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Huckabee - January 4, 2025

January 4, 2025 | S8:E379

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Keith bilbrey: tonight on "huckabee," newsmax ceo
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Christopher ruddy.
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Author shawn carney.
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Cooking with danny and leyicet gokey.
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And music from colton dixon.
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[music]
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Keith: that's tre corley and the music city connection.
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And i'm your announcer, keith bilbrey.
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And now, here's mike huckabee.
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[music]
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Mike huckabee: welcome, everybody, happy new
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Year, everyone.
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Welcome to the very first show of 2025.
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Now, in the almost seven and a half years of doing the show, it
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Has been an absolute joy to be part of your life by connecting
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You with newsmakers, musicians, magicians, comedians, acrobats,
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And hometown heroes from across the world.
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Now, as you know, president trump has nominated me to become
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The us ambassador to israel, so--
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[audience applauding]
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Mike: glad you like that.
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So, i'm gonna be going through the process of senate
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Confirmation, and hopefully i'll get approved, but it will mean
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That i'm gonna have to give up doing this show, and that makes
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The appointment a bittersweet proposition.
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It means moving to israel and divesting myself of a platefull
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Of activities and business interests.
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It's gonna involve moving away from my children and
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Grandchildren and having limited times to see them over the next
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Few years.
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I gotta think that if i stay in the position for the full term,
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Some of them will be almost grown by the time of our return.
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Now, that makes this a little tough to contemplate, but i move
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Forward believing that god has opened this door and is calling
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Me to join the prophet isaiah in saying, "here am i, lord.
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Send me."
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So, i say yes.
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But as we start preparing and presenting the final episodes of
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"the huckabee show," we do so with gratitude for your faithful
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Viewership that has made this the most watched show on the
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Network and a show that pioneered new standards for a
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Variety show from a wholesome, family-friendly perspective.
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We launched this show in the fall of 2017 in this beautiful
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Remodeled theater.
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Even most of the network leaders figured that the show, eh, might
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Last three years.
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They figured that'd be about long enough, and i'd be ready to
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Move on.
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But after almost seven and a half years, the only reason this
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Show will conclude is due to the president asking me to serve my
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Country and my president as ambassador.
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Now, i really had planned on continuing the show for as long
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As tbn wanted me and as long as i was capable of doing it.
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Well, it is a new year.
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We got a new president, a new senate, and a new house
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Of representatives.
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I think that's good news.
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There are several new governors across the country, and there is
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Hope and opportunities for us to actually make america great
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Again, so i hope we will.
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I'm praying that that's more than a campaign slogan.
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I pray it is the reality of policies that will restore our
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Economy so that everyone has a good paying job, that the
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Scourge of high prices for gas and groceries will get back to
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Being affordable, that home ownership can again become
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Doable for younger americans, and that we see the cessation of
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Military conflicts around the globe and a restoration
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Of peace.
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And i will especially hope for peace in the middle east, where
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I'm gonna be involved in trying to bring it.
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Saying the phrase, "pray for the peace of jerusalem," is gonna
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Take on new meaning for janet and me as we soon will be living
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There, not just visiting.
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So, i believe the people's voice and vote in the recent election
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Really were a mandate to get back to sanity and common sense.
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No more nonsense of pretending that boys can be girls or that
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We should allow people to storm across our borders without even
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Having to register who they are, why they're coming, where
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They're going, or if they have a communicable disease.
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It was really a mandate to have a government that didn't use its
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Power to attack, arrest, and criminalize people for having a
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Different political point of view, or having a government
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That would deny assistance after a natural disaster because they
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Voted differently than taxpayer-funded officials
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Believed they should have voted.
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It was a mandate to restore real justice so that violent
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Criminals aren't put back on the streets while their victims are
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Still in the hospital.
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So, 2025 is gonna be a year with a lot of changes, changes for
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This show, for me personally, and for the country.
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But one thing will not change.
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That is that god loves us, he's got a plan for us, and he will
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Keep us in his hand as we depend on him.
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[audience applauding]
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Mike: well, we're kicking off the show with a guest who is
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Building a new conservative media empire.
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During the presidential elections his team called the
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Winner correctly before any other network.
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Here's my conversation with the ceo of newsmax, chris ruddy.
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Mike: got a lot of newsmax fans out here.
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Christopher ruddy: a lot, a lot, we appreciate it.
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Mike: chris, first of all, you know, i've been reading the
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Magazine newsmax for years.
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It's one--and i'm not just saying this because you're here,
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It is a favorite of mine.
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I read it cover to cover every month, because it's got
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Such variety.
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Politics, human interest, health, it's got it all, and i
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Love the magazine.
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And then you created the network.
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Christopher: yeah, it's an incredible story.
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We started as a digital website, and then we started a magazine,
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And everybody was--700,000 plus readers a month.
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And then we started a cable channel, everybody says you're
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Crazy, you'll never succeed, nobody is ever gonna watch
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This thing.
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That was 2014, we're now in every major cable system.
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Youtube tv just added us to their pay service, which is
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Incredible, so we're close to 60 million cable homes.
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Forty million people will watch us, read us, listen to us
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Each month.
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It's a big number.
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You remember in the old days "time magazine" would, like,
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Reach a million people a week and they said they were, like,
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A powerhouse?
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We're reaching 40 million people fairly regularly.
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That's a big number.
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Mike: it's a big number, and it continues to grow.
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And one of the things that i congratulate you for is that
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It's not like you started and just kind of hit a plateau.
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Newsmax is exponentially growing, more and more viewers
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Tuning into the channel, and you've now started newsmax 2,
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A separate premium channel.
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Christopher: i love numbers.
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The second quarter of this year we had 22 million people watch.
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The third quarter we had 34 million, 50% increase.
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Now you've been in the media business, this does not
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Happen organically.
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This is a force of nature, and i think you know what really drove
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It this year?
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This election, the media, which was supposed to be--we remember
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The old days of cronkite, at least he had a pretense of
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Being fair.
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These guys have no pretense anymore.
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They're apparatchiks of the democratic party, and, you
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Know, newsmax?
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We're openly conservative, but we invite liberals all the time
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Coming on.
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We invite critics of donald trump.
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But our view is let the american people get both sides and let
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Them decide, and we--
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Mike: it's called journalism, isn't it?
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I mean, that's quite a rare thing in today's world.
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Christopher: the old fashioned journalism is gone, and there's,
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Again, data.
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The media research center, brent bozell's group, 90% of the press
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Coverage about donald trump was negative, 80% of the press
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Coverage when kamala harris was positive, and donald trump
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Still won.
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And it proves--mike: it's a great reminder that people, they
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Don't trust the mainstream media.
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Christopher: but, you know, we're both believers, and we
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Believe the truth is more powerful than a lie.
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Now, i haven't figured out the number.
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Is a true statement one times, five times, a hundred times more
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Powerful lie?
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All i know is it's very powerful, and so when we still
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Get things out on newsmax, on "the huckabee show," on tbn, it
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Still has a power that overcomes.
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The important thing, and the left is working very hard to
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Close down newsmax's advertising opportunities for us to publish,
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And so it's been a very big challenge.
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Look what they did to president trump.
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They took him off facebook, they took him off twitter, they took
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Him off all these different platforms.
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It was censorship, and he was a former president of
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The united states.
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Mike: and they took him off while he was still president
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In 2020.
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It was just bizarre.
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You know, that's election interference if there ever was
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Election interference, no doubt about it.
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Christopher: they're able to do it, and if we do it, we're
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Conspiracy theorists, right?
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But i think what this revolution--this election this
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Year was momentous.
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You know, the president and i spoke on election night.
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He calls me at 3 in the morning.
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I mean, what guy has the stomach--you've been
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In politics.
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Who calls somebody at 3 in the morning after he just gave
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A speech and he says, "chris," he says, "this was the most
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Historic election."
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He says, "i can't even believe it," he said.
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I said, "mr. president,
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I want you to know this wasn't the biggest comeback
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In america.
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It's the biggest comeback in the history of the world."
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And he says, "it wasn't a comeback.
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I never left."
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Mike: that is classic trump.
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If there ever was a statement that epitomizes donald trump,
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That's it.
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Oh, right, i wanna ask you this question, because it was, i
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Think, very significant that while a lot of networks were
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Afraid to call even georgia and north carolina, i was watching.
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I have a screen in my office that has four different channels
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At one time.
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You guys called, because one of the channels is newsmax.
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I'm watching, you called georgia first, north carolina first, you
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Called pennsylvania first, you called all of these swing states
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Long before all the other networks even got close to
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Doing it.
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So, how did you get it right when they were scared to death
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To tell it?
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Christopher: well, we had a great team.
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We worked with this group, decision desk hq, and you just
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Look at the numbers.
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If there's only a million ballots left and the rate of
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Return and donald trump had been winning the state by 70%,
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There's no way, if you look at the counties that the votes are
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Left coming from, you can pretty much figure out a little formula
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Within five minutes who's going to win that race.
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And we did it, we gave people the opportunity to really not
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Rush to judgment, but we did.
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We called donald trump the president of the united states
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About an hour before fox news, and i think it was important
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That we did it.
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I was there, you know, rick santorum, who i think you know
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Very well.
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Mike: friend of mine, love him.
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Christopher: he's an analyst in newsmax, it's literally after 1
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In the morning, i'm joining with my news team.
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We're huddling, looking at these numbers.
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Rick comes in and he says, "he just won pennsylvania."
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He said, "you gotta call this."
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And i said, "i totally agree.
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I don't know why we're waiting.
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Call it."
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And then trump got the magic 270, he was the projected next
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President of the united states of america.
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And so, that's how we made the call.
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Mike: well, it was an incredible moment for newsmax, because as i
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Said, you got it before anyone else did, and, you know, i'm not
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Saying you went out there and did it just to say we're first,
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Because you gotta be right.
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But you didn't miss it.
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You were right on every single one of the states that
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You called.
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You just did it quite a bit before the others.
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Christopher: yeah, i think, you know, cnn and msnbc, i think
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They took, what, almost a day to call this.
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Mike: they still haven't really accepted this.
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They still haven't acknowledged that donald trump is going to be
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Their president.
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But hey, chris, we got a whole lot more to talk about.
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We're gonna need to take a break, and we're gonna have more
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Of my conversation with chris ruddy of newsmax, but right now
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Keith bilbrey is gonna do a little preview for us for the
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Rest of tonight's show.
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Keith: well, coming up, we have danny and leyicet gokey making
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Something special to celebrate the new year.
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And later, colton dixon hits the "huckabee" stage, so keep it
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Right here.
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[music]
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[music]
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Mike: so, we are back with newsmax ceo chris ruddy.
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Chris, before we were talking about how the mainstream
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Networks basically went into complete collapse.
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They could not believe that donald trump was not just
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Winning, but he was winning big.
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Popular vote, every swing state, ran the tables on them.
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Do you think maybe the mainstream media journalism as
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We used to know it, is it over?
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Christopher: they keep doubling down.
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They get farther and farther left.
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You know, some of the--there's been some democrats have called
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Me and said, "maybe we, you know, this transgender thing,
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You know, we used to be the party of the working class," at
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Least they thought they were, the underprivileged, joe six
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Pack, remember that term?
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And now they're the party of elites, they're the party of
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College professors.
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They more represent the faculty lounge at berkeley than they do
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Americans that are sitting in this audience.
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Mike: it's more like joe soy latte than it is joe six
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Pack, right?
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I mean, it's a little different these days.
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Christopher: and you would think that people make over $200,000,
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The so-called rich in this country, would all be voting
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The republicans.
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That used to be the sort of theory.
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Now they're all backing the democrats.
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They backed obama, they backed biden, they backed
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Kamala harris.
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Wall street, donald trump was the biggest gift to wall street.
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He cut corporate taxes by 30%.
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The stock market went up to the record highs, and what did they
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All do on wall street?
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They backed joe biden.
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You just--what is going wrong?
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Meanwhile, we have a billionaire class, they made their fortunes
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On capitalism, entrepreneurialism, they become
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Wealthy or the kids take the money and they spend it on left
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Wing causes to destroy the family, the military, our court
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System, bringing in woke policies.
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George soros just got control of one of the largest radio groups,
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Odyssey, in the united states, with a lot of conservative
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Talk radio.
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I can tell you george soros doesn't like conservative
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Talk radio.
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He has the--what's his agenda here?
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It's a dangerous, you know, and we--and it's a free country.
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He has every right to buy those stations.
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We need more billionaires and millionaires and entrepreneurs
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Supporting this media revolution in the country, not just with
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Newsmax, but we've seen it with twitter, now called x, we're
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Seeing it on social media, and television is sort of ground
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Zero, but beyond that there's just a tremendous impact that we
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Can all have.
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Mike: well, chris, from an humble website that turned into
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A magazine that turned into not one, but now two networks that
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Grows, something new is coming at newsmax, and that's taking
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The company public with an ipo.
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I mean, that's a big deal.
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That is a big deal, to go to ipo.
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Christopher: we announced earlier this year a plan.
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We're now seeking sec approval, we're hoping to get that.
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We felt like, you know, president trump had so much
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Success with his truth media, truth social, trump media, it
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Had a tremendous valuation interest.
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We're not saying we will have the same success, but what we
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Are saying is this tremendous demand in the market to support
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Media that's challenging the establishment, and we thought
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There's all these areas where we're growing and we're
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Very successful.
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Let's partner as we're so close to overtaking cnn now, so we
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Created this website, it's called newsmaxinvest.com.
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People can go out, get more information on what we hope is
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The upcoming ipo, and it's very exciting, and we've gotten
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Tremendous interest.
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Mike: and what happens when you go ipo, you go public, you have
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Stock available for sale?
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Because a lot of people say, "okay, what does that mean?"
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Christopher: so, the first thing i do is i have a party, and i'll
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Invite you.
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We ring the bell on the new york stock exchange.
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That's where we're planning on listing.
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I hope you'll be there.
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Mike: i'd love to be.
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Christopher: it'll be very exciting.
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So, we'll--we, you know, you get additional capital, and then
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You can invest that to build out in our cable channel, our
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Streaming channel, our plus service.
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We're doing a lot more friendly--family-friendly media
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On newsmax plus.
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You can download the app on your home tv or on your--and you get
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A free trial, just go to newsmaxplus.com, and we're
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Having tv series shows.
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We're gonna be offering a lot of documentaries, a lot of things
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That you just can't get anymore, and they're just cutting out--
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The netflix and the hulus.
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Hulu is one of the most woke services out there.
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I know they're--because they're owned by disney, and there's a
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Big boycott about disney.
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But, you know, we feel there's a market opportunity for us to
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Really--to get information out to the public, to let americans
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Decide for themselves.
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Mike: well, i'm very proud of what you're doing, because it's
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A great american story.
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It's entrepreneurial activity.
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You started with a dream and a lot of hard work, you've
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Assembled a pretty extraordinary pool of people.
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Some of the most talented people in television are on the newsmax
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Roster these days, so you've got to be proud of what has grown
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Into this.
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Christopher: well, president trump says he watches us all
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The time.
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He's encouraged people to watch us.
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We think that's great, having a sitting--a very successful
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Sitting president of the united states saying he likes newsmax.
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I think that's terrific.
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And you know what?
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People could just, like, we're not telling you to move your
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Lifestyle habits of your channels.
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Watch us, decide, make a decision if you like us.
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It's easy, it doesn't cost you anything really to flip
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The channel.
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And we have mike huckabee on.
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Mike: i was gonna say, we're thrilled that "the huckabee
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Show" also runs on newsmax on sundays, and that's a big thing.
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I have people everywhere i go say, "oh, i see your show," and
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They'll say, "i see it on newsmax."
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Well, that thrills us.
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Christopher: we have greta van susteren, we have dick morris.
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Dick's been a friend of yours for many--one of the great
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Political strategists of all time.
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We have rob finnerty, rob schmitt, chris plante, just a--
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Carl higbie, just so many great people.
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So, just check us out, and i think you'll like it, and you'll
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Keep coming back.
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And you were there at the beginning for us, and, you know,
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Ground zero, so we really appreciate that support, and
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We're gonna continue to grow.
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I think it's a really amazing adventure that we're on.
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Mike: delighted to have you share it with us.
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And if you wanna follow chris ruddy on social media, head over
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To huckabee.tv, click on his guest page.
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But keith bilbrey's got a little preview, speaking of previews,
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Of what you can expect for the rest of the show.
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So keith, we're gonna let you have at it.
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Keith: well, don't go away.
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The dynamic duo, danny and leyicet gokey, are gonna show us
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How to entertain in style.
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That's next right here on "huckabee."
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Mike: and welcome back.
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Danny gokey is not only a multi-award-winning contemporary
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Christian music artist, he's also dedicated his life to
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Serving his community, and what greater sacrifice for the
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Community can a man make than giving away his family's
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Ceviche recipe?
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Which is what danny and his wife, leyicet, recently joined
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Me to do, and it was delicious.
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Take a look.
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Mike: glad to have you guys here.
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We're gonna do some instruction on how to make this dish that i
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Can't pronounce very well.
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Danny gokey: i'm just the eye candy, i have no idea what
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We're doing here.
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Leyicet gokey: so, this is a very typical traditional
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Peruvian dish.
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It's very healthy, so this is a great way to start your new year
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And, you know, all those--all the pledges we make when the
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Year comes.
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But it's a lot of fresh ingredients, and i was just
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Telling him, ceviche, peruvian ceviche is kind of like italian
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Speaking, there's a way to do it, right.
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So, should i just dig in?
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Mike: absolutely, show us how.
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Leyicet: so, this dish is really citrusy and cilantro.
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You get a lot of fresh flavors.
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I'm gonna start cutting up the tilapia.
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What you wanna do with the tilapia is you want small
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Pieces, because what happens is, although it's raw here, the
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Lemon and the citrus will actually cook the fish.
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So, you will be eating cooked fish.
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Danny: it literally cooks it.
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Mike: the acid in the citrus is what causes it to kind of have
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A cooked version?
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Leyicet: correct, yeah, but the good thing is or the yummy part
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About this dish is all the extra ingredients you wanna add to it
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And, like, to get the right flavor.
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So, this is about 15 lemons, and what we have here is about
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2 pounds of tilapia, fresh tilapia.
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So, we're gonna hopefully get all the lemon in here.
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Mike: how many lemons?
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Leyicet: fifteen lemons.
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Danny: whoever has to squeeze the lemons, your hands hurt.
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Mike: i just buy it in the bottle, you know, it's easier.
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Danny: can you do it that way?
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Leyicet: that actually won't work here for this, because you
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Need the fresh citrus to cook the fish.
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So, i had to accommodate this recipe, because i don't know if
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You guys know this, but spanish people cook with our feelings.
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So, a lot of this is a little bit of this, a little bit of
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That, but in this case i'm gonna try to share the recipe where,
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You know, you might be able to understand this.
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This is my way of doing it.
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So, about one finger of celery.
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Just one thing.
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Mike: i'm glad you moved your finger.
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I was thinking about that, that's a big knife.
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Leyicet: thank you.
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And about half of your thumb of ginger, if that makes sense.
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Mike: as long as it's not your thumb, that is not good.
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Leyicet: you wanna throw in a big garlic or two medium ones.
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Fresh garlic, just fresh garlic.
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Now, this dish is a little spicy, and you guys can do it to
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Your taste, but the type of pepper that we like to use is
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Either red or orange, just to not mess up the color.
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So, you don't wanna get it green, like with a jalapeno.
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But this is actually--i actually brought a peruvian
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Pepper called aji amarillo, so the translation is yellow--the
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Translation is yellow pepper.
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And so, you know, i'm just gonna give it a little dice.
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Danny: it doesn't grow here.
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Leyicet: it doesn't grow here.
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I actually- it grows here, people grow it, it just--i
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Can't grow it, which danny was about to point that out.
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But i can't get it to grow.
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It is me.
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I've been trying to get it to grow here.
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It does grow here though.
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So, yeah, it does.
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Danny: you've always told me it doesn't grow here, so
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I just believed that.
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Leyicet: it does, it just-- i couldn't grow it.
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Danny: this is an argument, someone pick a side.
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Who's right, please?
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Mike: maybe not, i don't know.
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Leyicet: oh, it's this way.
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Okay, i got it.
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This is a new blender.
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Here we go.
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Blend her up, blend her up.
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Make sure we get everything in there.
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You know what?
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Probably gonna ask how this machine works.
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I am gonna add a little bit of salt.
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And salts are so different.
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Like, this pink himalayan salt is really salty, so i'm gonna do
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1 teaspoon.
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But normally if you're using regular white table salt, it's
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3, 3 teaspoons to your 2 pounds of fish to your 15 lemons.
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We're gonna give it a little-- all right.
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And that is it.
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I want to get that yellowy color, so you grab your--and
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You just throw it right over your fish.
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And you wanna let that cook for about 15 to--15 minutes
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Minimum, and it'll start changing color.
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You kinda wanna mess with it, kind of get it--
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Danny: yeah, so the fish actually changes color.
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It actually starts turning white because of the acid.
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Mike: so, you really are cooking it in the citrus.
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Danny: when we were dating, this is one of the first things that
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She made for me, and she told me it cooked, and i just didn't
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Know how to interpret this.
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What do you mean lemons cook fish?
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Mike: where's the heat?
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Danny: yeah, that's exactly how i thought.
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Leyicet: and so, you just wanna garnish it, so, like i said,
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It's typically pretty spicy, so you wanna have a piece of
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Sweet potato.
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Peruvians love eating sweet potatoes, so you wanna have a
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Little piece of sweet potato just to offset the citrusy
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Flavor and to offset the heat.
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So, we use it, and that's all very healthy.
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So, just in the end, and also you wanna garnish it with purple
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Onions, purple onions, so important.
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And you let that sit and cook too.
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You wanna cook--slice them very thin so that they can absorb the
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Lemon juice, and i'll just push that in a little bit so it can
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All get the flavor.
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And just throw some cilantro on top.
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Mike: always great to have cilantro.
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Leyicet: yes, very yummy.
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Danny loves a lot of cilantro, so here i've made some a little
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Bit earlier.
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Mike: this is already cooked.
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Leyicet: this one's already ready, this has been--
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Mike: so, we get to try this out, huh?
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Leyicet: yes, please.
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Danny: so, do you see the difference of the fish
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Actually turns--
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Mike: hey, this is good.
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Danny: pretty cool party trick, huh?
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Mike: and it doesn't taste like raw fish, because it's cooked in
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The lemon--in the lime.
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Danny: there is a chemical reaction.
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Mike: with the lime and the coconut on it.
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Leyicet: so, it's pretty easy, it's quick.
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Some people eat it as an appetizer, some people have it
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As a main dish.
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Danny has it for everything, and every day.
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And this is extremely traditional peruvian, so there's
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A way.
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Mike: you know, this would be phenomenal in the summer,
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Because it's nice and cold.
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I like that.
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We're enjoying this, too bad you couldn't be here to have some of
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It with us, but i'll tell you what, if you go to huckabee.tv,
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You can find the recipe for the gokey family's peruvian--
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Leyicet: ceviche.
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Mike: ceviche, there it is, ceviche.
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That's exactly what i've been calling it all night.
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And you'll also find links to their charity foundation, better
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Than i found it, which is wonderful, and the website with
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All of danny's music, including his latest hit album, "the sound
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Of heaven."
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And now the heavenly sound of keith bilbrey's voice telling us
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What's to come as we eat ceviche.
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Keith: well, straight ahead, shawn carney tackles the
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Difficult topics in the abortion debate head on and gives tips on
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How you can too.
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That's next on "huckabee."
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Keith: tune in next week for a 90 minute special finale of
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"the huckabee show."
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You won't want to miss it.
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Mike: and welcome back.
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One of the great things we love about doing this show is the
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Opportunity to hear some of the best music in the whole world,
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And it happens to be in music city, usa.
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And of course, in all of music city, usa, there is not a better
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Band than our band, tre corley and the music city connection.
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Would you give them a big hand?
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Well, shawn carney has been a leader in the pro-life movement
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Since he was a college student, and now he's taking on the tough
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Discussions that conservatives need to have in a post roe v.
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Wade america.
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He's the president and ceo of 40 days for life, author of the new
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Book "what to say when part two: your proven guide in the new
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Abortion landscape."
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Here's my conversation with shawn carney.
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Mike: shawn, welcome, good to have you to back.
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Shawn carney: good to be back, thanks for having me.
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Mike: that is a mouthful.
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"what to say when two," it's the second version of this.
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But what is the challenge today?
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Because there's so many people who are angry about abortion.
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Either they're angry for it, they're angry against it.
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How do we get to where we can have a rational conversation?
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Shawn: yeah, i mean, that's a good question, and we wrote
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The first "what to say when" in 2021, and it quickly got dated
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With the overturning of roe, so people said what do we say now
00:29:21.775 --> 00:29:24.811
That everything is, you know, there's so many new arguments,
00:29:24.811 --> 00:29:28.448
There's so many new myths, and anger has replaced--there was
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A time where the pro-abortion movement was trying to be
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Reasonable, and that was bill clinton.
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A safe, legal, and rare.
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He's from a place called arkansas, and when he ran for
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President, as you know, he said, "i don't like abortion, so i
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Want it to be safe, legal, and rare."
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And that's a joke now.
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Now it's abortion at 40 weeks, it's infanticide, it's
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Miscarriage is the same as an abortion, and the loudest people
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And the craziest people who support abortion are the voices,
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And to some level that's to our advantage in
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Day-to-day conversation.
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Mike: you know, there's been so much misinformation, one of
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Which is that the supreme court banned abortion.
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No, they didn't.
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All they did in overturning roe-wade was give it back to the
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States where people vote whether they want it or not and how much
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Of it they want or don't want.
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But it's now left to each individual state.
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That's it, that's--in some cases there are more abortions
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Than there were because of the state that decides they
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Want more.
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Shawn: and some of those states, and, i mean, overall we
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Have 25 states that have passed, you know, pro-life laws since
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The overturning of roe compared to seven have passed
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Pro-abortion laws, and so we're winning on that battle.
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But yeah, trump didn't overturn it, the voters didn't
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Overturn it.
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The supreme court corrected their error.
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It's the second time they dehumanized a segment
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Of americans.
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They did it the first time with dred scott with slavery, and
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Then roe v. wade, and they did the right thing.
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They corrected their error and sent it back to the states, and
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The states decide.
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And we see some states, new york and california, you don't need
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A doctor.
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You can have an abortion up to 40 weeks.
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If you survive the abortion, we won't do anything for you.
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You're on your own, and then we have places like where i live in
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Texas that's abortion free.
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And so, the states are deciding, and like reconstruction, it's
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Gonna be messy before it gets better.
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Mike: there seems to be a misunderstanding too that roe v.
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Wade was the holy grail, and i've said for decades, i've been
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In the pro-life movement for 50 years, and i've said that,
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Frankly, roe-wade overturning is not really our goal.
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Our goal should be to establish the personhood of every unborn
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Child from conception, that's the transformation when we
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Really get somewhere.
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Will we ever see that?
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Shawn: i think so.
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I think so, because this is, like, halftime, that we had to
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Get rid of roe first, but we're headed towards the
00:31:46.653 --> 00:31:48.588
14th amendment.
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It's not sustainable.
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You know, we're living in the schizophrenic view of the human
00:31:51.291 --> 00:31:53.426
Person where you get to live amongst us in tennessee and
00:31:53.426 --> 00:31:56.596
Texas and alabama and georgia, but you don't in california and
00:31:56.596 --> 00:32:00.967
New york, and that didn't work.
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And eventually it became a moral issue, and northerners, thank
00:32:02.802 --> 00:32:06.906
God, couldn't sleep at night and know that there was slavery in
00:32:06.906 --> 00:32:10.310
The south.
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It was no longer, "well, i don't have a plantation,
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I don't need cotton.
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I don't know what it's like."
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That no longer sustained them.
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It became a moral issue, and i-- we're not gonna have a civil war
00:32:17.050 --> 00:32:20.353
Or anything like that, but the idea that you can have people's
00:32:20.353 --> 00:32:24.290
Dignity recognized in half the states and not the other half
00:32:24.290 --> 00:32:27.727
Isn't sustainable.
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Mike: what about younger people?
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Because, you know, we have this perception that young people are
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Very much for abortion and older ones are not.
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My own experience has been kind of the opposite.
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A lot of people my age who were young and had abortions when
00:32:38.738 --> 00:32:42.308
They were in their teenage years very much defend abortion.
00:32:42.308 --> 00:32:46.746
Younger people are thinking about this more.
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Shawn: you're cracking on the baby boomers again, which
00:32:48.948 --> 00:32:51.151
Is great.
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Mike: but it's true.
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Shawn: generation z, i have four teenagers, generation z is the
00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:58.391
Most pro-life generation ever at their age.
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So, the boomers were the worst, and then as the--as everybody--
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As every generation turned 18, they got more pro-life, but
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Generation z is very unique in that all of them have multiple
00:33:09.269 --> 00:33:13.373
Pictures of their own ultrasounds.
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Mike: wow, never thought about that, which is something that i
00:33:16.142 --> 00:33:19.712
Think we can honestly say science has been the best friend
00:33:19.712 --> 00:33:22.615
Of the pro-life movement that we've ever had.
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Shawn: completely, and that's why, you know, the day that roe
00:33:25.485 --> 00:33:27.687
Was overturned, i turned on fox, and i saw--she's a well known
00:33:27.687 --> 00:33:31.291
Pro-abortion advocate.
00:33:31.291 --> 00:33:32.625
She said, "i knew this day was coming, because the pro-life
00:33:32.625 --> 00:33:35.161
Side became somehow the pro-science side, the
00:33:35.161 --> 00:33:39.466
Pro-free-medical side with pregnancy centers outnumbering
00:33:39.466 --> 00:33:43.002
Abortion facilities, and five to one, and the
00:33:43.002 --> 00:33:46.739
Pro-compassionate side."
00:33:46.739 --> 00:33:48.341
Like, we talked about the woman, we talked about the baby.
00:33:48.341 --> 00:33:51.644
They just, you know, scream about reproductive rights.
00:33:51.644 --> 00:33:55.148
They exploit, you know, 14-year-old rape victims.
00:33:55.148 --> 00:33:58.251
We work with 14-year-old rape victims.
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And there just seemed to be a certain seriousness to this
00:34:00.487 --> 00:34:03.823
Issue that only one side was owning up to, and that was
00:34:03.823 --> 00:34:06.392
The pro-life side.
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Mike: and shawn, there's a great irony when people on
00:34:07.727 --> 00:34:09.762
The pro-abortion side talk about reproductive health.
00:34:09.762 --> 00:34:12.031
There is nothing reproductive about an abortion.
00:34:12.031 --> 00:34:14.134
It stops reproduction.
00:34:14.134 --> 00:34:16.069
It doesn't create reproduction in any way.
00:34:16.069 --> 00:34:19.572
It seems like we're gonna have to take the language back.
00:34:19.572 --> 00:34:22.208
Shawn: yeah, well, we teach you that too, to go on offense,
00:34:22.208 --> 00:34:24.878
Because reproduction is the problem.
00:34:24.878 --> 00:34:26.546
That's why we claim we need abortion, that reproduction's
00:34:26.546 --> 00:34:29.215
Happened and the baby's alive.
00:34:29.215 --> 00:34:31.351
And the heartbeat, this is the only scenario where a beating
00:34:31.351 --> 00:34:34.587
Heart is a problem.
00:34:34.587 --> 00:34:36.489
Heartbeats are good.
00:34:36.489 --> 00:34:38.057
Mike: yeah, they are.
00:34:38.057 --> 00:34:39.392
Shawn: we spend a lot of money keeping our hearts beating.
00:34:39.392 --> 00:34:41.461
Mike: and this is the one medical procedure, the only one
00:34:41.461 --> 00:34:45.198
That always results in the death of one of the patients.
00:34:45.198 --> 00:34:48.368
Shawn: it's unsuccessful if you live.
00:34:48.368 --> 00:34:50.803
Mike: that's just--it's tragic.
00:34:50.803 --> 00:34:52.372
I so appreciate what you have and continue to do.
00:34:52.372 --> 00:34:55.575
It's a joy to have you here, great way for us to start this
00:34:55.575 --> 00:34:58.478
New year, and thank you for coming and talking with us about
00:34:58.478 --> 00:35:02.248
This important book.
00:35:02.248 --> 00:35:04.851
"what to say when, section two."
00:35:04.851 --> 00:35:08.388
To keep up with shawn on all of the social media platforms, to
00:35:08.388 --> 00:35:11.090
Learn more about 40 days for life, go to huckabee.tv and
00:35:11.090 --> 00:35:14.627
You'll find shawn's guest page.
00:35:14.627 --> 00:35:16.663
Keith bilbrey, he's always full of life, and he's standing by
00:35:16.663 --> 00:35:20.266
Right now to tell us who's coming up next.
00:35:20.266 --> 00:35:23.603
Keith: well, get ready for some belly laughs with funnyman
00:35:23.603 --> 00:35:26.673
John floyd, coming up next on "huckabee."
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Mike: john floyd makes people laugh all over the world.
00:36:02.943 --> 00:36:06.213
He has worked with every star from milton berle to martina
00:36:06.213 --> 00:36:09.049
Mcbride, and he is a favorite clean comic and speaker for
00:36:09.049 --> 00:36:12.653
Major corporations as well as cruise lines.
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He's also an author, and i love this, a regular every year at
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Mayberry days.
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So, get ready to laugh with the very funny john floyd.
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[music]
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John floyd: thank you all so much.
00:36:33.274 --> 00:36:35.276
How are y'all?
00:36:35.276 --> 00:36:36.644
I'm glad to be here.
00:36:36.644 --> 00:36:38.846
Do i look okay?
00:36:38.846 --> 00:36:40.214
The reason i ask that is because, not to sound brag
00:36:40.214 --> 00:36:41.749
Or anything, but in the past few years i've lost about 60 pounds.
00:36:41.749 --> 00:36:45.619
Well, i appreciate that, but i can't take credit for
00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:49.123
It, honestly.
00:36:49.123 --> 00:36:50.457
I have to give credit to joe biden for my weight loss,
00:36:50.457 --> 00:36:52.059
Because since he's been in office, i can't
00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:53.761
Afford groceries.
00:36:53.761 --> 00:36:56.930
That been happening to y'all?
00:36:56.930 --> 00:36:58.299
It's ridiculous, i was at the grocery store last week, they
00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:59.767
Had a sign over the front door that said on the spot financing.
00:36:59.767 --> 00:37:04.271
Carton of eggs, 90 days same as cash, it's crazy.
00:37:04.271 --> 00:37:08.575
You ever see somebody you ain't seen a while and wind up saying
00:37:08.575 --> 00:37:10.544
Something stupid to 'em?
00:37:10.544 --> 00:37:11.912
I gotta admit, i was home not too long ago.
00:37:11.912 --> 00:37:13.247
I was at the mall one afternoon.
00:37:13.247 --> 00:37:14.648
I bumped into this girl i went to high school with, hadn't seen
00:37:14.648 --> 00:37:18.052
Her in years.
00:37:18.052 --> 00:37:19.386
We're having a nice chat, catching up and everything.
00:37:19.386 --> 00:37:20.754
Then i said, "oh, you had a brother that was in school with
00:37:20.754 --> 00:37:23.490
Us too, didn't you?
00:37:23.490 --> 00:37:24.825
What's he up to now?"
00:37:24.825 --> 00:37:26.193
She said, "oh, actually a few years ago my brother killed two
00:37:26.193 --> 00:37:27.828
People in a hold up, and now he's doing life in prison."
00:37:27.828 --> 00:37:30.631
Yeah, well, what do you say to that?
00:37:30.631 --> 00:37:32.833
The conversation is ruined.
00:37:32.833 --> 00:37:35.069
I tried to save myself, and i was like, "oh, well, tell him i
00:37:35.069 --> 00:37:38.839
Said hey."
00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:45.479
Like all comedians, i come from a weird family.
00:37:45.479 --> 00:37:47.681
My sister has three kids, she's got a son and two daughters.
00:37:47.681 --> 00:37:50.651
But y'all, when the youngest daughter was born, she weighed
00:37:50.651 --> 00:37:53.120
10 pounds, 11 ounces.
00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:55.322
Oh yeah, yeah, i know.
00:37:55.322 --> 00:37:56.724
And when she was born, i was out of town, so she was, like, four
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Days old by the time i got over to my sister's to see her.
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I went over there, my sister was busy doing something, so she
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Told her two older kids, "take uncle john in the other room
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To see the new baby."
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So, they take me in there, she's laying on the floor in
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Her little bassinet, the three of us are sitting there looking
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At her.
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My nephew was seven at the time, said, "uncle john, did you hear
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The baby weighed 10 pounds 11 ounces?"
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I said, "yeah, i heard that."
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He said, "have you ever seen such a big baby?"
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I said, "no, i don't think i have."
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He said, "the doctor said it's the biggest baby he
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Ever delivered."
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I said, "yeah, i can believe that."
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Right about that time the baby started crying.
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Without missing a beat, my other niece was 5 at the time, said,
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"she's probably crying because y'all are talking about
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Her weight.
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Girls don't like that."
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Oh, my mom, y'all, she's a sweet lady, but she's got a terrible
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Memory, not because she's getting older.
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She's always had a bad memory.
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She goes to the movies all the time, but she can never remember
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The name of the movie she just saw, even if she's literally
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Walking out of the theater.
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But she can kinda get some of the words in the title close to
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Right, so it's a fun little game to try to figure out what movie
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She's talking about.
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Like she might say, "you know, one of my favorite movies has
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Always been 'the breeze went away.'"
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I'm like, "'do you mean 'gone with the wind'?"
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"ain't that what i said?"
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I was talking to her a while back on a sunday afternoon.
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I said, "what are you doing?"
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She said, "i'm watching this old john wayne movie on tv."
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I said, "oh yeah, which one?"
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She said, "it's called 'the honest oatmeal.'"
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I said, "do you mean 'true grit'?"
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"yeah, ain't that what i said?"
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Oh, i was working--i work a lot of cruise ships, like he said.
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Yeah, i was on a ship not too long ago, i was upstairs having
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Lunch, and they had some mac and cheese.
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Now, i love me some mac and cheese, so i went to get some.
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Well, when i got closer, i noticed over the card over it,
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It said southern mac and cheese.
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I've lived in the south my whole life, i've never heard of
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Southern mac and cheese, so when i got on stage that night at my
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Show, i had to ask the audience.
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I said, "what is southern mac and cheese?"
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I mean, mac and cheese is pasta with cheese on top of it.
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What is southern about that?
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This lady in the audience yelled out, "it has to do with the type
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Of cheese they use."
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I said, "what type of cheese do they use?"
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She said, "it's southern cheese."
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There's no such thing as southern cheese.
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What is southern cheese?
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Cheese that comes from the cow that says, "moo, y'all."
00:40:09.490 --> 00:40:15.963
Oh, i just got a southern accent put on my gps.
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Did y'all know you could do that?
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It's pretty cool, because my old gps, i didn't like that lady's
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Voice, because she was just so boring and precise and monotone.
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Like, "go north on i-95 34.2 miles.
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Then take exit 63, go left, go 4.6 miles.
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Your destination will be on the right."
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My new southern gps, she's like, "okay, you're gonna go up yonder
00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:36.083
Ways till you get to billy joe's house, and you're gonna
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Make a right.
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Now, if you get to the cracker barrel, you done gone too
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Far, sug.
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You can make a u-turn in their parking lot.
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Hey, get me a meatloaf and some fried okra while you're there."
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I love asking for directions in the south, because southern
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People will give you directions based on where stuff no
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Longer is.
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I was in mississippi a while back, got lost in this town i
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Was in.
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Finally i swallowed my pride, because men aren't supposed to
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Ask for directions.
00:41:03.610 --> 00:41:04.945
I pulled over the parking lot, a lady was standing there.
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I rolled down my window and said, "excuse me, ma'am, can you
00:41:07.314 --> 00:41:09.850
Tell me how to get to the highway?"
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She said, "okay, you know where the wendy's used to be?"
00:41:11.718 --> 00:41:18.158
She really think i know where one restaurant used to be if i
00:41:18.158 --> 00:41:20.394
Don't know where a whole highway still is.
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Y'all are nice.
00:41:28.135 --> 00:41:29.469
I had a doctor's appointment not too long ago.
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It was on october 8. now, the reason i remember the exact date
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Is because when i was leaving the receptionist said, "okay,
00:41:34.808 --> 00:41:37.477
The doctor wants to see you back in one year.
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Is next october 9 okay?"
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"oh, let me check my schedule, make sure i can fit y'all in
00:41:42.449 --> 00:41:45.786
A year from tomorrow.
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Yeah, i think that's gonna work out just fine."
00:41:47.120 --> 00:41:49.089
Yeah, as if that wasn't bad enough, she said, "okay, i have
00:41:49.089 --> 00:41:51.692
An 8 a.m.
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And an 8:30 a.m., which is gonna work better for you?"
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I'm like, really?
00:41:55.295 --> 00:41:56.763
I'm a comedian, i work nights.
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My days are free.
00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.033
I mean, my idea of a really busy day is trying to decide if i
00:42:00.033 --> 00:42:03.503
Want to watch "the price is right" and yell, "higher,
00:42:03.503 --> 00:42:06.773
Higher," or watch "the view" and yell "liar, liar."
00:42:06.773 --> 00:42:12.946
Thank y'all so much. that's it for me.
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God bless you. i appreciate it.
00:42:15.749 --> 00:42:17.818
Mike: well, to see more of john floyd and book him for your
00:42:17.818 --> 00:42:21.521
Events, to get his books, including his serious financial
00:42:21.521 --> 00:42:23.957
Advice from a funny perspective, go to huckabee.tv.
00:42:23.957 --> 00:42:28.061
Well, 2024 was a great year for "the huckabee show," and before
00:42:28.061 --> 00:42:32.265
We close this chapter and march into 2025, here is a look back
00:42:32.265 --> 00:42:37.404
At some of our more memorable guests from last year.
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[music]
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Sarah palin: i love your common sense, and i love the way
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That you articulate too, that-- the things that i think so many
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People are thinking and saying.
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[music]
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Mike parson: the governor of arkansas just contacted me
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Before i came in and wanted me to remind you that you're
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Supposed to be responsible with her children while she's gone.
00:43:29.556 --> 00:43:33.860
Mike: yeah, trust me, your kids are having a blast.
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[music]
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Mike: the inspiring zion clark.
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I just want to say thanks for being here.
00:43:49.042 --> 00:43:50.811
Thanks for encouraging, inspiring us.
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We're gonna be watching you for the olympics and
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The paralympics.
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Make history.
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[music]
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K-von: i've just been told there's a great big balloon
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Coming from china, folks.
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This is not a regular balloon, it's not a birthday balloon, a
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Chinese spy balloon.
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Stacy lyn harris: i have a whole chapter in the book about
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Hunting and fishing.
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Mike: i run over some stuff too every year.
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Stacy: well, there you go, you gotta use what you get,
00:44:18.872 --> 00:44:21.441
Yeah, absolutely.
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Mike: why do you love this country so much, gary?
00:44:23.243 --> 00:44:25.045
Because it's obvious that you do.
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Gary sinise: because we have men and women that are willing
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To sacrifice for it.
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[music]
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Mike: if you don't have hot sauce, you don't have
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Collard greens.
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Andre rush: it is not right.
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[music]
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Riley gaines: men and women are different.
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That's it.
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[music]
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Rich natole: okay, okay, got you, got you, got you.
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[music]
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Scott walker: i started and ended the day on my knees,
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Praying to god for strength and and wisdom.
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Rick perry: and he said, "perry, i want you to go do for
00:45:27.974 --> 00:45:31.645
American energy what you did for texas."
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Michael flynn: the christian voting block in this country, as
00:45:34.247 --> 00:45:37.184
You well know, is the largest voting block in the country.
00:45:37.184 --> 00:45:40.554
Mike: did you hear the audience go, "ooh."
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[music]
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Mike: what a fun look back, and with my new adventure as the us
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Ambassador to israel taking shape, 2025 is gonna be even
00:46:13.053 --> 00:46:17.123
More exciting.
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Here's keith bilbrey to tell you about this week's special
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Musical guest.
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Keith: well, you won't wanna miss the powerful voice of
00:46:23.563 --> 00:46:26.433
Colton dixon.
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He's coming up next on "huckabee."
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[music]
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[music]
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Mike: for links to colton's music and more, including
00:46:49.757 --> 00:46:52.059
Tickets to the big winter jam '25 tour, just
00:46:52.193 --> 00:46:54.695
Visit huckabee.tv.
00:46:54.829 --> 00:46:55.129
Now performing his hit song "build a boat" with tre corley
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And the music city connection, here's colton dixon.
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[music]
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♪ i've been wandering ♪
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♪ through the desert ♪
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♪ ain't seen a cloud ♪
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♪ in forever over me ♪
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♪ but i believe your rain ♪
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♪ is coming ♪
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♪ well, i've been hanging onto high hopes ♪
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♪ 'cause you're the one who's making dry bones ♪
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♪ come to life ♪
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♪ you're the light i put ♪
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♪ my trust in ♪
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♪ 'cause every word you ♪
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♪ say is gonna come true ♪
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♪ you will lead me to the promised land ♪
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♪ and everything you say ♪
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♪ is gonna happen ♪
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♪ even though i haven't ♪
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♪ seen it yet ♪
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♪ i will build a boat in ♪
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♪ the sand where they say it never rains ♪
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♪ i will stand up in faith ♪
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♪ i'll do anything it takes ♪
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♪ with your wind in my sails ♪
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♪ your love never fails ♪
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♪ or fades ♪
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♪ i'll build a boat in the desert place ♪
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♪ and when the flood and the water starts to rise ♪
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♪ yeah i'll ride the storm 'cause ♪
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♪ i got you by my side ♪
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♪ with your wind ♪
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♪ in my sails your love never fails ♪
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♪ or fades ♪
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♪ i'll build a boat so let it rain ♪
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♪ you're the map and you're my compass ♪
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♪ you help me navigate ♪
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♪ the currents underneath ♪
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♪ take the lead ♪
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♪ i surrender again ♪
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♪ 'cause very word you ♪
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♪ say is gonna come true ♪
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♪ you will lead me to ♪
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♪ the promised land ♪
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♪ and everything you ♪
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♪ say is gonna happen ♪
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♪ even though i ♪
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♪ haven't seen it yet ♪
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♪ i will build a boat in ♪
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♪ the sand where they say it never rains ♪
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♪ i will stand up in faith ♪
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♪ i'll do anything it takes ♪
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♪ with your wind in my sails ♪
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♪ your love never fails or fades ♪
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♪ i'll build a boat in ♪
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♪ the desert place ♪
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♪ and when the floods and the water ♪
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♪ starts to rise, yeah ♪
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♪ i'll ride the storm 'cause i got you by my side ♪
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♪ with your wind in my sails ♪
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♪ your love never fails ♪
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♪ or fades ♪
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♪ i'll build a boat so let it rain ♪
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♪ i'll build a boat ♪
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♪ so let it rain ♪
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[music]
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♪ i will build a boat ♪
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♪ in the sand where ♪
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♪ they say it never rains ♪
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♪ i will stand up in faith ♪
00:49:40.394 --> 00:49:41.929
♪ do anything it takes ♪
00:49:41.929 --> 00:49:43.597
♪ with your wind in my sails ♪
00:49:43.597 --> 00:49:45.332
♪ your love never fails ♪
00:49:45.332 --> 00:49:46.767
♪ or fades ♪
00:49:46.767 --> 00:49:48.569
♪ i'll build a boat in ♪
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♪ the desert place ♪
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♪ and when the floods and the water ♪
00:49:51.305 --> 00:49:53.307
♪ starts to rise, yeah ♪
00:49:53.307 --> 00:49:54.575
♪ i'll ride the storm 'cause ♪
00:49:54.575 --> 00:49:55.843
♪ i got you by my side ♪
00:49:55.843 --> 00:49:57.144
♪ with your wind in my sails ♪
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♪ your love never fails ♪
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♪ or fades ♪
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♪ i'll build a boat so let it rain, yeah ♪
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♪ i'll build a boat ♪
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♪ so let it rain ♪♪
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[music]
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Huckabee - January 4, 2025

January 4, 2025 | S8:E379

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