Tony Katz and the Morning News Full Show 8-11-26

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Oh, don't worry, we're going to keep getting convention business. Oh, no, no, we're going to keep building hotels even if the city builds the hotel. Even if the city goes in a competition with the private owners of hotels across the city. We'll keep doing that. Hey, these things will continue to grow and that's excellent. And then there will be parts of Marion County that'll never grow. And they'll be like, why don't we have any opportunities here? The county can choose, or Indianapolis can choose what they choose, and they deal with the consequences thereof. Other counties will feel different. Moratoriums are foolhardy. This is a recording. As for the wheel tax, I hope Indianapolis understands what they have just cheered here. What they have cheered for is any time, any place, anywhere costs you more. That's what you cheered for. Anytime, any place, anywhere, it cost you more. And what they cheered for is getting cars off the roads. That's what they want. Ideologically broken people. They don't want you to be able to drive downtown. You think this is the end of it? Well, Tony, this is really about registering a car. I know what it's about. But I know what it connects to. Now you do as well. Fantastic work. The only thing Joe Hogsett may have done normal so far in his 11 years. And they just, they just overrode the veto. That lets you know how weak your mayor is, too. Well, there's a lot to read into this. Tony Katz, that's me, by the way. Good to be with you, everybody. 93 WIBC. Good morning. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Right now, your local Toyota dealer has great deals available on some of the most reliable trucks on the market, like the off-road ready to coma, rugged full-sized tundra, and legendary forerunner, each with the space, tech, and features to handle it all, from the work site to the trails. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid options available, extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, meaning bigger savings at the pump without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. The Tacoma and Tundra are ranked number one and number two in resale value over all vehicles, according to Kelly Boo Book, which can mean thousands more than average right back in your pocket when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop Toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details. Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit Kelly Blue Books, KB.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places. So President Trump, sitting in the Oval Office, he's having a conversation, as he is known to do. And he wants you to know that everything's just moving along as it needs to move along. And when it comes to the Strait of Hormuz, we have total control, total control, I say. The only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy. We have a blockade that's been infallible. It's a steel wall. And we let people in that we want to let in. And those people come in and they've been coming in and they're going out.

so it's actually open now we do not let them go into iran they're not admitted into the strait to go to iran but it's open for others now a little bit uh complex because they will on occasion drop a mine and we find the mines you know we've mine swept the entire strait as you probably maybe heard maybe you didn't hear but uh but uh we control the strait 100 percent now I'm going to stop right there. First of all, Tony Katz. Good morning. I don't know if I say hello. I really do. I know I just said it, but sometimes I forget. West Texas crude, that is the price per barrel for oil is at $84.9. It's up $2 from yesterday. Brent Crude is at $89.65. Keep telling people that you've got control, sir. I do think you have a blockade. I do think that that's working, but the blockade is different. And honesty is required. And we're not getting it from anybody. If you had control the straight, oil would be $12 a barrel. But it's up from under $80 to $84.5. That's not control, sir. Blockade is true. And I believe that we should have full control of K-H-A-R-G, where Iran does its oil processing, take it all, put it on tankers, and start moving it out, covered by the most fortified armaments you've ever seen, and start selling it. It's exactly what should happen. But this is about willingness. So there's something else at play. Something else that the Iranians or somebody else is doing that's keeping us from doing this. It's why I make the argument the deal is not one to be made with Iran. The deal is to be made with the other nations in the region that they have to be more forceful. And they're going to actually have to use some force. But one of the things the President Trump is doing that I like, of course, saying that we have control of the state, the straight is not one of those things, is he is taking a look at Iran and some of their maddening demands because this is what they do. One of their demands has been, and you have to pay us reparations for the war. Please. Maybe. Maybe if you're lucky, you have a distant cousin who gets to live. That would be my take. That would be my presentation. My offer to them. What I think needs to happen is, of course, something that President Trump does not seem willing to do.

And when asked, hey, what's going to come next? Last round of talks was Iran's last chance before decapitation. So what now? What's next? You'll find out. Are you still, our massive escalation? Is that still on the table? Well, we have that certainly in that ability if we want to do that. Yeah, you'll find out. Great. We'll find out. Okay. One of the things he's doing that I like. You know what, Iran? Here's how this is going to work. We're not going to pay you reparations. You're going to pay us. For all the people that you've killed, for all the people that you've injured with the roadside bombs and what Soleimani did, who Trump killed in back in the first term, you are going to pay us. I love the wordplay. Oh, I think it's fun. Why should we have to wait for them to pay us? Just take their oil. Flat out steal it. So Tony, you admit that it's a war for oil. Kitten, it's always a war for oil. I mean, it starts with the other things. But while you're there, take the oil. Bankrupt the IRGC. Starve those bastards. Yes. Yes, absolutely. Every day and twice on Sunday. Forgive me if the honesty is sometimes a little bit much, I've been told that it's a lot to take. But it is absolutely where we should be. Then he brought up while he was sitting there in the Oval, the Save Act. I think they should pass voter ID. I think they should pass proof of citizenship, basically Save America, you know, Save America Act. I think that should be something that we should absolutely get. But we don't have it. Not yet. I've got senators like Lisa Murkowski opposed to it. I've got John Thune not willing to make the moves. And still, after all this time, after all of this time, we are not anywhere closer to... an idea of just voter ideas opposed to the Save Act, where the president calls the Save America Act. We're not closer to removing the filibuster and having other legislation lined up and ready to go in the House and the Senate so it can get passed quickly and effectively get to the president's desk and signed with Democrats having no say. If you're going to play the political game, you've got to play it properly. Republicans have shown that still they're not going to do it. That they're not capable of doing it. If you get rid of the filibuster to pass the Save Act, now you've shown you can get rid of the filibuster. Fine. But if you don't have other things behind that, 5, 6, 7, 11 pieces of legislation, we already have the whip counts. You know how many votes you have in the House and how many votes you have in the Senate. You know what's going to pass. You know what deals have to be made in order to get them to pass. If you haven't done that work, which is the hard work, which is the organizing work, you've blown up the filibuster for this. And nothing else. That's a foolish thing to do. You've got to have a plan. Well, Tony, you know when Democrats get power, they're going to get rid of the filibuster. I want to say for the record, yeah, I do. Now, they could also be threatening it and they may not do it right away. They'll just hold it as a threat. They'll, you know, they'll just keep it there. And utilize it if you don't vote for this, well, we're going to get rid of the filibuster. Right? It could be one of those.

But yes, they're going to effectively, if not intentionally, get rid of the filibuster. It's going to happen. So do I believe we can do it? Only if you utilize my methodology. Otherwise, I'm still somebody who says, what's the point? They're not prepared to do the work that's necessary. And that is an issue. Speaking of issues, Secretary of State candidate, Greg Ballard. I will discuss. You will decide. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on RAV4, Grand Highlander, Camry, and Corolla with the features and style you deserve. It means driving for less with hybrid and plug-in hybrid options across the lineup, delivering great MPGs. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your car will hold its value for years to come. Shopped Toyota.com to find out more. Toyota, let's go places. Suspensure Derry loses the recount. Well, that was something that was not in any way. at all expected. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. True enough. True enough. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. Great to be with you. This is Paula Copenhaver. This was one of the races that was supported by Trump, supported by Turning Point USA. Take out those people who did not push for redistricting. Told you. And boom. There was a three points. It wasn't a three vote spread. Was it a 14 vote spread in this one? Was it a 14 vote spread in the other one that gave Liz her victory? No, it was a three vote spread for Spencer Deary, the current sitting state senator. And that turned into a three-vote margin for Paula Copenhaver. She has 600,332 votes. Deary has 6,329. The commission threw out eight votes for Deary and two for Copenhagenhaver, technical reasons, missing signatures, what have you. Tom Davies, Indiana Capitol Chronicle reporting. Deary is planning an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals, the state court of appeals, I should say. Because their argument is ballots don't get tossed for a signature missing from a clerk. We will see. Right now, this is pretty fascinating stuff. The winner of this race faces the West Lafayette City Councilman David Bernie Sanders and an independent candidate by the name of Joshua Brandt. in this in the November election to be the next state senator from the district we got ourselves drama kittens you don't every day get drama drama's good drama's fun also making sure you've counted the vote properly also fun

I did watch some, I am that guy. I did watch some, but okay, I did skip a lot of areas. But I did watch the counting and the conversation and the back and forth. And I did see our very own Secretary of State, FN Diego. say all those in favor say say aye all those opposed say nay the eyes have it he said that like three times producer carl and he said it like a guy who's soon going to be out of a job that's exactly how he said it like a kind of guy who's like you know in six months i'm going to need to find another line of work That's, he said it like a guy who said, I wonder now who is going to give me, what kind of shady person is going to give me tickets to sporting events. He said it like that. F and Diego, we hardly knew ye. Just remember F and Diego, you and your team did this to yourselves. That's why you don't have a job anymore. You did this to you. By the way, if case you didn't know, fake news, Diego, F and Diego. Yeah, he called WIBC fake news. But he never backed it up. And his team and his Tokyo rose there and his comms department didn't ever back it up. They just flat out lied. And you called us fake news. And you called our news department fake news. And so we don't. We don't put up with that. So he's now fake news Diego, but it's sometimes it's a lot to say. It's a lot. So we just shorten it to F and Diego to make it easy, right? Producer Carl? Yes, we're just trying to help the audience. That's all we're trying to do is just help the audience right there. So to F and Diego and his Tokyo Rose, Lindsay Eaton, who never deserves a job in Republican politics again, TikTok to you. I want you to lead happy lives and they should be filled with friends and joy. But no, you don't get to come back to politics. You did this to yourselves. You did this to yourselves. So we're clear. The only person who also doesn't get to come back to politics is Micah Beckwith, who is a podcaster, not a lieutenant governor. Also, Lieutenant Governor did this to yourself. Even when I agree with you on things, you just can't stop yourself. Just can't stop yourself. Can't focus on policy at all. But man, can you get clicks? And after all, isn't that what matters? Tony Katz 93 WIBC, good morning. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on RAV-4, Grand Highlander, Camry, and Corolla, with the features and style you deserve. It means driving for less, with hybrid and plug-in hybrid options across the lineup, delivering great MPGs. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your car will hold its value for years to come.

Shop Toyota.com to find out more. Toyota, let's go places. So what happened with Dr. Anthony Fauci and this posting from Senator Ron Johnson? Well, no part of it is for the squeamish. And I will state again. that Anthony Fauci is a criminal. Tony Katz, 93 WIBC, good morning. Dr. Anthony Fauci is a criminal. Dr. Anthony Fauci lied repeatedly about COVID facts to move opportunity. He was more interested in a TV camera than he was in the safety and security of the nation. The violation there cannot be overstated. Now, if you want to argue in front of a court of law that he's innocent until proven guilty, I will agree. I believe he should face a courtroom. And the pardon that he was given by Joe Biden to cover 11 years is one of the more despicable things to have happened. But that pardon does not absolve him of state crimes, only of federal crimes. Although we can ask the question whether or not Joe Biden signed the pardon. I'm one of the people who believes he absolutely did not. Leave that to the side. Exactly what does the pardon cover? Is there anything that cracks that pardon? Now I leave that to lawyers. I certainly know that on the state side, you can bring charges against the man. He's a fraud. He is a liar. That much is true. What is it that happened? Well, what happened is that text messages came out. And the text messages show Dr. Anthony Fauci asking questions or making statements, I should say, about pregnant women and the COVID vaccine. One of those reads, I asked around a bit more and another issue came up that you need to be aware of. Since many people get fever after the second dose, this theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester. Now, I don't know if it's cytokines or cytokines because the exact quote is, since many people have significant cytokine storms and a cytokine storm and fever after the second dose. So I don't know if it's pronounced cytokines or cytokines. And I accept this that I don't have that perfect definition. What I can clearly get a definition of is a second dose, meaning a COVID booster, could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester. There are studies, according to Alex Berenson, that show this wasn't the case. That is not the story. Dr. Anthony Fauci had concerns. And when those concerns came up in event after event after event, Dr. Anthony Fauci said there's nothing to concern ourselves with. If you take a look at this text, it was from January 25th, 2021.

On February 3rd, he stated the FDA have found thus far, and we have to be careful, but thus far, no red flags about that, about pregnant women. A month, less than a month later, a week later, he was saying there was nothing, although a week before, he said that it theoretically could be associated. Why not tell people? Why not give them all the data? Well, we didn't want to scare them, Tony. Inappropriately, we didn't know. You had a concern. doctor why not let people know all of the concerns and let them decide for themselves you are concerned enough that you texted somebody about it August 30th, 2021. Well, are the vaccine safe? Tens and tens and tens of thousands of women who have been followed by the CDC who have been vaccinated when they were pregnant. There's no indication whatsoever that there's any increase of any adverse issues in a pregnant woman who was vaccinated compared to a pregnant woman who wasn't vaccinated. It's pretty clear that pregnant women should get vaccinated. You said this. The CDC director, Rochelle Walenski said this. The surgeon general Vivek Ramaswamy Murthy said this.

I don't know if the lawsuits are going to be in the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions. I have no idea. You lied. You kept the truth from people. You kept concerns from people. And when other people voiced concerns, you and big tech silenced those people and prevented them from speaking. There is a place in hell that is not hot enough for you. Dr. Anthony Fauci. I want them charged. I want them charged. I don't know how someone can't. In every instance, and this is where I start the baseline, for all those people who are still insanely trying to support this man, which is, it's mental. It really is mental. If data changes, If we learn more about something we didn't know anything about, I accept the fact that we could have gotten advice on a Tuesday that wasn't good on a Friday. I could accept this. It makes sense to me. We're moving as fast as we can. We don't have everything yet. We're getting there. Honesty would have helped with this. But instead of honesty, we engaged politically. And Anthony Fauci did it because he liked television cameras and he liked pictures. He liked being famous. He liked being adored. that came before any level of oath that came before any level of quote unquote science he wasn't the science as he claimed to be he was the poster boy he was the milly-vinilly mouthing whatever it is he thought was necessary to inst to still get the pictures science was this great discussion that wasn't allowed

that there's still support, proactive support for Anthony Fauci is beyond understanding. You're supposed to be disgusted. Not that something they said was wrong, but at the amount that they hid, that the amount that purposely didn't share, the amount they manipulated, how they fought those who wanted to have a different conversation, how they avoided the deep conversations. And potentially the harm they did, oh, not even the potential, the actual harm that they did. You're not supposed to support that. That's the baseline. The people who support Anthony Fauci, those are the people you can't elect. Gone. Unsurious folk. What is Toyota affordability? It all starts with buying smart. And your Toyota dealer has great deals available to qualified customers on reliable cars and SUVs, including the redesigned RAV4, Spacious Grand Highlander, sporty Camrys and Corolla's. It means driving for less, with efficient hybrid and plug-in hybrid options available throughout the lineup, extending your overall driving range and delivering great MPGs, saving you money at the pump. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles. And as the best resale value brand, according to Kelly Blue Book, your Toyota can be worth thousands more than average when it's time to trade in. That's Toyota affordability. Buy smart, drive for less, and trade for more. Shop Toyota.com or your local dealer for deals and details. Vehicles projected resale value is specific to the 2026 model year. For more information, visit Kelly Blue Books KB.com. Toyota brand average resale value is 53% versus the average vehicle at 45%. Toyota, let's go places. So the wheel tax is happening in Marion County because the City County Council did the override. Impressive. Very impressive city county council. You really, really want the people to spend more. Bravo. Tony Katz at 93, WIBC. Good morning. Let you know how weak the mayor is. I mean, it was a 17 to 5. 17 to 7. There were the five Republicans, two Democrats who voted against this thing. against the override. Everybody else was like, yeah, we're down. We're down. Tax is good, money good. Their argument is, well, this is the only way that we could get access to the state funding. We had to have a mechanism by which we had more funding here so we could get the state funding so we could really do something about the roads. So now they've passed this. When do the roads get better? That should be the question that is being asked if we were, you know, serious, it would be the question. When do the roads get better? I don't know if anybody's asked this question yet or not. I do not know if anybody's even thought to ask this question yet.

17 to 7 was the vote. I had that right. I think I may have said 19 to 7. 17 to 7 was the override. And then it was the story that Purdue, in everything that they're doing in their expansions, they're picking up the museum that houses, the building that houses the Vonnegut Museum. I always liked the Vonnegut Museum idea, and I'd always wanted to be able to do something with them. I'm only sorry it never came to be. I've seen some of the people they have on their board. I think I could have been helpful. We need more things like this in Indianapolis, more things to do that are not bar-related. I'm not opposed to bars. I'm not opposed to restaurants. I'm down with both. But if you want Indianapolis to have more family-friendly opportunities for the events that happen here, and you want people to stay here and spend dollars and have more opportunity for those other things, you've got to give them the things. And I think that involves museums and entertainment venues that allow parents of a nine-year-old to be able to enjoy. And that's not a bar. As much as you think, start them young, that's not a bar. So I like the Vonnegut Museum. I like some of these other things. We should have more sports museums. We should have massive displays of photography and art. Constantly, if we built ourselves on sports, let's have that. We have amateur sports. Let's have quote-unquote amateur art of amateur sports. There's ways to do this and real talented people out there. We could do something great. So Purdue is now going to acquire the building that's across from the Madam Walker Legacy Center. And that's going to be more of their imprint here in Indy. And I think that we have not even begun to understand how big of an imprint Purdue wants to have in Indianapolis. They may not win championships like IU, but man, can they place a thumbprint down? I look forward to seeing what comes next. Coming up, we've got the popcorn moment and... A Greg Ballard story, which may not be a story. I'll explain to you what it is. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on Tacoma, Tundra, and Forerunner with the space and features for any adventure. It means driving for less, with available hybrid options, delivering great MPGs without sacrificing power. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your truck will hold its value for years to come. Shop Toyota.com to find out more. Toyota, let's go places. Bring on the popcorn moment brought to you by Booer Remodeling. B-O-O-O-H-R, Booerremodeling.com, Kitchens, bathrooms, basements. Call Boer. Boerremodeling.com. The popcorn moment. Let's go, let's go, let's go. Tony Katz.

93 WIBC. Good morning. Great to be with you. The reporting states that, yes, indeed, there was a threat to the president. There is a reason why a plane switch took place as he was leaving Turkey. This was the NATO summit just the other month. Washington Post saying that President Trump secretly switched aircraft while leaving Turkey. Trump appeared to depart Ankara aboard the older Air Force one. Remember, it was the conversations of, why aren't you taking the one from Qatar? And then it was the New York Times, and they'd gotten this leak, it seems, that, well, the new one didn't have all of the equipment on it. There was no reason to be flying it if it didn't have all the equipment, all the safety equipment. But the fact that these reporters were asking what we said at the time here, I was watching it happen. Are they trying to get them killed? I said those words. Watch that press conference happen. What are they doing? Turns out they may have had some information leaked by a former Air Force secretary who has now been stripped of a security clearance. But what we did not know is that according to the post, Trump appeared to depart Ankara on the older one, but moved to a smaller C32A in a catering truck. That aircraft continued to Britain. Serving as a decoy did the larger plane while Trump traveled separately. The press didn't even know. For the record, I have zero issue with this whatsoever. I can't describe to you how little of an issue I have with this. This. from MS now is General Hurtling. And General Hurtling, we see the President has little to no options here, and now he's trying patience, which we should note some in the White House have been advising all along that economic pressure was his best path here. We'll see if he can stay with it. We want to get your thoughts on that Air Force One story we covered a moment ago. What does that tell you about the security situation surrounding this President at a time of war that the Secret Service, the military aides there, felt like that such subterfuge was needed in order to save? safely get the President of the United States back home.

Yeah, Jonathan, what I'd say is there had to have been a significant threat, because as we know, the president tends to blow through some threats and just say, let's do it anyway. So when the Secret Service really suggests the plan like this, it means there must have been something significant. And as you were pointing out before, there have been others that have been threatened, and there have been obvious threats in the works. You mentioned Secretary Pompeo, Ambassador John Bolton, when he was the... I'd also add to that list, General Mark Millie, who continued to have threats throughout his remaining tour and after from the Iranian government to the point that when President Trump pulled his security detail, he had to hire his own. So it was significant, but the thing that I'm most concerned about is the continuation of the flight with the reporters, the members of the staff when they knew there might have been a targeting of Air Force One. I am not. I don't want to make sure I'm on the record here. I don't care who the president is. We protect the president because that's what we do. And every member of the press flying with the president has to understand that there are risks everywhere. And yes, they will be sacrificed, if you will. Their comfort, their safety, all of it. I don't think it should be thrown to the wolves. But they had to make sure the president was safe. They couldn't let the press know because the press can't be trusted as we have seen. And this is the way it went down. So if you want to be bothered by, my gosh, you put the press in danger, the press is always in danger when they're flying with the president because the president's in danger. And the real story here. The clear story here is what the Iranians want to do, the damage that they want to do. The quote from Richard Blumenthal, the senator, Democrat from Connecticut, who lied about his Vietnam service, called it downright scary, unprecedented, surreal, and then added, as the reporting goes, that the war in Iran has made the president, U.S. troops, Persian Gulf allies, and the world less safe. Wrong. Iran, the Iranian regime, the Islamists have made the president, the United States, the Persian Gulf, and the world less safe. You would only know that if you weren't a ridiculous coward, Senator Richard Blumenthal, which you are. A chicken crap coward. That's all you have been. That's all you'll ever be. You're not good enough. You can't win a war. You can't keep a country safe. You and the wimps that surround you. The losers of the DSA and the losers of the Democratic Party. The issue here is Iran. The issue here is Islamic regime. The issue here are the people who want to destroy Western civilization. And we should do something about those people. And if people like you, Senator Richard Blumenthal, weren't such outrageous cowards, maybe we'd all get on board. That's the issue here. That we knew about the threat.

All right. Yeah, it feels good. By the way, they move the camera, so you're straight on, but you look like you're very short. You're barely appearing over it. You're like the stereotypical old woman driving. I see the eyes. I wanted to slouch down on this logo. I wanted to slouch down for this particular item because I think it might get me fired. Well, the two to loop. Yeah, I didn't know what this was either, and I have a lot to say. So it looks like this. It's, it's round. It's got a hole in the middle of it. It's got a speaker. It's from Panasonic. I'm like, okay, this is a wrist radio. The idea here is you put this around your wrist and you're walking down the street and you're listening to your favorite radio station like 93.1 of M, WIBC, or B-1057. Or Hank or the fan or or hot. Or, you know, it's hot's one of our stations, right? Yeah. I love hot. Right? As long as you're not listening to Q or that Smiley guy, everything's fine. Like Smiley did anything wrong. Anyway, so that's what this is, but also it like it comes apart. You can twist it. So you can like create other ways that it looks and then you twist it open and you can, you know, you can turn the, the dial, although I think the dial only works in AM. Oh, that's a problem. Is anybody still doing AM? Yeah, AM exists and there's a big fight on to keep AM in the car. Yeah, I heard about that. Yeah, the government protected it. Right. AM radio. More government. You know, wow. Am I wrong? Am I wrong? I don't think I actually have a comment on this. Because it's my industry, we need to keep radio alive. Because you're right, I've got nothing to say. Obama Motors. Aren't you glad I'm bad? Oh, God, we're going to get emails. And all from our company. Dear gentlemen, what the hell are you doing? No, seriously, do you want jobs? Huh? It's literally going to say in the email, huh? So it's this radio and you can twist it and maneuver it and the whole thing. Right? Here's the part that's so interesting. The part that's so interesting is I shared one of the photos, right? I shared it there on the Twitter X. I shared the photos. You got the first photo, Matt Bear, you look at that one. Yeah. Then you see the second photo. It's got, you know, like where you grab the station. Then you look at the third photo. Can I ask who the half naked person is in the back of the photo? I don't know. People take pictures of items on the marketplace. They don't pay any attention to what is actually happening in the photo. There is somebody in their knickers.

That's underwear. Hey now. See, I was more concerned about the super. There's a Super Mario Brothers monster even before that. I don't know what that is. Yeah, yeah, I totally know what it is. And that's what I was looking at. The whole thing is just so. So messed up. The question for this wonderful bit of Americana is, are you in for $25? By the way, you should note, pick up in New Whiteland, not tested. I don't know if they're referring to the radio or New Whiteland. Ouch. What'd they do? They're putting up a giant convenience store there in Whiteland. By the way, you should know that New Whiteland is what the WNBA calls the Indiana fever. Ouch. Wow. Let's see how far down we can go right now. Screw you. That was great. That was great. I don't know about green. It was pretty good. Oh, you don't know. Okay. You don't know. Yeah. Just sit there in your slouch position. Are you in for $25 bucks on this? Yes or no? I don't want this thing. I've got plenty of things like this. We call this a Saturday night party if you look at the first picture. No, I'm done. I'm out. Totally. Okay. I am also out. But I have a lot of questions about the person in their underwear in the back picture. A lot of questions. So many questions. She's not Stephanie Seymour. Let's say that. You don't know it's not Stephanie Seymour. Also, Stephanie Seymour poll. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, baby. That's my girl. All right. Do this day. Thank you very much. Okay. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Your local Toyota dealer has great deals available today on RAV-4, Grand Highlander, Camry, and Corolla, with the features and style you deserve. It means driving for less, with hybrid and plug-in hybrid options across the lineup, delivering great MPGs. And it means trading for more. Toyota is known for building long-lasting vehicles, meaning your car will hold its value for years to come. Shop Toyota.com to find out more. Toyota, let's go places. A couple of things to get to. First, we are tracking storms. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. Good to be with you. As things become, if they get closer to our area, you'll hear the alerts. You'll hear Ryan Hedrick with some of the updates right now. We have got severe thunderstorm warnings in Adams, Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Jay, Madison Randolph counties. Now, a little further out. However, we do reach some of these areas. We have people who listen in these areas who stream us, and we wanted them to know that this is...

is going on. There are wind threats with winds in the 60 mile an hour range and higher. There is hail that is right now being looked at. So eyes open, aware of what's going on all around you. The Indianapolis weather radar. is clear. All of this is to the north. It's just, it's a whole bunch of getting into the real heavy right about now, uh, basically halfway, uh, between Muncie and Fort Wayne, beaten the, right now beating the daylights out of Kokomo and Marion. The reason we bring it up. is where there's a one, there's another. And there are storms right now well over Iowa and things making their way in this direction. Things we're keeping an eye out for. Just want you to know, want you to be aware, as you're doing, you're traveling over the next couple hours. This is what we're looking at. Then a story. An interesting thing happened here at WIBC. You had Brian and Jerry who've been doing some fill-in work there from 9 to noon. They did an interview with Greg Ballard, who of course, the former mayor of Indianapolis, who's running for Secretary of State as an independent. I have a fine relationship with Greg Ballard. I do not have a good relationship with his chief of staff, who I believe should be fired. I said so. I didn't apologize for it. I saw Greg Ballard at the Republican convention, spoke to him for a good five to ten minutes. I was there with some other people, delegates to the convention, no issue. His chief of staff then confronted me. It was very, very funny. I looked him right in the eye and told him how unnecessary he was. Didn't move, didn't, you know, have to somehow concern myself with anything. He didn't like that I had called him out on air. He didn't think it was right that I didn't interview him. I don't have to interview the chief of staff. I'll interview the candidate. Thank you very much. You said something on social media for the world to see. I commented on it. I'm not apologizing for that. Then. Greg Ballard went on with Brian and Jerry. And the question came up, something I had brought up about a statement that was circulating about how at the time, Greg Ballard was one of these people who took no position on boys and girls sports. It's not an issue here. Why is this an issue? This was the same position that then Governor Eric Holcomb had. The IHSAA is taking care of this. And I said that certainly wasn't enough. We take a position on what is a standard and we take a position on the idea of not buying into mental illness. It's an important thing, I think, to take a position on. Greg Ballard commented only that it doesn't apply to his position that he's running for as Secretary of State. Why in the world would it come up? There's no need for any of this. It's not a thing. No one cares.

Well, I would agree that it certainly does not apply to you as Secretary of State, if you will. It certainly does allow for an answer to a question of not only something that is in the public sphere, but something that you had addressed in the past. Well, he has now put out a statement that 54 years ago, Congress passed Title IX and since then, girls sports have exploded in growth. My daughter swam ran cross country and I've watched like so many Hoosier parents, how much that opportunity is meant to multiple generations of our girls. And he continues. So let me be clear, boys don't belong in girls sports nor in their locker room. That's common sense and it always has been. He didn't answer that way to Brian and Jerry. He was a little more, why are you asking? This is kind of gotcha stuff. Now he has the statement. Three days earlier, his team, sorry, two days earlier, his team canceled their appearance on this show. Now, They said we need to reschedule. Producer Carl tried to reschedule, being the producer that he is, did not get a response. I responded. I have not yet gotten a response. Are the things connected? We don't have an answer for that yet. We'll see by Friday whether or not they respond that we have a rescheduled time with the independent candidate for Secretary of State Greg Ballard. I just share with you a timeline.

Hover in the lead defeating, it seems to me, Senator Spencer Deary. Because the recount gave her the three vote advantage. Tony Katz 93 WIBC, good morning. That is something else. Deary is going to appeal to the State Court of Appeals. Commission throwing out eight votes for Deary and two for Copenhagenhaver technical reasons missing signatures or initials from county election officials on absentee ballots. What Deary's team is saying is, that's insane and you're all crazy. We're going to follow this every single step of the way. Copenhagen, one of those people moving to push out incumbents who did not vote for redistricting amongst other things. I'll still say it for the record. We were wrong not to redistrict. We were wrong. And President Trump is saying, you know, continuing the low key on Iran. And oh, by the way, we control the straight of her move is 100%. Okay. In about 10 minutes, I'm going to talk oil prices. We'll see who controls the strait. I went a little late there, and we've got a Republican candidate for Secretary of State. Max Engling scheduled to join us next. Keep it right here. Tony Katz, 93 WIBC. Good morning. The race for Secretary of State continues apace. We've got four candidates. Who are running? They're going to be engaging in a bunch of debates and conversations coming up. But really, what is the actual thing that separates them? Tony Katz, good to be with you. Max Engling joins me right now. He is the Republican nominee. For Secretary of State, Max Engling, E-N-G-L-I-N-G is how you spell it. Max for Indiana.com. Sir, I appreciate you taking the time to be with us. You know, this race is about a whole bunch of things, and then there are stories that come up that make you question whether the race is about those things. But let's start. Where we start, as you have been running for this position after winning the nomination, defeating the incumbent Diego Morales for the nomination, you're traveling the state, you post about it a lot. What is it that you're hearing as the top subject from Hoosiers as you're out there shaking hands and kissing babies? Good morning, Tony. It's great to be with you. The number one thing that I hear around the state is about election integrity. So they want strong elections, want to make sure that when you go to the polling place, you have confidence that you can cast your vote and it is going to count. And that is the thing that I'm running on. So I'm running to defend our election integrity. And like you mentioned, uphold our shared Hoosier values that we see across the state. And so much of that is.

you know one ensuring that it's only eligible citizens that are voting in our elections and then uh also cleaning our voter rolls too to make sure that it's just folks that should be registered that are on our voter rolls so as you see our voter rolls right now are they clean are they secure is it just citizens or are you able to see now issues or places where issues could occur So in Indiana, I'm very proud that we've done a really good job on election integrity. If you look at other states around us that are not doing well, Indiana is shining a light here. We're number seven in the country on this front, but we could do things to be more proactive and ensure that it's only... citizens that are voting. One of those things that we're putting forward in the campaign is to change the color of your ID, your state ID, if you are not eligible to vote, but you are legally here in the United States. So maybe changing it to purple or something where if you attempted to vote, it'd be very obvious to the poll workers when they walk in that this person is not eligible. I've been an inspector myself in the polling place. That would make it very simple. On the voter rolls side, we know that they're inflated. We know also that it's really challenging to get some of these folks that have changed addresses or moved out of state off of the voter rolls because you're dependent on some other people returning a postcard and doing the right thing to say they're no longer living here. But already the state has put forward a priority to work with Experian to help use that as an identity or rather a registration tracer for addresses. We just need to fully implement that. So I'm proud of where Indiana is, but we could be better. Just a real quick on that, talking to Max England candidate for Secretary of State in Indiana, max for Indiana.com. If you had a color-coded ID, couldn't that be utilized as a way to discriminate against people on a whole bunch of other topics? No, it's not whether you're here legally or not. It's just whether you're eligible to vote. And so I think it's important for something like voting where we are choosing the leaders that run our state, run our counties, run our country. I think it's important to make sure that only those eligible folks are voting. Let's get into what I think is the biggest issue, although I have no conversation or opposition to election integrity. And of course, I believe in voter ID. It's what we're seeing in the businesses that are created here, specifically in the world of trucking. We see these businesses that come in and these trucking companies. We have seen, of course, fraud with Medicare. Medicaid. We've seen fraud with hospice. We see these things happen. And we say to ourselves, we've got a lot of truckers on the roads who shouldn't have IDs. And we see these companies across central Indiana. What is happening here? Max Engling, what actually is happening here? So number one, we have a lot of really great transportation companies and logistics companies here in Indiana. And I think they want to see this cleaned up even more than other folks. But what's happening is a transportation, a trucking company that is operating fraudulently will file their business with the Secretary of State's office. They will have drivers that shouldn't have CDLs because either they're not here legally or they don't have English proficiency. They get these CDLs from other states.

And then they drive here in Indiana. They're dangerous on the roads. We've seen many cases of crashes where Hoosiers are either killed or seriously injured. And then when those penalties get hit on that trucking company, when they hit that trucking company, they just dissolve the LLC and file a brand new one at the Secretary of State's office. And so while there's a lot of good work being done across the state to help mitigate this, there is a gap right now in the Secretary of State's office where you have to compile that information, look for the anomalies like 14 identical LLCs registered to one home address in Greenwood, and then further investigate and potentially prosecute so we can take these dangerous drivers off of the road with Hoosiers. Talking to Max Inling candidate for Secretary of State, Republican candidate. If I were to speak to Beau By, if I were to speak to Lori Schilling, if I were to speak to Greg Ballard, they may very well tell me the same things about election integrity and the fraud. So as you describe it to people, what is the difference between you and your competitors? One, I'm working to build on what we've done here in Indiana to work directly with the State House to be more proactive. A lot of this job, the Secretary of State cannot just say we're going to go do this and it happens. You have to be able to build a coalition with the State House. And these other folks, number one, they can't do that, but number two, their priorities are different. When you look at what my Democrat opponent is saying, he wants mail-in ballots. more ballot harvesting, you know, blanket mail-in ballots, and then weeks of counting votes, he's comfortable with that. When we talked about it, when he's talked about what happened in California, it seems like that's something that they're comfortable with. And then if you look at the former mayor Ballard, he's flip-flopped on a bunch of issues that are very important. And what's key here is that... You know, his advisors that he's listening to are folks on the left. They're pulling him much further to the left, whether that's ranked choice voting, whether that's jungle primaries or, you know, blanket mail and ballots as well. I think it's important to know we have a secretary of state that you can have confidence in with the elections that's working with the state house and that's building on what we have here in the state of Indiana. That's going well. You know, one of the subjects that has come up, and it wasn't my plan to talk to you about it, except that Greg Ballard made this a story, which was to have a commentary on Title IX, to have a commentary about transgenderism and stated quite clearly in a post he put out on his official Twitter page there, Greg for Indiana. So let me be clear as boys don't, let me be clear, he writes, boys don't belong in girl sports, nor in their locker room. That's common sense. it always has been. This came from a conversation that happened on WIBC, our station. This came from something that I had brought up that Brian and Jerry asked Greg Ballard about. I don't know if this is what the campaign becomes about, but you wrote in response, let me let the record reflect, I didn't need four days and a team of consultants to come up with the right answer.

Common sense isn't a purity test. Do you believe that this subject of boys and girls sports is part of the conversation for Secretary of State? This is a subject where it defines, if you know what common sense is, you have to be asked a question. Can I trust you on a whole group of issues? Do you understand what common sense is? And this is a very common sense issue. I have three daughters. I want to protect girls and women. And it took a long time for one of my opponents to answer and then flip-flop. And the other opponent still hasn't answered the question. We don't know where he stands on it. So whether it's directly related to the Secretary of State's office, two things. One, you want someone with common sense. Two, when you're leading a brand new party, like one of my opponents is leading the Lincoln party, he's the figurehead of a brand new thing, you have to answer the question about what the platform is. We don't know anything about that party, and he's decided that it's going to take a long time for him to figure out common sense issues. It does not for me. I know where I stand, and we're going to move forward in the right direction. So you're saying that Bo Bai has not answered this question. He has not. We don't know where he stands, but I can tell you when the Democratic Socialists control your party, you're going to have a really hard time talking about common sense issues. Max Inling is his name, Republican candidate for Secretary of State, max for Indiana.com. I appreciate you taking the time. I hope we'll get the chance to speak again or twice before election day. Max for Indiana.com. Thank you. We have got the Dow futures up 26 NASDAQ futures up 91. Tony Katz 93 WIBC. Good morning. Good to be with you. The oil prices. $82.56 a barrel in the West Texas crude. The Brent crude, $88.6. Now, this is down a little bit from earlier this morning, but this is above $80 a barrel. President Trump still wants to say to us that we have total control over the Strait of Hormuz. The only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy. We have a blockade that's been infallible. It's a steel wall, and we let people in that we want to let in, and those people come in, and they've been coming in, and they're going out. So it's actually open now. We do not let them go into Iran. They're not admitted into the strait to go to Iran. But it's open for others. Now, a little bit... complex because they will on occasion drop a mine and we find the mines you know we've mine swept the entire straight as you probably maybe heard maybe you didn't hear but uh but uh we control the straight 100 percent oil prices should be at 12 dollars a barrel if we control the straight

I want to. I want to eliminate the IRGC. I want to have this done and finish with. I believe that only happens when you are are forceful. I'm just looking at the numbers. The numbers don't back them up. I want the numbers to back them up. You got to do things to back them up. That's my take. You've got the 10-year treasury at 4.6-96. Again. We remain in a problematic place for housing and for mortgages. Gold spot price $4,389 an ounce silver at $64.77 an ounce, Bitcoin at 64,285. President Trump has also said, you know what? Iran has the audacity to say that they demand reparations for all the damage done during the war. And Trump said, you know what? That's a good idea. You got to pay us for every person killed, for every soldier killed, for every attack, for everyone maimed by a roadside bomb because of General Soleimani, who we were happy to kill. You got to pay us for all of it. That's our deal back to you. It's a very Trump thing to do. But if you wanted to go out there and get actual reparations, just take their oil. Just take it from them. Who cares if they're happy? Take it. That's the thing to do. There's also talk about the weapons and whether or not we are actually have enough munitions. If we need to buy more bombs and more missiles, we should do such a thing. The idea that we can be running low is crazed. surreal and I do want people fired for it. We'll follow that on Tony Katz today and we've got primaries today. South Carolina has the special election. So you had the death of Lindsey Graham. You had the appointment of his sister to finish his term and now you've got the special election to see who will go on the ballot to face the Democrat in November. Because it was Lindsey Graham. Lindsey Graham has passed so there's a special election. That's happening today. in South Carolina. Now, his sister is on the ballot. That does not mean that she is going to win the thing. When you take a look... At what's happening right now, her name is Graham Nordone. I think it's Darlene Graham Nordone. She is up by 11 points in this special primary. But I can point you to a series of other polls that show Ralph Norman on the ascendancy. And that Darlene Graham Nordone is... is falling apart on this subject. That this is not somebody they want to continue being the person. I'm one of those people. I have nothing against her whatsoever.

I think that picking her to be the one who finishes off our brother's term, oh, that's lovely. She's going to vote the way that you need her to vote, although there's been some questions already. When we're talking about replacement, you need someone who you already know their politics and you're not learning on the fly. Can't really go in with questions. You have to have a level of public vetting through running the campaign, not saying, look at my last name. So that's South Carolina. Then you've got what's going on in Minnesota. You've got primaries there. And you've got primaries in Wisconsin where you have the kami weirdo Francesca Hong. She is a goofy, goofy person with no skills whatsoever. These are children from the DSA. They're all little whiny children, and they all say the same thing. I learned then you have some hot takes, sometimes bad takes on Twitter, and I let my feelings out into the world. And right now, as governor, what I'm most serious about are the issues that voters are telling me they want solutions for, for permanent affordability, to tax the ultra-rich, to make sure we're getting corruption like he is out of politics, to make sure that we're fully funding public schools, and that we're fighting for universal child care and raising wages. So universal childcare is, again, the move towards the socialism. And taxing the ultra rich never tells you what the ultra rich is. Never, ever, ever, ever. This is what Democrats have the opportunity to vote for or not vote for. In a world of unqualified people, there you go. Francesca Hong. It also is, it should be a good message to anybody ever thinking of running for office. This is how low the bar is. It's very, very, very, she was the one who said canceled Thanksgiving. Oh, no, those are my past statements. It's, it's all better now. Sure, Jan. Sure. Whatever you say. Tony Katz and 93 WIBC. Good morning. Matt Barham, what is that television theme song? I believe that's Nightwriter, Tony. Excellent. Excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent work. See, the problem is that is a channel theme song, not a show theme song. Well, it's a TV theme song, Tony, so it's okay. So you're okay with that. You're okay with crossing the streams in that way. Yes. Okay, fine. This is the theme to MTV. Whoa, that's cool. And to all the kids who don't know what MTV was, you just have no idea what you missed.

You don't know that you missed headbanger's ball, and you don't know that you missed Beavis and Budhead, and you don't know that you missed remote control, and you don't know that you missed the Jersey Shore. You don't know things. Daisy Nick Fuentes. You missed Daisy Flentes, and of course, her male counterpart, Dan Cortez. You missed Johnny Knoxville in his prime of seeing other people get hit with a rock in the testicles. You missed so much. You miss spring break. You don't even know what spring break is. You're not even close to knowing what spring break is. My gosh, it's embarrassing. Embarrassing. Tony, as a kid, did you just sitting on the couch like Beavis and Butthead and watch MTV? Well, first of all, I never sat like Beavis and Buthead in my entire life. But I did watch some MTV. Of course I did, right? It wasn't MTV that gave us Renan Stimpy, was it? That's Nickelodeon. That was that? Yeah, okay. Just making sure. Just making sure. Same company, though. Yeah. And someone reminded me that video killed the radio star, which was the first video ever played on MTV. Video killed the radio star. But allow me to say, I'm still here, bitches! Good Lord. What? What? You don't think better people have tried to take me out? Not happening. I got the communists and the Islam of fascists trying to get me, and MTV already tried. Still here. Good gosh. You're ridiculous. So yeah, MTV. What else would be an MTV thing? I mentioned a whole bunch of it. Singled out. Singled out. That was the name of the dating show. Singled out. Well done. Jenny McCarthy. Well played. I forgot singled out. Yeah, baby. You know it. You had to play the age old game. Martha Quinn, hot or not. We didn't know. She weren't sure. No, she was hot. She was? Yes. I don't know. I don't know. Right? Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson. Carmen Electra. Oh. I said Carmen Electra. Hot. Hot. So hot. Not as good as Jenny McCarthy, though. Hot, hot. So, so hot. Carmen Elektra. Hot. Sorry, I've lost the power of speech right here. Let me do this. Oh, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. It's hot. So hot. All right. I'll be thinking about that. Matt Bearer has got traffic. Oh, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. He's about 465 Southside. What is Toyota affordability? It's buying smart. Right now, your local Toyota dealer has great deals available on some of the most reliable trucks on the market, like the off-road ready Tacoma, rugged, full-sized tundra, and legendary forerunner, each with the space, tech, and features to handle it all.

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