The Big K Morning Show
October 2, 2024
Hey NFL fans, you can start the season with a big return on FanDul, America's number one sports book. So when you get a hunch in the middle of the game, you can check out the latest stats, view live play-by-play, and so much more on the same page where you place your bets. You'll get started with $200 in bonus bets guaranteed when you place your first $5 bet. That's fandul.com/sportsfan. Never waste a hunch and make every moment more with FanDul, an official sports book partner of the NFL. Must be 21+ and present in Colorado, first online real money weights are only $10 first deposit required. Bonus issue does now withdrawable bonus bets that expire seven days after receipt. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fandul.com. Gambling problem, call 1-800-522-4700. Kamala Harris is bringing us a new way forward. She's bringing us a politics of joy. She's bringing real solutions for the middle class, and she's centering you at the heart of that. All the while asking everyone, join this movement, make your voices heard. Let's look for a new day where everybody gets that opportunity and everybody gets a chance to thrive. I humbly ask for your vote on November 5th for Kamala Harris. And I believe, as a person who wants to be your next vice president, that we are a rich and prosperous enough country where every American, whether they're rich or poor, ought to be able to turn on their heat in the middle of a cold winter night, that's gotten more difficult thanks to Kamala Harris' energy policies. I believe that whether you're rich or poor, you ought to be able to afford a nice meal for your family. That's gotten harder because of Kamala Harris' policies. Part of the closing arguments last night in New York on CBS, Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, and Senator JD Vance. And let's talk about, as a related item here, Larry, John Delano's interview, his exclusive interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. There's a story in front of me right now concerning her remarks about U.S. Steel. She spoke about that again with John Delano and she said, "This is a quote. I feel very strongly that U.S. Steel needs to remain a U.S. company and that the people working there need to be American workers." I think that is also why I'm proud to do, I am proud I do have the support of the Steel Workers Union. So she doubled down on her position here when Delano asked her, "If you block a foreign acquisition, can you guarantee that there will be support?" And she said, and this is her response, "Will it come for the federal government to make sure that these furnaces stay open when the jobs are kept in Pittsburgh?" And she said, "It's my priority to keep the jobs in Pittsburgh." So, and by the way, John Delano will air more of his conversation with Kamala Harris, starting at foreign, KDK TV, and JD Vance and Tim Walls, according to overnight polls, basically it was a tie in terms of if asked people who they felt won, it was 42% for Vance, 41% for Walls, and 17% said it was a tie, but statistically with the margin of error, it basically follows party lines. Was that your takeaway, by the way? No clear winner? Yeah, I thought if you, you know, whoever you're backing, but the takeaway for me was I appreciated the civility, talking about the issues, getting passionate, but not constantly throwing each other under the bus with verbal jabs, and it was civil. And after, they shook hands before, and they shook hands spoke for a moment after, and somehow I appreciated that most of all. I'm delighted for two reasons. The first one is, is the debate focused on issues. Well, what a surprising change. And the second reason I'm delighted is, is the debates are over. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Yes, unless they pull an October surprise, which I don't think they know happen, definitely the vice presidential debates are over, and for the most part, since 1976, which by the way, was the first televised vice presidential debate, mercifully, there is very little that you could take away from those debates over the past almost 50 years. That said, obviously we have 34 days till the election and it still runs. Whoever you're supporting will last night's vice presidential debate change your mind. We'll see. Meanwhile, much more important in the moment. And that was the first question they asked to the candidates last night was Iran sending missiles into Israel. The Iranians said that this barrage of missiles, it was 180 to 200 of them, Larry, ballistic missiles was retaliation for recent Israeli attacks against Hezbollah leadership. So here's an interesting clip from CBS reporter Chris Lifesay, who was in Tel Aviv at the time that the missiles started coming down. Listen to this. Ballistic missiles light up the night sky as Israel intercepts them, sending red hot shrapnel floating like embers. Some leak through Israel's defenses hitting targets on the ground. Iran blanketed the length of the country with some 180 missiles, Israel says, from the north to the western wall in Jerusalem, to Tel Aviv, where we were when the sirens blared and panic erupted. So they say the Israelis, they intercepted most of these ballistic missiles with help from U.S. forces. And now the question is, is how will Israel respond? Are we going to have a wider Middle East conflict, perhaps a full-on regional war? Or the Israeli is going to pick something symbolic out, and hopefully the Iranians will back down. I heard one analyst say, and I think it was an interesting comment, that Iran launched the missiles primarily because it had to, you know, in keeping with their, you know, they've been having the Houthis and Hezbollah and Hamas do all the fighting for them against Israel. That's what they've been doing. They've been funding it. It's a proxy war. So, you know, they've got a responsibility, I guess, to launch some rockets after Hezbollah's leader was taken out. Well, there'll be a lot more discussion about this and how it kind of puts the world on the brink of some potential really dangerous international response. You know, when I saw the first bulletin on it, I printed a copy of it and took it into Marnia. I said, "You know, just in case you need it later." And by the time I got home, the missiles were flying, so. All right, also, there's some financial news. One, by the way, just a quick sidebar is, they approved the $1 million in Pittsburgh to put toward the draft. I have to laugh. Okay, so they did that, and then you have an update. Yes, we have an interesting story here. I just touched on it a moment ago. Deficits are ahead for Allegheny County. A midterm report from the controller, Corey O'Connor, says that expenses in the county are more than double what they had been budgeted for 2024. It's $57 million so far. A hunk of it is due to the appeals of the tax assessments. But also, sales tax and drink tax revenue is down, and so they've been tapping the rainy day fund. And next week, county executive Sarah Inamarata will be presenting her 2025 budget, and I wonder to what extent they're going to try to adjust to this new reality. It'll be interesting to see declining revenues and increasing expenses creates deficits. The city, the county, and eventually, you know, the state, there are challenges financially because of you had the federal monies that are no longer going to be there or have already dried up. And yeah, that's not going to be replaced. I don't recall doing a story anywhere like this during the time that I've been here until now. And then, you know, on top of all of that, we've had challenges of getting bodies back to the cities and spending money of those revenues for drink tax and those kind of things. Although that is coming back in the city and the county. So we'll keep you posted. That's what people are talking about. News Radio KDKA. Download the free Odyssey app, a UDA CY. Take us with you wherever you go. And we'll keep you posted on breaking news, weather updates, and even Friday nightlights, high school football. We have great coverage here. And believe it or not, already coming down to home stretch of the regular season in high school football. Before you know, we're talking playoffs. We're just getting started with the pro season and the colleges have maybe about a third over yet, right? Correct. That happens so fast with the high school teams. It does. And Mike Tomlin spoke to the media horde yesterday, including Aaron, Jeff Hathorn. And it looks like the Justin Fields Steelers quarterback is going to be the guy again Sunday night, even though Russell Wilson looks like he's more active and a participant in practice. And we'll see how it goes today. I love when Coach Tomlin says we'll let the week speak to him. Sure. And how things develop. But I mean, from a common sense point of view, Justin Fields is playing well. That's great. And perhaps Mike Tomlin does have a depth chart in his head that says Russell's number one and Justin's number two. But Justin's playing well and winning his second half performance man. I mean, how can you not be impressed with that, right? So maybe he's found the right place to be a quarterback here in Pittsburgh as opposed to Chicago. The only thing is, as we all know, that Russell is a very, very good quarterback, a Super Bowl winner and one of the highest rated quarterbacks among all time players. So really, it's tough to not know how he's going to do here because we haven't seen him play. I get it. I get why people want to see that. Yeah, here's what Coach Tomlin said about it yesterday. Justin, getting to a point where his play is Russell's health is sort of immaterial. You're just staying with the guy where the team is. There's a potential for that. But we're not there as I stand here today. Is there anything Justin can do to prove it right now while Russell's injured? Play well. When? That's our business. I love it. Here's it. There's so many great quotes with Coach Tomlin. You do what you got to do from a coach's perspective. I use the phrase all the time, "If you got red paint, you paint your barn red." And so, you know, with those dynamic-ish people like Lawrence and maybe even Parsons out, we better get ready for a lot of schematic pressure from him. You get all that? Hey, did you hear what he said about Justin Fields when the game wasn't going so well? And he said, "I didn't notice any blink in him." That's another Tomlinism I hadn't heard before until this week. Yeah, that's a good one, huh? He don't blink. He's also said, "Cut your eyelids off at one point." Here's some more Coach Tomlin on Fields. Well, I didn't feel any blink in Justin. Talked about his steady demeanor in recent weeks in terms of the things that I've grown and know and understand about him. I think it's really on display in moments like that. You really get an opportunity to develop a relationship in the midst of adversity and competition. And I'm not trying to microwave our relationship, if you will. You know, being in circumstances, man, it's an opportunity for him to get to know me, me to get to know him and to fight and fight together. No blink. And I mean, I'd really, if I were a football player, I would like to play for Mike Tomlin. Well, apparently I really would. That's a very common feeling and sense among the athletes and our players. And frankly, players who have played four Coach Tomlin over the years who are now with other teams, we're not going to microwave it, or are we? I like that he's not going to speed things up. He's going to let things happen as they happen. Paint the barn red. Yeah. My favorite takeaway image of the game from last week was when they decided to go for it on fourth and very short, right? And then there was that isolation shot right before the snap on Tomlin with his arms crossed and his eyes wide open and that really serious look on his face. And I was saying to myself, with the formation they were in with a shotgun, not right up at the line of scrimmage, that this isn't going to go well. But he had that look on his face like, "Okay, let's see now. Let's see." He has so many great sayings. Yeah. But Sunday night football, the Cowboys come to acrosher. And they're missing a couple of their key defensive players, including Parsons. Good. Yeah. I hope they're missing all their people. We need another win. Nothing makes me happier than a cowboy loss. Let's go. When it comes to the NFL. Phil Rasmussen, and right after their show yesterday, Paul in the newsroom, when you got the alert about an imminent attack, they ran on Israel where they had nearly 200 ballistic missiles and they have this, I guess, iron dome they call it around the region and helped mitigate what could have been a lot worse in terms of damage. My understanding, by the way, is the iron dome is actually not for those kind of missiles. They do have a system for taking ballistic missiles out and they needed some help from the U.S. with that as well. I didn't know that until last night. And with some more details, CBS's Tina Krauss in London. Israel is considering its next move after Iran fired a barrage of nearly 200 ballistic missiles at the Jewish state. With Tehran's second attack on Israel in close to six months. Following Tuesday's wave of missiles, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran made a big mistake and he vowed Iran will pay for it. Israel's ambassador told the United Nations Israel will decide when and how it will respond. It will be noticed. It will be painful. An Israeli military spokesman said the country's air defenses intercepted many of the incoming missiles with help from the U.S. military and naval destroyers in the region. President Biden said the U.S. remains fully supportive of Israel and directed the U.S. military to help shoot down the Iranian missiles. We're still assessing the impact. But based on what we know now, the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective. Iran says it launched the attack in retaliation for Israel's ground offensive in Lebanon and Israel strikes on Hezbollah. Iran is saying to Israel, look, we can get you. We know how to get you. We're not going to do this time. We're not going to risk a war. We're not ready for a war yet. But if push comes to shove, we can do it. The Pentagon moved additional military support to the Middle East ahead of Tuesday's attack. The U.S. has more than 40,000 troops and aircraft squadrons spread across the Middle East, along with 12 warships in the region. Another aircraft carrier is on its way. Tina Krause, CBS News, London. So we'll continue, obviously, to follow this story and what comes next as Israel contemplates their retaliation for that. And that was the first question last night that they asked the vice presidential candidates basically how they thought there would be a reaction with their representative parties. There are 300 -- their response to the 300 missiles and drones that were launched the last time around. They just went after one facility, one military facility. So we'll see what they do this time. If it's something symbolic and similar, or if there's a wider response. And last night, watching on CBS, the vice presidential debate, there was about an hour before that they had assembled their correspondence, Major Garrett and all before. They turned it over to Acrewoman Nora O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan, who host face the nation. And lo and behold, they say, "Let's go to Pittsburgh." And CBS and John Delano and John joins us just getting up and shaking off the national spotlight shined on him. John, good morning. Hey, good morning, Larry. Good to be with you and all your listeners. I guess it made perfect sense that CBS would come to you to talk about the importance of our state first and foremost to Pennsylvania, plus you had an exclusive one-on-one with Kamala Harris. So how did all this come together? Well, as you know, I'm pretty aggressive in going after interviews that I've been working on trying to get Vice President Harris to do a local interview for months. So our weeks, I should say, because I guess it's only been a few months since he's been a candidate. But I had interviewed her once before in 2021, shortly after she became Vice President. And so I just kept pressing again and again and again. And finally, it surprised me a little bit that they gave me that interview the same day of the debate, but it allowed me to ask at least, well, in this case, two nationally related questions. One, of course, was the war in the Middle East and the involvement of the U.S. And the second question was the vice presidential debate. What was her advice to Governor Walz? And so -- and then I went on to ask about some Pittsburgh issues. They were going to run some stories on on Katie KTV later today. But the bottom line is when she said, "Yes, of course." I said, "Yes, let's do it." And CBS was aware that CBS had already booked me to go on their national pre-debate coverage story. And I think it's because they've -- they understand, like, most political pundits understand, that as Pennsylvania goes, so goes the nation with respect to this, to the battle for the White House. And I've been saying that, as you know, on your show and others for a long time. And in fact, in the lead-up to introducing me, they had both their pollster, Anthony Solvanto, and Major Garrett, talking in different ways about how Pennsylvania is key. More visits by these presidential and vice presidential candidates than any state of the nation is Pennsylvania. And, of course, Solvanto, looking at polls and looking at the electoral college map, pointed out that basically whoever wins Pennsylvania wins the White House. And so I was able to go on and describe how different the state is. From east to west. And particularly relevant for this vice presidential debate, the two candidates running for vice president are both mid-westerners, Ohio and Minnesota. And I suggested to the national audience that Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, we're more like the Midwest than we are the East Coast, you know, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston. And that belt, the old Amtrak line, the metro line that runs up and down the coast. We're not like those folks. We're kind of our own unique brand, more mid-western than East Coast. And they kind of like, they like me using the map to do that. So that's how it all happened. Well, congratulations, John, on getting a great interview. One thing that I would like you to comment on if you could in greater detail about the Pittsburgh issues. You tried to pin the vice president down on her U.S. steel position. And she gave an interesting answer to your question about whether if this deal falls through, what kind of support will there be coming from a Harris administration should she be elected? Yeah, it's a very fair question. Thank you for asking that. What I did with, and I'll do it with President Trump if I get another chance to talk to him. President Trump and Vice President Harris and President Biden have said they're going to kill this deal. That is that they will keep Neapon steel from purchasing U.S. steel. But the problem here is that U.S. steel is saying that they need the billion and a half dollars that's coming from Neapon steel in order to modernize their facilities in the Mon Valley. And if they don't get that money, they may have to close the Mon Works. And at the same time, they suggest they might move their headquarters out of Pittsburgh. So the question to Donald Trump and to Kamala Harris is, "Alright, suppose you killed the deal. What are you going to do to save jobs in Pittsburgh?" And that was my basic question to Kamala Harris. I will ask the same question to Donald Trump if I have the opportunity. And it might have taken her a little bit by surprise, but she certainly focused on the fact that she was committed to jobs in this region. I was trying to pin her down on whether or not the federal government would give the same amount of money to Pittsburgh and the U.S. steel operations as Neapon steel. And of course, I don't think there's any way that's going to happen. So it's an interesting question to ask and I can't say that it hasn't really been answered by Donald Trump. Kamala Harris made an effort to answer it, but I think there's more follow-up to come on that issue. And we'll look forward to more of your one-on-one with Kamala Harris starting at four this afternoon on Katie KTV John. I appreciate you jumping on with us short notice, but now that you're an international star on CBS, you're just going to have to deal with it. You know, I feel a star for being on your show as I am, so please. You don't need to fuck up. All right, John. Thank you, brother. I appreciate it. Have a great morning, everybody. Katie KTV is John Delano. Let's check in with our meteorologist, Joe Lundberg, and accurate with our headquarters. Joe, good morning. Oh, they're good morning. So we had this week front that passed through brought us a little shower activity overnight. It's off to the east of the city, as you know. So what's the game plan as we get into the weekend? Maybe a few more drips this morning, but they'll be fleeting in nature. Looking to the west, and I'm seeing some clearing skies taking place in Central and Western Ohio. So that's our lot, I think, for midday and this afternoon. And once that happens, then I think we're in pretty good shape through most of the day Sunday with a fair amount of sunshine. There's a week front that'll come through on Friday with nothing to show for it. A second one comes through, I think, Sunday night, and as it approaches late in the day or early Sunday night, there is a risk for a thunderstorm with it, and then it cools off early next week. Oh, wait, we can't have a risk of a thunderstorm Sunday. We got Sunday night football, Steelers, cowboys. Oh, boy. Yeah. Timing, as they say, is everything. And unfortunately, it looks like the timing of the front might be right around game time. So that would be the window I'd be concerned about. Maybe it comes through later. We can get everything in without any kind of lightning delay. But that's a real possibility. It's one of those fronts where the timing of it is such that early morning showers is coming through Detroit or nothing. But we get up into the low 80s on Sunday with some sunshine ahead of the front, so it's prime in the heating time. And then thunderstorms probably blow up over Lake Erie and try to march southeastward with this front toward the area. And I could see sometime between five, six o'clock and maybe nine or ten o'clock there being a thunderstorm in the area. John, I'm looking at my app here, but whether AccuWeather app, and there's nothing but little sunny logos for day after day after day. Yeah, that's the only little fly in the orbit. Other than that, we've got some sun this afternoon. We've got some sunshine tomorrow, sunshine Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. I mean, we're going into an extended stretch of uneventful weather. Now, we've been fortunate enough to get some rain this week from this pesky upper level O that was once a lean. But that may be it. I mean, I think we're going to go through probably a two week period with very little rain across the area. And again, that one chance might be Sunday late in the day or early at night. I wonder if Jerry Jones, the owner of the Cowboys has something to do with this thunderstorm. Maybe he does. Joe, thank you, brother. You're welcome. All right, meteorologist Joe Lundberg. So there's one little fly in the ointment. See, he delights just as much in a Cowboys loss as I do when the Cowboys play the Steelers. And I don't know why that is. You would think that I would be happier about a Ravens loss, right? But no, it's actually the Cowboys. Well, I don't know why that is. Hmm. A chance to win tickets to see Stevie Wonder. His first stop in a 10 city tour is at PPG Paints next Tuesday, October 8th. So we're going to give you a chance to see the show. It's maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity as a lot of these aging superstars are making their runs through Pittsburgh, including how about when they had the big show with Willie Nelson and John Mellon Camp and Robert Plant. That turned out to be a great day. And then you had Bruce Springsteen, who kind of bookend the Labor Day weekend. And you have these stars, you know, Stevie, Nick's, Hart, you know, all these great artists. And then the big shows, you know, down at the stadiums as well with Taylor Swift, right? Yeah. Last summer, back to back, what, 72,000 people each night? I know my goodness. It's been a really good run for about the last 18 months of big concerts to go to in the Pittsburgh area, like nothing I've seen before. We had also Kenny Chesney returned the flow Tilla outside of Akrasher, Chesney's Navy. And by the way, this Steelers weekend, the Dallas Cowboys, I don't want to say they traveled as well as I don't think there's a team in football that travels as well fan-wise than the Steelers. You see it. I couldn't go ahead more. But they're going to try to invade Akrasher because there are a lot of people that follow the Cowboys that don't get a chance to see them in Dallas. So they try to go to all the cities and there's been a crush to get tickets for the game. Just because of that, I don't want to see too many with it, or at least if they're there, not give them a reason to cheer, right? I have a feeling we'll have a nice rebound weekend coming up with, I think you're right. And again, I mentioned earlier, I'll repeat it, two of their top defensive players are not going to be on the field, including Micah Parsons. Well, hopefully that bodes well for the Steelers offense with Justin Fields at quarterback again for the fifth game in a row. And welcome Larry Richard with Rich Fitzgerald, executive director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission in studio with me every Wednesday at this time in our seven o'clock hour. Good morning, Rich. Good morning, Larry. Good to be with you. I watched the vice presidential debate. We were just talking about it. I personally appreciated some civility in a debate and for over 90 minutes, about an hour and almost 45 minutes. And so pretty much with the overnight polls aligned with whoever people were aligned with in their party. I think that's right. And I think it certainly was much different than the one a few weeks ago that we saw in Philadelphia with the presidential candidates. Hey, NFL fans, you can start the season with a big return on FanDul, America's number one sports book. So when you get a hunch in the middle of the game, you can check out the latest stats, view live play-by-play, and so much more on the same page where you place your bets. You'll get started with $200 in bonus bets guaranteed when you place your first $5 bet. That's FanDul.com/sportsfan. Never waste a hunch and make every moment more with FanDul, an official sports book partner of the NFL. It must be 21 plus and present in Colorado. First online real money weights are only $10 first deposit required. Bonus issued is now a throwable bonus bet set expire seven days after receipt. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanDul.com gambling problem. Call 1-800-522-4700. You did not hear certain words that we've been hearing on the trail. Things like Communist, things like weird, things like felon, things like stupid. They tried to, certainly they criticized each other's candidates policies when President Trump was in office. You didn't do this when President Biden, Harris was in office. You didn't do that. But for the most part, I thought it was, they tried to stay on the issues. I think you're right. I think no matter who your candidate was, you thought your guy did better. But I think there was also, you've heard on social media, a lot of frustration from both sides. Why didn't they hit him on this? Why didn't they hit him on that? Why didn't they, you know, like they wanted some of their supporters wanted to see more fire? True. But that's it. No more debates apparently are at least non-scheduled. We know with certainty that the vice presidents won't debate again. No. Still, any October surprise with maybe another debate, I don't think that's going to happen. Either. But we've had a lot of surprises leading up to October. This has been a very surprising campaign season from day one. So you never know what's going to happen in the month of October. Obviously, the Harris team would like one more debate or they've offered one more debate. The Trump folks or Trump himself is right now said no, but circumstances could change. He may want to explain a certain policy once. Who knows? Well, one thing is certain Pennsylvania and southwestern Pennsylvania is still very key for both candidates. In fact, Donald Trump coming back Saturday to the Butler Farm Show, the same place July 13th, where that assassination attempt took place. And I would imagine that the Secret Service, everybody involved will be really on their toes for this one. We will continue to see a lot of people. And I think as we talked about, we've talked about this before, we were going to see a lot of money, a lot of government projects coming to western Pennsylvania. You're going to see, we're going to talk about one a little bit later, we're going to come into Jeanette to bring money for water and sewer infrastructure. And I think you're going to see a lot of departmental money flow into western Pennsylvania. So we might want to take advantage of that for the next month. You live in a world now with this new role that you have with the southwestern Pennsylvania Commission of dealing with 10 counties and the city of Pittsburgh. And you really have to work, you know, bipartisan work to get things done for the future. That's exactly right. And that's why we went to Washington a little while back a couple of weeks ago. And the reason was to go ahead and maximize this time period because western Pennsylvania is so important. They make promises. They're going to make promises around infrastructure. They make promises around jobs. Well, here we are. Let's go get, we need bridges that need fixed. We have roads that need worked on. We need job training, et cetera, et cetera. So we're trying to maximize that leverage. Doesn't matter your party affiliation when you're crossing a bridge, you want the same confidence. That's exactly right. That's exactly right. And coming up, we're going to talk about the agriculture in the region. We've really brought this to light with me and I'm a native is the fact that a lot of people think the city of Pittsburgh city, but the surrounding counties, very agricultural. Very rural, very rural. And with the same needs of infrastructure, safe neighborhoods, roads and a little bit of talked about last night, a little bit climate change that is affected, you know, some of our neighbors to the south and agricultural communities really suffer from that as much as anybody. Yeah, we got a pretty big guest coming up next here. We do a deputy secretary. And again, we're going to see a lot of love in Southwestern Pennsylvania, probably for the next month or so again. And we saw it four years ago when another administration was in office and we got money for our BRT. I remember when President Trump gave us $100 million for the bus rapid transit that's being built right now in Oakland, we got money for our airport. So you take advantage of those that are in office that want to be friendly on the southwestern Pennsylvania and hopefully they'll whichever side wins keeps their promises to us in southwestern Pennsylvania. But you mentioned that. Oh, that's happening. Right. A lot of people forgot about that. Absolutely. This rapid transit. So this will link the city of Pittsburgh with Oakland, which obviously with the university, Carnegie Mellon, all the ads and meds that are there, this will be done when probably sometime late next year or earlier after that. It's coming that soon. It'll be as transformational probably is what the North Shore connector was that help people get from downtown and the South Hills over to the North Shore. So yeah, it'll be it'll take a lot of cars off the road. People will use this because it'll be so reliable and so fast. And just yesterday they did the topping off of the UPMC Presby and almost $2 billion investment right in the heart of Oakland. It was an exciting project. We're with rich Fitzgerald more to come and we will talk to the deputy secretary of agriculture next on the big K morning show. And we continue our conversation rich fits Gerald executive director of the southwestern Pennsylvania commission, of course, most of you know, rich served 12 years as Allegheny County executive challenges rich with all these cities and municipalities and counties when it comes to budgets because federal money is drying up that was post COVID correct. That was very helpful for local government and certainly in Allegheny County, we were able to force for for stall a tax increase because of all the money, the American rescue plan, the cares funding that came in in many in many ways, saving many municipalities from having to find the revenues that they had lost during COVID. So but you're right, that's coming to an end and the challenges are going to be there. We've got the draft coming a year from April. How much of a spotlight is it shine on a city like Pittsburgh and the bottom line is how much revenue can a potentially bring in taxes and people's spended hotels, restaurants and everything else that goes with it. There will be a significant amount of money that that does come in and revenue hundreds of millions of dollars most likely in spending, you know, how much of that will be tax revenue remains to be seen. But yes, hotel taxes, parking taxes, drink taxes, et cetera, et cetera, red tax, there will be a lot of spending that goes on. And also more importantly, you're going to see the spotlight of the country of certainly the sporting world looking at Pittsburgh. So we get a chance to show off the best, you know, put your best foot forward is important almost like a national convention that could occur with politics or any other type of the Olympics, any type of thing that goes on. And I know that the city, the county and certainly the Steelers team trying to work hand in hand to have a plan to get there. You just don't flip a switch. There's a game plan between here and there. This has been going on for many years and I was certainly involved in some of the early part of it when, you know, when the Rooney family really and the Steelers decided that they were really going to go forward and really pushed to get the draft here in Pittsburgh. Other cities have had it. We've seen it in Kansas City and Nashville and just this year in Detroit, next year is going to be in Green Bay and the economic impact that it has is significant, but also, you know, the Steelers being one of the, you know, great, great franchises in the history of the NFL also as it likes to show off certainly the things that the great tradition of football here in southwestern Pennsylvania that we all know and are all proud of. Remember this name. Pudge Heffel finger, the first professional football player. It's probably not the first name people think of when you think of unites and nameless and merino and did get names like that. But anyway, and we are honored to have the deputy secretary of agriculture join us. So chill tourists. Small. Welcome to the world's first radio station. Katie. Hey. Good morning. Good morning. It's a joy to join you this morning. Thanks for having me on. Thanks for being here. Madam Secretary. Rich Fitzgerald and the madam secretary is working for a great boss that we all know a guy by the name of secretary Tom Vilsack, who's a Pitts burger. We're very always proud of, you know, governor of Iowa and then the longest serving secretary served all eight years for president Obama's administration and then president Biden had the, the good sense to say, wow, he did a great job in, in, in supporting that, that department and brings them back and we're really excited secretary that you are here today are going to be here over the next couple of days investing in things that are needed, investing in infrastructure, things like basics, water, electrical electrification of the grid system of some of our older communities and in many years may have been forgotten. So thank you and tell us about what, what you're planning to announce today. Well, thanks so much. That was a great choice to bring secretary Vilsack back is a great boss and a great person. And who knows about the importance of rural communities recognizes that rural people produce the food that we eat, the fuel that we rely on and so many of the goods that we rely on. And that's why the Biden Harris administration has been focused on investing in rural people and rural places. So today we're announcing a $1.3 billion in rural infrastructure that's going to result in strong, strong jobs and opportunity for people all across rural America. So you're coming to, you're going to be talking about Jeanette. This is a, a small town, an older industrial town in Westmoreland County, a little bit east of, of the city of Pittsburgh in rural, rural community, again, a former industrial town where, where glass making and, and steel making was, was part of it. And under the deindustrialization, again, suffered a lot of, a lot of degradation in, in infrastructure that hasn't been improved. So tell us a little bit about what, what might be happening in the town of Jeanette. I'm going to be visiting Jeanette today to make an award of $14 million. That's part of this bigger announcement and it's one of three investments in Pennsylvania that's included here. I'll get the chance to learn about the investment in Jeanette's sewer system with Representative Lee and hear about how investing in infrastructure like this creates an opportunity for manufacturing to return for people to be able to have access to clean water and water, waste systems and to make sure that communities receive that investment so that kids can choose to stay in the places they love and have great opportunity close to home. Well, we're excited the fact that again, some of the communities that, that, that we call home and we love so much are going to be seeing this, this investment from the federal government. And again, I know Secretary Vilsack has been very helpful to us over the years with the WIC program. He's never forgotten where he came from in southwestern Pennsylvania. And I know as a, a former Congress person yourself from the state of New Mexico, you know, the importance of taking care of your constituents and taking care of the folks that again, sometimes might feel like, well, the federal government doesn't care about us. But the fact that you're coming to Jeanette today into Westmore County and I don't want to take away your thunder, but my understanding is over the next couple of days, there may be some more southwestern Pennsylvania communities that we'll be seeing some of the love and some of the investment that the, that the administration is going to be showing on southwestern Pennsylvania. Absolutely. When it comes to this announcement of $1.3 billion, there's also going to be investments in the Bureau of Bowdoin and Pleasant Township. And it reinforces just the importance of an opportunity economy where when we invest in rural infrastructure, we're investing in rural jobs and also helping lower the cost of your monthly bills, whether that's water or wastewater or electric bills. I think that's really important you talk about the jobs because not only is the improvement to the infrastructure going to happen, but in doing so, you're going to be putting local people to work. You're going to putting our local building trades, folks who are going to be doing this work in the community, for their own community, putting their own people to work. Absolutely. And it's part of the Biden-Harris administration's work over this administration, the strongest and fastest recovery in history. We added 14.8 million jobs and also 15.5 million new business applications. And it's investments like this that attract that kind of opportunity. And some people might not get all that excited about infrastructure. I want to tell you, we do here in Southwest Pennsylvania. We love investment in roads, bridges, electrical grid. We get excited about that. Well, Rich, it's fundamental to making sure that manufacturing can come back to the United States and that we can continue to thrive. Well, thank you. And thank you for what you're doing. We're going to be paying attention to those details. And I'm sure the folks in Westmoreland County and in Genet are going to be excited today. So thank you for coming here. And we always welcome our secretaries to come in and bring us investment in Southwest Pennsylvania. Thank you. Have a great day. Thank you. Thank you. We appreciate and enjoy your time in Genet and the Pittsburgh area. Zilchol Torres Small, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture on the Big Game Morning Show. This is the Big Game Morning Show. Larry Richard with Executive Director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, Rich Fitzgerald in studio every Wednesday on our seven o'clock hour. Always appreciate you coming in, Rich. You've been bringing us a great variety of guests and learning a lot about the region. Well, there's a lot, there's a lot to learn and a lot of, you know, we heard some of this last night, investments, some of the, obviously the hurricanes and climate change. And how do we deal with that and the decarbonization? And you actually heard both candidates agree that climate change is real. And this is something that I think most of us have been talking about and working on for a number of years. And there's an organization in Pittsburgh called the Green Building Alliance that has been working on this very issue for our buildings in Pittsburgh, downtown Pittsburgh, Oakland, some of our big buildings because it comes that 40% of all energy is consumed by our buildings, our homes, our office buildings, our hospitals, our schools, et cetera. So we're glad to welcome Jenna Kramer, who's the Executive Director of the Green Building Alliance and has been working on doing this with many, many of our buildings throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania. Jenna, welcome to the show and tell us about what you're working on. Thanks so much for having me. It's great to be here this morning. As you mentioned, Green Building Alliance, we've been working over the last three decades to improve our buildings and our communities. And now is a tremendous time to really improve our buildings because of the amount of investment that we have to do that. And so believe it or not, we spend over 90% of our time inside and in buildings. And so our work at Green Building Alliance is to make sure that those spaces are as efficient as possible and reduce our utility costs are healthy. So we think about things like indoor air quality and also resilient to things like extreme weather events or, you know, high heat days or even when we have extreme weather like storms or power outages or things like that. So we look at all of those different issues at GBA and we do that in many ways. So we help building owners think about their energy demand and how they could save money and reduce operating costs and utility costs. We also work with those practitioners, whether they're on the design, construction or even maintenance and operation side, to think about how they can integrate best practices into their buildings and spaces. We provide workforce training, which I think we might talk about in a little bit more detail, but how can we embed Green Building skills into credentials and trades and professions. And we also think about things like our manufacturing and the type of products we need that go into our buildings and how can we make those processes more efficient, but also create the types of products that we need for our buildings and spaces. I have a quick question. When we hear just an average citizen, this building is lead certified. What does that mean, Jenna? That means that it has been verified. It's a third party certification from the US Green Building Council and lead stands for leadership and energy and environmental design. And some people may or may not realize, but Green Building Alliance was the very first Green Building organization in the entire country. We started before the US Green Building Council, and that is thanks to many leaders, including rich in others and philanthropy and business leaders, taking an innovative and thought leadership approach when it comes to our buildings. And because of that, we have some of the very first lead certified buildings in our region. So even our convention center helped put Green Building Alliance and the idea of Green Buildings on the map. Private sector groups like PNC Bing, there are many different Green Firsts that we have today. And in Western Pennsylvania, we now have over 300 lead certified buildings. So that's what lead means. And it clarifies that it's energy efficient, that you're thinking about things like air quality and other types of qualities that make a building green. And it's such a win win win all the way around because number one, you're making the environment better, which obviously we're all in favor of. You make the efficiency of the operation of a building and a business so that they can help their bottom line improve. And then also you're providing jobs. We see the amount of investment, particularly in the IRA that the federal government is making to again, put people to work in improving our buildings, making the double pane glass and adding insulation and putting solar panels on and light fixtures that are more energy efficient, et cetera, et cetera. And the other thing, Jen, I think that's important is Pittsburgh, you mentioned we are the lead. This the convention center is one of the first ones to do that. I believe our NHL hockey arena was also one of the very first ones to be lead certified. And I believe that there was a statistic that came out a year or two ago that said Pittsburgh had more buildings than any city in the country as far as lead certified. The New York's, the LA's, all these big. We still up in the in the top in that category. We are still always a leader when it comes to green buildings. And we look at not just lead certification, but there are many types of certifications, including energy star certification, well building certification, which many of our, even our private businesses are pursuing like Oxford development and others that look at the health of a building. We have many different certifications and we are still a leader. I'm not sure if we have, you know, if we have the most green buildings as far as lead certification, because some cities just have more buildings than we do. Okay. And let me just one other thing I want to go with. Like what about outside of the city of downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland where we have, you know, that concentration? What about places like Green County or Fayette County or Westmoreland or Butler County? What are they doing as far as what's being done to help those communities when it comes to green, greening up their buildings? Absolutely. So as an organization, we've worked throughout Western Pennsylvania for many different years. And so there are great examples of green buildings, also organizations, schools, municipalities, nonprofits, many different groups working on these issues of improving their buildings, looking at their communities, and also thinking about the types of education and skills that we need. So one of the efforts that we are launching right now is a Green Pathways Initiative. We know through our organization and work that the types of skills that are required for green building that come across many different professions and traits, even different types of careers are in increasing demand. And so our work right now is to make sure, as you mentioned previously, rich that a lot of this work does mean saving money and it means jobs. And so we want to make sure that we're helping to train the existing workforce, but also encourage new workers to come into these careers. And so through that Green Pathways Initiative, we're going to be working even with youth and high school youth trying to encourage them for these different types of careers and career pathways and providing training, but also working with our many partners across workforce boards, schools, career and tech centers, others to work with existing workers too and see what opportunities and skills they enhance in their career and make sure that they're eligible for the high quality jobs that we know are available. And like a lot of opportunities, we know that the job need, I know I think I saw the number of 2000 that are going to be needed to train to be able to do HVAC work, electrical work, building maintenance work, just over the next couple of years. So you're right, for young people, this is a great opportunity for a career, career advancement and career placement. Yeah, and we've come a long way. I got to be honest, Jenna, when I first heard a green building, you know, a designation of green building, I thought, well, I'm colorblind. I didn't know it wasn't actually green. So I know some of our very first, yeah, some of our very first images that we used to show is it doesn't necessarily mean the outside of the building. We've come a long way. Well, thanks for your time and your work and good luck. Thanks, Jenna. Keep up the great work. Talk to you soon. All right, see you later. Jenna Kramer, president CEO of the Green Building Alliance in the big game morning show. It's Saturday Night Live. Rich Fitzgerald and I just talking about their 50th season premiere Saturday night with a Pittsburgh connection. There's always a big one. Well, so many people were waiting for this first Saturday Night Live, you know, obviously with the campaign, who was going to pay Trump, who was going to play Harris and Meyer Rudolph, who played Harris and did a great job as vice president Harris has a Pittsburgh connection. The Rudolph family is one of the most prominent families. Bill Rudolph and his son Izzy and Jim Rudolph, you know, own McKnight properties and many of our iconic buildings in downtown, the Gimbals building, the Grant building, the Oliver building is a cousin to the Rudolph. And in Meyer Rudolphs, I think it was her great grandfather laid the first stone for the Beth Shalom synagogue in Squirrel Hill. So there is always a Pittsburgh connection to what's going on in the world. That's extraordinary. And how about Dana Carvey coming back his job? And then Jim Gaffigan is Tim Walsh. If you didn't see it, it's available on YouTube just to be open for that. It's worth, it's worth doing. There's no question. 34 days to the election. Rich and voting is already underway. It is. I actually got my ballot yesterday. And I've heard from others who have gotten their ballots. So I believe it was 160 or 170,000 applications in Allegheny County alone. And, you know, people will begin voting. And that's, it's, it used to be election day. But now with mail-in voting, you almost have election month. So people will be getting their ballots and making decisions and going forward with all of that. What was the peak during the pandemic of mail-in ballots in 2020? The first year we did it, we had almost 400,000 applications. So a lot of people did not want to vote in person for obvious reasons. It was the first time. And there are people that like to go to the polls or people that everyone has a different way in which they want to do that. So, but the mail-in voting has certainly changed things. And some of it because of the controversy that former President Trump has put on mail-in voting. And what's your confidence level? My confidence level is I think no matter what happens, the election will be fair. It will be legitimate. And regardless of what both sides might say, these folks who work in these departments having run it for a number of years as county executive, they're some of the hardest working civil servants you'll ever want to see. Rich Fitzgerald, appreciate it. Next week we're going to talk a little bit about something coming to the Berg. We're always about the future in Pittsburgh. And next week we're going to talk about artificial intelligence, a big, big conference that's coming to Bakery Square on October 14th. We have the governor's going to be in town and many other folks who are leaders in that technology that Pittsburgh's on the forefront in. 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What we're honored to have with us Dr. Paul Kenghor, who is really a professor of political science at Grove City College, so much more New York Times best-selling author. Ken, welcome to KDC. Good morning. Yeah. Thanks, Larry. Good to be with you. So at Grove City, obviously, there is a strong faith-based education that goes on at a higher level there. So I'm just curious. You watched the debate. What was your take? Yeah. Well, okay. So I thought J.D. Vance did exceptionally well. And let me say this is a compliment to both of them. After watching debates between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, just going at each other's throats, right? The anger in the room and those other two previous debates, the vitriol, you're on edge the whole time. That debate last night, but you brought us back to the way I thought the debate should be. I mean, they debated like two gentlemen. And they both came off, I thought, as likable. And neither of them were you kind of spitting at them saying, "Oh, man, this guy." It was a good debate. It reminded me of Bush Carey in 2004. Go back 40 years. Reagan Mondale, right? 1984. So I appreciated that. I thought that they both did well. I don't think that either did terribly. I mean, I actually thought I'm surprised to hear that the overnight polls say that it was even because I really thought that Vance did better than walls. I thought the best kind of glove that walls landed was actually what you led with Larry, the question about January 6. And that puts Vance in a tough situation because he has to try to defend that in a way not to anger his boss. And it's unfortunate for Vance that the moderators are going to bring that up and probably every debate. By the way, they didn't bring up Russia. They didn't bring up Afghanistan. I also thought they would even bring up how the two question one another's military records at one point. That didn't come up. And I think by far the worst moment for Tim Walls and this would be a credit to the debate moderators who a lot of conservators say the debate moderators were biased. They weren't as biased as the ABC moderators. But they questioned Tim Walls on him claiming that he had been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protest in January 1989. And I teach that stuff. I grow up city college. That Tiananmen Square. And I turned to my son next to me and I said, "Oh man, this is bad. I can't believe I asked for this question." Because it's true, Walls was not there. And his kind of stuttering and stammering to explain himself. And he didn't do it very well. And then the moderator went right back at him and said, "So what are you saying? Were you there or not?" And then he kind of stuttered and stammered again and kind of said that he misspoke. So that was his worst moment of the night. And Vance could have really stuck the knife in him there at that point. But I think Vance actually felt bad for him on that. But overall, it was good to see a debate between two guys acting like gentlemen and having genuine policy debates and shaking hands afterwards and talking about shaking hands. I liked it. I was impressed. We're with Professor Paul Kengorp, Grove City College and New York Times, best-selling author. I want to talk to you about Reagan because the film had been out in the theaters, obviously the timing of presidential campaign season. But we'll get to that in a moment. But I thought that Walls could have went after J.D. Vance about Springfield and he did not. He could have brought up the eating of the pets thing. And he kind of backed off of that. So back and forth, they let each other off the hook at certain times throughout the course of the evening. And then you saw a moment of civility after where they shook hands like gentlemen. And apparently we're exchanging a conversation. Yeah. And I thought that they treated each other quite gentlemanly the whole way through. And in fact, I'm the editor of the American Spectator. I'm looking at our lead piece right now by Dan Flynn. And his take is this. The title of this piece is, and keep in mind, this is coming from a conservative, right? But he said Vance outclasses Walls and debates that validates his selection. Now, forget the outclasses Walls piece because I thought they were both pretty classy. But there were a lot of Republicans who were starting to think that the J.D. Vance picked by Trump wasn't a good tick. That he should have picked somebody like maybe a Marco Rubio could have appealed to Latinos or whoever. But you're now hearing today from a lot of conservatives and Republicans who thought Trump maybe made a bad pick with Walls. They they fell last night like, wow, Walls was great or Vance Vance was great. We're so glad Trump picked him. He was so smart. He was so polished. He was so good. So I think in that sense, your question, Larry, in these debates is, how does this move the needle, right? So I think that that debate last night helped Trump and Vance with their base and Republicans. I think it probably helped them with independence. I know Democrats were pleased with points the Walls brought up, including January 6 and so forth. So I doubt this debate really moved the needle much. But I'm looking at real clear politics this morning. And you're looking at a 1 to 2% difference between Harrison and Trump and the polls. And I think if this moved at all, I think maybe a half a point toward Trump. And that's not much. But it's really clear, really inches difference election where Pennsylvania is less than 1%. It could have made a difference. By the way, I should add here, I think our Pennsylvania governor, Josh Shapiro, would have done a much better job last night than Tim Walls did. Well, I guarantee it would have been much more aggressive than it was. So all right, do you have time to talk about Reagan, the movie? I do. All right, we're with Paul Kenghor, professor at Grove City College on the Big K. Moore and Show will be Paul co wrote the movie Reagan. And this movie was just out. So I know you'd say, well, politics aside, how do you say that when you're talking about a movie about a president? We continue our conversation with professor Paul Kenghor, Grove City College, New York Times best selling author who's written many, many books and seeing a big screen movie like Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan, Penelope Ann Miller. Professor, congratulations, that's quite an accomplishment to be part of a big film like this. Yeah, thanks, Larry. You know, we began it back in 2004. Wow. Yeah, 20 years ago, right? That tells you how long it takes to do something like this. And Mark Joseph, the producer of the movie, he had read my first book on Ronald Reagan. It was called God and Ronald Reagan. And he called me from the Rock River in Dixon, Illinois, which is where Ronald Reagan life guarded for seven summers, saved the lives of 77 people. And I was driving up the PA term pike. I remember this very well. And he said, I love this book. I'd like to make a movie about it. And I started telling him at that moment about the next book, I was already working on a sequel to it called the Crusader, Ronald Reagan in the fall of communism. And I said, you know, that book begins with the Rock River, Reagan life guarding talks about his defeat of Soviet communism. And I said, I think that's the one you want to turn into a movie. And so we ultimately did. And the man, it took a long time. And I'll tell you that the key was getting Dennis Quaid. And we got Quaid to play Reagan probably about 2020. And then of course, COVID hit. And then we, we were filming in Guthrie, Oklahoma, of all places, which turned out to be a great location, except COVID hit the set again 2021 that delayed us again. But but by basically 2022, we had a film put together and, and you know, tinkered with it and made adjustments to its sense. And it was released August 30th, 2024. And about 4000 theaters. And it's doing very, very well. Yeah, the new world of distribution used to rely on theatrical release. Certainly that's a big component. However, with so many different streaming options, it does create and will for this, I'm sure a great audience. Ronald Reagan, what, what did you like most about Reagan as president? Well, I'd say it's the same thing that we have in the movie. And, and this is one of the things that were kind of mystified by some of the harsh criticisms of the film, especially people coming at it, ideologically from, from the left. And usually by people who are younger and were born after the 1980s, after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I mean, I, I lived through the 1980s. I graduated from Butler High School, 1984 graduated from Pitt, 1990s. So I remember this, this period. And in 1984, we can we convey this in the film. Ronald Reagan won 49 out of 50 states. I mean, could you imagine that? No. He won almost 60% of the vote. He won the electoral college 525 to 13. Okay, twice won Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, California, and even Massachusetts. And so we're trying to, and we show in the film, we show him and tip, tip O'Neill talking about holding it, having a beer together, holding hands, praying after Reagan was shot, right? Tip O'Neill was a Democrat Speaker of the House. You weren't going to see that among Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi, right? You know, Walter Cronkite said, I've never seen a president this well like. Nobody hates Reagan. It's amazing. Everybody likes him. And then 1987, you have the Berlin Wall speech. Reagan reaches across the aisle. We have works with people like Mikhail Gorbachev. Now the head of what Reagan had called the evil empire. 1989, Berlin Wall comes down. And it's funny, Larry, we're being accused in the film of like, hagiography, right? This like saintly portrayal of Reagan of this like overly positive film. But the whole idea was to share with people, especially younger people, this time of a great accomplishment when Americans were unified around their president, their Republican president in this case, even Democrats who didn't vote for him liked them as a person. And it's kind of odd that, you know, in this time when today, 2024, people say they want unity, you give them a movie about unity, and some of them seem to hate it. It went division instead, instead of the unity that they claim. But it's a very positive film about the positive things that happened in the late 1980s. I think the takeaway from living through those times for Reagan was he had a sense of reaching out across the aisle for bipartisan. And but he also his sense of humor saved him many times, even after he was shot. Right, right, it did. And you know, he says the Nancy and he says it in the film. And by the way, Nancy is played by Penelope Ann Miller, who's amazing in this film. And I think she kind of steals the show. But he says, you know, honey, I forgot to duck. And then when he's there with the surgical team, he says that I hope you're all Republicans, right? And the doctor says today, Mr. President, we're all Republicans. And we also included a line where when Tip O'Neill is there at his bedside, when Reagan comes out of surgery and comes out of it, and they're holding hands together, reciting the psalm. And Reagan says, you know, Tip, I gave strict orders for no Democrats within 500 yards, right? But yeah, he had a sense of humor. And bipartisanship, the Reagan tax cut in August 1981, the Washington Post called it the greatest example of bipartisanship in recent congressional history. It was overwhelmingly approved by a Democratic Congress. Democrats like Joe Biden voted for it. So it was a time of, of unity when the country came together. Dr. Paul Kenghor, professor, senior director and chief academic fellow for the Institute of faith and freedom, political science, your thing. Congratulations on the movie. That's a, that's a tremendous accomplishment. And thanks for the time today. We appreciate it. Well, sure thing, Larry, thanks. And folks, go go see the movie Reagan, the movie. I remember yeah, I want to see it. I haven't our producer, Aaron Faragonia has seen it. She enjoyed it. I love that they hit the way he talked. Well, yes, Mr. President, what are you going to do about red China? Well, never serve it on a purple tablecloth. That's a good imitation. Thanks, professor. All right, take care. All right. We unfortunately have a mental health crisis in this country that sometimes it just is the guns. It's just the guns. Did he lose the 2020 election? Tim, I'm focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation? That is a damning, that is a damning non answer. That's about as contentious as it got last night, an hour and 40 plus minutes live from New York on CBS. Larry Richard, the big came morning show. And we welcome a professor, presidential rhetoric, University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Jerry Schuster. Doc Good morning. Good morning. A little more civility, a lot more actually than what we have seen in the previous two debates, one with Trump and Harris, the other with Trump and Biden. Right. And actually, our character, I last evening as less of a debate in most key areas and more of a healthy in depth discussion, even though there were obvious differences of opinion as expected. But you know, neither one of them went after the other one in the way that we experienced previous debates. That's for sure. Yeah. And the clip I just played was probably the most contentious it got. And it was civil, they shook hands prior and they shook hands and apparently were chit chatting after you could see them by the podium doing that. But that said, is this really change anybody's mind doc? No, I think not. I think that people were looking to this. Well, let's put it this way. If anyone thought that a vote would be changed as a result of anything that occurred during the vice presidential debate, I think they were very naive about politics. And I think that both of those persons, the contenders were well prepared. I disagree with some of those persons who said last night, whenever they were characterizing how the debate went for both of them. I don't know that I perceived a walls to be nervous and upset, maybe in the first question or two. But after that, he was as competent and as articulate as fans. And he was just whilst being walls. And for both of them, that first question came right off the heels of Iran, sending almost 200 ballistic missiles into Israel. So they were hit with a question that they might not have necessarily been really well prepared to answer on behalf of their presidential running mates. Yeah, I couldn't agree more. And in fact, what were they doing at the time? This was ongoing. They were preparing for last night. Right. And and that story just broke. So, and then once they settled in, it was ongoing. Yeah, once they settled in, I agree with you both seem, you know, pretty comfortable in their own shoes. Pretty comfortable with their conversation and both at some point multiple times said, well, I agree with some of what you're saying. And a lot of us were sitting back on what? I think that's probably one of the major benefits of that debate being that it was less a debate and more of a discussion about key areas. But and there were no real surprises on either side. I will say, though, that I was offended by Vance's remark when we came to economics and he, when he was challenging the Wharton's conclusions about some of some of the experiences and suggestions of the Biden and Harrison, he said, you know, those PhDs apparently are very intelligent, but no real common sense. And I thought, Oh, okay, thank you, Mr. PhD, duly noted. Yeah. But you know what? I think it's important to understand that, especially when they came to issues like gun control immigration and Roe versus Wade, they, they, I think, exercised good common sense by indicating what their side represented in all of those key areas. But they didn't get into any name calling or major arguments that could not be one and could not be resolved. But the other thing that I think Vance did that was very intellectually focused, when they were talking about gun control, one of the conclusions he reached was that such healthy discussions as we've just had, and I'm, I think I'm coming close to his actual quote, was the fact that, you know, we can discuss this in great detail. And it should be done on a bipartisan basis, which is something we seldom do and exercise effectively. And I thought, you know, most of us have been saying that about the House and Senate and how they achieve their goals. If bipartisan discussion is healthy, but, you know, not the way they approach it. Yeah, I would agree. I mean, there's no reasonable person watching that doesn't want to protect our children in any way, shape, or form that we can. So figuring out a way to do that for the benefit of all is something I think a lot of Americans certainly agree with what is the solution? How can we do that to protect our kids? I mean, that's really our duty and charge is to protect children, right? Right. And I think that one of the things in terms of politics that both achieved and cooperatively, especially, is that they did this hour and 40 minutes, and there was no rancor, a very, very little of it initially. But then it got to be they looked at each other, they discussed these, and, you know, you knew what their opinions were in the first place. And when they discussed those in even greater detail, the other person looked at them, and even their nonverbal suggested, well, I see your opinion, but, you know, that kind of approach. Nothing's wrong with that. We know what their opinions are. You don't have to name call. You don't have to denigrate the opponent in any way, shape, or form nonverbally or verbally in order to achieve the goal that they're attempting to achieve. That said, the vice presidential debate is history. We're moving on, and Donald Trump comes to Butler on Saturday back to the same place the Butler farm show expected to speak around five p.m. There'll be a lot of people interested in just the fact that he's coming back to that spot. And Kamala Harris did a one-on-one with KDK TV's John Delano. He'll share more of that conversation today on KDK TV. That said, Southwestern Pennsylvania and PA still very important, obviously, to both parties and candidates, so we're going to see more of the same. They're looking at those 19 votes or 19 electoral votes. Yeah, the electoral votes, as though they were a pot of gold, and in reality, they are. And that said, really important in Kamala, Pennsylvania. You're not off the hook yet, DACA as a PhD. Thank you. Will, can you anticipate any October surprise? No, and they were talking about that last night. No, I can't. And the only thing that might interfere with a lot of this in the way that everything is going politically is something that untoward that even on a greater scale would occur in the Middle East. If somebody gets involved in nuclear warfare, that certainly would make changes all the way around. On that note, thanks for your input, Doc. Always appreciate it. And don't worry. We'll be calling again. Thank you. Either that or worry, we'll be calling again. Right. Dr. Jerry Schuster, an expert in presidential rhetoric university of Pittsburgh, appreciate his input. And everybody this contributed this morning coming to PPG Paints Arena next Tuesday night, the first of a 10 stop tour, Stevie Wonder. It's going to be a big show. And we happen to have tickets for you. 412 922 1020. We'll take caller number seven, 412 922 1020. Aaron, do you ever see Stevie Wonder and concert? No, I haven't. He's an extraordinary talent, obviously. It would be quite the treat. Yeah. So we're going to do this all week on the big K morning show and give you a chance to see Stevie Wonder tonight. Gold over America, Simone Biles, and the male and female gymnast team will be performing at PPG Paints. And also the AEW at the Peterson event center. If you like that wrestling, very popular here back in the day. Of course, in Pittsburgh, we have a great tradition. So you have an opportunity to check that out. Meanwhile, back to the vice presidential debate. Who won? Most people agree that it was more or less a tie. If you're aligned with Donald Trump, you thought JD Vance won. If you're aligned with Kamala Harris, you thought Tim Walsh won from CBS. Jared Hill, vice presidential candidates, JD Vance and Tim Walls in their first meeting, sparred over top issues like Iran and abortion. We trust women. We trust doctors. Let the individual states make their abortion policy and gun violence. We unfortunately have a mental health crisis in this country. Sometimes it just is the guns. It's just the guns. At times, the discussion more tense like this exchange over the 2020 election. Did he lose the 2020 election? Tim, I'm focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 COVID situation? That is a damning that is a damning non answer. While talking immigration, Walls challenged Vance over his past comments about Haitian migrants living in Ohio. That vilified a large number of people who were here legally is very worried about the things that I've said in Springfield. The people that I'm most worried about in Springfield, Ohio, are the American citizens who have had their lives destroyed by Kamala Harris' open border. In a new CBS News poll, debate watchers said the tone last night was generally positive. 42% said Vance won versus 41% for Walls. The rest said it was a tie. The more said they think Walls is more prepared to be president. Walls also ranked higher on abortion and health care, while Vance got the edge on the economy and immigration. I've been pressed by the civility and the addressing of the issues. After the debate, Vance sat for a cable news interview, while Walls and his wife Gwen grabbed pizza. These VP debates typically move the needle for presidential election. But again, the big difference with this one is these two undercard members. So their tickets might be the ones who have the last word, at least in this type of back and forth, because as of now, there is not another debate scheduled between the presidential nominees. Jared Hill in New York, recognize our hometown heroes this week. Every morning at this time, as we get ready for Tuesday night's big event, our 12th annual hometown heroes event at the Le Mans overlooking our great city. And today we want to introduce you to Howard Smith. Howard, good morning. Good morning, Larry. How are you? First and foremost, congratulations. And thank you. Thank you very much. You do and have done for so many people. Let's talk about your background in your resume. Tell us a little bit about where you grew up and how you develop this love for hockey and utilize it to help so many others. Well, I grew up in the Hill District and the Liberty and in 1972, my parents moved from the Hill District to East Liberty and it was that that time that year I was about 11 years old when I saw a hockey game on television and it was between K. Hey NFL fans, you can start the season with a big return on Fandall America's number one sports book. So when you get a hunch in the middle of the game, you can check out the latest stats, view live play by play and so much more on the same page where you place your bets. You'll get started with $200 in bonus bets guaranteed when you place your first $5 bet. That's Fandall dot com slash sports fan. Never waste a hunch and make every moment more with Fandall, an official sports book partner of the NFL must be 21 plus and president Colorado first online real money weights are only $10 first deposit required. Bonus issued is now a withdrawal bonus bets that expire seven days after receipt restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook dot Fandall dot com gambling problem call 1-800-522-4700. Canada and the Soviet Union, it was just something about the intrigue of that game and it was just something different that said I want to try this sport and as you know back in the early 70s and what have you, there weren't really a lot of places to learn how to play hockey and Pittsburgh but I kind of persevered and throughout the 70s I found places to learn how to play the game and that's how my love for the game really grew back in 1972. And people don't may or may not be aware. I mean you really worked hard to break through that barrier. The color barrier and hockey in fact I know several years ago you were recognized by the National Hockey League with the Willio Reaward. That is correct. Segueing into the Willio Reaward almost 20 somewhat years ago there was a program that the National Hockey League and the Pittsburgh Penguins put together a program called Hockey in the Hood. I happen to hear about it and see it on the Penguins website at that time and I reached out to a gentleman who worked at Deloitte Tush named Clifford Benson and from there it just spiraled into something that you know there's a program out here that's giving kids of color and kids all over the opportunity to learn and play the game and for 13 years I was a you know a part of that program Hockey in the Hood then the name changed to Pittsburgh ice inclusion creates equality but beyond that I have taken you know my opportunity to hockey to just heights to where I wanted to spread the message out that yes hockey is for everyone not just you know locally here but everywhere so it just continues to this day as to why I enjoy doing this sports so much and the fact that you were correct there's not many people of color that play the game and there are programs out there that are changing that but as I understand it we're with Howard Smith one of our five hometown heroes you've also utilized this to help you talk about breaking through barriers young people that have physical challenges too and bringing the game to them yes there is a program in Pittsburgh in fact there's four programs actually in our western Pennsylvania with USA Hockey's special needs hockey I'm been a member and a coach with the program that I coach locally here in Pittsburgh called the Steel City icebergs the icebergs is one of four special needs programs in western Pennsylvania that reach out to children and adults with special needs whether it's cognitive ADHD you know that sort of thing and this program gives these children and adults the opportunity to play hockey in an environment that is comfortable for them and cognitive for them so that they can enjoy this great sport that we do well we're so thrilled to have you represent part of our community that's underserved many times and you're looked at as a great leader and you also help veterans like yourself with PTSD the hockey is a great and I know that some veteran organizations utilize the sport to recreate that bonding that's missing in a lot of young men and women's lives after they serve that is correct for the last five years I've been a member of the Pittsburgh Warriors Disabled Veterans hockey program the Pittsburgh Warriors are one of 45 programs throughout the United States that give veterans and disabled veterans the opportunity to play hockey and use that opportunity as an opportunity and a way to heal through whatever traumatic issues that we may be dealing with throughout our lives and the fact that we all have something in common with ourselves and on the team we all serve our nation well coach Howard thank you for your service first and foremost and I don't know if you're aware of this but one of our previous lifetime achievement awardees also going to be in the room Tuesday you might be of interest in Craig Patrick yes I actually got to meet Mr. Patrick a number of years ago when I was doing the hockey in the hood program and it's just an honor to know that he's going to be there and also Jim Leland you know the meet finally get to meet him in person and I'm just very honored and very humbled by being you know this award yeah and former Steelers GM Kevin Colbert will also be in for our dinner so we're looking forward to seeing you there next Tuesday and meeting you in person and sharing your story with our group thank you Howard thank you Larry and I look forward to next Tuesday and seeing Howard Smith one of our hometown heroes on the big came morning show coming up we'll get an in-studio visit Christine Sorensen kdk tv actor woman and of course Marty's lovely wife where is Marty some walk past the window here a while ago meanwhile lot going on tonight do you got the gold over America the Olympic gymnastor here with Simone Biles at ppg paints over at the Pete AEW wrestling the penguins get ready to wrap up their preseason getting ready for their new season ahead and then there is the Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Dallas Cowboys there is something special about Sunday night football Sunday night football is now what the old Monday night football used to be in terms of national interest it is almost always the feature game of the weekend and certainly Steelers and Cowboys are a big draw and coach Tomlin spoke to the media horde yesterday including our own Jeff Hathorn in his weekly press conference to talk about the game you do what you got to do from a coaches perspective I use the phrase all the time if you got red paint your paint your barn red and so you know with those dynamic edge people like Lawrence and maybe even Parsons out we better get ready for a lot of schematic pressure from him you like that Aaron you can impress your husband by saying I believe there's going to be a lot of schematic pressure he's going to be like where the heck are you getting those terms from seriously write that down to try it out schematic pressure yeah just say you know I'm thinking there's going to be a lot of schematic pressure here tonight for the game and coach to I love coach Tom yeah he's amazing there is nobody that I have ever met or heard that in the moment can string words together and you follow what he's saying even though the way he says it is different than anybody anywhere very strategic and it's very he just has his own lingo the strength of the brand of the brands is something that is to be respected but I respect that every day man when I get out of that car in this parking line it's a responsibility to represent the black and gold and I'd imagine the guys in Dallas feel the same way you can't put a price tag on standards and legacy and both organizations have that we walk on the ground it's been paved for us by those that have come before us we feel really blessed and honored to do so and sure that that will be reflected in the way that both teams play this weekend that's that's actually extraordinary that's it it's unbelievable uh and by the way so the conversation every week since week one has been his Russell Wilson who was pretty much named the starter coming here hasn't played it down yet because he's had some calf issue so Justin Fields is three and one as the quarterback and looks like he's gonna be a go for Sunday bot just met with our training staff and Russ and plowed it out of course for his work today he'll have another strong work day today we'll see how he feels in the morning it will let that be our guide in terms of his participation but it seems like he's in a place where his participation is going to pick up some in terms of a practice setting a live pocket if you will we won't draw too many conclusions but we'll just start that process and we'll we'll comb through that day by day evaluate his ability to move and function and protect himself and obviously evaluate his level of productivity it will let that be our guide in terms of whether we get into serious consideration as we push forward toward game time this week so in a lot of ways i'm taking the same posture that i've i've taken in recent weeks i'm acknowledging that he's doing more work today than he did last Tuesday is probably going to produce the potential of more work tomorrow and then we'll have some conversations as we proceed through the week based on the result of those things do you get all that yeah that was a lot but you know what i think is really cool everybody knows and loves Russell Wilson you know he's great at what he does but i think long term i just love that you can tell he believes in Justin Fields and who are we talking to i don't know if Paul said it or jeff actually the last time you talk to him he said when um Justin Fields was was you know on his previous team the coach we didn't necessarily get that he had a coach that believed in him that can make all the difference wow look at you getting locked in i'm impressed thanks Larry and mike tomlin impressed with justin fields overall or he wouldn't be doing what he's doing i've speculated about some things i've seen from him and there's some components of his football and competitive personality that are really likable and i just think when you end those moments and you get an opportunity to show who you are in those moments they're less speculation and so some things that i was speculating about somewhat last week about his steady demeanor about his competes and so forth just got solidified and and verified the challenges that we faced last week i hope you're writing all this down because oh i am i need you to impress uh your husband and his brother comes over to watch the games schematic what was it uh night i know i missed the second word schematic oh man we'll get it it'll pop back into our memory i'll find it meanwhile schematic now i forgot it it's because mike tomlin said so much i know i i'd love one of his greatest quotes of all time is we're not going to be indians in their cowboys movie wow that's a good one liner well this would be a good one for this let me see if i can find just one more let's see we got i got a whole list mike zimmer is no novice he's been around uh we've competed against him over the years man got a lot of respect for his approach to ball his aggressive schematic demeanor he's one of the godfathers of double a pressure if you will the godfather of double a pressure schematic it was in there too he likes that word this week that could be uh let's see it could be the word of the week let me give you one more before we get to uh christine who's probably wanting to come into studio here she could do whatever she wants she's a she's an anchor woman for god's sake right yes here she comes all right and here's coach tomlin final note about uh justin field's play in india on sunday you know that's what i expect competitors to do and and that's what i was talking about the other week when i sense the competitors trait in him not surprised by that expect that to continue certainly want to minimize the negativity but um it's just a component of competing at this level how you respond to adversity defines you individually and collectively how you respond to adversity defines you erin that is something you write down never forget it mike tomlin challenges reveal character they don't necessarily build it you want to write that schematically down for me yes thank you Larry save that for a future show when the chips are down half hour we'll check in with marty griffin and now marty's wife christine sorensen katie ktb anchor woman is here talk a little kidsburg kidsburg.org christine good morning good morning i was watching katie ktb as i always do wall to wall i've never put on any other channel but your team and then the debate last night and i saw john dellino was on the network talking about the importance of pennsylvania well we were so excited that john got an exclusive interview with kamala harris i mean i saw it happening well it was during the five o'clock but i saw them setting up in the newsroom a special area for him to do the live interview over zoom with her which was a big deal she's only done a handful of these so we were i mean john knows his stuff and that's why they go to him which is awesome and then yeah the network talk to him about pennsylvania because as you know we are such a key state in this election yeah so i guess john will share some of that interview starting today at four two right exactly i'll have a lot more throughout the day absolutely and he in the past has interviewed donald trump he's interviewed all the big candidates over years yes yes all right let's talk about kidsburg as we move into october it's the scary season and i i just yesterday got i guess we have some halloween stuff stored uh it was my job to get out the gear right yes it is time now that we're in october it's time to start thinking about halloween and you know some of it is scary which is why i love that we at kidsburg have found 45 plus not so scary halloween events for kids because some of it is really not appropriate for little kids but a lot of it they do gear toward little ones and so three that i want to mention that are happening now and every weekend through halloween are halloween idol wild which is where they you know we always think of young kids for idol wild anyway but they turn it into more of a halloween theme where kids and families should dress up and they get to go trick or treating and do all kind of fun halloween stuff and then in the evening they do turn that into more of a place that's scarier for teens and grown-ups same vibe happening at phantom fall fest at kenny wood you know fun for the kids during the day and then a little scarier in the evening for the teenagers and adults and then this is a brand new one happening it's at the Pittsburgh zoo it's called the jack-o-lantern extravaganza and it's happening from 6 30 to 10 30 at night and it's all about these intricately carved pumpkins and it's um it's not about the animals most of the animals will be not out at that time but it's really about walking through the beautiful scenery they have there and enjoying the cool pumpkins unlike in this satch quat-- satchquatcha railroad where you might get a glimpse of Bigfoot hey you never know you never know where you might see him hey uh oh marty's in the house she was snoring during that debate last night brother oh yeah oh yeah snore larry slack john was the well as you know i fall asleep at 10 every night and went past 10 so adventures were coming out 10 hit and boom i was where out where the dorito bag's empty or open there was a Dorito dust all over her shirt popcorn rosy in her lap yep me and Vince honey honey honey huh oh that's a good debate who am i voting for oh man that's funny it was hilarious where was your video i lucked the video last time you i've been after the big awards you're either post a video and get no uh-uh or you get some and you don't post a video you know i'm saying larry um-hmm yeah video no booty i know video you don't say larry i i larry are you familiar with this at all sir no i don't know what you're talking about all right we'll catch up with marty in detail meanwhile back to kidsburg yeah where were we oh man well i want to tell you guys tonight is your one chance to see gold over america tour this is some own biles and i just put this together larry what is g o a t gold over america tour also stand for goat some own biles with a goat so it's really going to be a great show they've got um several of the other female gymnasts as well as the men's gymnastics team and it's not going to be your typical like what you see in a gymnastics competition they're actually doing choreographed dances with gymnastics to fun music including you know taylor swift beyond you're gonna go as a former dancer i know i can't wait i'm hoping to get to go tonight because it does sound amazing and i heard that what steals a show is when the men's team does i'm just can which does sound hilarious doesn't it that's cool yeah a lot of fun um also happening right in town on saturday it's the festival of combustion at the carry blast furnaces this sounds so cool they've got blacksmiths glass blowers welders metal fabricators doing all kinds of cool things including hands-on activities there'll also be tours music food trucks it's going to be a really cool event and kids at under 18 are free so that's going to be a really neat event you can see all these at kids bark dot org on our list of all the stuff to do this weekend wait a minute festival of combustion yes we got to bring this up when marty comes back we'll have a heyday with that i'm sure all right kidsburg dot org christine yesterday had the chance to talk to the man who produced and wrote gold over america he's from near ebbensburg consylvania wow and he went to point park university uh graduated he's a dancer and artist an actor and a writer and uh his whole family's coming in tonight oh that's so exciting to be in person with him and he said he's the director of the show wow but he's going to be able to sit with them because he pretty much said they got it well point park i mean produces incredible talented people so i'm not surprised that that you know would come from that school that's awesome so his name is bark uh swan heart i said what a great name i didn't ask him if that was a stage day but it might be swan heart anyway all right gold over america samon biles is here and coming up marty we'll talk about the festival of combustion among other things kidsburg.org bill two marty griffin get marty christine just curious marty posted uh a picture of your daughter cloey yeah with your daughter sophia and she was accepted in the university of pittsburgh also yes her first acceptance into college university of pittsburgh she's so excited you i don't think people realize how difficult it is to get into pit i think it's become much much more competitive yes the you have to have good grades you have to take hard classes it's definitely not easy to get into pit anymore it's in the top i think it was like around 70 in the us news and world report among all schools that includes public private everything well that's very cool yeah you know it's adorable you know it's adorable as hell about it honestly on a real personal level if that happens all three of them obviously including my wife will be in the same sorority that's now that's actually very cute what what's your sorority tried elton i mean you never know cloey could pick a different welcome but but she does really absolutely she's gotten to see how much sophia's enjoyed pit and you know being in the sorority and i think that certainly has had an influence but you know she's applying to a lot of schools and we'll see and pen state is still one of her top choices hold on her boyfriend's at kernike melon if they don't break up she'll go to pit if they break up she'll go to pen state what am i and why don't you dance around this what about pen west clarion how about last no man how about last night here's what happens but my here's what she tries to do my wife and they they try to go behind daddy's back but that's kind of impossible to do as we all know um trying to get schools outside of the seven hour range now the seven hour ranges if i can drive there and it's less than seven hours she can go there if i can't she can't so my wife tried to sneak in like schools nine hours away ain't happening it's not happening you draw a circle around a map amen there's a couple thousand colleges within seven hours i think we can find one and you know what that is it's selfish you know why because we had a daughter of an appendicitis and we had her in the hospital she's been in the hospital two times and the truth is i can leave here right now and be at her dorm at ten o'clock oh i'm the first to say it's been a wonderful having her close i mean even just something as simple as you know being able to come to the baby shower or to visit my parents when they were visiting in town it's been really nice you can you know what larry they get attitude i'll tell you what we're about to spend two hundred thousand dollars plus in your education you go wherever the hell you want if you want to pay knock your blank and self out i do think cloy is seeing the advantages of being close in the last two years and she's really tight with money and she ain't paying no money to go to college i'm just being i tell all parents the same thing i mean i can't drive there i don't pay for you to go there we don't pay we work our asses off to pay for one point four million dollars the estimate to send my three kids to college and get two of the girls married just saying this is from our financial advisors that's larry richard money that's your side hustle money right hey this debate and i think Patrick would agree because we're talking about this in the back these two candidates were the better halves of the actual candidates themselves Vance is what trump should be i'm serious he was an adult he was focused he talked about specific policy he handled conflict as a man he was kind and compassionate he actually turned to walls and said i'm sorry that happened because walls son saw somebody shot in front of him he is what trump should be fact and walls did something Kamala Harris never does he talked about policy specific policy very direct insane research total control of what they were talking about that was a man's man's debate nothing about women here i'm not trying to be misogynist but the fact is larry there were two adults in the room last night speaking of which made it boring as hell man women speaking of women yeah how would you evaluate nora odano and margarine friend and as the anchor women it's irrelevant it's all tofu to me i could care less who anchors those shows if you want to pick on the anchors that's fine but they're both extremely intelligent both incredibly but margarine brendan is a badass if you watch her show on sunday and i have for years she she is as thorough a journalist as there is an existence i thought they were a little bit snippy when they cut the fellas off and started to school them i thought that was a little bit attitudinal right but beyond that i could care less who's ho it's almost like this larry when people whine about tom brady as of the voice of some game i don't care who's calling the game man i'm watching the game regardless same with these debates have you ever tuned in to a game to watch or listen to the announcers on tv in my life because this is actually a wonderful point two men drew me to the game how are co cell and john mad that's it and one radio voice come on larry bary coat bam ha outside of that bro you could pay a guy 10 bucks to do those games honestly whether pan tom brady 30 what 35 40 million here a year wow for a 10-year contract 350 million also john delano was a big star last night i love jd you know that we go way way back he was the man cbs was raving about him on the national broadcast they really were he's a talent he is connected he knows his stuff well who gets them yeah who well who gets them and who gets the big players in this market jd speaking of big players uh i don't know if christine mentioned she'd really like to go to gold over america tonight and have a connection what is that i apologize some more vials and all the gymnast or people you saw that last time it was very interesting we have seen them when they came another time it wasn't they're doing dance this time with music including stell marty what the men are doing i'm just can the men's gymnastics team is going to do i'm just gonna get i think i got the runs up in the bathroom all night i can't go to that stuff i'm sorry no man can you by the way tomorrow call one of your boys i could actually you know that larry i get one text done hey uh tomorrow uh john federman oh coming on the show wow you know what i did i reached i said john what we doing here man we were and larry knows this we were good friends i should have a text him at nine fifty eight and have him on the air at ten o'clock we're going to get back into that these local politicians their voice has to be heard locally i've i've said this about the governor he's too much of a big shot now and he's chasing cnn and fox news and all that stuff and that's fine and dandy that you're in the wall street journal but at the end of the day where the robber hits the road which is why comma laharis did an interview with john delano where it really matters is right here in this town in this election and john said it last night and and selena zito has said this before larry iri pennsylvania you could argue has determined the last two presidential elections iri frickin pennsylvania for folks who think we don't count that's bogus what time's fetterman come on oh one o'clock i'm gonna talk about pramani's did you see his pramani's post i did that's a big get left pramani's post was gold speaking a gold i think you got your tickets for tonight i think so all right christine we'll look for you on kdk tv i'll be there four and five marty you'll be ten to two right here get marty hey nfl fans you can start the season with a big return on fandal america's number one sports book so when you get a hunch in the middle of the game you can check out the latest stats view live play-by-play and so much more on the same page where you place your bets you'll get started with two hundred dollars in bonus bets guaranteed when you place your first five dollar bet that's fandal dot com slash sports fan never waste a hunch and make every moment more with fandal an official sports book partner of the nfl must be 21 plus and president colorado first online real money weights are only ten dollar first deposit required bonus issued is now a throwable bonus bets that expire seven days after receipt restrictions apply c terms at sportsbook dot 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