Have to do everything that i need to in order to keep commerce flowing in my state without hospitalizations going through the roof. And our station has rolled out the innovative crush kovi a Smartphone App which jumpstart its Contact Tracing and Contact Tracing is the ballgame ambitious and successful as all of this has been here we are geographically the smallest state imagine a place where people come from all over the world all the time with all kinds of germs i am describing Las Vegas Nevada which got it tough with unemployment during the shutdown what is the state of affairs in sin city now lets ask the author of cocktail waitress wisdom a life Lessons Learned while carrying a tray in las vegas she is the voice thats been wakin up the valley for years heidi harris from k. M. C. Que radio and when i say welcome back i mean good to see you because heidi caught the cove it heidi im glad youre on the mend but when you werent a scale of one to 10 how bad was it. Oh pretty bad pretty bad good to see you i literally felt her i dont know days and days like i have been run over by 911 i gotta tell you x. And shills and no time did i feel like i was in medical distress. That they were going to have. You here with me back here things like that and it was it was a miserable little life. Well i heard of this morning its great to hear youre sounding chipper have you figured out where you picked up the virus. Yeah i picked up the work. Because i had done it we were my house. Yeah i was given a Radio Station right correct i was going to the Radio Station not knowing and im not going to lay this on my employers feet im not blaming there there were other people the building i did not know had it and its a small building were all sharing the same bathroom same breaker in the same this is that not where to ask you try to wash your hands i wasnt aware of it but you know if youre going to most people are going to get it sooner or later on some of those people and heres the difference. But. d in this respect there are a lot of companies. If. Not more. And thats good. Well while you were down for the count we had our talk radio brother john shaffer here to sup a scene for us and he described something that seeing is believing from some of the video during the shutdown you locals who usually go out of your way to avoid the strip were bicycling and skateboarding and strolling down a darkened las vegas bowl. Of art it looked just eerie now that the lights are back on whats the mood there admittedly youre staying home so youre hearing more about it than seeing it but are the crowds back now you know what i think the crowds are back in some places and not so much in others i just take a quick story that i was leaving work before i got this and i was driving down the street and there was a there were some horses and there was a big roman guy on the back of the horse with some girls that look like something out of. Walking. Or your reason. d whatsoever. You know thats. So he threw stink ringback its you. Know. Its not the sort of rafiq thing so many kids really have you here. Its not quite an experience its the wires. Are so thats. Yeah when the shutdown head the las vegas had the u. S. A. s highest unemployment and obviously theyre coming back gradually as is business overall but i want to pick up on an issue i saw you raised on social media how equitably is the workforce being invited back on the job in the hospitality industry. Its really really tough and i some people with a high seniority are getting called back some people are not getting called back yet they have a notice is that they have to legally send out 60 days before they do mass layoffs they call warfare and says we are going to sit out. The next. In. Your name. Theyd go back to. You. But i think its. Starting. To wonder. If you. Are what they are. Now. Its still a. Period its. Just like i didnt know that they were shut down again we are speaking with author and las vegas radio host heidi harris last time i saw you i was in town for the massive mind boggling Consumer Electronics show and i am intrigued that they planned for c e s 2021 to go again in january maybe the worlds biggest perennial trade show and not having seen you there then or at the cancelled National Association of Broadcasters Convention in april im wondering how long can vegas a limp along without this Big Convention business because theres such a lean time built in to planning these events right it cant can survive not some of the hotels the ones that get you know the weekend business fine but the big hotels they cant and weve got 150000 hotel rooms in las vegas because you know 40000000 euro here. Its. The last. You know. Who last. Me forever teach. You what i had to get were big. Speakers on the panel for what not were going to hear so many of those well. Theres no reason. For you to. Be. Here to. Read. What others are where. I could mention those words but there is an. Order but. Every day. Our combat governor here is getting props aplenty for her leadership during the crisis here in rhode island how is nevadas governor rated there hows he doing. Hes arba hes absolutely horrible to the people who are good workers so thats all the over drivers all the entertainers the show people have virtually not been able to get what they call the p u a the pandemic got inflated assistance people are on twitter trashing the governor constantly they cant get through nobody gets their phone calls answer. You get the point that. Its not. In the Biggest Issue or its we dont know what his plans are for. The boards there we dont know where theyre going to reopen he doesnt get anybody at target we humans. Well. And we can. 30000. 00 cases thats one per cent but the least thats in the 43 to 60 percent like me. Its for certain there are many. Many hundreds of thousands of people who are or one percent of the population this is getting it are fewer people dying. Yes they are every life matters but circular tire stands for that people feel that. I love talking politics with you and i missed a chance to do so when they canceled the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in april so i must Ask Donald Trump did not carry nevada in 2016 i got about a minute left so wax heidi yes hows he looking for how to talk to you there in your state. Well we dont have the best leadership in the nevada g. O. P. Thats a big problem but i think we have a democrat governor a lot of people of ones competence in your i think that they possibly heard i think if americans are look at it you know we can. Sort of you know im not a kuwait through your times like 3 times like this agree i think people and theyre going to theyre going to cut here and start looking through the economy theyre asked. Really i think the only thing. That they like you know what its like to work with the likes of. What a sense together who can bring the economy back after i think. Overriding issue out of the. Yeah very understandable heidi harris k m z q radio in las vegas it is great to see you and to know that youre on the mend a coronavirus survivor. Most years when cattle wait for a new years eve to kiss off the old year have you have enough yet our enthused panel is ready for the 2020 Halftime Report when we come back this is the big picture on our team america. Always the issue of trying to playing out in the American Election cycle. And by betray themselves as being tough on beijing maybe they are at least rhetorically but in reality those are very different story and its bipartisan the committee crites an industry in finance for to china for day in their visions to show is this chinas. Problem drugs has come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the United States weve seen very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids invited to america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to. Go separate dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer whos to blame patients doctors manufacturers all the government. Pats. Geysers might as well survival guide. When customers go by. Didnt help reduce a flower. Thats undercutting not whats good for markets its not good for the global economy. How will you remember the year 2020 and i ask at the risk of you throwing something at your t. V. Or stomping all over the tablet or smartphone youre watching or listening to this on its been a rough year and nobody except perhaps the dog or the guy who sells plexiglas is enjoying all this stay at home time what next you are wondering lets ask a panel whose political views are shall we say asymmetrical. Left you see Jonathan Harris you see him on Just Press Play and on the right you see Steve Malzberg host of meet the press and no guest has appeared on the big picture since i took it over 3 years ago more than Steve Malzberg gentlemen welcome to the Halftime Report. Good to be here as we as we are now into the 2nd half of the year lets take a snapshot of the usa millions infected some models have a couple of 100000 deaths as early as the end of this month the president dismissed all this early on the impeach president i should say we have the worst unemployment since the Great Depression social unrest rest of American People who just cant wait to get out of the house and are jumping the gun we had no 4th of july parade we had no summer olympics the fall semester is on the line jonathan then steve in that order in november how much of this should be the fault of candidate trump. I would lay it completely at the feet of the president ultimately thats where the buck stops its his responsibility to make sure that all of these situations are taken care of according to a c. N. N. Poll 35 percent of americans are blaming trump for whats happened here i mean your 10135000 people dead 3 and a half 1000000 cases were about 4 months into this were seeing record high spike still that is nothing but poor leadership and hopefully and november with hes got a 38 percent Approval Rating so it looks like voters will be blaming him in november you have these polls are all going in the same direction and stevie a member of the gipper is old proposition are you better off 4 than you were 4 years ago how much of this not do you think they should but do you think they will ascribe to the incumbent. I dont think a virus is going to be the main thing in play when push comes to shove in november i think as your previous guest alluded to it might be the economy but i also think its going to be law and order i think the fact that the president got the endorsement of the National Association of Police Organizations a group that endorsed by obama biden twice and sat out o. 16 i think speaks volumes and i think people going to get sick and tired of no law and order and people getting beaten up in the streets and crime get now to control and if you dont have your safety and youre a mom and you dont have your safety for your children you cant walk the streets you cant do anything that supersedes just about everything and i think that that said by the way the polls you know that the polls are look what they were you know 16 people who are afraid to say they support him because they say it to the wrong person on the street theyll get beaten up and then nobody will care so i think theyre afraid to tell pollsters that theyre for trump i dont think thats what you saw holes and 2016 i think if you paid attention to the polls and 2016 they were actually pretty accurate National Polls predicted that Hillary Clinton would win and nationally she won 3000000 more votes state by state polls were fairly accurate if you actually paid attention to the polls the 2016 polls are pretty accurate. Jonathan you know i know that i would mention it at all. No but state of steve whenever this comes up i think the polls got it right because she did win the popular vote but they were asking the wrong question and i think theyre going to be wiser this time about the electoral map steve how much you think the v. P. Choice for joe biden makes usually its not a big deal bush sr with dan quayle go down the line how big a deal is it this time with aging joe biden oh its a huge deal theres a you know theres a good chance joe biden wont be able to finish out his term. And people have to realize that and i think also. Whether its a africanamerican or not africanamerican i think whoever it is youre going to need that person to motivate the africanamerican base to come out and vote because without that vote you know in that enthusiasm its going to be tough for joe biden to win so i think a lot goes into this pick probably its the most important v. P. Pick. Maybe ever but certainly in recent history theres a theres a chance. Im sorry there are they say other good he wont finish out his term what is there like a 4 or 5 age your difference between biden and trump theres a chance he will forever yes have you watched him have you watched him john i know youve watched him how to put this and well together joe biden can walk down a ramp so i mean yes i watch them. Thats thats you know he does his thing i ever heard but its typical doesnt mean it is in better shape than the president out of frankly because the there are demo reels of trim slurs he has on its been struggling to throw water and struggling to walk down a ramp i mean it is and i have. No doubt about it but it was for a loop or ted side by side any day you know military you know what lets do a show on it lets do a show on it please have me on your show. Steve ive been trying to get action safety as the number one issue as opposed to the virus Steve Malzberg would you today attend to trump rally. I wont drive up to a gas station if the attendant is not wearing a mask that shows me ok and i got turned away from a gas station because i said signal i had my mask on in the car thats me and i signal to the guy said and hes like and he went go leave so i left so no im not going anywhere where theres crowds for anybodys rally or anything that i dont have to leave the house for if only that you will meet Jonathan Jonathan assuming that you are not so inclined to that particular event let me sort of ask the question a different way what if we had baseball and our world series champion washington. A nationals path to the stadium would you feel comfortable going to the game well you know id actually probably be more inclined to go to a trump earlier than a sporting event or really go to the one but in terms of crowds no i mean i would definitely try to heed the advice and stay away from crowds and its a shame that our president doesnt feel the same way and thinks its appropriate to hold. Protests are ok well did the protests spike cases or oh no that is it ok they dont shout that you cant catch you there theyre theyve studied the protests and they found cases did not spike because people were Wearing Masks its very cerebral and they were outdoor day were not at about one hour ago a miracle are you are you are you are you saying those thats not true because its actually true of the spikes did not occur obviously we had a spike all over the country saying we had a spike all over the country about 3 weeks after the protest and they tried to blame it on bars opening up in localities so i dont buy they and their studies i buy but i saw with my own eyes and the media ignoring the danger of the guys i said dont work its not that jungle it was the i wouldnt know new york says yeah. They jumped on with the bars and these pool parties in the ozarks and those kids in michigan the governor of oklahoma is positive after having attended the rally in tulsa so i think that youre going to see a lot of gov striving to put the toothpaste back in the tube but still there are Silver Linings that emerge from a moment like this and while she choose the term the new normal our governor is pointed something out here in rhode island anywhere in america pick a state any state if you say division of Motor Vehicles it sounds like youre setting up a joe you can picture a half a day wasted waiting in line etc ad as many states did we moved a lot of things online here in rhode island and for the functions you could only transact in person you would make an. And go there and guess what after the shutdown is over this is the way its going to be so instead of us waiting for them they will be waiting for us when you have to go fix your license plates or whatever what other good do you guys see coming out of this jonathan then steve well ultimately youve got again trump of the 38 percent Approval Rating 4 months out from the election so one of the best things that can come out of this is him getting out of our white house i think that will be one of the best moments for the country i think its so interesting that you have him tweeting law and order all this chaos is happening on his watch its almost as if hes allowed himself to disconnect himself from what is going on in the country so i think one of the album you would and roger stone write its like roger like law and order but you can commute sentences for people work and get that fascinating but i think one of the best things Going Forward will be him getting out of our white house and having the nation heal and come back together under someone who is actually a responsible person who cares to actually govern for the whole country someone said and i dont remember where it was but this is an original thought but they were saying that essentially trump is the one of the 1st president s that doesnt govern for the whole country he governs for his base which is at this point some of the country so yes that will be one of the equation Going Forward yeah it worked steve what do we have to do you know i dont like caught but. Yet well 1st of all departing roger stone its his constitutional right to pardon to commute sentences and if you were if that we had an honest media in this country this would be put into context bill clinton pardon the f a l n terrorists 16 of them against the advice of the Justice Department and the congress voted overwhelmingly after the fact to condemn it barack obama pardoned the bomb maker of the f. A. L. And terrorist States Manning stayed away our secrets and a general who did write to the f. B. I. So dont make it sound Like National drug party roger stone is anything anything stage context of history and facts yes if only there were a t. V. Show to critique the news media i would add to my question what do we have to look forward to in the new normal. Well i think youre going to see a lot of changes with the way college is done business meetings again as your guests in las vegas alluded to youre not going to see as many conventions youre going to see a lot of shows maybe coming from home but t. V. Networks doing things differently everything is going to be done slightly differently on a on a scale some will do everything radically different i think you know just over from slightly to radically different it depends on the industry it depends on what were talking about but this will and i dont know that its good i mean i dont know that any good comes out of these deaths and you know even if you dont like your political candidate to say that thats the good that comes out of of the pandemic and by the way its state by state the president had no power over opening states are not opening states and it was the fact he said it with a march said you know i dont wear a mask yet they dont go out and you get schmitz in there touch your face you dont want to wear a mask and he admitted that he lied because they were afraid theyd have a shortage of bass so how many people die because found out she lied about Wearing Masks that is what i want to hold all of that already over whether or not john and i wrap it up i got 30 seconds just so you know tom did say that a total of 40 overstates and whether or not they could reopen and then he had to walk that back when someone reminded him of what his actual job was but on the upside i do think it will be nice to i think weve learned that a lot of us can work from home its a lot a lot of families to Stay Together spend more time together so if there is a Silver Lining to the poor leadership that weve had from a man who thinks that we should be injecting disinfectant go to los angeles or new delhi india look up and you see blue skies so some good will come of this because weve given muddler nature. Jonathan harris Steve Malzberg thank you for stepping into the big picture here and thank you for enduring that shouting match if you see us somewhere else and its easier for you do you know that r t america has the live stream at youtube dot com slash r t america. And or cord cutters we are direct t. V. Channel 321 we are on pluto t. V. Channel 279 we are on the dish dish channel 280 and if you havent yet you simply must download our super cool portable t. V. App its free on the app store and it is a scream holland cook here in rhode island the great ocean state hell be back same time next week meantime stay safe and question more. Syria has been engulfed in civil war through almost 10 years its cost hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions more no one foresaw the peaceful protests of 20 of them is collating into a complex conflict between various amis geopolitical interests rebel groups and just. As me. How they are in the book on this. 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