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Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

News, Comedy, News Commentary, Politics

4.2 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 165 minutes

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On this Monday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, we begin our home stretch countdown to this year's Thanksgiving celebration, as Sid delivers his first of three shows this week before departing for the long holiday weekend. In news of the day, Sid previews his annual Dyspraxia Radiothon set for this upcoming Wednesday, the New York Football Giants locker room continues to disintegrate following another embarrassing loss at home, President-elect Donald J. Trump reveals a couple more of his cabinet nominations over the weekend, the state department is facing backlash for allegedly holding in-house therapy sessions over the Presidential election results, and the defense rests in the ongoing Daniel Penny trial here in NYC. Beth Finkel, Frank Morano, Karol Markowicz, Arthur Aidala, John Catsimatidis, Gary Sinise and Kevin Lacz join Sid on this Monday installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	77 Wab, ABC. This is Sid and Friends in the morning.
0:09.3	President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to make nominations to keep hosts in his incoming administration.
0:15.0	On Friday, Trump made choices for Labor Secretary, HUD's Secretary, FDA Commissioner, CDC Director,, surgeon general, and office of management and budget director.
0:24.6	But the picks were headlined by the selection of Scott Besant, a billionaire hedge fund manager as Treasury Secretary.
0:30.8	Ed O'Keefe is in West Palm Beach, Florida, with more on the flurry of announcements.
0:35.0	It was a busy Friday night here in West Palm Beach as the
0:37.6	announcements keep rolling in. The goal is to have them all announced by Thanksgiving. Some of
0:42.2	those announced overnight are familiar faces. Others are less known. I've been doing, I've been
0:47.5	in the investment business 35 years and Donald Trump is the most sophisticated leader on economics that I've met.
0:55.8	Scott Besant is a well-known face on Wall Street, but a newer face in President-elect Donald
1:00.7	Trump's orbit. The hedge fund manager from South Carolina emerged as a fierce supporter and
1:05.7	major donor during this year's campaign. He'll be tasked with carrying out a key Trump
1:10.6	campaign promise,
1:12.0	increasing tariffs on imported goods.
1:14.6	Why did we put away this great policy tool for so many years?
1:19.6	You know, President Trump has such an open mind.
1:22.9	Also set to join Trump 2.0, Russell Vote,
1:26.1	returning to serve once again as White House Budget Chief. He's set to work closely 2.0, Russell Vote, returning to serve once again as White House Budget Chief.
1:29.6	He's set to work closely with businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
1:33.2	on their so-called Department of Government Efficiency, seeking to slash $2 trillion from the federal budget.
1:40.0	As he makes plans for his new administration, Trump also scored another legal victory.
1:45.1	The judge in his so-called New York Hush Money case postponed sentencing indefinitely,
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