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All right, third hour.

Clay Ann Buck kicks off now.

We have the latest coming out of Israel in the Middle East.

The salvo fired by Iran, shot down by the Iron Dome.

No casualties from that reported in Israel yet.

Tensions remain high.

You have a port uh work stoppage labor union walkout going on from new england down to texas so east coast and gulf coast ports currently

shut down the international uh well the uh whatever whatever it is, the ILA, the Longshoremen's

Association has decided to shut down. That could have major effects in the economy. You've also

got ongoing rescue and relief efforts in the damage area of Hurricane Helene and the Biden administration finally figuring out

that if they don't start doing a lot more, a lot faster, people are getting very agitated

with the sloth and the asleep at the wheel feeling on the federal government side.

But we also, with all that, Clay, as if it was not a busy enough newsday as we're here

on the show, and just a matter of hours, we're going to have Tim Walls and Kamala, I'm sorry,

Tim Walls and J.D. Vance.

A Walls-Harris debate would also be really fun. But a Tim Walls, J.D. Vance, debate. My expectation. And I'm not trying to, I'm not trying to spike the football here, Clay. But, you know, some people got a little bit, oh, J.D. Vance and the Cat Lady comment, why did we go with J.D. Vance? I was like, excuse me. Excuse me. Probably the best VP

pick we've seen in a very long time. I think J.D. Vance is going to do an excellent job

tonight. He is a high wattage guy, adept, knowledgeable, quick on his feet, and I think presents well.

And I think that Tim Walts is going to get

shown up by him but a big part of this Clay is Tim Walts a very just like Kamala it's

interesting that she you would have thought she could have picked somebody who would

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