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GOOD EVENING: The show begins in NYC where the doubts about the quality of life and of Mayor Adams leadership dominate the conversation about City Hall. Then to Las Vegas to welcome a Hollywood Studio to Clark County. To Brazil and Paraguay and Lebanon.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in NYC where the doubts about the quality of life and of Mayor Adams leadership dominate the conversation about City Hall. Then to Las Vegas to welcome a Hollywood Studio to Clark County. To Brazil and Paraguay and Lebanon. To Pennsylvania and fretting about the slowdown and the cost of food. To US Steel, to Apple, and to DOJ. To Washington 1950 and the eve of the Korean War. To Ukraine, to Rome, to Boca Chica, to Lunar Orbit.

1957 Nevada Test Range. PLUMBBOB events

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0:00.0

This is John Bachelor.

0:02.0

Good evening.

0:03.0

The show begins tonight in New York City.

0:06.0

There are investigations at the local level, at the state level, at the federal level, of Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, former president of the Brooklyn

0:16.6

Borough. However, the questions raised about his campaign financing in 2021, about his connections in campaign financing to people who gave to

0:28.0

the campaign incorrectly illegally, and their activities now now also about an allegation of sexual

0:35.4

abuse allegations of his lieutenants his close aides under investigation

0:42.1

for sexual abuse of their partners at various times, all very murky.

0:47.0

At the same time, we have a poll, a credible poll at nearly half the people in New York would like to leave in the next five years.

0:57.0

It is not a good time for doubts about leadership, speaking with Harry Sull of the city. And then on to Clark County Las Vegas

1:06.7

where the mood is completely opposite from Manhattan. Joyous, Mark Walberg, the A-list actor along with Sony Entertainment and Howard Hughes Holdings

1:17.3

are looking at building a 10 building 500,000 square feet, Hollywood Studio right adjacent to Las Vegas in Clark County.

1:28.8

The new high-speed rail connection from Los Angeles to Las Vegas will be two hours. It will be an easy

1:34.8

commute for Hollywood actors who are ensconced in Beverly Hills but then again

1:42.0

it's a new day in the 21st century.

1:44.4

Moving Hollywood to Las Vegas sounds like a smart idea.

1:48.4

Also, they're selling F- Formula One tickets now for November 1st. I mentioned that.

1:54.0

Hezbollah. I speak to Emmanuel Atulengi, he's in Israel,

2:00.0

about an investigation into a Hezbollah plot to kill Jews and to attack synagogues in Brazil,

2:06.4

interrupted last fall by arrest.

2:10.4

However, the question remains this plot can be revitalized.

2:15.0

They were recruiting Brazilian nationals with Lebanese and Syrian backgrounds

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