Hey it's Donnie, we're dropping our episode on Wednesday versus Thursday this week.

We're dropping it today.

Of course of the timeliness of it, Tom Friedman, talking about Israel, you're going to really,

really, really enjoy this conversation.

Take a listen. I'm I'm thrilled today's guest, the great Tom Friedman, New York Times, of course,

columnist, must read columnist, Pulitzer Prize winning author.

First, I got to say I've been a big fan for years.

I've been reading you and I just love so much of what you say.

We've got so much to talk about.

It's a really difficult, difficult morning.

I mean, nobody knows more about the Middle East

than Mr. Friedman and we're coming off

for the last three days of 12 innocent Israeli Drew's killed young people killed in a soccer field followed by Israel striking back hitting a Hezbollah leader and And just last night, one of the main Hamas leaders,

Isma Haniya, was taken out.

Mr. Freeman, have you ever seen a more volatile Middle East situation

that we're in right now?

You know, Donnie, first of all, it's great to be with you.

And this is one of the worst moments I've ever seen, one of the most dangerous moments.

And I would say in part it's because you have real the extremes of the extremes driving

everything today Donnie you have the worst of the worst of the Palestinians, the military wing of Hamas driving that.

You have the worst of your worst in the region of Iran and Hezbollah.

But you also have, in my view, the worst of the worst in Israel,

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