Hour 2: Will a partial Government Shutdown happen?

The Mark Simone Show

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has announced his pick for the next Federal Reserve Chairman: Kevin Warsh, who will succeed Jerome Powell. In Luigi Mangione’s case, the judge has dismissed several charges, including the death penalty. Mark takes your calls. Mark interviews Fox Business reporter Charlie Gasparino. He shares his positive view of President Trump’s Fed Chair selection. Gasparino also comments on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s limitations in office and speculates on whether ICE protesters will head to NYC.

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0:00.0	The Mark Simone Show on 710 W0R.
0:06.5	Well, we've got a lot to get to this hour, just to bring up to speed.
0:10.5	Don Lemon was arrested.
0:12.1	He has been indicted.
0:14.8	Apparently he was partying like crazy in L.A.
0:17.2	The Grammy Awards this Sunday night, the parties have already begun. He was out there all
0:21.9	night partying. The night ended with him being arrested by federal agents. And now remember,
0:29.9	this is not, it's not just Donald Trump deciding to arrest him. It's not the Attorney General.
0:35.0	It's not the Justice Department. There's nothing in the Trump administration made the final decision. It was the grand jury. They just simply presented it to the
0:41.9	grand jury, and the grand jury voted to indict Don Lemon for, there's a couple of laws he violated
0:48.9	in that church. Now, a lot of people worried that this will make Don Lemon into a huge martyr that he'll be on every...
0:58.3	He's a guy that was basically fired in disgrace.
1:01.9	He was out of work.
1:03.6	Nobody would touch this guy.
1:05.0	Nobody would hire this guy.
1:06.3	He was doing one of these silly podcasts from his bedroom running around with a microphone totally out of work
1:13.3	but this well this is different now suddenly he'll be all over msnbc and cnn and there'll be a go-fundme
1:21.2	that could raise millions and millions he's hired the top lawyer you could hire in a matter
1:26.3	like this ab Abby Lowell.
1:27.7	So a lot of people worried that this will make Don Lemon not only a martyr, but bigger than ever,
1:33.2	may actually bring back his broadcasting career for him.
1:38.1	The Justice Department right now is releasing more Epstein files.
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