April 21, 2025 • 33 mins
The passing of Pope Francis at 88. The Pope of firsts.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, It's me Michael. Your morning show can be heard
live daily on great radio stations like News Radio six
fifty k e NI Anchorage, Alaska, Talk Radio eleven ninety
Dallas Fort Worth, and Freedom one oh four to seven
in Washington, d C. We'd love to have you listen
live every day and make us a part of your
morning routine. But better late than never. Enjoy the podcast
seven minutes after the hour. Welcome to Monday, April to twenty.
(00:22):
First you have our Lord twenty twenty five, And just
when we all thought Pope Francis.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Had recovered.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Hours, not even after visiting with Vice President JD. Vans,
the Vatican announced Pope Francis died Eastern Monday at the
age of eighty eight. Pope Francis's birth name JORGEI Brogoglio,
born in Argentina. He was the first Jesuit pope, the
first from the Americas, the first from the Southern hemisphere,
(00:51):
and the first pope from outside Europe since the eighth century.
The passing of Pope Francis today at the age of
eighty eight, means it's time to choose a new pontiff.
For those of the Oscar nominated movie Conclave, a dramatization,
I might add, shows you a bit of the process
(01:14):
in selecting a pope. Cardinals under the age of eighty
will vote by secret ballot until candidates get two thirds.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Of a vote.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
His body will actually follow a protocol that he has set.
It will move directly to a chapel be placed in
a casket. Francis will be the first pope buried outside
the Vatican in the century. Instead, Francis will be interned
at the Saint Mary Major, one of the oldest churches
in Rome and one he would visit for prayer before
(01:43):
any trips abroad. No date for the funeral has been
set yet. Pope Francis dead at the age of eighty eight. Also,
if you're just waking up, there are these scandalous reports
that Secretary of Defense Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsat has
reportedly shared more detailed military plans across day second group
chat of the Signal app although the State Department is
(02:06):
denying that three more states are reporting their first measle
cases of the year. The Midwest is set to be
hit with severe weather today and sinners ironically Easter weekend
and upon the death of the Pope Sinners is the
top movie over the holiday box office weekend. So good
(02:26):
morning and welcome to Monday, April of twenty first. Obviously,
there is much to discuss. Pope Francis, a reformer from
Argentina who rattled the Catholic Church's traditionalists and inspired progressives
by reaching out to the gay people, championing the rights
of immigrants and the poor, has died according to the Vatican,
of the age of eighty eight. It's interesting that there
(02:48):
didn't seem to be, you know, on death's door in
the hospital for how long people forget he lost a
portion of one of his lungs at a very young age.
Then he had complications with pneumonia, made a long recovery
against all odds. Then I just got through watching the video,
(03:12):
uh in a strange twice to fate. The last person,
uh that the Pope visited with on Easter Sunday was
our Vice president Jade Vance.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Here's how it sounded. Pray for you every day, bless you.
So good to see.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
You find yourself out eventually.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I think you have not been feeling great, but it's
good to see you in vener health.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
These are these are for your children.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Thank you. Uh, these are the gifts. These also gifts for.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
You with a beautiful Vatican tie.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
And then there were the rosaries for your wife, wife,
for your children, and the Grd one is for you.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Thank you very much for your visit, of course, of course,
and thank you for seeing me.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Pope was sitting in a wheelchair. Other than that, he
was very alert, very animated, looked wonderful. Quite frankly, so
this all comes as a bit of a shock. At
seven thirty five Rome time in the morning, the announcement
was weighed by the Bishop of Rome that Francis had
(04:29):
returned to the House of the Father. He taught us
to live the values of the Gospel with faithfulness, courage,
universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and the marginalized,
rather humble cardinal to begin with. And then upon the
conclusion of the conclave that elected him pope, usually their
(04:52):
personal belongings are gathered and brought.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
To the new residence.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Francis very I'll never forget there was his first act
as pope. He wasn't got his own luggage, started wheeling
it out and heading towards the Vatican offices. As I mentioned,
his body's going to be put on display in an
open casket at Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, one
of the Christianity's holiest cities, where the pontiff Pontes have
(05:21):
been buried for more than one hundred years, although this
particular pope will be buried at Saint Mary's instead. So
rather shocking news to say the least. Waking up this morning.
Not to put it bluntly, but just when we thought
he was better, just when JD. Vance was thrilled to
see he was better, he dies literally hours later. Note
(05:47):
to the Democrats, it's not about fighting. It's about having
answers and solutions, solutions that align with the American people's
perceived needs and desires, not far left socialist ideas and
sliding with every issue against a majority of the voters.
(06:08):
We learn this because Democratic congressional leaders ratings are at
a record low. Democratic leadership's latest twenty five percent confidence
rating is an all time low, well below the previous
thirty four percent that was an all time low, and
that was in twenty twenty three. It's well below the
(06:31):
average of forty five percent since two thousand and one.
This is a party that has been out of step
with the American people by majority for well over twenty
five years, but with a twenty five percent confidence rating,
you know, we choke around and play the how low
(06:52):
can you go? Bed I guess two thousand and one,
Republican leaders in Congress and Democrat leaders in Congress were
both roughly in about sixty six percent. And for the
Democrats it starts a slide. It hits an all time
(07:15):
loan about twenty fourteen, which would be just about the
end of third year Barack Obama's second term, and then
it kind of rises during the first Trump reign and
gets as high as I think it was forty eight percent,
(07:35):
still trailing Republicans at forty nine percent, and then dips
from there, and you know, just riffing off the top
of your head and speculating. I mean, I can't think
of anything more than the civil war within the party itself,
and that tug of war with the socialist liberals that
they seemingly have been winning since really twenty sixteen, and
(08:03):
then the lie, the lie of Joe Biden, and really
the disregard for the primary voters as well. I mean,
to know that the president had been cognitively impaired and
hide it is one thing, but then to wait until
(08:23):
most primary votes were cast before revealing it, and then
switching to Kamala Harris without giving the voters to say,
I mean, these kinds of betrayals also probably in that mix.
And then what do most narratives die of reality consequence?
So failed policies they created, failed realities, These all mix in.
(08:45):
Republican leadership's latest thirty nine percent rating is well above
the twenty four percent low from twenty fourteen. Neither have
anything to write home about. Don't miss that at all
in this but the Republicans polling a good fifteen percentage
points above the Democrats. Democratic congressional leaders rating among their
(09:07):
own party faithful has fallen forty one percent since last year. Again,
that's where I get into that notion of betrayal and
how that played, or ignoring the entire party and its
voters and having a say in its presidential nominee. But
mixed in there too would be those in that tug
(09:28):
of war of a civil war within their parties that
don't think they've gone far enough left or haven't fought
hard enough against Donald Trump. I think for the Democrats,
my analysis would be they're getting it from both sides
of their own party, those that want to see them
pivot to the center and those that think they need
to pivot even further left. This is a recipe for
(09:49):
disaster for them, not just trying to get a messenger
a message by twenty eight, but to rally some kind
of opposition to the president and perhaps have some kind
of s sess in a midterm election. The previous low
for Democrat congressional leaders among Democrats was sixty percent, and
that was in two thousand and five, and it's at
(10:11):
forty three. For their part, Republicans' confidence in their own
parties congressional leaders has fallen below forty two percent. This
two could point two. And again this is why we
have to talk back button. Your opinion is as valid
as mine. The difference between Republicans and trump Ism. And
(10:33):
so once you start looking at congressional leaders, you're looking
at those that you believe are behind the president and
those that you question are behind the president. This becomes
problematic for the Republican Party that is exposed outside of
Donald Trump in members of Congress. I found this to
be a fascinating latest snapshot of Gallup polling on our
(10:59):
views of Congress leadership, and I guess I would add
as a tertiary note that this would this would tend
to point positively on an AOC challenge of Chucky Schumer
in New York if that challenge should take place in
(11:19):
a Senate race. Why because he is Democratic leadership proceeded
very low. She is the heir apparent to the Bernie
Sanders Torch Supreme Court. The United States orders pauses and deportations.
I noticed it was a repost by Elon Musk, but
it goes without saying twelve point three million deportations under
(11:42):
Bill Clinton's zero injunctions, ten point three million under George W.
Bush zero injunctions, five point three million deportations under Barack
Obama's zero injunctions, one hundred thousand deportations, thirty.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Injunctions for Donald Trump.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
But now the Supreme Court ordering the Trump administration early
Saturday morning to pause the deportation of some Venezuelan illegal
aliens until the Court can rule further. The Court did
not grant or deny the use of the Alien Enemies
Act to remove the illegal aliens who Trump the Trump
administration claims are the TDA gang members MS thirteen gang members,
(12:20):
but in this picker case, Triniaguar gang members would be
the most relevant, but instead the justices simply hit pause
on the entire matter that will probably be played up
within the matrix of death of journalism depending on who
you're listening to. And David Hog, this is such an
interesting story to follow today. Of course, everything is going
(12:43):
to be over shadowed by the death of the Pope.
But David Hogg, who appears I think what three times
in our Sounds of the Day today making the rounds
on the talking hit shows this weekend, gave one hundred
thousand dollars to the DCCC after infuriating House Democrats. One
hundred thousand dollars compared to the twenty million dollars. Is
(13:06):
that he is somehow supposed to change the narrative of
the DNC vice chairman. So the question becomes if David Hogg,
and again this is a twenty five year old Democrat
made hero from the Parkland shooting, finds himself vice chair
of the DNC, which we think is significant because it's
(13:26):
clearly the socialist justice plan to pass the torch from
Bernie Sanders to AOC, which would seemingly give her about
thirty percent of the vote and probably the lead in
the primary process in twenty twenty eight. So while she
takes that constituency voting block and lane, if you will firmly,
(13:51):
here comes David Hogg simultaneously on a mission to raise
millions and millions of dollars to remove Democrats. His bone
to pick is out of touch and old, but it'll
play right in Deoc's hands. And what makes it significantly
(14:11):
different is if that whole game plays out the way
it did in twenty sixteen and twenty twenty, where Bernie
would have got the nomination of the DNC gting involved. Well,
now your vice chair is in the midst of this.
A wolf is in the hen's house and in the henhouse,
and they got to get rid of them. So depending
on what you're watching or listening to in the matrix,
(14:32):
David Hogg becomes the new devil that must be removed.
That's certainly how James Carvel would portray him on a
talking head show, and then David Hog with the heavy
lifting this weekend of defending himself on all the talking
head shows. So it's amazing how how quickly I don't
(14:57):
know how you view this red like this is all
way more twenty twenty eight presidential politics than midterm election politics,
which is what you would be expecting about right now,
for everything, for all the ducks to get in a
row for a midterm run. And yet everything seems to
be seemingly focused on twenty twenty eight. And that's the
(15:19):
infighting business of the Democrat Party.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
Now, the big.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Question becomes, how is this going to affect their midterm
if they're still leaderless, messageless and looking ahead to twenty
twenty eight. Now Donald Trump, of course, there is a
historic proclivity to give balance and vote against an incumbent
party in a midterm. This is Eric from East Liverpool.
Speaker 5 (15:48):
Howe in My Morning show is Your Morney Show with
Michael del jeral.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Hi. I'm Michael. I'd love to have you listen to
your morning show live. Every day We're heard on great
stations like News Talk five point fifty k FYI and
Phoenix News Radio, eleven ninety k EX in Portland and
ten ninety The Patriot in Seattle. Make us a part
of your morning routine. We'd love to have you listen live,
but in the meantime, enjoy the podcast if you're just
getting up thirty six minutes after the hour, early bird
(16:20):
gets the worm, lazy squirrel misses the nut. Shuffle your
way into the kitchen, pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee.
Let me go over some of the specials for today.
Obviously the biggest story waking up the Vatican. Cardinal Kevin
Farrell announced the Pope's death in a statement released by
the Vatican during the early hours of Easter Monday morning.
(16:41):
At seven thirty five this morning, the Bishop of Rome
Francis returned to the House of the Father. The cardinals stated,
he taught us how to live with values of the Gospel,
with faithfulness, courage, and a universal love, especially in favor
of the poorest and the marginalized. Francis at the age
of eighty eight. Now this comes what thirty eight days
(17:03):
in the hospital on the brink of death. For many
of those days, overcomes pneumonia, all of the illness. Returns
back to his office yesterday, took part in Easter Sunday services,
met with Vice President JD.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Vance. We had poured over that video.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I mean, other than he was sitting in a wheelchair,
but he could have easily been placed in a regular chair.
He looked great, he was animated, he was alert, he
looked terrific. He was interacting with the Vice president. That
would have been I think somewhere just after midnight, so
probably about twelve thirty eight, or maybe it would have
(17:50):
been romas what six hours ahead, so it'd been about
one thirty in the morning that he passed away, But
you know, not that many hours after, you know, being
busy with Easter Sunday, and of course others will look
at this as perfect timing, right, good Friday, get through
the holy weekend and go home to your father.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
But shocking news for a lot of people.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
After overcoming the illness, City had Pope Francis dead at
the age of eighty eight. His birth name was Jorge Burgolio.
He was born in Argentina. That's a first. He was
a Jesuit pope. That was a first, a first from
the Americas, in a first from the Southern hemisphere, and
the first pope from outside Europe since I believe the
(18:33):
eighth century. And for those of you that have watched
the movie Conclave, which you know I have to tell you,
I you know, I don't watch a I never go
to the theaters. So when the Oscars come around, I
don't know any of these movies, and I think it
was Netflix had Conclave, and I remember it being nominated
(18:53):
for several Oscars, so I hit play. Stanley Tucci is
just terrific. John Lethgow is terrific. Ray Fines who was
Baltimore right in all the Harry Potters, he plays Cardinal Lawrence.
He is just stunning in this movie. And it's a
(19:17):
Hollywood rendition. I think what it would play upon is
that the politics of a college of cardinals can be
a lot like politics. In fact, it's one of the
lines of the movie in American politics. So obviously I
(19:39):
sure hope that the College of Cardinals and the Dean isn't.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Facing what was faced in the movie. And then of
course his surprise ending.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
So's a terrific movie and for a lot of people
that have been watching it recently, well here comes the
real thing. So the passing of the Pope means that
the College of Cardinals, which has done it this way
I think since the fourteenth century, all those under the
age of eighty, So you'll have cardinals from around the
world now heading towards the Vatican they'll be sequestered, and
(20:07):
they will take votes until someone receives two thirds of
the votes, and then the white smoke will appear and
you'll have your next Pope. In the meantime, it was
Pope Francis who just reissued how everything will be handled,
and now, of course it will be handled. His body
(20:28):
will be moved to a chapel immediately placed in a coffin.
I suspect that has already happened. He'll be the first
pope buried outside the Vatican in a century. Instead, Francis
will be interned at Saint Mary Major. This is one
of the oldest churches in Rome and it's the one
he would often visit to pray before any trips abroad,
and no date for the funeral has been set so
(20:48):
far and away the big story waking up. Pope Francis
has died just after Easter at the age of eighty
eight years old. Meanwhile, back at home, Secretary of Defense
PCE Hegsath has reportedly shared more detailed military plans across
a second group chat in the Signal app although there
have been denials of such a story.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
It's often running and rampant.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
And then we had the new Gallup poll, which would
suggest that the Democrat leadership's confidence vote is now so
beyond an all time low at twenty five percent. That's
nine percentage points under the thirty four percent that everybody said, well,
it can't get any lower than this in twenty twenty three.
It just did, and nearly half of what it was
(21:38):
in two thousand and one. So we often talk about
the Democrat Party not having a leader, not having a message,
how that will impact the midterm elections, let alone the
twenty twenty eight presidential elections. Well there's your proof that
the Democratic leadership's twenty five percent confidence rating is an
all time low. I've fallen and I can't up. We
(22:04):
also have the ruling of the Supreme Court, and what
is and what isn't in this ruling is really the story.
So the Supreme Court orders that the Trump administration, this
came out early Saturday morning, pause the deportation of some
Venezuelan illegal aliens until the Court can rule any further.
(22:24):
The Court did not grant or deny the use of
the Alien Enemies Act to remove the illegal So this
is not a broad pause. This is not a statement
by the Supreme Court against any deportations. It's in a
very specific area of the deportations, a pause until they
can further rule. And in this particular case with Venezuela,
(22:51):
TDA is the main trendy Argua gang members is the
main issue. The Justice is simply are hitting a pause
on the matter until they can rule further. The government
is directed not to remove any members of detainees from
(23:14):
the United States until further ordered by the Court. After
designating TDA as a foreign terrorist organization, the White House
announced in March that the President would use the powers
of the Alien Enemies Act of seventeen ninety eight to
remove members of the gang from America. Again, there hasn't
been a ruling for or against the use of this
Alien Enemies Act. The illegal immigrants in question in the
(23:37):
ongoing case are currently being held in Texas. The Supreme
Court order is in response to an emergency appeal from
the American Civil Liberties Union. Justice Clarence Thomas and Senate
and Samuel Alito dissented from the Court's order. Before the
Supreme Court issued the order, of the U. S. District
Judge in Washington, DC told lawyers representing the illegal aliens
(23:58):
that he did not have the power to stop the
deportation flights.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
So waiting a little bit.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
I don't even know if you would call this a setback,
but a hiccup if you will, and the court needs
a little bit more time before they make a ruling.
Those are the really big stories in sports.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
We head now.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Into the second season of the NBA and the NHL.
I am not wearing a pajama top. I'm highly insulted.
This was purchased at the stadium in Oklahoma City. I'd
like a little respect for the Oklahoma City Thunder who
had a very close matchup with our other your morning
show City Memphis and the grizz where they just squeaked
(24:38):
by the Grizzlies by fifty one yesterday. Very close game
for those that were watching. I turned to my son
and said, I hope they're all this relaxing. Calves Go
Up another one of our big areas of your morning
show interests. Calves Go Up won nothing after beating the
Heat one twenty one to one hundred in Golden State.
We're on in San Francisco, the Warriors ninety I eighty
(25:00):
five over the Rockets. So we had a really good
Sunday in your morning show basketball. Let's see how we
do in the NHL Tonight. The Caps in the Canadians
Game one at six o'clock. Our Saint Louis Blues down
one game to nothing. Are back in Winnipeg for game two.
That'll be about six thirty Central time tonight, and the
Kings have game one at home versus the Edmonton Oilers
(25:21):
at nine. Baseball, because you know your morning show is
a baseball show. All of our cities of your morning
show interest. Tigers lost four to two to the Royals.
Yankees shut out the Rays four to nothing. Gardinals lost
seven to four to the Mets. D Backs took eleven innings,
but they beat the Cubs three to two at Wrigley Field.
Guardians won five to four over the Pirates. AI's lost
(25:43):
fourteen to one to the Brewers. Dodgers shut out the
Rangers won nothing. That's three two over the Rockies. Giants
lost five to four. Padres beat the Astros three to two.
We've got boyth days today. Let me tell you something.
I have never heard a single song of Biggie Pops.
I even know how to described that. Would you say
he's a punk singer? I would say yeah, he's a
(26:03):
punk rocker.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Iggy. I don't know what Iggy looked like at thirty
eight or twenty eight, the same as he looks now,
But I.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
You know so I when I do the birthdays, the
picture pops up, it looked like the shroud of turn.
I mean, this guy looks he's no, he's scary. I
actually I jumped a little bit. I don't want to,
you know, I don't want to insult Iggy wherever he is,
but his picture frightened me. I went, huh, I jumped
a little He's a scary individual. Iggy Pop is seventy eight.
(26:34):
Actor Tony Danza. You know you're getting go when Tony
Danz is seventy four years old.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
You do it? Well?
Speaker 1 (26:40):
You know Taxi's fifty years ago, right? Actress Andy McDowell.
Is there a I mean Groundhog Day. If you want
to look for a funny movie packed with values and meaning,
look no further than Groundhog's Day. An actress Anny McDowell,
she's so gorgeous. I think I could have carved her
face and ice.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
That's all. Also make the Olympic team as an archer?
Did she? I didn't know that. I believe that's right.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
I believe she made the Olympic team and was like
this world class arch.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Yeah. Well, I think she was a model.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
I mean that was one of her first movies because
she was mainly a model, wasn't she.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
But she was terrific in that movie.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Annie McDowell sixty seven years old today and Tony Romo
the only one that can get me to turn off
Jim Nance.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
I just can't stand it. Painful, really, Jim, Jim, Jim's Jim.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
Tony Romo forty five years old today. But your birthday,
Happy birthday. We're so glad you were born.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
This is your morning show with Michael del Trono. You're
just waking up.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
News of the death of Pope Francis came in a
simple statement for the Vatican.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
Our Roory O'Neil has more.
Speaker 5 (27:46):
The statement from Cardinal Kevin Farrell reads, in part, Dearest
brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow, he must announce the
death of our Holy Father Francis. At seven thirty five
this morning, the Bishop of Rome. Francis returned to the
House of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to
the service of the Lord and of his church. He
taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage,
(28:08):
and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and
most marginalized.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
I'm Rory O'Neill.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
The passing of Pope Francis today at the age of
eighty eight means the process will begin to select his
successor or, as many of you who have watched the
movie along with me, conclave can attest.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Michael Caster reports the details.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
Well.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Any baptized Roman Catholic mayor can technically be elected as pontiff.
The pope has traditionally been chosen from the College of
Cardinals since the fourteenth century. There are currently seventeen cardinals
in the United States. Italy, by comparison, has fifty one
cardinals under the age of eighty vote by secret ballot
until a candidate gets two thirds of the vote. I'm
(28:51):
Michael Cassner.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
A University of Massachusetts student, has been arrested for allegedly
firebombing a Tesla dealership.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
The Department of Justice said nineteen year old Owen McIntyre
was arrested on the UMass Boston campus. McIntyre has been
charged with unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and
malicious damage by fire of any property used in interstate commerce.
A federal criminal complaint says McIntyre was in his hometown
(29:20):
of Kansas City for spring break when he allegedly set
the dealership on fire.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I'm Jim Forbes, a former top Pentagon spokesperson, says the
Department of Defense is in disarray under Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Mark Mayfield has the latest.
Speaker 6 (29:35):
John Ulliott, who was the acting assistant to Hegseth for
public affairs before resigning last week, wrote in a Politico
magazine piece that it has been a month of total
chaos at the Pentagon. Olliot said, from leaks to mass firings,
the issues are now a major distraction for the president.
He went on to add that it is hard to
see Hegseth remaining in his role much longer.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
C and M reported Sunday that hegseeth.
Speaker 6 (29:56):
Edshared military plans regarding an operation against the Huthis and
Yemen with his brother, lawyer, and wife across the signal
app thanks Deeth's brother and lawyer both have jobs at
the Department of Defense, although his wife does not.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
I'm Mark Neefield.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Federal officials say the number of measles cases in the
US has now risen to eight hundred.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
The CDC announced there were nearly one hundred new cases
over last week, the biggest outbreak in Texas, but there
are now confirmed cases in twenty four different states. Doctor
Ron Cook at Texas Tech says there's a lot of
underreporting because patients are not showing up to get treated.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
We've already had two deaths a third in New Mexico.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Potentially there's three thousand cases.
Speaker 7 (30:35):
Nearly all of the cases involved people who have not
been vaccinated. Official say If these trends continue, the US
could surpass twenty nineteen's measles outbreak and potentially reach the
highest number of cases since nineteen ninety two.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
I'm Lisa Carton edging out a Minecraft movie for the
top spot at America's box offices weekend. Another vampire flick
Scott Carr has more centers starring Michael B.
Speaker 8 (31:00):
Jordan, is in a tight race with a Minecraft movie
at North American theaters.
Speaker 7 (31:06):
Who Were Gonna Care every Last What Are You?
Speaker 8 (31:10):
Taking the lead Saturday after pulling in about forty five
million dollars. The animated film about a popular video game
meantime starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa continues to do well,
making another nearly forty one million dollars just on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
I'm Scott Carr birth name recapping our top story. Birth name.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Jortge Bergorlio. Pope Francis has died at the age of
eighty eight. He was the first Jesuit post pope, the
first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere,
and the first pope from outside Europe since the eighth century.
He was hospitalized for thirty eight days and in all
the illness and all the pneumonia overcame that met with
(31:50):
the Vice President yesterday.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
Jd.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
Vance looked terrific, animated, energetic, healthy, took part an Easter
Sunday mass, and then shortly after midnight about one thirty
eight Rome time passed away. We'll have more on that
coverage with RORYO and Nil will go through some of
those gallop numbers and more troubles for the Democrat Party
on paper, especially with their leadership. And I guess we'll
(32:16):
have to take a good, long, hard look at why
China is making the same threats as a New York representative,
Jamie Raskins apparently anybody that makes any deals with Donald
Trump are going to have the wrath of China or
the wrath of the Democrats once they get back in control,
although the latest polling information doesn't show control coming their
way anytime soon. And I picked a bad night. We
(32:40):
had a wonderful Easter Sunday service. Then we chose to
do Showgun, to which I spent a little time, you know,
with the effects of Showgun in the men's room. And
then I proceeded to have an Eastern nap of like
four hours.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
You probably needed it.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
And then I discovered a new show on Apple. Don't
you love John Ham? I do, And this one's a masterpiece.
Your Friends and Neighbors a new There's only three episodes
so far, and they come out weekly, believe it or not,
at one hour a piece. I caught up on all
three last night before hitting the hay. But Apple's Your
Friends and Neighbors. I'm going to give that a five star.
(33:18):
That and I've been binging The Good Place, which I
never watched when it was one.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Horrible show. We're all in this together. This is your
Morning show with Michael nheld jow Now
Hi, It's me Michael. Your morning show can be heard
live daily on great radio stations like News Radio six
fifty k e NI Anchorage, Alaska, Talk Radio eleven ninety
Dallas Fort Worth, and Freedom one oh four to seven
in Washington, d C. We'd love to have you listen
live every day and make us a part of your
morning routine. But better late than never. Enjoy the podcast
seven minutes after the hour. Welcome to Monday, April to twenty.
(00:22):
First you have our Lord twenty twenty five, And just
when we all thought Pope Francis.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Had recovered.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Hours, not even after visiting with Vice President JD. Vans,
the Vatican announced Pope Francis died Eastern Monday at the
age of eighty eight. Pope Francis's birth name JORGEI Brogoglio,
born in Argentina. He was the first Jesuit pope, the
first from the Americas, the first from the Southern hemisphere,
(00:51):
and the first pope from outside Europe since the eighth century.
The passing of Pope Francis today at the age of
eighty eight, means it's time to choose a new pontiff.
For those of the Oscar nominated movie Conclave, a dramatization,
I might add, shows you a bit of the process
(01:14):
in selecting a pope. Cardinals under the age of eighty
will vote by secret ballot until candidates get two thirds.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Of a vote.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
His body will actually follow a protocol that he has set.
It will move directly to a chapel be placed in
a casket. Francis will be the first pope buried outside
the Vatican in the century. Instead, Francis will be interned
at the Saint Mary Major, one of the oldest churches
in Rome and one he would visit for prayer before
(01:43):
any trips abroad. No date for the funeral has been
set yet. Pope Francis dead at the age of eighty eight. Also,
if you're just waking up, there are these scandalous reports
that Secretary of Defense Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsat has
reportedly shared more detailed military plans across day second group
chat of the Signal app although the State Department is
(02:06):
denying that three more states are reporting their first measle
cases of the year. The Midwest is set to be
hit with severe weather today and sinners ironically Easter weekend
and upon the death of the Pope Sinners is the
top movie over the holiday box office weekend. So good
(02:26):
morning and welcome to Monday, April of twenty first. Obviously,
there is much to discuss. Pope Francis, a reformer from
Argentina who rattled the Catholic Church's traditionalists and inspired progressives
by reaching out to the gay people, championing the rights
of immigrants and the poor, has died according to the Vatican,
of the age of eighty eight. It's interesting that there
(02:48):
didn't seem to be, you know, on death's door in
the hospital for how long people forget he lost a
portion of one of his lungs at a very young age.
Then he had complications with pneumonia, made a long recovery
against all odds. Then I just got through watching the video,
(03:12):
uh in a strange twice to fate. The last person,
uh that the Pope visited with on Easter Sunday was
our Vice president Jade Vance.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Here's how it sounded. Pray for you every day, bless you.
So good to see.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
You find yourself out eventually.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I think you have not been feeling great, but it's
good to see you in vener health.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
These are these are for your children.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Thank you. Uh, these are the gifts. These also gifts for.
Speaker 5 (03:51):
You with a beautiful Vatican tie.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
And then there were the rosaries for your wife, wife,
for your children, and the Grd one is for you.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Thank you very much for your visit, of course, of course,
and thank you for seeing me.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Pope was sitting in a wheelchair. Other than that, he
was very alert, very animated, looked wonderful. Quite frankly, so
this all comes as a bit of a shock. At
seven thirty five Rome time in the morning, the announcement
was weighed by the Bishop of Rome that Francis had
(04:29):
returned to the House of the Father. He taught us
to live the values of the Gospel with faithfulness, courage,
universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and the marginalized,
rather humble cardinal to begin with. And then upon the
conclusion of the conclave that elected him pope, usually their
(04:52):
personal belongings are gathered and brought.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
To the new residence.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Francis very I'll never forget there was his first act
as pope. He wasn't got his own luggage, started wheeling
it out and heading towards the Vatican offices. As I mentioned,
his body's going to be put on display in an
open casket at Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, one
of the Christianity's holiest cities, where the pontiff Pontes have
(05:21):
been buried for more than one hundred years, although this
particular pope will be buried at Saint Mary's instead. So
rather shocking news to say the least. Waking up this morning.
Not to put it bluntly, but just when we thought
he was better, just when JD. Vance was thrilled to
see he was better, he dies literally hours later. Note
(05:47):
to the Democrats, it's not about fighting. It's about having
answers and solutions, solutions that align with the American people's
perceived needs and desires, not far left socialist ideas and
sliding with every issue against a majority of the voters.
(06:08):
We learn this because Democratic congressional leaders ratings are at
a record low. Democratic leadership's latest twenty five percent confidence
rating is an all time low, well below the previous
thirty four percent that was an all time low, and
that was in twenty twenty three. It's well below the
(06:31):
average of forty five percent since two thousand and one.
This is a party that has been out of step
with the American people by majority for well over twenty
five years, but with a twenty five percent confidence rating,
you know, we choke around and play the how low
(06:52):
can you go? Bed I guess two thousand and one,
Republican leaders in Congress and Democrat leaders in Congress were
both roughly in about sixty six percent. And for the
Democrats it starts a slide. It hits an all time
(07:15):
loan about twenty fourteen, which would be just about the
end of third year Barack Obama's second term, and then
it kind of rises during the first Trump reign and
gets as high as I think it was forty eight percent,
(07:35):
still trailing Republicans at forty nine percent, and then dips
from there, and you know, just riffing off the top
of your head and speculating. I mean, I can't think
of anything more than the civil war within the party itself,
and that tug of war with the socialist liberals that
they seemingly have been winning since really twenty sixteen, and
(08:03):
then the lie, the lie of Joe Biden, and really
the disregard for the primary voters as well. I mean,
to know that the president had been cognitively impaired and
hide it is one thing, but then to wait until
(08:23):
most primary votes were cast before revealing it, and then
switching to Kamala Harris without giving the voters to say,
I mean, these kinds of betrayals also probably in that mix.
And then what do most narratives die of reality consequence?
So failed policies they created, failed realities, These all mix in.
(08:45):
Republican leadership's latest thirty nine percent rating is well above
the twenty four percent low from twenty fourteen. Neither have
anything to write home about. Don't miss that at all
in this but the Republicans polling a good fifteen percentage
points above the Democrats. Democratic congressional leaders rating among their
(09:07):
own party faithful has fallen forty one percent since last year. Again,
that's where I get into that notion of betrayal and
how that played, or ignoring the entire party and its
voters and having a say in its presidential nominee. But
mixed in there too would be those in that tug
(09:28):
of war of a civil war within their parties that
don't think they've gone far enough left or haven't fought
hard enough against Donald Trump. I think for the Democrats,
my analysis would be they're getting it from both sides
of their own party, those that want to see them
pivot to the center and those that think they need
to pivot even further left. This is a recipe for
(09:49):
disaster for them, not just trying to get a messenger
a message by twenty eight, but to rally some kind
of opposition to the president and perhaps have some kind
of s sess in a midterm election. The previous low
for Democrat congressional leaders among Democrats was sixty percent, and
that was in two thousand and five, and it's at
(10:11):
forty three. For their part, Republicans' confidence in their own
parties congressional leaders has fallen below forty two percent. This
two could point two. And again this is why we
have to talk back button. Your opinion is as valid
as mine. The difference between Republicans and trump Ism. And
(10:33):
so once you start looking at congressional leaders, you're looking
at those that you believe are behind the president and
those that you question are behind the president. This becomes
problematic for the Republican Party that is exposed outside of
Donald Trump in members of Congress. I found this to
be a fascinating latest snapshot of Gallup polling on our
(10:59):
views of Congress leadership, and I guess I would add
as a tertiary note that this would this would tend
to point positively on an AOC challenge of Chucky Schumer
in New York if that challenge should take place in
(11:19):
a Senate race. Why because he is Democratic leadership proceeded
very low. She is the heir apparent to the Bernie
Sanders Torch Supreme Court. The United States orders pauses and deportations.
I noticed it was a repost by Elon Musk, but
it goes without saying twelve point three million deportations under
(11:42):
Bill Clinton's zero injunctions, ten point three million under George W.
Bush zero injunctions, five point three million deportations under Barack
Obama's zero injunctions, one hundred thousand deportations, thirty.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Injunctions for Donald Trump.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
But now the Supreme Court ordering the Trump administration early
Saturday morning to pause the deportation of some Venezuelan illegal
aliens until the Court can rule further. The Court did
not grant or deny the use of the Alien Enemies
Act to remove the illegal aliens who Trump the Trump
administration claims are the TDA gang members MS thirteen gang members,
(12:20):
but in this picker case, Triniaguar gang members would be
the most relevant, but instead the justices simply hit pause
on the entire matter that will probably be played up
within the matrix of death of journalism depending on who
you're listening to. And David Hog, this is such an
interesting story to follow today. Of course, everything is going
(12:43):
to be over shadowed by the death of the Pope.
But David Hogg, who appears I think what three times
in our Sounds of the Day today making the rounds
on the talking hit shows this weekend, gave one hundred
thousand dollars to the DCCC after infuriating House Democrats. One
hundred thousand dollars compared to the twenty million dollars. Is
(13:06):
that he is somehow supposed to change the narrative of
the DNC vice chairman. So the question becomes if David Hogg,
and again this is a twenty five year old Democrat
made hero from the Parkland shooting, finds himself vice chair
of the DNC, which we think is significant because it's
(13:26):
clearly the socialist justice plan to pass the torch from
Bernie Sanders to AOC, which would seemingly give her about
thirty percent of the vote and probably the lead in
the primary process in twenty twenty eight. So while she
takes that constituency voting block and lane, if you will firmly,
(13:51):
here comes David Hogg simultaneously on a mission to raise
millions and millions of dollars to remove Democrats. His bone
to pick is out of touch and old, but it'll
play right in Deoc's hands. And what makes it significantly
(14:11):
different is if that whole game plays out the way
it did in twenty sixteen and twenty twenty, where Bernie
would have got the nomination of the DNC gting involved. Well,
now your vice chair is in the midst of this.
A wolf is in the hen's house and in the henhouse,
and they got to get rid of them. So depending
on what you're watching or listening to in the matrix,
(14:32):
David Hogg becomes the new devil that must be removed.
That's certainly how James Carvel would portray him on a
talking head show, and then David Hog with the heavy
lifting this weekend of defending himself on all the talking
head shows. So it's amazing how how quickly I don't
(14:57):
know how you view this red like this is all
way more twenty twenty eight presidential politics than midterm election politics,
which is what you would be expecting about right now,
for everything, for all the ducks to get in a
row for a midterm run. And yet everything seems to
be seemingly focused on twenty twenty eight. And that's the
(15:19):
infighting business of the Democrat Party.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
Now, the big.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Question becomes, how is this going to affect their midterm
if they're still leaderless, messageless and looking ahead to twenty
twenty eight. Now Donald Trump, of course, there is a
historic proclivity to give balance and vote against an incumbent
party in a midterm. This is Eric from East Liverpool.
Speaker 5 (15:48):
Howe in My Morning show is Your Morney Show with
Michael del jeral.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Hi. I'm Michael. I'd love to have you listen to
your morning show live. Every day We're heard on great
stations like News Talk five point fifty k FYI and
Phoenix News Radio, eleven ninety k EX in Portland and
ten ninety The Patriot in Seattle. Make us a part
of your morning routine. We'd love to have you listen live,
but in the meantime, enjoy the podcast if you're just
getting up thirty six minutes after the hour, early bird
(16:20):
gets the worm, lazy squirrel misses the nut. Shuffle your
way into the kitchen, pour yourself a fresh cup of coffee.
Let me go over some of the specials for today.
Obviously the biggest story waking up the Vatican. Cardinal Kevin
Farrell announced the Pope's death in a statement released by
the Vatican during the early hours of Easter Monday morning.
(16:41):
At seven thirty five this morning, the Bishop of Rome
Francis returned to the House of the Father. The cardinals stated,
he taught us how to live with values of the Gospel,
with faithfulness, courage, and a universal love, especially in favor
of the poorest and the marginalized. Francis at the age
of eighty eight. Now this comes what thirty eight days
(17:03):
in the hospital on the brink of death. For many
of those days, overcomes pneumonia, all of the illness. Returns
back to his office yesterday, took part in Easter Sunday services,
met with Vice President JD.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Vance. We had poured over that video.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
I mean, other than he was sitting in a wheelchair,
but he could have easily been placed in a regular chair.
He looked great, he was animated, he was alert, he
looked terrific. He was interacting with the Vice president. That
would have been I think somewhere just after midnight, so
probably about twelve thirty eight, or maybe it would have
(17:50):
been romas what six hours ahead, so it'd been about
one thirty in the morning that he passed away, But
you know, not that many hours after, you know, being
busy with Easter Sunday, and of course others will look
at this as perfect timing, right, good Friday, get through
the holy weekend and go home to your father.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
But shocking news for a lot of people.
Speaker 1 (18:13):
After overcoming the illness, City had Pope Francis dead at
the age of eighty eight. His birth name was Jorge Burgolio.
He was born in Argentina. That's a first. He was
a Jesuit pope. That was a first, a first from
the Americas, in a first from the Southern hemisphere, and
the first pope from outside Europe since I believe the
(18:33):
eighth century. And for those of you that have watched
the movie Conclave, which you know I have to tell you,
I you know, I don't watch a I never go
to the theaters. So when the Oscars come around, I
don't know any of these movies, and I think it
was Netflix had Conclave, and I remember it being nominated
(18:53):
for several Oscars, so I hit play. Stanley Tucci is
just terrific. John Lethgow is terrific. Ray Fines who was
Baltimore right in all the Harry Potters, he plays Cardinal Lawrence.
He is just stunning in this movie. And it's a
(19:17):
Hollywood rendition. I think what it would play upon is
that the politics of a college of cardinals can be
a lot like politics. In fact, it's one of the
lines of the movie in American politics. So obviously I
(19:39):
sure hope that the College of Cardinals and the Dean isn't.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Facing what was faced in the movie. And then of
course his surprise ending.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
So's a terrific movie and for a lot of people
that have been watching it recently, well here comes the
real thing. So the passing of the Pope means that
the College of Cardinals, which has done it this way
I think since the fourteenth century, all those under the
age of eighty, So you'll have cardinals from around the
world now heading towards the Vatican they'll be sequestered, and
(20:07):
they will take votes until someone receives two thirds of
the votes, and then the white smoke will appear and
you'll have your next Pope. In the meantime, it was
Pope Francis who just reissued how everything will be handled,
and now, of course it will be handled. His body
(20:28):
will be moved to a chapel immediately placed in a coffin.
I suspect that has already happened. He'll be the first
pope buried outside the Vatican in a century. Instead, Francis
will be interned at Saint Mary Major. This is one
of the oldest churches in Rome and it's the one
he would often visit to pray before any trips abroad,
and no date for the funeral has been set so
(20:48):
far and away the big story waking up. Pope Francis
has died just after Easter at the age of eighty
eight years old. Meanwhile, back at home, Secretary of Defense
PCE Hegsath has reportedly shared more detailed military plans across
a second group chat in the Signal app although there
have been denials of such a story.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
It's often running and rampant.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
And then we had the new Gallup poll, which would
suggest that the Democrat leadership's confidence vote is now so
beyond an all time low at twenty five percent. That's
nine percentage points under the thirty four percent that everybody said, well,
it can't get any lower than this in twenty twenty three.
It just did, and nearly half of what it was
(21:38):
in two thousand and one. So we often talk about
the Democrat Party not having a leader, not having a message,
how that will impact the midterm elections, let alone the
twenty twenty eight presidential elections. Well there's your proof that
the Democratic leadership's twenty five percent confidence rating is an
all time low. I've fallen and I can't up. We
(22:04):
also have the ruling of the Supreme Court, and what
is and what isn't in this ruling is really the story.
So the Supreme Court orders that the Trump administration, this
came out early Saturday morning, pause the deportation of some
Venezuelan illegal aliens until the Court can rule any further.
(22:24):
The Court did not grant or deny the use of
the Alien Enemies Act to remove the illegal So this
is not a broad pause. This is not a statement
by the Supreme Court against any deportations. It's in a
very specific area of the deportations, a pause until they
can further rule. And in this particular case with Venezuela,
(22:51):
TDA is the main trendy Argua gang members is the
main issue. The Justice is simply are hitting a pause
on the matter until they can rule further. The government
is directed not to remove any members of detainees from
(23:14):
the United States until further ordered by the Court. After
designating TDA as a foreign terrorist organization, the White House
announced in March that the President would use the powers
of the Alien Enemies Act of seventeen ninety eight to
remove members of the gang from America. Again, there hasn't
been a ruling for or against the use of this
Alien Enemies Act. The illegal immigrants in question in the
(23:37):
ongoing case are currently being held in Texas. The Supreme
Court order is in response to an emergency appeal from
the American Civil Liberties Union. Justice Clarence Thomas and Senate
and Samuel Alito dissented from the Court's order. Before the
Supreme Court issued the order, of the U. S. District
Judge in Washington, DC told lawyers representing the illegal aliens
(23:58):
that he did not have the power to stop the
deportation flights.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
So waiting a little bit.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
I don't even know if you would call this a setback,
but a hiccup if you will, and the court needs
a little bit more time before they make a ruling.
Those are the really big stories in sports.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
We head now.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Into the second season of the NBA and the NHL.
I am not wearing a pajama top. I'm highly insulted.
This was purchased at the stadium in Oklahoma City. I'd
like a little respect for the Oklahoma City Thunder who
had a very close matchup with our other your morning
show City Memphis and the grizz where they just squeaked
(24:38):
by the Grizzlies by fifty one yesterday. Very close game
for those that were watching. I turned to my son
and said, I hope they're all this relaxing. Calves Go
Up another one of our big areas of your morning
show interests. Calves Go Up won nothing after beating the
Heat one twenty one to one hundred in Golden State.
We're on in San Francisco, the Warriors ninety I eighty
(25:00):
five over the Rockets. So we had a really good
Sunday in your morning show basketball. Let's see how we
do in the NHL Tonight. The Caps in the Canadians
Game one at six o'clock. Our Saint Louis Blues down
one game to nothing. Are back in Winnipeg for game two.
That'll be about six thirty Central time tonight, and the
Kings have game one at home versus the Edmonton Oilers
(25:21):
at nine. Baseball, because you know your morning show is
a baseball show. All of our cities of your morning
show interest. Tigers lost four to two to the Royals.
Yankees shut out the Rays four to nothing. Gardinals lost
seven to four to the Mets. D Backs took eleven innings,
but they beat the Cubs three to two at Wrigley Field.
Guardians won five to four over the Pirates. AI's lost
(25:43):
fourteen to one to the Brewers. Dodgers shut out the
Rangers won nothing. That's three two over the Rockies. Giants
lost five to four. Padres beat the Astros three to two.
We've got boyth days today. Let me tell you something.
I have never heard a single song of Biggie Pops.
I even know how to described that. Would you say
he's a punk singer? I would say yeah, he's a
(26:03):
punk rocker.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Iggy. I don't know what Iggy looked like at thirty
eight or twenty eight, the same as he looks now,
But I.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
You know so I when I do the birthdays, the
picture pops up, it looked like the shroud of turn.
I mean, this guy looks he's no, he's scary. I
actually I jumped a little bit. I don't want to,
you know, I don't want to insult Iggy wherever he is,
but his picture frightened me. I went, huh, I jumped
a little He's a scary individual. Iggy Pop is seventy eight.
(26:34):
Actor Tony Danza. You know you're getting go when Tony
Danz is seventy four years old.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
You do it? Well?
Speaker 1 (26:40):
You know Taxi's fifty years ago, right? Actress Andy McDowell.
Is there a I mean Groundhog Day. If you want
to look for a funny movie packed with values and meaning,
look no further than Groundhog's Day. An actress Anny McDowell,
she's so gorgeous. I think I could have carved her
face and ice.
Speaker 2 (26:59):
That's all. Also make the Olympic team as an archer?
Did she? I didn't know that. I believe that's right.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
I believe she made the Olympic team and was like
this world class arch.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
Yeah. Well, I think she was a model.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
I mean that was one of her first movies because
she was mainly a model, wasn't she.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
But she was terrific in that movie.
Speaker 1 (27:19):
Annie McDowell sixty seven years old today and Tony Romo
the only one that can get me to turn off
Jim Nance.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
I just can't stand it. Painful, really, Jim, Jim, Jim's Jim.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
Tony Romo forty five years old today. But your birthday,
Happy birthday. We're so glad you were born.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
This is your morning show with Michael del Trono. You're
just waking up.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
News of the death of Pope Francis came in a
simple statement for the Vatican.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
Our Roory O'Neil has more.
Speaker 5 (27:46):
The statement from Cardinal Kevin Farrell reads, in part, Dearest
brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow, he must announce the
death of our Holy Father Francis. At seven thirty five
this morning, the Bishop of Rome. Francis returned to the
House of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to
the service of the Lord and of his church. He
taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage,
(28:08):
and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and
most marginalized.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
I'm Rory O'Neill.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
The passing of Pope Francis today at the age of
eighty eight means the process will begin to select his
successor or, as many of you who have watched the
movie along with me, conclave can attest.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Michael Caster reports the details.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
Well.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Any baptized Roman Catholic mayor can technically be elected as pontiff.
The pope has traditionally been chosen from the College of
Cardinals since the fourteenth century. There are currently seventeen cardinals
in the United States. Italy, by comparison, has fifty one
cardinals under the age of eighty vote by secret ballot
until a candidate gets two thirds of the vote. I'm
(28:51):
Michael Cassner.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
A University of Massachusetts student, has been arrested for allegedly
firebombing a Tesla dealership.
Speaker 3 (28:58):
The Department of Justice said nineteen year old Owen McIntyre
was arrested on the UMass Boston campus. McIntyre has been
charged with unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device and
malicious damage by fire of any property used in interstate commerce.
A federal criminal complaint says McIntyre was in his hometown
(29:20):
of Kansas City for spring break when he allegedly set
the dealership on fire.
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I'm Jim Forbes, a former top Pentagon spokesperson, says the
Department of Defense is in disarray under Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Mark Mayfield has the latest.
Speaker 6 (29:35):
John Ulliott, who was the acting assistant to Hegseth for
public affairs before resigning last week, wrote in a Politico
magazine piece that it has been a month of total
chaos at the Pentagon. Olliot said, from leaks to mass firings,
the issues are now a major distraction for the president.
He went on to add that it is hard to
see Hegseth remaining in his role much longer.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
C and M reported Sunday that hegseeth.
Speaker 6 (29:56):
Edshared military plans regarding an operation against the Huthis and
Yemen with his brother, lawyer, and wife across the signal
app thanks Deeth's brother and lawyer both have jobs at
the Department of Defense, although his wife does not.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
I'm Mark Neefield.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Federal officials say the number of measles cases in the
US has now risen to eight hundred.
Speaker 7 (30:14):
The CDC announced there were nearly one hundred new cases
over last week, the biggest outbreak in Texas, but there
are now confirmed cases in twenty four different states. Doctor
Ron Cook at Texas Tech says there's a lot of
underreporting because patients are not showing up to get treated.
Speaker 4 (30:30):
We've already had two deaths a third in New Mexico.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Potentially there's three thousand cases.
Speaker 7 (30:35):
Nearly all of the cases involved people who have not
been vaccinated. Official say If these trends continue, the US
could surpass twenty nineteen's measles outbreak and potentially reach the
highest number of cases since nineteen ninety two.
Speaker 2 (30:49):
I'm Lisa Carton edging out a Minecraft movie for the
top spot at America's box offices weekend. Another vampire flick
Scott Carr has more centers starring Michael B.
Speaker 8 (31:00):
Jordan, is in a tight race with a Minecraft movie
at North American theaters.
Speaker 7 (31:06):
Who Were Gonna Care every Last What Are You?
Speaker 8 (31:10):
Taking the lead Saturday after pulling in about forty five
million dollars. The animated film about a popular video game
meantime starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa continues to do well,
making another nearly forty one million dollars just on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
I'm Scott Carr birth name recapping our top story. Birth name.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
Jortge Bergorlio. Pope Francis has died at the age of
eighty eight. He was the first Jesuit post pope, the
first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere,
and the first pope from outside Europe since the eighth century.
He was hospitalized for thirty eight days and in all
the illness and all the pneumonia overcame that met with
(31:50):
the Vice President yesterday.
Speaker 2 (31:52):
Jd.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
Vance looked terrific, animated, energetic, healthy, took part an Easter
Sunday mass, and then shortly after midnight about one thirty
eight Rome time passed away. We'll have more on that
coverage with RORYO and Nil will go through some of
those gallop numbers and more troubles for the Democrat Party
on paper, especially with their leadership. And I guess we'll
(32:16):
have to take a good, long, hard look at why
China is making the same threats as a New York representative,
Jamie Raskins apparently anybody that makes any deals with Donald
Trump are going to have the wrath of China or
the wrath of the Democrats once they get back in control,
although the latest polling information doesn't show control coming their
way anytime soon. And I picked a bad night. We
(32:40):
had a wonderful Easter Sunday service. Then we chose to
do Showgun, to which I spent a little time, you know,
with the effects of Showgun in the men's room. And
then I proceeded to have an Eastern nap of like
four hours.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
You probably needed it.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
And then I discovered a new show on Apple. Don't
you love John Ham? I do, And this one's a masterpiece.
Your Friends and Neighbors a new There's only three episodes
so far, and they come out weekly, believe it or not,
at one hour a piece. I caught up on all
three last night before hitting the hay. But Apple's Your
Friends and Neighbors. I'm going to give that a five star.
(33:18):
That and I've been binging The Good Place, which I
never watched when it was one.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Horrible show. We're all in this together. This is your
Morning show with Michael nheld jow Now
Popular Podcasts
The Breakfast Club
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy And Charlamagne Tha God!
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Decisions, Decisions
Welcome to "Decisions, Decisions," the podcast where boundaries are pushed, and conversations get candid! Join your favorite hosts, Mandii B and WeezyWTF, as they dive deep into the world of non-traditional relationships and explore the often-taboo topics surrounding dating, sex, and love. Every Monday, Mandii and Weezy invite you to unlearn the outdated narratives dictated by traditional patriarchal norms. With a blend of humor, vulnerability, and authenticity, they share their personal journeys navigating their 30s, tackling the complexities of modern relationships, and engaging in thought-provoking discussions that challenge societal expectations. From groundbreaking interviews with diverse guests to relatable stories that resonate with your experiences, "Decisions, Decisions" is your go-to source for open dialogue about what it truly means to love and connect in today's world. Get ready to reshape your understanding of relationships and embrace the freedom of authentic connections—tune in and join the conversation!