S8 Ep761: Jeff Bliss discusses President Biden's Las Vegas visit to promote a "no tax on tips" policy, details local infrastructure like hotel balconies, and describes the futuristic three-story In-N-Out burger joint coming to the Strip area. (1)
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Bachelor. Jeff Bliss is Pacific Watch. I go immediately to the man who introduces me again and again to the magic of Las Vegas, so attractive that Air Force One now sits in Las Vegas. The president is visiting. Jeff, a very good day to you. There's more good news from Las Vegas when we begin there. Of course, I'm attracted by Air Force One. It's a gigantic plane, |
| 0:40.5 | and it sits there with Las Vegas in the background. Why is the president visiting? I think that |
| 0:46.4 | there was some attention to that campaign promise about no tax on tips, but there must be other |
| 0:51.7 | issues. Good day, too, Jeff. Good day, John. Yes. He was in Vegas. He arrived Thursday, held a roundtable at a hotel |
| 0:59.8 | there in downtown Vegas. He stayed overnight, so I don't know if he's up and going yet. |
| 1:05.1 | But he's scheduled to leave for Phoenix today to continue his trip. This is part of what the White House is calling Tax Week. |
| 1:13.0 | He's there to promote his no tax on tips policy and no tax and overtime idea. |
| 1:19.2 | He's returning to the city where he says a waitress in 2024 first inspired him to do this. |
| 1:24.8 | And this is a big deal in Vegas. |
| 1:26.3 | For a lot of people, Vegas runs on tips, |
| 1:28.6 | whether they're working in the casinos as cocktail servers or dealers or they're parking your car |
| 1:34.9 | or 100 million other jobs, it seems. Everybody wants a tip. So this is welcome in Vegas. |
| 1:41.9 | Just a moment on the photograph that you sent me, the Air Force One, in the background, |
| 1:47.8 | there's a rising mountain or mountainous ridge in the back, way in the background. |
| 1:53.0 | How far away is that? |
| 1:54.1 | I mean, is Las Vegas in a valley? |
| 1:57.0 | It is. |
| 1:58.3 | That's a large mountain area up there. |
| 2:00.7 | I think that might be Mount Charleston, which is a popular local ski and recreation area. So Vegas is interesting. It's not just one big flat pan out there. It is surrounded by a number of hills and mountains. And they do a lot to protect and, you know, shield the city from different things. |
| 2:20.2 | But it's, yeah, it can be gorgeous up there. |
| 2:23.5 | Red Rocks is a beautiful hiking and camping area. |
| 2:26.8 | So, yeah, that's an area of Vegas doesn't get a lot of talk. |
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