The Mark Arum Show 6-22-26 HR 2

Woo! Welcome back to the show on a good Monday morning to you. Mark Aram here, you there. It's 10.05, 5 minutes after 10 o'clock. This is the Mark Aram show live Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to noon on 955. W.S.B. The whole gang with us here today. She got to go to the World Cup. She won a Gracie. She's the executive producer of their program. Deborah is here. We got Brooke screening your calls. And down south, Vinny on the other side of the takeout window coming up in seven minutes, seven minutes from right now. Very excited. Our gross. and gas giveaway presented by reliable heating and air, $150 gas card, $150 card, gift card, and a free HVAC inspection for my friends that reliable. Your chance to win coming up in just a couple of minutes here. Eric Erickson is going to join us live at 1035 and 1137. Deborah's got tickets to get my tickets. She's giving away my tickets to see Journey. Well, they're just a chance to win my tickets. A chance to win my tickets. A chance to win my tickets. I'm giving up. That's how. And it's their final tour. That's it, allegedly. We'll see. No, it is for sure. Okay. That's how much I love you listeners. My VIP tickets, I'm giving back to you. I am going to miss my chance to see Journey's final tour because that's how much I love you. Right now, let's update what I think before. Now, I don't know what the world's most famous pool was before this Peter Harlambus, but right now it's probably the reflecting pool in the nation's capital. Mired in algae and controversy, what is the current status of the pool this morning, my friend? Yeah, if anything, it's now become an even bigger tourist attraction because two weeks after completing this $16 million renovation, President Trump says it will now have to be drained and repaired to fix the peeling paint and also that algae bloom. It comes as the U.S. attorney in D.C. and the president says that anyone who's caught vandalizing the reflecting pool will be fully prosecuted, Trump has blamed the catastrophic repairs, the algae bloom, the peeling paint on vandalism, though there's really no evidence to support that. meantime, we're beginning to see arrest. For example, over the weekend, we saw former Olympic canoeist David Hearn arrested for allegedly touching a loose piece of this paint. The prosecutors accused him of vandalizing the property. He says he didn't try to rip, tear, break, destroy, or harm any part of it. We understand also from a U.S. official that about five people have been arrested at this point. A few more people have been issued citations, really law enforcement following through on that threat from the U.S. attorney and President Trump, if anyone does touch the pool itself. I saw a video over the weekend. National Guard troops now stationed around the pool. What exactly is going on with the pool and what's the plan to correct it? Because I know, you know, July 4th coming up soon. I know the president wanted this thing to look the best it could for our 250th birthday. Yeah, that's exactly right. It was a rush process in order to get it done by July 4th. In fact, the two companies that got contracts, got no bid contracts in order to speed up the process with the reason in those contracting documents explicitly the desire to get it done in time.

That's being said, there's kind of a two-fold problem here. One, it's that the coat of paint, this resealing material that they used, is beginning to peel. And the exact reason for that remains unclear. The company that did the renovation, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, have said in a statement, ABC News, that they have identified the cause for some of those repairs. They say it's very small and it's not a failure of the entire liner. That being said, they have to repair some of them. it by draining it. On top of there, on top of that, there's this algae bloom. The exact reason for that remains unclear. For example, Atlantic, the magazine did testing. It's found that a unique species of algae has really taken over the pool, especially after they poured hydrogen peroxide in it to kill another variant of algae. Also, the fact that it's a darker color has inherently made it a better breeding ground for algae because of the water is warmer. It's unclear how they're actually going to fix that. And for what it's worth, this has been a longstanding problem. Obama administration, for example, spent 18 months, but $34 million on trying to repair the same reflecting pool. It ultimately didn't really remediate this algae problem, which has really plagued the pool since its creation. Peter Harlamoos from ABC News joining us here on the market. I'm sure we talked about the story on Friday. And I just said, well, you know, Peter, if you and I had our backyard pool repaired and it went, you know, horribly awry, it was probably under warranty still. We could call the contractor out and be like, hey, it's peeling, there's allergy. Algae, you need to come out and fix this. Do we have any idea if the reflecting pool repairs are under warranty or are we going to have to write another check? You know, just like your backyard pool, it appears these changes for now are under warranty. That's at least according to the company that actually did the repair itself. That being said, it's unclear if that means we're going to see an uptick in the long-term cost of this. So if you go back to the contracting documents, you can see that the original contract was about $6 million. It got doubled to about $12. $12 million. And then in recent weeks, they've added another about $2 million to this contract for reasons unknown. The nature of the federal contracting system kind of makes it inherently hard to track the reasons for this. So even if the company says we're doing this under warranty, it's worth noting that the cost of the check itself has more than doubled since they were first awarded this deal. On top of that, I will note that President Trump historically has been pretty aggressive about not paying contractors who do subpar work. For example, he's been famous for this as a hotel developer and a real estate developer in New York. He even said when he was announcing this project back in April that he hates bad contractors who do shoddy work. That being said, he so far defended the project and not put any blame on the company itself. Instead blaming the vandals who he say are destroying the pool. Well, let's hope it gets fixed and looking pretty for our 250th birthday. Peter, great stuff as always. Have a good day, my friend. Thanks so much, Mark. Take care. What do you, Deborah, prior to the reflecting pool, it is now the most famous pool in the world. What do you think was prior to that? I only, I can only come up with one. The most famous pool before that? Yeah, like in the world. What's the most famous pool? Pool. Hmm, I can't think of anything. The only thing I could think of was the Grotto at the Playboy Mansion. Oh, that's gross. Oh, you've never been. It's so gross. Yeah, you've, I mean, that's the only famous pool. A Project Eggs Pool. The Project X pool? You know that movie Project X? No. Oh, really? No. I'll have to look it up. Yeah. Maybe I'll open that up on social media. The pool that Clark Griswold watched Christy Brinkley dive into and vacation. Or the pool that Phoebe Kates got out of. Oh, yeah. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. That's my favorite pool. I don't know if it's the famous pool. All right. I'm going to put that on social media. Now they're reflecting pool. Name a famous pool. Yeah. Oh, and why can't listen, every.

St. Patty's Day in Chicago, they dye the river green, right? Right, yeah. Why can't they just dye the water blue for the Fourth of July? As somebody who watches a lot of HGTV, usually what they do is they tear all the tile out, put blue tile in there so that it reflects the natural watercolor. I don't know why they couldn't do that either. I know it's a huge pool. All right. Some famous pools won't we come back? All right, let's do this now. It's our grocery and gas giveaway presented by reliable heating and air. Caller number 19. The 19th caller to Brooke at 404-872-075. Caller 19 to 404-872-0-750 wins a $150 gas gift card, a $150-dollar grocery store gift card, and a free HVAC checkup courtesy of reliable heating and air. They check up my AC. My AC's from Reliable. They do amazing work. 19th caller to 404-872-0-750 wins $150 gas gift card, $150 grocery score gift card, and a free HVAC checkup courtesy of reliable heating and air. Good. luck to caller 19 that's a badass prize right there i hope the person that wins it and we're going to do this all week I hope every winter has like an AC that's really banged up. Like someone that just got a new AC, they're like, you can check out my HVAC system. But I want someone that's like bubble gum holding it together. Yeah, exactly. Algae growing on it. Algae blue. Yeah, exactly. All right, good luck. Caller 19 to Brooke at 404-872-075. All right. I just pulled this audio. Again, the big story right now over the weekend, I was paying attention to the news. look like the Iran negotiations, the memorandum of understanding, everything was falling apart. And then the last 24 hours, much better news. Vice President JD Vance up in Switzerland, Lake Lucerne, basically saying, hey, we're back on. The talks are going well. Moments ago, Kevin Liptack at the White House. Yeah. And the vice president really making these talks out to be successful, unveiling, I think the headline of what was agreed to, which was Iran allowing these U.N. nuclear inspectors into the country. We have not gotten confirmation of that from Iran itself. And the vice president didn't specify what kind of access they would have, what sites they would be able to visit. You know, Iran has not allowed UN inspectors to visit the enrichment sites that were destroyed by the US almost exactly a year ago since that happened. So this would be a significant development, but still one I think that has a lot of questions. JD Vance says that potentially those inspectors could be allowed in. as early as today. He also detailed this new scheme that he said was devised by Jared Kushner that would require unfrozen Iranian assets to be spent towards American agricultural products like wheat or soy, essentially trying to allay some concerns among Iran Hawks that if the U.S. unfroze those assets that they would be put towards things like supporting Iranian terrorist proxies or the missile program. I'm not sure that the vice president's explanation.

nation will completely allay those concerns. You know, if Iran does get money for humanitarian purposes, it would, in theory, free up other Iranian money that's already inside of Iran for more malign motives. Now, I just want to point out something that has happened just in the last few minutes or so, which is the U.S. Treasury, putting in place those sanctions waivers on Iranian oil sales. This was included in paragraph 10 of the memorandum of understanding, allowing Iran to sell its oil immediately after the signing. that is now in effect. All I think a sign that this memorandum is now in place is now taking full effect as the vice president prepares to departs with Thrones. Kevin Liptack moments ago at the White House, a couple of big takeaways for me in this. At the very end, he mentioned that the United States has now lifted any sanctions on Iranian oil. So the Iranian oil can be sold around the world without sanctions to whomever they want for whatever they want. which is good for the energy markets, obviously. I'm worried, couple that with the unfreezing of the Iranian assets. All of a sudden, this regime is flooded with cash. And Kevin kind of hinted it there. The biggest criticism of the Obama nuclear deal when they unfroze Iranian cash was, oh, that's the money that funded the terror that Hamas perpetrated on Israel on October 7th. That's the money that funds Hezbollah, another terrorist group. That's the money that funds the Houthis who have wreaked havoc in the regions. I just don't want that money to be used for nefarious purposes. That's my big thing. Like I want in that memorandum of understanding, in that agreement saying, hey, this money you're getting now from the sale of oil, the unfreezing of assets, use it for your people. Rebuild whatever needs to be rebuilt. Get them fed. Whatever you got to do. But there should be something in this agreement that says you cannot use any of this money to fund Hezbollah Hamas, the Houthis, etc. Now, do you trust Iran, even if they put it in writing? Probably not. But at least show me that you care that where this money is going. There was a thing earlier in the show. And I think it was the President Trump suggestion that, hey, use this money that we're releasing and buy American foodstuffs, buy our wheat, buy our corn, buy our soybeans, which would put that in the agreement. Be like, hey, you're getting this round. You're getting $30 million, $30 billion. Spend $2 billion of that on American crops. That should be in there. And it could be, right? We had 60 days to negotiate this. But much better news. Hey, James and Kennesaw. Not sweet James. He might be sweet. He's happy. Happy James and Kennesaw won our grocery and gas giveaway. Congratulations, my friend. Another chance to win it tomorrow at 10, 12 a.m. By the way, I'm confused. So these talks are being held in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.

I think we have a finalist in the worst television show theme song of the 70s, 80s. That's the Bionic Woman theme song. Really? Yeah, there's a lot going on. The Bionic Man one was so much better, wasn't it? Yeah. Why am I playing that? Jamie Summers, the Bionic Woman, the actress that played her, Lindsay Wagner. Does it get any better? That's horrible. Yeah, we should just play the other one. Someone got paid to write that crap. That sounds like when they discovered MIDI, like the electronic sound. I just decided to hit all of the effects, right? Yeah. I mean, I remember liking that show, but that's a horrible theme song. Yeah, the man. Get the better one. Lindsay Wagner's turn 77. All right, quick follow up on Lake Lucerne. No surprise. The Switzerland one was discovered before the... The Lilburn one, going back to the 1230, the Gothard Pass in Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. Now, there's not even a Wikipedia page for the Lake Lucerne in Georgia. 40-acre private reservoir located about 12 miles east of Atlanta off of Highway 78 is the center. This is from AI, by the way. It's the centerpiece of the Lake Lucerne Estates residential neighborhood featuring 178 homes in a civic club that manages the lake and clubhouse for boating and fishing. That sounds pretty cool. Is it not a sister city to the one in? It does not say it. There's also a Lake Lucerne in Florida in Miami Gardens. But ours was before the Florida one. So it goes in age. It's Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, Lake Lucerne, Lilburn, Lake Lucerne, Florida. And there's a Lake Lucerne in New York. Yeah, L-U-Z-E-R-N-E. Why are we talking about Lake Lucerne? Well, that is where all the negotiations are going on. And we went at non-Geneva. I bet the hotels are, that's what we can do during the break. Brooke, can you find out? We have a Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. You have Lake Geneva? Okay. Find out Deborah, Debra. Brooke, the highest, give me the highest cost of a hotel in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. Let's just see what they're paying for those hotels. I love giving in-show homework assignments. All right, news weather and traffic and three. When we come back, Eric, Erickson, excuse me, joining us live. He is going to talk about all things politics here in Georgia and the Iran negotiations. Social media is active at Mark Airman. You can watch the show online at WSBRadio.com or YouTube. You can see my New York Knicks championship t-shirt that Maya got me at the NBA store in New York this weekend. Thanks, Maya.

The final deal is the house. We set the foundation. We haven't built the house, but we've laid a successful foundation to get to a good place for the American people. Much better news from Vice President JD Vance this morning in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. And by the way, good job, Brooke. Deborah, guess what the most expensive hotel in Lake Luzerne, Switzerland is? How much it costs per night? 25. No, $1,8,446. Doesn't seem that bad. At the hotel Schweizerhof of Luzern. Schweizerhof. That's not too bad. By the way, the Lake Lucerne here in Georgia, I got a voicemail to my email. I don't know how that works, but Terry said in the 60s, it was called Lake Possum. How much is a hotel there? I don't know. But I think Lake Lucerne in Lilbert is much more appealing than Lake Possum. Joining us live talking about the Iranian negotiations, our good buddy Eric Erickson. Eric, happy bladed Father's Day, my friend. Thank you very much. Now, the lozania, did I read this correctly? That was the greatest thing you've ever made, was the lasagna made this weekend? Yes. So I made homemade pasta dough, homemade Bechamel, homemade bolognese sauce, and then... put it all together and baked it in my wood-burning oven outside. Yeah, it looked phenomenal. All right. Well, I hope you had a great Father's Day. Great picture of you and your dad you posted as well. Thanks. All right, so I was before Father's Day, like Saturday-ish, I was kind of freaking out about the Iran talks. Iran says, hey, because Israel sucks, we're going to close the straight again. President Trump says, you close the straight again. You're not going to make it back to Iran. I was like, all right, this is falling apart rapidly. But really seemingly good progress in the last 24 hours. Allegedly, we'll see what Iran does. Now, keep in mind that the opening of the trade is only for 60 days at most. Will they still honor it? There's still mines out there. One thing we do know is that in the last 30 minutes, the Treasury Secretary has said that the United States will waive oil sanctions waivers for... for Iran to begin selling oil. Now, there's a problem because just last week, the State Department released a report. It concluded that Iran pays for terrorism before anything else when it sells oil. And so... Are we just funding Iran's remilitarization and terrorism by letting them sell? By the way, Iran owes $50 billion in judgments to Americans for murdering Americans over the last 40 years, and we're not getting any of that money back, but we're going to give them $300 billion. Can we garnish either wages? I mean, is it? Nope. Literally, Eric, that's exactly what I said last segment. We got the breaking news that the Iran sanctions have been lifted out the oils. We heard that a lot of their money has been on Frozen. They have access to it now. And my biggest concern is like,

Why in that memorandum of understanding, is there not a line that says, hey, we will not use any of this money to fund Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. That's my biggest worry that this money is just going to go right to who we don't want it to go to. Yeah, exactly. In fact, there's a specific language in the memorandum of understanding that the United States will not manage the money that Iran decides to spend. Who's going to be heading into this? So the vice president is heading back. Is it Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff? Are they going to be the front men of the negotiations right now? The vice president is taking the credit for it. He thinks it's a good deal. And so he'll take the credit and take the blame if it falls apart. But we still, I mean, there's 60 days in negotiating. And there's a lot of, you know, what are we going to do with the enriched uranium, inspect? I mean, there's a ton of stuff to still hammer out. Are we confident that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff can handle it? And a question I asked earlier to show, he wrote the art of the deal. He's, you know, the strongest thing he had was like he's going to negotiate all our problems. Why isn't President Trump at the negotiating table hammering this thing out? Well, he should be, but he's sending signals to them. They're his representative. So he is engaged. They're just more engaged. And honestly, I just don't trust the Iranians. And this administration seems to think they can trust them. I'm not sure why they think they can. But look, if it falls apart, it's on them. Yeah. And I think that. There's a number of things that could blow this deal up. And I think top of that list is if Hezbollah does not stop firing into northern Israel, there's no way Israel doesn't retaliate. They just, that's not going to happen. Absolutely. And that's going to be Iran's excuse. I mean, that's what happened over the weekend is Hezbollah fired 50 Iraq because Israel killed to Israelis. The Israelis responded and Iran's is up into the deal. Supposedly now there's going to be some sort of. team between the United States, Qatar, Pakistan, and Iran to monitor Hezbollah. Three of the four partners there are state sponsors of terrorism, Pakistan, Qatar, and Iran. So good luck. Eric, we haven't talked since the runoff results, so it's my first chance to pick your brain. Let's start with the governor's race. The cannon ball into the swimming pool that was Action Jackson entering the race for the governor. He was behind in the primary, but surged ahead in the runoffs. I, again, I have no inside information, but I would imagine the Keisha Lance Bottoms campaign not happy that Jackson won. They'd rather... run against the other opponents. Yeah, that's the real problem here for the Democrats, is they really presumed it was going to be Bert Jay Jones, and you'd have tons of attacks about January 6th, and Bert Jay Jones and family corruption, and on and on and on. And now they're running against the guy who grew up in the projects, ran away from home, got put in foster care, and became a billionaire. He's the American dream. So they're attacking him for his wealth so long as you don't hear them talk about how he got his wealth. Interestingly enough, they're not talking about yet his tenure as CEO of a health care.

company where, you know, you're in charge of healthcare company. There are lots of lawsuits for medical malpractice and stuff. It's just the way it is. I suspect they'll attack that stuff. Jackson, I think, will be easily able to refute it. But, yeah, they did not see this. I mean, Bert Jay Jones didn't see this one coming. The Democrats certainly didn't see it coming. And just, you know, There was already, you know, ads made for Burt Jay Jones, right? Like, they knew what they were going to do in this campaign. Jackson not only is he, they have no political record. I mean, there's certain things that obviously we saw some of the attack ads in the primaries, but you can't account for the money factor in this. Like if Jackson wants to, he can, he can just spend, you know, 100 million of his own money, 200 million. And he's going to. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, that's the thing. And also he did give money to Democrats over the year. So you can't say he's some sort of rap. partisan Republican. He supported Democrats in the past. He supported Republicans a lot. He supported opponents to Donald Trump and also Donald Trump. So much harder to pigeonhole him as some sort of rabid right winger who's going to alienate suburban voters. In fact, given his support for foster care in the state and the reforms he's made for foster care, he's probably going to go over well with suburban white people who have sometimes voted Democrat because they don't like Trump. You know, just story in general, you know, the rags to riches story. Speaking of that, so Keisha Lance Bottoms, the big advantage she had is she didn't have a runoff. She didn't have to really spend any money. So she doesn't have to move to the center. Like she has not really run a campaign yet. I would imagine the Jackson campaign. You got to go on the primaries. You got to go far left, far right to win the primary. Does he move to the center a little bit now? Oh, I think he does. Listen, he's branded himself now in the runoff as a Brian Kemp Republican, which plays well. with moderate and independent voters in the state. And given his donation history of the past, given what he's done as a businessman, yeah, he really does get to play up the centrist role. Keisha has decided that she can double down as a progressive and that she can unite everybody to her. Now, that was her strategy because she expected Bert Jay Jones to be the candidate. And it's going to be real hard to plant your flag and I'm a progressive vote for me and then suddenly pivot because... the guy she thought she was going to run against is no longer the guy she's running. The other top of ticket race, the Senate race, and basically what I surmise from who the Scott Bottoms camp was rooting for, I think the offset camp is pretty happy that Susan Collins won instead of Dooley. But there's stuff there, right? Dooley was a blank canvas. And sure, he had his, you know, you can attack him, but he doesn't have the record that Susan Collins has. Yeah, I mean, that was always the problem. Dooley wasn't a strong candidate by any stretch of the imagination, but he was a blank slate so you could focus on Jon Ossoff's record. Now, Mike Collins has his own record and baggage and scandal and issues with the House Ethics Committee, so Assov can keep the fire on Dooley and make him radioactive. And again, suburban voters in Georgia are still the highest propensity ticket splitters in the nation. They love to vote Democrat and Republican to say, hey, I'm bipartisan. And Osloff and Jack. and now give them the ticket of their dreams, these independent voters in the suburbs, say, look, I voted Democrat for the Senate, and I vote a Republican for governor. I'm nonpartisan. So you were listening in my show last week, because I said, I was like, just like we saw, we saw people voting for Governor Brian Kemp, but a Democratic senator. I said, we're going to see a lot of split tickets this November.

Yeah, we will. Georgia's the last state where this really happens a lot. Georgia in Maine with Susan Collins up there. And, yeah, I think we're going to see split tickets this year. Yeah, very interesting. Eric Erickson joining us live here on the Mark Aaron show. All right, you've advised political campaigns before. So put on that hat. The Jon Ossoff campaign hires you because you're brilliant and you know politics. And they say, Eric, we're going to go out and campaign with Keisha Lance Bottoms. Would you tell them do it or don't do it? I would not do it. They're trying to build a ticket, and she's radioactive. I mean, she underperformed the metro Atlanta area. Every county around Atlanta underperformed and Democratic turnout for the governor. The more you know about Keisha Lance Bottoms, the less you want to vote for. And that's what we saw. And the Republicans have a record and story to tell about Keisha Lance Bottoms. And if Jon Ossoff wants to wrap his arms around her, which they were willing to do with Bert Jay Jones. But with Rick Jackson and his money, I think it's a bad idea for Jon Ossoff to be tying himself into a ticket with Keishlands Bottom. Do you think that's going to happen, though? Because we've already seen some joint statements. They were going to. In fact, they openly bragged about it. But that's when they thought that Jay Jones was going to be the nominee. If I were off, I would pretend I didn't know who this woman was on stage with me and move on from her. Final quick question for you, Eric, down-ballot stuff. Anything big we should be looking forward to in November? You know, yes, how big, there are some swing seats in the metro area. How many seats will Republicans lose? Conversely, though, if the Republicans with Rick Jackson are able to build a ground game, can they? Now, this is the concerns our Republicans will privately voice is that Jackson's been a whole lot of money. You had a big Republican machine from the Brian Kemp Army out there pushing people for Derek Dooley. Still, a lot of Republicans didn't actually show up in this highly contested runoff. So will they show up in November? That's the thing Republicans are concerned about. Yeah, interesting stuff. Eric, great insight, as always. What's coming up on the show today, my friend? You know, we'll dive into the Iran deal, but in particular, I want to start the show with this under the radar thing Democrats are doing where they're going into these swing districts and they're targeting people with local issues. Hey, your hospital closed? Did you know it's because of Trump's tax cut? The Republicans are not paying attention to the sleeper issue that could get them. slaughtered in November. Must listen radio noon to three right here on 955 WSB. Eric, as always, appreciate your time, my friend. Thank you. 10.55 of the Mark Aram show 13 years ago today. Blurred lines by Robin Thick started a 13-week run at number one of the U.S. singles charts. Son of Alan Thick, right? Rest in peace. loved him. Well, there was controversy, right? Didn't he get sued? Marvin Gay. Did they settle? What was the deal? I think they did settle, but they're like, it's too close to a Marvin Gay song. This was a risque video, too, if I don't. Yes, you need to log in to able to watch this video. Yeah. Welcome back to the Mark Aram Show. Great stuff there from Eric Erickson. All right. Reason number 746, why I'm never going to go to the Grand Canyon tragedy at the Grand Canyon, Deborah. Yeah, this sucked. So Grand Canyon, right at this time of the year, extremely hot. It's always hot in the Grand Canyon.

Park Rangers had to respond to three different hikers dying because. of the hot temperatures. Now, these are all experienced hikers, too. They weren't just people casually visiting and walking around. They had supplies with them, but it just got too hot and they didn't have enough supplies. They're talking about 109 degrees Fahrenheit with no shade, no, you know, there's only so much water you can drink and carry. And so they're telling people, if you do plan to do any of these hikes, become prepared, make sure you do have some type of emergency resources. Because sometimes your SOS on your phone doesn't work. Like, you've got to be prepared to do these hikes and that kind of heat. I don't hike in the summer. Have you ever been in like Nevada or Arizona during the summer? Yeah, my best friend lives in Tucson. You just stay inside. It's like winter back home, but in the summer and hot. Like I played the World Series of poker. It's in July every summer in Vegas. And it's like 117 degrees out. Now, I'm going back to Vegas the end of July, not to play in the World Series of poker, but I don't do outdoorsy stuff. I am outside when I get... To the car, to the hotel? Yeah, to the cab when I land and to the cab, that's it. Mai's like, I don't think I'm going to go to the pool. I'm like, no, you're not going to go to the pool. Go do a spa day or something. Yeah, that's, I mean, that's tragic. But I have noticed that if I were to go to the Grand Canyon, it would be in December when it's not 148 degrees. All right, news weather and traffic, when we come back, the latest on the World Cup, we got a... Final word of what happened at Camp Mystic, the horrible tragedy in Texas just about a year ago. And we're going to update our top local stories. Social media is active through the broadcast at Mark Airman at WSB Radio.