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Rory O'Neil gives us an RNC preview
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That's renter's warehouse.com or call 303-974-9444 to speak to a rent estate advisor today. Our own correspondent, Rory O'Neill, is as I understand, are you on location, Rory? Not yet. So you're not in Milwaukee yet, but you're headed there next week. Yeah, going up this weekend. So I'll be there on Sunday. I saw the pictures yesterday of our setup, the iHeart broadcast setup up there. It looks really nice for a radio station. It looks like a TV broadcast booth. It does. I'm looking forward to uglying it up. No, it'll be an interesting setup. I was a bit surprised as well. I shared with our boss a picture of what we were set up like at the Republican National Convention in New York in 2004. And I can tell you, it was nowhere near as glamorous. It is not. iHeart knows how to do things up well. So Rory, what are we expecting to see next week at the convince? First of all, what kind of precautions are being taken, I guess I should ask, in terms of security, because I realize this is a very high-value target in terms of the number of people who are all in one place at one time. Yeah, and the Secret Service has actually been working out its security plan for nearly two years, believe it or not, getting ready for this, because it does span multiple venues. So where we're set up is in the hockey arena that's next door to the center where you're used to the box playing. And then there are two other venues in that same area that are also going to be used heavily by about 50,000 people who are roughly involved with the convention. That's the delegates, the media, the associated family members and so on. So spread across hotels across the city. So there's sort of a lockdown zone in the heart of the city. There's an area for a free speech zone. Essentially it lets people protest to nobody and no one's ever happy with these free speech zones because people want to be able to yell at the target of their angst and typically they set them up too far away. And somebody will, because it always happens, somebody will get in because this, I was there in Tampa in 2012 and I remember still some people got in there, I think it was from Code Pink. And in the middle of somebody's speech, I don't even remember who's, you know, they stood up and started screaming something and started waving signs around and very quickly security tackled them and drug them out. So I'm certain that will happen again at this. Yeah, you just hope that the other security precautions are there that no weapons get in and that kind of a thing. But yeah, that's always been a concern. You know, I was at the New York Convention in 2004. They had it there after 9/11 because it was after 9/11. And the security there was just incredible. But I've also been in Denver and Minneapolis and Philly and Boston and Tampa and on and on. But it's remarkable because I don't want to get an impression of a city based on my attendance there during a convention. In many times they're like lockdown war zones, you know, with all the main thoroughfares shut down to all traffic. It's Republican Democrat. It doesn't matter. But they are just logistical nightmares when you're trying to get around that they're paying the neck and lower. So Rory, we're expecting next week it's going to run Monday through Thursday. And by the way, for those listening to us on many of these radio stations that the Alabama's Morning News plays on, we will run the coverage of the convention starting at six o'clock or seven o'clock each night in the Central Time Zone until 11. And it will conclude on Thursday night with Donald Trump making a speech, right? Right. The big speech, the balloon drop, all that is for Thursday night. Of course, we're all interested to see what happens the night before. That's when Don Jr. introduces the vice presidential candidate, a running mate for Donald Trump. More and more signs point to using my Ouija board or my magic eight ball, J.D. Vance of Ohio getting the nod. But it's a wait and see, and we may actually get an announcement before the speech that happens on Wednesday. You know, Donald Trump is a master of this TV stuff. So we'll see how he plays it. Because, you know, again, this was supposed to be the week for sentencing for his criminal trial. And I think the thought was we'll make the announcement then and change the subject. But now you've got Joe Biden after that other mishap or two in his news conference last night. Again, just stand back and let the Democrats implode. I wonder, are there any notable people who will not be there in attendance next week that people are going to say, why isn't so and so here? Do you know of anyone like that? I don't. Nikki Haley is not going to be there. You know, because look, this is also the last presidential campaign for Donald Trump. So who's next? What's next in the pipeline for Republicans? You know, these kind of Republicans? I'm not sure what other terms to use, but you know, they're not George Bush Republicans. They're Donald Trump Republicans. And it's a different kind of candidate. It's not a Mitt Romney Republican. And so who is next in the pipeline? Where does the party go after Donald Trump? So, you know, these conventions can often be great springboards for these candidates. Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, both of them came out of Democratic conventions. Who will come out of this Republican one? That's very true. Well, one thing's for sure. There won't be many Mitt Romney Republicans in attendance next week. And that's probably a good thing. Rory O'Neill, thank you so much. We look forward to your updates all next week from Milwaukee. 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