Wake Up Live W/ Christopher DeSimone Ep. 341 - Hannah Puder, David Schweikert, Gregg Gehringer

**Christopher DeSimone** (0:00)
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**Christopher DeSimone** (0:21)
Good morning, everyone, it's World Cup Thursday. Let's jam it. Shea's playing some music from Tucson Loves Music. Let's do it. Let's hear it. Let me put my headphones on so I can hear them.
Oh, it's a fun tune. Rainbows, bro, rainbows. Love it. They'll be on tomorrow after Mark Does Movies, so always breaking. It's like a father-son group. They're coming in tomorrow. So they're gonna play some World Cup tunes for us. World Cup kicks off at 12 noon today in Mexico. There's, remember, it's Mexico, Canada, and the US are kind of co-hosting the World Cup. And so they're playing South Africa at noon. And then tonight, South Korea, Czechia is at 7 US plays tomorrow against, I always love saying this, Paraguay. Paraguay tomorrow. And so let's see, what are they doing tomorrow? Yeah, Canada against Bosnia-Herzegovina, which actually I think is gonna be a pretty good game. And I like Jessie Marsh, she's the former US guy who coaches Canada. And then US, Paraguay on tomorrow night. And that is at 6 o'clock. And then Saturday, four games. What do we got here? Gutter or Qatar, Switzerland at noon, Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland, Australia, Turkey, Turkey A at nine. From Vancouver, BC. So, Gregg Gehringer, Dr. Fleckenstein will be here. He's actually videoing, conferencing in from Oaxaca. And I believe he's going to the opening game today in Mexico City, which should be total madness to get in and out of that place. 83,000 people, it's supposed to be 73 degrees and thunderstorms. Sounds like fun. So anyway, and then I'm going to come back at 10 because Ron Arenas and Will Pena have now, that's the, I'll show you the terrifying AI they did of me. But they're promoting the show, so God bless them. So after Southwest Flavor, which is at nine, I'll be coming back at 10 And for some reason, I'm now a FIFA insider. How's that for scary? So anyway, full day of World Cup coverage today on the Live The Dream Media Network, we have film producer Hannah Puder at the top bottom of the hour. And the movie that Hannah has done, it is called Operation Arnon, a story of hope and sacrifice. And this was about the Israeli Special Forces carrying out an audacious hostage rescue mission deep inside Hamas territory. And so let's give that a, let's give Hannah a shot coming up at 6.30, Schweikert 7, Gregg Gehringer World Cup talk at 8 Now, we got lots of stories. We got, oh, we got a lot of stories, a lot of stories.
I like, let's see, what do we got here? So the Atlantic does a story, this is something that my friend and I, my friend Dr. Mark Stegman and I have been talking about is, well, there's lots of things in college, but the getting rid of the SAT as a way of getting into school. And it says, it's by, this is by Idris Kalloun, and it says, University of California faculty are an open revolt over lack of standardized test scores. Because remember, what's the number one reason why you would get rid of the SAT? It's that one less person that can fill out a FAFSA. It's about the money.
Everything Captain Bob Wells and I have been talking about in relation to the peace deal is not going to work in Iran. And if it's a miracle, if it happens, and Trump's gonna have to restart, well, that started in earnest yesterday.
We'll talk a little bit about what's going on in Belfast, Ireland. Who knew I was gonna say that? We have both houses actually passed the Secure America Act that fully funds ICE and Border Patrol through 2029 O'Keefe Media have been, and the New York Post have been interviewing people in California in the Skid Row area. I love that we still have a Skid Row area in LA. Even if it is still a place where people down on their luck and what's going on in their world is having trouble, the idea we haven't even changed the name. I mean, I guess...
Where my mind goes, right? Why do we still say Rio Nuevo?
It is such a loser. It is not tied to anything too positive in the overall. Yes, there's some successes, but in the end, I don't know if I would even keep saying the word. I think I said it years ago, stop saying Rio Nuevo. Now it's toast, so it doesn't really matter. But we have talking to the homeless about how much they were paid to vote for Karen Bass. Then at the same time, they're filling out other people's names on ballots and stuff. So we'll talk about that. Actually, I got three short videos we're going to show you today. We have this bizarre Carmelo Anthony. This is the kid that stabbed the other kid in the chest, and somehow there's a problem with his idea of being found guilty, which just tells you the echo chambers in this place are off the charts. Now, I've had a couple of people bring this to me, and I wasn't sure, but then I got to give Rebecca Taylor credit. You might have gotten a pink slip from the Pima County Treasurer's Office about your property taxes, your bill, if you were paying through your mortgage company. Actually, I'm going to send this to Cher, I'm going to play the video, because what's great is, this goes back to a story of elections matter. Elections matter, and at the same time, a character from the recent past that has been talked about before on the show. So we'll talk about that.