The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (08/30/2023):

3:05pm- On Wednesday, President Joe Biden spoke from the White House addressing Hurricane Idalia’s landfall in Florida and its expected impact on surrounding states like Georgia and North Carolina. During the press briefing, President Biden said that he believed Hurricane Idalia and the Maui wildfires were undoubtedly linked to climate change, explaining: “I don’t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore.”

3:30pm- According to Addison Smith of Just the News, a global coalition of more than 1,600 scientists—including several Nobel laureates—have formally declared that “there is no climate emergency” and that drastic attempts by government to reach net-zero emissions would have harmful effects. You can read the full article here: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis

3:40pm- In a New York Times opinion piece, Dr. Yarmar Bonilla blamed a “legacy of colonialism” on the wildfires that recently devastated Maui. You can read the bizarre editorial here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/opinion/maui-wildfire-colonialism.html

4:05pm- Dr. EJ Antoni—Economist & Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest piece at The Washington Times, “Bidenflation Sequel: Another Horror Film.” You can read the article here: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/29/bidenflation-sequel-another-horror-film/

4:30pm- Is South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem making a push to be Vice President in 2024? Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) freezes in public again. PLUS did the Titanic really sink?

4:50pm- According to Veronica Flesher of Patch, “a live pygmy sperm whale was discovered stranded on the beach” on Long Beach Island. Sadly, the whale ultimately needed to be euthanized. You can read the article: https://patch.com/new-jersey/barnegat-manahawkin/pygmy-sperm-whale-found-stranded-long-beach-island

5:05pm- While speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre denied that President Joe Biden’s stamina has degraded with age. Tapper cited a poll which indicated 77% of voters believe that President Biden is too old to be effective in a hypothetical second term.

5:15pm- While appearing on a podcast, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called the FDA “corrupt” for not allowing desperately ill American citizens to try medications that haven’t been tested for “at least 10-year,” while concurrently forcing Americans to take brand-new COVID-19 vaccines. Ramaswamy vowed to address the issue if he were to win the 2024 presidential election.

5:30pm- The Mystery Movie Clip: Would Rich like Silver Linings Playbook? Probably not.

5:40pm- Brittany Bernstein of National Review writes: “The House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration on Tuesday requesting ‘unrestricted special access’ to records related to then-Vice President Biden’s foreign travel with his family on Air Force Two and Marine Two… The reporting suggests the younger Biden accompanied his father on official trips to Europe, Africa, Asia, Canada, and Mexico.” House Republicans are concerned that Hunter Biden may have traveled with his father, using his father’s access to government aircrafts to meet with foreign business associates.

6:05pm- According to a report from Anna Shiryaevskaya and Todd Gillespie, supply chain issues could cost Orsted A/S—the Danish off-shore windmill development company—as much as $2.3 billion.

6:15pm- According to Addison Smith of Just the News, a global coalition of more than 1,600 scientists—including several Nobel laureates—have formally declared that “there is no climate emergency” and that drastic attempts by government to reach net-zero emissions would have harmful effects. You can read the full article here: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis

6:30pm- On Tuesday, Gold Star family members testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss how their lives have been impacted since the August 26th, 2021 bomb blast at Kabul airport that killed multiple U.S. service members during the Biden Administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

6:40pm- Gold Star mom Paula Knauss Selph—the mother of fallen Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss—told the House Foreign Affairs Committee explained: "I'd trade every medal, every award, to have my son back. But he would go again if he knew, even now, the danger—because that's what a good soldier does” before condemning the Biden Administration’s strategy to withdrawal from Afghanistan.