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Let's go to Dave in Chicago.

Dave, how you doing?

Good morning, Mark.

I'm doing very well, thank you.

Mark, the terrorists around the world know that President Trump is going to

serve his second term in January. So more specifically, I can't understand why Hamas doesn't

release the hostages today, and Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't admit defeat and just

simply stop the war today in Ukraine. It's going to happen.

Yeah, well, the hostages, Donald Trump, as the president-elect, issuing all kinds of very, very, very tough statements about the hostages better be released or you will face the worst or whatever.

Reagan kind of did that as he was waiting to take office in 1980.

And sure enough, during the inauguration, as Reagan's hand hit the Bible, Iran released all

the hostages, put them on a plane, sent him back to the U.S. as he was being sworn in.

So a lot of people think the same thing might happen here.

As far as Putin, yeah, he does want to end this war. It's killing him, killing his economy.

He's lost 700,000 soldiers already. But you don't just pull out. You try to get something,

so there'll be a negotiation of some kind. Let's go to Vincent and Brooklyn. Vincent, how you doing? Good morning, Mark. Mark, I'm okay.

Mark, I was right that the kid... You were right about everything. You called everything, right?

I'm talking, and, you know what I think now, even though the kid, the kid isn't a professional, but he's doing all this, he's

playing a, to me it seems like he's playing a cat and mouse game, those, the monopoly money,

the monopoly bought pieces that were in the pack, that's part of some mission guys in this

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