Tony Katz and the Morning News 1st Hr 6-17-26

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This was nuts. Nuts. I don't mind a Republican on the city level because it needs a little discipline. But on the national level, I want somebody with a good heart, and those are more in the Democratic Party, in my opinion. They care about the poor, they help people. The Republican Party is much more about saving taxes for rich people. So I'm not a Republican. One thing he said backstage, I think he said it a couple times today, was that he was more nervous coming on the view than he was for the vice presidential debate against Walts. Well, he should be, because we're, you know, the girls, the other girls have many receipts. Yes. Sonny, she's got... all the receipts, you know? Yes, absolutely. And Sarah likes to, you know, bring in the kids, which is always like a low blow and they get scared of that. But sincere, I thought she did a good job with that. Truthfully, as I said to you in the beginning of this conversation, I don't think that he's a bad guy. So if he runs against, say, Gavin Newsom, that will be an interesting debate. He's not a bad guy. Joy Behar is in the JD Vance camp. I mean, she's not. Oh, he's not a bad guy? You watch how quickly she gets lambasted for that and how quickly she turns to say, you know what? He's a Nazi just like Trump. That's coming. What she just said is not allowed in Democratic Party circles. Not at all. Not in the slightest. And yes, they will call JD Vance a Nazi before they call Graham Platner a Nazi, even though Graham Platner is a Nazi. Tony Katz, that's me. How you doing, everybody? 93 WIBC. Good morning. What is Toyota affordability? It all starts with buying smart, and your Toyota dealer has great deals available to qualified customers on reliable cars and SUVs, including the redesigned RAV-4, Spacious Grand Highlander, sporty Camrys, and Corolla's. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid and plug-in hybrid options available throughout the lineup, extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, saving you money at the pump. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles. And as the best resale value brand, according to Kelly Blue Book, your Toyota can be worth thousands more than average when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota Fordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop Toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details. Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit Kelly BlueBookskb.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places. So it has been now, let's call 48 hours. 48 hours, maybe more, maybe it's been more. 48 plus hours of talking heads, so-called influencers, talking about the Iran deal.

And nobody has seen it yet. Oh, there have been leaks of this and leaks of that. And then there were the first leaks. Oh, look at how terrible this is. And then it was Bloomberg News. Bloomberg News has the memorandum of understanding. And here it is. And it's a little bit different than the first leaks. So which one am I supposed to believe? Can no one be patient? Tony Katz at 93 WIBC. Good morning. Great to be with you. Can they not even try to take a moment and take a breath and wait for this thing to come out? Even this whole tour by JD Vance, this whole tour of him doing all this media, it's way too preemptive. He did a whole other run of all the media yesterday, and you're like, You're selling us on a deal that we haven't seen yet. You're softening the ground. Now I even I have to wonder exactly how bad this thing is. You're not, it's not getting cheered. It's getting sold. You should have sold the reasons to take out the Iranian regime before going. No one did that. No one did that. But they're selling this. And I will again note, and we were the first to note it. You and I, we were the first to note it. It's JD Vance they're putting out there, not the Secretary of State Marco Rubio. As a matter of fact, I haven't heard from Marco Rubio. The rumor mill said that both he and Pete Hegseth very unhappy with this deal. This is a bad deal. And we're told, get online or get out. Sorry, not get online. Get in line or get out. I don't know if that happened. I have no idea if that happened. What I know is we have not seen the memorandum of understanding. And I will tell you that some of JD Vance's answers for why that is. Well, you haven't seen it because we have to worry about the sensibilities of some of the Arab and Muslim neighbors of Iran. What are you talking about? What sensibilities do we have to concern ourselves with? I don't know what that is. All I know is JD Vance goes on the five, where he's one of the guests hosts for the hour there on Fox. Why? Can't you or won't you release that document now? Yeah, so there's some diplomatic procedure at work here where the Qataris and the Pakistanis have been mediating this entire negotiation with the Iranians, and they've asked us effectively to sequence the way that we roll this out. I frankly don't understand it. We'd be happy to release the agreement today or tomorrow. We may release it as late as Friday, but fundamentally in the grand scheme of things, that doesn't matter because whether it's tomorrow, whether it's Friday, people are going to see what's in this agreement very soon. Why can't we see it now? Because the Qataris asked for something and you don't even understand it is not a compelling answer, sir. The whole thing is weird as can be. Weird as can be. And I think it's part of what's set people off to go down this road of look how terrible this is, look how awful this is, look how wrong this is, look how they're not even 100% sure what's in it.

Now, if I went by the rumors, holy cow, there is a lot to scream and yell out about this thing. I'm not going by the rumors. I'm not doing it. Tony, you don't have an opinion? Oh, if the rumors are fact, kitten, I'm so locked and damn loaded on my thoughts on if the rumors are fact. But being a grown-up and trying to actually have a little bit of decorum and a bit of integrity, I don't have the deal yet. Why get myself all worked up for that thing if it's not the thing? It seems kind of nutty. I mean, the amount of people who are coming out opposed to this $300 billion fund idea, which has now been floated a bunch of times. And even JD Vance is like, well, it's not a $300 billion fund. Rather, it's the opportunity for investment to take place in Iran. Why in the world would we give this regime $300 billion? Well, if you watch Trump with what's going on in Gaza, you get other nations to get investment in. They have skin in the game. They don't want their investment destroyed. They don't let the worst elements rise to the top. They help in the policing. I understand Trump's mathematics. If the argument is we should help rebuild Iran after taking out any nuclear capabilities they have, nah, right? That's just a matter of thought exercise. Nah. Chris Ruddy, Newsmax, the guy who owns Newsmax, I have never met Chris Ruddy. I do a ton over there now. I have never, never, never met him.

President Trump was right to call reports of a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran fake news. He just keep calling that until the idea is dead, buried and impossible to revive under another name. That is from a guy who is outrageously close to Trump. Hey, this isn't just a bad idea. This is the worst idea I've ever heard. What exactly is wrong with you? So friend and foe alike. Have thoughts on this concept. I can't guarantee you it's even in the memorandum. But as a concept, yeah. The people have spoken on this one. I don't know if Trump's going to be listening or not. I have no idea. His goals are different than my goals. I've already made that clear to you. I've accepted that his goals are different than my goals. But there's going to be a real question that we're all going to have to ask ourselves of how do we feel if we came this far only to come this far? And then to hand over the keys to the castle and say, just kidding. Like we're Johnny unplugging the lights on the runway and airplane. But it's not all madness out there. Finally, some good news, some charges against Antifa losers. 15 Antifa losers have been charged of conspiring to impede federal officers during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said the defendants were linked to two Minneapolis-based groups associated with Antifa and allegedly coordinated efforts to obstruct Operation Metro Surge. Good. I hope they have an actual case. I hope they prosecute the case. Anybody involved in stopping ICE agents from doing their job as written on the books should go to jail. Of course. There's no question. And I'm happy to see us recognize that Antifa is a despicable organization. filled with terroristic actors who believe in the destruction of Western civilization, and we have to beat these people. We have to win and they have to lose time and time and time again. Antifa is real, Joe Biden, even if you didn't want to admit it. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on Tacoma, Tundra, and Forerunner, with the space and features for any adventure. It means driving for less, with available hybrid options, delivering great MPGs without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your truck will hold its value for years to come. Shop Toyota.com to find out more. Toyota. Let's go places. So the UFC plotters. This was a conspiracy to try and kill members of the U.S. military.

imminent. The threat of the Iranian regime is imminent when somebody said, hey, does anybody know how to make a nuclear weapon? At that moment, they needed to be destroyed. Destroyed. Not dealt with, not handled, not learned to live with, no patty cake, whatever it is that some people think is the right idea. Destroyed. This is easy to understand stuff in my view. Yet somehow not everybody is with me on the understanding. I'm going to keep making my case. Tony Katz, that's me, by the way, 93 WIBC. Good morning. I'll be doing a news conference at about 4 o'clock today before we leave. We're going to Paris. And then we'll be going home tonight, I guess, if you really figure it. So we'll be heading to Paris. Well, we have a big dinner meeting with a lot of the same people. And then we're going home. And it's been a very successful trip. A lot of things have happened that have been very good. We'll be discussing a little bit about the deal with Iran at the 4 o'clock news conference. It's a great deal for a lot of reasons. But number one, by far, 99.9% is they will never have a nuclear weapon. And you can't give Iran a nuclear weapon. And they will never have a nuclear weapon. So that's very... That's President Trump speaking at the G7 summit, which is wrapping up in Paris, France. Tony Katz, 93 WIBC. Good morning. Actually, it's not in Paris, France. But I think at that moment, he may have been in Paris, France. Neither here nor there. He is speaking there with the Egyptian president, Abdel Fata El Sisi, S-I-S-I. That's his name. 99.9%. Did he say 99.9%. About Iran having a nuclear weapon? No, no, no, it has to be 100%. Nothing else will remotely do. Very, very strong. It's a very strong deal. Nobody knows what it is, but it's very strong. And most people seem to be very happy. Who are most people? Stephen Miller and Steve Chung, they're very happy. Okay. Well, that's most people. That's a wide cross section you got there, sir. It's very strong. You haven't seen it, but it's very strong. I, it's so much easier just to be one of those nonsense influencers. It really is. And just, we know this and we know that. And he, I mean, I put out, I said it on the show yesterday and I put out the videos about it and getting people to know about the show. And I had trolls coming out me like, you're an influencer. They don't listen to the show. They have no idea what they're talking about. Like the influencers. It's amazing. All it takes is five minutes of being normal. That's all it takes. But everybody is a fan of it. They think it's very strong. No. No, no, no, sir. You're, no, you're just, you're, you're just so full of it in that moment. What are you doing? What are you doing? I don't, I do not know if the president understands the, the level of pushback and the level of throw their hands up and say, just forget this guy. The people are going to get into.

If there's no level of, why do we do this? If there's nothing concrete, we'll get into that. We will. I also want to dig into these social media laws in the UK. You may have heard that they're going to pass legislation that will ban anybody under the age of 16 from being on social media. Until you learn, because we could actually debate whether or not it's a good idea or a bad idea, and then the question is, how do you do it? How do you do that? Well, you got to put in your ID. Got to put in your ID. I don't believe in having to do that right now in the United States for pornographic sites. That's right. Why should someone have to give their ID? After all, you're not checking an age. You're creating a trail. People aren't allowed to any level of anonymity or privacy. That's what this is. The UK law, which says you have to be 16, it says adults can use social media, but they have to provide their identity with a digital ID and face recognition, passports, credit cards, so therefore anything they say or anything they watch can be tracked and utilized against them. This is a full-on attack on free speech by the UK, by this low life, Keir Starmer, this radical leftist from his days as a prosecutor from now. My gosh. Now all of this is going to bring us into something called the Gang Rape Report, which is so horrifying as to be believed. You want to talk about why some cultures are not compatible with Western civilization. We're going to go through it. And some people are going to get mad. And who cares? Facts are facts and data is data. And what we do about it is up to us. Speaking of what we do about things, are the delegates going to do something about Diego Morales? This smear campaign against other candidates, like the one that he was part of or his organization was part of, it seems to me, against Max Engling fell flat. I can't imagine a delegate actually buying into that stuff. He's screaming and yelling that until you, unless you donate to my campaign, you don't get to ask me questions about my trips. That, um, That was met with silence and looks of what's wrong with you. Are delegates really willing to risk a statewide office on Diego Morales come this convention taking place this weekend? I will be there. There are plenty of people who can do this job and do it ably. Let's go have that done. Why would you risk losing to a lightweight like Beau Buy? A guy using the family name to buy an office and everybody knows it. The Democrats said so at their convention. We're done with Diego. He has done it to himself. Let's just move by this, delegates. Let's give ourselves the best opportunity to win.

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