April 22, 2025 • 33 mins
Did we have another Signal Chat leak or legacy media nonsense?? We asked Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano that, plus, ask how did Iran nuke talks went?
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This is your morning show with Michael O'Dell charn Ah.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
The good old days before the Internet, when we all
had shared experiences, you know, like we all had a
crush on Valerie Burton Elly. How the times have changed? Well,
Valerie is now a new game show host of Bingle
Blitz on the Game Show Network. She joins us next
half hour. The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis died
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of a stroke, a cerebral hemorrhage. I think that's visible
in looking at him lying in state. Funeral will be
Saturday at Saint Peter's Basilica. The President Donald Trump has
announced he will be in attendance at the funeral conclave
to begin in two weeks. In all eyes on the
opening bell. After a disastrous day on Wall Street yesterday,
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did we have another signal chat leak? Or as we
were talking with our White House correspondent John Decker, does
this New York Times report from a disgruntled employee? Is
it another signal chat at the same time of the
first signal chat? In other words, is this strike one?
Or is this strike two? Or is this all legacy
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media nonsense? And how did those nuke talks go? In Iran?
James Carafano, as our lieutenant colonel, joins us boringly from America.
I believe good morning, Lieutenant Colonel.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
It's very sad I'm actually here, but I did just
finish a three country right. I was in Greece, Armenia
and Georgia, really fascinating part of the world.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
So drove to Georgia or drove from Georgia? Was it?
Or to Georgia?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So I d no, no, I drove.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
We actually drove from Georgia to Armenia, which is really
interesting because really up until not very long ago when
you got to the Georgia Armenia checkpoint, it was manned
by Russian soldiers and now the Armenians have kicked them
out and that they've taken over the checkpoints. So we
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could talk for hours about what's going on that part
of the world, how fascinating it is.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
But yeah, let's start with this signal leak. Is this
a second leak or second verse from the same leak?
Speaker 1 (02:41):
And does it really matter?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Yeah, well, I don't think it really matters. I think
what we have here is a very predictable media narrative,
which we saw in the first administration, which is if
you ever watched if you watched America, this show with
Tom Hanks is really amazing. But you know, it's like
the predators chasing the herd, and then they peel off
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and they pick the weakest one and they eat that
and then they go after the next. And that's the
way this works.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
There. The media is.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Trying to take down anybody in the Trump administration for
any reason, and then it's like blood in the water.
Once you've taken one down, then you move on to
the next. And so if you are an administration, you
you really have to defend against this and cut it off.
Otherwise you get kneecapped h and you either lose your
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senior officials and then you're dependent on career people because
you can't get people appointed or whatever. Other people who
become risk averse people don't want to go into government.
So this is more than about pete hexad. This is
really about the administration defending its team.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Otherwise it's going to getknee capped by the media.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
So you know, this stunt stunk to high heaven with
the New York Times editor from the beginning. How did
he end up in this thread? Was he fat thumbed in?
And even if he got in, why did he stay in?
You and I wouldn't have but I think for a
lot of people that were just shocked that such technology
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was being used. These are the kind of things that
we picture situation rooms and secured lines for. But the
bottom line is, whatever lesson it's been learned, this is
nothing really new. This is just for some reason, the
left thinks that the pete Hegseth is low hanging fruit
or the weakest of the herd.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Right, I think that's correct, And honestly, we don't actually
know what happened, because all we really have on this
is a bunch of media reporting which we have no
idea how accurate it is. And we've seen this again
and again and again where they get a source which
is anonymous, and if they're exceptionally good media, they get
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two anonymous sources and then they report it right, and
we have no idea what actually happened. And remember to
add some context to this.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
This is after.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Hillary Clinton running a server offline in a bathroom.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
In a condo in Colorado.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
We've had so many unbelievably mind boggling abuses of this
by the left which were suppressed and ignored by the media.
But yet the width of anything that they can use
to go after Pete Hexad is the next water Day. Right.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
But Katie Kirk Live on Facebook was talking to Elizabeth Warren,
and Elizabeth Warren's asking the compelling question, what does this
guy have to do to get fired? This is what
we've evolved to.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
The paragon of the paragon of trustworthy character, Right, Elizabeth Warren,
the person became a multi zillionaire in the US of government,
and is is you know, one of the chief shows
for for the left on the most ridiculous, wacky ideas.
So look, I think Pete's fine. I think the President
is pleased with his actions so far. And and look,
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I don't know what's going on inside the Pentagon, but
as an outward observer.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Of the things coming out of the Pentagon, what is
there not to be pleased with?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Recruiting is going up, They're they're they're cutting out waste,
fraud and abuse, they are improving physical standards, Morale is up,
They're they're running a very aggressive and successful campaign. And
at the hooties in in the Middle East. Uh, And
(06:46):
so what exactly are we what's the problem here?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I don't think this is where our eye would be
on the ball. Anyway, Let's put our eyes on the
right right places. Let's start with these talks with the
Ron Lietenant, Colonel James Carafanal from the Heritage Foundation joining us. Obviously,
the most predictable threat to the world is Iran, and
the notion of Iran having a nuclear enriched geranium and
a missile system to deliver it is unthinkable and massively destabilizing.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
We didn't expect much to come from these talks, and
did they Well, we don't know.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Yet I still have very low expectations, and because I
don't see a process in the end where Iran willingly
gives up a nuclear capability, and I don't see the
US administration making a deal that in the endcompromises on
US interests, which is not to have a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
And the Ondien says, look, the United States need to
deal with Iran.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
So you understand, this is this is all very trump
in a very predictable Trump always off offers the other
guy in off ramp, right, you.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Want to sue Donald Trump? He says, look, I'll tell
you what.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Don't sue me. You can do my taxes for the
next twenty years.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
How about that?
Speaker 4 (08:03):
And and you know, and I'll pay you half of
what I owe you, because.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
That's not like a good deal. So this is this
is so Trumpian.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
He always does it everybody except terrorists. Terrorist he just kills,
but everybody else he offers an offer him too. But
he's often the Uranians before. So it's very predictable that
he would do this because he always wants the path
of people not dying.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Having said that the United.
Speaker 4 (08:27):
States doesn't desperately need a deal with a run their
surrogates have been decimated, their economy is weak, they.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Have a lot of internal opposition. The Iatola is going
to die.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Most countries in the region would would rather see them
weakin and put on their back foot. So good for
Donald Trump for offering this, But I have very low
expectations and I don't think it's something the United States
really needs. So I have very low expectations we're going
to get much of anything.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Out of it.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
And one thing you did say, it didn't quite go
all the way and saying is and Donald Trump never
makes dumb deals, so he's not going to make a
bad deal, and they're probably not going to budge, So
expectations are low. What about Russia and Ukraine. You know,
we've talked about this a lot. Obviously the President is
not a fan of Zelenski. It's not going to stop
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him from pursuing this deal. He doesn't trust Putin and
quite frankly, by having a mineral deal with Zelensky that
would put American interests and American feet on the ground
to protect Ukraine. But there does seem to be a
general disgust that both sides aren't showing any signs of
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wanting peace. And if you don't want peace, then there's
no reason for me to be a middleman. That is
kind of brewing, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Well, I don't buy that that this is both sides.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
I think the Ukrainians have been very clear that they're
willing to accept a strategic pause in place. I think
they've been super clear on that. The Russians have been
very clear in that they're Russian. And the Russians do
what they always do, which is they ask for the
moon and they hope that people stupidly give it to them.
And they continue to do that until they realize that
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they're not going to get anything, and then if they
really want to do a deal, they cut a deal.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
And I think that's where we are.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
I know I've said this before, but I go I still,
you know, go back to my three scenarios. One is
Putin just wakes up one morning and goes, oh, okay,
they're not budgeting anymore.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
This is the best I can get out of everything.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Fine, I think a deal that doesn't happen, Putin says,
you know, I think I'll fight for another year. One
is the United States just absolutely totally walks away from Ukraine.
I don't think that's going to happen, and because if
that becomes a disaster, then it becomes Trump's Afghanistan. And
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the other hand is you don't have to walk away
from Ukraine because the Europeans are consistently standing up and
doing more for Ukraine. So the burden on the United States.
You know, people say it's like the United States is
doing less.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Well, no, not, We're not doing less.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
We don't have to do more because the Europeans are
actually doing more, which, by the way, the Europeans should
be carrying the load on this, So that's already happening.
So I think the third most likely if Putin doesn't
do a deal, I think I think we will kind
of motor along with the status quo. The United States
will not abandon Ukraine, the Europeans will carry most of
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the burden, and the Russians will.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Bog down an endless warfare. Who knows where that's going
to leave them.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Well, I think if Putin should choose to go one
more year, it's a tough year for him because, as
you mentioned, Europe is unified, there's more resources, the US
is unified. With interest on the ground, it's only going
to get worse so are the sanctions, and so are
the battle outcomes.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
So you know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
There might be something in between where he plays the
bloff for a month or two.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
But I just don't see how putin.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I don't I don't even know how he can even
envision a victory, let alone a pleasant year if he
decides to go another year and oil is.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
Way down, Iran is marginalized, China's under a lot of pressure.
You know, he's got North Korea, I guess you know,
but but you know that North Korea is not a
free lunch. You know, he has to pay the North
Koreans for all this stuff. Where's that money coming from?
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:19):
And I don't see do you even see the the
dangerous ramp towards an escalation or world war that seems
to have dampened.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
I mean, he's very isolated right now.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
I I mean, to me, that's the most ludicrous of things, is, Oh,
you know.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
If we if we don't walk away.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
From Europe, we're going to escalate in World War three.
I mean, I think the opposite is much more likely.
If you if the United States completely disengaged, you know,
I have started somebody talking about this. We got suckered
into World War One, we got suckered into World War.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Two, and that's absolutely not true.
Speaker 5 (12:52):
We actually stayed out of World War One.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
We stayed out of the world.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
Were drawn because because because then they were coming after
us in both cases, So that is not the lesson
is walk away because you're being a sucker. The lesson
is is you want the Europeans to stop this crap
so then you don't have to walk in.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Well, it's good to have you back in the good
old USSA. Thank you so much, Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano.
You can read his great work and his collies great
work at Heritage dot org.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
It's your morning show with Michael del Jorno.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
Good morning, So today you have del Jorno, Carafano, Bertinelli,
all the news out of the Vatican, and even Big
John and his espresso.
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And I feel like I suddenly need to go buy
some cannoli. Have a great day. Was that very Oh Mary,
we love you. It did get It did get suddenly.
Italian in here. David.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
By the way, I would like to acknowledge Roy in Youngstown, Ohio.
I will not be sharing the meme he sent me.
I will say it does top Corey the Art Voice.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Well, I don't know. We have a new winner today.
It's a picture of Christy Nome. I still can't get
over house.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
You had three thousand dollars kish in her boga book
at the restaurant. What's Christy home doing walking around with
a wad of three grand in her pocket? But anyway,
it's a meme of Christy Noman. It says I killed dogs.
And then it's a picture of JD. Van's hold my beer?
How dare you?
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Roy?
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Make us that horrible? Make us laugh like that? Yes,
our listeners are smart, Alex just like me, and I
love it.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
If you're just waking up.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
President Trump will attend the funeral of Pope Francis.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
President made the announcement on truth Social Monday. The College
of Cardinals will meet Tuesday to discuss funeral plans. Trump
said he and the First Lady are looking forward to
being there. The Vatican said on Monday, the eighty eight
year old Pontiff died from a stroke.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
I'm Brian shook by the way. I think a brain
hemorrhage is probably high on that list. In fact that
there's pictures now of the popena his casket and you
can see the damna agendam one side of his head.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
I think we can know what that what probably happened
in his final moments.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Meanwhile, Google continues to defend itself in court. After a
federal court ruled the tech giants a monopoly.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
The Department of Justice is proposing a package of remedies
to end the Tech giants illegal monopoly and restore competition.
The hearings started on Monday. It will determine if the
company can remain in its current form or will have
to face penalties like selling off its Chrome web browser.
Google argues it's being punished for innovation. The hearings expected
to last about three weeks. I'm dammage for heos.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
I am.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I can't believe LaVar Burton was Quintakine right from roots,
that's right, I mean, just an extraordinary talent LeVar Burton.
And here's how the news story reads. An actor who
probably best known as host of Public Television's Reading Rainbow,
who wrote this. But LaVar Burton, by the way, is
going to become an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. As
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he speaks at the graduation class for an upcoming commencement,
he's a podcaster, fifteen Emmy Awards, a Peabody, Grammys, multiple
NAACP Awards, Howard University's one hundred and fifty seven commencement
commencement ceremonies scheduled for May the tenth.
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I got the hiccups, distance I know, I feel like it.
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Speaker 1 (17:23):
You're just waking up.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
The Vatican Sis, Pope Francis died of a stroke and
brain hemorrhage. A funeral will be Saturday at Saint Peter's Basilica.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, will be
attending conclave in two weeks. And did I mention that
Valerie Burtonell he was on today's show maybe once, maybe
six sevens Well she is. What a thrill to meet you.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Valerie.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Nice to meet you too.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Listen, I caught your new game show and you were terrific.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Well, thank you. I'm having a ball. I love it.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
You know. I was thinking to myself before we started,
life was pretty simple growing up. The girls were all
in love with and I have to remember, but I
think it was like David Cassidy, some the older girls,
Leif Garrett, Scott Bayo was actually guys. We were simple.
We were in love with Christy McNicol or Valerie Burton, Ellie.
Speaker 5 (18:13):
Yeah, Christy, I love it.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Or Farah Fawcett, Right, it was that simple, was and
I was thinking to myself, I'm fifteen years old. I'm
trying to figure out how to play nose tackle at
ninety eight pounds and get Jean Duezan to go study
with me.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
And you're in a Norman Lear.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Sitcom with I mean, people forget Pat Harrington Junior was
in the Danny Thomas Show.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
I mean he was a pretty big deal.
Speaker 5 (18:35):
Oh he was brilliant.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Yeah, And Bonnie Franklin and Mackenzie Phillips. I mean that
had to be crazy to be fifteen years old and
every guy in the world was in love with you.
Speaker 5 (18:43):
Well, I didn't know that. There wasn't social media back then.
Speaker 8 (18:45):
I just, you know, I was just trying to, you know,
do the best job I could. And I was so green,
and I so didn't know what I was doing, and
I had so much help and so much support. It
was I was very, very blessed, and I am so
grateful that that's my introduction to the business because it
can be pretty rough, but I had soft places to
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fall everywhere.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
So how did you go from I mean I presume Italian,
right like me?
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Yes, I'm Italian and Irish and English.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Yeah, so how did that happen? How do you end
up in a Norman Lear sitcom? At fifteen?
Speaker 8 (19:19):
I looked a lot like his daughter, Maggie, and I
think that sparked something in Norman.
Speaker 5 (19:25):
Something in me reminded him of his daughter.
Speaker 8 (19:28):
And I was lucky enough to get the job, because
god knows, I wasn't a pretty good actress.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
I actually thought you was.
Speaker 5 (19:35):
He sent into acting school the first season.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Well, it been paid off. You did great, So then
we you know, we start with that. I didn't realize
that show was on so long? Were you there all
the way to eighty four?
Speaker 5 (19:48):
I was nine years Yeah, nineteen seventy five to nineteen
eighty four.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Man, it's a long time.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
And then you know, after that, Emmy Award winning host,
best selling author the memoirs, the Cookbooks, spokesperson and now
game show host.
Speaker 5 (20:01):
I keep myself busy.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Well, there was some other stuff in between two Yes, yes.
Speaker 5 (20:07):
I got married. I had a kid.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Yeah, there's that too. I did a you know, some
mini series. But I just I love to work. I
love to stretch my brain. I love to learn new things,
and I love to be around people. Most of the time,
I'm this very strange mix of introvert and extrovert where
I love being around people, I love giving them energy,
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love feeling their energy, and then I need to like
not see a soul for like a day's vel my animals.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Valer Burtelly joining us because Bingo Blitz is there a
new game show? It airs seven thirty week nights on
the Game Show Network. I have a mom who is
in a nursing home and we visit constantly and it
never moves from the Game Show Network.
Speaker 8 (20:52):
So I wanted to know because my yeah, my parents
were in a facility.
Speaker 5 (20:57):
You know, there was different things on the television, you know.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Yeah, Well, and then I think you're on right before
the Wall. I believe, if I have the timing writer,
maybe there's one between you and the wall, and the
wall is a huge ship. But I have to tell you,
I'm not saying this because I'm talking to you. I
don't know what I mean. I was very good friends
with Wink Martindale, who we just lost.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
I loved him.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I loved him.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
He was an amazing, amazing human being just at a
perfect post.
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Yes, he was really terrific. Such a beautiful smile.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Oh he was just the great. He gave me one
of his sport codes.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
I wanted a gaudy one to hang up next to
all my football jerseys, but he brought me one so nice.
I wear it and if you flip the lapel there's
a note from a minute.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
But I mean nice to talk to him all about that.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
Because game shows are different, right, I mean, let's I
want to get to the premise of the show and
how many you film in a single day, but I
want to start and I mean this wholeheartedly.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
You're unnatural. You are very, very good so much.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
It's a it's a very different animal. And yes, it
took me a little bit to adjust to it.
Speaker 8 (21:57):
We did have some rehearsals here in Los Angeles so
that I could adjusted the game. Luckily, the game is
easy to play, and the trivia is really written so well,
giving out four answers and then you know, messing with
your head a little bit with the question because you're
not expecting where it's going to go. I love what
the writers did with that. But yeah, I mean, Bingo's easy, right,
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I mean, it's not a very difficult game to play.
It's it's a game of chance. There's very little skill,
But the skill involved is answering the trivia and getting
the because you don't get the balls without the trivia.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
You got to have a lot of balls to get.
Speaker 8 (22:32):
And the more balls you get, the more you better
chance you have of getting bingos.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
That there's the golden ball. You didn't think I knew
about the golden ball, didn't.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Yeah, you can put that anywhere.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I can put that anywhere.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Yeah, you know, I thought I thought the interesting too.
I mean, you see all these shows all the time
visiting Vali. Burtnelli is the new host of Bingo Blitz
week Night seven thirty. I think it debuted almost a
week ago tonight or something like that. But yeah, it's
the way you get the one of four. I guess
it's kind of mixing trivia and multiple choice. You wouldn't
think there's any trigger questions left with all these shows.
Speaker 5 (23:05):
That's true.
Speaker 8 (23:05):
But the way that we put the little spin on
it is really fun.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
It makes your brain. They're like brain teasers. They're great.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
And then when it's all said and done, you got
sixty seconds to take a shot at ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 8 (23:17):
That final round always made me so nervous because I
wanted to get everything right so that the contestant had everything,
as you know, put in perfectly so that they could
be at their best. If I was so nervous, I
knew that I had to do the best job I
could because those sixty seconds ago by really quickly. When
you're asking and you're saying a lot of words and
you're asking a lot of questions, it's really scary.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Well do you remember what was the game show with
the Beast and Brooke Burns was the host of it
at the time, and it was but it was similar
to that in that there's a lot writing on you
not taking a long time asking the questions or no,
because every fluff you make is taking away time from them.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
So yeah, that's a right.
Speaker 8 (23:58):
So I pick the villain in this, and god knows,
I hate being a village.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
So were you a big game show fan or does
this come kind of out of the blue for you.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
I do love game shows.
Speaker 8 (24:08):
I did a lot of them when I you know,
when I was younger, I did you know pyramid squares?
I did what ten thousand dollars pyramid? I did family Feud,
match game a bunch of them in the seventies and
maybe the early eighties and then I didn't do so
many anymore. But yeah, I love playing games at home.
(24:29):
I have every board game I think there possibly is
I have. You know, we played card games all the time.
I just I love games. And to be a host
of a really fun game show that people, I know
you're going to want to play this at home, like
you're gonna want to scream out the answers, I'm so
thrilled to be a part of it.
Speaker 5 (24:47):
I loved every second of it.
Speaker 8 (24:49):
It was definitely out of my wheelhouse, but I got
adjusted to it very quickly, and I really had fun
with it.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
I'm a little embarrassed. Did you notice how quickly I
knew you run the ten thousand dollars pyramid? I guess
I did stalk you a little bit.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
As a team.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
No, that was that's from skipping school and actually watching you. Michael,
I did well, yeah, a lot, a lot, And I ditto.
And what was the one with no whammies, no whammy's
pressure luck like that?
Speaker 5 (25:15):
That was hysterical.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
That was one of my favorites.
Speaker 9 (25:18):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Valerie Bertinelli from One Day at a Time for nine
years and a teen heart throb to best selling author
spokesperson now game show host Bingo Blitz Game Show Network
seven thirty. I highly encourage everyone to give it a try.
You're an absolute natural.
Speaker 4 (25:33):
Now.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
I know you've been doing stuff with.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Oh. Now I'm going to blank on her from was.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
It et Drew barrymore?
Speaker 5 (25:44):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Drew.
Speaker 5 (25:45):
Yes, I'm I'm part of the Drew crew on her show.
So I show up.
Speaker 8 (25:50):
I think I did about fifty some odd episodes last season.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
I'll be back to do more next season. I adore her.
Speaker 8 (25:57):
She's like us sister from another mister. I just absolutely
love her. She's what you see is what you get.
She's very much like Betty where that. That's how authentic
she is. She's just everything you could you see and
you could want from a human being.
Speaker 5 (26:13):
She is it.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
I got to tell you, if they're going to keep
giving a bunch of people shows, they ought to give
you a shot at I think you'd be a natural
having your own show.
Speaker 5 (26:22):
I do not want my own talk show. I'm telling you.
I watch how hard Drew works. I watched how hard
Rachel watch how Hard I'm I'm going to be sixty
five in a couple of days. I don't want to
work that hard.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
I want to have fun.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Well have fun.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Yeah, we're both getting up there, all right. So let
me ask you this, how many do you film in
a day?
Speaker 8 (26:40):
We filmed six episodes in a day, and that's a
lot of talking. And I was done talking by the
end of the day. I didn't want to talk. I
didn't want to.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
Say, I didn't want to see anybody.
Speaker 8 (26:48):
I would go back to my hotel room and just
like make myself dinner and then just like, I think
we we're shooting during football season, so I would just
turn on a game and I you know, there was
like Monday night games, Thursday games, Sunday. I was just
like I just wanted to watch football or nothing and
just like not talk.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
Now.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Do you think there's any way you can rig it
where the Dell Gurnros can be get beyond h on
the Blitz?
Speaker 8 (27:11):
I would love that, but I you know, that's not
up to me. Game Show Network is very very out,
very particular rules.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
See we've tried to get on other game shows. You
got to do all these films to show that you'll
be theatrical and you know put on.
Speaker 5 (27:24):
They do want you to have energy.
Speaker 8 (27:26):
I mean we are we are filming television, so obviously
that's part of it. And if you have sense of humor,
that's a plus always. But I don't see why you couldn't.
I mean, Game Show Network is here, we are famous.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
We go to Mexican Night and do trivia, and we
are the Harry Potheads and we are you love this.
We are always in first place going into the final question,
and we have never come in the top three. That's
how much, so I probably how do you do that?
I don't we choke every time, and we don't. Some
(28:00):
people cheat. I can see him googling. We don't cheat.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
But what alleat?
Speaker 8 (28:04):
I mean, how do you have tell well, you don't
have time to shoot when you're playing bingo blitz, that's
for sure.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
No, because it's on the spot.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
But I would be like that Ralph Cramton episode Robers,
just like Hamadahamana. I would choke on the final question.
It's probably the best. I don't let me tell you something.
You were in love with her, I know, and you
have a lot of reason to still be in love
with her at sixty five. It's called bingo blitz. You're
gonna love it. On the Game Show Network week nights
at seven thirty. A lot of us had crushes on
you as kid, a lot of us have prayed for
(28:30):
you throughout life. All of us are very proud of
you and who you become. I wish you nothing but
success with this show.
Speaker 5 (28:36):
Belly, well, that's very sweet.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
This is your morning show with Michael del Chrono that consists.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Pope Francis died of a stroke and a brain hemorrhage.
Funeral will be this Saturday at Saint Peter's Basilica. The
conclave will begin in roughly two weeks. It's been announced
that President Trump will attend the funeral, and then, of course,
all eyes on the opening bell of the market, which
is coming up in about forty minus. That's because we
seem to be back on that old roller coaster again.
Roy O'Neil is here after big losses yesterday, What does today.
Speaker 9 (29:07):
Hold, Rory, Well, things are in the green right now,
but of course how they look at the closing bell
is what we're more concerned about. But in pre market
trading we are seeing some strong gains across the Dow,
the SMP, and the NASDAC. But this is also a
big week to watch as the big tech titans will
all be releasing their earnings starting today, with Tesla, a
(29:29):
company now much more closely watched for political implications, not
just financial ones. We'll get Alphabet's earnings on Thursday, that's
the parent company of Google, and next week we've got Meta, Microsoft, Amazon,
and Apple all in the mix.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Because of how the tariffs might impact the tech sector.
Now some of that is futuristic, whereas these will be
earning reports which are passion you know, looking at the doo,
just the dow to pick one. All the fall of
the tariff, I think at a high we were, you know,
sitting somewhere around forty thousand, six hundred, and then of
(30:05):
course it fell to thirty seven eight forty nine. Then
we had some recovery, and now we sit at thirty
eight one seventy.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
So it's, you know, like you said, it's a roller coaster.
Speaker 9 (30:18):
We can go back to Liberation Day April second, right,
and if you take it from that point, not inauguration,
but the Liberation day, that's where we've seen all three
indices down between nine and ten percent just in the
past three weeks.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Yeah, there was a it was a high of forty
two six prior to that, and then you're right.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Independence Day was what I think.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
Forty two two fourteen yep or Liberation Day, and then
it dived all the way to thirty. Boy that it's
hard to get it to stop there at the low
thirty seven to twenty eight, and so we're at thirty
eight one seventy so.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
But gold is up.
Speaker 9 (30:55):
So gold is a record high, is now topping thirty
four to thirty five hundred.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
I think earlier today, for a time.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
Pope you know, I was looking at the picture of
him in his casket, and if you look at his
what would be his left tempor area, well you can
physically see what appears to have been a brain hemorrhage.
This conclave is going to be very interesting because the
church is trying to take a look at will it go,
you know, back towards center, or will continue on Pope
(31:27):
Francis's progressive trajectory. And when you crunch the numbers of
the one hundred and thirty five cardinals that will be
able to vote in this conclave, eighty percent of them
are there from Francis. Only twenty two remain from a
more conservative Pope Benedict, and five from John Paul I mean, well,
those that are voting, you know, there's the proclivity for that.
(31:49):
And then you know how often Rory do we see
this that those that people think are the front runners.
It never really plays out that way. It's kind of
like the ones in the middle that tend to fare better.
And that's where Turksen and Zoopie and you know come up.
It'll be very interesting to see, you know, how these
cardinals vote and the trajectory of the church. I think,
(32:12):
more so than usual, that's going to be a focus.
And is it a pendulum? Does it swing back and forth?
Speaker 9 (32:18):
And it was more conservative with Pope Benedict, then it
went more progressive with Pope Francis, And does it go
back or does it continue?
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I guess is the question.
Speaker 9 (32:27):
But you know, it was a college of cardinals largely
appointed by Pope Benedict that chose Francis, so you never
really can tell. It's sort of like a president and
Supreme Court justices. You assume that they're on the same
ideological page, and then John Roberts goes and does his
thing or even maybe go me Barrett, So you know,
you think they're going to go one way, but then
(32:48):
something else pops up.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
This is going to get very interesting fast.
Speaker 2 (32:51):
And then I noticed yesterday I went to watch Conclave
again and now you have to buy it or rent it.
Somebody got him to that we'll have a sound interest, naturally,
thinking of you. My first thought was don't buy it.
We didn't like the ending. And then I caved and
bought it. I had to experience it. You know, it's
timely rent I bought it. I'm addicted. I'll watch it
(33:16):
over and over again. That's how I get. It's a
comfortable movie for me. Now, Rory will be back again
tomorrow with more great reporting.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
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Speaker 2 (00:39):
The good old days before the Internet, when we all
had shared experiences, you know, like we all had a
crush on Valerie Burton Elly. How the times have changed? Well,
Valerie is now a new game show host of Bingle
Blitz on the Game Show Network. She joins us next
half hour. The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis died
(01:01):
of a stroke, a cerebral hemorrhage. I think that's visible
in looking at him lying in state. Funeral will be
Saturday at Saint Peter's Basilica. The President Donald Trump has
announced he will be in attendance at the funeral conclave
to begin in two weeks. In all eyes on the
opening bell. After a disastrous day on Wall Street yesterday,
(01:22):
did we have another signal chat leak? Or as we
were talking with our White House correspondent John Decker, does
this New York Times report from a disgruntled employee? Is
it another signal chat at the same time of the
first signal chat? In other words, is this strike one?
Or is this strike two? Or is this all legacy
(01:43):
media nonsense? And how did those nuke talks go? In Iran?
James Carafano, as our lieutenant colonel, joins us boringly from America.
I believe good morning, Lieutenant Colonel.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
It's very sad I'm actually here, but I did just
finish a three country right. I was in Greece, Armenia
and Georgia, really fascinating part of the world.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
So drove to Georgia or drove from Georgia? Was it?
Or to Georgia?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (02:08):
So I d no, no, I drove.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
We actually drove from Georgia to Armenia, which is really
interesting because really up until not very long ago when
you got to the Georgia Armenia checkpoint, it was manned
by Russian soldiers and now the Armenians have kicked them
out and that they've taken over the checkpoints. So we
(02:30):
could talk for hours about what's going on that part
of the world, how fascinating it is.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
But yeah, let's start with this signal leak. Is this
a second leak or second verse from the same leak?
Speaker 1 (02:41):
And does it really matter?
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Yeah, well, I don't think it really matters. I think
what we have here is a very predictable media narrative,
which we saw in the first administration, which is if
you ever watched if you watched America, this show with
Tom Hanks is really amazing. But you know, it's like
the predators chasing the herd, and then they peel off
(03:06):
and they pick the weakest one and they eat that
and then they go after the next. And that's the
way this works.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
There. The media is.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Trying to take down anybody in the Trump administration for
any reason, and then it's like blood in the water.
Once you've taken one down, then you move on to
the next. And so if you are an administration, you
you really have to defend against this and cut it off.
Otherwise you get kneecapped h and you either lose your
(03:40):
senior officials and then you're dependent on career people because
you can't get people appointed or whatever. Other people who
become risk averse people don't want to go into government.
So this is more than about pete hexad. This is
really about the administration defending its team.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Otherwise it's going to getknee capped by the media.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
So you know, this stunt stunk to high heaven with
the New York Times editor from the beginning. How did
he end up in this thread? Was he fat thumbed in?
And even if he got in, why did he stay in?
You and I wouldn't have but I think for a
lot of people that were just shocked that such technology
(04:21):
was being used. These are the kind of things that
we picture situation rooms and secured lines for. But the
bottom line is, whatever lesson it's been learned, this is
nothing really new. This is just for some reason, the
left thinks that the pete Hegseth is low hanging fruit
or the weakest of the herd.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Right, I think that's correct, And honestly, we don't actually
know what happened, because all we really have on this
is a bunch of media reporting which we have no
idea how accurate it is. And we've seen this again
and again and again where they get a source which
is anonymous, and if they're exceptionally good media, they get
(05:02):
two anonymous sources and then they report it right, and
we have no idea what actually happened. And remember to
add some context to this.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
This is after.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Hillary Clinton running a server offline in a bathroom.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
In a condo in Colorado.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
We've had so many unbelievably mind boggling abuses of this
by the left which were suppressed and ignored by the media.
But yet the width of anything that they can use
to go after Pete Hexad is the next water Day. Right.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
But Katie Kirk Live on Facebook was talking to Elizabeth Warren,
and Elizabeth Warren's asking the compelling question, what does this
guy have to do to get fired? This is what
we've evolved to.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
The paragon of the paragon of trustworthy character, Right, Elizabeth Warren,
the person became a multi zillionaire in the US of government,
and is is you know, one of the chief shows
for for the left on the most ridiculous, wacky ideas.
So look, I think Pete's fine. I think the President
is pleased with his actions so far. And and look,
(06:16):
I don't know what's going on inside the Pentagon, but
as an outward observer.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Of the things coming out of the Pentagon, what is
there not to be pleased with?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Recruiting is going up, They're they're they're cutting out waste,
fraud and abuse, they are improving physical standards, Morale is up,
They're they're running a very aggressive and successful campaign. And
at the hooties in in the Middle East. Uh, And
(06:46):
so what exactly are we what's the problem here?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I don't think this is where our eye would be
on the ball. Anyway, Let's put our eyes on the
right right places. Let's start with these talks with the
Ron Lietenant, Colonel James Carafanal from the Heritage Foundation joining us. Obviously,
the most predictable threat to the world is Iran, and
the notion of Iran having a nuclear enriched geranium and
a missile system to deliver it is unthinkable and massively destabilizing.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
We didn't expect much to come from these talks, and
did they Well, we don't know.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
Yet I still have very low expectations, and because I
don't see a process in the end where Iran willingly
gives up a nuclear capability, and I don't see the
US administration making a deal that in the endcompromises on
US interests, which is not to have a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
And the Ondien says, look, the United States need to
deal with Iran.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
So you understand, this is this is all very trump
in a very predictable Trump always off offers the other
guy in off ramp, right, you.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Want to sue Donald Trump? He says, look, I'll tell
you what.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Don't sue me. You can do my taxes for the
next twenty years.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
How about that?
Speaker 4 (08:03):
And and you know, and I'll pay you half of
what I owe you, because.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
That's not like a good deal. So this is this
is so Trumpian.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
He always does it everybody except terrorists. Terrorist he just kills,
but everybody else he offers an offer him too. But
he's often the Uranians before. So it's very predictable that
he would do this because he always wants the path
of people not dying.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Having said that the United.
Speaker 4 (08:27):
States doesn't desperately need a deal with a run their
surrogates have been decimated, their economy is weak, they.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Have a lot of internal opposition. The Iatola is going
to die.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
Most countries in the region would would rather see them
weakin and put on their back foot. So good for
Donald Trump for offering this, But I have very low
expectations and I don't think it's something the United States
really needs. So I have very low expectations we're going
to get much of anything.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Out of it.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
And one thing you did say, it didn't quite go
all the way and saying is and Donald Trump never
makes dumb deals, so he's not going to make a
bad deal, and they're probably not going to budge, So
expectations are low. What about Russia and Ukraine. You know,
we've talked about this a lot. Obviously the President is
not a fan of Zelenski. It's not going to stop
(09:21):
him from pursuing this deal. He doesn't trust Putin and
quite frankly, by having a mineral deal with Zelensky that
would put American interests and American feet on the ground
to protect Ukraine. But there does seem to be a
general disgust that both sides aren't showing any signs of
(09:42):
wanting peace. And if you don't want peace, then there's
no reason for me to be a middleman. That is
kind of brewing, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Well, I don't buy that that this is both sides.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
I think the Ukrainians have been very clear that they're
willing to accept a strategic pause in place. I think
they've been super clear on that. The Russians have been
very clear in that they're Russian. And the Russians do
what they always do, which is they ask for the
moon and they hope that people stupidly give it to them.
And they continue to do that until they realize that
(10:12):
they're not going to get anything, and then if they
really want to do a deal, they cut a deal.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
And I think that's where we are.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
I know I've said this before, but I go I still,
you know, go back to my three scenarios. One is
Putin just wakes up one morning and goes, oh, okay,
they're not budgeting anymore.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
This is the best I can get out of everything.
Speaker 4 (10:26):
Fine, I think a deal that doesn't happen, Putin says,
you know, I think I'll fight for another year. One
is the United States just absolutely totally walks away from Ukraine.
I don't think that's going to happen, and because if
that becomes a disaster, then it becomes Trump's Afghanistan. And
(10:47):
the other hand is you don't have to walk away
from Ukraine because the Europeans are consistently standing up and
doing more for Ukraine. So the burden on the United States.
You know, people say it's like the United States is
doing less.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Well, no, not, We're not doing less.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
We don't have to do more because the Europeans are
actually doing more, which, by the way, the Europeans should
be carrying the load on this, So that's already happening.
So I think the third most likely if Putin doesn't
do a deal, I think I think we will kind
of motor along with the status quo. The United States
will not abandon Ukraine, the Europeans will carry most of
(11:23):
the burden, and the Russians will.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
Bog down an endless warfare. Who knows where that's going
to leave them.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Well, I think if Putin should choose to go one
more year, it's a tough year for him because, as
you mentioned, Europe is unified, there's more resources, the US
is unified. With interest on the ground, it's only going
to get worse so are the sanctions, and so are
the battle outcomes.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
So you know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
There might be something in between where he plays the
bloff for a month or two.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
But I just don't see how putin.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I don't I don't even know how he can even
envision a victory, let alone a pleasant year if he
decides to go another year and oil is.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
Way down, Iran is marginalized, China's under a lot of pressure.
You know, he's got North Korea, I guess you know,
but but you know that North Korea is not a
free lunch. You know, he has to pay the North
Koreans for all this stuff. Where's that money coming from?
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:19):
And I don't see do you even see the the
dangerous ramp towards an escalation or world war that seems
to have dampened.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
I mean, he's very isolated right now.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
I I mean, to me, that's the most ludicrous of things, is, Oh,
you know.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
If we if we don't walk away.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
From Europe, we're going to escalate in World War three.
I mean, I think the opposite is much more likely.
If you if the United States completely disengaged, you know,
I have started somebody talking about this. We got suckered
into World War One, we got suckered into World War.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Two, and that's absolutely not true.
Speaker 5 (12:52):
We actually stayed out of World War One.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
We stayed out of the world.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
Were drawn because because because then they were coming after
us in both cases, So that is not the lesson
is walk away because you're being a sucker. The lesson
is is you want the Europeans to stop this crap
so then you don't have to walk in.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Well, it's good to have you back in the good
old USSA. Thank you so much, Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano.
You can read his great work and his collies great
work at Heritage dot org.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
It's your morning show with Michael del Jorno.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
Good morning, So today you have del Jorno, Carafano, Bertinelli,
all the news out of the Vatican, and even Big
John and his espresso.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
And I feel like I suddenly need to go buy
some cannoli. Have a great day. Was that very Oh Mary,
we love you. It did get It did get suddenly.
Italian in here. David.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
By the way, I would like to acknowledge Roy in Youngstown, Ohio.
I will not be sharing the meme he sent me.
I will say it does top Corey the Art Voice.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Well, I don't know. We have a new winner today.
It's a picture of Christy Nome. I still can't get
over house.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
You had three thousand dollars kish in her boga book
at the restaurant. What's Christy home doing walking around with
a wad of three grand in her pocket? But anyway,
it's a meme of Christy Noman. It says I killed dogs.
And then it's a picture of JD. Van's hold my beer?
How dare you?
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Roy?
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Make us that horrible? Make us laugh like that? Yes,
our listeners are smart, Alex just like me, and I
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Speaker 1 (14:30):
If you're just waking up.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
President Trump will attend the funeral of Pope Francis.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
President made the announcement on truth Social Monday. The College
of Cardinals will meet Tuesday to discuss funeral plans. Trump
said he and the First Lady are looking forward to
being there. The Vatican said on Monday, the eighty eight
year old Pontiff died from a stroke.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
I'm Brian shook by the way. I think a brain
hemorrhage is probably high on that list. In fact that
there's pictures now of the popena his casket and you
can see the damna agendam one side of his head.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
I think we can know what that what probably happened
in his final moments.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Meanwhile, Google continues to defend itself in court. After a
federal court ruled the tech giants a monopoly.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
The Department of Justice is proposing a package of remedies
to end the Tech giants illegal monopoly and restore competition.
The hearings started on Monday. It will determine if the
company can remain in its current form or will have
to face penalties like selling off its Chrome web browser.
Google argues it's being punished for innovation. The hearings expected
to last about three weeks. I'm dammage for heos.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
I am.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
I can't believe LaVar Burton was Quintakine right from roots,
that's right, I mean, just an extraordinary talent LeVar Burton.
And here's how the news story reads. An actor who
probably best known as host of Public Television's Reading Rainbow,
who wrote this. But LaVar Burton, by the way, is
going to become an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. As
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he speaks at the graduation class for an upcoming commencement,
he's a podcaster, fifteen Emmy Awards, a Peabody, Grammys, multiple
NAACP Awards, Howard University's one hundred and fifty seven commencement
commencement ceremonies scheduled for May the tenth.
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I got the hiccups, distance I know, I feel like it.
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Speaker 1 (17:23):
You're just waking up.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
The Vatican Sis, Pope Francis died of a stroke and
brain hemorrhage. A funeral will be Saturday at Saint Peter's Basilica.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, will be
attending conclave in two weeks. And did I mention that
Valerie Burtonell he was on today's show maybe once, maybe
six sevens Well she is. What a thrill to meet you.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Valerie.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Nice to meet you too.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Listen, I caught your new game show and you were terrific.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Well, thank you. I'm having a ball. I love it.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
You know. I was thinking to myself before we started,
life was pretty simple growing up. The girls were all
in love with and I have to remember, but I
think it was like David Cassidy, some the older girls,
Leif Garrett, Scott Bayo was actually guys. We were simple.
We were in love with Christy McNicol or Valerie Burton, Ellie.
Speaker 5 (18:13):
Yeah, Christy, I love it.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Or Farah Fawcett, Right, it was that simple, was and
I was thinking to myself, I'm fifteen years old. I'm
trying to figure out how to play nose tackle at
ninety eight pounds and get Jean Duezan to go study
with me.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
And you're in a Norman Lear.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Sitcom with I mean, people forget Pat Harrington Junior was
in the Danny Thomas Show.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
I mean he was a pretty big deal.
Speaker 5 (18:35):
Oh he was brilliant.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
Yeah, And Bonnie Franklin and Mackenzie Phillips. I mean that
had to be crazy to be fifteen years old and
every guy in the world was in love with you.
Speaker 5 (18:43):
Well, I didn't know that. There wasn't social media back then.
Speaker 8 (18:45):
I just, you know, I was just trying to, you know,
do the best job I could. And I was so green,
and I so didn't know what I was doing, and
I had so much help and so much support. It
was I was very, very blessed, and I am so
grateful that that's my introduction to the business because it
can be pretty rough, but I had soft places to
(19:06):
fall everywhere.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
So how did you go from I mean I presume Italian,
right like me?
Speaker 5 (19:12):
Yes, I'm Italian and Irish and English.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Yeah, so how did that happen? How do you end
up in a Norman Lear sitcom? At fifteen?
Speaker 8 (19:19):
I looked a lot like his daughter, Maggie, and I
think that sparked something in Norman.
Speaker 5 (19:25):
Something in me reminded him of his daughter.
Speaker 8 (19:28):
And I was lucky enough to get the job, because
god knows, I wasn't a pretty good actress.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
I actually thought you was.
Speaker 5 (19:35):
He sent into acting school the first season.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Well, it been paid off. You did great, So then
we you know, we start with that. I didn't realize
that show was on so long? Were you there all
the way to eighty four?
Speaker 5 (19:48):
I was nine years Yeah, nineteen seventy five to nineteen
eighty four.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Man, it's a long time.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
And then you know, after that, Emmy Award winning host,
best selling author the memoirs, the Cookbooks, spokesperson and now
game show host.
Speaker 5 (20:01):
I keep myself busy.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
Well, there was some other stuff in between two Yes, yes.
Speaker 5 (20:07):
I got married. I had a kid.
Speaker 8 (20:09):
Yeah, there's that too. I did a you know, some
mini series. But I just I love to work. I
love to stretch my brain. I love to learn new things,
and I love to be around people. Most of the time,
I'm this very strange mix of introvert and extrovert where
I love being around people, I love giving them energy,
(20:30):
love feeling their energy, and then I need to like
not see a soul for like a day's vel my animals.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Valer Burtelly joining us because Bingo Blitz is there a
new game show? It airs seven thirty week nights on
the Game Show Network. I have a mom who is
in a nursing home and we visit constantly and it
never moves from the Game Show Network.
Speaker 8 (20:52):
So I wanted to know because my yeah, my parents
were in a facility.
Speaker 5 (20:57):
You know, there was different things on the television, you know.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Yeah, Well, and then I think you're on right before
the Wall. I believe, if I have the timing writer,
maybe there's one between you and the wall, and the
wall is a huge ship. But I have to tell you,
I'm not saying this because I'm talking to you. I
don't know what I mean. I was very good friends
with Wink Martindale, who we just lost.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
I loved him.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I loved him.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
He was an amazing, amazing human being just at a
perfect post.
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Yes, he was really terrific. Such a beautiful smile.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Oh he was just the great. He gave me one
of his sport codes.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
I wanted a gaudy one to hang up next to
all my football jerseys, but he brought me one so nice.
I wear it and if you flip the lapel there's
a note from a minute.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
But I mean nice to talk to him all about that.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
Because game shows are different, right, I mean, let's I
want to get to the premise of the show and
how many you film in a single day, but I
want to start and I mean this wholeheartedly.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
You're unnatural. You are very, very good so much.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
It's a it's a very different animal. And yes, it
took me a little bit to adjust to it.
Speaker 8 (21:57):
We did have some rehearsals here in Los Angeles so
that I could adjusted the game. Luckily, the game is
easy to play, and the trivia is really written so well,
giving out four answers and then you know, messing with
your head a little bit with the question because you're
not expecting where it's going to go. I love what
the writers did with that. But yeah, I mean, Bingo's easy, right,
(22:19):
I mean, it's not a very difficult game to play.
It's it's a game of chance. There's very little skill,
But the skill involved is answering the trivia and getting
the because you don't get the balls without the trivia.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
You got to have a lot of balls to get.
Speaker 8 (22:32):
And the more balls you get, the more you better
chance you have of getting bingos.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
That there's the golden ball. You didn't think I knew
about the golden ball, didn't.
Speaker 5 (22:39):
Yeah, you can put that anywhere.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
I can put that anywhere.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Yeah, you know, I thought I thought the interesting too.
I mean, you see all these shows all the time
visiting Vali. Burtnelli is the new host of Bingo Blitz
week Night seven thirty. I think it debuted almost a
week ago tonight or something like that. But yeah, it's
the way you get the one of four. I guess
it's kind of mixing trivia and multiple choice. You wouldn't
think there's any trigger questions left with all these shows.
Speaker 5 (23:05):
That's true.
Speaker 8 (23:05):
But the way that we put the little spin on
it is really fun.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
It makes your brain. They're like brain teasers. They're great.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
And then when it's all said and done, you got
sixty seconds to take a shot at ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 8 (23:17):
That final round always made me so nervous because I
wanted to get everything right so that the contestant had everything,
as you know, put in perfectly so that they could
be at their best. If I was so nervous, I
knew that I had to do the best job I
could because those sixty seconds ago by really quickly. When
you're asking and you're saying a lot of words and
you're asking a lot of questions, it's really scary.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Well do you remember what was the game show with
the Beast and Brooke Burns was the host of it
at the time, and it was but it was similar
to that in that there's a lot writing on you
not taking a long time asking the questions or no,
because every fluff you make is taking away time from them.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
So yeah, that's a right.
Speaker 8 (23:58):
So I pick the villain in this, and god knows,
I hate being a village.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
So were you a big game show fan or does
this come kind of out of the blue for you.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
I do love game shows.
Speaker 8 (24:08):
I did a lot of them when I you know,
when I was younger, I did you know pyramid squares?
I did what ten thousand dollars pyramid? I did family Feud,
match game a bunch of them in the seventies and
maybe the early eighties and then I didn't do so
many anymore. But yeah, I love playing games at home.
(24:29):
I have every board game I think there possibly is
I have. You know, we played card games all the time.
I just I love games. And to be a host
of a really fun game show that people, I know
you're going to want to play this at home, like
you're gonna want to scream out the answers, I'm so
thrilled to be a part of it.
Speaker 5 (24:47):
I loved every second of it.
Speaker 8 (24:49):
It was definitely out of my wheelhouse, but I got
adjusted to it very quickly, and I really had fun
with it.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
I'm a little embarrassed. Did you notice how quickly I
knew you run the ten thousand dollars pyramid? I guess
I did stalk you a little bit.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
As a team.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
No, that was that's from skipping school and actually watching you. Michael,
I did well, yeah, a lot, a lot, And I ditto.
And what was the one with no whammies, no whammy's
pressure luck like that?
Speaker 5 (25:15):
That was hysterical.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
That was one of my favorites.
Speaker 9 (25:18):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Valerie Bertinelli from One Day at a Time for nine
years and a teen heart throb to best selling author
spokesperson now game show host Bingo Blitz Game Show Network
seven thirty. I highly encourage everyone to give it a try.
You're an absolute natural.
Speaker 4 (25:33):
Now.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
I know you've been doing stuff with.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Oh. Now I'm going to blank on her from was.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
It et Drew barrymore?
Speaker 5 (25:44):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (25:44):
Drew.
Speaker 5 (25:45):
Yes, I'm I'm part of the Drew crew on her show.
So I show up.
Speaker 8 (25:50):
I think I did about fifty some odd episodes last season.
Speaker 5 (25:53):
I'll be back to do more next season. I adore her.
Speaker 8 (25:57):
She's like us sister from another mister. I just absolutely
love her. She's what you see is what you get.
She's very much like Betty where that. That's how authentic
she is. She's just everything you could you see and
you could want from a human being.
Speaker 5 (26:13):
She is it.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
I got to tell you, if they're going to keep
giving a bunch of people shows, they ought to give
you a shot at I think you'd be a natural
having your own show.
Speaker 5 (26:22):
I do not want my own talk show. I'm telling you.
I watch how hard Drew works. I watched how hard
Rachel watch how Hard I'm I'm going to be sixty
five in a couple of days. I don't want to
work that hard.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
I want to have fun.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Well have fun.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Yeah, we're both getting up there, all right. So let
me ask you this, how many do you film in
a day?
Speaker 8 (26:40):
We filmed six episodes in a day, and that's a
lot of talking. And I was done talking by the
end of the day. I didn't want to talk. I
didn't want to.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
Say, I didn't want to see anybody.
Speaker 8 (26:48):
I would go back to my hotel room and just
like make myself dinner and then just like, I think
we we're shooting during football season, so I would just
turn on a game and I you know, there was
like Monday night games, Thursday games, Sunday. I was just
like I just wanted to watch football or nothing and
just like not talk.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
Now.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Do you think there's any way you can rig it
where the Dell Gurnros can be get beyond h on
the Blitz?
Speaker 8 (27:11):
I would love that, but I you know, that's not
up to me. Game Show Network is very very out,
very particular rules.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
See we've tried to get on other game shows. You
got to do all these films to show that you'll
be theatrical and you know put on.
Speaker 5 (27:24):
They do want you to have energy.
Speaker 8 (27:26):
I mean we are we are filming television, so obviously
that's part of it. And if you have sense of humor,
that's a plus always. But I don't see why you couldn't.
I mean, Game Show Network is here, we are famous.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
We go to Mexican Night and do trivia, and we
are the Harry Potheads and we are you love this.
We are always in first place going into the final question,
and we have never come in the top three. That's
how much, so I probably how do you do that?
I don't we choke every time, and we don't. Some
(28:00):
people cheat. I can see him googling. We don't cheat.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
But what alleat?
Speaker 8 (28:04):
I mean, how do you have tell well, you don't
have time to shoot when you're playing bingo blitz, that's
for sure.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
No, because it's on the spot.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
But I would be like that Ralph Cramton episode Robers,
just like Hamadahamana. I would choke on the final question.
It's probably the best. I don't let me tell you something.
You were in love with her, I know, and you
have a lot of reason to still be in love
with her at sixty five. It's called bingo blitz. You're
gonna love it. On the Game Show Network week nights
at seven thirty. A lot of us had crushes on
you as kid, a lot of us have prayed for
(28:30):
you throughout life. All of us are very proud of
you and who you become. I wish you nothing but
success with this show.
Speaker 5 (28:36):
Belly, well, that's very sweet.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
This is your morning show with Michael del Chrono that consists.
Speaker 2 (28:44):
Pope Francis died of a stroke and a brain hemorrhage.
Funeral will be this Saturday at Saint Peter's Basilica. The
conclave will begin in roughly two weeks. It's been announced
that President Trump will attend the funeral, and then, of course,
all eyes on the opening bell of the market, which
is coming up in about forty minus. That's because we
seem to be back on that old roller coaster again.
Roy O'Neil is here after big losses yesterday, What does today.
Speaker 9 (29:07):
Hold, Rory, Well, things are in the green right now,
but of course how they look at the closing bell
is what we're more concerned about. But in pre market
trading we are seeing some strong gains across the Dow,
the SMP, and the NASDAC. But this is also a
big week to watch as the big tech titans will
all be releasing their earnings starting today, with Tesla, a
(29:29):
company now much more closely watched for political implications, not
just financial ones. We'll get Alphabet's earnings on Thursday, that's
the parent company of Google, and next week we've got Meta, Microsoft, Amazon,
and Apple all in the mix.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Because of how the tariffs might impact the tech sector.
Now some of that is futuristic, whereas these will be
earning reports which are passion you know, looking at the doo,
just the dow to pick one. All the fall of
the tariff, I think at a high we were, you know,
sitting somewhere around forty thousand, six hundred, and then of
(30:05):
course it fell to thirty seven eight forty nine. Then
we had some recovery, and now we sit at thirty
eight one seventy.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
So it's, you know, like you said, it's a roller coaster.
Speaker 9 (30:18):
We can go back to Liberation Day April second, right,
and if you take it from that point, not inauguration,
but the Liberation day, that's where we've seen all three
indices down between nine and ten percent just in the
past three weeks.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Yeah, there was a it was a high of forty
two six prior to that, and then you're right.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Independence Day was what I think.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
Forty two two fourteen yep or Liberation Day, and then
it dived all the way to thirty. Boy that it's
hard to get it to stop there at the low
thirty seven to twenty eight, and so we're at thirty
eight one seventy so.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
But gold is up.
Speaker 9 (30:55):
So gold is a record high, is now topping thirty
four to thirty five hundred.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
I think earlier today, for a time.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
Pope you know, I was looking at the picture of
him in his casket, and if you look at his
what would be his left tempor area, well you can
physically see what appears to have been a brain hemorrhage.
This conclave is going to be very interesting because the
church is trying to take a look at will it go,
you know, back towards center, or will continue on Pope
(31:27):
Francis's progressive trajectory. And when you crunch the numbers of
the one hundred and thirty five cardinals that will be
able to vote in this conclave, eighty percent of them
are there from Francis. Only twenty two remain from a
more conservative Pope Benedict, and five from John Paul I mean, well,
those that are voting, you know, there's the proclivity for that.
(31:49):
And then you know how often Rory do we see
this that those that people think are the front runners.
It never really plays out that way. It's kind of
like the ones in the middle that tend to fare better.
And that's where Turksen and Zoopie and you know come up.
It'll be very interesting to see, you know, how these
cardinals vote and the trajectory of the church. I think,
(32:12):
more so than usual, that's going to be a focus.
And is it a pendulum? Does it swing back and forth?
Speaker 9 (32:18):
And it was more conservative with Pope Benedict, then it
went more progressive with Pope Francis, And does it go
back or does it continue?
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I guess is the question.
Speaker 9 (32:27):
But you know, it was a college of cardinals largely
appointed by Pope Benedict that chose Francis, so you never
really can tell. It's sort of like a president and
Supreme Court justices. You assume that they're on the same
ideological page, and then John Roberts goes and does his
thing or even maybe go me Barrett, So you know,
you think they're going to go one way, but then
(32:48):
something else pops up.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
This is going to get very interesting fast.
Speaker 2 (32:51):
And then I noticed yesterday I went to watch Conclave
again and now you have to buy it or rent it.
Somebody got him to that we'll have a sound interest, naturally,
thinking of you. My first thought was don't buy it.
We didn't like the ending. And then I caved and
bought it. I had to experience it. You know, it's
timely rent I bought it. I'm addicted. I'll watch it
(33:16):
over and over again. That's how I get. It's a
comfortable movie for me. Now, Rory will be back again
tomorrow with more great reporting.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
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