Good morning. It is 08:00 a.m. on the East coast, seven central. Today is Thursday, June 27, and it is a big day. Welcome to Morning on Merritt street. I'm Dominique Saxo.

And I'm Fanchin Stinger. So glad you're waking up with us on this Thursday morning. We have an incredible show planned for you today on this day, debate day, officially a huge day across the nation. So we've got everything you need to know to get you prepared for tonight and everything you're going to want to know, even a look behind the scenes.

Yes, we are taking a little sneak peek. We do have a live look for you right now in Atlanta as the countdown to this first debate is on. With just hours to go now before the first 2024 presidential debate, a New York Times Sienna college poll is showing former President Trump has opened up a four point lead over President Biden.

And you will notice someone not on tonight's debate stage, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Juniore. Actually during his one on one interview with Doctor Phil, he says he is not on the debate stage because Democrats see him as a big threat to Biden. He also says they are working to keep him off key state ballots. Those efforts causing RFK junior to miss CNN's criteria that would have allowed him to be on tonight's debate stage.

But you can still hear from the candidate tonight. And here's how RFK junior sits down with Doctor Phil in a 90 Minutes exclusive interview. Doctor Phil says that this conversation is going to make headlines tomorrow and you don't want to miss it. It is a Doctor Phil primetime special event that starts early at 730 Eastern, followed by the CNN presidential debate right here on Merritt street.

And as we all know, one of the top issues for voters right now is indeed the economy. Many people, you, your family, your friends, everyone's talking about struggling to make ends meet in this current economy. So now a California grocery store is offering free food to people who live in that community. That is one of the other stories we are going to be talking about today. Our San Francisco correspondent Dan Simon is going to join us with a look at this new initiative that is still to come this morning.

Very interesting. We do want to get you up to speed on the top stories of the day.

That's right. We're going to bring in news correspondent Joe Gumm. He has following all of the top headlines developing from overnight and into this morning. Good morning.

Yeah, good morning. Fancy. Good morning, Dominique. This is like the Super bowl. I'm trying to figure out what snacks I'm going to have for tonight's big event. All the viewing tonight is going to be incredible. But, yes, let's start with the pulse right now. We start with this dramatic video you're watching right now. Get this. The site of the Rapidan dam in Minnesota takes a look at this. A house completely falling into the blue earth river there. Thankfully, no one was home at the time as the family evacuated due to the dam's failure. It's from historic flooding that they're having in Minnesota. Friends of the family who lost their home have set up a fundraiser to help them in the wake of their vote to impeach homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in February. The House has now voted to block funds from being used to pay his salary. The amendment by Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, Washington, part of that deal, the House's appropriations bill funding DHS. That was a part of that. This comes, of course, as DHS has identified 400 migrants who illegally enter the US. It could have ties with ISIS. During a briefing in Arizona yesterday, Secretary Mayorkas responding to the news saying the.

Report was inaccurate, that reporting is incorrect. We do not have identified 400 people with potential ISIS ties. And let me again assure you that individuals who are identified to have those ties would pose a concern to us from a public safety and a security perspective, and they would be priorities for detention.

And yet again, that report came from his office. The man accused of opening fire at a 2022 4 July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, will stand trial. After all. He had agreed to plead guilty to seven counts of murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, one for each victim in exchange for life in prison. But he backed out of that proposed deal during a court hearing yesterday. The decision obviously rattling victims families, one daughter calling him, quote, evil and manipulative. The judge tentatively set a trial date for February of next year, year. And several topics right there in the pulse. Hot topics for the debate tonight. Yes, crime, the border, obviously, inflation. Inflation, it's all on the docket tonight.

We're going to look at that preview of the debate. We're going to have a complete preview for you coming up for the rest of these next 2 hours. So thank you so much.

In the meantime, we do have another live look for you now in Atlanta as the world will be watching President Biden and former President Donald Trump face off in tonight's presidential debate.

That's right. And we have a lot more that we're going to get to this morning. While Biden may have lost some favor in his own party, one presidential historian is also making news. It is certainly a historic evening tonight. They say it's to help keep the debate on schedule and not to get too rowdy.

Yes, Fanchon's alluding to the changes that have been made to the debate format. About half of Democrats and Republicans say the debate is extremely or very important for the success of their party's respective candidates. And that's according to a new AP NORC poll. In that same poll, both candidates entered the debate with low favorability ratings.

And while Biden may have lost some favor in his own party, like we mentioned, one presidential historian says, quote, a lot will have to go wrong for Biden to lose.

So we want to bring in Doctor Alan Lichtman. He is a distinguished professor of history at American University and he has correctly predicted nine out of the 10:10 elections. Doctor Lichtman, thank you for joining us on morning on Merritt street today.

Good morning.

My pleasure. And I would say ten out of ten because 2000 was a stolen election, as I proved in my report to the US Commission on Civil Rights. It's still on their website, but I won't quibble there.

You. That's okay. Better you than us, right? So listen, Doctor Lichtman, you developed this formula, right? And it's got 13 key points to winning the White House. They're listed on screen for our viewers to take a look at. Pete, can you explain to us why these qualifiers matter more than others?

Correct. My system is based upon the proposition that american presidential elections are essentially votes up or down on the strength and performance of the White House party. And that's what the keys are designed to gage. Believe it or nothing, it's governance, not campaigning that counts. Which is why I tell your viewers, forget the polls, forget the pundits. They led us down the primrose path of error in 2016, in 2012, and other elections. Keep your eye on the big picture as gaged by these key factors.

And speaking of those key factors, Doctor Lichtman, with that being said, of the 13, you say Biden has already lost two of those key factors. Which ones are you referring to and how did he lose them?

Yes, he certainly lost factor one, which is the mandate key because his democrats lost us House seats in the last midterm election. And he has also lost the incumbent charisma key because he's not one of these once in a generation inspirational candidates like Franklin Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan. That means on my system, four more keys would have to go down to predict his defeat because it takes six negative keys to count out the party controlling the White House. That's why I called out Hillary Clinton in 2016 and predicted Donald Trump, which you can imagine did not make me very popular in 90% plus democratic Washington DC, where I teach at american university. So what are the four keys your viewers should look to that could go wrong for Biden? Third party. Is RFK junior going to stabilize at 10% or more social unrest? Are we going to see a refulgence of campus and other protests, like the Black Lives Matter movement or the anti Vietnam war protests? And I have a foreign policy failure and success key foreign military, which is going to turn in what happens in Gaza and Ukraine. That's what to look for.

Interesting, Doctor Lichtman. I'm trying to wrap my head around keys. We're so used to polling numbers. This is just such a different modality and way of looking at things. So if I'm hearing you right, President Biden has to go down by four keys to lose. But how many keys does former President Trump have to gain in order to win?

See, it doesn't work that way. As I said, the keys are based upon the finding that elections are primarily votes up or down on the White House party. So the six keys required to predict their defeat are tallied against the White House party, the challenging candidate. And the challenging party has very little to do with it. I only have one key pertaining to the challenging party, and that is whether or not they are also one of these once in a generation Ronald Reagan, Franklin Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt type of candidates. And I don't give Donald Trump that. I don't count that against the White House party. Because when you read my book, the predicting the next president, and follow my live show every Thursday at 09:00 p.m. lichtman. YouTube, you see, for the challenger to take that key against the White House party, they have to be broadly appealing. Like Ronald Reagan or Franklin Roosevelt, who won landslide elections. Donald Trump lost his last two elections by a combined 10 million votes. He's not broadly appealing.

Well, with that being said, Doctor Lichman, I want to take a look at something that is going viral this morning on Twitter. Now. X of course, Nate Silver, the founder and former editor in chief of FiveThirtyeight, is giving Trump a 65% chance of winning the White House. His model, different than yours, of course, is predicting a Trump win with just over 287 electoral votes. He has Biden sitting at 250 electoral votes. Now, that's different, of course, than what you're predicting, because these numbers are so different. How much weight should we, as voters place on them? And could it influence voter response?

Take whatever Nate Silver tells you and do with it what the great british philosopher David Hume said. You should do. The works of superstition. Consign them to the flames. They're useless. Those are nothing. Real probabilities, a real probability is if you had many, many, many actual elections and saw how they came out. That's not how this works. Remember, Nate Silver told us almost an 80% chance that Hillary Clinton was going to win in 2016. And then he said, when Hillary Clinton loses, see, I told you there was a 20 some odd percent chance that she could lose. So he can never be right and he can never be wrong. And his probabilities mean nothing. They're primarily based on the polls, which are snapshots, not predictors, and radically change over time. You know, around this time in 1988, in June, George Hw Bush was down 17 points to Michael Dukakis. He went on to win an easy. So forget the polls, forget the pundits. They will lead you down to error as they did in 2016. The eminent Princeton University professors consortium told us Hillary Clinton had a 99% chance, based on the polls, to win in 2016.

Their chief professor, Wang said, I'll eat a bug if I'm wrong on national television. And to his credit, he ate that bug.

Well, it can, it can certainly create a lot of confusion, but also a lot of chatter. You know, people in the news business, they love their polls, they love their numbers. This has been a fascinating conversation. Doctor Alan Lichtman, thank you so much for being with us today. Just a reminder, you can watch the CNN presidential debate that is happening at 09:00 Eastern, eight central. We are going to simulcast that live right here on Merritt street.

And in the meantime, while we wait to hear from the two presumed presidential candidates, there is one, as we told you, who will not be on that debate stage tonight. But his voice will be heard. It will be heard right here on Merritt street. We are going to preview a doctor Phil exclusive, his 90 minutes one on one with Robert F. Kennedy Junior. That preview is coming up next.

Plus, a grocery store that has no registers or credit card terminals because everything is free. We've got a look at the innovative new store that could be coming to a neighborhood near you.

I'm sitting down with the man, the voice you're not going to hear on the presidential debate stage. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, junior. RFK Junior, aims to do what no third party candidate has ever done, win the presidency. I wouldn't be running if I didn't think I could win. Could he be the wild card no one saw coming? You could be the decider in this race. That's tonight on Doctor Phil Primetime.

Tonight it is a 90 minutes Doctor Phil primetime special where Doctor Phil sits down one on one with third party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Junior.

An interview you will not want to miss. It's one we've been talking about all weekend, the controversy surrounding him and why he says his campaign has a real shot.

Let's take a look at part of that conversation.

Well, you know, there was a Brown University study that showed that during those lockdowns there was a 22% drop in iq among young, you know, the youngest Americans. And then CDC in 2023 revised its milestones. Prior to that, the milestone was that a kid should walk unassisted. That means without touching furniture. At twelve months, they now are 18 months. The prior milestone was that children should have 50 words by 24 months and now that's 30 months. So they're normalizing, just keep lowering the standards. They're normalizing the harm that they did to our children.

So Doctor Phil, you discussed the Brown University study about children's iqs dropping because of the COVID lockdowns. What did RFK junior tell you about how he would handle another possible pandemic?

Well, this was one place that we really came together because both of us have been very critical of the way the pandemic was handled, how the quarantine was mismanaged and how these children were abandoned by shutting the schools down, going to this remote learning. And he certainly agrees that if we have another pandemic, that depending on what the circumstances are, of course you have to deal with these on a case by case basis. But evidence suggest that this wholesale shutdown, locking up a society, just simply does not make sense. It absolutely does not make sense. Putting people, certainly with a respiratory disorder, locking them up inside is the worst thing you can do with a respiratory disorder, particularly if anybody goes out ever and then comes back into a closed space. He was outraged that they were going out to the beach in Venice, California and getting surfers that were out by themselves in the ocean surfing and waiting for them to come in on the beach and giving them thousand dollar tickets because they're out in the sunshine by themselves on the ocean surfing and giving them thousand dollar tickets. What's that about? There was no sense about this.

And as we now have, as we now have seen this play out, there was no sense to it. There was no science behind it. It made no sense. This all had to do with big pharmaceutical companies pushing an agenda to get vaccines pushed on people. And all of the rules and guidelines about masking and distancing and stuff like that was just all made up. It just made up. And a society was shut down, businesses were closed, fortunes were lost by middle America that had businesses that they had created and worked at for 30, 40 years just wiped off the table, never to come back again. And he's willing to admit that that's one of the things that I really admired about him, that he was telling the truth about those sort of things. And the tragedy of this is we're going to have a debate and that voice is not going to be there. So I'm sitting down with the one man, the one voice you're not going to hear in the debate that follows our 90 minutes interview. So if you're going to hear it, you're going to hear it in this interview. It's the only place you're going to be able to hear Robert F.

Kennedy Junior. He won't be in the debate. He won't be on any mainstream media. If you're going to hear him and what he has to say, you're going to hear it right here on Merritt street. Media and nowhere else.

Amy and like you said, people need to hear where he stands on these issues. You talk about some of the shocking revelations that are going to come out of this conversation. One of the topics that you discuss with him is his security during this pre election season. He's spending a million dollars a month just to protect himself. What else does he tell you about that? And what's going on behind the scenes of has to reveal more to you about what's really going on here?

Well, he does. Five people in his family have run for president. Two of them have been assassinated. Now by my math, that's a lot.

Yep. Yep.

And they won't give him protection until the mandatory 120 days out. And you say, well, that's the rule. That's the rule. Well, 33 times before they have extended this beyond the 120 days because of extenuating circumstances.

Wouldn't this be one you would think?

You would think, yeah, you would think if you have two family members that have been assassinated and then here comes another family member with the same name and controversial views, you would think this is someone that is at high risk. And I think he is at high risk. Come on. This smacks to me of politics.

Such a fascinating conversation. Doctor Phil's one on one with Robert F. Kennedy junior airs tonight at 736 30 Central. The news on Merritt street will air a 30 minutes show right before that.

And that will be followed, of course, by the live presidential debate right here. Simulcast on Merritt street.

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Welcome back. While rising costs due to inflation is hitting all of us, but it is impacting underserved communities especially hard.

Indeed. And now there is one special grocery store in San Francisco, California, giving people free access to high quality food.

San Francisco correspondent Dan Simon takes us to that store.

From eggs and butter to fresh produce and poultry, this new food market in San Francisco has all the staples and more. And it's sparking conversations nationwide for one simple reason. It's all free and paid for by San Francisco taxpayers in addition to community donations. Located in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods, the district ten community market is a godsend for people like Urzi, a 19 year old with a three month old son. How much does it help her to be able to come to a store like this where she doesn't have to pay?

She said it helps a lot. She says they have a, they have a good quality food and she like the way they organize everything and they have what they have everything in there that she like, milk, egg, everything. She loves the place.

Providing food assistance for low or no income individuals, of course, is nothing new. Food banks do it every day with pre filled bags delivered directly to those in need by volunteers. The difference here is that those who qualify get to select exactly what they want. In your view, what makes this place so unique?

I think because it brings dignity and choice and people get to honestly choose what they like, that we really listen to what they like and we're trying to make sure that the food is appropriate for them.

The store received a five and a half million dollar grant from the city of San Francisco. And because of that, some of the online commentary hasn't been kind. The daily Color with the headline San Francisco infamous for retail theft opens taxpayer funded empowerment market. How do those types of comments strike you?

Well, people who don't have empathy, people who really don't understand how this market works. If they really came here, they would see what we're doing. And I just don't really engage in all of that. Well, Bayview for me is family.

Kathy Davis, whose organization manages the store, says it's all about providing a dignified experience for our community that has long suffered from food insecurity. The United States Department of Agriculture has classified the neighborhood as a food desert, which the agency defines as urban neighborhoods and rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy and affordable food.

When you think about how much food gets thrown away and doesn't get utilized, and there's all these people that need it, we need to do better at how we distribute the food that's out there.

53 year old Johan Ruiz works in the grocery store and like the people he helps, is also a beneficiary of it.

Even though if you grow grocery outlet, the egg is expensive, the milk and everything. So it helps a lot when you come over here. Me as a worker, I'm a low income and sometimes I get grocery from here.

And that was Dan Simon reporting. Well, from San Francisco to Hollywood, California, is there a bigger screen icon than Marilyn Monroe? Well, it might surprise you that the only home she ever owned was almost destroyed. What saved it? Coming up next in the pulse, Nancy Grace, passion, power and noble.

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Good morning and we welcome you back to Morning on Merritt street. We are keeping things moving right along this Thursday morning. We're going to give you the latest headlines with the polls coming up.

Yeah. Previewing also tonight's first presidential debate. It is happening at 09:00 Eastern. Of course, you can see it right here. We are going to simulcast the entire debate live again right here on Merritt street.

And we've got some good celebrity gossip coming up with our friend, celebrity columnist Rob Shooter. Always a good time when Rob joins our show.

Yes. Can't wait for that. He's got some really big headlines to share with us this morning. But first, of course, our friend and news correspondent Joe Gum is here with all of the top stories this morning. Hi, Joe.

Hi. Good morning. If they turned our mics off, we'd be ok. But tonight, that's the one thing I'm looking forward to, turning the mic off at a certain time, not hearing any of what we heard back in 2020. So, yeah, yeah, it's going to be fun tonight. But let's first talk about vaccines. Right? Everyone's favorite topic from a few years ago, the CDC actually revising its recommendation for the RSV vaccine, specifically regarding who should receive it. The federal agency unanimously recommending all Americans aged 75 and older receive one dose of an RSV vaccine. Previously, they recommended adults aged 60 and older could receive a single lifetime dose of the RSV vaccine. The CDC concluding only those aged 60 to 74 years old with certain health conditions need to receive the shots. So far, the FDA has approved three RSV vaccines. If you have a Volkswagen, listen up. Recalling more than a quarter million atlas suV's. A wiring problem. In the seat heaters can cause passenger side airbags not to deploy. That's obviously not good. VW will notify owners by mid August and dealers will replace the faulty parts for well after a year long battle.

The Brentwood bungalow where Marilyn Monroe died is safe from demolition. The La City council voting unanimously to place it on the list of historic cultural monuments so it can't be touched. The next door neighbors bought it for about $8 million with the intention of taking it down. Of course, now we'll have to make other plans.

Fascinating.

Yeah. And that makes sense.

Yeah, yeah.

She's a historic Hollywood legende from there in that city. So she. That's where she made history.

Yeah. Yeah. Wonderful. All right.

Thank you, Jon. Thank you.

Catch your pulse.

We are hours away from what everyone is talking about. This could be one of the most consequential presidential debates in decades.

This morning, we are taking you inside how candidates prepare for a night like tonight.

Joining us right now is Clark Judge. He is founder and managing director of the White House Writers Group. He has sat in on debate rehearsals. He also has served as a speech writer for Ronald Reagan and then Vice President George Bush. So, Clark, first of all, good morning. Thank you for joining us.

Good morning.

It's a real pleasure.

Absolutely. We want to take you, or we want you to take us right behind the scenes. You've been there on debate night. What is the mood like right now for both of the candidates heading into tonight's debate? Are they nervous? Are they revising their notes? Walk us through these final hours.

Well, they've both gone through extensive prep. That prep involves briefing books describing various issues, helping them bone up. And they probably know all that, but it's very much a thing to give them. These arguments worked out. Then they go through rehearsal. They go through a rehearsal against someone who is a stand in for the other candidate and has been equally briefed so that they can anticipate how the other candidate will be, what he'll be saying and what he, and how they can come back best. You know, there's a story about Ronald Reagan's rehearsal for the Mondale debate in 88, and he, I'm sorry, in 84. And he, at the end of it, and he was asked, one of the preparers in the audience asked him, what if you're asked about your age? And he said, gee, that's a good idea. He said, I have a story I can use, and that story, or a phrase I can use, a joke I could use. And that, of course, was I won't let the opponent's youth, youth under Kantme. And you'll recall that there was a big laugh at that time. And basically Mondale said that lost the gay the election for him.

So that's the sort of thing you're doing in a debate. You're anticipating. You're thinking about what did I not think about what could be sprung on me? And then a lot of people are participating.

Amy.

Well, former President Reagan was known for his debate style. So we're grateful to have you with us in your perspective, as you already know, Clark, I mean, this is already an historic election season. You have both Trump and the president's son, Hunter Biden, charged with felonies. How does that play a role in the candidates pitch for tonight?

I'd imagine that both candidates will do something with that. I would imagine that Mister Biden, President Biden will try to needle President Trump and President Trump will make his case, ideally quickly, that this was, well, he could do as easily as, quote, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who said this would never have happened, been brought, this case would never been brought if he hadn't, if he weren't running for president. There's a lot of feeling along that line in both parties, actually, not necessarily the front line people, but the back on the Democratic Party. But those who've had some real experience in this area, a lot of them think this was way over the top, has gone way over the top.

You know, we have word from the Biden team. We've gotten word this week. President Biden, he's been hunkered down at Camp David all week long, going the traditional route with mock debates. We're told there are at least 16 people working to help him prepare. On the other hand, former President Trump, he's out on the campaign trail. We've seen him all week. He's energizing supporters. He's getting new supporters. He's meeting with policy advisors. What do both of these men need to say tonight to bridge the divide that still exists?

Well, I think the biggest challenge for each of these men is that they have, they don't want to confirm the negative, the things that are holding voters from coming to them. There's been a lot of talk. The Wall Street Journal this morning said that President Trump needed to keep his cool, as Karl Rove has said a number of times. And I agree with that. But it's also true that President Biden needs to keep his focus. That's really one of the big questions tonight. And does President Trump, does President Biden, do they both, they're competing for a core of swing voters. There are several dynamics to this election, but that's part of it. A corps of swing voters who have doubts about both of them. And if President Trump keeps his cool, that'll be a big win for him. If President Biden keeps his focus, that'll be a big win for him. But that's a real challenge that people will be looking for, a lot of people, people who are deciding between, not just between both candidates, but in some cases, do I go out and vote or do I, yes, and I know who I'll vote for, but I don't want to go out and vote.

It's going to be a combination of choice and motivation.

Right. Good point there. Well, we certainly appreciate your speech writing expertise to give us some clarity. Clark Judge, thank you for joining us. As a reminder, you can and watch the CNN presidential debate tonight at nine Eastern. We will simulcast it right here on Merritt street. And after the break, divorce rumors for a celebrity power couple. And Taylor and Travis take center stage in Europe. Yep, we're rounding up all the celebrity news with Rob Shooter. Coming up next.

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Well, from the royal family, a relationship on the rocks and so much more. I mean, celebrity news, it rarely slows down.

No, it very rarely slows down. And of course, we've got the inside scoop for you, like we always do. Here to spill the tea with us this morning is our friend, celebrity columnist Rob Shooter. Rob, good morning.

Good morning.

Happy tea. Morning. All right, Rob, let's begin with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They're making news. Is there any truth to the urgency for the couple to rejoin the royal family?

Yeah, there's a new report coming out of London that the only chance that Harry and Meghan have of getting back in this family if they want to is while King Charles is on the throne. What people are saying is that William is furious, furious with his brother. And when William becomes king, this is over. So if Harry wants to get back into this family, he better do it soon. Now, we're not wishing any ill here on King Charles, but he is in his seventies, his late seventies. They just celebrated his birthday. We know that he has cancer. And so this would be the moment, I think if he leaves it too long, William, his brother, can have none of it.

Rob, we want to continue with this theme. Earlier this week, Princess Anne was hospitalized. What can you tell us about her injury? Is she all right?

Yeah. We found out about this. The palace confessed, confirmed it yesterday. So we heard whispers about it over the weekend. Buckingham palace are now being much more forthcoming. So after the debacle about Kate Middleton, now the palace is much more reactionary. And so they did confirm that she was in hospital. They downplayed it a little bit. Now we're finding out she was actually rushed in an air ambulance from her estate. It seems as if she was kicked by one of her horses and it's rider. She even competed in the Olympics on the riding team for the UK. So she certainly knows her way around a horse like her mom, Queen Elizabeth did. But an incident happened at her estate. We're told now that she has memory loss and she has severe concussion, and he's probably going to be out of commission for a couple of weeks.

Wow. Well, we wish her speedy and complete recovery. Indeed. You know, we've been keeping an eye on Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Those, those divorce rumors are swirling. Affleck actually getting into a spat with paparazzi outside the couple's home, all while Jennifer Lopez vacations in Europe. So is there a potential divorce announcement looming, especially with most of the country focused on tonight's debate?

Wow.

Now, I have a particularly good insight in this because I used to be Jennifer Lopez's publicist. In fact, when she dated Ben 20 years ago, when she broke up with Benjen, I put the statement out so I wrote that statement with Jennifer and put it out so I know if Jennifer wants to end a relationship, she's good at doing that. She's been divorced a few times, so if Jennifer wanted to be divorced, she would be divorced. My insiders are telling me both of them want to stay married. They have trouble. They're really trying to work this through. Ben has been honest about his demonstration in the past. So as long as they're still together, there's, there's hope. And so fingers crossed. But you are smart about tying this to the presidential debate. Jennifer's a wizard at delivering bad news when the world is distracted. So if this is going to come, maybe, maybe tonight, I hope not. But it doesn't look good.

Well, interesting. We'll be watching that for sure. Our friend from overseas. Thanks for spilling the tea.

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