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[Applause] are oh [Applause] stre 207 on a Monday afternoon 508 996 0500 is the number and still a lot of clouds out there and um still some puddles every now and then I see a raindrop land in one of those puddles out there uh thanks for joining me today appreciate it very much and thanks again to Brian for filling in for the last week while I was out and um and now we're back we've got today and tomorrow and then Wednesday is a holiday and then we're back Thursday and Friday so we have a split week today's kind of like a Monday Monday Monday and tomorrow it's like a Tuesday Friday kind of sort of with a one day weekend in the middle right and then we're back on Thursday and Friday and then we pick it up strong from there got a lot of things going on this year I mean this is going to be a big year we've got the um uh well we've got the the funeral for Jimmy Carter coming up probably next week and um I believe it was uh January 9th and of course the certification of the the votes the Electoral College votes um we've got the um the inauguration on January 20th and it's going to be interesting to see which executive orders will be handed down I mean that's that's the new thing the last uh few years is last few administrations get as many executive orders out there on Election Day so uh we'll see about that and um also this is a local election year the city of New Bedford will be electing folks folks out there in full River Taunton Mayors going to be up for re-election this year uh or maybe some new blood now Mayor John Mitchell has not indicated whether or not he plans to seek another term he never does he usually waits till about August before he um makes his intentions known so it's going to be a few months before we understand who is going to run over the course of the last 10 12 years how many years has John Mitchell been in 14 now right maybe I don't remember but it's been a while he's had very little in the way of competition uh folks tend to wait and see what he's going to do and then decide whether they're going to run or not I think if John Mitchell decides not to seek reelection you will see the floodgates open and there will be uh maybe as as many as 15 candidates for mayor you may actually see some folks decide that this is their time even if John Mitchell does decide to seek re-election I mean think about it if you are a um if you Linda Morad or Tony cabal the last really serious contenders to run from mayor that first year that John Mitchell won um and you're saying well I'll wait till he you know serves a few terms or he loses or whatever and then I'll challenge him again but he's been a pretty popular mayor has your time coming gone has your time coming gone has that window closed for you I mean you want to think about Mayors I mean just look around the city council right Brian Gomes is my age he has run and has um not ruled out the possibility of another run he en has talked about it uh Linda Morad has actually run and has talked about it I'm trying to think off the top of my head uh who else might run in the council um I'm trying to remember who's on the council so happens you only get a few hours sleep right I can't can't even recall everybody who's on the council but um certainly we know Tony cabal has been interested in it he he's run in the past as he won it now at his age he's about my age too um so I I don't know it's going to be an interesting year which counselors are going to stay which ones are going to go will we have any new people throwing their head the ring uh we've seen Massachusetts move a little bit more to the right and um that could bring people out this year I asked you about the biggest news story of the year before I went to break and um as far as the most under reported Story of the Year CBS reporter Jan Crawford said yesterday on [Music] um he was Face the Nation on CBS she said President Joe Biden's obvious cognitive decline was the most underreported story of 2024 well if it was so underreported why didn't you report on anymore hello what did you just wake up one morning and say gee I think that was the most underreported story uh didn't you realize it as it was happening you know Joe Biden is uh out in the Virgin Islands because who doesn't need another vacation right Joe Biden is out on the Virgin Islands and um apparently spoke to the [Music] uh Folks At The Washington Post and his indicated that he regrets not seeking re-election this year he regrets not seeking re-election this year he he thinks he going to beat Trump what color are the mushrooms in the Virgin Islands Joe Biden anyway Joe Biden also reportedly regrets selecting Merrick Garland as his attorney general complaining that Merck Garland moved too slowly and that Trump might have been taken down and put away and and not even uh a candidate for president had somebody with greater speed moved against him earlier on so all of those meetings at the White House with all these states prosecutors I guess didn't didn't work out for you Joe huh but anyway Jan Crawford of CBS News conceded that um Biden's declining mental acuity appeared obvious to all but members of the corporate media whose very job it was to cover the White House and its occupant well again it's a case of he's not Trump I mean it's amazing what you can get away with if you are not Trump they will excuse everything they will trip all over your issues and your problems as long as you're not job so it doesn't shock me that they didn't notice because Biden was not Trump he was an acceptable alternative to Trump was funny he was having a political discussion with somebody over the weekend um talking about Barack Obama the person told me I like Obama and I said Obama was a con artist and the person said and Trump's not see where that goes all the time every time Obama's a COR artist and Trump's not Crawford by the way is cbs's Chief legal correspondent and she said that the entire 2024 election could have been reshaped if Biden's mental Fitness had been addressed earlier in the election cycle by the Washington press court so you see what she's saying here right she's not saying Biden got away with something or or whatever she's saying you know damn um we could have beaten Trump had we taken out Biden sooner because it was the press that took Biden out certainly Nancy Pelosi had to go and U tie a rope around his neck and and and yank him out of his chair but it was the press that led to it after the after the debate July 13th debate would Trump clean the floor with him it was the press that that turned on Biden oh my God this is this is horrible this is terrible this guy's got to go he's got to go that gave rise to KLA Harris unchecked unfettered just threw it right in there unvetted but I mean the Press tried to cover up Joe Biden they knew what Joe Biden was they knew what he was they dealt with him all the time they'll talk about their sources our sources within the White House tell us this and tell us that their sources in the White House didn't say that the president of the United States was a was a humanid vegetable nobody told him had no idea so the only thing Crawford regrets here was not that the media under reported Biden's Condition it's just said we should have done it sooner so that we could have forced him out and had more time to put a viable candidate up against Donald Trump so all roads lead to Trump no matter what it is no matter what the topic is it's all it's all about Trump undercovered and under reported that would be to me Joe Biden's obvious cognitive decline that became undeniable in the televised debate craford said she further noted recent reporting by Wall Street Journal amongst others including this outfit CBS addressed how White House AIDS covered up Biden's mental decline over the past four years yeah but you know what I'm not the smartest kid in the classroom here and I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree or sharpest knife in the drawer or whatever but damn I knew you knew we talked about it in 2020 2019 we talked about it that Joe Biden was being hidden in the basement he wasn't um he wasn't doing press conferences he wasn't answering questions he was eating ice cream and being held in the in the basement remember we all knew that so the national news media didn't they didn't know it because they didn't want to know it they were part of a vast conspiracy you know Hillary Clinton's vast right-wing conspiracy this was a last left-wing media and political conspiracy I mean just go back to square one I told you this on day one Bernie Sanders was going to be the Democrat nominee and that scared the be Jesus out of the Democrats and the media so they dragged out Joe Biden so Joe you got to do it one more time via country you got to do you got to do you just got to run by I don't know I'm cognitively not here but Joe don't worry about it we'll we'll do everything for you we'll just give you ice cream you can stand down in the yard remember the day he stood out in the yard to give his press conference and the bird pooped on him remember that and all you got to do is go stand in the yard let the birds poop on you and and we'll tell you what to say we'll tell you what to do we'll pull all of the strings and you can you can eat ice cream you can do all of these happy just run and beat Bernie give us an alternative to Bernie because Bernie was going to win the Democrat nomination and I'll be honest with you I think Bernie might have beat Donald Trump in 2020 I think Bernie could have done it now I don't know why the Democrats were afraid of Bernie Sanders because what they were looking for was a Bernie Sanders they wanted Joe Biden to be Bernie Sanders I think they they they like Bernie Sanders and they liked his policies but they didn't think he could beat Trump they thought that Joe Biden could be Bernie Sanders in a suit you know Bernie Sanders a little bit better known more respected somebody could go across the um the aisle and and dragging Women Voters and dragging minority voters and dragging some males maybe some Independents or whatever so that was the chance they took and they were successful that's what they did that's how Joe Biden got elected but they knew the guy was they they knew he was a you know short they knew that he was a um he was a liability but they figured if they played their cards right and they managed it and they managed him they could pull it off problem is Biden ran out of gas too soon ran out of gas way too soon but yet they still lied and they still tried to cover it up oh no pay no attention to that guy behind the the curtain over there Biden's strong he's leading he's a that came from the Democrats who all knew that he was um out to lunch it came from the media all knew he was out to lunch but he wasn't Trump and mysteriously Bernie Sanders got a third house too by the way remember that bar got bought his second house after Hill after he bowed out to Hillary then he got his third uh third house after he uh bowed out to I'm not alleging any you know Shenanigans of anything like that I'm just yeah just got to follow the [Music] money follow the power Joe Biden is safe he can win all he has to do is shut up and follow the Easter money follow the Easter money around remember that with the Easter Bunny out on the the White House front lawn didn't work they almost pulled it off they had it going for about three years they had it going for more than three years they had it going until until that debate when the American public really saw because before that it was just Fox News it's only Fox News that were saying that Joe Biden was out to lunch Joe Biden is fine all the other the only News why is Fox news saying that and nobody else is saying that all the other um hello you've been snookered simple as that get your face out of your phone pay attention and maybe you might see it for yourself all the people saw it for themselves they watched that debate they said uhoh who is this guy this isn't a joke Biden that they keep telling us about Hey Joe Biden what's my Joe Biden it was all over after that that allowed the Democrats to Stage aoup K [Music] Harris moved right in it blew the whole thing up blew it all up and now the news media oh gee we should have uh the most underreported story what yeah and the only reason it was most underreported stories cuz now you get caught that's it all right quick break 50899 60500 coming why Starlight exists to bring happiness to hospitalize Children through programs that help kids cope build resilience bolster confidence and change their Outlook programs like gaming virtual reality headsets toy deliveries Radio Flyer wagons and cozy hospital gowns are just a few of the ways Starlight eases a child's hospital stay because happiness matters visit starlight.org to learn more new bedford's news talk station 140 new bedford's new stock station 1420 wbsm new pedford a Town Square Media Station in the hot land Jackie going to be a football star Dian de time back seat of Jackie's [Applause] [Music] [Applause] car sucking on chil dog outside tast freeze Diane sitting on Jackie's lap got his hands between the knees Jackie say hey Diane let's run off behind shaded trees dribble off those Bobby Brooks let me do what I please say oh yeah goes on 227 on a Monday 508 9965 is our phone number and um you know speaking about mayor Mitchell this is piece today in the standard times I think it was published today um to be honest with you I don't tell generally yeah I think it I think it was published today I generally don't look at the um uh the newspapers and things when I'm not working and um especially during the holidays but there was a piece in the Sanda times today about Mayor John Mitchell uh not being all that thrilled with the design for the new Fair Haven bridge and the story was written by Frank Mulligan and I got to tell you I agree with the mayor I I don't I'm I'm not real happy with it either but um bridge is over 120 years old and it's going to go from a a swing Bridge you know how it swings open to let the vessels come through it's going to go from being a swing bridge to a vertical lift bridge I don't know if you haven't seen the um rail Bridge down on the the canal the rail Bridge it's a it's a railroad bridge railroad trains go over the canal on this bridge uh but when big boats come in the the road actually lifts straight up in the air to allow big boats to go underneath that's the kind of bridge they want to build here and New Bedford and [Music] um according to Mulligan story here City officials had questioned the Choice uh by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to pursue that design but have since accepted Mast Do's rationale including that it will require shorter road closings and be less disruptive to traffic during construction but see here's the problem with local politicians we've seen this for God knows how many years decades with a train right well if you ask for this you're going to put your train money in Jeopardy ask for that you're never going to get the train how boy how greedy you are you want a new bridge too and a train so you know the state comes in mot comes in and they say this is what we're going to give you for a bridge and everybody's like what GE it could be better but okay okay we don't want to ruffle any feathers because they might they might take it away from us and we've got to lose that mentality we've got to fight for what we want and what is right I mean look at Boston right Boston's got the beautiful zium Bridge right with lights on it and all kinds of stuff you see it on TV when they when they do the Celtics games in Boston you see uh networks out there and they got the the the bridge is so beautiful and even Fall Rivers got lights on their bridge and everything um but you bet you're going to take the bridge we give you and you're going to like it okay but seems that's changing according to Mullan Mulligan um City officials want to make sure that the new bridge is not only fully functional but aesthetically pleasing damn straight I mean if we got to go 120 years before we got another new bridge we want to make sure the one that we have is uh is going to be pretty nice to look at right I think so asked the comment Mayor John Mitchell said quote the Bedford Fen bridge is an architectural landmark and it was designed 120 years ago with a level of thought and care that respected future generations of Greater New Bedford residents although the bridge must now be replaced the new bridge likewise must reflect a high level of design we want the new bridge to be a source of Pride for the Region's residents and for visitors to look at the bridge and recognize that gr New Bedford is a region that takes pride in itself today's residents along with their children and grandchildren deserve a bridge whose design signals to everyone that our region is an important Place Mitchell added the images recently shared by state officials reveal that the Bridge's design still has a long way to go recently I spoke to State Transportation secretary Monica Tibbits nut about the importance of the Bridge's appearance I am grateful that she is equally committed to building a bridge whose design meets our Region's high standards get that in writing for the standard time story New bford Port Authority director Gordon Carr was reported to have written a letter in September to the US Coast Guard [Music] um which had been reviewing the minimum height and width clearances for navigation below the bridge we re recognize that the vertical lift type Bridge height presents aesthetic challenges to this historic Port I look forward to being part of the local advisory committee to achieve a maximally functional Bridge which also minimizes adverse visual impacts on the nearby historic and cultural resources and this bridge I don't know if you've seen the [Music] um the um prototype for it the renderings but it's got two big towers it's just like the one on the canal Two Towers on either end and I I don't know if that's going to look good there I really don't the vertical lift bridge will clear the way for passing vessels by raising the roadway straight up between two 190t tall towers it will have two elevation settings one at 80 and one at 138 ft that will be triggered depending on the height of the vessel that needs to pass underneath car had asked in his letter that mass do consider raising the 138t high limit as Maritime Commerce evolves changes to vessels and other infrastructures or infrastructure can be expected he said including the need for higher clearances mot officials said during a presentation last January on the proposed vertical lift Bridges merits that it will provide an unobstructed 260t wide channel for vessels to pass as opposed to the just under 100t channels provided on each side of the current Bridge when swung open bastard officials also say the vertical lift bridge will take less time to construct meaning less disruption to vehicles and vessels than other alternative Bridges reviewed they are working on finalizing the new Bridges design in 25% installments with a goal of starting construction in 2028 so it sounds to me like it's a like it a lump it kind of situation you're going to get a vertical lift bridge you ain't getting a bridge yeah shut up how dare you how dare you speak out I'm not sure a vertical lift bridge fits there you know it's like that dumb building the mayor wants to build and the state wants to build down on the um on the waterfront across from the the the hotel next to merils I mean who would drop a big building there I mean it just doesn't make sense not going to look good it's going to take up important space I mean it's like all these dumb windmills down at the Windmill Parts down on the waterfront where we could have shops and stuff and it yeah I don't know [Music] you know all of the um mail and voting that folks did in Massachusetts you got the first letter in the mail asking you do you do would you like us to send you a ballot and I think there was a follow-up letter to that right and then had to send back a uh a prepaid postage paid envelope back to them to tell them what you wanted and and then they sent you the ballot and all that kind of stuff you thought that was free right yeah no cost money cost a lot of money do you how much it cost for the um mailin voting postage the printing costs and all that kind of stuff to do mail and balloting cuz you're too too lazy to get off your butt and go and vote in person you know what it cost how about $8 million what they CL here in Massachusetts that mail and balloting got to print the ballots right they don't print themselves got to mail them out got to tabulate them count them all this kind of stuff State House news service say just less than half of the roughly 3.5 million voters who cast the ballot in November's elections did so in person half actually less than half because you couldn't get in your car and drive over or walk over to your local polling place and boat 3.5 million people voted fewer than half did so in person Secretary of State William galvin's office in a new report roughly $8 million costs associated with a popular vote by mail option do you know you'd be a lot healthier in your life if you did walk places and and do stuff like that actually can out of your car walk you know walk over to uh the Dunkin Donuts counter or the Starbucks counter instead of going through a drive-through window I something amazed me how people will sit in line Forever at a Dunkin donus window rather than just parking in the lot and walking in you can be in and out of there less than five minutes but you'll sit in your car because you can play on your phone or listen to music or or take selfies or um FaceTime or whatever God forbid you get out and one same thing with the election now oh send me my ballot so I can just sit at my kitchen table and uh fill it out $8 million what the hell could take care of a lot of seniors with $8 million right the report filed with the legislature this month details many of the costs connected to secretary galvin's responsibilities as Chief election officer for the state and the requirements of the uh 2022 law that allows voters to cast their ballots by mail or during a dedicated early voting window not counting the costs of printing ballots and envelopes assembling ballot kits and reimbursing local elections officials for unfunded mandates Galvin said the vote by male effort costs a little more than $8 million 8 million $ 5,676 43 to be exact but who's going to quibble over a few pennies right including nearly $2 million in postage for voters to return their ballots for the September primaries and the November general election and that excludes the cost of printing the ballot that's just that's just the U the mailing out and the postage and all that kind of stuff there were 8419 40 total ballots cast in the September primaries vote a turnout of 16.7% galvin's office said 52,5 of those votes or 61.8% of them were cast by male all 2898 or 3.4% were placed in person during the early voting period there were 2 192,25 votes or 34.8% cast in polling places on September 3rd that's Salat popularity of a mill in voting became more apparent during the November general election with 3.5 million voters or 68% 68.3% submitted a ballot Just fewer than half of those votes cast in the elections 1.7 million or 48.8% were submitted in person at a polling place in November 5th according to galvin's [Music] office yeah if we were really serious about saving money we could do away with a lot of this crap right do you really have to vote by Bill postage was the largest expense category with $ 1.9 million being charged against the um 352 separate United States Postal Service business reply mail accounts maintained by the elections division woo it's a lot of money I mean I I don't know about you but I I still think that $8 million is a lot of money yeah speaking about elections I mentioned in the uh might have been the last segment or or I think it was just before the the 2:00 news about how the campaign for 2028 is already underway do not kid yourself it is and you're going to start to see a lot of people out there that you haven't seen before or that you haven't seen a lot of you're going to see a lot more of them because they're making their move now there's a lot of Democrats I think there will be a lot of Republicans as well at least you know handful of Republicans because it will be an open seat and not everybody is just going to accept the fact that JD Vance is the air app parent in 28 so you're Li to see you know a bunch of U Republicans get in the race you can see Marco Rubio in there again and uh you know a lot of the other Republicans that we've uh Josh Holly and a lot of these other guys but JD Vance will probably win the nomination based on what we know today but on the Democrat side it's wide open too and it's a rebuilding period the Democrats are looking to rebuild now a lot of um what happens in 2028 depends upon what happens in uh in 2026 the midterms so if the Democrats continue to take a shellacking um you liable to see more moderate Democrat candidates emerge for the presidential nomination but if the Democrats pick up some seats and you know maybe uh more people move back toward the left a little bit God knows what you're going to see out there but some of the best guessing at this point um and I know you probably don't want to think about the next election cycle but it's begun it began before the before the November [Music] election the 2028 election had begun k already out there on the trail speaking December 17th already out there Gavin Nome governor of California already out there he's been out there Gretchen Whitmer governor of Michigan Governor Josh Shapiro Pennsylvania Governor West Moore of Maryland Transportation secretary jry Pat FedEd Governor Andy Basher of Kentucky Senator Ralph Warick of Georgia Senator Corey Booker of New Jersey senator Chris Murphy of conut Representative R Conor of California representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York businessman Mark Cuban Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina governor Michelle Luhan uh Grim of north of New Mexico and last but not least Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz can you imagine Tim Waltz running for president oh my God and those are just some of the names that are being kicked around as the campaign of 2028 begins 508 996 0500 Europe next on wbsm good afternoon Hey Barry how you doing pretty good how you doing not bad um you know I think it's a Democrats have a clean up on aisle six that's going to last for a long time y um and I know that the um presidential election is you know 20128 it's uh it's you know they're going to form up two years from now Etc but there's a lot of work they have to do because um each one of those candidates you listed has has have their own uh they're backed in their own corner with their own ideals and um uh and a lot of that is distasteful and that's what what part of this election was about was you know making America go in the right direction but also rejecting some of these liberal Concepts that on on face value don't work or they've they've you know whether it has to do with kids or it has to do with education or whether it has to do with um you know resources natural resources um uh uh energy policy uh new green deal I mean all of it was just um came to a head because Biden wasn't in control of it the way like if Obama was in place of Biden the whole time in this last four years um Trump might not have won because you know Obama's uh you know cck on his feet and managing all these uh you know issues all at the same time he probably could do but Biden was you know he was done from day one so um I I think it was U more error apparent that where we were going was drastically wrong yeah so suppose though over the next now you know um you said that I clean up on aisle six and they've got a long way to go it's doable I mean look at two year two terms of Richard Nixon followed by a term of Gerald Ford right um Jimmy Carter came in from nowhere Mr nobody comes in wins four years later Ronald Reagan right so anything can happen if Trump has a disaster four years um we could see a shift right back to the left again now if Trump comes in and all of a sudden we drill baby drill and fracking gas prices are back to a128 and um you know food prices are down and whatever then the Liberals are cooked and then they got to come up with some kind of a moderate candidate uh maybe even moderate um you know to to the right of Center slightly candidate in order to face JD Vance or or whoever's going to be the nominee so I mean it's going to be interesting to see and a lot is going to be told I think within the first 100 Year 100 years 100 days of this Administration if they have a productive first 100 days and they really start to make some change and start to move the country in the direction that they want to and the people respond to that it could be a big year for the Republicans in 2026 if they don't and you have the freedom caucus and the you know and the the rest of the Republicans all fighting each other and doing the circular firing squad then could be disastrous for the Republicans and the AOC crowd wins it's going to be interesting no I yeah I I I agree with that I mean it's a it's a there's kind of two phases in my head as one is Trump has to come through with his promises and you know needs to deport and you know work on the energy and and work on the prosperity of America but on the other side is uh you know Democrats um they don't get a free pass what even if Trump doesn't do as well because uh what what didn't work was what we all voted Ved against and and if they go back to what didn't work that doesn't make any sense either I mean so like you said you're going to have to have some Democrats are going to have to uh oh think about it this way Barry how many uh how many prominent Democrats said the party left me and so I'm now an independent or a republican a lot I mean RFK tulsey gabard uh I can get on the list um you know and they they basically said you're you're ruining America and I don't I'm not we're not standing with that uh so I I think the rats have a long way to go um even if Trump doesn't do as well as as expected they still have a long way to go because their policies are way too far you know well they they need to ditch every person that I just read on that list because they're all toxic every one of those people in part of the past they're all toxic they need to have somebody new or some people new come in that are more moderate and um more Centrist and can really pose a challenge to the conser atives in 2028 because I don't think any of those people that that are on that list um that that's all yesterday's news H you know that's like tell me tell me who the leader is who's the leader of the Democrat who's in charge of the DNC uh who who's going to be the one that goes out and tries to get $2 billion in uh funding that's not going to be very easy yeah so anyway absolutely thank you my friend got to hold you 50899 60500 you're next to wbsm good afternoon yeah good afternoon Barry hi and Happy New Year happy New Year uh my main my main uh what I'm concerned most about as far as elections go is this coming Friday we've got to elect the new speaker of the house yeah and I know Trump gave uh Mike Johnson his wholehearted endorsement this morning which I think is positive but it's still uh it's still concerning I don't want to see a food fight like we saw last year with Matt Gates and uh Kevin McCarthy yeah I really don't want to see that all over again and they can't even certify Donald Trump until there's a new speaker of the house yeah so that that's my number one concern right now yeah well I mean a lot is going to be known by the end of this week you know is this a party that can work together or is it a party that's going to self-destruct and you know we saw that happen during Trump's first um uh uh you know Administration when yeah when he walked in you got John McCain voting against him and you got Mitt Romney you got all these people that you know and and um you know he walks in he's got the he's got the house and the Senate he says okay give me the give me the repeal and replace so here and they're like you know we didn't expect to have to do anything so if you get that kind of Republican reception this week then all bets are off then we're going to have to govern by executive order it looks like Barry is critical the Trump Administration Hit the Floor running on day one and I I just think we I need we need Unity I mean Mike Johnson never actually wanted this job but I think he's done a decent job with it and he's definitely a conservative he may not be high hard right but he's a conservative well when you know the problem is this um when you've got a fractured party your own party it's very difficult to lead it's not like the you know the Democrats who pull everybody in together they may have to take them in the back room and slap a couple of people but they get everybody on the same line um the Republicans don't do that they all go off in their own Direction and is often times uh the problem is they cannot get a unified uh party corre correct yeah so I mean that's what we got look for this week can Trump and and the you know the various whips uh whip everybody into um into position and into agreement this week and the Democrats are going to hold the line they're not going to give them one vote they're just going to hold the line because Jeff is you know Jeff is going to whip them B yeah absolutely thank you my friend got hold you appreciate it good call 50899 60500 you have very important week ahead of us here very important week I'm going to get the last break and we're coming right back after this state the in the stars without it life is wasted time look inside your heart I look inside my things so everywhere in this world was we won we try to see falling behind we what the be all right welcome back to the program and it is time to head into the news room still kind of foggy out there and cloudy was expecting to see some sunshine by this point this afternoon um you know you get a nice warm day like this and you always get the Sun comes out just in time to set right it was kind of like that yesterday it's beautiful sunset but it happened you know it would have been nice to see the Sun a little bit earlier yesterday and took a nice walk around Buttonwood Park yesterday it's kind of weird being there after the the death of Ruth I don't know why I said that but it just was kind of weird the zoo was closed and I guess it's going to be closed through uh the third of the month and um should have some kind of a I don't know some kind of a service for Ruth don't you think Emily passed away too right and uh I don't know and some big changes at the zoo what would you like to see go in that space that's a pretty big footprint there and uh I wonder what they're going to do with it because they're not going to have any more elephants now that uh the elephant exhibit is gone s