This is the Mark Simone show on 710 WOR. Filling in for Mr. New York, here's Jesse Weber. Hey there, everybody. Welcome to the show. Great to be back with all of you. I hope you guys know me by now. But again, quick refresher. Co-host, always in fashion on WOR. I'm on News Nation on Law and Crime. I do say, though, doing this show is probably one of

my favorite things. I love the opportunity to talk to all of you. And we have a lot to get into

Israel Hamas, Donald Trump, George Santos. But first, did all of you watch the debate last night

between DeSantis and Newsom? I love this. It was moderated by Sean Hannity on Fox News. I thought he did a great job.

They should really consider him for future debates. And I'm watching this. I'm watching this.

And I'm like, could you imagine if these were the real candidates for president effective,

talking about the issues, smart stats, facts, facts. I learned some things I didn't know. I thought it was incredibly

refreshing. Then I'm hit with the reality, of course, that really none of this matters.

I will tell you, in that vein, Newsom said something I actually agreed with. This is cut number four.

There's one thing in closing that we have in common is neither of us will be the nominee for our party in 2024.

I mean, he's right. He's right. It's probably the reality. But the truth is when you look at this debate, there's no audience there hollering, interrupting, distracting. It was just a smart debate for both of them.

And I think that this should be something that they consider in the future and how to have actual presidential debates.

Now, DeSantis, in my opinion, had the best night.

I mean, he completely won.

I thought this was one of his best performances we've ever seen.

Maybe it's him going against a real opponent from the other side and not going after fellow Republicans, but he was great. He didn't have that weird tongue smile thing. Well, let me phrase that. Maybe he didn't have it as much. It's still a work in progress. He's got to fix it. He's got to fix it. I say that I can't, but I say that as somebody who's supporting DeSantis at one point. I was interested to see what he could offer, but it doesn't seem like he was ready for the

national stage or maybe he'll never be ready.

I thought it was very, very effective last night.

And I thought I got to tell you, this was so interesting.

Like he takes out a map, it takes out a map of California and shows where everybody is going to the bathroom

on California streets. DeSantis did that. How do you argue against it? Because Newsom, look, the guy,

the guy looks great, sounds great, tried to catch DeSantis off guard, hit him with a punch to the gut

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