Marty Griffin Show: Full Show (08/04/26)

The greatest, just in my lifetime, I was in awe of Muhammad Ali growing up. The magic of it was. And his political courage, it just blew me away. In his willingness to speak out about racism and poverty, and it was amazing. The guy listened for one second as he talked about. integration. And this is at a time when integration didn't exist. Listen. We're cleaning on their bus. And another thing, when you say integration, it comes on the end of marriage too, right? All being together. And I'm sure no intelligent white person watching this show, no intelligent white man. And his or her right white man. want black boys and black girls marrying their white sons and daughters, and in return, introducing their grandchildren as half-brown, kinky-haired black people. And I'm sure... I wouldn't. Well, you wouldn't, but a lot of them were. Well, I'm sure a lot of them... Well, I'm trying to say is this. What I'm trying to say is this. You don't have it. You don't have it. You really ain't going to have it. You're on the show, and you've got to say that. That's not true. I love them. It was amazing, actually. You might take that lightly what he did there, but that was insanely courageous. He's an amazing man. And I say that in the context of what everybody's talking about Aaron Rogers, talking about Anthony Fauci and this comments he made. And I wanted to preface all this by saying this isn't newer news. I mean, it's happened forever. And I go back to Ali because. He was kind of the man in the, in 67, spoke out against racism, segregation, Vietnam. African Americans, remember in the Olympics, Tommy Smith, holding his fist up during this ceremony in the Summer Olympics, 68? Oh, insanely powerful. Colin Kaepernick. refusing to stand, destroyed his whole career, destroyed his entire NFL career, sat on the bench while the anthem played. In that context, and I want to know what you think about Aaron Rogers saying this yesterday. Listen, at camp yesterday on the Pat McAfee show, Aaron Rogers.

Can you tell us about the mindset of coming into your last season? Like, that's a real thing. It feels like, because is everything better? Is everything funner? Is everything more awesome? Like, how do you kind of view this year versus maybe the years of the past? I'm going to plead the fifth. Okay. Okay. I love that guy. Like that absolute coward, Tony Fasier. Absolute scholar. Are it's back, baby. Are you kidding me? Yeah, 111 times. You got a pardon and you're in front and you pleaded over a hundred times at the White House. What are you scared up, Tony? I thought you were the science. Yeah. I thought you were, I am science. And you get up there and he can't answer a question? Yeah. What are we doing? And how much time did the network spend to that? How much time did they spend on my responses every week, on my vaccination status, on Taylor and Travis's wedding? Yeah. Did they do even a minute? Did they do even a minute on Anthony Fauci? No, I don't think I've heard anything. I bet they didn't. But on that note. And there was another scandal this off season, too, involving a voter for MVP, for coach of the year. How much time did your network spend? What's your camp? Did your network spend on that? Our network? I wish how much time did you see it. This is awesome. Go back to Anthony Fauci? Go back to the Coward Anthony Fauci in science. Who's spending the entire time writing in his diary about how fun it is to be famous. You got to be kidding me. Okay, so on that note, what are you going to say about me now? Debate him. What are you going to say about me now? Seriously, what are they going to say about me now? Now, now that you can't talk about the COVID stuff, because obviously it was made, you know, in a lab in China. That's like not even questionable anymore. Anthony Fauci is an absolute criminal. I'm on, I'm on good terms of my family. I'm on good terms of my family. What are you going to say now? What are you going to say now? I want to let you know. It's been a fun ride for you. It's been a great life and a great career. And it's nice to be sitting on this side now, especially after that coward, played the fifth over a hundred times. I thought you had a pardon there. Tony, why couldn't you answer one question the entire time? His approach and Ali's approach are different. In my opinion, Rogers comes off as a whining, entitled baby. Ali took on the world. Ali talked about freedom and war and racism and poverty and interracial marriage.

As one of my boys who's as close to me as anyone said, there's nothing worse than hear all these athletes talking politics. Especially when they sound so bitter, as if somehow the $50 million year man, Aaron Rogers, got screwed. 866, 39, 10, 20. This isn't newer news, but... Pat McAfee tried to stop him, he couldn't. He went on and on and on, calling Anthony Fauci a coward and a criminal and airing his grievances. His personal grievances at $50 million a year has made over $300 million just in salary. And on and on. Is Aaron Wodgers the guy? to take on politics and political issues. Robert De Niro hates Trump. So now you view him differently and don't see his films. Marlon Brando refused to accept an Academy Award in protest representing the American Indians. And on and on and on. Is this the place for Aaron Rogers to make his stand? Are you comfortable with Aaron Rogers saying Anthony Fauci's a coward? And they'll laugh and giggle. Ha ha ha. Anthony Fauci taking the fifth. Anthony Fauci should go to prison. Unchecked. No one stopped him. No one questioned him.

Most of my friends that are jocks, several that have played in the NFL, resent this kind of behavior by Aaron Rogers. They find them to be annoying, narcissistic, and an egomaniac who loves to hold a grudge. I would say, Aaron, throw the damn football, win some games. When you retire, run for office. 866 390-110-20. Was Rogers out of line? 866-39-110-20. Was Aaron Rogers out of line? Give me a call. Can you tell us about the mindset of coming into your last season? Like, that's a real thing. It feels like, because is everything better? Is everything funner? Is everything more awesome? Like how do you kind of view this year versus maybe the years of the past? I'm going to plead the fifth. Okay. Okay. Like that absolute coward, Tony Fasier. All right. So that was Aaron Rogers talking politics yesterday.

A lot of folks argue that he was very aggressive calling Anthony Fauci a coward. Guys, 85 years old, he's a retired public official. He came off as bitter, hostile. He was oversimplifying this legal strategy. Taking the fifth is to what people do all day long. And it's a distraction from football. Others say he has free speech and the right to speak his mind. I'd rather he just throws touchdowns. Who am I? Bill, go ahead, man. Thanks for holding. Yeah, I agree with Aaron Rogers. He has the right to speak out. Yeah. Anthony Fauci, you know, there's a lot of controversy here. He said a lot of things. He made a lot of policies. Yes, sir. But then according to his diaries, the things that he had. The notes he kept in the diary, he kept, most of it was contradictory to what his advice had. Okay. Rather than you lecture me, you made your opinion about Aaron. Dorian, go ahead. Oh, I agree with Aaron Rogers. You're going to preach speech. I think he should throw the damn football. Marty, my son died of COVID. Oh, Jesus. I am so sorry. Age 55. Well, a year and a half ago, so I'm living it. I miss him. You're one of my favorite guys on a radio, and that's why I'm calling. Yes, sir. My opinion is Aaron Rogers has the right to free speech. Is there a place for it in football? Free speech is free speech. It's for everyone at any time. God bless you, man. I'm very sorry about your son. Thank you, sir. Wow. I never liked any of it. I can't stand. I love Robert De Niro. He annoys the hell out of me when he goes off on Trump. I can't stand. Rosie O'Donnell. I can't hear her voice anymore because she's so obnoxious about Trump. I'm serious.

Colin Kaepernick can't stand him. Ruined his career. I just, Marlon Brando, I was too young to care. Muhammad Ali, I worshipped everything he said. That man walked on water. Jake, the snake. Go, brother. You got my man. Oh, you? I don't, happy to be here. Couldn't do better. I don't see this one as political. I only heard, because I don't follow any of it, I only heard what you played. Yeah. And I didn't hear him say, well, Biden was right, Trump was right, what Biden was right, whatever. He just said, Anthony Fauci's a liar. No, I heard it. Are you cool with it in sports? That's all. It's all those, you know, everybody says overpaid. That's right. He's a bitter whining athlete making $55 million in there. Shut up and play football. Really, throw the damn ball. Kathy, thank you. Go ahead. I say stay in your lane. Right on. You're still in nation. Right on. Right on. Until you've walked someone in someone's shoes and you know people who have died from COVID. Right on. Or you have visited New York City. Right on. You hear those stories about people leaving and dying. The hospitals became morgues. The hospitals became morgues. Go ahead. Yeah. Just unite the nation. Right on. Right on. You know the, this era takes the hell out of the Roonies. My man, Patrick, Patrick says, aware of anything going on in this town? Is anyone I know? Patrick, you know this ear takes the hell out of the Roonies, right? Oh, no question. Absolutely. They don't love any controversy. No way, man. Play football. If it's not football, they're not interested. They're not interested. And neither am I with Aaron Rogers. Alan, go ahead, brother. Hey, this is Alan from the North Hill. Yeah. So there are two sets of rights. There's a right that we have for freedom of speech in the country. Yes, sir. But also corporations have a right. And any corporation that I've worked for, I could not get away with saying something like that. Oh, no. A lot of customers. Yes, sir. That's about it. That's true. You're right, my man. But he's Aaron Rogers. Go ahead, Lisa. Thanks for your patience. Sure. I just wanted to say, yes, absolutely. Aaron Rogers has the right to say what he wants to say, but he went on and on way too long. He did. And he came across to me as an arrogant, unformed jerk. I watched all the hearings, and he certainly forgets what we all went through during COVID. We didn't know what to do. And he had enough money to go hide away and not face masks and kids. What do we do with our children? And how do we keep... our grandparents safe. And so I just think he oversimplified everything. And I'm sorry, I felt he sounded like a total ass. And quite frankly, I have a, I'm a season ticket holder and I'm just about ready to cancel them. That's how mad I am. Now, I won't do that because I love watching football. But at the end of the day, it's ridiculous. And I've lost all respect for him. He came off as a pompous, he came off as a pompous, bitter, arrogant, angry athlete. And Marty, and Marty, let me just end with this.

Okay, you want to say it, say it. Let's move the F on. Right on. Come on, man. We don't want to hear about football. We don't want to hear your political views. I don't care what he has to say about Anthony Fauci. I just don't. I agree with you, Marty, and we'll wait to see where this ends up, which is probably nowhere because he's Aaron Rogers. I love your passion. If he wins, it'll be fine. If he loses, they'll be on his ass. And by the way, Patrick. Patrick knows interviewing better than anyone in America. That scenario made Pat McAfee so uncomfortable, brother, didn't it? Well, yeah, when anyone starts questioning the handed feed, so to speak, the network you're sitting there on, who can pull the plug you off in a second. Yep. And he started going after New England's coach and his girlfriend. Yep. It got ugly fast. Aaron, go back to your cave, man, in the dark for three or four days and clear your head. I reached out to the chief medical officer at UPMC. He was also a friend, Don Yulele. There's a hundred things happening regarding medicine and outbreaks, and I had to grab them this morning. Good morning, doctor. How are you, sir? I'm fine. Thanks for having me on today, Marty. Yeah, a lot to get to. Two deaths now linked to this cyclospora outbreak. Almost 20,000 cases. I thought this was past us. Obviously, it's not, sir. No, I don't think it's past us yet. I think the outbreak associated with the one farm supplying Taco Bell has probably crested, but that doesn't mean that other sources. This is not the first time we've seen this particular infection. It's just the most constant.

Lost you. And it's focusing our attention on it. I apologize, Doc, you froze up there for a second. Is it something we should still be worried about here, sir? I am not hearing him now. Hey, Doc, can you call in sometimes with... technology and the live stream, we get a bad signal, and I'll have him call in. Kind of find it shocking. I thought we were past the cyclosporicases. There he is. And now we have two deaths. I wanted to make sure that we're past us. All right, here we go. Hey, Doc, thank you. Sorry about that, man. My, it's clearly on my end. I apologize. It's all right, ma'am. So should we still be concerned about cyclosporcer? We should be. This is not the first or only time this particular infection has been around. We have a big clustering because of the one event that looks like it started a Taco Bell. But it's the kind of infection that really can knock people down. And it takes some time. to recognize that you've actually acquired the infection. That's the hard part in tracking it down. You don't necessarily get sick the next day. It may be a week or two later, and it makes it harder to know what exactly triggered things. Transitioning to the measles outbreak. Schools coming up. 32 kids have been hospitalized around the country with measles. A significant number of cases in Pennsylvania. Nearly 200, fifth highest number of cases of any state, Pennsylvania. Should we worry about this, sir? What should we do with our kids? Well, if we continue to have large pockets of people and particularly the children that are unvaccinated, the measles is going to have a foothold here. And we happen to have that in Pennsylvania. We have it for a few reasons. We have it for some very specific religious beliefs. But we also have people who just really are resistant to vaccination in general. Measles is easy to get rid of with vaccination. And I practiced for... 25 years and we didn't see a case of it when we had high vaccination rates. It's back now, and the solution is in our hands. We just have to be willing to embrace it. Can kids get a measles vaccine just about anywhere, sir, before they get back to school, and would you recommend that? Absolutely, I'd recommend it. And it's very easy to get the measles vaccine. It's one of the best studied vaccinations around. There are really no safety concerns with it. Measles is incredibly infectious. So, Marty, you and I talked about this a few weeks ago. If you walked into my office and I had measles and you were four feet away from me, I guarantee you'd have measles at the end of the end of the week. It's very, very infectious.

It also means we have a real optimum vaccination to put it away because it is, it's easy to spread and easy to extinguish. Hey, Doc, have you had any cases within the UPMC system, sir? We've not seen any in this current recent outbreak. The closest was over in Indiana County, but we have seen people over the past couple of years when there have been some smaller measly outbreaks. So this time around, no. The most recent report was about a week ago in Indiana County. All right. I want to get personal here. I started seeing, and I'm saying this because. It's relatively common, I'm hearing, with people in their 60s. And I'm saying this because I want folks to calm down if this happens and to seek treatment. So I had what appeared to be, they look like small spiders or specks of dust, of floating around in my field of vision for about a week, sir. Doc, what is that? And what do you suggest for folks if they see them? We call those floaters because they do look to float around in your visual field. And what they mean is that there's blood somewhere behind the front part of your eye. And the reason that's important is the blood will go away eventually. How did it get there? And it really comes from two places, from the jelly that's right behind the front part of your eye. And that's not so terrible. That goes away without any particular treatment. But if it came from your retina, that's the thin layer in the back that actually gives you your vision. If it came from there, it can expand and really threaten much more of your vision. So you don't have to rush out in minutes unless you've lost complete vision or had a curtain come down. in front of your eye, the visual change that way. But if you just see the floating specs, Talk to your eye doctor or go to an eye center in the next day or two because a simple exam can separate the minor cause from the really scary cause. We only have one set of eyes and everybody wants to preserve that vision as much as possible. Hey, Doc, they mentioned when they examined me yesterday that you see flashes of light. What would that have meant, sir? Because I haven't. It usually means that the blood that is in there is refracting around, in other words, picking up the light from the outside and giving you other. It may give an indication of newer bleeding on top of older bleeding. The floaters that you see can take on almost any shape. Marty, I'll share with you. I had the same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. Mine looked like the Ebola virus floating around in my eye. It's obviously not the virus. It just took on a funny shape.

You can describe all different types of things. The key is to get that exam. It's easy to do. You went through it just yesterday. They dilate up your eye. Take a look in the back and see what's going on. Put your mind to ease. I was amazed. I got to say this. Mercy eye urgent care. I've never seen one of these. It's a... Urgent care for eyes, sir. And it's a brilliant idea. And it's right there in the heart of that amazing new hospital, isn't it, sir? It is. It's a beautiful building that is fed up to take care of any unscheduled I need with people that are experts from around the world. In a short of major trauma, you can go there. It's usually business hours into the evening. It's not open all night long. And get your problem taken care of, even better than most emergency departments. You know, my job by training is to do emergency medicine. That eye center, short of major trauma, is exactly the right place to go. We used to have specialty-specific eye emergency departments. They kind of went away for a lot of reasons. This is the smarter, new version of that. And I'm proud of our partners. It's the only place in this part of the country where you have that type of opportunity. Man, they're amazing. Hey, do these floaters go away, sir? They do. Eventually your body breaks down the blood because it's a drop or two of blood that's floating around in there. It breaks it down. And as long as it didn't come from a dangerous spot, which sounds like yours didn't. No. You may have it happen once in a while again, too, but it won't be a threat to your vision. It'll be annoying. Hey, hey, Doc, and I know I'm all over the map today, but there's so much going on. Do you still get COVID cases hospitalized, sir? We do. Do you? Wow. Not as many at the peak years because many people have either been vaccinated or recovered or maybe even both. So the more serious versions of COVID are nothing like when you and I talked five or six years ago because of the individual and group immunity. But it still happened. Pound for pound, it's still a little more potent than, for example, influenza. And you and I've talked, even influenza can hurt, hospitalized and kill people. These both can. It's why it's important, A, to pay attention to your symptoms, and B, get prepared with vaccination when you can. Do you still have deaths from COVID, sir? We do. Wow. Wow. The information is so relevant and so important and you're so pragmatic about delivering. Thank you, Dr. Donne. You appreciate your brother. Thank you. Bye-bye. Amazing. Fascinating. And the floater thing is a little unnerving because all of a sudden you wake up and you see something literally floating in your eye. Patrick texted me. You had several experiences with this. Tell me what happened, man. No audio. No audio. Here we go. Got me now? Yes, sir.

All right. So that's why you got to get these things checked out when they happen because they could be indicators of all kinds of things. My wife, she had brain tumors. So that was one of the things. The pressure in her head, I guess, led to, you know, the floaters. Wow. And even my ex-wife, it was one of the signs that we didn't know that she was, well, she had MS. Wow. So she had floaters first. And then her optic nerve, she had some issues, MS-related, where she lost, you know, partial vision for a while. I took the advice of Don Yearly, and I went and got checked out, and I should be fine. I want to lighten something up. Alonza, bring in this surprise. It was just delivered here. I love this stuff. And Alonzo is going to be our guinea pig. Go over to where the camera is, my man, please. So we can see you there. Whatever you want. Today is one of my favorite people on Earth, quite frankly, for a hundred reasons, is Michael Runcoe, Nancy B's cookies, the best chocolate chip cookies in the world. And I'm told today is chocolate chip cookie day. And Alonzo, what happened? How many boxes are there? Three boxes. Wow. Can you open one, please, brother? Alonzo is our new producer, and I love them for several reasons, but primarily because he's a Central Catholic fella. All right, so do you like chocolate chips? I do. All right. I'm telling you, these have been rated as the best chocolate chips in the world, Nancy B's. And I'm told that... They shipped these cookies all over the world. His mother was one of my favorite people on Earth, and Michael took over the bakery when she passed. All right, man, you ready? You notice how big they are? You notice how big they are? Yeah, they're huge. They're massive. Try one, brother. Please. Oh, yeah, they're big. They're warm, too. They're warm. Are they warm still? Oh! Bartz! Bartley! Come here! Come here! Come here! I love this. Are they good? Really good. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Bartley, grab one of these cookies, please. Are they Nancy B's? Nancy B. Yeah, cookies. The greatest cookies in the world? That's what I'm saying. These are still warm. Yeah, I know. Sit out real quick. These are still warm. Nancy B. one of the sweetest women ever. Homestead. Homestead. And she passed and her son Michael is one of my boys. And he took over. The thing I love about him, he's so hometown. And he sends these cookies, Barts, all over the world. These are the greatest cookies in the history of the world. Did you know that... Alonzo, have you ever had one before? No. Oh, my God. He's a changed man. These chocolate chip... This is the most... This is the most fabulous chocolate chip cookie you ever eating here in life, right? In America. In the world! I'm telling you, look how big thing... Look how giant they are!

They're as big as hockey puck. Marty, but they're sweet people. They're nice people. Oh, he's amazing. Oh, they're nice people. He's amazing. And they're so respected. And you know what? You asked them to do something for somebody. They do it. They're nice. They're so nice. So Alonzo, you in? Are you a fan? Yeah. Yeah. Hey, hey. You need a glass of milk. Marty, get him a glass of mouth. I don't have any milk. Barst, before you go real quick. Yeah. You cool with Aaron Rogers spouting off about Anthony Fauci? I said yesterday. After you left, I said yesterday when this broke. He has his right to his opinion. However... He's back with Mike McCarthy. All the, you know, the optics from how gorgeous this weather with St. Vincent College, Pat McAtee, who I love, and you love him too. And the Rooney. And the Rooney and everything. And, you know, like the, remember Dan Rooney said, Mr. Rooney, now you have a field on the south side. You're leaving St. Vincent over my dead body. Right on. Okay, but Marty. And then I'm like so excited for the Pat McAfee show. Please God. And then this. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, right, I, right with the Rooney family. Come on, Marty, Marty, but, Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph, well, what, Matt Rooney would say, I mean, what, we'll be right back. We'll love it. And these are the best chocolate chip cookies in America, Nancy B's, and it'll do anything for anyone in the community. We'll be right back, folks. Love it, love it. I thought Judge Peer was a hack. I thought she was bombastic, fantastically entertaining, a Fox host, all that stuff. New York accent, the whole typecast deal. Then Trump appoints her U.S. Attorney in D.C. She gets this case of this torn... torn pool cover, as we'd like to call it, tossed in her lap. And she originally charges this Olympian who'd been Olympic three times and said she's going to send her in prison. And then she investigated it and dropped the charges. And now everything's hit the fan. Listen to this piece. Listen. This morning, President Trump's close ally U.S. Attorney Janine Piro is on thin ice. Trump slamming Piro for dropping her case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was charged with vandalizing the newly renovated reflecting pool. The president's so furious, sources say he's privately mused to AIDS about whether he should fire her. And late yesterday, Piro spotted at the White House for a meeting with the president. I was disappointed with Gene Piro, really disappointed with Janine Piro. She, uh... She folded like an umbrella. Hearn was arrested after stopping to check out the damage while on a bike ride, saying he saw a piece of loose paint in the water and reached out and touched it.

But on Friday, Piro dropped the charges, saying documents from the Department of the Interior indicate the damage to the pool was not because of Hearn, but the result of a botched installation, blaming the contractors. Piro saying had the Interior Department been forthcoming with the information clearly in its possession, the government would not have sought a grand jury indictment. The filing directly contradicting Trump's claims of vandalism. Puro claiming her prosecutors were misled by the Interior Department, which awarded no-bid contracts worth nearly $15 million, despite having virtually no federal experience doing federal contracts. Our focus is get the case dismissed, but after that... All options are on the table, and we're very seriously evaluating that. Mr. Hearn has been told he might have faced up to 10 years in prison despite knowing he was innocent. Piro also dropping three misdemeanor cases related to destruction of property at the reflecting pool. All four prosecutions claiming vandalism have now been dropped. President Trump is still refusing to accept. All right, so. This isn't about Trump. This is about law and order. And because of that, in this discussion, just that I brought in two of the best that exist. Attorney Phil DeLicente and retired judge and the best ever, Anthony Mariani. Good morning, Marty. I just signed up on the judge. Could you please call him back? Thanks. Phil? It's about the law, isn't it, sir? You would have done the same thing? Absolutely. Here's the perspective from the United States Attorney's Office. First of all, they really don't want to indict anybody that they can't ascertain a conviction on. And so she brings up some great points about the Interior Department, getting those additional documents, with those additional documents, it made not only a defense, but it also said, as any good prosecutor will say, I'm not going to attempt to convict somebody who I don't think a jury would ever believe beyond a reasonable doubt. Now, from the standpoint of, you know, as you'd said earlier, she was a TV personality, but she's in a different role now. Yep. And she takes it very seriously. I've always had great respect for her. And I think that... A lot of times if you're not a lawyer, and trust me, I'm not a fan of like every single lawyer out there. Yes, of course. If you're not a lawyer, which people that are advising or whatever, it's not a political thing. This is just strictly based on the law and the facts. And so I think it's fair to say that somebody may or may not be disappointed, but the reality is. you have to go into court and you have to make your case. So I think that's actually very respectful of her and the office, and I think that's what the American people want. And Phil, I love you for this. It takes a certain amount of political courage to do this, though, doesn't it? Because you know you're hacking off the boss. You know what I'm saying, brother.

Yeah, I mean, it was very clear by statements that are made. And I'm not going to go easy on any president. I've had problems with all the presidents making statements about ongoing criminal cases. And the reason I always have a problem with it is because it could be, it could, it could, it could paint a court, jury pool. And so it's always this. This space that we're in right now with policy, politics, and law is a very gentle balance. And I think Judge Piro is doing a fabulous job. Judge Anthony Mariani, jump in here, sir. The water is warm in the reflecting pond. Your take, sir. Did she do the right thing? I think that her picture ought to be placed at the top of the lawyer's ethics rules, is what I think. There's a reason why federal judges are appointed for life. That is so that they can avoid any political pressure on a given case. They could lose their job over, like she could lose her job over because she is an appointed prosecutor. She stood up to the President of the United States of America. after she's been very supportive of him, realizing that the fire would come down on her, I can't tell you how much I respect what she did. It does take a lot of courage, doesn't it, Judge? A lot of courage. Particularly when you've convinced the grand jury, remember, she presented to the grand jury and she got an indictment, which means that she convinced the majority of 23 people sitting in the grand jury that there was probable cause to charge. But she got other information and pursuant to her duty that's in the ethics. If you read the Pennsylvania ethics, for example, prosecutors have a duty. to disclose that kind of information. And when she saw, she said, I can't go forward, despite what Donald Trump wants me to do. Hey, Phil, Phil, she got bad information, didn't she, sir, from what we're listening to, right? Well, she makes that claim, does she not? She does. She says that the Interior Department withheld documentation. And so... Anyone knows that has gone through the discovery period for a client. We call it piecemilling from the defense and the prosecution. They say that they just received it. That's always an argument. At the end of the day, it's worked out. She did the right thing. And before the judge, I think he said exactly what I said. You know, I have great respect for her because she's following the law, and he brought up the good point with the ethical duty. And so prosecutors have to be very, very mindful of that. This isn't just about politics or policy. Hey, Judge, the man who was arrested, three-time Olympian.

faced 10 years in prison, ruined his name. Does he have any recourse, sir? No. None. None. Look, there was enough evidence for a majority of the grand jury to vote for indictment. That's probable cause. That's what it's based on. Phil, any recourse? An apology, litigation, anything, Phil? There's no recourse, but I will say this to you. It just goes to show you that anyone can be indicted by a grand jury. So true. Okay, and that famous judge up in New York said it 80 years ago, even a hand sandwich. So people always have to, instead of taking sides to early, you have to play out because you just don't know. Judge Mariani, it's a salient point, sir. It's kind of scary that he can go from I'm going to prison to 10 years to everything goes away, sir. It's scary, isn't it? Well, it is. And look, that also happens in some trials where the evidence of the failure to prove guilty on a reasonable doubt doesn't occur until the defendant is sitting there on trial and waiting for a jury verdict. Well. Anthony Marianne, Phil DeLicente, the best there is. Thanks, gentlemen. Thanks for having us morning. You have a great day. Truth to power. I am. I love her now. I do. I thought she was a pawn to Trump, a sycophant. I thought she was a political pointe expected to nod her head. I thought she would be a yes woman. She proved me wrong, and she may lose her job over it. That. is a testament to her courage, as the judge suggested, one of the best judges ever. National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. Oh. Michael Runcoe, my man from Nancy Bees. Thanks, brother. I find his work ethic to be insane. The people that I love in my life are the people that are most like my father. How about that? Um, that get up early, get to work first or the last folks out and then come home and play ball with their kids. And, um, that's what, uh, he does. And, um, the other thing I love about him is, um, legacy. the legacy that he carried on at Nancy Bees for his mother. Here's the other thing I love about him. Kenny Weird. They had been making cookies for Kenny Weird for a long time, for years. And Kenny Weird. Like every other big, big entity in this country got bought out by a big firm with venture capital involved and big money involved. And when that happens, a lot of the personality changes, the personal touch changes. It's why, quite frankly, we go to everything local that we can't. And so I got word that...

in their snobby way, Kenny Weird, had cut off their contract with Nancy Beast. They were serving her cookies forever. And they were too big for them now. And they bagged him. He didn't say a word about it. He didn't want to come on the show. He didn't want to talk about how they screwed him over, how they kicked a local guy out of the curb. He did this several people at Kenny Weird. And I thought it was a slap in the face. But he took the high road. He gets up before any of us. He works all day. In fact, I tried to get him to deliver those cookies this morning. His people delivered warm. And he said, I don't have time. I can't. And I was at Page's Dairy Mart. Anyone? Anyone? That place is friggin' rocking. And here's what I loved about Page's Dairy Mart. I had a strawberry shortcake Sunday. And the strawberry shortcake was from a bakery on the south side. Okay? And they had this Jensur Sunday. I sort of got. And it had Nancy B.'s cookies in it. The thing about me is, if you can find me something local, if you can find me someone local, if you can find a local connection to anything that's made here, I'm buying it, I'm trying it. And if it's good, I'm staying. We pulled up to Page's Dairy Mart in the pouring rain on Sunday. And this place gets half mile lines. It's crazy if you've never been. And we waited in line in the pouring rain for 15 minutes, which is insanely short. For one of the best ice cream dishes I ever had, and I went out of my way to find something that said, strawberry shortcake from Southside Bakery. And my wife had a Sunday that had Nancy B's cookies in it. And I wanted to mention that today because I know what it's like for these men and women that work their asses off. And they just do it so well running diners and restaurants and... Keeping it going is so damn difficult. There's been a lot said recently about restaurants closing and the cost and structure. And these men and women, they work day and night, man. They work day and night to make sure that they never close. And they pay crazy insurance. And they put up with crazy grief. Yet they keep on keeping on. And Oakmont Bakery, go out there. That's a family in motion, man. Seriously. Those folks get to that bakery. What time, Patrick? Is it 3 in the morning? 3.30? Huh? Yeah, it's insane. Yeah, they're out there early, man. And they work till seven at night, seven days a week. And they love every minute of it. And the folks at Nancy B's are the same. And Michael Runco. And any time you go out in this town, and I'm not saying you have to, but you should always think, are they local? Are they locally owned? Because it's a grind, man. And it's increasingly difficult to stay in the game because of costs.

benefits because of employees because of time constraints because of financing it's pushing a boulder up a hill with your nose every damn day and when you think of a place like oakmont bakery or nancy bees or pages dairy that's what they do man mom and pops legit Big time players that keep grinding. My favorites. All time. It's the toughest business there is, the restaurant business. I have a hundred friends in the business. 100. At least. It's a grind, bro. It's night and day. It's 24-7. It's, uh... It's mayhem, it's insanity, it's life in the blender, it's invigorating, exhilarating, exhausting, mind-numbing, painful, all those things combined. There's this narrative that I've been reading lately and hearing lately that some of Pittsburgh's finest restaurants have closed for various reasons. Two of the greatest ever are my boys joining me, Joe Tamblini, spent... nearly 45 years of his life in the game and walked away. And Glenn Josh Hawley, one of the best still in the game, one of the best in the country with Off the Hook and Napa Prime and their boys. And they hang and they got secrets on each other, which I won't ask on the air. And they join me. He has secrets on me. Hi, guys. All right. Good morning, Marty. Hi, Gordon. Joe Tamblini first. You hung it up. You said to hell with it. You hit the wall. Why, sir? Why? I just had enough. Things changed pretty severely during, during COVID, post-COVID. Actually, post-COVID was much more difficult than COVID itself. Wow. It just changed the mindset of people. I think what happened, you know, stepping back, looking at, like, you know, assessing it from the, from the background at this point, I just feel like people got into this mindset of, I don't need to work that hard. I just don't. And I'll still get taken care of it. It doesn't matter. Like, like, if I don't do it, the government will take care of me. I think, I think my mentality and my entire life was, and I'm sure I can speak for Glenn as well, was I don't want anything if I don't do it on my own. You know, I can make, if I want something, I'll make it happen. One of our boys, Norman Childs. You know, he always said, Joe, when you buy a house, you have to buy a house that you can barely afford because it motivates you to work harder and get nicer things. You know, he always said, like, you have that drive. If you want something, go get it. I just feel like that drive went away. That's my opinion. Glenn Josh Hawley, still in the game. And one of the best in the country at it at Napa Prime and off the hook.

Glenn, is it harder, brother? Oh, yes. Yes, and no. To cook a medium rare filet or cook a piece of, you know, Faroe Island salmon, that is still the same. Yeah. That's, that's, that, none of that changes. But what's the challenge in today's world is, yes, staffing, it is procurement of product. All of a sudden, no, we don't have that, let alone if you can get the product, the costs have gone out of sight, not just specifically on, you know, goods that we eat, you know, that stuff. But everybody knows. Look at electricity. Look at, look at... The only things that really seem not to change is rent, but that's only because it's fixed for X amount of time. But your common area charges cost more because the guys coming and mowing or sweeping the parking lot for your landlord. He charges more. So everything increases cost-wise, and that creates the pressure. So now you look at it and you go, do we increase prices? Do we cut portions? And I think one of the dangers in our industry is, I'm being very cautious talking about the industry, is that sometimes operators will make that decision to start to adjust quality or buy a different product, or we can get this flour for less than that, or I can buy this kind of beef, or maybe I get that salmon, or maybe I don't cut it at eight ounces, maybe I cut it at seven ounces. and the guest sees it, and then the guest gets disappointed and says it's not the same. So the challenge, the backside is, is to hold your standards and your quality and your attention to detail and then decide how you're going to handle pricing to be profitable. I mean, everybody can walk in and go, wow, man, your crab cakes are, you know, $42 a plate. Man, you're killing it until they find out that crab. Jumble Lump Crab right now, uh, 51 bucks a pound. No. Yes. It's gone nuts. It's gone nuts. Oh, look how? Hey, hey, what's fillet, Glenn? What's for lay today? So it'll run. Um, oh, good Lord, prime. I don't eat. Probably probably probably in that $50 range also. Oh, come on. Sure. Sure. Yeah, it's, it's, and there's 100,000 reasons why. I mean, we could see her, we talked one day about, you know, beef and beef out of cattle and why it isn't coming out of out of Mexico and how we just, blah, but up and up and on and so forth. But, you know, to stay in the game, there's one thing with all that intro that you did, there is one thing that still. interests me. When that guest looks at a server and says, man, this was the best meal ever or tells the manager, that's like winning the World Series, the World Cup, all the same time for a restaurant tour. You go, wow. Hey, Joe, Joe, that was a thing. And that was a thing about your joint, quite frankly, with you and your wife. It was like,

Going to the best restaurant in Pennsylvania and your mom served the meal because you and your wife were sitting at the table. Do you miss that part of the game, sir? I do severely, yes. Yes, I'd be lying if I said I didn't. No, it's literally, it's literally my life, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I did my entire life. I love it. I do miss, I miss the people, and I miss what Glenn just talked about, you know, even when he was talking about it, it's like winning the World Series, you know, the Triple Crown, you know, the Super Bowl and won. It is. Because that's what you do. You lived your life to make people happy. Like that's what it was. Ultimately, you know, of all the hardships and everything, there was something very fulfilling about it. And that, that's what it is. It's just, you just want to make people happy. And, you know, and yeah, that part's really, really difficult to give up, you know, to, and then you can not see. It's just, I just, you know, there's a scale, right? So that. That part gets you so far, and then when the scale starts to tip and it's going, okay. The other parts are starting to get a little bit. I'm going to punch somebody is what you were thinking about daily. Well, you know, that's why I hunt. Glenn, Glenn, Glenn, Glenn Hollywood, Napa Prime and off the hook. It's still exhilarating, and you can still make a living. Do you stay in the game for an extended period of time, sir? Yes. Yes. You can. You just, we've always had to, we've always had to watch costs and over, like any business. Ours is, ours is a little bit more delicate because we can, we can, we can, again, that salmon at nine ounces and not eight ounces. You're losing, you're tossing, you know, whatever into the trash. every single day. Ours is a little bit more intense that way. You know, when they talk about the actual percentage that from the National Restaurant Association that restaurants put to the bottom, bottom, bottom line after all expenses, they talk about 3%. Wow. Now, okay, sure, if you've got, you've got, yeah, if you've got, you know, 50 restaurants across the United States, okay, that's, that 3% may be a little bit, sounds like a bigger number. Right. I think in the private world, you can try to push it towards the 6, 7, 8%, but you can get whacked. You can get whacked. Just, I mean... No, I'm with you. I don't know. It's just all the stuff that goes to it. The cost nowadays are...

super, super intense. Hey, Joe, are you going to come back? Joe, are you going to start again? Are you done? Joe, you're walking away forever? Well, I've been, I've filled out an application and offered for a dishwasher position, but I haven't got a call back yet. I don't know what's going on with that. Come on, Joe. I'm out of time. Have you thought about getting back in the game? Have you thought about it? No. No. Wow. No. And let me add one last little thing to what Glenn said as well. as far as like the cost and what have you. Also, we are the restaurant tours, Glenn, it feels it. immediately. So whenever cost of something go up, oh, yeah. The first place you see it is A, the grocery store and be a restaurant. And you can, you can, you can avoid going to the grocery store for a degree of five. But if you go to a restaurant after something just took a major hike, that's the first place you're seeing that hike. And it's rough. All right, boys. Glenn Holley, love you both, man. Napa Prime rocks. I'm, my kids rave about his joint. They have this stone. Does they bring steak out and you cook? Oh, man, it melts in your mouth. Love you boys. Be careful. Don't tell about it. All right, man. People enjoy. Love them both. They're amazing, amazing friends. And it's the hardest business on earth. And Patrick, I would have brought him in because he knows Joe really well and was a regular, and we hated to see Joe walk away, but I get it. I have noticed it. I'm guessing that most of you have noticed it that every... Every meal is 100 bucks now. It's, it just is a pizza. Pizza is 100 bucks if you bring your family. It's just hard. And I know so many guys that own joints, whether it's an ice cream joint, Michael Susan Collins, one of my boys. And Glenn Josh Hawley has probably the two best restaurants, no question, up north. Wow. And Joe Tamblini, one of the best restaurants in the state, if not the country. And Patrick was very tight with Joe. We saw him, he kind of hit the wall. He said screw it all. It was just a moment where he just said screw it all, Patrick, because of everything he discussed. It was that hard, you know, right? Well, yeah, between hiring staff, getting, you know, the price of goods coming in, I mean, everything. He was crushing them. And I was just killing them. We've had this discussion a lot because I'm tight with Bill Hartman who's the chairman of a giant eagle and people always complain about pricing. And I've argued because it's fact that their margin is one and a half to three percent. I got to be honest, Patrick. I was shocked. to hear Glenn Josh Hawley say that their margins 3%. I was floored to hear that. And then what do you say crab was, Patrick? $51 a pound? Yeah, I didn't realize it was that high right now. My God. Patrick, you notice this because I know this. He's kind of a food snob, and he knows his restaurants. You cannot have a meal now for less than $100. Can you? Not for two people, no. Absolutely.

And, you know, add in other family members and you're, you're going to double that. It's changed dramatically. I mean, I feel that. Don't you? Yeah. I mean, just grocery store prices for meat is so much higher. And it's not all COVID related. Did it go higher during COVID? Absolutely. But man. Man. It's like, if you like filet, which is a great cut of steak, you're looking at the grocery store prices like $22 a pound. Oh, no, no, not to dispute you, but I buy, I don't eat it because I just can't. But I buy them from my family. They're 38 a pound for the prime fillet at Giant Eagle right now. 38 a pound. And look, I am not poor-mouthing. Please don't twist us into that. I've been insanely blessed. But those guys, like Carmen from Machina Bella and Mark from Oakmont, these are my friends, close friends, and Michael Susan Collins, who owns pizza joints and ice cream joints. And Joe and Glenn, for the first time in their lives, Patrick, all these men are like, I don't know how long I'm going to last. You know what I'm saying, brother. It's that hard, Patrick. It is. Remember, Joe, I believe, had a job that was like $70,000 and he couldn't get anyone to take the job. Nobody wanted to do it. I find that business to be. And by the way, people don't want to hear this about the grocery business. It's insanely difficult. They don't want to believe me that the margins are 3%. Okay. It's hell out there. And Americans feel squeezed, don't they, Patrick? Housing and food costs and gas, all that stuff. They feel squeezed, right? Oh, everything. Yeah, yeah. And it's not just nickel and diming. It's everything's gotten multiples on price jumps. I am not blaming Trump. I think that's ignorant. It's a very complex issue. But. I'm telling you, man, these are tough times for Americans. And the guys that own these businesses, they struggle. They really do, even though you think they don't. Man, I have, what happens around you in your life affects you so much. And as the people that I love get older, as I get older, and stuff breaks in your body. Seriously. And you think about life and death and retirement. in protecting yourself. And on a real personal level, my father and mother-in-law, they're struggling. They just are. And they didn't prepare. And this comes into focus so often in my life now and in Patrick's life because the people we love as they get older, And then he'd help. And then you realize they didn't set themselves up to get help. It's kind of weird what I'm trying to say. That there are so many successful people. And I mean this, man. Until it happens to you, you don't think, uh, yes, I should have done that. I mean this. I have never, ever seen anything like it. These ultra successful people had no clue what to do about retirement.

health care after they got sick when they were old, nursing care, protecting their assets, what happens if the husband dies, what happens if the wife dies, all this crap. I'm serious. And one of my boys, who I've been friends with now for almost 20 years, and he literally laid out a plan for my entire family when my parents passed, and then just recently laid out an entire plan for myself and my wife. So we would avoid what the hell I'm talking about is with me live now. Julian Gray, how are you, sir? Hey, Marty, I'm doing great. How are you? He's an elder law attorney, but he's more than that. He's a really important advisor to a lot of the friends that I love. And what I'm saying is kind of bizarre, Julian. And you live this, so you're kind of sort of used to it. Incredibly successful people who are clueless about how to protect themselves. When someone passes, protect themselves when they get sick, protect their house, protect their assets. Most of these people are clueless. It's kind of crazy, isn't it, sir? Yeah, it's really unfortunate, Marty. I mean, people just simply don't know what they don't know. It's the same old story, right? Everything these days requires a specialist, it seems like, and planning for retirement and obviously the ultimate, you know, death and taxes is inevitable, as they say. And people just, unfortunately, just don't really get good information. It's kind of odd because everything he's saying is so true. So let's a couple scenarios. Because this happens all the time. Husband dies. The wife is alone and they're not set up to protect their assets. What the hell should she do? Fast. Fast. Well, yeah, you need to do some type of an assessment, you know, a long-term care cost exposure assessment, an assessment on whether that person can live at home safely anymore, right? You know, people fall all the time as they get older. That's the number one cause of people needing to head to a nursing home. They just, you know, so there's so many things that need to be done. And unfortunately, I think people get either bad advice or no advice when the first spouse dies. And they assume because maybe there's no taxes due or no probate to do or anything, you know, there's nothing to do. And that's when they're most vulnerable. You know, you have an elderly person, whether it's a female or a male, living alone. not only the long-term care stuff, but, you know, the whole fraud and is incredibly pervasive now in our society. And so you've got to get a comprehensive plan together to protect that person living alone. Hey, ma'am, this is going to shock people. What is the cost that you kind of see folks having to pay when they go into a long-term care facility? Average cost per month, sir, for good care, good care.

Yeah, you're talking about 16,000 a month. No. Yeah, I mean, I just had a new case come in the other day, and the client didn't call us for a couple months. They already owe about $40,000. Wow. And, you know, it's really heartbreaking to see people work, you know, for decades. And maybe they've amassed a few hundred thousand dollars, a house, and whatnot. And then to just see that all go down the drain is so difficult to watch. Hold on a moment. So we really try to. So somebody has, this is actually crazy. So somebody has, let's say, a quarter of a million dollar 401K, they can kind of sort of blow through that in a year in long-term care if they don't do something, right? Right? Yeah. Yeah. And they'll take it, won't they? They'll take it, won't they? Yeah, I mean, until Medicaid picks up the tab, which you've really got to have no money left. And so just people get really bad information and they think, you know, they have to wait five years to apply for Medicaid or they're going to take your house. I mean, there's just, you've got to go to good sources of information, you know, to find out what's going on. Talk to people who've walked, you know, clients through that for many years like we have. And there are solutions, believe it or not. Even at the 11th hour, Marty, it's never too late. But you run into people who were totally freaked out because they had no way of preparing. And Julian, these facilities, they have no shame, sir. They'll take all the money from your 401k and then they'll say we're selling your house. I mean, this can get bad fast if you don't protect it, right? Yeah, I mean, obviously they're running a business and they're providing a service. So they want to get paid just like anyone else. But, you know, they participate in different programs. So they have to accept reimbursement if you're eligible for it. But they really don't have any financial incentive to tell you how to protect your home or your 401k or anything. You know, Marty, I always say don't go to the IRS for tax advice. You know, don't go to the nursing home for asset protection planning. It just usually doesn't pay off for you. So, my man, if I come to you before this happens to me and I have a substantial 401K and I have savings and I have a home, I can protect that? Yeah, in most cases you can, Marty, and everyone's situation is different, right? People have first marriages, second marriages. The wealth is not evenly divided. Some people are a lot older or younger. So there's so many... variables. And that's why you sit down with an elder law attorney and say, tell me what this looks like if one of us gets sick or tell me what this looks like if one of us dies. You know, what's our exposure here? And it's easy for us because we do it every day. But we mention a lot of things to clients and families that they probably haven't thought about before. I've been doing this over 30 years. And so we've seen a lot of these cases. And it's really important to get ahead of it. Especially now because we're getting older.

and most people have no idea how to do this. And it isn't an amateur hour thing. Is it, sir, you kind of have to have a pro, don't you? You really do need to concentrate in this area in your practice. There's just so much unique things going on there. And it varies, you know, sometimes from county to county and state to state. And so you really need a practitioner that has navigated these waters many, many times. But really, it's just about asking the right questions, you know, talking with multiple people if you can, and finding out everything you need to find out. And if you're not satisfied, talk to someone else to you are. Patrick, are you shocked, though? Because we sat with him so many times, and he's become a good friend and advisor to both of us. When we saw these costs for good care, like 14, 15, 16,000 a month, I seriously thought it would be five or six grand. I mean, it's insane. It goes fast, man. Marty, when I first started doing this back in the 90s, it was $4,500 a month for skilled nursing. Now it's $16,000. My God. Patrick, did you know this? Wow. Before we started talking to Julian and doing our interviews and our chats, no, no idea was that high. My goodness. But it does tell you you've got to get ahead of it. You know, don't wait until the very last minute. Well, yes, it can help you. You can save you a lot more money if you get ahead of it and do things early. And Julian, not to be a jerk here, but once that money's gone, you ain't getting it back. They're not giving it back. I don't care what. Huh? Right? Not normally. No, right? And that's the really tough thing for people with limited assets, too, is it's happening so fast, right underneath their noses. They think they're going through rehab for a couple weeks, and then that turns into a month. And then they realize, oh, wait a minute, Medicare hasn't been covering me for the last three weeks, and I owe $12,000. And the answer is usually, yeah. Wow. And, you know, it's just, there's just a whole checkdown list people should be doing. I wrote about it in my Post-Gazette column last month about what to do, you know, when you're in an emergency. And you need to get a checklist and get prepared as soon as possible. And how much does Medicare cover if I go right in today? How much? Medicare doesn't cover a whole lot if you go right into a nursing home. They actually want you to go to a hospital first and stay there for a little bit. But assuming you get a little bit of coverage, you're talking like two weeks maybe. No. On average. It's amazing. You can appeal and get a little more, but you don't get too much more. Medicare's not meant to cover long-term care chronic illness. It's for rehab. But everyone thinks it covers it. And this is why I love him. He's become a good friend. I have sent insanely successful, intelligent, wealthy people didn't have no clue about any of this stuff. And I didn't. Hey, which leads me in my final question, I got this done because I found out through you and my wife and things happening. What's the age, man? When do you get this done? Like set yourself up. What's the age, man?

Well, I always tell people it's important as you're making decisions like getting into Medicare, you know, applying for Social Security in your 60s. That should be a warning sign that you should be also taking a look at, hey, you know, besides all this Medicare and Social Security decisions, what about long-term care? You know, should I be doing something about that? And that's when we typically see people come in as they're facing retirement. All right. Before you go, man, long-term care insurance, is that smart? to have to buy you know i don't sell it it's all relative i've seen some great policies that people bought many many years ago and i don't see too many people buying them now but that doesn't mean they're not um good i think there's been a lot of new products out there so i think if that's something you're interested in you should talk to a a long-term care insurance professional so that you can see what your options are but um you know people that have had it it's been very helpful i mean this and only because i've spent so much time with them And it's had so much value for me and my family and friends. What he has to say is more important or as important as a doctor's advice. It's really important that you guys get your act together before something happens. And Julian Gray, Greg, great a lot of, thanks, my man. Thanks, Marty. Take care. Take care. Check it out. I am not. Sorry, I'm finishing up my little peanut butter thing.

I am not a doomsday guy. I'm not. I'm insanely optimistic. I've been blessed with a hell of a life. But I've also seen a lot of things happen to people that as you get in your 60s, my age, you break. And I honestly, the way my parents grew up, No one ever planned anything when they died. And to Julian's point, when he started doing this, it was like $4,000 a month, $3,000 a month. There were county-run nursing facilities were $2,000 a month. No more. And it's kind of scary because... We don't look down the road, a lot of us, and so you don't prepare a lot of us, and so you have this 401K, you think you're cool. And if you're not set up or protected, it's gone, man. I have been in some of these, a lot of these nursing facilities, and you can't imagine why anything would cost $14,000 a month, but it does. I never cared about this stuff until my parents passed. and we sat down with Julian, and he kind of took over the estate and how it would be divided in taxes and protecting us. And then my wife said, hey, you're in your 60s. Let's not go into this thing as if we don't know anything about this. It's very, very traumatic if I die. And again, I'm not a morbid guy. But I've had, I've been in the ICU at least, I don't know, seven times. I've had cancer, near-death experiences several times. And I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I told my wife, we got to do something. And we did. You just have to. And you have to make sure that if you pass. Your wife is cool. Or if she passes, you're cool. I'm not trying to be morbid here or fatalistic or end days or endgame, but CYA, ma'am. I had no idea that Medicare covers you for like two weeks. No idea. People think, I'll get in there. I'll be cool. No. He's not messing around. There are people that are in these facilities for two weeks and they have $14,000 bills. So my lecture for today and why I actually begged him to come on because he's always traveling. He's very busy is to kind of wake some people up and kind of get it done with an elder law person to get it on paper. I did it with my wife at my side and just smart. You're not suggesting you're going to die, but... At least I know if I do, and I'm 12 years older than my wife, so I'll die before her. So let's be prepared for that. I don't care how, whether it's tomorrow. I do care if it's tomorrow. But if it's tomorrow, we're cool. If it's 20 years from now, we're better. All right. I have sent highly educated.

wealthy people to Julian who had no idea how to protect their assets if they go and have a stroke today. I'm serious, man. And you can. For the last time before we go to break, and then we're moving on, I promise, if you're in your 60s, and a lot of this audience is 50 plus, and I love each and every one of you, if you're in your 60s, you've got to get this done. C-YA. Now, Patrick is way off from that. And, uh, my boy, Wayne, you robbed the cradle. Duh. Uh-huh. I love Wayne. He is my man. Do not. Do not ignore this advice from me. I've watched this movie with a bad ending, and it's bad. They take everything. Because they can. Or you protect yourself and they don't. Please. Please. Okay. I went to this, I'm going to talk about tickets here in a second with my boy ticket, Nick, but I got to tell you about this restaurant. My son wanted to go. He turned 16 yesterday. Kind of cool. Kind of cool. Big, big birthday. In fact, he's right now getting his driver's permit. And daddy, me, I'm going to teach him to drive. My wife can't handle it. She loses her mind. She gets so worked up. Like she sits in the passenger seat and pretends like she's hitting the brakes and turning the wheel and she loses it. And she's about the coolest woman I've ever known. No idea. So I'm the driving instructor. Now, here's the problem with that. And Patrick can attest to this. And he's very even keeled and rarely complains. But there were times when I was driving when Patrick thought he's going to die. And my kids see this. Like, I was taking my son to a swim meet in Ohio. We were there for like three days. And I waited until he fell asleep to go 100 miles an hour. But he woke up and saw that. And so what happens is they pick up these driving habits. And Patrick, there have been times when I was driving when you were kind of sort of a little bit nervous, right? Yeah, definitely a few. Why? Why? It's erratic? Sometimes a little jerky on the driving. You know, not always the smoothest on the wheel. Wow. And he just sat there and he was with Arianna Basie. That poor girl was losing her mind too. But anyway, I am the official driving instructor for the family and we'll see how that goes. Meantime. Do as daddy says, not as daddy does. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll do that. Meantime, I had to grab one of my boys and Patrick's ticket, Nick, because he's the man. And I got several ticket questions for him. Ticket, Nick, what's up? How's it going, Morty? How are you, brother? I'm good. What's the hottest ticket in the world right now, in the whole world, right now? In the world? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, it's football season. I mean, it's all football for us. Is it? I'm going to back up to this concert that was last week, this... What's his name? Nate Bargettze, right? Correct. Right? Yep. It was two nights, right? Two nights. And so the Nick...

The Nick theory, and that's why I have them here, I want you folks to learn this. So the first night did really well, right? Sold out? No, first night actually, believe it or not, was not sold out. That was Thursday night. And Thursday was the second show that was at it. So typically second show is after the first show. Yeah. At first show originally was Friday, and they added Thursday. So Friday, he comes out and announces Friday does really well, right? Yes, I mean, there were still tickets available, but yeah, it was selling very quickly. So what happens with these shows, and Nick taught me this, is so they announced this months ago, people go crazy and they pay a premium, don't they, Nick? Or they don't know where to buy the ticket from originally. So, I mean, like I tell your listeners, hey, try to purchase a ticket via Ticketmaster on the on sale date. If you're, you know, didn't get what you want, give us a call. Yeah. There are reputable folks out there. And. You could also use the exchanges as well. So, Nick, so with this Nate guy, so people were paying $200 for a ticket. But when Thursday opened up and there were a bunch of seats, is that true? For Thursday, there was a ton of seats. Oh, there were. How many? I don't remember what the ticket count was. But several thousand? Yes. Wow. And so if I had waited and followed the ticket, Nick rules, What could I have walked in the door for, for Nate? By the way, he's funny as hell. Funny as hell. You probably could end up with a really good seat for 70 bucks or under. Wow. And people were paying 200 at one point, right? Yes. Wow. And so does this hold true for most events kind of lay low? and wait it out, does it, unless it's Taylor Swift, Nick? Most events, things will loosen up, or tickets, additional seats will become available. I mean, there's a lot of changes going on in the industry currently. So whether that stays true, I cannot. Confirm any of that? Yeah, but demand is demand, deck. I mean, if I have two nights and there are 5,000 empty seats, it would seem to me like I'd be able to get a cheap seat if I waited, right? Correct. Yeah. But it's hard for people, isn't it? Yeah, I mean, panic sets in. They want to confirm plans, all that stuff. Hey, Patrick, you have played this game and benefited greatly, haven't you, from shows, right? Absolutely. There was a concert with my son. We waited until day of, and we got third row seats for under $100 each. What would they have cost if you bought them three months prior? They were like $250. Okay. There's an element of risk, though, Nick, because it might not be available at the last minute.

Right? It might not be available or the seat you're looking for. I mean, I'm pretty particular on where I sit for events. So, as you can imagine, but, you know, that seat may not be available. That area may not be available. You're a big shot, though, Nick. All right, so fast forward. Bruno Mars is coming to Pittsburgh. What, end of this month, something like that? Correct. When this was announced, people went crazy. They paid top dollar in some cases. Did they not, Nick, Bruno Mars? Absolutely. And it's come down, but it is still, I would call high price. But it is a Saturday show, end of August in Pittsburgh. and demand is picking up. But when it was announced, weren't there like $800 seats? Yeah, I mean, there's still some pretty expensive seats out there. You know, you want something good and lower level. You're probably looking at $500 to $700 a ticket. What can you get in for? You probably can get in for about $250. And if you wait, could have come down? Uh, to be honest with you, I mean, I had very little demand. I see. And I can tell you within the last week, my demand is, has gotten pretty heavy. I see. So it's a bit of a gamble. It is. It's a matter of how, you know, how you want to roll those dice. Take it, Nick. My man. Thanks, brother. No problem. I'll talk to you, Marty. Take care. Um. I like him because he kind of, no, he doesn't kind of, he knows the game. And he kind of taught me this lesson about tickets. And I've seen people get burned on concerts. A big artist announces, they'll pay literally crazy $1,200 because it's the first day, I got to get these tickets. And then the day of, you see those tickets for $200 bucks. It doesn't happen all the time. But it happens. And the only thing I was suggesting, that's why I grabbed him this morning is this afternoon is if you have the patience and aren't obsessed with a certain seat, as he suggested, wait it out, last minute. And even like pit tickets, football, I'm serious, wait it out. There are some days in some games. When you can get Pitt tickets, football, and I love Pitt. Love them. We go to most of their home games. Both of my girls are there for $10. My ticket, Nick Tip, lay low. Weight it out, save big. All right? All right. I want to talk about the weird restaurant experience. Where's Patrick at? There he is. Patrick. So I mentioned this. And I mention it to you. Have you been to this conveyor belt? It sounds. I have not. Conveyor belt restaurants. I've seen videos of them. Kind of describe. And then I'll describe what you know of this. Did this start in Japan, Patrick, from what my son was telling me? Yeah, that's where the concept started. So the sushi plates, the sushi, sashimi, they come out on the little plates on the conveyor belt. And it rolls around and you pull off what you want, right?

It's wild. What's it called? I'm trying to find the name. It's on the south side. Southside works. Little tip for anyone wants to eat on the South Side on Monday night, go. It's dead. It's so dead. And it was wonderful. Kura. What's it called? Is it Kura revolving sushi bar? Yeah, yeah, yeah. How do you smell that? K-U-R-A. Yeah, Kura. And it's actually a lot of fun. So you go in there and you sit down and it's all electronic. It's actually very cool, very automated. And there is staff if you need help, but most of the time you don't. And there is a menu and stuff you can order. However, comma, there is this. really cool conveyor belt. And it's loaded up with fresh sushi. Very, very, very, very cool. And as it comes by you, there's a sign. It kind of tells you what this is, salmon or whatever, eel. Kura. Yeah, yeah. And as it comes by by, you literally... hit this thing that pops open this little cover and you pull the plate of sushi off. And I'll tell you what was cool, Patrick. All of the sushi was $4.15. And some of it was one piece because it might have been a crab thing or a scallop kind of expensive or it was three pieces. And you pull the plates off as many as you want. And then it's really cool. When you're done with the plate, you slide it into this slot, and it electronically reads the cost, and it adds the whole thing up for you. It's very cool. And then... It's cool. It's really cool. Then you order these drinks, which, by the way, for my son, this was a 16th birthday dinner. He was elated. A robot comes and delivers your drinks. A robot. It's actually very slick. Now... If you order a homemade hot meal off the menu, it comes on a different conveyor belt. And my man, it comes flying up and stops right at your table. I was skeptical. I thought it was hype. I thought it would be lousy food. I thought it would be lousy service. None of that was true. It was very, very cool. This is up. A concept, this is a chain, right? Patrick, it's all over, isn't it? Yeah, it's a nationwide chain. Yeah. Pura. In fact, I just found some videos on YouTube. People have been doing their videos going in there. It's very cool. There it is. Great job, brother. It's actually very easy to do, very entertaining. And my son, who's 16 and loves that tech stuff, he loved it. Now, Let me say this. It's not the best sushi in Pittsburgh. It just isn't. However, it's good. And it's about 30 bucks a person. So if you think you're getting $5 with a sushi, no, that's not how it works. But it's very convenient. It's a lot of fun. It's really fast. There's a lot of choices. I think...

It would be a great first date thing. You know what I mean? Patrick, entertaining, break the ice kind of stuff. Oh, yeah. Huh? Definitely an icebreaker. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Do they have them in Phoenix? Do you know? I don't think we have one out here yet, but we'll be back in Pittsburgh soon. So let's, maybe we'll all meet up at Kura. No, we're not meeting you for squat, man. You abandoned us and left us in the lurch. So, no, that's not happening. No, he didn't. We love him. The best, the best Japanese sushi, whatever you want to call it, the noodle dishes, whatever. Little Tokyo, Mount Lebanon, the best, and it's as good as any place in New York. And the owner, Frank, unbelievably charming. But, but I get off track here. This is a high-tech adventure with robotics and conveyor belts and it was a lot of fun. When we come back, I want you to hear this letter, this compelling, really disturbing, unsettling emotional email sent from troops serving right now. in this conflict with Iran overseas. You got to hear some of this. It's very emotional. It's very unsettling. It's very sad. It's very stressful. And these are young men and women that are from here. And a local pastor is going to read some of this. And it's got him worked up and thinking about what the hell are we doing here and what the hell are we doing there with all these young people who are kind of sort of. disgusted by this and worried about their safety. You got to hear it next. I, um, it's hilarious when they bring people and they stare at us. There's a massive window in front of me. I look like a fish. I'm in an aquarium. Let me wave my arms like I'm breathing and swimming. I got this note. Man, this is crazy, man. Man. I've become friends with this wonderful pastor. And he has congregation members from the refueling wing here. And they have loved ones serving in this war. Man. And he sent me this note this morning that had me in tears, to be honest. I am currently deployed at one of the undisclosed locations right now in the overall morale and environmental environment here is dismal. Ah, that's just the beginning.

Pastor Adam Stump is joining us. How are you, Pastor? For having me on today. Well, this is gut-wrenching. No one in leadership positions have seemed to know what's going on. They have no clue. Most people have lost faith in the base defenses working to protect us. Wow. That's not saying much since we have had hangers destroyed. Wow. And dorms destroyed. We're lucky it wasn't a lot worse. There's a mass casualty event waiting to happen. This is hard, isn't it, to hear, to read? It's very hard. a number of different reasons. You know, I'm a big supporter of our military and our soldiers and our airmen and men and women, and they're not just young. Some of these people are career people that are my age or even older who are over there. I see. And they're in harm's way. And that note was really, like you said, gut-wrenching to know how poorly our soldiers are defended. And these are, I mean, they're confirmed that our bases have been significantly damaged based on satellite photos that the U.S. government doesn't allow us to look at, but other governments do. And, you know, I remember I had a family member who was actually deployed to Afghanistan after September 11th, and I remember how it felt not knowing if he was going to come home. And that was before any of this social media stuff really was a thing. And we didn't know everything. And we didn't have these firsthand accounts like what I shared with you this morning talking about the horrible conditions and the overcrowding, the lack of bunks for people. Yeah. only, you know, the one person who sent this, you know, the one base only has one protected dorm. Yeah. Hold on. Let me stop you there. Officers. Let me stop you. This is actually crazy. The base is vastly overpopulated. Lodging is constantly giving rooms to new people in dorms that are already full. They spend hours trying to find a bed to sleep when they get here. They try to force people to move out because they've been in rooms for months, and they're not tracking who's in the beds correctly. Listen to this. There's one protected dorm. They force people to move out so only officers and certain picked and listed can live in to be protected. That's crazy, Pastor, isn't it? all of our soldiers, whether they're enlisted or officers, they should all be protected. They should be able to sleep safely. That should be one safe place for them where they get their rest because they're living this day and day out with the threat of all of these attacks. And basically, if you keep reading that message, they say that the commanders are basically waiting for a mass casualty event before things will change. And I don't think that that's how we should be operating.

I think that we should be protecting our men and women who sign up to defend our country. I also think, too, you know, further on in that message, when the person speaks about mental health and how their mental health is not cared for and they've shut down mental health on that base, and soldiers are told to deal with it or talk to other soldiers about it. That's painful to me because, you know, I try to minister to people body, mind, and spirit, and, man, when you're having mental health issues and you're overseas. You don't know when you're coming home. Hold on. Hold on. Let me interrupt you on that. This is so relevant. There is a lot of consternation that has been widely reported that men and women were on this aircraft carrier for more than a year because of what he's talking about. So here we go in this situation. No one has any clue when they will get to leave. Wow. They constantly change the departure window. Wow. We are stuck here because... War monger commanders don't want to let anyone leave. Wow. We've had two units recently almost go home, but the last minute they forced them to stay. And another unit that was forced to come back. This person, these people sound very unhappy, Pastor. That's an understatement, isn't it? It is, you know, and I think we already ask an awful lot of our military to... put their lives on the line and to be ready at a moment's notice to go. And I know we had talked previously. Some of these people, they knew that this was coming, and they had their bags packed at the beginning of February before the war even broke out. They're ready to go. They're ready to defend us and to defend our country. And they're just, they're dealing with what I would call abusive conditions over there that they shouldn't have to. they've already sacrificed so much. And there are people who, you know, are told that they can leave, and then their orders are changed. And some of these people weren't even supposed to be over there for six months a year, 18 months, whatever. Some of them were supposed to just go over. complete their mission and come back. And we haven't seen that. You know, we've seen more people mobilized. We've seen more units go out, but we're not seeing them come back home. And I think that that should be troubling for us. And Pastor, we've heard a significant amount of information coming from bases like this one that they were attacked and that they were not protected and that there was a lot of destruction and that there were casualties. We've heard a lot of this, haven't we, sir? Yes. And, you know, when you see some of the videos that came out of some of those strikes, I mean, we're talking these Iranian bombs, these missiles. I mean, they're detonating just feet away from our soldiers. And they're out in the open, basically. It's terrifying and it's tragic. What are you telling your congregation, sir?

I try to pray with people. I try to listen more than speak because there are people who are just hurting and they don't even know what to feel. So just trying to be... and reaching out to the people that I know have loved ones. And like I said before, it's not even just soldiers. You know, there are civilian contractors who are over there, too, who aren't part of our military. And they're just as much in harm's way as our soldiers are. And these families are just, I mean, they're dealing with so much. And some of these families, they're here, they're going to work. They're carrying on their jobs. Some of them are sick with cancer. They're going through treatments, but in the back of their mind, always is the safety of their family members. It's always there. And so it's really, really hard to bear everything. We live in a very, very difficult world with a lot of pain that a lot of people carry on their shoulders. And so I try to tell people to remember, you know, we're in this together. We're here for each other. And, you know, if someone seems a little bit off or if they seem like they've got a short fuse, just give them a little bit more grace because... Their loved one, you know, is in harm's way. And they don't know. They don't know what's going on with their loved one. And then they hear these reports coming back that don't, they don't instill confidence in the families at home. Well, what annoys the hell out of me is I've been hearing this from insiders. And Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration have presented a much different view. And this brings it home. And it makes me angry. And I know it makes you angry, which is why you sent this to me, doesn't it, sir? It does. It really does because they deserve better. They do. Our armed forces deserve better. It sounds like we weren't prepared. And what really troubles me is what in the context here where some of them aren't protected. And that we've heard time and time again. And that they could – Yeah, we have heard that. And I think just like you say, you know, I don't think we were prepared for a major offense. No. I think that, you know, the administration went in thinking this was going to be Venezuela all over again, just a few hour operation. And here we are months into it. And the reports are now coming out that we're running out of munitions, that we're running out of our own, you know, defenses. And that's extremely troubling because – not just how are we going to keep our men and women over there safe, but what if another conflict breaks out closer to home that we need to defend ourselves? And it's very troubling, I think, for people who really do support our military, support the families of the military who put their lives on the line and sacrifice so much to know that there isn't a strategy to get out. There's not an end goal in sight. If I read from this, it says we have, this is crazy. We have senior leaders openly saying, unless you were completely broken mentally, we won't send you home. Wow. The state of this place is so bad, and leadership doesn't care that nothing will change unless a mash casualty event happens. Wow. Yeah. Wow. That's hard. Oh, man, Pastor. And I think that even if, you know, we had...

even if we had people at the top who were able to explain the goals and the mission and you know explain that better yeah i think that that would at least give us some uh some semblance of peace or at least resignation that hey you know we've got a plan we're in this to win it um but it just seems like there's so much waffling back and forth it's like one day we're going to destroy them the next day we aren't And this goes on five, six, seven times. And then you find out we don't even have the munitions for a large-scale offensive. It's like, what are we doing? And that type of confusion does not build morale in our armed forces. And it certainly does not build confidence in the loved ones, the family and the friends who are over here stateside. Pastor Adam Stump, thanks to the truth, sir. I appreciate your compassion and I appreciate that you care so much. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you, Marty. Keep up the good work. Man, it's rough. What's troubling about, you could say this is someone that doesn't want to be in the military or hates Trump or whatever, but what's troubling, and Patrick kind of jumped in on this and he actually nailed it. If you read this dialogue, and we will post it. This is what we actually heard, Patrick, from the reports of the men and women who were really injured on the American bases that was underreported. I mean, this doesn't surprise me or you, although it hurts to read, doesn't it? Oh, it's painful to read, absolutely. But no, it's not surprising. We've seen that a lot of these bases were not prepared for these attacks. They didn't have, they had limited or almost no defenses. And, you know. Frankly, is that completely surprising at this point? No. No, no. Because we've heard these reports after the fact. We have. And we've even heard some similar things when we were in Afghanistan and Iraq. So it's not completely out of bounds from what we heard. Because he's right about everything he's saying. Absolutely. I think what really has people angry is we were told this would be over in 24 hours and here we are six months in. And yeah, war is hell. And yeah, they know what they're getting into. And yes, it's all volunteer. But as I mentioned, and I know you've heard this too, Patrick, there were folks on an aircraft carrier for more than a year and hadn't seen families or loved ones. And they just kept moving to different parts of the Middle East. And here we are in the Gulf. And here we are. And now we have folks who are, in essence, what they're saying, stuck over there. And they're angry and, quite frankly, isolated and anxious. Hold on. Pat, thanks your patience. Go ahead. Thank you, Marty. Marty, I just want to remind everyone that sometimes when the president says something, you have to pay attention. He once said that what good is the military unless you use the military? And I put close around that word. I believe that, sir. Yeah. And the other thing is, I know you run some commercials where you talk about UPMC. Yeah. They have done wonderful things for two of my brothers, one from the northern Panhandle or one from eastern Ohio, and I want to echo your, you know. I think the toughest thing about reading this, and I think Patrick feels the same way. As on the other end of this, Patrick is a veteran, someone who's serving their country, and they've.

And the pastor admitted that, right? These are career people. And they've kind of hit the wall. And by the way, they've kind of been beat down. And that is what it's like to be. I've never been under fire in a war. So please. But I've known 8,000 veterans. And that's what this is like. You start feeling beat down. You start feeling no one cares. And we heard following some of the massive airstrikes that we carried out and then Iran. that many bases were unprotected, Patrick, and this kind of underlined that, didn't it? Yeah, it absolutely does. And yes, there's, you know, there's a mental health crisis everywhere. Yep. But when you've got troops in theater and they're under attack and having to carry out attacks, you can't just send everybody home. No, you can't. So there's two sides, unfortunately. No, no, no. You're right. Everything you're saying is spot on. It's... War is hell, and it's a cliche, but it's true. Thanks to the call, sir, from Ohio. Walt, go ahead. No, Waltz in Worthington, VA, not Ohio. I didn't say you were in Ohio, Walt. I see. You know, 8,000 veterans. What if I knew 8,000 brain search? All right. Walt is annoying. Hey, Alonzo, put Walt on the rash list. I don't mind the debate. I quite frankly don't. I don't mind the back and forth. I don't mind if you don't like me. I'm cool with all of it. However, comma, Walt, Walt gets on the rash list. And if you're on the rash list, we're not going to use you. He was defensive and like I accused him of being from Ohio. Then he started going at the veterans thing, and I'm not here to fight Walt today. I'm really not. I find it annoying, and so Walt. Alonzo is not, we're going to have a rash list. PJ's one of them. TJ, what he tries to do is he'll make up different names. Alonzo, you've seen this. He'll make up different names. Then he'll say he's from different places in different ways to weasel in to get on the show, right? I've seen a few times. You know, I love Alonzo, Patrick. He just gets right to it. Yeah, I've seen that a few times. So Alonzo, we're going to put together a rash list. And Walt, Walt, you're the first man on the rash list. And TJ, you're the second man on the rash list, all right? The rash list for Walt. Oh, I just... You could have read these same messages from veterans stuck. in World War I or World War II, or in fact, Vietnam, quite frankly, or as Patrick mentioned, Afghanistan. But this is now, in here and now, and it's hard to read, regardless of your political stance. My man, Ray, thanks to your patience. Yes, sir. What's up, Ray? You know, yesterday when you were talking about the golf thing. Yeah. He's a cheater. That's the first thing I thought about, and this pops up today.

And when you put people in a hard way, you don't even drive past the golf course, let alone play on one. No, you don't. No, you don't. No, you don't. No, this is disturbing. It's very disturbing. It's horrible to hear. Yeah, sure is. He is. I don't think he feels that pain, but certainly the pastor does. And certainly so many of us that have friends that are serving. And, um, Folks that have lost loved ones serving, we feel the pain. And that message was very, very emotional. Thanks, Ray. I wanted to play this piece that tomorrow put together. It's so significant and so important. And this sort of thing is happening in real time to our kids. And I've seen it. Patrick has seen it. I know cops who are investigating it and lawyers who are freaked out about it. And parents need to know. Listen to this piece tomorrow. We're going to get a listen. Police alleged 23-year-old Charles Ezekiel Usher of Mount Lebanon communicated with a 15-year-old boy, drove him to Peters Lake Park for a sexual encounter last July and recorded it on the teen cell phone. The observer reporter first reported Usher's charges as investigators say they discovered the video while looking into former Peters Township High School student, Zachariah Myers, who has accused of blackmailing classmates with explicit images. Uschner faces multiple felony charges and is being held in the Washington County Jail on $500,000 cash bond pending in August 17th preliminary hearing. To Myra Rush News Radio Katie, K.A. That is so timely. So my kids, my whole family, will we live in Mount Lebanon. And my daughter, let me get to this.

My daughter said that this guy who got busted went to Mount Lebanon. How about that? In this extortion stuff, ma'am, this is the third person charged in this extortion case. Catfishing scheme. And this is real. I have a couple of police sources. They have investigated active cases in Mount Lebanon. So everybody thinks Mount Lebanon's perfect and Peters is perfect and everybody's rich and white and in a bubble and in mansions and Mercedes. That's fine. But this is actually real world in real time. So let me tell you what happens. And Patrick can jump in because he knows this very well too. So these guys, well, go ahead, Patrick, kind of describe how this plays out and why this is so damn evil. Go ahead. Boy, it's awful. They prey on these kids. The local case, there were videos in person as well. And then they take them and they, essentially, they blackmail them. So they hold it over them and blackmail them for cash and other things. Threatened to expose them to their family, their friends. and completely hold it over their heads. So what happens, and we've seen this as AI. So these chatbots pose as, quite frankly, hot young girls. And they're so real that the boys, teenage boys, fall into this. And the relationship they think they have, and by the way, there have been a number of suicides as a result of this. They'll ask them for... pictures of their privates now you would think oh my god i would never do that neither of my kid okay but when you're young and you're kind of enamored and this is kind of cool and kind of attractive this happens every damn day and so what happens is these teenage boys send these private pictures of their private parts And they think they're sending it to a young girl who loves them. Then what happens, Patrick? Crazy. Well, yeah, then they want cash from them or Bitcoin or whatever type of currency that they're looking for. They want that to keep them from distributing it to your family and friends exposing you. And it's becoming more and more common. All over the country. I even have an older family member who got hit, someone who's in their 60s. Whoa. Hit by this from someone online. What happened? Wow. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, they were on a dating site and exchange some racy pictures. Then the person comes back and threatens to, you know, send her pictures and to all of her family members through her Facebook contact list. Wow. Yeah, it's why you've got to lock your social media down too. And what happens is, and I mentioned this because it's true, everybody in Mount Lebanon and Peters, oh, we're different, we're special. Okay, but this is happening right now in our backyard. And it's happening more than most people want to know, Patrick, is it not?

It is, and it's happening every day. And now it's a combination of live human people doing this. It's AI chat bots and other things doing it, people overseas, all the above. You have to be aware and you have to talk to your kids about this. And frankly, you've got to talk to your seniors about it now, too. Hey, just think of this when you were that age, how sensitive you are. So what happens to some of these kids, and you don't want to believe this, but it's true, they kill themselves. Because what happens is these cons expose themselves and say, here's what we're going to do. We're going to send these pictures of your private parts everywhere, unless you send us whatever, $1,000, and they get worked up, and they take their lives. It's that dangerous, Patrick, is it not? It absolutely is. Well, you think back to when you were that age. Right on. Your world is very small. Right on. And to think that everything around you is closing in, I can see how these kids would go there. And it's awful that somebody would take advantage of them like this. Hey, folks, this scenario in Peters is even darker than that. I mean, the guy running this was the class present, for God's sakes. and had a lot of young men as part of this network of sex distortion. And in this case, with this man who went to Mount Lebanon High School, according to my daughter, it's absolutely heinous and dangerous and scary as hell and frightening. And in this case, this guy sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy. and met him in a park. But in the Peters case, at one point, there were 400 counts. 400. It's bad and it's dangerous as hell. Wall Street Journal did a piece on four athletes, students, straight A's, boys, teenagers who got sucked into these extortion schemes, and took their own lives. What am I trying to tell you? I sat down with my son, Vince. He just turned 16 yesterday. My wife sat down, and we weren't overbearing about it. We certainly weren't freaked out about it. And when I was with him alone, because dads and boys and that thing,

I said, look, my man, I was your age once. I liked a lot of girls. We used to go and hide, and this is the truth. We'd go hide in the woods near our house and look at a playboy book like it was a big frigging deal. And I told my son Vince, I said, the landscape has changed, as you know. It's all there. It's all there in front of you. It's all accessible immediately. And I've got to ask you to promise me. You will never, ever, ever, ever exchange pictures of your private parts with anyone, ever. I'm not judging. I try and do this. Stuff isn't easy, obviously. My father. and mother never had to experience this kind of thing. God bless them. And I said, my man, I'm not judging you. You're a 16 year old boy. But there's a lot of porn out there. There's a lot of bad things out there. Don't allow anyone to ask you for anything like that personal and don't ever, ever allow anyone to scare you. into giving them money. I said, son, there is nothing you can do that would make me punish you for just coming to dad and telling them the truth. There's just nothing. And I mentioned a couple kids from out 11 who were involved and that's where he's in school right now. And then our daughter Chloe mentioned that this kid, we just got arrested, this man went there. And it's that close to home. Do yourself a favor. Whether it's your grandkids, your own kids, your nephew, your nieces, someone, please talk to someone, especially teenage boys, because this is real. And it's happening right now, as you know. The sex-stortion stuff is real, man. It's not TV hype, not social media hype. It's real. There's a case. Well, that was a case in Mount Lebanon. They've had other active cases. There are significant number of cases in Peters, Upper St. Clair. I'm just telling you, man. I'm not telling you to annoy your teenagers. I'm not. I'm telling you to just check in on your boys, especially with this sort of thing. I would. I did. Bill, go ahead. Party, yeah, good to move, your tour, you're signed exactly the right thing, but I will add one caveat. Yeah, of course. I may remember here in the past year or two of people coming up with the software AI programs that could basically, I think essentially trying to show what a celebrity would look like without their clothes on. They do. And even if your son is saying, you know, I'm, I don't, yeah, I barely know you. Port's picture. And theoretically try to morph that into a picture of him without clothes. It's 100% active and 100% true. 100. And just make sure you know, preferably know the person and in person, first and get an idea from, hey, they've got their friends, family, whatnot, what's what do they like? And if you've got a bad feeling, just don't send him anything. Ever.

Ever. My daughters, oh, I lost him. He had a bad connection, but it was relevant and important information. Some of these horrible people are taking these beautiful pictures of these sorority girls and putting them on bodies of naked folks and putting them out there on social and destroying them. I'm not telling you to take away your kids' phones. That's ignorant. I'm just telling you, you got to pay attention to this stuff. I owe Steve this call. He's been on home forever. Go ahead, Steve. Appreciate your patience, brother. Go ahead. Oh, hey, Marty. You have to comment on the military, but, you know, hearing this extortion thing, boy, it's disturbing. Are these teenagers? You know, the investigation is going on, but are they going to be prosecuted as adults? Oh, yeah. Hold on to his point. Hold on to his point. The kid in Peters had 400 cases. They bowed it down to like 60, and their adult cases, brother. Yes. Yes. Oh, thank God. Yeah. It's dangerous. They really need to come down heavy on me because I remember my teenage years. We're turmoil anyway, let alone with this stuff. No wonder so many are, you know, doing suicide. Boy, it's heartbreaking. It's a lot of stress. And when I was that age, and I said this many times, thanks for the call, Steve, we would sneak around because one kid, my dad has a Playboy book. And we would sneak around to someone's backyard or, oh, look at the Playboy book. It ain't like that now. No. My kids, all of them use their cell phones a lot. All of them. All of them are on social a lot. I'm not saying we're perfect parents. But a couple things. We always know where they're at. Always. There's technology that allows that. And if they try to check out of the technology, which they do, we take away their phones. I don't mess around, man. I just don't. And the social media stuff, we check on that. Because it's dangerous as hell. And one, one lousy decision can change their lives forever. And before we wrap things up, The best thing we can do, and I know this isn't easy, is have these talks from time to time with your kids and try and open up to them about your past so that maybe it'll talk a little about theirs, their present. Make sure that, and again, I ain't perfect. I F things up every single day. But I'm smart enough to be open. And frank about my mistakes and my character flaws with the hope that they don't make similar mistakes that could jeopardize their safety. And in my world, that's all that matters is their safety. That being said, social media can be a powerful tool to make a difference, to create change, to help other people to. We can't.

Be dismissive of that as well. But pay attention to your kids and talk to them, please. Colin Dunlap, big show live next.