Calling It Down The Middle | 08-05-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, News, Comedy

4.2 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 148 minutes

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On this Tuesday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid can't get behind the way YES Network play-by-play commentator Michael Kay "calling it down the middle" whilst on the horn for our New York Yankees, before he covers all the top headlines dominating the news today. P. Diddy is denied bail ahead of his sentencing in early October, President Trump defends his decision to first the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after an underwhelming jobs report, the President's special envoy Steve Witkoff is on his way to Russia in hopes of a peace deal in the region ahead of the President's Friday deadline for such an agreement, and redistricting in Texas leads to uproar nationwide regarding our voting maps. Dov Hikind, Jennifer Harrison, Joe Benigno, Bo Dietl, Gregg Jarrett, Gordon Chang & Michael Goodwin join Sid on this Tuesday installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's your buddy, Sid Rosenberg, and yeah, I'm famous. But guess what? So is my guy Mike. I love him and his son, Michael, at Genesis of Brooklyn. This is not your typical dealership. Trust me, I've been there. It's a gorgeous place. The service, legendary. Brooklyn Family Values, Baby, that's what I'm talking about. Free valet pickup up to 25 miles. Current year Genesis loaners, three years of maintenance included, transparent,
0:23.2	efficient, respectful, the best luxury service around. Genesis of Brooklyn, these are my guys.
0:29.3	Mike and Mike, more luxury, less money.
0:33.1	Just it and friends in the morning. Entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
0:42.3	This is Sid and Friends in the Morning.
0:46.8	77 Wabc.
0:48.9	I mean, if we're going to put somebody on Mount Rushmore, let's get Sid Rosenberg on Mount Rushmore.
0:53.4	President Trump is defending his decision to fire a top official at the Bureau of Labor
0:58.8	Statistics. Will James Inman reports.
1:02.0	President Trump on Friday explaining why he fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erica
1:09.1	McIntyre. I believe the numbers were phony just like they were before the election, and there were other times.
1:15.3	So you know what I did?
1:16.3	I fired her.
1:17.6	And you know what?
1:18.6	I did the right thing.
1:19.7	Government data showed 73,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy last month, fewer than expected.
1:26.5	The numbers for May and June were revised downward.
1:29.7	Trump's move raising eyebrows on Capitol Hill. Donald Trump has made clear he wants to
1:35.4	politicize those statistics. If the president is firing the statistician because he doesn't
1:42.8	like the numbers, but they are accurate, then that's a problem.
1:48.7	Also this week, President Trump outlined new tariff rates for more than 60 nations, ranging from
1:55.5	10% up to 41%, the new rate starting August 7th.
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