Hey, welcome everybody to the Jim Acosta show. It is Thursday afternoon. It's 4 o'clock. As you know, as I like to call it, it is Friday Eve. We've got some really interesting guests lined up for you this afternoon. My old buddy from my old days in cable news, Roland Martin, he's going to be joining me in just a few moments. I'm really interested in hearing

from Roland about everything that is going on here in Washington. Roland does a lot of live programming

himself. And so it's going to be really interesting to hear from him. As somebody is saying,

F at Friday is around the corner. I just saw that from one of the

viewers there. You're absolutely right. I cannot wait. It's F at Friday Eve. And so we'll

see, maybe we'll drop an F bomb or two between now and 5 p.m. But Roland is wrapping up another

interview. He's a busy man. And when he does that, I'll bring him into the live show and we'll

talk to him in just a few moments. Also, later on in the program, I'm going to be talking to Dr. Howard

Zucker, who is a renowned health expert, has spent time as the New York State Health Commissioner,

has spent time at the CDC, the WHO. And so I'll be talking to Dr. Zucker, kind of following up on the conversation I started to have yesterday with Rosie O'Donnell, which was just a fantastic interview.

Rosie and I were talking about her child who has autism, what they've been going through as a family, how they have found that

using a service dog can have just remarkable benefits when it comes to having a child with autism.

And she had some very tough words about RFK Jr. and what he has been doing over at the Department of

Health and Human Services. I'm going to talk to

Dr. Zucker about that. That's going to be coming up a little later on in the program. And then after that,

I'll be touching base with author Chris Whipple. Chris Whipple has followed the political scene here in

Washington for many, many years. He's got a new book out on the 2024 campaign. And so looking forward to that as well. Yeah, somebody in Alaska right now just chiming in and saying, great interview with Rosie O'Donnell. I'm still beaming after that interview with Rosie O'Donnell yesterday. That was just absolutely fantastic. And what was so beneficial to me during that was how much I learned from Rosie about

autism and what parents go through when they have a child with autism. And so that was a lot of fun.

But while Roland is getting ready to join us here in just a few moments, I'm hoping to hear

from his folks here in just a few minutes about this.

I do want to start this Thursday edition of the Jim Acosta show.

Doing something I rarely do, and that is I'm going to praise Fox News.

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