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00:00Hello, everyone. I am Tom Shalhoub, along with Molly Lyne, Lydia Hu, and David Webb.
00:05And welcome to a special edition of The Big Weekend Show.
00:09Tonight's story.
00:11It's all about the art of the deal.
00:13The Trump administration has announced a trade deal has been reached with China.
00:17This comes after the president hailed the great progress made during yesterday and today's meetings in Switzerland.
00:22Treasury Secretary Scott Besson and Trade Representative Jameson Greer detailed the negotiations earlier today.
00:30We've made substantial progress between the United States and China in the very important trade talks.
00:37We will be giving details tomorrow, but I can tell you that the talks were productive.
00:44The president declared a national emergency and imposed tariffs,
00:48and we're confident that the deal we struck with our Chinese partners will help us to resolve,
00:53work toward resolving that national emergency.
00:55This all comes as President Trump is set to take his first trip to the Middle East during his second term.
01:02The president is set to visit with leaders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates starting Tuesday
01:08as the U.S. held another round of nuclear negotiations today with Iran.
01:13Lucas Tomlinson is live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with all the latest.
01:17Hi, Lucas.
01:17Well, good evening, Tom.
01:21When President Trump first returned to the White House, his first call with a foreign leader was here to Saudi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
01:29And like his first term, President Trump is taking his first official overseas trip here to Saudi Arabia.
01:35As you mentioned, he's also going to continue on to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as well.
01:40You mentioned the negotiations going on overseas, not just in Oman, the talks with the Iranians,
01:45but in Geneva, where Treasury Secretary Scott Besson and Trump's top trade representative, Jameson Greer,
01:50spoke to their Chinese counterparts earlier.
01:53North Dakota Senator John Hoven said this is an important first step.
01:59This is very encouraging.
02:00Obviously, they're not going to have a deal fully done.
02:03You've got Jameson Greer over there, the U.S. trade representative, and Secretary Besson.
02:08You know, that's the first string, no doubt about it.
02:11But they're still going to come back and talk with President Trump and all those kind of things.
02:15But the important point is they made real progress and have a framework to get to a deal.
02:24Besson said in Geneva, details of what the White House called a deal will be released tomorrow.
02:29Officials said it's likely to follow the model of the U.S.-U.K. trade agreement,
02:33which reduced tariffs on aluminum, steel and cars.
02:36As I mentioned, there's some other negotiations going on today.
02:39Trump Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is in neighboring Oman meeting with Iranian officials over its nuclear program.
02:45Both sides touted progress and said they will meet again.
02:48They've already met four times.
02:50Now, some good news, Tom.
02:51Hamas said late today would release the last living American hostage held in Gaza,
02:5721-year-old Edan Alexander from New Jersey, who served in the Israeli military.
03:01Israel says there will be no ceasefire during the exchange.
03:05And Hamas said that release is scheduled for Tuesday.
03:08And, of course, that's the same day President Trump arrives here in Saudi Arabia.
03:12So some good news here from the region, Tom.
03:15Very good news.
03:16Thank you, Lucas.
03:17Okay.
03:18Let's do some analysis.
03:20But, Molly, maybe get your take on that news.
03:22The last living hostage is being released.
03:26That would be remarkable, and I really, truly, deeply hope that that is true.
03:31Witkoff is expected to go to Israel.
03:33We hope that Edan Alexander, he's now 21.
03:35He was 19 when he was taken hostage, the last living American hostage in Hamas captivity.
03:41And hopefully that does come to pass, ultimately big things.
03:44Lucas Tomlinson there at the end of his report said some good news.
03:47And I think that is the case for the last couple days of the Trump administration on war and peace, on diplomacy, on the economy, teasing ahead to potentially some big headlines to come on trade on Monday.
03:58Fascinating.
03:59But we definitely hope that Alexander comes home.
04:02Yeah.
04:02Let's get your take on some of this.
04:05We got some video here.
04:06Let's do the clip of Howard Lutnik on the China negotiations.
04:09This is just a China problem right now, right?
04:14We have 145 percent tariff.
04:16They have 125 percent tariff.
04:18Those tariffs are too high to do business.
04:20But that's why they're talking right now.
04:23The rest of the world is 10 percent.
04:25He's there to see if we can reset the conversation.
04:28And he's at it right now.
04:30But that's the objective to de-escalate.
04:33OK, Lydia, let's get your take on this.
04:35What are they going to be talking about on Fox Business about these negotiations?
04:38They're giving the good news.
04:39They're saying it's the beginning of a deal.
04:41But how much of the deal is it?
04:43Yeah, that's that's what we're all waiting to see.
04:45I mean, I think you might hear some surprise.
04:48You know, if we really have the framework of a deal and a deal actually penned, penciled, signed on the dotted line by tomorrow.
04:54That's very fast.
04:55I think faster than what a lot of people were expecting.
04:57I'm not sure that anyone really expected that China would be among the first.
05:01You know, we had the deal with the U.K. just last week.
05:04Now we're having China with just a second.
05:06And I think you can probably expect there to be a reduction in tariffs.
05:10You know, the President Trump alluded to that.
05:13The other questions remain, though.
05:14What are we going to see in terms of the non-tariff barriers?
05:17You know, we import three times as much from China than what they import from us.
05:23We want more access to their market just as much as they want access to ours.
05:27And there are things that China has done that has made them not such great and fair players with this.
05:31You know, currency manipulation, their use of labor to make their products so much cheaper.
05:35I think there are a lot of questions about whether or not that they're going to respect intellectual property moving forward with American firms that are doing business over there.
05:43So there are a lot of details to be ironed out.
05:45I thought it was very interesting that our Treasury Secretary, Scott Besson, who is very smart in the negotiation, kind of said, you know, we've made great progress.
05:52He did not say that there's a deal.
05:54You know, other people are talking about is that there's already a deal across the finish line.
05:57So we'll see exactly how this develops.
05:59He's kind of trying to this is what they do.
06:01Trump kind of comes out with the good news and then Besson backs off it a little bit.
06:05That's kind of the pattern.
06:05I think our secretary secretary is very smart and respectful of the president and knows that there's not really a deal until the president says there's a deal.
06:12So we'll wait and see what happens.
06:14David wants to get in on China, but I'm going to throw something into the mix here, David.
06:17Throw it all together.
06:18The Iran news.
06:19Let's get Representative Jared Moskovitz on the Iran nuclear talks.
06:25President Trump has the capability.
06:27We've seen it many times before right now to put maximum pressure on Iran.
06:31Use that tough language and see if we can get the dismantling of those nuclear facilities.
06:35If not, I'd like to see President Trump say that he will dismantle it one way or another.
06:41Let the Iranians know again.
06:42All options are on the table.
06:45OK, David, let's get in on the Iran talks.
06:48They're actually all tied together.
06:50And if you think about even the time difference right now, it's nighttime where Scott and the trade rep are.
06:57So whatever's been done has been done already unless they're working up past midnight.
07:01Iran, China, China, the deal with us.
07:05China is the big player in the Middle East.
07:07They buy their oil from Iran.
07:09They have a lot of power in the Middle East.
07:13If you think about it, their military equipment was even used in the Pakistani attack in India.
07:18At the center of a lot of this is Chinese, Chinese goods, Chinese cheap goods.
07:24And this deficit has to be dealt with because China gets the benefit and the world gets the deficit, frankly, to put it in those terms.
07:33We have got to get China back on track as best we can.
07:37And Trump uses one thing which we haven't seen played yet to the point of whether Bessent is correcting or cleaning up.
07:43He's really not.
07:44It's Trump's way of operating because Trump has told him before.
07:47And we've seen this.
07:48I'll go back to the table.
07:49And in the case of UK, he got another billion dollars on the table.
07:53In the end, he is the president.
07:54He will make the decision.
07:55So they're working as a one to punch.
07:58And with China at the middle of this, and think about the Swiss, they have an embassy with Iran.
08:04They're a linchpin to that.
08:05They, China, there's a reason we're there.
08:08It's not just because that's the place to do the deal.
08:11It's where there are multiple people that can be involved in a lot of signals to be sent.
08:15Yeah.
08:15Molly, what do you think is going to be?
08:16There's so much news to it, right?
08:18What do you think is going to be Monday's number one thing that the White House is pushing?
08:22I think they're pushing whatever it is that they've got on the table for China.
08:25They're kind of teasing that ahead and saying we're going to have the big news tomorrow.
08:28And what it is, hopefully we'll find out then.
08:30And as you mentioned, the best at forward and backward, and maybe the president has some big news.
08:34So I think that's the big one ahead.
08:35But there's another headline here.
08:36Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says he's ready to meet personally with Vladimir Putin.
08:41And that's a whole other part of this.
08:43And this might be the most challenging part of the diplomacy that's going on right now,
08:47where we're seeing some successes potentially in Israel with the potential release of this final American that they're still holding.
08:53And in China, we're seeing the economic success.
08:56But the Ukraine and Russia challenge seems to still be one of the toughest ones.
09:02Maybe this is where Molly is.
09:03She's forcing me to change the subject to that very thing.
09:07China isn't the only adversary making news today.
09:09Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing direct peace talks with Ukraine this week in Turkey
09:15to try to end the three-plus years of fighting.
09:18President Trump posted today on Truth Social urging Ukraine to agree to this meeting immediately to end the bloodbath,
09:25seemingly backing off his demands for a 30-day ceasefire before talks could start.
09:31But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is doubling down on the calls for a ceasefire.
09:36He says he will be waiting for Putin in Turkey on Thursday.
09:42OK, David, I bet you have an opinion about this.
09:45What is so Putin is saying maybe no ceasefire.
09:49He wants to start talks while the bullets are still flying.
09:54Why is that?
09:54You know, with Vladimir Putin, it's beyond chess.
09:58And you're not sure the uncertainty.
10:00Russia has a lot of influence in Turkey right down to the rail lines, the rail widths or Russian widths.
10:06Their influence there is important.
10:07But also, it's a place for them to hedge against NATO, of which Turkey is a member by staying in a strong relationship with Erdogan.
10:17So from that point, Putin may be willing to go and have a talk, but you can never read ahead in what he's going to do.
10:23Zelensky has his own problems internally in the Ukraine.
10:27One, he's got no infrastructure of any sort.
10:30You've got people who may return from the battlefield is on a medical infrastructure.
10:34There are a lot of other social services, a government that's fractured.
10:38And he's got his hard right flank that he has to figure a way to get out of this, stop the bloodshed if he wants to and find a way to keep himself out of the sights of his hard right flank in the Ukraine.
10:49So going to Turkey, waiting for Putin puts the onus on Putin, who's coming off his victory day and a good feeling in Russia and might make it more, I don't know, palpable, maybe more easy to find an off ramp, which the off ramp's been off the table for a long time.
11:05Yeah. Well, Lydia, we're certainly in better shape than we were when Zelensky was, you know, having a tense meeting in the White House not long ago.
11:15That's right. We've got a mineral deal signed.
11:17It seems like the relationships are patched up. You know, I was just thinking that, you know, even as it stands right now, I think that the way talks are progressing is evidence that the American first policy and agenda is working.
11:28You had European leaders over the weekend gathering with Zelensky to talk about his support of him.
11:34And they're phoning it into Trump to say, this is what we propose.
11:37This is how we're going to support a ceasefire. This is how we're going to support a peace brokering.
11:40That is what President Trump has wanted.
11:42He's wanted European nations to step forward and take more responsibility for securing peace in their own region rather than relying on the United States to fight all of their battles.
11:51That's been a priority. It's something that he's been saying needs to happen.
11:54I think we're seeing it happening in real time.
11:55Yeah. Molly, it's almost there's almost too many headlines to deal with at this point, right?
12:00There really are. And interestingly enough, Zelensky is calling Putin out directly as well.
12:05He says, personally, I hope this time Putin won't be looking for an excuse as to why he can't make it.
12:11So we'll see. We'll see what happens. Hopefully there's some big progress there as well.
12:16But there are a lot of balls up and being juggled all over the globe right now.
12:21All right. Coming up in a brand new hour of the big weekend show.
12:24New details revealed on the pro Hamas thugs who stormed Columbia University's campus.
12:28But first, chaos at America's busiest airport. Details of another terrifying outage next.
12:39Come in and leave Newark because, listen, our mission is safety.
12:47I'm concerned about the whole airspace.
12:48This is an American issue and it's going to be an American congressional priority, I think,
12:53in this coming year to get us the money to do the three or four year build that it's going to take to get this completed.
12:59We have to fix this.
13:02The airport chaos continued today in Newark, New Jersey and at America's busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia,
13:08as planes were temporarily grounded after both airports experienced equipment outages.
13:14Madison Scarpino is live in Atlanta with the latest on all of this.
13:18Hi, Madison.
13:18Hi, Molly. Hundreds of flights were delayed here in Atlanta because of that ground stop
13:24followed by a Delta Airlines ground delay.
13:27Atlanta is a Delta hub and, as you mentioned, the world's busiest airport.
13:32So you can imagine the types of disruptions this is causing amid issues at several other major airports,
13:39and that includes Newark.
13:41Now, the ground stop there is over, but there are still tons of delays.
13:46And it's because of yet another air traffic control outage this morning.
13:51It's the third time this has happened at the Jersey airport in just a matter of weeks.
13:56Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blames this on outdated systems, but says regardless of these incidents, it is safe to fly.
14:05He says while officials are looking into updating old air traffic control systems, flights need to be scaled back.
14:12And United Airlines is already limiting flights at Newark.
14:14It's something the airline CEO says is the only answer to this problem.
14:20We need to upgrade the system to actually make it world class.
14:24But the air traffic controllers are the best in the world, incredible professionals, and they keep the sky safe.
14:30And what happens when they're short staffed or there's a technology issue, they slow the airspace down.
14:35We've proactively reduced flights out of the schedule.
14:38The FAA is working with other airlines to do the same so that we can have the number of flights scheduled at the airport that the airport can accommodate.
14:46And the FAA announced a meeting with the Federal Register over the delays at Newark, and that is scheduled to happen this Wednesday.
14:54Molly?
14:54Ooh, definitely something to watch there, Madison Scarpina.
14:57Thank you very much.
14:58Thanks.
14:59Yeah, so here we go.
15:00North to south, all sorts of problems.
15:01Sometimes it's a little tough to get from north to south.
15:03David, your thoughts?
15:04I'll be doing that tomorrow night, hopefully right out of Newark Airport.
15:08So, Sean, if you're watching, look, this was never going to be fixed overnight.
15:14You can't have decades of malfeasance.
15:17Congress didn't act on both sides for decades.
15:20These issues are there.
15:21Also, for a long time, the private companies, whether it was any airline or just like the electric companies, they wanted government to do the job.
15:29So now we're running into all of this.
15:31Sean is right. Congress has to appropriate these dollars and put this to work.
15:35Another thing at Newark Airport, they have a runway closure till June.
15:38You add that to the mix.
15:40So this is a buildup.
15:43You add weather to that, and suddenly it becomes a long night.
15:46I think in the long run, if we have about a two-year runway to use that, we will see a whole different system.
15:51I know they're hoping to do it faster, but realistically, it's going to take a year or so to get us to that world-class level.
15:59David set us up nicely.
16:01We'll come to Lydia next.
16:03The Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, made a pretty big announcement on Thursday.
16:06He's talking about a multibillion-dollar investment in upgrading technology.
16:11Your thoughts?
16:11As a Garden State resident, I can tell you how important this Newark Liberty International Airport is, because if you're in New Jersey, you don't have many good options for an international airport other than Newark.
16:23Your options are either drive into New York, onto the other side of the city, LaGuardia and JFK, or you could go to Philadelphia.
16:29And those are hours away, you know, depending on traffic.
16:31So, as a Garden State resident, I can tell you we really need to be able to rely on Newark.
16:36And this should be a major concern for even state and local elected officials to rally around and support our Transportation Secretary and encourage members of Congress to fund this effort.
16:48It is not just for transportation of leisure for all of us residents, but this is a major economic concern.
16:55You're talking about a major airport right outside of New York City.
16:58If you want businesses to invest in the region and bring jobs here, you've got to be able to rely on your airport, your local airport, to get in and out for whatever you need.
17:07So, huge issue, and I'm so concerned about the lack of noise we're hearing at the local level, and that's including from the Newark mayor.
17:15I mean, I know I'm connecting some dots here, but where is he?
17:17This is right outside of his city.
17:19I mean, we really need to support Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in fixing this issue.
17:22Yeah, and Tom, we've talked about how this is decades in the making, but right now there seems to be some hope and some incentive and some focus on this issue.
17:31Yeah, I mean, when Sean was there with all of that old equipment, it reminded me of the old public access cable station that I used to start when it would be operating on time.
17:43And the train stations are lovely.
17:45Well, here's a problem in the United States that is government-wide.
17:51Government's computer systems are outdated.
17:54And as someone who's worked in government for a while, let me tell you how bad it is.
17:59They go back to old D-base.
18:01I mean, we're using old systems.
18:03We're not updating.
18:04Stop blaming appropriation allocation.
18:07This is one of the reasons you have Doge, and they're looking at efficiencies.
18:11It's not just about Elon.
18:13It's really about bringing efficiency.
18:14And that includes transportation.
18:16If we don't do something about this, we don't have a functioning, safer environment from a technology perspective.
18:22All right.
18:23Where are we going?
18:24Still ahead, the liberal media now admitting that Trump's border crackdown is working.
18:28And, Jamie, he's not ashamed of it.
18:31When's the last time you saw Donald Trump during a campaign mode at National Airport?
18:37No, no, no.
18:37It doesn't.
18:38But he's also not fighting the oligarchy.
18:41No.
18:41When you run a campaign and you do three or four or five rallies in a week, the only way
18:46you can get around to talk to 30,000 people.
18:49Think I'm going to be sitting on a waiting line at United waiting, you know, while 30,000
18:53people are waiting.
18:54That's the only way you can get around.
18:55No apologies for that.
18:57Now even the liberal media is calling out Bernie's private travel plans.
19:02Can you fight the billionaires from Coach?
19:05His answer was terrible.
19:06Like, you can't defend this answer.
19:08Hey, buddy, we all have to stand in line.
19:10We all have to do this.
19:11I think many people look at this and say, well, you're a hypocrite.
19:15But this hypocrisy is nothing new for Democrats.
19:18You might remember when John Kerry took a private plane to pick up an award for protecting the
19:23environment.
19:23It's the only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle.
19:31It's better than you.
19:33Come on, Molly.
19:34It's the only choice for Bernie Sanders now, especially since Newark Airport we know is
19:40such a mess.
19:41He can't rely on the flights taking off on time.
19:42You know what?
19:43Good for Bernie.
19:45You know, everybody's ripping on him there.
19:46But honestly, this is old behavior for Bernie.
19:48This is an article from 2019, the Vermont Digger.
19:51Great publication.
19:52I enjoy reading them.
19:53As Sanders holds in $25 million, he spends big on private jets and Amazon.
19:57It goes into some of the spending.
19:58Sanders cut checks totaling $360,000 plus to Apollo jets, a private charter, jet three times
20:06during the third quarter, once in August, twice in September.
20:08I need a private jet.
20:09That sounds like a great way to make some money in politics.
20:12So he's no stranger to this.
20:13And Tom, the recent data that Fox News Digital dug up from the first quarter alone, more than
20:18$220,000 spent by Bernie on private jets.
20:23Do you think his base would care?
20:25Well, yeah.
20:26I mean, his base does care about things like this.
20:28That's why it's not a good look for him.
20:30I personally don't care.
20:31I don't mind hypocrisy.
20:33You know, I don't travel on private jets very often, but if I'm traveling with a rich
20:38person, I'm going to take advantage of it.
20:40Hey, you want to fly on the private jet?
20:41Absolutely.
20:42And if I become absurdly rich, I will fly exclusively private because it is way better than flying
20:49commercial.
20:49And all rich people know that that's why they fly on those jets.
20:53Now, essentially, what both of those politicians were saying is, I'm special.
20:57I'm more important than you.
20:58I wish they would just say that.
21:00Bernie almost said it.
21:01He said, there's no other way to do it.
21:02Oh, what do you want me to wait in line?
21:04You know, he should just say, I'm more important than you.
21:07So that's why I get to fly private.
21:09Your Bernie is really good.
21:11Oh, thank you.
21:11You should do the rest of the show like that.
21:13OK, so that's a reason to stay tuned.
21:15But we have to get to this next.
21:17Democrats are not just being hypocrites.
21:19According to J.P.
21:20Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, they're also destroying California.
21:25Dimon is fed up with the Golden State's regulations following the devastating wildfires.
21:29I changed the name of red tape to blue tape because it's the Democrats who seem to want more and more regulations.
21:36We need good regulations.
21:38We need good food.
21:39We need good financial assistance.
21:40We need good.
21:41It's just not more, more and more.
21:43And you see it in everything permitting and licensing.
21:45State and local leadership have been failing the people as homeowners and businesses try to rebuild.
21:53Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's team says only 31 rebuilding permits have been issued in the Palisades region as hundreds of more applications are in the process of being reviewed.
22:04But Bass claims the process is moving very fast.
22:09Well, actually, it is going very, very fast.
22:13We, the departments, are under obligation to finish the permitting within 30 days.
22:18Now Californians are starting to turn on Gavin Newsom as well.
22:22They think the Golden State's governor is too focused on a potential run for president.
22:27As a Politico study found that 54% of registered voters don't believe that Newsom is dedicated to the state of California.
22:37So, David, you know, there was an article recently in the New York Times that I thought was really interesting.
22:42And in it, it said there are rising signs that California is entering one of the most difficult periods in history.
22:51You know, it outlines some of the issues, just some of them.
22:54People are leaving the state.
22:55Homelessness is rampant.
22:57Buildings are, businesses are struggling, still hollowed out by COVID.
23:01L.A. has a $1 billion shortfall.
23:03And they're supposed to be a big economic driver for the state of California.
23:07Does California have a way out under the leadership of Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom?
23:12No.
23:13I mean, I hate to put it that bluntly, but no, they don't.
23:16L.A. Strong return and rebuild.
23:18That's on the website.
23:20I wanted to make sure they still had it up there.
23:22The fact is California is going to have to hit rock bottom.
23:25Gavin Newsom did not have a surplus, never had a surplus.
23:30They claimed it.
23:31That's called budget math and trickery.
23:33And now they have long-term unfunded liabilities as both the city of Los Angeles, other cities as well, and the state that they can't account for and they can't tax their way out of it.
23:43And they're not bringing businesses in as much as they were friendly to, you know, the big visit by China and the Chinese communist officials and the premier.
23:52Fact is it didn't bring anything in for them.
23:55Tech is also leaving because what is tech doing?
23:57It's decentralizing out of Sacramento, areas like Capitola and others, and moving to other parts of the country.
24:05So they really don't have a growth model that gets them out of this and their residents can't afford it anymore.
24:11And by the way, talk about cleanup needed, cleanup in building and zoning in Los Angeles is a mess.
24:1831 permits are all that have been reissued to the people in Altadena who have been forgotten in this story because we talk about Palisades.
24:27When you look at Altadena and the real tragedy there, those are the people that are not the Mandy Moores that have the money and can go out on social media and criticize Karen Bass.
24:37Those are the poorer people that can't afford to rebuild.
24:41You know, Tom, it really says something that we have the CEO of J.P. Morgan, Jamie Dimon.
24:46I mean, that's the country's largest bank, you know, calling out the city of Los Angeles for its inability to help residents rebuild faster.
24:55I mean, he's calling it blue tape to criticize the Democrats for standing in the way of the rebuilding.
25:01Yeah. And I think I mean, obviously, Gavin Newsom is running for president.
25:04And he has been for quite some time. But I think a lot of these politicians can do that.
25:08These people can multitask. People can run for a higher office while they're doing their job.
25:13It actually might help California because as he's running for president, he's had to moderate his stances.
25:18He's less of a far left liberal because he thinks he's going to get some red votes.
25:21All right. Still ahead on the special edition of the Big Weekend show, the world's number one pop star has officially been subpoenaed as a witness in the Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni legal war.
25:35And NBA legend Charles Barkley is calling out the trans insanity.
25:39Then Trump just announced it on Truth Social that prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices will be reduced by 30 to 80 percent almost immediately.
25:50This appears to be the major announcement that the president has been teasing for days.
25:55He plans to sign an executive order tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.
25:59So that's news ahead of all the other news that we've already been talking about for tomorrow.
26:04Monday is going to be a busy day. The president's saying on Truth, Molly, I will be instituting a most favored nation policy whereby the United States will pay the same price as the nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the world.
26:20It's an interesting move for the White House.
26:22It is. And that is kind of about trade.
26:25At the same time, he's also been talking about expanding the ability to make drugs here, expanding, making that easier for companies to be able to do that and companies to build and drug companies to build and factories to build.
26:34And to bring some of that home as well. And then also not to forget, we're expecting some sort of announcement related to China.
26:40I don't know if that gets woven into this or not, Lydia, but your thoughts.
26:44I was thinking the same thing, because a lot of our active ingredients for our pharmaceutical drugs come from places like China and from India as well.
26:52So I was wondering, I had the same thought.
26:54I wonder if some of this China deal is also addressing where our pharmaceutical ingredients are coming from and having to do something to do with, you know,
27:00reshoring or giving us better access and more transparent access to those critically needed ingredients.
27:05I also have another thought, too, is I wonder if he's addressing the pharmacy benefit managers.
27:09We've heard a lot about them in the news, but those are kind of like the middle, the intermediary players that broker access to drugs between hospitals and pharmacies from the drug makers.
27:18There have been a lot of questions about their role and how pricing is set for access for Americans.
27:23Maybe he's addressing that. That's been a big issue as well.
27:25So we'll have to wait and see until tomorrow.
27:27Listen, I think the most important thing in in the drug world is the generic drugs, getting these getting generic versions of drugs out to the market as quickly as possible.
27:37I don't understand the crazy drug pricing.
27:39It doesn't make any sense to me.
27:40Sometimes I'm not taking any drugs right now.
27:43There's no I have no prescriptions.
27:45But any time that I've gone over prescriptions with my doctor, they say, well, there's this thing.
27:51And then you look at the cost.
27:51You say, this is a crazy price of a drug.
27:54And then there's some other drug that you might need.
27:56And it's like, you know, 11 cents.
27:58And I don't understand how it's done.
28:00It's all very Byzantine.
28:02I think most people get confused by this kind of thing.
28:04Hopefully the good news from Trump is just that good news.
28:08All right.
28:08Well, we'll see what happens tomorrow.
28:10It's going to be a busy Monday in Trump world.
28:13We are moving at the speed of Trump.
28:15Just take that to the bank.
28:17Let's move on to something else.
28:19This week, NBA legend Charles Barkley, Sir Charles, made it clear where he stands on this issue.
28:27Men should not play sports against women.
28:30If anybody think that, I think they're stupid.
28:33And if anybody have a problem with that, they're going to have to get over it.
28:35Because I'm not going to change my I'm not going to change.
28:38I just think it's wrong, period.
28:40But they pushed a different message over at ESPN this week, where one talking head preached about how important it is to keep boys in girls sports.
28:53I'm not going to change.