treatment where you might just need surgery and no chemo. A lot of women now don't have to have chemo because they can truly look and see where it is, how much is developed, and what type of cancer it is, and.
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Speaker 3: What stage it is.
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Speaker 1: So the sixty eight year old says she plans to keep on working while going through treatment. And I will say it can be done, based on the kinds of chemo you've had. I didn't miss a day of work either. It's not easy, but it can be done. And I'm sure she will feel the love in the support of so many women and men frankly who understand what this disease can do. And yes, that support means everything, and we wish her the very best.
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Speaker 2: Thought that was cool in her statement saying, yes, a lot of women continue to work after a breast cancer diagnosis. I am among them. Now, I love it.
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Speaker 3: I thought that was cool, very cool, all right? Next up on the run, very awkward.
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Speaker 2: We watched this, love this.
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Speaker 1: We might have rewinded this one too. I think we did all right? Did any of you see this moment?
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Speaker 3: Yesterday?
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Speaker 1: President Trump publicly revealed that a previously unknown terminal diagnosis of a member of Congress.
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Speaker 3: He had him.
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Speaker 1: Named and wanted Mike Johnson to give all the details.
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Speaker 2: This was blurted out in a bizarre moment. He was talking about Florida Congressman Neil Dunn. Now he has already announced that he's retiring from Congress, but the full details of the seventy three year old's health wasn't known until the President stepped in it yesterday at a press event completely unrelated. They were talking about something else, but a lot of folks sitting around at tables, and the President starts talking about this. Trump was telling a story of stepping in to help the congressman get access to some medical treatment because he was having some medical issues, and revealed that Donne has only been given months to live and Mike Johnson is sitting right next to him. Mike Johnson was the one who, I guess initially brought all of this to the president, So the President was trying to he thought it was a cool story.
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Speaker 1: He thought it was a cool story because he's the hero of the story. He gave well, in his words, he gave this congressman access to the best medical care possible at Walter Reed and so yes, Mike Johnson, who was absolutely prompted, said okay, well that wasn't public, but yeah, okay, it was grim That's what I was going to say. They went on to say that he's now doing really well. But the other awkward part about this is that the President was talking about it in the context of needing to have the right numbers in the balance of Congress and kind of talked of him as like a number, like a Republican number that we're gonna lose because he was dying.
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Speaker 3: It was really cavalier. It was really hard to watch and listen to.
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Speaker 2: Well, I forgot about that part of it, but you're right. It was essentially I want to save his life because I need his number too, I need his vote, I need his vote. And the President said that on more than one occasion during this I forgot about that. And Mike Johnson, who I always give credit roles, I'm like, he has the toughest job, but he seems to keep a cool head. I'm not used to seeing him getting that uncomfortable.
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Speaker 3: He got uncomfortable.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's continuing on the run here now. Things are Yes, we talked about this at the top, but it seems to be getting worse at the nation's airports as the partial government shutdown has now gone past a month.
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Speaker 1: Yes, TSA workers Friday missed their first full paycheck since the shutdown, and now they're calling out sick and quitting at even higher numbers. More than three hundred and fifty agents have actually quit completely. Said enough of this in the past month alone.
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Speaker 2: And you've seen all the pictures folks with the security line. Certainly, if you're flying, you need to call ahead, excuse me, look ahead at least and see what the security looks like. And they are telling folks in places not just two, not just three, but in some cases four and five hours, you need to get to the airport ahead of time. Hobby Airport is having a very difficult time. But they're talking about fifty five percent of their workers on some days are calling out sick. Half of your security workers that are keeping us safe in the skies call out sick. And it's impossible.
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Speaker 1: Look, we're traveling next week. We haven't traveled since the government shutdown, but certainly we know people who have and everyone has come back with nightmare scenarios from the airport.
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Speaker 2: Do we even know why? I remember why this is happening? Oh yeah, by Minneapolis. Because of Minneapolis Democrats are refusing to fund ICE, which is a part of DHS. TSA is a part of DHS.
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Speaker 1: And here we are, and just for another fun little asterisk, ICE is getting paid through twenty twenty seven. So all of this and ICE is still being paid even though TSA workers aren't.
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Speaker 3: So ICE is being paid. TSA workers aren't.
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Speaker 1: Not great job lawmakers, all right. Next up on the run, The Kennedy Center will close for two years. The board made it official yesterday, voting unanimously to close the performing arts center, essentially doing what Trump said he wanted to happen.
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Speaker 2: He said it needed renovations and the best way to do it is to close the place for two years. That is happening now.
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Speaker 3: Ooh, all right. Next up on the run. Guilty on all counts.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Jury and d so called grief author murder Trialing UTAH returned a late verdict yesterday against Corey Richins, on trial for murdering her husband by giving him a fentanyl laced drink.
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Speaker 1: The jury founder guilty of all charges, including aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder. Her sentencing date is now in May, and she is facing up to life in prison. We go over all the details of what happened in that court room. It was a surprise verdict late at night, so please check that out. It's the episode right before morning run. It was a fascinating day in court, all right.
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Speaker 2: Continuing on the run here now we'll head down to Florida, where tonight that state is scheduled to carry out its fourth execution of the year. Michael Lee King was convicted for the two thousand and eight kidnapping and murder of a young mother.
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Speaker 1: The fifty four year old will receive a lethal injection tonight at six pm. The Supreme Court has rejected his appeals and the victim, this young mother, her entire family, plans to be there tonight. They say they have waited for this for nearly twenty years and.
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Speaker 2: Nothing at this point. Supreme Court not getting involved. This is not one where you can expect the governor to have that phone ringing on the wall.
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Speaker 1: Governor DeSantis really wouldn't be the governor. I would ever expect to do that.
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Speaker 2: Not that guy. All right, stay with us on this Tuesday Morning run when we come back, we're saying goodbye to a legend that was a part of some of our households every single week as we were growing up, sticking around for that. Also Sean Penn missing from the oscars but showed up. And one President's office we'll explain, and the USA versus Venezuela in baseball. We continue now on this Tuesday Morning run by saying goodbye to someone who is absolutely legendary, someone that I loved growing up, Miss ki Ki Shepherd. Not sure how familiar that name is to a lot of people Robed but she passed away at seventy four unexpectedly according to her family, and she was a part of one of the all time classic great entertainment shows in Black entertainment history.
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Speaker 1: Yes, Shepherd has an undeniable and indelible place in Black entertainment history. She was the longtime host of the Showtime at the Apollo. Now I told you I know of the show. I've heard of the show, never watched it, and certainly didn't know who Kiki Shephard was.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, So this was a part of a showcase. If you don't know, it was on for decades. It was a staple in many black households. Gave up and coming black artists as well as established artists a showcase that they might not otherwise be able to get happening at the Apollo, the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem. It was a thing. All the amateurs came out. There was a wooden log they all have to rub their hands on for luck when they come out. And the audience, yes, the Harlem audience decided whether or not somebody was good or bad, and they got to vote. And in the middle of people's performances they get booed right off and come get shuffled off.
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Speaker 3: Of a guy who that sounds like the Gong show.
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Speaker 2: Don't know that.
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Speaker 3: One, see that was the white version.
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Speaker 2: Oh wow, this don't muddy the waters here. Let us have our moment. It was just a stable and it was important because it wasn't a lot of showcases for black talent like that. So Kiky Shepherd rest in peace, dear lady.
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Speaker 1: All right, well, we will now move on now to the next leg of our run, where we do now have an answer as to why Sean Penn was not at the OSCARS.
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Speaker 3: Turns out he was actually in a war zone.
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Speaker 2: Yes, this was a cool moment, I say cool. Excuse me. Kieran Coulkin made it kind of a funny moment. But he was up there announcing the winner for a Best Supporting Actor and he said Seanpinn's name. Seanpin wasn't there and rose We gave him credit at the time for having he seemed to have the right line. I didn't think it was that much of an insult, was it.
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Speaker 3: I thought it was funny because he said what everybody he was thinking.
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Speaker 2: Yes, there it is. He said, Sean Ben either couldn't be or didn't want to be here. That's funny. And it appears Sean Penn was busy and way away in Ukraine.
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Speaker 1: So President Zelenski himself posted a picture of the two men meeting, saying Penn was a true friend to Ukraine. Look, this has been a big passion project of his. He's been very outspoken Sean Penn has about his support for Ukraine. So he was where exactly where he wanted to be that evening.
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Speaker 2: And you know what, who could argue that that's not a more important cause than picking up a trophy in Hollywood.
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Speaker 1: Hey, we're talking about Ukraine. We're talking about President Zelenski. So if that was part of what he was hoping for, he achieved it.
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Speaker 2: All. Right, final leg of our run here on this Tuesday morning, the USA versus Venezuela in baseball. Have you been keeping up with this World Baseball Classic? No, didn't know what was going on, did you? No, I haven't heard of it before.
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Speaker 3: Nope?
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Speaker 2: Any idea yet what it is?
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Speaker 3: Nope?
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Speaker 2: Alrighty, then, well, the World Baseball Classic has been going on for the past week or so, but it happens every four years. Consider it the World Cup of Baseball. Kind of a thing where nations compete, You get your best together, nations come compete against each other. Right, that's been going on. It's down to the finals now, and who's in the final robes the USA versus Venezuela. How the chances? What are the chances?
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Speaker 1: I would say, I don't know baseball stats, but I would have just just I don't know.
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Speaker 3: I would have said slim to none.
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Speaker 2: That of all things that have been going on in the news, we get a Venezuela versus USA matchup. In Miami.
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Speaker 1: By the way, Oh my goodness, well, President Trump, it did not go unnoticed by him.
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Speaker 3: Let's just say that, yes, he took.
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Speaker 1: Note of the matchup and then took credit writing this on truth social Oh you can't make this up.
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Speaker 3: Wow.
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Speaker 1: Venezuela defeated Italy tonight four to two in the WBC Baseball semi final. They are looking really great. Good things are happening to Venezuela lately. I wonder what this magic is all about. Statehood number fifty one. Anyone, just.
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Speaker 3: You have to love You almost have tears coming out of your right that.
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Speaker 2: Is out of control. That is amazing. Venezuela is doing well in baseball because we came in and snatched your president.
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Speaker 1: They're free to play with their true hearts.
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Speaker 3: I guess how.
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Speaker 2: Many were up to fifty three, now fifty four. I got Canada, Greenland, and now Venezuela.
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Speaker 3: Who are all saying hell no, we don't want to go.
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Speaker 1: Yes, all right, Look, lots of lots of negativity in the world can get us all down.
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Speaker 3: I liked this quote.
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Speaker 1: It's simple and it's a reminder some of the best times in your life haven't happened yet.
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Speaker 2: I hope, So I certainly hope.
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Speaker 3: So don't take them, don't take the wind out of my sails off. Wait, what's what's tattooed on your arm?
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Speaker 2: That quote? It should be?
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Speaker 1: Oh?
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Speaker 3: I was like, I haven't seen that.
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Speaker 2: Keep it away because it seems depressent.
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Speaker 1: I feel like you might need to look at it repeatedly. But this is this is a way we always reminisce. I think we always maybe even remember things fonder than they actually were. And that's not a bad thing, but it gets us thinking, you know, the best of my life is behind me, and you know, you start to get like worried about the future, depressed it will never be the way it was, or whatever. I just think it's a reminder that just stop trying to control the outcome and stop worrying about what might or might not happen, because good things can still happen and not can will good things will still happen. So some of the best times in your life haven't happened yet.
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Speaker 3: You don't seem like you believe that that's great.
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Speaker 2: Now, that's great. You know, it's forward looking, it's optimistic. Everything up to this point doesn't even matter. Who cares life has been terrible. Good stuff is coming. The past stuff it's coming is yet to come. All even the stuff in the past that was good, it wasn't really that good because the better stuff is coming. This is fantastic.
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Speaker 1: You know what, though, Look, I think when you see these bright eyed, bushy tailed interns kids my girl's age, and they are so hopeful and so excited because they got their whole lives to look forward to. You get to a certain point in your life and you start thinking the opposite. You look at people's faces walking around, sitting on the subway.
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Speaker 3: People look sad and defeated.
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Speaker 1: Oftentimes, and I'm laughing because if we can just turn our heads around and remember it's not over.
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Speaker 3: It's not over people.
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Speaker 2: Okay, yes, that's great. I'm so sorry. I took a little what do you say, a little?
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Speaker 1: You took a lot of wind out of myself. Some of the best times in your life haven't happened yet, So go enjoy it. Look forward to life, be excited, be enthusiastic.
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Speaker 3: And with that, everyone, thank you for running with us.
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Speaker 2: I made me robots and I am a forward looking, optimistic TJ. Holmes. We will run with y'all. Soon
Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good morning everyone. It is Tuesday, March seventeenth. Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everybody.
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Speaker 2: I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ Holmes. Happy Saint Patrick's Day. Yes, and I don't think bro, We're about to do something right now that I don't think we've ever done in harm professional careers. We're going to ask each and every one of you to call your congressmen and congresswomen and tell them to pay the TSA agents.
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Speaker 3: It's out of control.
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Speaker 2: This robes, this is come on, okay, just you got to pay the TSA agents. Everything else you'll knock yourselves out. You gotta pay these.
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Speaker 1: Fots, whatever it takes, whatever fund you have to dip into. This is absolutely wildly not even unfair, but this is life changing. People aren't able to put food on the table. They aren't able to pay their bills. Can you imagine the anxiety and the stress not about even missing one paycheck, but not knowing when your next paycheck is coming, and watching the news and seeing zero zero movement in the direction you needed to go for you to get paid for working keeping airports and air travel safe. It's one of the most important jobs a person can have.
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Speaker 2: That's what they tell us. These are the people our last line of defense, sometimes against us in a terrorist act, to keep us safe, and we won't pay them. Just this has gone. This is too much and too far again. We were talking about it beforehand here as we start the morning run, and just that is a that should just be said and beat that into anybody's heads. You can, you gotta pay these folks. But good morning to you all on this Tuesday. We're gonna be making stops all over the place today. Certainly yes, at the nation's airports. We're actually gonna give you some updated numbers about what's going on with TSA agents. But we'll also be making stops in Park City, Utah, in Ukraine and Cuba and Florida, in Harlem in DC, as well as Miami. What we need to start with the war in Iran and some updates, yes from the President, but also from the battlefield even today.
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Speaker 1: That's right, and a number of European countries holding firm against President Trump's threat that they get involved in the war with Iran or else. Specifically, these countries are rejecting President Trump's insistence that they assist in securing the all important Strait of hormonodes.
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Speaker 2: Some countries like Germany, I've come out and flatly said this is not our war. Trump has threatened that it'll be bad for NATO nations if they don't help out. He didn't say exactly what that means, however. Yes.
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Speaker 1: So meanwhile, President Trump again yesterday said that the war with Iran will be over soon, but didn't give any specifics. And then Iran now continues to trade shots with Israel and the United States, including now targeting a US base in Baghdad. And there has been a significant development this morning. Israel now says it has killed Iran's top security official, Ali Larajani. He was widely seen as the guy running the country since the Supreme Leader's death, so that would be a significant development.
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Speaker 2: This was the guy we talked about as soon as the Supreme Leader died. We said, get used to this name. You're going to be hearing it a lot. He was the guy, and now they're saying that guy is gone. Continuing here on Lauran, at least one former president agrees with President Trump's decision to go to war with Iran. That's according to President Trump. He said yesterday that one of his predecessors has privately told him that he regretted not doing what Trump is doing now in Iran.
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Speaker 1: Here are Trump's exact words. I've spoken to a certain president who I like, actually a past president, a former president. I wish I did it. I wish I did, but they didn't do it. I'm doing it. So which former president is he talking about? We don't know, and Trump wouldn't say, but get.
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Speaker 2: This all for living former presidents have said, what mean the eighth he is reporting? They reached out to representatives for each of the former presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, and all of them said they haven't even spoken to Trump recently at all. So take that, Howard you like crops?
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Speaker 3: Wow? All right? Well, next up on the run.
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Speaker 1: Speaking of next, Cuba is apparently next on our list of countries to take over. This isn't a prediction, that's not us reading the tea leaves. Rather, this is exactly what the President of the United States said yesterday.
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Speaker 3: Did we rewind it?
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Speaker 2: Yes, this is one we do that a lot. We took it and speak. Did he just say? Yeah? So he was in the Oval Office taking questions from reporters, and he said, quote, I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba. It's a big honor taking Cuba in some form. Yeah, whether I free it or take it, I can do anything I want with it, to tell you the truth. Who, Yes, exactly.
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Speaker 1: I'm literally speechless because where how have we gotten to a point where that can just be said and we all just kind of say, there he goes again.
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Speaker 2: Conquering the world, Greenland, Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran. Yeah. I mean I don't think he wants them to join us, but these are places he's talking about adding as a fifty first state as a part of the United States, will take their oil. Yeah. And we have continuing here on about Ron now the White House to your staff, Roll diagnosed with breast cancer. This came out yesterday. I know you looked into this story and please help me understand exactly what it means. Says it was caught early and she's going to keep working.
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Speaker 1: Look, look, the technology and the advancements have been made in the last ten years have been remarkable for breast cancer. So yes, Susie Wiles made the announcement. She said it was caught in its early stages. We don't know exactly the details, but now days, if they get it early enough, that's basically you can have targeted treatment where you might just need surgery and no chemo. A lot of women now don't have to have chemo because they can truly look and see where it is, how much is developed, and what type of cancer it is, and.
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Speaker 3: What stage it is.
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Speaker 1: So the sixty eight year old says she plans to keep on working while going through treatment. And I will say it can be done, based on the kinds of chemo you've had. I didn't miss a day of work either. It's not easy, but it can be done. And I'm sure she will feel the love in the support of so many women and men frankly who understand what this disease can do. And yes, that support means everything, and we wish her the very best.
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Speaker 2: Thought that was cool in her statement saying, yes, a lot of women continue to work after a breast cancer diagnosis. I am among them. Now, I love it.
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Speaker 3: I thought that was cool, very cool, all right? Next up on the run, very awkward.
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Speaker 2: We watched this, love this.
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Speaker 1: We might have rewinded this one too. I think we did all right? Did any of you see this moment?
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Speaker 3: Yesterday?
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Speaker 1: President Trump publicly revealed that a previously unknown terminal diagnosis of a member of Congress.
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Speaker 3: He had him.
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Speaker 1: Named and wanted Mike Johnson to give all the details.
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Speaker 2: This was blurted out in a bizarre moment. He was talking about Florida Congressman Neil Dunn. Now he has already announced that he's retiring from Congress, but the full details of the seventy three year old's health wasn't known until the President stepped in it yesterday at a press event completely unrelated. They were talking about something else, but a lot of folks sitting around at tables, and the President starts talking about this. Trump was telling a story of stepping in to help the congressman get access to some medical treatment because he was having some medical issues, and revealed that Donne has only been given months to live and Mike Johnson is sitting right next to him. Mike Johnson was the one who, I guess initially brought all of this to the president, So the President was trying to he thought it was a cool story.
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Speaker 1: He thought it was a cool story because he's the hero of the story. He gave well, in his words, he gave this congressman access to the best medical care possible at Walter Reed and so yes, Mike Johnson, who was absolutely prompted, said okay, well that wasn't public, but yeah, okay, it was grim That's what I was going to say. They went on to say that he's now doing really well. But the other awkward part about this is that the President was talking about it in the context of needing to have the right numbers in the balance of Congress and kind of talked of him as like a number, like a Republican number that we're gonna lose because he was dying.
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Speaker 3: It was really cavalier. It was really hard to watch and listen to.
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Speaker 2: Well, I forgot about that part of it, but you're right. It was essentially I want to save his life because I need his number too, I need his vote, I need his vote. And the President said that on more than one occasion during this I forgot about that. And Mike Johnson, who I always give credit roles, I'm like, he has the toughest job, but he seems to keep a cool head. I'm not used to seeing him getting that uncomfortable.
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Speaker 3: He got uncomfortable.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's continuing on the run here now. Things are Yes, we talked about this at the top, but it seems to be getting worse at the nation's airports as the partial government shutdown has now gone past a month.
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Speaker 1: Yes, TSA workers Friday missed their first full paycheck since the shutdown, and now they're calling out sick and quitting at even higher numbers. More than three hundred and fifty agents have actually quit completely. Said enough of this in the past month alone.
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Speaker 2: And you've seen all the pictures folks with the security line. Certainly, if you're flying, you need to call ahead, excuse me, look ahead at least and see what the security looks like. And they are telling folks in places not just two, not just three, but in some cases four and five hours, you need to get to the airport ahead of time. Hobby Airport is having a very difficult time. But they're talking about fifty five percent of their workers on some days are calling out sick. Half of your security workers that are keeping us safe in the skies call out sick. And it's impossible.
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Speaker 1: Look, we're traveling next week. We haven't traveled since the government shutdown, but certainly we know people who have and everyone has come back with nightmare scenarios from the airport.
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Speaker 2: Do we even know why? I remember why this is happening? Oh yeah, by Minneapolis. Because of Minneapolis Democrats are refusing to fund ICE, which is a part of DHS. TSA is a part of DHS.
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Speaker 1: And here we are, and just for another fun little asterisk, ICE is getting paid through twenty twenty seven. So all of this and ICE is still being paid even though TSA workers aren't.
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Speaker 3: So ICE is being paid. TSA workers aren't.
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Speaker 1: Not great job lawmakers, all right. Next up on the run, The Kennedy Center will close for two years. The board made it official yesterday, voting unanimously to close the performing arts center, essentially doing what Trump said he wanted to happen.
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Speaker 2: He said it needed renovations and the best way to do it is to close the place for two years. That is happening now.
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Speaker 3: Ooh, all right. Next up on the run. Guilty on all counts.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Jury and d so called grief author murder Trialing UTAH returned a late verdict yesterday against Corey Richins, on trial for murdering her husband by giving him a fentanyl laced drink.
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Speaker 1: The jury founder guilty of all charges, including aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder. Her sentencing date is now in May, and she is facing up to life in prison. We go over all the details of what happened in that court room. It was a surprise verdict late at night, so please check that out. It's the episode right before morning run. It was a fascinating day in court, all right.
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Speaker 2: Continuing on the run here now we'll head down to Florida, where tonight that state is scheduled to carry out its fourth execution of the year. Michael Lee King was convicted for the two thousand and eight kidnapping and murder of a young mother.
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Speaker 1: The fifty four year old will receive a lethal injection tonight at six pm. The Supreme Court has rejected his appeals and the victim, this young mother, her entire family, plans to be there tonight. They say they have waited for this for nearly twenty years and.
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Speaker 2: Nothing at this point. Supreme Court not getting involved. This is not one where you can expect the governor to have that phone ringing on the wall.
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Speaker 1: Governor DeSantis really wouldn't be the governor. I would ever expect to do that.
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Speaker 2: Not that guy. All right, stay with us on this Tuesday Morning run when we come back, we're saying goodbye to a legend that was a part of some of our households every single week as we were growing up, sticking around for that. Also Sean Penn missing from the oscars but showed up. And one President's office we'll explain, and the USA versus Venezuela in baseball. We continue now on this Tuesday Morning run by saying goodbye to someone who is absolutely legendary, someone that I loved growing up, Miss ki Ki Shepherd. Not sure how familiar that name is to a lot of people Robed but she passed away at seventy four unexpectedly according to her family, and she was a part of one of the all time classic great entertainment shows in Black entertainment history.
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Speaker 1: Yes, Shepherd has an undeniable and indelible place in Black entertainment history. She was the longtime host of the Showtime at the Apollo. Now I told you I know of the show. I've heard of the show, never watched it, and certainly didn't know who Kiki Shephard was.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, So this was a part of a showcase. If you don't know, it was on for decades. It was a staple in many black households. Gave up and coming black artists as well as established artists a showcase that they might not otherwise be able to get happening at the Apollo, the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem. It was a thing. All the amateurs came out. There was a wooden log they all have to rub their hands on for luck when they come out. And the audience, yes, the Harlem audience decided whether or not somebody was good or bad, and they got to vote. And in the middle of people's performances they get booed right off and come get shuffled off.
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Speaker 3: Of a guy who that sounds like the Gong show.
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Speaker 2: Don't know that.
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Speaker 3: One, see that was the white version.
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Speaker 2: Oh wow, this don't muddy the waters here. Let us have our moment. It was just a stable and it was important because it wasn't a lot of showcases for black talent like that. So Kiky Shepherd rest in peace, dear lady.
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Speaker 1: All right, well, we will now move on now to the next leg of our run, where we do now have an answer as to why Sean Penn was not at the OSCARS.
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Speaker 3: Turns out he was actually in a war zone.
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Speaker 2: Yes, this was a cool moment, I say cool. Excuse me. Kieran Coulkin made it kind of a funny moment. But he was up there announcing the winner for a Best Supporting Actor and he said Seanpinn's name. Seanpin wasn't there and rose We gave him credit at the time for having he seemed to have the right line. I didn't think it was that much of an insult, was it.
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Speaker 3: I thought it was funny because he said what everybody he was thinking.
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Speaker 2: Yes, there it is. He said, Sean Ben either couldn't be or didn't want to be here. That's funny. And it appears Sean Penn was busy and way away in Ukraine.
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Speaker 1: So President Zelenski himself posted a picture of the two men meeting, saying Penn was a true friend to Ukraine. Look, this has been a big passion project of his. He's been very outspoken Sean Penn has about his support for Ukraine. So he was where exactly where he wanted to be that evening.
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Speaker 2: And you know what, who could argue that that's not a more important cause than picking up a trophy in Hollywood.
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Speaker 1: Hey, we're talking about Ukraine. We're talking about President Zelenski. So if that was part of what he was hoping for, he achieved it.
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Speaker 2: All. Right, final leg of our run here on this Tuesday morning, the USA versus Venezuela in baseball. Have you been keeping up with this World Baseball Classic? No, didn't know what was going on, did you? No, I haven't heard of it before.
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Speaker 3: Nope?
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Speaker 2: Any idea yet what it is?
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Speaker 3: Nope?
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Speaker 2: Alrighty, then, well, the World Baseball Classic has been going on for the past week or so, but it happens every four years. Consider it the World Cup of Baseball. Kind of a thing where nations compete, You get your best together, nations come compete against each other. Right, that's been going on. It's down to the finals now, and who's in the final robes the USA versus Venezuela. How the chances? What are the chances?
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Speaker 1: I would say, I don't know baseball stats, but I would have just just I don't know.
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Speaker 3: I would have said slim to none.
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Speaker 2: That of all things that have been going on in the news, we get a Venezuela versus USA matchup. In Miami.
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Speaker 1: By the way, Oh my goodness, well, President Trump, it did not go unnoticed by him.
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Speaker 3: Let's just say that, yes, he took.
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Speaker 1: Note of the matchup and then took credit writing this on truth social Oh you can't make this up.
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Speaker 3: Wow.
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Speaker 1: Venezuela defeated Italy tonight four to two in the WBC Baseball semi final. They are looking really great. Good things are happening to Venezuela lately. I wonder what this magic is all about. Statehood number fifty one. Anyone, just.
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Speaker 3: You have to love You almost have tears coming out of your right that.
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Speaker 2: Is out of control. That is amazing. Venezuela is doing well in baseball because we came in and snatched your president.
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Speaker 1: They're free to play with their true hearts.
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Speaker 3: I guess how.
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Speaker 2: Many were up to fifty three, now fifty four. I got Canada, Greenland, and now Venezuela.
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Speaker 3: Who are all saying hell no, we don't want to go.
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Speaker 1: Yes, all right, Look, lots of lots of negativity in the world can get us all down.
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Speaker 3: I liked this quote.
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Speaker 1: It's simple and it's a reminder some of the best times in your life haven't happened yet.
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Speaker 2: I hope, So I certainly hope.
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Speaker 3: So don't take them, don't take the wind out of my sails off. Wait, what's what's tattooed on your arm?
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Speaker 2: That quote? It should be?
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Speaker 1: Oh?
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Speaker 3: I was like, I haven't seen that.
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Speaker 2: Keep it away because it seems depressent.
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Speaker 1: I feel like you might need to look at it repeatedly. But this is this is a way we always reminisce. I think we always maybe even remember things fonder than they actually were. And that's not a bad thing, but it gets us thinking, you know, the best of my life is behind me, and you know, you start to get like worried about the future, depressed it will never be the way it was, or whatever. I just think it's a reminder that just stop trying to control the outcome and stop worrying about what might or might not happen, because good things can still happen and not can will good things will still happen. So some of the best times in your life haven't happened yet.
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Speaker 3: You don't seem like you believe that that's great.
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Speaker 2: Now, that's great. You know, it's forward looking, it's optimistic. Everything up to this point doesn't even matter. Who cares life has been terrible. Good stuff is coming. The past stuff it's coming is yet to come. All even the stuff in the past that was good, it wasn't really that good because the better stuff is coming. This is fantastic.
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Speaker 1: You know what, though, Look, I think when you see these bright eyed, bushy tailed interns kids my girl's age, and they are so hopeful and so excited because they got their whole lives to look forward to. You get to a certain point in your life and you start thinking the opposite. You look at people's faces walking around, sitting on the subway.
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Speaker 3: People look sad and defeated.
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Speaker 1: Oftentimes, and I'm laughing because if we can just turn our heads around and remember it's not over.
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Speaker 3: It's not over people.
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Speaker 2: Okay, yes, that's great. I'm so sorry. I took a little what do you say, a little?
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Speaker 1: You took a lot of wind out of myself. Some of the best times in your life haven't happened yet, So go enjoy it. Look forward to life, be excited, be enthusiastic.
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Speaker 3: And with that, everyone, thank you for running with us.
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Speaker 2: I made me robots and I am a forward looking, optimistic TJ. Holmes. We will run with y'all. Soon