AND TODD PIRO.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU GUYS.
EMILY: GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS.
I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS FUN THIS
SWIM ACROSS THE HUDSON.
EXCITING EVENT THAT WE WILL BE
BRINGING YOU ALL MORNING LONG.
SO PROUD OF PETE, IT’S FOR SUCH
A GREAT CAUSE.
TODD: WE WILL TRY TO DO A LITTLE
PLAY BY PLAY WHEN HE ULTIMATELY
GETS IN THE WATER.
>> LET’S JOIN HIM IN TO JOIN US
BEFORE HE JOINS THAT TEAM OF
NAVY SEALS ACROSS THE HAD YOU
SON.
PETE, DESCRIBE THE ENERGY RIGHT
THERE RIGHT NOW.
PETE: GREAT ENERGY.
THE ENERGY JUST ARRIVED OFF THE
BUS.
THEY ARE BEASTS.
THEY ARE NAVY SEALS.
THEY’RE THE BEST OF THE BEST
ABOUT.
50 OF THEM I THINK IN TOTAL
GOING TO BE JUMPING INTO THE
WATER WITH ME.
AN AWESOME SCENE RIGHT HERE AT
THE 9/11 MEMORIAL.
WILL WILL FREEDOM TOWER BEHIND
US US.
THE NYPD SUPPORTING THE EVENT.
THE COAST GUARD, THEY ARE
ESCORTING ALONG THE ROUTE.
THESE GUYS ARE NO N. MONSTER
SHAPE.
NO PROBLEM FOR THEM.
I MET AN MMA FIGHTER OUR
PERSONAL SECURITY.
CARS LARSON WHO DRAGGED ME
THROUGH THE BODY LAST YEAR.
HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO LIFT OFF
ME THIS YEAR THAT’S A LIE.
WHAT THEY DID SPRING ON ME
BEFORE WE JUMP IN THE WATER,
GUYS, APPARENTLY THERE IS ALSO A
1 MILE RUN WHICH I WAS NOT AWARE
OF AND DID NOT TRAIN FOR.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH
PUSHUPS, DO A MILE RUN OVER TO
THE POINT WHERE WE ARE ARE GOING
TO JUMP IN THE WATER AND THEN
THE SWIM BEGINS.
THE COOL PART IS TWO FOLD.
HONORING GOD AND COUNTRY THIS
MORNING THERE WILL BE A PRAYER,
THE ANTHEM.
A CEREMONY BEFORE WE START.
RUNNING WITH FLAGS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE CAUSE IS
THE GI GO FUND AN AWESOME
ORGANIZATION GI GO.ORG.
RAISING MONEY FOR VETS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
JUST A WONDERFUL CAUSE.
I HOPE OUR VIEWERS WILL CHECK
THAT OUT.
THAT’S WHY THESE GUYS ARE DOING
IT.
HONORED TO BE HERE.
ABOUT TO GET WET.
GRIFF: GOOD LUCK, PETE.
WE CAN’T WAIT FOR YOU TO GET WET
AFTER THAT SURPRISE ONE MILE
RUN.
WE WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH YOU
ALL MORNING LONG.
WE WILL LET YOU GET READY FOR
AND IT GET GOING.
ALL RIGHT.
PETE: YOU GOT IT.
AND, PETE, LET ME ASK YOU THIS,
WE ARE GOING TO START TALKING
NOW.
PETE: I WILL STICK AROUND FOR A
SECOND.
GRIFF: STICK AROUND FOR A
SECOND.
WE HAD A SURPRISE PRESS
CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT ALL OF A SUDDEN
SAID YEAH I’M GOING TO HOLD A
PRESS CONFERENCE.
IN IT THE NEWS WE TOOK AWAY HIM
VOWING TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER
BY THE END OF THE WEEK BECAUSE
NANCY PELOSI, CHUCK SCHUMER
CAN’T GET THIS DEAL WHEN HE HAS
BEEN SITTING WITH MNUCHIN AND
MARK MEADOWS.
NOW, THE PRESIDENT TWEETED ABOUT
THAT SAYING.
THIS PELOSI AND SCHUMER ONLY
INTERESTED IN BAILOUT MONEY FOR
POORLY RUN DEMOCRAT CITIES AND
STATES.
NOTHING TO DO WITH CHINA VIRUS.
>>WANT $1 TRILLION, NO INTEREST.
WE ARE GOING A DIFFERENT WAY.
BEFORE YOU GET WET, PETE, WHAT
ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
PETE: IS HE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THEY ARE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
APART.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID THEY
WANT MONEY TO BAIL OUT BLUE
STATES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
IF YOU CAN’T RUN YOUR STATE AND
PENSION FUND WHY USE A COVID-19
CRISIS TO DO SO?
I THINK REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
RIGHT TO BE LASER-FOCUSED ON A
MORE TAILORED UNEMPLOYMENT ON
EXTENDING THE PPP PAYROLL TAX
BREAKS IF POSSIBLE.
BUT THAT MAY END UP ALL COMING
IN THE FORM OF AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THE
DEMOCRATS ARE DIGGING THEIR
HEELS IN BECAUSE THEY THINK,
EMILY, THE PAIN ON THIS IS THE
LEVERAGE THEY HAVE.
THAT’S UNFORTUNATE FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND STILL IN
NEED OF HELP BECAUSE LOCKDOWNS
IN A LOT OF STATES CONTINUE.
EMILY: THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT,
PETE.
IN THE BEGINNING THE INITIAL
RELIEF, THE INITIAL CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF WAS REALLY LIKE A
BLANKET.
IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT EVERYONE
NEEDED.
IT DIDN’T HAVE THAT SURGICAL
TAILORED APPROACH THAT PEOPLE
REALLY NEED NOW.
AND I HAVE HEARD, FOR EXAMPLE,
ARGUMENT AGAINST THE PAYROLL TAX
SAYING THAT DOESN’T HELP PEOPLE
WITHOUT JOBS.
BUT THE POINT IS THAT THEY BOTH
NEED HELP.
WE NEED TO HELP IN THESE
ACCURATE, SPECIFIC WAYS FOR BOTH
BUSINESS OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES
AND ALSO THOSE WHO RUN EMPLOYED
RIGHT NOW.
TODD, YOUR THOUGHTS?
TODD: I’M CURIOUS WHY ARE THEY
CLAPPING?
YOU CAN’T LEAVE THE CLAPPING
WITHOUT ASKING WHY ARE THEY
CLAPPING?
PETE?
PETE: YEAH, THEY ARE CLAPPING
BECAUSE THE NEW JERSEY STATE
POLICE HAS SHOWED UP.
SO THIS IS A GROUP THAT
APPRECIATES SERVICE, THE NEW
JERSEY STATE POLICE ARE HERE
WITH US ALL MORNING TO ESCORT
US.
IT WAS A SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE
WHEN THEY SHOWED UP.
LISTEN, A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN
THIS COUNTRY ABOUT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE.
I WILL TELL YOU THESE SEALS THAT
WHO HAVE DONE DEPLOYMENT AFTER
DEPLOYMENT AFTER DEPLOYMENT HAVE
NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR THE MEN AND
WOMEN IN BLUE WHO DO THE HARD
WORK EVERY DAY.
PATRIOTIC SCENE, THEY ARE DOING
OUR THING WHETHER WE HAVE A SHOW
OR NOT.
THESE ARE NAVY SEALS.
SO WE PLAY BY THEIR TIMELINE AND
THEIR RULES.
BUT, GUYS, AS THEY GO FORWARD
AND WE WILL BRING YOU THE
OPENING CEREMONY.
THIS IS JUST PREPARATION FOR IT.
YOU MENTIONED THE IMPROMPTU
PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AT
BEDMINSTER.
I DON’T HAVE POWER AT MY HOUSE
SO I HAVE NO TV.
I DO HAVE SIRIUS FM RADIO.
I LISTENED TO MOST OF IT.
ONE PORTION IN PARTICULAR WAS
INTERESTING.
SO, A MEMBER OF THE PRESS ASKED
WELL, WHY ARE THERE PEOPLE IN
THE ROOM NOT WEARING MASKS?
SOME OF WHICH WERE, BUT MANY
WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB IN
THE BACK.
THEY SAID WHY AREN’T THEY
WEARING MASKS?
IS THAT OKAY?
THE PRESIDENT WAS QUICK AND KNEW
EXACTLY HOW TO RESPOND.
LISTEN.
>> JUST IN THIS ROOM HAVE YOU
DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES IN NEW
JERSEY.
>> POLITICAL.
[BOOS]
>> YOU ARE WRONG ON THAT.
BECAUSE IT’S A POLITICAL
ACTIVITY.
THEY HAVE EXCEPTIONS.
POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND IT’S ALSO
A PEACEFUL PROTEST.
YOU HAVE AN EXCLUSION IN THE LAW
THAT SAYS PEACEFUL PROTEST OR
POLITICAL ACTIVITY, RIGHT?
IN FACT, SPECIFICALLY, YEAH,
SAYS EXACTLY POLITICAL ACTIVITY
OR PEACEFUL PROTEST AND YOU CAN
CALL IT POLITICAL ACTIVITY, BUT
I WOULD CALL IT PEACEFUL
PROTEST.
>> GREAT NATION, WE HAVE BEEN SO
BLESSED.
SO VERY BLESSED TO BE AMERICANS
OUT OF THE GATE CART --
>>
PETE: THERE IS A PRAYER GOING ON
HERE SO WE’RE GOING TO KEEP IT
VERY QUIET SO I WILL TOSS IT TO