The Hostages Are Home

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for the Columbus Day 3 Martini Lunch as they rejoice with the freed Israeli hostages. They also examine some serious Democrat hypocrisy over the government shutdown and shake their heads at the people wanting credit for Trump's Middle East deal.

First, they are thrilled and relieved that the 20 living Israeli hostages are now free from Hamas captivity. It's a day that many feared would never come. Jim explains why this is the best day of President Trump's second term so far and what he thinks finally got all parties to yes on Trump's plan.

Next, they applaud Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan for exposing the shutdown hypocrisy of Sen. Chris Murphy and enjoy Murphy’s awkward attempt to defend himself. Jim and Greg also preview what’s likely to happen if the partial shutdown drags on for several more weeks.

Finally, they shake their heads at the people implying they deserve some credit for the return of the living hostages. From British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Sen. Elizabeth Warren to former Biden Sec. of State Antony Blinken, it's been fascinating and more than a little pathetic to watch.

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0:00.0	The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be
0:06.9	wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you
0:13.8	to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching their peak in the afternoon.
0:21.2	Not in the mood for miserable weather.
0:23.5	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:26.3	Sun Express, non-stop sunshine.
0:32.4	Welcome to the three-martini lunch.
0:34.7	Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National
0:38.7	Review. Free martini's coming up. Hey, we're really glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the
0:45.7	three martini lunch. In a little bit, we'll be talking about the latest in the government shutdown and
0:50.0	massive democratic hypocrisy when it comes to shutdowns. We'll also be taking a look at how some folks who don't like Trump very much are either
0:57.7	trying to take credit for the deal that got these hostages released in Israel over the past
1:04.2	several hours and what will hopefully be a more stable path going forward.
1:09.2	But Jim, the biggest story of the day, obviously, is the good martini.
1:12.8	And that is that the 20 remaining living Israeli hostages are all freed.
1:19.1	It happened in the middle of the night here.
1:20.9	But I could tell from social media and so forth, there's a lot of people that just didn't
1:24.6	go to bed last night wanting to make sure that this actually happened. And for the Israeli people, you know, we think of the thousand people that were basically killed on 10-7, two years ago, and then a few hundred initially that were taken prisoner. That's about the equivalent of 50,000 in this country. If you proportion out the population, they have about 10 million. We have 330 million and so forth.
1:44.4	So the fact that this was agreed to raised so much hope. I remember Tevi Troy while you're out saying for the Jewish New Year, he was saying, the main thing I wished for is that these hostages are home. Well, he gets his wish and so many other people do too. Watching these reunions has been amazing. Now we've got the more gruesome process of having the remains delivered of the 28 others
2:03.7	who did not survive and so much more.
2:08.0	Before I toss it to you, let me just toss it over to President Trump, who addressed
2:11.5	the Knesset today and his thoughts on the significance of this deal. After two harrowing years in darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning
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