Of Newz and Trendz with your hosts Dave and Len. The show opens with a casual chat about winter weather and local updates before diving into major headlines.
Dave and Leonard discuss Kanye West’s full-page apology explaining his bipolar diagnosis and past behavior, celebrate Delroy Lindo’s first Oscar nomination for Sinners, and cover Jasmine Crockett’s rebuke of Stephen A. Smith over his political commentary.
The episode closes with a light-hearted Build-A-President segment and invites listeners to tune in next week for more news and commentary.
00:00:14 --> 00:00:19 Of News and Trends with your host, Dave and Lynn.
00:00:29 --> 00:00:32 Welcome, welcome, welcome to News and Trends with Dave and Lynn.
00:00:33 --> 00:00:37 This is one of your hosts, Mr. David Coker, proprietor of Dave Mark Inc.,
00:00:37 --> 00:00:42 promoter and all-around good guy, also event planner. I can't talk this morning.
00:00:42 --> 00:00:45 I'm discombobulated. this afternoon yeah this morning
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00:01:31 --> 00:01:34 I'm hanging out with my partner, Mr. Leonard Young. What's going on, sir?
00:01:34 --> 00:01:39 Hey, Dave. Everything is good. This is Leonard Young, CEO of National Black
00:01:39 --> 00:01:45 Guide, DelawareBlack.com, black media expert and all-around good guy who doesn't
00:01:45 --> 00:01:48 mess up his lines because he's saying everything every time.
00:01:48 --> 00:01:52 Yeah, yeah. How goes it? Just call me snowman, man.
00:01:52 --> 00:01:57 That's all you got to do is just call me snowman. Hold on. So were you shoveling any snow? No, no.
00:01:57 --> 00:02:01 If you weren't out playing in the snow, we can't call you snowman.
00:02:01 --> 00:02:04 Well, that wasn't snow. That was more like ice out there, man.
00:02:06 --> 00:02:13 I guess we got a lot of rain mixed with snow when the snow came because that
00:02:13 --> 00:02:15 stuff was hard. That wasn't the snow.
00:02:17 --> 00:02:20 And it ain't getting warm anytime soon.
00:02:21 --> 00:02:25 So we're going to be seeing snow for a little bit. And then they're talking
00:02:25 --> 00:02:28 about more next weekend, too. Oh, I saw that.
00:02:28 --> 00:02:32 Yeah, so what I said last week was that it holds true.
00:02:33 --> 00:02:42 The sixes seem to be the years of the snow, 96, 06, 2016, and now 2026.
00:02:43 --> 00:02:45 Every 10 years, we get a good snow.
00:02:46 --> 00:02:51 Yeah, so blame it on you for reminding us about the quadruple sixes.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:53 I know. There you go. There you go.
00:02:54 --> 00:02:56 But hopefully everybody's safe.
00:02:56 --> 00:03:00 And I did see a few accidents this morning already on my way into work.
00:03:01 --> 00:03:04 I was so mad. We were off yesterday. The state was off yesterday.
00:03:04 --> 00:03:07 But then they told us, oh, you guys can come in at 8 o'clock today.
00:03:07 --> 00:03:09 You know, all of us were upset, man.
00:03:11 --> 00:03:19 I'm sure. Yeah. But we just hope that everybody is handling the weather okay.
00:03:19 --> 00:03:20 I know a lot of people were snowed in.
00:03:20 --> 00:03:21 I know there were a couple of
00:03:21 --> 00:03:25 people in my office couldn't even get out of their parking spaces. so...
00:03:25 --> 00:03:30 So that's not good. They said they got, you know, the plows came down the street
00:03:30 --> 00:03:33 and this plowed them in and they couldn't get out.
00:03:35 --> 00:03:38 So we'll see. Hopefully we'll see those people tomorrow. So,
00:03:38 --> 00:03:43 but we're going to go ahead and jump into our show.
00:03:44 --> 00:03:47 You know, we got a few things that we want to talk about, you know,
00:03:47 --> 00:03:50 so I just want to make sure we get this information out to you.
00:03:51 --> 00:03:54 Did you hear about Kanye West's apology?
00:03:54 --> 00:03:59 So I heard the rough version and I just say, you know, I probably heard just
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01 a straight fact of it I did not read,
00:04:01 --> 00:04:06 you know, or hear anyone talk about I just heard the general some summation
00:04:06 --> 00:04:11 of it Okay, well We're going to I'm gonna I'm gonna give you the whole thing
00:04:11 --> 00:04:15 tonight For those who may not know about it.
00:04:15 --> 00:04:21 Kanye West took out a full-page ad In the New York Post and it also was in the
00:04:21 --> 00:04:25 Washington Post and a couple other newspapers and online or whatever,
00:04:25 --> 00:04:32 where he actually put what felt like or reads like a very sincere apology for
00:04:32 --> 00:04:35 everything that's been going on with him.
00:04:36 --> 00:04:40 So I'm going to read the apology so you guys can hear what he had to say.
00:04:40 --> 00:04:45 And then, Leonard, you tell me if it feels sincere or not. Okay? All right?
00:04:46 --> 00:04:48 It says, To those I've heard.
00:04:49 --> 00:04:55 25 years ago, I was in a car accident that broke my jaw and caused injury to
00:04:55 --> 00:04:58 the right frontal lobe of my brain.
00:04:58 --> 00:05:02 At the time, the focus was on the visible damage, the fracture,
00:05:03 --> 00:05:05 the swelling, and the immediate physical trauma.
00:05:05 --> 00:05:12 The deeper the injury, the one side, I'm sorry, let me read that again.
00:05:12 --> 00:05:18 The deeper injury, the one inside of my skull went unnoticed.
00:05:19 --> 00:05:24 Comprehension scans were not done, neurological exams were limited,
00:05:24 --> 00:05:28 and the possibility of a frontal lobe injury was never raised.
00:05:28 --> 00:05:32 It wasn't properly diagnosed until 2023.
00:05:33 --> 00:05:38 That medical oversight caused serious damage to my mental health and led to
00:05:38 --> 00:05:42 my bipolar type 1 diagnosis.
00:05:43 --> 00:05:49 Bipolar disorder comes with its own defense system, which is called denial.
00:05:50 --> 00:05:54 When you're manic, you don't think you're sick.
00:05:54 --> 00:06:00 You think everyone else is overreacting. You feel like you're seeing the world
00:06:00 --> 00:06:05 more clearly than ever, when in reality you're losing your grip entirely.
00:06:06 --> 00:06:12 Once people label you as crazy, you feel as if you cannot contribute anything
00:06:12 --> 00:06:14 meaningful to the world.
00:06:15 --> 00:06:18 It's easy for people to joke and laugh at all when, in fact,
00:06:19 --> 00:06:24 this is a very serious, debilitating disease you can die from.
00:06:24 --> 00:06:29 According to the World Health Organization and Cambridge University,
00:06:30 --> 00:06:38 people with bipolar disorder have a life expectancy that is shortened by 10 to 15 years on average.
00:06:39 --> 00:06:50 And two times to three times higher all cause mortality rate than the general population.
00:06:50 --> 00:06:55 This is on par with severe heart disease, type 1 diabetes, and.
00:06:56 --> 00:07:03 HIV and cancer, all lethal and fatal at if left untreated.
00:07:03 --> 00:07:09 The scariest thing about this disorder is how persuasive it is when it tells
00:07:09 --> 00:07:11 you. You don't need help.
00:07:11 --> 00:07:16 It makes you blind, but convinces you you have insight.
00:07:17 --> 00:07:20 You feel powerful, certain, unstoppable.
00:07:21 --> 00:07:25 I lost touch with reality. Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem.
00:07:25 --> 00:07:28 I said and did some things I deeply regret.
00:07:29 --> 00:07:32 Some of the people I loved the most, I treated the worst.
00:07:33 --> 00:07:42 You endure fear, confusion, humiliation, the exhaustion of trying to have someone
00:07:42 --> 00:07:45 who was at times unrecognizable.
00:07:46 --> 00:07:48 Looking back, sometimes.
00:07:50 --> 00:07:55 I became detached from my true self in that fractured state.
00:07:55 --> 00:07:59 I gravitated towards the most destructive symbol I could find,
00:07:59 --> 00:08:03 the swastika, and even sold t-shirts bearing it.
00:08:03 --> 00:08:10 One of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type 1 are the disconnect moments,
00:08:10 --> 00:08:13 many of which I still cannot recall.
00:08:13 --> 00:08:19 That led to poor judgment and reckless behavior and oftentimes feels like an
00:08:19 --> 00:08:20 out-of-body experience.
00:08:21 --> 00:08:25 I regret and I am deeply mortified by my actions in this state,
00:08:26 --> 00:08:31 and I'm committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change.
00:08:31 --> 00:08:34 It does not excuse what I did, though.
00:08:34 --> 00:08:38 I am not a Nazi or an anti-Semitic.
00:08:39 --> 00:08:44 I love Jewish people. to the black community, which held me down through all
00:08:44 --> 00:08:47 the highs and lows in the darkest of times.
00:08:47 --> 00:08:52 The black community is unquestionably the foundation of who I am.
00:08:52 --> 00:08:55 I am so sorry to have let you down.
00:08:55 --> 00:09:05 I love us. In early 2025, I fell into a four-month-long manic episode of psychotic
00:09:05 --> 00:09:10 paranoia and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life.
00:09:10 --> 00:09:17 As the situation became increasingly unsustainable, there were times I didn't want to be here anymore.
00:09:17 --> 00:09:25 Having bipolar disorder is a notable state of constant mental illness.
00:09:25 --> 00:09:29 When you go into a manic episode, you are ill at that point.
00:09:29 --> 00:09:32 When you are not in an episode, you are completely normal.
00:09:33 --> 00:09:37 And that's when the wreckage from the illness hits the hardest.
00:09:37 --> 00:09:42 In rock bottom a few months ago, my wife encouraged me to finally get help.
00:09:42 --> 00:09:46 I have found comfort in Reddit forums of all places.
00:09:47 --> 00:09:52 Different people speak of being in a manic or depressive episode of similar nature.
00:09:53 --> 00:09:56 I read their stories and realized that I was not alone.
00:09:57 --> 00:10:04 It is not just me who ruins their entire life once a year despite taking meds
00:10:04 --> 00:10:11 every day and being told by the so-called best doctors in the world that I am not bipolar,
00:10:11 --> 00:10:14 but merely experiencing symptoms of autism.
00:10:15 --> 00:10:20 My words as a leader in the community have global impact and influence.
00:10:21 --> 00:10:24 In my mania, I lost complete sight of that.
00:10:25 --> 00:10:31 As I find my new baseline and new center through an effective regime of medication,
00:10:31 --> 00:10:36 therapy, exercise, and clean living, I have newfound, much-needed clarity.
00:10:37 --> 00:10:40 I am pouring my energy into positive, meaningful art, music,
00:10:41 --> 00:10:44 clothing, design, and other new ideals to help the world.
00:10:44 --> 00:10:48 I'm not asking for sympathy or a free pass.
00:10:48 --> 00:10:52 Though I aspire to earn your forgiveness,
00:10:53 --> 00:11:03 I write today simply to ask for your patience and understanding as I find my way home with love. Yay.
00:11:05 --> 00:11:08 Now, he said a lot. Yeah, he did. Said a lot.
00:11:08 --> 00:11:15 And he kind of covered what we probably look at as probably the periods and
00:11:15 --> 00:11:22 some of the stuff that, you know, some of the craziness that we've seen from him over the years.
00:11:23 --> 00:11:28 What do you think about all he had to say and how sincere do you feel this is?
00:11:29 --> 00:11:34 So I think I think it's very sincere. You know, I mean, he said a lot of stuff
00:11:34 --> 00:11:37 that once he said it, you know, I was like, oh, yeah, you know,
00:11:37 --> 00:11:39 I kind of did forget he was in that real bad accident.
00:11:40 --> 00:11:44 And, you know, I'd never thought anything mental came from it.
00:11:44 --> 00:11:49 But, you know, I know his jaw was messed up. So I'm sure his head got banged, you know, all that.
00:11:49 --> 00:11:57 But I did stop and think of one thing that you read that I wanted to debate,
00:11:57 --> 00:12:01 but I didn't want to interrupt you, was when he said the swastika was most dangerous.
00:12:02 --> 00:12:06 How did I know you were going to come back to that? Yeah, he said the swastika,
00:12:06 --> 00:12:11 because in my mind, it made me think maybe that MAGA hat was the most dangerous
00:12:11 --> 00:12:15 thing that he was, you know, wearing and toting around.
00:12:15 --> 00:12:17 But, I mean, all in all, it sounds very sincere.
00:12:18 --> 00:12:24 I feel like from what you said, you said 2023 was when he came to some realizations.
00:12:25 --> 00:12:30 But, you know, Dave, we saw this earlier this year. It seemed like some manic moments.
00:12:30 --> 00:12:36 So, you know, I mean, kind of, you know, I think everyone knows that he needs help.
00:12:36 --> 00:12:40 And I think this was one of his more reasonable times.
00:12:41 --> 00:12:45 But, you know, you know how it goes, Dave. I feel like without constant help
00:12:45 --> 00:12:50 and those people in his corner, it's going to go from good Kanye to bad Kanye
00:12:50 --> 00:12:52 to good Kanye to bad Kanye.
00:12:52 --> 00:12:58 So I think this was a sincere moment, but I don't know if I believe he will
00:12:58 --> 00:13:01 be able to control himself in the future.
00:13:02 --> 00:13:07 All right. And yeah, I guess I tend to agree with you on everything you said.
00:13:08 --> 00:13:12 And now it's funny, he said a lot, but then I noticed some things he didn't say.
00:13:14 --> 00:13:23 So was the whole MAGA thing part of this quote unquote bipolar or manic episodes he was having?
00:13:23 --> 00:13:27 Or, you know, where he was just bucking against, you know,
00:13:28 --> 00:13:34 people and what people expected of him to do was, I mean, and you mentioned
00:13:34 --> 00:13:35 the swastika thing already,
00:13:36 --> 00:13:45 was his relationships and what he had his women doing and what led to breakups and so forth.
00:13:45 --> 00:13:48 I mean, you know, there was a period in time that him and his current wife were
00:13:48 --> 00:13:53 not together because of, you know, how he was acting and the things he was asking her to do.
00:13:54 --> 00:13:59 So was that also all about what he's saying this is?
00:13:59 --> 00:14:03 And what really led up to this? What made him come out now and talk about this?
00:14:04 --> 00:14:10 You know, and it's scary because when you think about the most genius people
00:14:10 --> 00:14:14 we've had in music, especially, I'm going to go music because we had them in
00:14:14 --> 00:14:19 other parts of the arts, but music especially, when you think about Prince,
00:14:19 --> 00:14:22 when you think about Michael, When you think about,
00:14:22 --> 00:14:27 And you know I'll say his name Because he is a musical genius R. Kelly.
00:14:28 --> 00:14:34 When you think about a guy like Sean Combs, who didn't, you know,
00:14:34 --> 00:14:40 didn't deal so much in, well, no, no, I can't say that, because he was doing the drugs too.
00:14:40 --> 00:14:47 So when you think about all these guys who have these, who was on top of the
00:14:47 --> 00:14:54 world and have all these things going for you, and Kanye definitely is a genius.
00:14:54 --> 00:15:02 I mean, his music, his early stuff up to a certain point, they were hip-boppers, man.
00:15:03 --> 00:15:08 You know, especially his early stuff. His early stuff was really on point.
00:15:08 --> 00:15:13 And then you think about the stuff he wrote with Jay-Z and wrote for Jay-Z and
00:15:13 --> 00:15:15 some of the other people he wrote for.
00:15:15 --> 00:15:19 This man definitely has a gift.
00:15:20 --> 00:15:22 But, you know, hopefully he
00:15:22 --> 00:15:29 hasn't lost too much to be able to build it back up again You follow me?
00:15:30 --> 00:15:35 Yeah, I get it Okay, so, I mean, I just thought it was interesting that the
00:15:35 --> 00:15:40 timing of this letter And the fact that he decided to put this out now,
00:15:41 --> 00:15:46 I don't know what the base of this is for this,
00:15:47 --> 00:15:54 excuse me but I think it's gonna come out soon I think there's gonna be more follow up to this,
00:15:55 --> 00:16:00 and I hope he is healthy cause maybe he'll get back to being who he was right
00:16:00 --> 00:16:03 or being a better version of who he's been you know what I mean.
00:16:05 --> 00:16:08 Yeah. So, but I just wanted to get that out there.
00:16:08 --> 00:16:11 When I read the letter, I thought it was profound and I thought it was,
00:16:11 --> 00:16:15 it covered a lot of ground and it kind of gave us some insight to some things
00:16:15 --> 00:16:18 that we kind of saw unfold in front of us.
00:16:18 --> 00:16:24 So I just felt it was important to, to read this for those people that hadn't heard this yet.
00:16:25 --> 00:16:31 So you guys give us your thoughts and your feedback on that when you get a chance
00:16:31 --> 00:16:37 to look at it and yourselves and read it yourselves and give us your thoughts on what you read.
00:16:38 --> 00:16:43 Okay, I'm going to move on to our next story and this is more of a feel good
00:16:43 --> 00:16:49 moment because I'm a fan of this particular person and you know,
00:16:49 --> 00:16:53 I've watched quite a few movies with him in it and a couple of my favorite movies.
00:16:53 --> 00:16:55 He's in a couple of my favorite movies.
00:16:56 --> 00:16:59 No, he's not in Imitation of Life, so don't bring it up.
00:17:00 --> 00:17:05 Are you sure, Dave? Yeah, he's not in. He might be in a remake,
00:17:05 --> 00:17:07 though, if they make a remake. But he's not in this one. Okay.
00:17:08 --> 00:17:14 But Delroy Lindo finally gets his Oscar flowers, and his son was the first to tell him.
00:17:15 --> 00:17:19 So for those who have been sitting on a rock or don't know,
00:17:19 --> 00:17:28 the Oscar nominations have come out recently, and Sinners was nominated for 16 awards,
00:17:28 --> 00:17:35 which set a record that no other movie has ever been nominated for that many awards.
00:17:35 --> 00:17:42 So that tells you how great of a film this was and how meaningful of a film this was.
00:17:43 --> 00:17:48 You know, and congratulations to Ryan Coogler for.
00:17:49 --> 00:17:52 And of course he was nominated for screenplay and director
00:17:52 --> 00:17:55 and so forth but you know but
00:17:55 --> 00:17:59 really happy for delroy lindo who's been out
00:17:59 --> 00:18:01 there for a long time as an actor
00:18:01 --> 00:18:08 and has done a lot of movies and always played a great part in the movie and
00:18:08 --> 00:18:14 he finally got nominated for an oscar this is his first nomination so listen
00:18:14 --> 00:18:19 to this so delroy lindo is finally getting his flowers after decades in the
00:18:19 --> 00:18:20 entertainment industry.
00:18:20 --> 00:18:26 Last week, the 73-year-old actor received his first Academy Award nomination
00:18:26 --> 00:18:32 for his role as Delta Slim in Ryan Coogler's blockbuster film, Sinners.
00:18:33 --> 00:18:39 As if receiving the nominations for such a culturally poignant film,
00:18:39 --> 00:18:41 created and led by Black.
00:18:42 --> 00:18:49 Excuse me, by a black director and predominantly black cast and crew wasn't
00:18:49 --> 00:18:52 sweet enough, Lindo revealed that his son,
00:18:52 --> 00:19:00 Damari Lindo, was the first to break the special news.
00:19:00 --> 00:19:05 He said, I was in bed. He recounted to E! News. My phone rang.
00:19:05 --> 00:19:12 It was my son. And I picked it up and said, hey, man. And he said, dad, dad, you got it.
00:19:12 --> 00:19:15 He got that sugar honey iced tea.
00:19:18 --> 00:19:21 It means the world because he's seen it all.
00:19:22 --> 00:19:26 He's seen it away from the rear carpet. He's seen both sides of it.
00:19:26 --> 00:19:33 So along with my wife, they have the internal and external perspective on his journey.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:38 It felt completely right on to receive the news from his son.
00:19:38 --> 00:19:46 Linda's nomination is the only one of the record-breaking 16 nominations the
00:19:46 --> 00:19:49 vampire horror film acquired this year.
00:19:50 --> 00:19:54 Starring Michael B. Jordan, Wami Masaku.
00:19:56 --> 00:20:02 Haley Steinfeld, and the breakout star of Miles Cadence, sinners left a permanent
00:20:02 --> 00:20:09 mark on viewers with this fusion of horror, cultural, folklore, religion, and music.
00:20:09 --> 00:20:14 It's extraordinary that the audiences have embraced it and embraced this vision,
00:20:14 --> 00:20:17 Lyndall told ABC. Let me see.
00:20:17 --> 00:20:25 Also, there were a number of people, including Jordan and Lindo and Saku and Peyton.
00:20:25 --> 00:20:29 They all were nominated for acting awards.
00:20:29 --> 00:20:35 And then in addition, legendary costume designer Ruth Carter became the most
00:20:35 --> 00:20:42 nominated black woman in Oscar history with the fifth Academy Award nomination for Sinners.
00:20:43 --> 00:20:47 Now you won't be saying Oscar's so white this year I'm going to tell you that
00:20:47 --> 00:20:53 for sure we got to see what these winners are going to happen but we going to
00:20:53 --> 00:20:55 be in the house though we going to be in the house that night.
00:20:56 --> 00:20:59 We always in the house we going to be in the front of the house or the back
00:20:59 --> 00:21:03 of the house we going to be sitting in tears all night,
00:21:04 --> 00:21:08 instead of anybody getting I'm sure there's going to be somebody.
00:21:10 --> 00:21:18 We should make a prediction I think four or five people maybe make it to the stage that night.
00:21:18 --> 00:21:20 Hold on. So when is the Oscars?
00:21:22 --> 00:21:25 The Oscars usually is in February or March.
00:21:26 --> 00:21:30 I don't have the date here. Can you look it up real quick? Yeah, let me look it up.
00:21:33 --> 00:21:37 March 15th. Yeah, February or March, like I said.
00:21:38 --> 00:21:41 So I'm predicting right now.
00:21:44 --> 00:21:49 At least four people from that film will get Oscars.
00:21:49 --> 00:21:56 Okay. Four different people or collectively? Four different people. I'm saying...
00:21:57 --> 00:22:00 So you're thinking like Ryan Coogler, Michael B.
00:22:00 --> 00:22:06 Jordan? And then, oh, the guy who, the guitar player.
00:22:06 --> 00:22:08 Yeah, that's Kate.
00:22:08 --> 00:22:10 Yeah, Kayton, because he won something earlier. Yeah.
00:22:11 --> 00:22:14 And then maybe Delroy. Maybe Delroy.
00:22:14 --> 00:22:19 Now, they like Hailey Stanfield, too. So she could be another one.
00:22:19 --> 00:22:23 But she's not, you know, she's not one of us.
00:22:23 --> 00:22:26 I'm talking about one of us, though. Well, Dave, in the movie,
00:22:27 --> 00:22:28 she was one of us, wasn't it?
00:22:28 --> 00:22:33 Yeah, she was Mick. Yeah, I'm just joking. And, you know, just a fun fact.
00:22:33 --> 00:22:39 I don't know if you know, but both of Stack, what was his brother's name, Stack?
00:22:39 --> 00:22:44 Stack and, wow. Yeah.
00:22:45 --> 00:22:50 Okay. Well, anyway, you know, both of the ladies are pregnant right now.
00:22:51 --> 00:22:54 They both got pregnant at the same time. Oh, really? Yeah.
00:22:55 --> 00:22:58 Both the girls that the brothers were messing with? Yeah. Yeah. Yep.
00:22:59 --> 00:23:03 Wilmu Moussaku and Hayley Seinfeld both revealed... Oh, yeah.
00:23:03 --> 00:23:05 I know what Hayley is. Yeah, Hayley is. Yep.
00:23:06 --> 00:23:08 Around the time of the Golden Globes.
00:23:08 --> 00:23:12 Yeah, because Hayley's married to a celebrity. I'm trying to remember who she's
00:23:12 --> 00:23:15 married to. She's married to somebody famous. Gotcha.
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 I'm trying to remember who she's married to.
00:23:19 --> 00:23:23 Look that up right quick. Now it's going to drive me crazy. Who's telling Seinfeld
00:23:23 --> 00:23:25 married to this? Is it an athlete?
00:23:26 --> 00:23:28 You see it? What's coming up?
00:23:29 --> 00:23:32 Yeah, Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen. Yeah.
00:23:33 --> 00:23:36 Oh, yeah. How could I forget that? Yeah.
00:23:37 --> 00:23:41 Yeah. Yeah, that's right. She is pregnant. Yeah. So, yeah. Well,
00:23:42 --> 00:23:44 so are you making a prediction? How many people you think?
00:23:45 --> 00:23:49 So I'm not going to make any predictions. I'm just going to sit and, you know, watch it.
00:23:49 --> 00:23:54 Watch it prediction-free. Oh, my God. That's what you do, man.
00:23:54 --> 00:23:57 That's what you do. You bait and switch all the time, right? No, no, no.
00:23:57 --> 00:24:00 Nobody's baiting. But, you know, also, I don't want to jinx anything,
00:24:00 --> 00:24:03 too. You know, like, I just want to let everything work as it works.
00:24:04 --> 00:24:08 You think you got to do an Oscar party this year? Who is we?
00:24:10 --> 00:24:15 You used to always be a part of one all the time. No, no. That was Portia.
00:24:15 --> 00:24:16 Portia would do her Oscar party. I know.
00:24:16 --> 00:24:18 I know. I know. But I said a part of one.
00:24:19 --> 00:24:23 No, probably not. You don't think she would do one this year?
00:24:23 --> 00:24:27 I don't know. She hasn't talked about one this year, so we'll see.
00:24:28 --> 00:24:30 Okay. Well, this will be the year to do it, I guess.
00:24:31 --> 00:24:36 Okay. Well, I mean, do you have a favorite Delroy Lindo movie?
00:24:37 --> 00:24:44 Not necessarily. Maybe. I have two. Well, three. Wasn't he in life? Was he in life or no?
00:24:46 --> 00:24:54 Was he in life? Huh. Yeah, so many people in life. Was he in life? No, he wasn't in life.
00:24:55 --> 00:25:00 I'm looking at his, this guy. He's been in a lot of movies. Yeah.
00:25:00 --> 00:25:03 Well, you know, he started out acting with Denzel.
00:25:04 --> 00:25:08 Yeah. Yeah. Him and Denzel used to be in the same acting classes.
00:25:08 --> 00:25:10 They used to be in the same theater classes.
00:25:10 --> 00:25:15 And Denzel gave him a lot of advice on how, you know, because he was a little
00:25:15 --> 00:25:17 bit older when he started.
00:25:20 --> 00:25:25 I'm looking at his movies, and I can obviously say I don't particularly see a favorite in here.
00:25:26 --> 00:25:31 Well, my favorite character outside of, I mean, he did a good job in this movie,
00:25:31 --> 00:25:35 but my favorite character that I ever saw him play, because I thought he killed
00:25:35 --> 00:25:38 the part was, what was it?
00:25:38 --> 00:25:42 West Indian, I forget his name on there.
00:25:42 --> 00:25:45 But remember, he was the guy that taught Malcolm X the number game.
00:25:46 --> 00:25:48 Remember the movie Malcolm X?
00:25:49 --> 00:25:53 You mean the movie 34 years ago? Okay.
00:25:54 --> 00:25:58 Oh, wow. Don't tell me. But you said you liked Malcolm X.
00:25:59 --> 00:26:02 Yeah, yeah, as a person, but I mean, I can't remember the last time I seen the movie.
00:26:03 --> 00:26:06 Oh, my God. Let him, let him, let him. Okay.
00:26:06 --> 00:26:13 Anyway, he played a very pivotal role in the movie in teaching Malcolm X the
00:26:13 --> 00:26:18 numbers game and so forth when Malcolm started becoming the man.
00:26:19 --> 00:26:22 But he played the hell out of that role, though.
00:26:23 --> 00:26:28 And then always remember him in Romeo Must Die with Aaliyah.
00:26:28 --> 00:26:35 Okay. And because he played her father in that. Gotcha. Yeah. So, but great actor.
00:26:36 --> 00:26:41 I'm glad that finally he's getting his flowers.
00:26:41 --> 00:26:46 And, you know, even if he doesn't win, just the fact that they finally are giving
00:26:46 --> 00:26:50 him an opportunity to win an Oscar.
00:26:50 --> 00:26:55 So I'm pretty sure if he wins, that crowd is going to go crazy for him.
00:26:56 --> 00:26:59 Oh, yeah, definitely. I'm sure. Yeah. So I'm pretty sure.
00:27:00 --> 00:27:02 All right moving on to our next story.
00:27:04 --> 00:27:12 Our buddy's back, Jasmine Crockett. You know, she's something, man.
00:27:12 --> 00:27:14 Jasmine Crockett tells Stephen A.
00:27:15 --> 00:27:18 Stephen A. just can't stay out of the headlines, man.
00:27:18 --> 00:27:21 To sit your A-S-S down.
00:27:22 --> 00:27:27 You know, for taking for Khan and Chief Donald Trump. Okay?
00:27:28 --> 00:27:32 He said, the U.S. Congresswoman and Texas Senate candidate They slammed the
00:27:32 --> 00:27:39 controversial sportscaster for the constant caping for the con-in-chief Donald Trump.
00:27:39 --> 00:27:41 And that's what she called him. The con-in-chief.
00:27:42 --> 00:27:43 I like that, though, the con-in-chief.
00:27:44 --> 00:27:50 U.S. Congresswoman and Texas Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett isn't letting
00:27:50 --> 00:27:57 bygones be bygones quite yet when it comes to the sportscaster who turned occasional
00:27:57 --> 00:28:00 political commentator Stephen A.
00:28:00 --> 00:28:06 Smith. During a recent podcast interview at our table with Jamie Harrison,
00:28:07 --> 00:28:10 Crockett handed the Outspoken Media Personality.
00:28:11 --> 00:28:19 The Sit Your A Down Award for his past criticisms of her and his most recent
00:28:19 --> 00:28:26 comments justifying the fatal ice shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
00:28:26 --> 00:28:33 The award given out at the end of every episode of our At Our Table podcast
00:28:33 --> 00:28:38 by the show's guests is reserved for someone in need of taking several seats,
00:28:38 --> 00:28:41 sort of like the donkey of the day type thing.
00:28:41 --> 00:28:44 That, you know, the Breakfast Club do.
00:28:44 --> 00:28:49 Crockett says she could not think of no one better than Smith telling Harrison
00:28:49 --> 00:28:51 that he deserves an award.
00:28:52 --> 00:28:55 That sounds like a sassy man to me.
00:28:56 --> 00:29:02 I know I left the Y. She says sass, and then she said, I know I left the Y out,
00:29:02 --> 00:29:04 meaning that he's sassy.
00:29:04 --> 00:29:13 It seems like Stephen A. Smith using his initials to make up the part of the SASS as well.
00:29:14 --> 00:29:17 It just seems like it lines up.
00:29:17 --> 00:29:22 Smith has been in the headlines for months following a series of criticisms
00:29:22 --> 00:29:29 of Crockett and other Democrats for their posture against the president and his policies.
00:29:29 --> 00:29:36 More importantly, the ESPN anchor accused Crockett, a law student-educated civil
00:29:36 --> 00:29:40 rights attorney, of using rhetoric for the streets.
00:29:41 --> 00:29:47 Smith argued that Crockett's name calling up Trump was a disservice to her constituents.
00:29:48 --> 00:29:52 Stephen A., who says he is seriously considered a run for the president in 2028,
00:29:53 --> 00:29:58 eventually apologized to Crockett, but largely stood behind his criticisms.
00:29:58 --> 00:30:05 In explaining why she chose Smith for the award, the U.S. representative said,
00:30:06 --> 00:30:12 There's the parts about me, but he's constantly attacking Black women.
00:30:12 --> 00:30:18 I'm trying to figure out why Black women hurt you or what Black woman hurt you.
00:30:19 --> 00:30:21 But somebody hurt you, boo.
00:30:22 --> 00:30:28 You know, Crockett said she also took time or took issue with Smith's recent
00:30:28 --> 00:30:31 remarks justifying the ICE shooting of Renee Good,
00:30:32 --> 00:30:37 a 37-year-old legal observer who was shot multiple times,
00:30:37 --> 00:30:42 including in the face, as she attempted to drive away from ICE agents.
00:30:42 --> 00:30:48 The Trump administration has doubled down on the shooting, accusing Good of
00:30:48 --> 00:30:50 trying to run over the ICE agent who shot her.
00:30:51 --> 00:30:57 According to many arguing that the footage of the incident does not support a theory,
00:30:57 --> 00:31:03 Trump officials also moved to block the Minnesota state officials from conducting
00:31:03 --> 00:31:10 a joint investigation of the shooting, raising questions about the transparency and accountability.
00:31:10 --> 00:31:15 I saw the video on numerous occasions, and seeing what had transpired from a
00:31:15 --> 00:31:20 lawful perspective as it pertains to law enforcement officials,
00:31:21 --> 00:31:23 don't expect him to be prosecuted.
00:31:23 --> 00:31:28 It was completely justified, Smith said. He literally was like,
00:31:28 --> 00:31:31 I'm going to tell y'all the law. You got a law degree now?
00:31:32 --> 00:31:36 When did you get that law degree? I'm just trying to figure this out,
00:31:36 --> 00:31:44 said Crockett. It's Lance Smith for the constant caping, for the con in chief, she added.
00:31:44 --> 00:31:49 He's doing a straight disservice to everyone that listens to him. Wow.
00:31:51 --> 00:31:55 So Stephen A. has been running this mouth. He's been on our,
00:31:55 --> 00:31:58 we've talked about him how many times now in the last couple months?
00:31:58 --> 00:32:05 Many. Many. Okay. And how many of those have involved black women?
00:32:05 --> 00:32:07 At least half. Yeah.
00:32:09 --> 00:32:13 It's not looking good. And especially this particular Black woman,
00:32:13 --> 00:32:15 you don't want to, why would you mess with her?
00:32:16 --> 00:32:18 I wouldn't want to mess with her.
00:32:19 --> 00:32:23 You know, and she ain't going to let you mess with her. She's going to definitely get at you, you know.
00:32:23 --> 00:32:31 So the fact that he's doing all of this, he needs to check his sources.
00:32:31 --> 00:32:35 He needs to make sure that he understands who he's dealing with.
00:32:36 --> 00:32:40 What's your feelings on all of this? Yeah, I mean, I think Stephen A.
00:32:40 --> 00:32:43 Smith is just an antagonizer.
00:32:43 --> 00:32:48 And I think he—so you said why would he pick Jasmine Crockett?
00:32:48 --> 00:32:53 But at the same point, if he picks her, he knows he's going to get a response
00:32:53 --> 00:32:57 and he knows that's going to, you know, do you know how they say bad press is better than no press?
00:32:58 --> 00:33:01 Well, you're going to get clicks. You're going to get, you know,
00:33:01 --> 00:33:03 he's going to get attention. He's going to be talked about.
00:33:04 --> 00:33:07 You know, because we, you know, you and I always talk about a certain person
00:33:07 --> 00:33:10 all the time that does the same thing locally. You know what I mean?
00:33:12 --> 00:33:17 Right. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah.
00:33:18 --> 00:33:25 You're in a position to help somebody like her to reach her goal of becoming
00:33:25 --> 00:33:28 state senator, right? I mean, become a senator.
00:33:29 --> 00:33:31 Why not join her team?
00:33:31 --> 00:33:39 Why not help her? Why talk against her? What is the issue?
00:33:39 --> 00:33:45 Why don't you want to see her win, but you'd rather be on the side of the other people?
00:33:46 --> 00:33:52 Or as she put it, the kind and T. Because he has been talking like he's a MAGA person.
00:33:53 --> 00:33:59 Even though he says he's independent, you know. That's what he keeps saying, he's independent.
00:34:02 --> 00:34:06 Bernie Sanders is independent, right? You don't hear him talking that way,
00:34:06 --> 00:34:09 do you? No, not at all. Not at all.
00:34:11 --> 00:34:14 So I just think that Steven needs to get himself together.
00:34:14 --> 00:34:19 I know, you know, he out there making all the big bucks and whatever, but, uh,
00:34:19 --> 00:34:23 if he wants people to keep supporting his shows and supporting,
00:34:23 --> 00:34:29 you know, supporting him, you know, he may want to figure out, figure out, you know,
00:34:29 --> 00:34:33 his, his battles a little bit better, you know, and stop picking at the people
00:34:33 --> 00:34:38 that have been watching him all these years or supporting him all these years, you know?
00:34:39 --> 00:34:42 So that's my thoughts on it. You got any final thoughts on it?
00:34:42 --> 00:34:46 No, I mean, I think Stephen A. Smith, he does what he does.
00:34:46 --> 00:34:50 And like we talked about Kanye, I believe he's going to keep on doing it.
00:34:51 --> 00:34:53 And that's just going to be what it is.
00:34:55 --> 00:34:59 All right. Well, we'll see how that works on.
00:35:00 --> 00:35:03 We'll see how that works for him. So, all right.
00:35:05 --> 00:35:07 Well, we are coming to the end of the show.
00:35:08 --> 00:35:13 I know it's a quick show tonight, but, you know, we just wanted to give you
00:35:13 --> 00:35:15 guys a chance to go out there and do some more show.
00:35:15 --> 00:35:23 But anyway, we're here at Dave's Corner, Leonard's favorite part of the show.
00:35:23 --> 00:35:27 And since we're talking some politics, I figured I'd ask this question to my
00:35:27 --> 00:35:30 partner today and to you guys as well.
00:35:30 --> 00:35:38 If you could build the perfect president like a Build-A-Bear using three well-known
00:35:38 --> 00:35:45 figures or celebrities, what features from these three people would you use?
00:35:46 --> 00:35:51 Who would they be and why? So if I had to pick three people,
00:35:51 --> 00:35:56 I would pick the California Governor Gavin Newsom.
00:35:57 --> 00:36:01 And I say that because, you know, he don't back down.
00:36:01 --> 00:36:05 And, you know, he kind of plays whatever game people play.
00:36:06 --> 00:36:10 So I do like that. I would probably also pick.
00:36:11 --> 00:36:16 I'm going to go ahead and pick Kamala because, you know, I feel like she was very educated.
00:36:16 --> 00:36:19 She didn't get the chance that a lot of us wanted her to have,
00:36:19 --> 00:36:24 but, you know, she probably would have been one of the most educated presidents
00:36:24 --> 00:36:30 in at least recent times to be in that office, you know, education and experience.
00:36:31 --> 00:36:36 And then the last person I'm going to pick is the Baltimore mayor,
00:36:36 --> 00:36:41 Brandon Scott, because he is like turned Baltimore around there.
00:36:42 --> 00:36:45 Violence is down. Drugs is down.
00:36:46 --> 00:36:52 Community morale is up. And I mean, and, you know, he's the youngest mayor ever.
00:36:52 --> 00:36:55 I forget how old he is. I think he's less than 30 years old.
00:36:56 --> 00:37:00 But he's very connected to the community. You know, he's out in the community.
00:37:01 --> 00:37:04 And I feel like somebody like that who can relate to the common people would
00:37:04 --> 00:37:08 be someone who would be a great leader, just like he's doing in Baltimore right
00:37:08 --> 00:37:10 now. So those would be my three.
00:37:11 --> 00:37:19 Okay. All right. Yeah, that's pretty interesting. I like your choices though I do if I had to do it,
00:37:20 --> 00:37:26 I would start with President Obama. I knew you were going to say it,
00:37:26 --> 00:37:29 so I was like, you know, let me skip by Obama because I already know Dave,
00:37:29 --> 00:37:33 you know, predictable. I knew you were going to say Obama, so I just left it off.
00:37:34 --> 00:37:37 I would say him for his swag.
00:37:37 --> 00:37:41 You know what I mean? You know, he's just the coolest, you know,
00:37:42 --> 00:37:47 and plus he knows how to talk to people. He knows how to handle people,
00:37:47 --> 00:37:48 you know, that type of thing.
00:37:50 --> 00:37:55 I would also take his wife Dave, well honey she's married, what you talking about?
00:37:56 --> 00:38:00 No, no, anyway I would also pick his wife Okay, okay,
00:38:01 --> 00:38:04 For her smarts and her
00:38:04 --> 00:38:10 brains and her organization organizational skills because she knows how to get
00:38:10 --> 00:38:15 things together get people involved and get people active I think she would
00:38:15 --> 00:38:22 be a person who can get the country to buy into a lot of the stuff that she would want to do.
00:38:22 --> 00:38:28 And also, I think her, you know, having her and a combination of the two of
00:38:28 --> 00:38:33 them together would definitely help with her relations overseas and everything,
00:38:34 --> 00:38:36 you know, if they were involved.
00:38:36 --> 00:38:42 The third person, I was sitting here thinking, the third person...
00:38:45 --> 00:38:51 It would probably be, I'm going to say, I want to flip it a little bit.
00:38:51 --> 00:38:52 I want to flip it a little bit.
00:38:52 --> 00:38:57 Thinking about, I kind of like the Minneapolis governor.
00:38:58 --> 00:39:01 Is it the governor or the mayor? Jacob Frey.
00:39:02 --> 00:39:07 Yeah, yeah. I like how he's been handling things up there, you know,
00:39:07 --> 00:39:12 and how he's going against the good old boys and everything.
00:39:12 --> 00:39:16 I mean, I know he had a meeting with him recently. They kind of tamed him a
00:39:16 --> 00:39:17 little bit, a little bit.
00:39:18 --> 00:39:24 But I like that he just automatically just called him out right when the first
00:39:24 --> 00:39:26 shooting happened with Renee Good.
00:39:26 --> 00:39:29 How he just called him out and just called him what he said.
00:39:29 --> 00:39:31 He said, these guys are liars. Yeah.
00:39:32 --> 00:39:35 You know. And he said, get the F out.
00:39:35 --> 00:39:43 He told him, get out of his town, his city. and even with the situation with what's the guy's name?
00:39:44 --> 00:39:47 They just killed up there in Minneapolis. Yetter?
00:39:48 --> 00:39:52 Is it Yetter or? Something like that. Yeah, I want to say it right.
00:39:52 --> 00:39:54 I want to give him his proper respect.
00:39:55 --> 00:40:00 But even that situation, did you see that video, by the way? I did.
00:40:01 --> 00:40:08 Do you know they tried to make a big deal about him having a gun after they shot him.
00:40:09 --> 00:40:11 Correct. You know.
00:40:13 --> 00:40:19 Which, I don't know. You know, they have ICE here in Delaware now,
00:40:19 --> 00:40:25 and I'm, you know, this just makes you a little leery about going out here.
00:40:25 --> 00:40:32 You know, like, they just feel they have all this power, and they can do whatever they want to do.
00:40:34 --> 00:40:41 I don't know, but people just be careful, you know, when you're out there in them streets.
00:40:41 --> 00:40:45 And I mean, you know, especially right now, we got the snow,
00:40:45 --> 00:40:49 we got the, we got these people with ice and they ain't playing.
00:40:49 --> 00:40:51 So don't antagonize them.
00:40:51 --> 00:40:57 Please don't antagonize them. And if you, if you need to be where you need to
00:40:57 --> 00:40:59 be, be there. No, don't fool with them.
00:41:00 --> 00:41:05 All right. Well, anything you want to add before we jump off?
00:41:06 --> 00:41:10 No, I just know a day when I see you next, it's going to be we're going to be
00:41:10 --> 00:41:15 in the, as you say, the the shortest month of the year, which happened to be Black History Month.
00:41:17 --> 00:41:19 Yeah. Other than that, everything else is good.
00:41:20 --> 00:41:24 Yeah yeah well let's let's hope so let's
00:41:24 --> 00:41:27 hurry up and get through i mean we don't want to get through february
00:41:27 --> 00:41:30 that quickly because of you know black history month but right
00:41:30 --> 00:41:34 we want to get rid of winter time because winter winter looks
00:41:34 --> 00:41:37 like it wants to stay around for a while so oh well
00:41:37 --> 00:41:41 in a couple weeks we'll find out what the groundhog says yeah okay all right
00:41:41 --> 00:41:48 anyway folks that's everything that's what we got for you we are thankful for
00:41:48 --> 00:41:52 you guys taking the time to listen to us and make sure you tune in next Tuesday
00:41:52 --> 00:41:55 and we'll talk to you then. Have a good night.
00:42:06 --> 00:42:11 Tune in next week, ladies and gentlemen, for another edition of News and Trends
00:42:11 --> 00:42:13 with your hosts, Dave and Lynn.