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I shouldn't tell you this, but Eric hired someone who sounds just like him to host today's show.

But since I'm the announcer, they told me, so I'm telling you, don't be fooled.

The real Eric's in jail.

Hey there, folks. We don't normally do breaking news on this program.

But today, breaking news.

It is. Yeah, it's not funny breaking news. That's the problem. This is actually really

tough stuff, but we're going to go with it. And by the way, most of you are not listening

to this live.

But we made a decision, basically, in the middle of the night, to go, to leap ahead.

We were going to start a campaign with food for the poor.

When were we going to start that?

I don't remember.

That was at the end of this month.

Okay, so obviously not for some weeks.

We've worked with Food for the Poor many, many times in the past, and they are a heroic

Christian organization.

But because of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the folks at Food for the Poor asked us if we would today ask you to help us raise funds.

Now, when they sent us this bulletin, they said the death toll in Monday's massive earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has now surged past 8,000 when they sent this to us not that long ago.

I just checked and it said that it has surged past 11,000.

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