The Mark Arum Show 08-13-26 HR 2
Transcript
81 segmentsWelcome back to the show and a good Thursday morning to you. Mark Aram here, you there. It's 10.04, four minutes after 10 o'clock. This is the Mark Aram show live Monday through Friday. 9 a.m. to noon on 955. W.S.B. The extended fam with us today. Gracie Award winning Deborah, executive producer of the program. Darius screening your calls. Down South Vinnie, a little under the weather. So we have Justin Ovi. On the other side of the takeout window. Coming up in 30 minutes, going back to D.C., checking in with Washington correspondent Scott McFarland. Corey Smith from News Nation is going to join us with the latest on the warning run at 11 o'clock. And Deborah, not one but two prize packs to give away, my friend. Tickets for Blackberry Smoke and tickets to say Sugar Land. Two chances to win amazing concert tickets right here on the Mark Aram Show. Right now, though, let's span the globe. Joining us live, travel expert, Peter Greenberg. Peter, my friend. Good morning. How are you? And good morning, Timor. Calling us from Parts Unknown. Where are you today, my friend? Today just landed in Boston. Oh, I have a lobster on, a couple of chowda, a cup of chowda for me. Okay. Always a pleasure to have you here, Peter. A lot of travel stories popped up since we last spoke. I want to start with the two Americas that we're dealing with right now when it comes to travel. Some segment of the population just can't afford to travel at all. And another set of Americans are paying more than ever to travel. Am I right in saying there's basically... two Americans, Americas when it comes to travel these days? Well, the division between the haves and the have-nots when it comes to the affordability of travel has never been wider. I just came back from the Virtuoso Conference in Las Vegas, which specializes on luxury travel, and their reports are amazing, a little bit staggering, that the bookings for the luxury travel are up 20% over last year. Hard to believe, right? 89 new millionaires being added to the population every day. That's a little crazy. And where are they spending their money? They're traveling. But we all know where the airfares are with oil prices spiking. And even without the oil prices spiking, airfares have never been higher, hotel rates have never been higher. And there's no sign they're going to be coming down anytime soon in the long run, even if the oil prices do come down. So yes, what you're saying is true, Mark, there's a big division there. Well, for those, the uninitiated like myself, what exactly is luxury travel? What qualifies as luxury travel? Well, it gets down to experiences. This goes back to post-COVID, where people came out of their wanting the best experiences they could find. They were taking all their money that they were spending on luxury goods or even a new car, new clothes, new jewelry, and say, I'm going to take that money and reposition it to travel and experiences. Because what happened past COVID is people got close and personal with their own mortality. And they said, you know what, I had no idea how long I'm going to be on the planet. So you know what? Let's go.
Multi-generational travel started, and everybody's taking the family. They all wanted to be together. We see this in periods where the economy is troubled. We saw it back in 2008, 2009, and we're seeing it now. Interesting. I think relatedly to this tale of two Americas, last time I was in Vegas, I had dinner with a big muckety muck in the Vegas tourism industry. And he was lamenting about how bad things are in Vegas right now. And he pointed to a huge drop in tourism, especially from Canada, which you've talked about a number of times here. And I asked him, like, what are most vulnerable right now when it comes to hotels? on the strip. The lower tier, the middle tier, or the upper tier. And he said without batting an eye, the middle tier hotels and resorts, they are, they're not looking good. Like, there's still enough rich people to go to the high end places, and there are still folks that are penny pinchers to go to the low end. But he's like that middle tier is very, very vulnerable. Well, you know, it's not even a relationship to income or spending ability. It's a definition of terms. A one-star hotel, you know what it is. You know what a Hampton Inn is, you know what a residence in is, you know what the Hilton Garden is, and you know exactly what you're getting. Five-star hotel? Same exact thing. What's your emotional connection to value at a three-star hotel? The only thing that keeps you going to a three-star hotel is there's frequent stay program if you happen to be in a city where you need to get mildest points. or stay points, and they happen to be attached to a convention center where you happen to go. So the real troubled area, he was absolutely right, was and still is middle. Interesting. Travel expert, Peter Greenberg, joining us live on the Mark Am show. The last hotel I stayed at was in Vegas, and I can't remember the last time I went to the front desk to check out. I just dropped my key in that little box or even I don't even do that. I just leave. But apparently I'm doing it wrong. You should still be going to the front desk, according to experts? You should, and I'll tell you why. It helps the next guest. If you don't check out in the front desk, that room still says unavailable. Oh. And housekeeping doesn't clean the room, and it doesn't get put back in the cycle. And all of a sudden, I go to check in. Mark hasn't checked out officially yet. And now I'm stuck in the lobby, you know, reading brochures I don't want to read. So it's selfish to not check out to help the next. Oh, that makes sense. I just thought it was so. 20th century to go to the front desk and check out. No, it's not only just selfish. It's basically it doesn't help you because you haven't gotten your bill yet. You haven't seen if they put on extra charges. They didn't dispose when you checked in. You need to review that as well. Interesting. Let's stay at hotels for a second. And this might be outside of your area of expertise, but let's say I stay at a hotel for two nights, right? Weekend excursion with my wife. At the end of the trip.
I want to tip the maids that come in, the cleaning service. What's the proper tip, the average tip, or should we not be tipping these folks? You should always be tipping these folks, but you don't do it at the end of each day. That doesn't help you at all. It doesn't help them at all. You tip them every day you're there. Because, listen, the mage are the best folks in the world that give you information and to know exactly what you need. Why would you want to tip at the end? If you tip every day that you're there, all of a sudden, more pillows on the bed for Mark, maybe an extra chocolate or two. Or they might even talk to you and tell you what you should be doing or not be doing either in the hotel or out in the community. So it's a general rule anywhere from $5 to $10 a day is what I would do. Oh, okay. Now, here's the rub, though. I always have the Do Not Disturb sign on until I check out. Like, I don't have them do up the room during my stay. So just slip them a beener in the, a fiver in the hallway? Listen, if you have a do not disturb sign on your room for the whole time you're there, you qualify as a terrorist. Wow, Peter. That's, I just, I don't know, because when I get to a hotel, I'm a mess. I've got my bag on the floor and laundries everywhere. And I don't want them having to deal with my sloppiness. Well, you're the perfect yes show. They hate you. Yeah, absolutely. But I tip them well. All right, five to ten dollars per night says travel expert Peter Greenberg. All right, this is something that I predicted long ago because I'm always annoyed when boarding a plane. No one checks a bag anymore. Everyone carries their bag on. They got the big roller bags and they're struggling to put them in the overhead bins. And it just makes deplaneing and... getting onboarded so much longer because you've got to wait for these people to put their bags in the overhead bins. Low-cost carriers now charging to use the overhead bin. I've been on the record saying check bags should be free and you're only charged for carry-ons. But look, it gets you out of this. There's not a space physically in any plane flying in the U.S., even if everybody only had one carry-on to accommodate those bags. Why? Because they've added more seats to the plane. And if everybody just has one carry-on, it doesn't matter. So if you're not in boarding groups one, two, or three. And by the way, if you're not in boarding groups one, two, or three, that means you're in the witness protection program. The thing is, if you're not in those three boarding groups, there's a 50% or 60% chance your bag's going to have to get gate check anyway, which is now going to anger everybody else because they paid to check their bag, and now they're going to check your bag for free. It's a system that is completely broken. So what can we do? What can be done in the industry to streamline things?
Well, first of all, you've got to take my attitude that there are only two kinds of airline bags carry on and lost. Now, if you go beyond that, then you move to the next level, and that is figure out what bag you can get that will actually fit under the sheet in front of you. to avoid the entire overhead bin deal, because what are the airlines doing right now? They're trying to generate revenue any way they can, and the welfare carrier that's doing this first is a carrier in Australia called Jet Star 2. They're actually, you just mentioned it. They're charging for the overhead bin. What's next? The pay toilet? I mean, the problem is you have to figure out how to beat them at their own game, and the way you do that. is we're refining a bag that will fit inside that little size they have at the gate. Yeah. And we'll still get under the seat in front of you. Forget the overhead then. Paying for the water closet, that's actually probably a big revenue generator because that's a captive audience. Right? You're going to pay 20 bucks on board that. If you have to go, you have to go. Listen, unless you have a serious bladder problem, I never use the bathroom on the plane. I always do it at the airport before I go. or even after our land. And bottom line, what do I do? I did a window seat because I don't want anybody climbing over me to use the bathroom. It's disruptive. I once went 100 consecutive flights without using the facilities in the plane. And then when I went to Japan, I had to break that streak. It was too long a flight. Now, I'm not going to say I'm a regular user, but I'm not fearful of it anymore. One final story here, Peter, with the local angle. Passengers on board a Delta flight going from Vegas to Atlanta allegedly spoofed the onboard Wi-Fi, raising the attention of federal law enforcement. Explain this to me in layman's terms. Well, there's a machine on an airplane, on every airplane called an ACARS. It's essentially a fax machine, a little bitty fax machine that allows the crew of the plane to transmit information to the operation center on the ground and vice versa. So, for example, any type of plane pushes back from the gate, it activates the ACARS, which tells the operation center the plane is departed and they can estimate the time of arrival. It's for other messages as well, especially security messages if the radio can't be used. in the event, let's say, of a hijacking, you don't want to let them know there's a problem without, you know, revealing that you know it. Well, these folks were coming back from a cyber convention and decided they were going to spoof the A-cars, and they did, which revealed a huge vulnerability in the system, and everybody's taking that seriously. Gosh, got to. Oh, you know what? I lied. I have one more question to ask you, and I can't believe I didn't lead with this. FAA announced they're hiring 2,000 video gamers to fill the empty slots for air traffic controllers. Peter, you're the traffic expert. You're all over the air traffic control stories. What's your initial takeaway on this? Well, let's start with a problem that of 313 air traffic control facilities in the United States.
300 of 11 of them are already understaffed and have been for years. So the FAA's got a huge problem of hiring and also retention. So they're trying to get anybody they can to come in as recruits and teach them. I don't necessarily think it's a bad idea to get gamers and understand video games. But remember, this is not a learn while you earn program. It takes a good two and a half years for a controller to be up to speed enough so that they'll let him or her sit at a console by themselves. And they'll wipeout rate between 30 and 40%. You need 6,000 new recruits. Right now, it's a good step, but it's not enough. So a two-year training period. That makes me feel good, though. That makes me feel better that it takes that long to train these folks. Absolutely. Yeah. All right. You're in New England now. Where are you heading next? up to New York tonight and then overseas. All right, very, very under the radar. Are you going to do the Air Force One Switcheroo? Are they going to take you from one plane and the restaurant truck and take you to another plane, one of those deals? No, the story of my life is they just keep me in the catering truck. Hey, better than being stuck in the bathroom. Travel expert Peter Greenberg, follow him on social media folks. He's just an invaluable resource. Peter S. Greenberg. 1017 on the Mark Aram show. 1023. This is not from Looney Tunes. This is from Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Happy heavenly birthday to fame director Alfred Hitchcock. Born on the stadium, 1899. He passed away in 1980. Full disclosure. I claim to be a movie guy. I've only seen The Birds. What? You've never seen Psycho or Rear Window? No. My favorite movies, Psycho and Rear Window, I watched them religiously. If they weren't on reruns, I did. just didn't. Alfred Hitchcock used to have like a TMC whole thing. Yeah, I know. I know it's sad. It's sad. Maybe I can stream them. Oh, maybe I can't. Americans apparently, Deborah, in order to make ends meet are purging streaming services by the bunch. Yeah, about 52% of Americans have canceled at least one of their subscription in the last six months here because chances are you've got five, six, maybe even ten because there's always one show on one platform that you have to see. Like Hulu. I'm watching Hulu now. Why am I watching? Oh, there's this new show. Hulu's got good stuff on there. Hulu does. What is it, Furious? Oh, that's right. Digging that. I'm watching the Shards right now on Hulu. The Shards? Yeah, I don't know that you would like that. Okay. So people are cutting. People are trying to. They realize I'm only watching one thing on Peacock. So maybe I'll get rid of it. Or I don't watch the HBO one enough. So I guess. And then, you know, you can sign up again in another couple months and kind of get a discount. So we haven't at the Aram House. We haven't purged any of the streaming services. But I purged a lot of the movie channels like Stars and Cinemax. Eventually they end up on those streaming platforms. Yeah. So like the only, I'm the only premium channel I have now is HBO Mac. I guess that is. Yeah. But HBO is also. Is HBO?
combined with some other, with Disney, I think. But there's a bunch of those movie, because there's no point anymore. Yeah, like there's good stuff on stars. But if you watch it all together, then you can just kind of get rid of the. I don't even want to count to see how many freaking streaming services. 12, probably. I don't know if it's that many, but it's a lot. But that's smart. Like if, and the prices of them keep going up. Every year. Like Netflix to me. It's too valuable. That's my go-to. That's your cable, basically, right, Netflix? I mean, we get, we get free from our Prime membership. Oh, because you already pay for Prime. So that's baked in. I could see getting rid of Hulu. Honestly, you get Hulu, Disney, all those, and then just get Britbox. Because those are my jam. All the British stuff ends up on prime. Yeah. Yeah. Speaking of Netflix, Seinfeld, it's a good staple if you just looking for something to watch. Seinfeld is going to stay on Netflix for another, is it a five-year deal? At least five years. So, Gen Z, if you have not seen Seinfeld and you're wondering what all your GenX co-workers are talking about, at least stream it, and then all those conversations will make sense. It's difficult with the laugh track. To go, it's still an amazing show, but it's so weird watching those 80s sitcoms with the rap tracks. Oh, yeah, the reruns now, yeah. You what I want, and Jerry, if you're listening, I know he's sometimes listening, he's got family in the metro area. Bring back comedians and cars getting coffee. It's been on like a nine-year hiatus. Bro, do it. Let's go. All right, news weather, traffic. When we come back, going live to the nation's capital, White House correspondent, excuse me, Washington correspondent, Scott McFarland, to join us live. We'll hit all the big stories with him next on 955. WSP.
1037 on this fast-moving Thursday edition, the Mark Aram Show 30 minutes from right now. Going to get the latest on the war with Iran. Deborah's got tickets to give away as well to see Blackberry Smoke. Joining us now live on the Mark Aram Show, Washington correspondent Scott McFarlane. Scott, good morning, my friend. How have you been? Hey, Mark, good to be here. I mean, literally there's like 48 things I want to talk to you about today. Times limited, though. I want to start with the Cloak and Dagger Air Force Switcheroo leaving the NATO summit. Obviously, that has taken up a lot of the oxygen in the room the last couple of days. And the president has not had a public event in the last 36 hours. So... If there was an opportunity for him to explain more of this or to take more questions about this, he has not taken that opportunity. I think the administration doesn't love that this got out. This is somewhat. emasculating for the president to hear that he's gone onto a food cart to get transferred off of Air Force One onto a different aircraft. But there's also questions about trust here. I could argue it round or flat mark, whether it's a good thing that this type of stuff is kept secret. But the administration has a trust problem and they could be exacerbating it by having this type of lie shared with the public at first. And that lie, you and I didn't buy it as soon as it was said that, oh, the Qatar Air Force One is going to go to Great Britain so our troops can see how cool apply. I mean, that just didn't seem to hold water. But historically, Scott, when, and this isn't the first time this has occurred, right, when the president has to travel in secret or things are changed. But as soon as the president is out of harm's way, the White House announces what just happened. And we didn't get that in this instance. And as a backup to that. In a real emergent situation, they can bring a member of the White House press pool into the fold, brief them, ask them to keep that information embargoed or confidential, but at least have people aware in case the worst happens, in case there's an emergency situation. In 2000, when President Clinton did a similar tactic. to get in or out of Pakistan. They brought a member of the White House press pool, the head of the White House Correspondents Association, into the fold, explained to her what's going to happen and said, you can have this information. Please don't disseminate this information, but it's better to have people informed in case of a variable. Here, nobody was brought in the fold. What really stands out, too, aside, you know, the whole cloak and dagger-esque notion of it was, It was that President Trump and Secretary Hegesith went on the regular plane, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other cabinet members and the press were still on that at-risk decoy plane. Some of the president's personal aides.
Natalie Harp, who's the one who follows him around with a human printer, somebody who prints out all his clips for him. She was on the emergency plane. Dan Scavino, a deputy chief of staff, he was on the emergency plane, but the Treasury Secretary and the Secretary of State were on the decoy plane. There are questions we'd like to ask about that. The president has not offered himself up for many of those. The only time we had a chance to talk to him, Mark, was when he was ironically standing next to that jet engine and had a difficult time hearing the questions. Have you had a chance to talk to any of your reporting colleagues that were on the decoy plane and how they felt about it? It's a difficult thing because they don't expect sympathy. I mean, nobody's going to be sympathetic to the media being in harm's way. It's part of what we sign up for, especially those on the White House detail or those who travel overseas. I think the bigger concern is the staff and the... the Trump officials who are on the decoy plane, that's just not a good look. And sometimes looks matter. Sometimes perceptions matter. I think this does manifest itself, Mark, into a political problem for Trump. We'll probably never find out the answer to this question. But I want to know if the Secret Service went to President Trump and said, all right, you can pick four people to fly with you. You get to choose. If we could read anything to who his choices were to fly on the safer plane as opposed to the original Air Force One plane. Mark, he will be asked that. The next chance there's an opportunity, the press is going to ask just that question. Yeah. All right, good. So I'm previewing what we're going to hear from the president. Scott McFarlane joining us live on the Mark Air Show. Big story today. Karoline Leavitt announced she is going to leave the high-profile press secretary role. She gave birth, came back after materially for a month, took the roll over and just said, you know what, this isn't for me. Is that how I'm reading this story? A CNN report, which I have not confirmed, but I want to add because CNN has a uniquely representative. way at the White House is that Trump was calling Levitt during her brief maternity leave asking when she's going to come back. I'm not sure how that lands with people, but I could tell you it didn't land well with people in my immediate circle here at home. So. It's quite a burden this job. It's probably one of the most challenging, uniquely hard positions in all of government. And to do that with a newborn is a special kind of challenge, I suppose. But here's the thing, and there's no way getting around this, Mark. I'm not sure what this job is anymore. I mean, she has... taken down the number of White House press briefings from a daily or multiple time a week regimen to occasional haphazard, maybe once a week, maybe once every couple of weeks. They don't do it anymore. And much of what she's doing is instead of disseminating information about federal agencies is joining Trump on the trash talking circuit where she is trying to land blows or. catch a viral tweet with her statements. So maybe the next person changes the configuration of the position. But Trump also likes to be his own spokesperson. For better and for worse, dude takes a lot of questions, like a lot of questions. And I don't think he likes to have somebody speaking for him. And it was really evident, Mark, when he's the one who announced the press secretary's departing, which is the ultimate irony.
And what's interesting about Karoline Leavitt's term as press secretary is what obviously the changes to the non-daily updates, but also reporting that she has been in the Oval Office, and she is one that gives President Trump advice and will answer his question and has a more intimate role than perhaps former press secretaries might have had. And the president has indicated. that she's going to stay on in some type of advisory capacity. So she'll still do that. Who wants this job? I don't know. Who's qualified for this job? I don't know. All I can tell you is that the job has changed. The White House Press Secretary role has evolved from steward of information who is a surrogate for both the media and the administration to somebody who is strictly advocating for the president and in some cases fiercely criticizing the media. Maybe it changes back or maybe that's the new normal in this job. Can we trace the beginning of the evolution of that role back to like an Ari Fleischer, perhaps? I think it may go that far back. I think it may, but obviously Trump put a stamp on this and made it his own. I mean, you'll recall. cartoonishly, January 20th, 2017, when Sean Spicer went into the press briefing room and claimed that the inauguration crowd was the biggest on record ever period, even though photographic evidence clearly showed otherwise. He kind of morphed things there. And there was a moment also in the first term where Sean Spicer ordered the cameras turned off in the briefings. It would be a verbal briefing only. Things weren't going so well, so he tried to turn him sideways. He, I think, accelerated the changes, but I think it's fair to say that in the 21st century, the Bush and Obama administrations saw a shift towards a more political advocacy from the podium versus a sharing of the information of the day roll at the podium. Scott got your daily newsletter this morning. Updating on the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Center, I should say, what are we expecting to hear today about that? Oh, hot mess. Glad you're talking about it. The tarp, by the way, is still up on the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Center. This massive tarp that obscures the removal of Trump's name. That thing is still up there. Today, the board of directors, the board of trustees at the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Center meets to decide whether they're really going to close that place down for two years for a reconstruction led by Trump. The board is... absolutely stuffed with Trump sympathizers and aides and allies. They're probably going to do whatever he wants him to do. But a judge here in Washington wants to see those plans before he decides whether to allow a closure under federal law. The judge also has ordered, Mark, in the coming days, some type of argument from the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Center as to why the tarp is still up covering the removal of Trump's name. So we wait and see what the judge said. Finally, the ABC News reporting on some struggles for Navy personnel aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Sitting here in Atlanta, this sounds like a really bad, big story. Is it echoing in D.C. as well? Sure is. A member of the House Armed Services Committee, a military veteran himself, Chris Deluzio, Congressman from Western Pennsylvania, has launched an investigation. He wants Pentagon officials to answer for what's going on.
on the USS Abraham Lincoln. It's been to see an awfully long time. There are sporadic reports about enormous morale and fatigue issues on the ship, potentially people who've been talked down from thinking of jumping overboard. And those reports have not been confirmed by the Pentagon. but we're mindful of them and we're watching them, and we're going to keep asking about them. But this is a problem. A trip that's been sustained for this long on that ship is a problem, and Congress is getting involved. Indeed. Scott, great stuff. Folks want to subscribe to your newsletter. Follow you on socials. Where can we find you? Twice a day, every day. Seven days a week on YouTube, it's Scott McFarlane reports. And on Substack, my daily newsletter, jam-packed full of things from Atlanta and Georgia each day. Yeah, part of my daily show prep every day. I really appreciate it, Scott. Thanks, Mark. 1047 on the Mark Aram show. When we come back, we're going to talk about those big Atlanta stories. Happy 64th birthday, John Slattery. Probably best known from this show, Mad Men, one of the greatest shows of all time. Also in the Rainmaker, Spotlight, Ant Man. He's sex in the city. That's what I know. He's been on the show before. We've been in. We've had him on, yes. 64.
There's a certain type of man, and I don't think I'm going to be that type of man. That gets better looking as they age. I know what you're talking about. Yes, they age well. He age. I am not that man. I am not the John Slater is 64. He's a good-looking dude. I mean, unless something rapidly changes, I'm not going to be the, oh, distinguished old gentleman. I'm going to be the... The frumpy old the gentleman. Welcome back to the Mark Aram Show. This is a crazy story. Former 911. operator director center has been arrested, Deborah. And I think I know what they've been accused of doing. Yeah. So this is a former 911 director over in Dallas. And they were arrested for allegedly misusing the flock safety cameras. And so we've had a couple of these stories more and more pop up. And we're finding out, now the number one thing, this person specifically used the system 1,200 times for non-law enforcement research. And they were doing it two tracks and X. I think the X is being interviewed on CNN right now. Can we pull up CNN, Justin? This is in Jefferson, Georgia. The alleged stalking victim responding to flocks new safety features being interviewed live right here on CNN. You know. You know, it's hard to disagree with that. You know, that's just like saying, you know, gun bankers are responsible for people killing people, you know, using the gun to shoot someone. I'm not necessarily opposed to having plot cameras. I do think there needs to be much more safeguards. You know, the fact that my daughter was 16 and she was being actively stalked by him and my ex-boyfriend as well. You know. Not alone was I being stalked, which, you know, okay, I'm an adult, but when I find out my minor, you know, daughter is also being stalked by the same person. That's Marcy Bakley being interviewed right now. So that might be another one because this was a woman that was arrested in this story and she's talking about an ex-o. But this is happening more and more with officers and everything. So that's kind of what people are misusing the flock cameras, yep. And I think we have a higher, if I heard the story correctly on Atlanta's morning news, we have a higher density number of flock cameras. Around the city. Because around the entire metro area because flock is located here. Like the company is here. But it seems like every day. So that's not even the one you were talking about. No, but there's a ton of these stories now and that's what it turns out to be. Yeah. So how do you, I mean, what, oh, I guess you, for the stalking purposes. You can find out where your ex is driving by chasing her license plate. Yeah. Don't do that. That's just not good. That's just not good. Stalking in general, not good. But certainly if you're a trusted member of law enforcement, don't abuse your power like that. Abuse your power, yes, in certain ways. But not that. Not for stalking.
To be 2% corrupt like I am. That's the maximum of corruption that's acceptable in modern society. Sabrina has your news weather and traffic in three minutes. When we come back, Deborah's got tickets to see Blackberry Smoke. And we're going to check in with Corey Smith from News Nation. Get the very latest on the Iran War. Social media is active at Mark Airman at WSB Radio. And you can now watch the show live on video at WSBRadio.com or on YouTube.