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In the meantime, if you look at this list of demands, the reparations, you're right. I think that's a non-starter. The withdrawing of U.S. forces from the region, how, I mean, again, that's also a non-starter. But if that were to come to fruition, like, where are troops in the region and how many, you know, facilities would have to be deserted for Iran to get what they want? Well, there are, you know, significant numbers of U.S. troops in the region. There are military bases based in Arab countries that are allies. of the U.S., so Jim Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, you could go down the list, and it amounts to a significant number of American troops that are based there. They're not leaving. They're remaining there. And, you know, that's why I say the demands put forward by the Iranians simply are non-starters. And I think they know they're non-starters when they put them out there, you know, essentially showing how far apart the U.S. and Iran are in terms of ending this conflict. anytime soon. Separate from the Iran war, but in the region, reporting over the weekend that Israel has rejected the 15-point plan to restore peace to Gaza, I would imagine if that's true, that is going to really put extra pressure on the Benjamin Netanyahu Trump relationship, which is already, you know, a little tumultuous. Right. But if you're Benjamin Netanyahu, if you're Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, your first... focus of attention is getting reelected. And there's no way you're going to get reelected, quite frankly, if you agree to the peace plan that was put on the table by the U.S. What Benjamin Netanyahu is insisting upon is that Hamas be fully disarmed, fully disarmed, in which they're literally handing over their weapons, everything they have before they'll see a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. And unless and until that happens, Israeli troops will remain in Gaza. result, that plan that was announced by President Trump with much fanfare a few weeks ago, it is essentially dead for now. Final quick question for you, John, on the show Friday, we took Senator Bill Cassidy live announcing that he would vote for Todd Blanche. Todd Blanche does get confirmed by the Senate. Were you surprised at all that Bill Cassidy, who is, you know, losing his seat decided to side with the president, give him this big victory? No, you know, on some of the interviews that I did that asked me that very question, how will Bill Cassidy vote? I said that Bill Cassidy is going to vote with the president. So it didn't surprise me at all. You know, yes, he is not happy with the president for not supporting him during his primary, his primary for the Senate that took place in Louisiana quite a few months ago. But, you know, he's not going to essentially be one of those individuals that is going to block everything the president puts forward. And so, no, it did not surprise me that he ultimately was the deciding yes vote that confirmed Todd Blanche, who will be sworn in as. Attorney General early this afternoon in the Oval Office. Yeah, big story there. John, great insight, as always. Have a good day, my friend. Thanks a lot, Mark. Have a great day. Bye-bye. 1009 on the Mark Aram Show. So the swearing-in will take place this afternoon. The WSB News team will, of course, cover that for you. And, oh, we're going to go back to Iran. There's a lot of breaking news. 1135. Wendy Benjaminson is going to join us from Bloomberg News. And Jeremy Diamond, I think it's underreported the fact that Israel basically said public... no to the 15-point Gaza rebuild plan. I want to check in with Jeremy Diamond. He's in Jerusalem a little bit later on the broadcast. Let me just say, by the way, no surprise to anyone listening. We have the greatest listeners in the history of radio. So first off, in case you miss the machete versus Hatchet public story down in Florida, I asked Deborah, do we have any video? And we had a tweet. I had a tweet from Robert.

And he tweeted me a link. So I just posted that link up of the machete versus hatchet fight in Florida in the public's parking lot. So that is there. That is example number one of the greatest listeners of all time. Example number two right now. I mentioned Friday night. Mine and I had to go to the emergency room at Emory University Hospital. Everything's fine. We're fine. It was just out of precaution. But I was stunned to find a valet Parker. at the emergency room. I didn't know that was a thing. And I just want to know where on the totem pole, again, valet parking is a noble profession. You have to be in shape. You have to be a good driver. You have to be trustworthy, right? You don't want some scumbag stealing at it. It's a noble profession. And always overtip your valets. So I got a DM from Isaiah, who used to be a valet at that emergency room. He joins us live now on the Mark Air show. Isaiah, good morning. Thanks so much for reaching out. Hey, how you doing, Mark? How are you? So you were a valet at the emergency room. How did you wind up with that position? Did you choose it? Were you assigned that position? What was behind the scenes there? So with me, I see my parents went to Henry. So every time I bring them to Henry, I see the valets. And that's the kind of job I did. So I had like 10 to 15 years experience. So I knew I can do that job. So I just went and applied and got the job right away. And so you requested the two valet at the emergency room? No. So what they do is this. So when you first get hired, I think it's a different company that's running it right now. Okay. But when I was there back in 2020, I'm sorry. that's where they put you in first. So they'll see how good you are from there. And if you can handle that, if you can handle that, they'll give you these other stations that they have there. They have like four or five stations, the cardiac, the cancer center and the windship and all that. So it didn't take me that long to get out of there. So all the valets actually like work for Emery, not a separate valet company, or they did back then. No, they work for a separate company. Okay. So I just, I mean, as far as, I mean, I didn't see a single car being valeted. Again, this was like 11 p.m. or 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. to like 1 a.m. I didn't see anyone valet. What kind of money can you make valeting at an emergency room? It's tough. It's tough. Like I said. that's more like when you start so again from back then when i used to work in from right now i don't know how it is right now and i don't know we're trying to you know how many how they handle business there right now yeah but money wise like i said it's it's not much tips there because yeah a way to pick up the car is like you have to run all the way down where you park that probably you know yeah if you put the cell parking so it's that's more like You know, they're just testing you, just to see how good you are. But at the same time, not people like leave right away. And there's some people that just hang out there. But the tip was not, was not all that. Yeah, no, I would imagine. Because, you know, people are going to the murder, you know, that are under duress. They're dropping off a family member. I can't imagine big tips being the top of the mind. So did you get paid a higher hourly when you were valeting at the emergency room or no? So, no. So.

So first, they started me at $7 an hour. But I think a month or two, I worked there. And then after that, they see how good I was running and all that. And they say, okay, they put me right. I think they put me at children's. It was the one behind it. It used to be a children's behind there. So I was getting 13 an hour there, plus tips. And then I become... supervisor at the tower location, the one that's across the street from the emergency room. So, you know, that's how I wound up working there, yeah. Former professional valet Parker, Isaiah, joining us live on the Mark Haram show. I want to end with this, Isaiah. What is the best gig that a valet can get? Is it like a fancy restaurant in Buckhead or Midtown? In your experience, what's the best valet gig out there? I think it's the club, the night club. Oh, yes. You know, you got to stay up late and all that, but it's a lot of money that, the people that come there, they enjoy the night, you know, sometimes they throw you a good amount of chimps. Yeah, absolutely. Celebrities, my two run into celebrities and stuff. It's fun, you know. It was just outdoor. I used to love it, yeah. Yeah, that's awesome. Isaiah, I appreciate you letting us call you, and thanks for listening to the show, my friend. No problem, man, for any time. There you go. All right, Isaiah. All right, so that makes sense. I was like, this has to be like a stepping stone ballet gig. Like, prove yourself at the emergency room. Is Isaiah still there? Isaiah, are you still there? Yes, sir. All right, real quick follow-up. Did you ever, like, had to valet a car where someone, like, lost a limb, or they were bleeding, or any scary stories like that?

I don't think I've ever rained through on as old. Good. That would make me quit the business. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to go bad groceries. Oh, this guy has a severed limb. And he, you know, his one arm is missing. And in the other arm, he throws me the keys. My buddy Scratchy used to valet a... at Agnes and Murials. That was a great southern restaurant, by the way, off of Pied Montmore. He also valeted at an apartment complex in Buckhead, and Elton John lived there. And Elton John was a big tipper. But the clubs, that makes sense. You know who probably makes a lot? The freaking valet at Colony Square. Remember when me and Brandon, the sales guy went to lunch? And Brain is like, hey, can you just keep it up front? Like, and I gave Brayne 20 bucks. I'm like, give him 20 bucks to keep it up front. And the guy's like, that's not enough. And Brian's like, how much more? He's like at least 90. That's insane. I was like, so, you know, he didn't get the 90. We wanted to park in in the garage. What kind of bootleg recording of law and order did you pull, Biddy? Boots. This is this. This is not the clean law and order. This is like someone was recording it off their TV in their living room. That is a bootleg law and order version. It's just not, it's not. This is the SVU version. No, but it's just like it sounds like someone recording the living room, like Vinny recorded his living room and then sent me the audio. Anyway, playing the Law and Order theme song on the Mark Aram show because Angie Harmon turns 54 years old today. She was, she's one of the law and order ledges. Oh, gee, Angie Harmon. Happy birthday, my friend. Deborah, if you don't mind, can you pull up the DOT property auction story? I'm fascinated by this. I am a. I love auctions. I lost the big auction over the weekend, by the way. Last night, because I fell asleep. It went to extended bidding on this Ronald O'Cunia Super Fracter Auto. And I put in my max bid, well, what I thought was my max bid. But the... Bidding didn't end until one in the morning, so I was already in bed, so I missed out on it. Anyway, I love a good auction. DOT, auctioning off properties that they own. Is this the deal? Yeah, so the DOT has got their first online real estate surplus auction, and it kicks off on Saturday. There's about 200 different pieces of property, and they range from all kinds of little acres to great acres, from down from, like, 0.05 all the way to 17. And I guess these are things that they had bought thinking they were going to need them when they were doing construction. and changing. But now as they've changed and kind of redone stuff, there's just this extra pieces of property. So I don't exactly, you have to look at the map and try to find exactly where they are and if you'd want to do something there and what you could possibly do, but over 200 different pieces of property for sale by the DOT. All right. Let's see if I'm going to click on this current inventory. So you go to surplusproperty.GA.g.gov.

Yes, I accept whatever. Holy smokes, there's a ton of properties for sale. Yeah, there's over 200. Wow. But like, can you build a house there? Would you want to build a house there, you know? I mean, my grandpa always said, buy property. God's not making more of it. Is it in the middle of the interstate, you know? Let me see. Is there any near my house? No. Yeah, I mean, they're all over. All right, I'm going to, maybe I'll send out that link too. Put a tiny house and make it your baseball hard room. Yeah, something. Something. That's interesting. I wonder if that, does that money go back to the state? Does it go to the DOT coffers? It's got to go to the DOT if the DOT owns it, right? Let me just click on. We know someone at the DOT. They can't help out. Let me see. No, you can't. Oh, is it interactive? I don't know. I'm trying to find out. All right, this one's down in Jay Clayton County. It's, I can't understand any of this. I'm looking for like sizes of, yeah. Anyway, you'll do that. But I think that's pretty cool. You could buy excess land from the Georgia Department of Transportation. You think they'd just annexick back, like if they needed to, like, no, we changed our mind. It's balzy them doing an auction style. Because you can get some steals in there. All right, it's surplus property dot. Surplus property. dot dot dot gov yeah i'll put the dot dot go yeah i don't know i'll put the link up and you guys can peruse and maybe you can be the next to andrew carnegie buying land all over uh north georgia john's got your news weather no sabrina's got your news weather in traffic it's 1030 arum and then we'll come back ericson joining us live next on the mark arim show

1036 on the Mark Aram show. Coming up in 30 minutes, we're going to Jerusalem. Reaction to what is a pretty shocking story for me, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, no, we don't agree to the 15-point plan to rebuild Gaza. Coming up in an hour, Deborah's got tickets to give away to see Blackberry Smoke at the Tabernacle. Right now, though, Joining us live as he does every Monday at this time, our good friend and colleague, Mr. Eric Erickson. Eric, good morning. Hope you had a good weekend, my friend. I did. I hope you did. Absolutely. The Mark Abrams Show listener lunch was a huge success. A lot of folks asking questions about you. I didn't spill any tea, though. When is your golf incentive coming up? Sometime in September. I can't remember when it is. Will you let me know because I want to crash that? Absolutely. Absolutely. I'm very excited. Because it's at that golf place in Buckhead, right? Yes. Yes, it is. It's a great place. Yeah, absolutely. I'll let you know what it is. I love to have you go. I'm dying to go there. All right. So let's start with the Democratic Socialists and their impact on the Democratic Party. And I heard one of the talking on on one of the Sunday shows trying to put in perspective what's going on in the Democratic Party with the Democratic Socialists. And they said this reminds them of... The Tea Party movement, when that burst on the scene and the impact it had on the Republican Party, is that a fair comparison? Yeah, I actually think so. I've been using that as a while for a while as a comparison. The big difference, of course, is that they go in absolute opposite ideologies. Yes, of course. And the other thing is that really stands out to me is that the... Republican at the elite levels didn't embrace or accommodate the Tea Party to the way that the leadership of the Democratic Party kind of doesn't know what to do. They're like, yeah, yeah, we've got a big tin. And behind the scenes, they're kind of seething, I think, in some degree. But my goodness, they're kind of opening the door to these people who they don't really agree with. And it's interesting because I don't think. They have, again, I could be wrong on this, the Democratic Socialist. I don't think they have as big as sway as we might be led to believe. Like Zohran Mamdani in New York, like that was big, but it's a city race in the bluest city of them all. But I think the fact that Abdul El-Sayed won the statewide primary, that to me is more telling about the impact it might have. Yeah, it is. And what's notable is that you had one person who dropped out of that race. The other stayed in, Haley Stevens, combined they got more votes than him. He didn't win a single county that was majority non-college educated. He did not do well outside of really the Muslim districts and the urban college-educated districts. He's going to have a tough fight. There are a lot of Democrats who privately hope he loses as a way to repudiate the Democratic Socialists. Even with that very important Senate seat, they don't mind taking the L on that. Yeah, in large part because a lot of them like Mike Rogers, he's been a very bipartisan Republican in the past. He's not really like he talks to Trump game, but none of them actually believe that he is. And Trump's only there for two more years. They don't really want L. Saeed there for six years. Do we have any early polling? Does Rogers win in a head of that match?

has Mike Rogers ahead by a point, which from Michigan is very interesting, particularly when the polling during the summer tends to be more favorable to the Democrats. You've already got Rogers ahead in some of the polling. The Democrats now went from about a 60% chance of winning it to about a 49% chance of winning it. I saw you post something on social media about that summer polling anomaly that we've seen. How does that translate to the Georgia Senate race? So definitely, I think the lead is so large for Jon Ossoff that when it settles down after September, you'll still see him ahead, but it'll be a closer race. To one reason, I don't think Keisha Land's Scott Bottoms is actually ahead in her race. And for people don't know what we're talking about. My buddy Patrick Grafini, one of the best pollsters in the country, did a survey of how polling lands. And in the summer months, as I've said for years, Democrats get a bump. because Republicans tend to disproportionately have more families and be traveling vacation stuff, so they're not talking to pollsters. So the polling favors the Democrats. You get past Labor Day when everyone's home and everyone's focus, suddenly the polling gap shrinks from about a 5 percentage point Democratic advantage to a 2% Democratic advantage. And I would imagine the closer you get to election, the polls become more reliable and steady. Yes. They do. And always look at the averages. The individual polling is never very good. And Michigan, for example, the average was still overinflated for what Saeed won. But it definitely predicted he was going to win. It was just going to be closer than what the individual's polls had it. But Michigan also, that northern states in particular, Wisconsin and Michigan are the most notorious. They tend to oversample urban areas and they tend to get a lot more progressive white voters who are eager to talk to pollsters. Southern states, you don't tend to have that problem. where the eagerness and energy is to talk to pollsters. Eric Erickson joining us live on the Mark Am show. If my calendar is correct, I believe Minnesota's primary is tomorrow. I could be wrong on that. Yeah, Minnesota and Wisconsin, I believe, are both tomorrow and then Florida will be next week. I don't want to spend a lot of time on either of those states, but I do have to talk about Mr. Pillow, the My Pillow guy. I mean, he stepped away as CEO of My Pillow to run... for that seat. Does he have any chance of winning this? Look, he could be the Republican nomination, nominee in Minnesota, but he's not going to win the governor's race. Amy Klobuchar is going to blow him out of the water. But he actually could win. Oh, he could. Now, I haven't actually seen polling on that, but my guess is Mike Lindell probably benefiting from the Trump endorsement could get it. He definitely appears to be the front runner in the race. I just think if that's the case, we're seeing parties around the country, Democrats in some states, Republicans and others. where they know they're not going to win, and so they just want to be entertained. And so they embrace the Wackadoo. That makes sense. Real quick, circling back to Georgia, got some fundraising numbers from Rick Jackson's campaign, $16 million. Throw that on to his huge fortune. I would just imagine they are going to just blitz the airways between now and November.

Yeah, they are. And their attack is going to be very interesting against Keisha Lance Bottoms of the fundraising and that a lot of her money, in fact, in the primary, most of her money came from out of state. It didn't even come from into the state. Jackson's not taken money. He's self-funding the race and essentially can argue that I'm beholden to no one and she's beholden to voters in California. Eric, I want to play some audio that we broke live on the show on Friday. This is not a referendum on President Trump. It is a decision regarding Mr. Todd Blanche in very specific circumstances. All considered, I will vote for Mr. Todd Blanche. I'll be criticized for this vote. What's new? But... The people of Louisiana can be assured that I worked hard to understand the issue and to make the right decision. With that, I yield. That was Bill Cassidy saying, yeah, I'm a yay vote on Todd Blanche. Did you know he was going to vote yes? You know, I kind of suspected he would. He's tried to, even with his disagreements with the Trump administration and leaving because Trump opposed him. He's tried to be kind of even handed. A lot of people are mocking Bill Cassidy for that vote that, I mean, you might as well stick it to Trump at this point. But he's trying to be measured and reasonable as senators try to do. And Todd Blanche now is the attorney general. And I think it was 430 in the morning. The Senate finally confirmed him. It was a little narrower because Mitch McConnell's still not back. Any update on the senator's health? No, I guess he is out of the one facility, but still rehabbing. He is casting votes in the Senate, though. Do you have worries or concerns about Todd Blanche? and his role heading up the Justice Department, knowing that, you know, former President Trump's former personal lawyer and the loyalty there, or do you think that Todd Blanche is a serious enough fellow that we shouldn't have any worries about him heading up there? I've been in the camp for a while now that he is a serious fellow and far more competent than Pam Bondi. He's actually sharp, and the people within the AG's office speak highly of his administrative capabilities. That's what I think people forget is that... The attorney general's job is really more of an administrative job than anything else. You're certainly the one who plays to the press and to the president, but you're managing a massive department of lawyers with big egos, and he's been able to manage him better than Pam Bondi could. I know you grew up abroad, Eric, but... Are you familiar with this theme song? Just the good old days, yes. The good old boys. Dukes of Hazard. We lost a former cast member of the Dukes of Hazard, but more importantly, a former congressman here in Georgia. Ben Jay Jones passed away at the age of 84. I can't remember if I ever interviewed Ben, I even read the rest of the cast of the Dukes of Hazard. But Ben Jay Jones and any parting words on the passing of former Georgia Congressman Ben Jay Jones?

I never met the guy, to be honest with you. I didn't realize he was still alive. But it was always interesting to watch him after playing Cuder on Duke's Hazard get elected in Georgia. I think people didn't realize, like, to some degree, that the guy was real and had a life outside of what he was on the screen. And he was. He was a moderate Democratic congressman at a time, though that's what played in Georgia. And never, never hardcore leftists and kind of over the years grumbled about the direction of the Democratic Party. Oh, the good old days of moderate. I remember them fondly. What's coming up on the show today, my friend? You know, and starting with this amazing report that has leaked that the president's thinking of giving Ukraine the ability to make their own Patriot missiles, and Lockheed and Raytheon are fighting it in large part because they're afraid Ukraine might just be able to produce them faster than them, which will raise all sorts of questions. Oh, interesting. All right. And the backlash on the flock cameras. Oh, you know what? We're going to discuss that. Now I'll punt that story and let you dissect the fly. Go for it because, yeah. Put that at the bottom of the pile, Deborah, because I don't want to step on Eric's toes. Everyone must listen, noon to three across these fruited planes, the Eric Erickson show. Eric, always a pleasure, my friend. Thank you. All right. I'm going to see Eric at the golf event in Bucket. I'm very excited about that. And that's a closed event. So there's no video of me horribly swinging a golf club like a la Charles Barkley. I've got a Charles Barkley-esque swing when it comes to the golf club. All right, since we're not going to do the flock camera story. When we come back, Deborah, cyber attack. Another one. This one knocking out a 911 center. We'll give you the details. 1053 on the mark here. I'm show. Happy birthday to Ian Anderson. No, not former Braves pitcher Ian Anderson. I'm talking about lead singer of Jethro Toll. Ian Anderson. Do the kids know about Jethro Tull, Deborah? You know, he actually performed in our live lounge. Where was I? I don't know. What the? Yeah, because I was tempted to bring my fluted, and I'm like, no, he's going to laugh at me. Ian Anderson. What's Ian? I'm going to find out what Ian Anderson is doing in his baseball career, not the Jethro Tullsinger. Welcome back to the Mark Am Show. Great stuff there with Eric Erickson. Are teased before the... break, Deborah, about another cyber attack. And it's funny, I got asked so many questions over the last couple of days from folks about that cyber attack on the water facility treatment plant in Jay Clayton County. Like people obviously very concerned about this one. This is a cyber attack that knocked out a 911 center. Thankfully not here in Georgia, though. It was not here in Georgia. It was actually Northern California. But they were reports that their 911 center wasn't able to shut down their entire network for routing calls, police, fire dispatch, everything. They were able. to continue to take calls like the callers just couldn't dispatch things the old way so you have to go and find like other methods you know now everything is kind of like connected digitally you literally had to pick up a phone and try to call people that way so it they were able to continue service but it took them a while they had everything reconnected the way what's scarier for you a cyber attack on a 911 center or a cyber attack on the water treatment plan oh

A water treatment plant? Yeah, I think so, too. That affects everybody. Yeah. 9-1-1-1-1. It got, you know, got help if you need 911. But they have fail saves and backup plans. They do, yeah. That's not good that these cyber attacks keep coming and coming. That is a scary situation. Speaking of scary situations, I would imagine there are a couple of private pilots in New Jersey that soiled themselves over the weekend. So I'm guessing these were like small Cessna-type planes just out flying over beautiful New England and New Jersey in the tri-state area, all the greenery. And they flew a little too close to Bedminster Country Club, President Trump's Club. And he was there, I guess, at the time. And what happened next? That is exactly what happened. There were some small Cessnas, and they were near Jefferson Township outside of Bedminster, where the president was. And they got notice on the radar, basically. And so some F-16 fighter jets intercepted them, which had to be terrifying. But they didn't shoot them down or anything. No, no, no, no. They basically were just enough to, I mean, come on, if you're filing a small plane and an F-1 fighter comes at you, you're going to turn it pretty quickly. I don't, the only. private aircraft that I'm familiar with is flying in the the WSB Skycopter as a helicopter. But the helicopter pilot, professional pilot, always knew where we couldn't fly. Like before we lifted off, he was like, here's where we can't fly today because of X, Y, and Z. I don't know if private pilots of Cessna's get that same information that the former military helicopter pilot. But you would imagine the tower would be like, Cessna 531, just a heads up. Don't fly near Bedminster. The president's playing 18. But is a restricted one of the president's not there? That's the question. Did they put the flags up, you know, like when the Pope is in the, they put the flag up, when the Pope's around, did they put the flag up when the president's playing? That should be, I mean, God, thankfully it was nothing nefarious, but those pilots must have blanked themselves when you're just doing a leisurely, you know, just putting along and assessing them, enjoying the beautiful sights, and all of a sudden, you get F-15s. F-15s, was that the fighter? F-16s. Even more. Bigger than the 15s. More intimidating than the 15s. The F-16s. I hope they were able to land safely after that. News weather and traffic. When we come back, we're going to Israel, Jerusalem specifically. The prime minister says, no, we're not on board with this 15-point plan to rebuild Gaza. Reaction on that big story next on the Mark Aram show.