Hour 2: Bidding war to acquire Warner Bros Discovery Inc.

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4.3 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Mark discusses the ongoing bidding war between Paramount and Netflix for the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., sharing his belief that Paramount will ultimately emerge victorious. He also comments on the increasing challenges President Trump faces from left-wing judges and criticizes the Senate tradition of the blue slip, echoing the President’s view that it’s an outdated and ineffective practice. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews Sal Scognamillo from Patsy’s Italian Restaurant in New York City. In honor of Frank Sinatra’s birthday week, they reminisce about Sinatra’s deep love for Patsy’s, share stories about his favorite meal, and reflect on the statue dedicated to him in the restaurant. The conversation explores Sinatra’s lasting impact on entertainment and how his legacy serves as a source of inspiration for both Mark and Sal.

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0:00.0	Mark Simone on 710 W.O.R. Well, another freezing cold day to day. It's just, uh, listen, I like to walk
0:11.3	outside. I like to walk for miles outside, but it was not easy yesterday or today. You can hear.
0:20.2	No, it's good. You get
0:20.9	used to it. It's a fun walking out there in the cold.
0:23.5	Your nose goes crazy and you can't take it anymore. And I saw
0:26.6	Sean Hannity yesterday. You know, he's in
0:28.8	Florida now, but he came to New York.
0:31.6	And they get that Florida look. He's got that Florida look.
0:34.6	It's like the perfect sun tan
0:36.8	and, you know, people, they look more relaxed.
0:42.5	I guess that's good.
0:43.8	I don't know.
0:44.2	I don't want the perfect sun tan.
0:45.6	I don't want to look that relaxed.
0:47.2	I like to have that New York, you know, that freezing cold face and, you know, all riled up kind of new york attitude but he looked great
0:57.6	and uh of course you can hear him here today three to six uh on w oar um let's see now in in
1:06.1	in chicago they got snow and everything so uh ice agents were there going after a dangerous criminal who's an illegal alien.
1:15.8	He got in under Biden.
1:18.9	And the Biden administration, they actually did have.
1:21.5	This guy was so bad and such a criminal, they did arrest him at the border.
1:25.2	And he had entered the country illegally.
1:27.0	This is 2003 in the Biden years.
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