The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2:

4:05pm- On Thursday, former President Donald Trump attended the wake of fallen New York City Police Officer Jonathan Diller. Officer Diller, 31-years-old, was fatally shot during a traffic stop earlier this week in Massapequa, NY. Speaking from outside the wake, Trump said “this is a horrible thing and it’s happening all too often”—noting that the man accused of killing Officer Diller had been previously arrested on numerous occasions, and yet was allowed to go free each time.

4:15pm- On a recent episode of his podcast, Joe Rogan explained “The New York Times has just started doing this new thing on Instagram where they take the actual writers, and they have the writers talk about the issues...This is exactly who we thought was writing these things.” Rogan accused NYT of employing activists.

4:30pm- Dr. Steve Hanke—Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University & former Senior Economist for Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent Wall Street Journal editorial, “Covid Lesson Learned, Four Years Later.” According to a new report he co-authored, mandatory Covid-19 lockdowns resulted in excess deaths via non-Covid illnesses and societal disruptions. Dr. Hanke notes that another damaging policy was prolonged school closures. He writes: “By one estimate today’s children will lose $17 trillion in lifetime earnings owing to school closings.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-lessons-learned-four-years-later-596a9fa9

4:50pm- Climate activists warn of a “negative leap second” due to melting polar ice.