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I'll take you on a journey to Desi's how he redefined American television and what that meant for all of us watching from the sidelines waiting for a face like ours on screen. Listen to Starring Desi Arnaz and Wilmer valderrama on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. On an all new episode of iHeartRadio's Las Culturistas, Jennifer Lawrence is dishing Jennifer Lawrence from her hilariously awkward run ins with a Listers. I don't know what I was expecting but he was just like nice to meet you to her Unfiltered take on beauty treatments. I'm so upset I didn't get Botox before that. And a jaw dropping reveal you won't see coming. I don't know if I can announce this, but I'm just gonna open your free iHeartRadio app, search Las Culturistas and listen to the full podcast now. Good morning, usa. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Yo, Jess. Hilarious. Wake that ass up. Charlamagne. Nigong. Peace to the planet. It's Monday. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning. What's up? What's up, Jess? How was your weekend? Good morning. Yo, my weekend was all right. Yo, I'm doing some work down here. Cause you know, I'm planning something real big, but. Yo, I saw a Predator. One of the best movies I've seen. No, it's the best movie that I've seen. You mean old school Predator? No, they got a new one. Yeah, to me, when it just came out. Yo, and look, I wasn't even a Predator fan, right? So my husband and my mother in law like, was like. Yo, they really had to talk me into. Go see. I don't really like the whole Alien, the sci Fi, the Predator type. Yo, when I say the hardest movie, that's better than any Marvel movie I've seen. And I'm a marveler, you know, I mean, I'm an Avengers girl. Better than any movie. I put it up there next to Centers, even though it's two different types of movies. But Sinners is just very impactful. Yo, go see that movie. But go see it. Okay, okay. Because he gotta be black. Like, cut it out. Okay. All right. They. The way they talk. Ish. And yo, they gotta be Blade. But they can talk now. They couldn't talk. Well, I know he did talk. I mean, I didn't speak their language, but. Yo, how you read the subtitles? It's like. Okay, he's spitting a little something. I never thought about seeing a new version of the Predator, but. All right, what'd you do this weekend? You know what this, this weekend was all about? Love, man, and family. I'll tell you why. So first of all, drop a bomb for my. My aunt. My aunt v. She turned 80 years old, we had a surprise dinner for her. 80 years old, we call her. You can't say we call her the Missile. Booby aunt, like, because her boobs are, like, humongous. And she's the one that. When she gives you a hug and slaps you in the back of the head like that. That one. I know, I know. I love my crazy. Okay. Yeah. So Auntie Missile boobs. Yeah, Auntie Missile boob. So, yeah, she turned 80. Now I want to see. Now you want to see? See? No, she's 80. Why you want to see? She listens every morning. So good morning if she is up. Yeah, she turned 80. We had a surpr. Good morning. So it was dope to see that. And then also another family friend, they had their gender reveal, so they're having a boy. This is their first child together, so they were super duper excited. So just to see love and just family, this whole weekend was really dope. And then suddenly my Giants lost again. So I'm giving up on football for this year. Damn. What about you, Charlotte? Well, salute to all the TSA workers I saw over the weekend. Oh, you flew out? Yeah, I was traveling this weekend real quick, though. I went somewhere Thursday night and came back Saturday. Saturday morning. How was traveling? I mean, it wasn't the easiest, you know what I'm saying? But I do want to salute all the TSA workers because, you know, I saw some of the TSA workers this weekend, and they was not happy, I'm sure. Okay. They was not happy. I seen one brother throw the bin. You know, the bin that you put your stuff in? One of them, he threw the bin, and then one of the other TSA workers said something to him, and he was just like, I don't care. We're not getting paid, no way. So I know they're happy about the news that the Senate is advancing a bill to end the longest government shut down this morning. So salute to all the TSA workers, man. I'm sure Mimi will be breaking all that down because I think it doesn't happen right away. Congress still has to. Yeah, it happens right away. Yeah. But processing it started, I guess that's right. So we'll talk to Mimi up next. And let's get the show cracking. It's a Monday. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on, let's go. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now in sports, the Colts beat the Falcons. The jets beat the Browns. How is the jets and the Giants record? The same? Just both trash. What do you mean? Because they both trash. I know the Saints beat the Panthers, Ravens beat the Vikings, Giants lost to the Bears, Seahawks beat the Cardinals, the rams beat the 49ers, Lions beat the Commanders, the Chargers beat the Steelers, the Dolphins beat the Bills, and the Patriots beat the Buccaneers. And my Dallas Cowboys did not lose this weekend. What's up? Oh, for real? Nope. They had a bye. Okay. And then Monday Night Football, the Eagles take on the Green Bay Packers. They ain't play. That's why they ain't lose. All right. Right. I'm like, they got a bye week. It's crazy. Okay. Good morning, Mimi. Good morning, Envy. Josh, Charlemagne. How y' all doing this morning? I'm doing good. Good. Good morning. All right, so we start this morning with breaking news. After 40 days, there's finally some movement on the longest government shutdown in US History. Now, overnight, the Senate took its first major step toward reopening the government, with eight Democrats breaking ranks and joining Republicans in a key procedural vote to move a new funding deal forward. The final vote was 60 to 40, enough to start the debate on the bill. But the vote doesn't end the shutdown just yet. Now, the measure still needs to go before the Senate for a final vote, then approval from the House before it can head to the president's desk for his signature. Now, here's what's included, though, in that new bill. This plan would keep the government running through January 30, restore pay for hundreds of thousands of furloughed workers, and make sure they can't be laid off again through the rest of the fiscal year. It also requires agencies to rehire anyone who was let go during the shutdown, along with details on how much back pay those workers are owed. Now, the deal also promises Democrats a Senate vote mid December on extending the Affordable Care Act's tax credits, a key tool that Democrats a key tool that helps millions afford health coverage. Democrats, they will get to draft that bill themselves, which was a key compromise, they say, in them voting to approve this new spending bill. It also locks in a full year of funding for snap, ensuring that food benefits continue through the next fiscal year. Now, the eight Democrats, Dick Durbin, Tim Kaine, Jeanine Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Jackie Rosen, Katherine Cortez, Masto, John Fetterman, and independent Angus King. They all backed the plan after weeks of behind the scene talks with Republicans. Now, after the vote, several of them held a press conference to explain their decision. Let's listen. It's been six weeks. Republicans made it clear they weren't going to discuss the health care issue. The Affordable Care act tax credits until the shutdown was over. We tried to keep working that. It didn't happen. The vote that we have is not a guarantee for sure. As I assessed it, there was zero chance of dealing with the ACA issue as long as the shutdown continued. Now, I don't know, 50, 50, nothing was happening. And there was no evidence that another week for another two weeks or Thanksgiving or Christmas was suddenly the Republicans want to come to us and say, oh, we want to now talk about the aca. The real question is, why would a president of the United States pit hungry children against sick children? The American people will see who stands with them on health care and who does not. And that will be the platform of the next stage of the fight. I hope we can find bipartisan agreement on an extension of those premium tax credits. And if that is not successful, then shame on the Republican Party and shame on Donald Trump. They are absolutely right. But as I was saying last week, Mimi, I think Democrats lost. And the reason they lost is because Republicans already got everything they wanted in this big, beautiful bill in regards to health care. So why would they ever make any concessions? You know, Republicans weren't going to give Democrats any type of win on Obamacare. But I'm going to tell you something. I'm not even mad at Democrats. I'm mad at all the Democrat talking heads who acted like Dems had a chance at winning this shutdown. These folks knew what the outcome was going to be and they sold you a lot of false hope. And we shall address that during Donkey of the day. Don't be, don't be mad at Democrats. They did something they don't usually do and that's fight. Okay? Do not make this about Democrats caving because they threw a Hail Mary on behalf of the American people who are about to get their asses kicked because of these health care premiums. Courtesy of Republicans. Absolutely, Sharla. You know, it's also worth noting that none of the senators who voted for the deal are up for reelection. So as of right now, this is just the first step. The government will remain shut down. Federal agencies are still closed. The programs that millions of Americans rely on, from food benefits to air, airport staffing, they will remain frozen until the House votes and the President signs off. But coming up at 7, we're going to continue breaking down everything tied to the government shutdown from an overnight snap ruling to the latest on air air travel. Right. And the reason it's taking long is because they have to fly back to vote. Right. And a lot of Them are home right now. Right. That's the reason why. It could take a couple of days. It could take a couple of days. But there's also Democrats who could hold it up, you know, and Hakeem Jeffries is promising that he's going to do whatever he can do to hold this vote up. So we'll just see. I think they're going to use the House is saying they're not going to vote for it, but they have the majority for the Republicans. So we'll see what happens if they fly and tell them when they're going to get there. Right now, they're spread out. Everybody get their Friday? Yeah, they've been told that they could, you know, stay on vacation. So we'll see. By the way, I told y' all Thursday that once the, once the airline started having problems, that this government shutdown was going to be over in a couple of days because it's always corporate interest over the interest of the people. Absolutely. Best believe that. All right, everybody else. Well, thank you, Mimi. We'll see you next hour. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. Keep calling 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello. Who's this? This black Adam with 2M from Appleton, Wisconsin. Hey, what's up, brother? Get it off your chest, Yo. I just want to give a shout out to all the veterans out here in this world that work hard for us, that do less than 3% of the population. And I also want to say I had a 40th birthday on October 29th, and I'm, I'm in the 40 Club. And I'm just happy and I'm excited. I want to pass off passionate and positivity energy into this world today. Thank y' all so much. Sending you that positive energy, love and light right back and salute to all the veterans out there. Yeah. Tomorrow is Veterans Day. So, so happy Veteran Veterans Day. To all the veterans out there. We got off. No, we don't have off, but yeah, Thank y'. All. I love y'. All. I love y' all so much. Charlamagne, you're my dude. DJ Envy, you're the best. Just hilarious. You're so beautiful. I love y'. All. Y' all have a great day. Thank you, man. Love your positive energy. Why we don't got Veterans Day Off. That ain't right. No, it is a hol. Literally, it's a holiday. Banks will be closed, but I don't think schools are closed. I think they used to be closed, but I think they stopped schools. Used to be. Oh, they just added to Thanksgiving week. So they make you work tomorrow and they just added to Thanksgiving week, huh? I don't know either. Oh, I don't know either. Hello? Who's this? This? Alice. Alice, what's up your chest? Oh, my God. Listen, I've been want to call you guys for days. Ever since I watched that interview with Ms. Pat. I swear, I wanted to suggest her to be the donkey other day because I really did not like how she made light of the situation when Charlamagne voiced that he was molested. Why? It's hard. It bothered me. Like, I know y' all laugh and make light of certain situation. I know that. I just felt like that was a real moment and he really, like, laughed it off. When there's a lot of kids out there being molested. No, you're right. And they're scared to even talk about it. That's like the sturgeon. Should I give him a hug? No, but that's just me and miss Pat joke. That's nothing to be upset at miss Pat about. Alex, should I give him a hug? You should give him a hug. Seriously. Even if you guys joke, I get it. But like I said, when she says certain things like kids that watch this show or it's people that that's really happening to, and that can be like, really discouraging for them to even want to speak about you. Right? You want me give you a hug from the back? No, I'm gonna come give you. I'm give a hug. I said no. But no, I'm not giving you consent. This is sexual assault. I said no. By the way, this is the same thing that my molested did. I told her no, and she did it anyway. You understand what you just did? I didn't have Jerry curse. You said you only didn't. You said respect my boundaries because you had Jerry curl. Alice. I gave him a hug because you told me to see Alice. Why you laughing now? Okay, now that makes. That makes me feel better from Buffalo. Makes her feel better. I'm smiling in Buffalo now. Thank you. Thank you, Alice. See? Oh, God. You see what I'm saying? You said dream like the Jerry curl. Hey, yo, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vet hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Ray. Ray. Ray. Yo, Charlemagne. Envy, what up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. We live. Mr. Show Money. What up? What is going on? DJ Envy. Peace, my brother. How's everything with you, brother? Jazz, what's going on? Niece? Good morning, Charlemagne. Man, the God. Peace, my brother. Peace. King, how you. Hey, man, listen, man, if I had your hand, I cut mine off. You hurt. People always say that. I want to try that one day. One day I'm gonna give somebody my hand and see if they're really gonna cut days off. And what I'm. How I'm gonna get my hand off? We said if I had your hand, I cut mine off. Well, listen, if I. If I was. If I was a media mogul, buying up stations and buying up shows. Stop lying so much. What do you mean, bro? Listen, anyway, I called to say that in light of what's going on in the world, in our community, we gotta make sure that we take care of each other. We gotta make sure that not only our friend, but our next door neighbor, the elderly, that. That single mother we know out there working, that loss of benefits or whatever's going on, that they have a Thanksgiving, a Christmas, and what have you. So feed yourself, feed your family. But feed someone. It could be stuffing, it could be a turkey, it could be whatever you can afford to give to someone. Now, out here in this area where we at, we trying our best to buy a hundred turkeys, a honey roast, and a hundred table settings for 100 families. So, you know, we're doing our best. You know, we all go through things or whatever, Charlemagne, we talk all the time. You know, my struggle. But at the end of the day, when you are blessed, you have to bless someone else. That's right. You have to be mindful that God is working through you and working for you even when you don't see it. You're absolutely right. You know what I'm saying? So anyone, Anyone that is my voice that wants to help out. Like I said, we in the Union county area, we trying to feed 100 families. You know, my, my, my. My ID is Mr. Show Money. My cash app is in the IG. If you can get $1, 50 cent, $2, you know, whatever you can do to just help out, feed family, we'd appreciate it. And we're gonna show you on that day and on Black Friday, how many people we fed. And we was out there giving out food to the community. Again, it's Mr. Show Money on Instagram. Cash app is in my bio. Whatever you can do. I love y' all. Charlemagne. Yes, sir. I just want a job, bro. I just wanted to be the floor at one of your stations, bro. I'm gonna put something in your cash up. I show money. Just be talking, man. Salute to my guy. Listen, I do want to say this, though, since he bought it up. On Saturday, November 22, I'm doing my 12th annual turkey giveaway in my hometown amongst corner, South Carolina. And yes, we're gonna have all the fixings this year. So we're gonna have your turkeys and your stuffings, candy, yams. We're gonna have the whole shebang for you. Saturday, November 22, from 10am to 12pm in the Berkeley High School student parking lot, Moss Corner, South Carolina. So put that on your calendars843, all right? And get it off your chest. You know what? And let me salute to Mercedes. Mercedes, if you don't know, is is my GM and assistant. She is 63 years old, and over the weekend. She's 63 years old. No, she. I'm sorry. She's 6 3. Her height is 6 3. My bad, boy. She's 6 3. I be saying dumb stuff, but over the weekend. 6 foot 3 years. You know what I mean? She's 6 foot 3. Over the weekend, they had a total only party and she had the best time ever. So she was the oldest person in there. She's six three years old. No, no. And she's 63. She's six foot three and she had the best time. So I just wanted to salute that. I love the fact that they had a niche party, which is for tons, man. I said niche. You said niche. I said niche, man. Whatever. You don't drunk this morning. Also, too, Mercedes got a size 12. She wears size 12 in men's. No, she don't. So. She does not. She does not. Damn. But she said she had a good time. She said there was no short people in there. It was all tall people. And she had. They made the most. The most amazing time. Boring to me. That's right. We make the world go around. No, you don't. And you know, short people live longer. That is a scientifical fact. Okay? Short people live longer than taller people. Hey, Lauren. Hey, good morning, y'. All. What's going on? We got ladies coming up. What we talking about? Yes, we gonna talk about some history. Cause we watch history go down over the weekend. Outkast. Salt and Pepper inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. We gonna get into all the details Hall. Trying to keep that eyelash from falling off. You just don't know how to give a compliment. I forgot you wasn't here Friday. You just don't. You take it out for dead life. You just don't. But she start fake crying and try to put it back on real quick. My grandma gonna say, we fine. Now. Can you stop crying? I was like, it's not about y' all no more. Good morning, mama. Wow. All right, we'll get to that. Next, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight thing. She gets him from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. She'll be having the latest on the bees, the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit everything. What was the latest on the Brick Breakfast Club? LL Cool Bay. Good morning, Big Tamarind hall star. What's happening? You want to say something about the lash so bad? No, I didn't. Okay. What's up? Nothing. Good morning, y'. All. So over the weekend, the Rock and Roll hall of fame, 2025 inductees were inducted. And, oh, my God, it was a great ceremony. Lasted for about, like, three hours. But within the ceremony, Salt and Peppa and Outcast were inducted in. So, of course, we want to take some time here to just go through the evening. So Salt and Pepper were inducted first, and they were inducted by Missy Elliott. Let's take a listen to Missy Elliott presenting or opening up their induction. Okay. Well, yeah, so Missy Elliott opened the induction, and she talked about how. Stop it. And she talked about how on your ass. She talked about how if there was no Salt and Pepper, there would not be any Missy Elliott. And as she's inducting them or opening up the conversation and the tribute them, they're watching both ladies and Cinderella, of course. And she's just basically talking about how the industry itself and a lot of the women or all of the women in the industry, they are on the shoulders of Salt and Pepper. So then that led into something. Shame that you have to explain these clips because they're not in the system because the producers didn't put them there. And then that led into Salt and Peppa being able to come up and say a few words of them for themselves. Let's take a listen to Salt as they are inducted. 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Listen and subscribe to Here we go again with Kal Penn on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In the new podcast, Hell in Heaven, two young Americans move to the Costa Rican jungle to start over. But one will end up dead, the other tried for murder not once. People went wild, not twice, stunned, but three times. John and Anne Bender are rich and attractive, and they're devoted to each other. They create a nature reserve and build a spectacular circular home high on the top of a hill. But little by little, their dream starts to crumble and our couple retreat from reality. They lose it. They actually lose it. They sort of went nuts. Until one night, everything spins out of control. Listen to Helen Heaven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts, told her she couldn't. For every sister who had to fight twice as hard to be heard. But every artist, whoever had to learn that ownership is the real freedom. When we came up, the industry was different. We didn't have streaming. We didn't have social media. We had cassette tapes, turntables and dreams. But even back then, we had to fight to be heard and to prove our worth. We're in a fight right now for our masters that rightfully belong to us. After 40 years, fans can't even stream our music. It's been taken down from all streaming platforms because the industry still doesn't want to play fair. We have to keep using our influence until the industry honors creativity the way the audience does with love, respect and fairness. Thanks, Wayne. I saw Pepper music on title. Is it on title? Yeah, I'm looking at it right now. Shoop and what a Man and push it like what? What? Try Spotify. Maybe not Spotify, because that I know of. I know that there were certain streaming platforms that because of their lawsuit with UMG Univers Music Group, certain songs were not able to stream. And they've been talking about this for some time. You remember we did this segment here when they were on Good Morning America and they talked about. Or it was either Good Morning America or CBS Mornings and they talked about how this was when it was announced that they were going to be honored here. They talked about how amazing it was. But they mentioned again the fact that they want their, you know, their, their just due and that people can stream certain things. What are you listening to it on they. On Apple Music, all of this stuff. I'm like, I didn't know. I wonder. Well, maybe there, maybe it's pertaining to certain songs. But remember Anita Baker did that a few. A few years ago until they actually she got all of that stuff situated. But she was asking for people not to stream her music until they figure it out with her because they weren't playing fair with Anita Baker either. So it's the same thing with Salt and Pepper that they have their music but they probably not getting paid for none of that or so or whatever the case may be. Yeah, they should figure that out. They should give it back to them. Forty years in the game as much as what. What they did in this industry. The trailblazing. If it wasn't for them, a lot of these artists wouldn't be be who they are today. They should give them their. Their just doing. Shout the Queens, man, They're from Queens. And congratulations to so funny about Salt and Pepper. When you listen to the. The music now you're like, damn, this used to be considered raunchy. Push it, push it. Used to be considered. They were. They were talking about things that people weren't talking about. Missy talked about that, too, but they also talked a bit about this as well. And. And they had told. Good. With Good Morning America, Robin Roberts. It's some of their music, because of the lawsuit, that people are not able to hear. Now let's take a listen to Peppa. She also gave a speech as well. And. And show some love to her mom, who recently passed away. First, I would like to thank God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, because, wow. This moment right here is everything. This journey, hip hop has been very amazing. All the accomplishment, the empowerment to women that all shaped us as a group today. I knew it wasn't going to be easy, so I understood and learned things to take the good with the bad. I want to honor my mom that just passed away, and she was my strength, my guidance. She taught me love, how to persevere. And I just. I want to thank you, mom, for everything. Yeah. And then you also had Spinderella, who came up and spoke as well, and she mentions in her speech that she is now the first female DJ to be inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. Let's take a listen. I will be celebrating 40 years as a DJ next year. Wow. It's crazy. Cause when I started, it was a rare thing to see a woman behind turntables. It was literally the boys club. I had to carve my own lane. I had to show up. It was dedication. It was my craft. And I never missed a beat in 40 years, y'. All. So tonight, being the first female DJ inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame, it's beyond amazing, y'. All. So surreal. I carry every female DJ who ever dared to dream, every woman who touched the turntable and said, I can do that, too. This is for you. This is ours. Absolutely. She played just as big a role in that group as Salt and Pepper does. You know, it's just like with Run dmc. You know, it's Run DMC and Jam, but their name isn't in the group title. But she's just as important to Salt and Pepper as absolute. Absolutely. She could have been a season. And I'm glad they. They were. They got back together because for a time, they weren't seeing eye to eye on things. So the fact that they're back together and they did this, I love it. I love it so much. So salute to them. Well, I do want to take some time to play some of their actual, like, tribute that performance that they did, because when they opened it up. We got a surprise on stage. Let's take a listen. Yes, I know they had a good ass time. Yes. They were like. They performed down like by the time they did their speeches, it sweat like everything. They were performing. Performing Kid and Play. You heard it in the beginning of the audio. So they, when the, when the, the tribute first started, K players on stage, they do the Kid and Play dance and everybody's in the jackets. And you guys know that Kid. They did the dance. Yeah, they did the dance for like, it was really quick, but they just opened it up and you know their relationship and the, the designing of the jackets for the Push it music video for those who talking. They all used to work together. Yes. Yes. Kid didn't play Salt and Pepper and Martin. Yes. And the, the, the jackets in the Push it music video were designed by Play, but they were made at the Dapper Dam studio up in Harlem. So yeah, just a little connection there. And we. When we come back, her little bug was there. He was there. He was playing the keyboard. He was playing the keyboard. And he was also on stage when they did their speeches as well too, helping them stay together, fixing up the hair and all the things. And that's the tie between the two as well with Kid and Play and Salt and Pepper. But when we come back, we'll have to get into Outkast because, you know, they had an amazing performance as well. And they were also giving their flowers and their words that they said while on stage were just as touching. So we'll come back with that in a second hour. Could you imagine that Sears, when you working at that Sears? You had Kid in place. Martin, Martin, like, could you imagine? I don't know, but you imagine that. What work did they get done? It was different during that time though, right? I know. Every day was a movie at work with them. That's crazy. Yeah. All right, well, that's the latest with Laura. Now when we come back, we got front page news and then we're gonna open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. I know if you're out and about, you've been seeing Christmas trees. Up already. The lights up already? Is it too soon? Is it too early? We didn't even get to the turkey yet. No, it goes it, man. Decorations is a compliment for the Thanksgiving holiday. We'll talk about it. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. Start off with some quick sports. Now in football, the Colts beat the Falcons. The jets beat the Browns. The Patriots beat the Buccaneers. Dolphins beat the Bills. The Texans beat the Jaguars. The Lions beat the Commandos. The rams beat the 49ers. Seahawks beat the Cardinals. The Bears beat the Giants. The Ravens beat the Vikings. The Saints beat the Panthers. All right, now in Monday Night Football, the Eagles take on the packers at 8:15. You can't say the Cowboys lost this week, can you? Nope. No, they had a buy, so they didn't play. What's up, Mimi? Good morning. NBA. Jess Charlamagne, how y' all doing? Less black and highly favored. Mimi, good morning. All right. Well, we start this hour with an important update that came down just hours ago, really just before midnight. So for the second time, a federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration must pay full snap benefits for November. But those payments are still on hold for now because of an earlier ruling by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. So let's break this down a little bit because it's a little complicated. So this all began when a district court judge in Rhode Island, Judge John McConnell Jr. He ordered the Trump administration to fully fill pun snap by Friday's deadline. Now, he made that ruling after the government failed to deliver those partial payments it had promised to do. So the administration, they appealed Judge McConnell's decision decision. They asked a higher court, the First Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the payment. Now, that court, it rejected the Trump administration's emergency request to pause the order. So then the administration appealed. They went even higher to the Supreme Court. And that's when you get Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, who handles emergency requests from that region. She stepped in. So on Friday night, she issued a short administrative stay, basically a 48 hour pause telling the appeals court to act fast and make a decision. That ruling, it came Sunday night. So that brings us to present day. So late last night, a three judge panel from the First Circuit Court, they said the administration cannot block the those full payments. So in plain terms, the appeals courts, they have sided with families. But that pause from Justice Jackson, it stays in place until Tuesday night. And that does give the administration a short window, short window to ask the full Supreme Court for more time. But if they don't, Congress has ended. And if they don't and Congress has ended the shutdown by then, that would mean that the government will start paying full snap benefits or the government will start paying paying full snap benefits after Tuesday night. That makes sense. Did y' all stay with me. Okay. So as you can imagine, it's been a mess. Different courts are saying different things. No one is sure what to do. So in the middle of all of that, the Trump administration, they told states. So if you were paid, if states paid out those full benefits, they were told to take that money back. They said that they, the usda, they issued a letter to states basically saying that to undo those payments, threatening penalties that if they don't. So if you received full snap benefits, the administration says you were wrong, you should only receive partial payments. And they want those full benefits back. So we'll see what happens. Yes. Republicans by mistake and then try to take it back. Yes. Yes. So they're saying that they were unauthorized, the states were unauthorized to give full payments. But so much litigation was happening in the courts, no one really knew what to do. So some states, I know, Oregon said that they're not going to take it back. If you got got full payment, then you get the full payment. Some states did the partial payment. So it's still a mess. They're still trying to figure out what that looks like. Republicans want folks to starve. Republicans want folks to be sick because they won't be able to afford health care. So what do Republicans want American citizens to do that's crazy to want to take that back? And so now to the chaos in the sky. So travelers across the country are facing the worst, worst travel meltdown since the start of the government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of passengers had their flights canceled or delayed on Sunday, marking the single worst day of air travel disruption since the shutdown began 41 days ago. So the federal government's partial closure has created a severe staffing shortage. We've been talking about that among air traffic controllers, many of whom have now gone more than a month without paying controllers. They are retiring, calling out sick, leaving fewer people to manage the skies. But to protect safety, the FAA ordered airlines to cut daily flights, 40 major airports and reduce that air traffic by 10%. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the situation, though, is getting more dangerous and there have been too many close calls. Let's listen. We're now looking at the data. We see an increase in a loss of separation. Airplanes are in the sky, becoming too close to each other. They're breaching that safety distance number one. We see ground incursions. We also see more complaints from pilots that are saying, hey, I'm getting a lack of responsiveness from the controller, or the controller seems stressed or they're not using the right language that controllers are supposed to Use. Those complaints have also increased. So we look at that in total and say this is going in the wrong direction. What tools do I have to deploy to make sure we can keep the flying public safe? By the way, those who say this is political, this decision to reduce capacity by 10%, it didn't come from me. It didn't come from the White House. It came from the safety team in the faa, the career people who do this every day as part of their jobs. So by Sunday night, airlines had canceled more than 2,800 flights, delayed over 10,000. And to your point, your point, Charlemagne, the economic hit, they said it could reach hundreds of millions of dollars each day if this continues. But there is some hope. We've been talking about Congress, the Senate reaching some sort of deal. If that were to happen, this could all come to an end. But for now, travelers are being told to pack their patients. Yeah, I told y' all Thursday, you know, when the airlines started getting hit, you know, this government shutdown was going. Was going to come to an end rather quickly because it's always corporate interest over the interest the people. And I did fly this weekend. Thursday, when I flew out, the flight kept getting delayed. Then when we was finally got on the plane, it was on the Runway for an hour, and we was the number 19 flight to take off, and it was 10 flights behind us. And then when I came back Saturday, and I was supposed to come back Sunday, but I came back Saturday because I didn't want to risk it. And when I came back early Saturday morning, they said they had to fly slow coming back into New York because we were supposed to land like an hour and 10 minutes. They were like, we got to fly slow because I guess the lack of air traffic controllers and it was. Was too many people coming in. I don't know what it was, but they said they had to fly slow. I was like, what? Yeah, when I had to go by, by Newark Airport and they. It was the amount of planes on the Runway, it was like, with like 50, 55 to 60 planes just sitting there waiting to take off. It's. It's. It's ridiculous. But what language were they using? Because they said they weren't using your typical language. So what were they just doing, like, sucking it? I know. No, no, you can't land right now. Go, go back up. Like, what language would they not use? It. I'm just curious. I know he did say that, right? I don't know what the pilots, what the air traffic controllers were saying to the pilots when he Says typical language. Maybe they were just, you know, like you said, just talking like, I don't know what you should do. Damn right. I saw one of the TSA workers throw one of the plastic bins, man. He threw it. And then the, the person he worked with must have said something to him. He was like, I don't care. We're not getting paid no way. It's true. Yes. That's crazy. And then my mother in law was saying a perspective that I haven't even looked at yet over the weekend. And she was like, yo, I remember, like a lot of people wanted to work for the government just to ensure job security. Yeah. And then now look, you know what I'm saying? They make it hard to get in the government. But at one point, almost everybody wanted to work for the government, you know, just to have that job, the benefits and everything that comes with it. And then now look, yo, that. That's. That's crazy. Y. Absolutely. All right, y'. All. Well, that is your front page news. I. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown tv. For more stories, follow the Black Information Network, Download the free iHeartRadio app or visit bin news.com. thank you, Mimi. Thank you, Mimi. Thank you. Now, when we come back, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1-051. If you've been traveling, if you're out and about, if you've been driving, people are ready for Christmas already. Trees up, lights up, I don't have a problem. Oh, they ready. The holiday season is here. I don't have a problem. Too soon. We ain't even cut the turkey. You man. The cities are doing their thing. The cities like Baltimore City. I seen Chicago, I. It's like a lot of different cities even decorated there. Downtown already. Yeah. So let's discuss. Is it too soon? 800-585-1051. They already playing Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey's already being played. She was playing about a week ago. So that is the question. Let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, we're opening up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Now it seems like the holiday season, Christmas is here. Like lights, Christmas trees, decorations. Seems like we just forgot about Thanksgiving. Is it too soon is the question. But what are the decorations for Thanksgiving? Exactly. Turkeys, man, shut up. Like you just gonna have a bunch of turkeys around your house. Turkey decorations. And I guess they got pumpkins and mums and stuff like that, but you don't need that for 25 days, okay? Like, Christmas is the season, you know? Don't nothing look better than Christmas lights in the Christmas trees. Thanksgiving is really just a speed bump at this point. Like, there's really nothing to do in November, to be honest with you. Speed bump is crazy. Like, when you think about November, there's really nothing to do. Thanksgiving is one day, just like Halloween is one day. So the same way they got all of these, you know, decorations leading up to Halloween, might as well have those for Christmas. Now I got my lights on the house, right? And they make me happy. That's what I'm saying. It just makes me happy. When I come home at night and the lights is lit, I just get happy. I ain't go front, I stand outside and look at them. The kids love them. It just makes me happy. That holiday chair just takes any strength, any anxiety away. I just get happy. Listen, I leave my Christmas tree up all year round. All right, That's a little too far. That's a little too much. I, I usually put four of them up, but I took three of them down and just left one up. So that's one less one I gotta put up. But yo, like, I think the day after Halloween, literally midnight, November 1st, put that up. Wait a minute. So, so, so 4th of July, everybody's coming and it's hot and they come into your pool party. You still got your Christmas tree? Yeah, I do. That's why they need to stay out my house. The pool party is outside. Damn. Because your black family always want to judge you for stuff like that. Your Christmas tree still up? Yeah. Yeah. And you still broke? You know, I'm just. Just little things I go back and forth with. But yeah, people always joke about that, but that's a lot of work, putting up a lot of Thanksgiving. I mean, putting up a lot of Christmas decorations. And when I moved into this big ass house, I didn't really realize like, how hard for trees would be putting up. But it, it looks so good when everything is done. And that's the crazy part too. You put up all of these Christmas Dec. Only for a couple of weeks. No, let's ride it out for 60 days. Start it November right after Halloween. Let's. Let's get right into the Christmas season. But you Ain't going to have it up 4th of July. No, but I'm going to be honest with you. We can kind of get rid of Thanksgiving, bro. What? We don't need it. What? We don't really need Thanksgiving. The food don't. The food ain't really what's up. A lot of us, you know, as we've gotten older, we don't even like Thanksgiving food. I don't like Thanksgiving food like that. I don't know. We'll see. What's Thanksgiving food to you? I don't eat the turkey and all that. That's my point. You gave it all. No, I ain't gonna hold you. I. I do like the dog meat of the turkey, but. Really? For real? Yeah. Now that. Now that you saying it, it's like, all right, cool. Because I don't like stuff, and I don't like the cranberry with the turkey. That's white people stuff. I don't really like that. I don't like pumpkin pie. I love. Only thing I love is mashed. I mean, not the mashed potatoes. Mac and cheese, yams, fried chicken. Yeah. And. And the sweet potato pie. Yeah. So we only get the food that we like. So we don't do all the turkey stuff. So we'll do the Mac cheese, we'll do the fried chicken. But then we do oxtail. We do jerk chicken. We do stuff like that, too. Yeah. That sound good? Yeah. I don't know. Then my mother does a seafood Christmas. She do the crabs and the scallops, and, like, she. She's very big on seafood, so she does that. But I don't know. We don't need to get. We don't need Thanksgiving, bro. We need time off, though. Yeah, but we don't need. We don't need Thanksgiving. It could be a day of gratitude, but we don't need Thanksgiving. Yeah. Let's go to the phone lines. We got Leon on the phone. Leon, what's up, bro? Try and get rid of Thanksgiving. What's going on, brothers? Good morning. Good morning, Envy. Charlemagne. Peace. Yes, I know. Lauren is in the building. Now. You said, good morning, brothers, and then named everybody. Oh, my God. Good morning. How you doing? I'm a sister, bro. I'm a sister, bro. What you think, Leon? Talk to us, brother. All right. For the Christmas thing, I feel like the Christmas tree, the lights and all that, but like, Thanksgiving, because you're hosting the Thanksgiving party, so you gotta have the lights and everything for the party that you haven't gone celebration. So I feel like, before that, it might be. It might be a little bit early, but it's a different time where everything moved a little bit faster. You know what I'm saying? But I feel like Thanksgiving Day today. Everything should be ready. Like, the lights, the trees, and all of that. I feel you. Now, Leon, what you. What you think about somebody who leaves their Christmas tree up? Like, the whole year? Like, 4th of July, they got a Christmas tree up. Easter, they got a Christmas tree up. That's just being lazy, bro. You bug, like, once Christmas. Once Christmas is over, like, yo, take the tree down, put everything up, pack it up, put it back in the garage, and wait for the next year. Yes, Jess. Thank you, brother. Yeah, but that's it. Hello? Who's this? Hello? Hey, what's your name? Hey, what's up? I'm K. AKA Key Killer. Key Killer. Good morning, Key Killer. What's up? Talk to us. What's your talk? First of all, I want to say good morning to y'. All. I love y'. All. Listen to y' all everywhere. I'm calling from Chicago, and y' all know y' all don't do live here. So I just be waking up five in the morning and timing it, calling y' all. Appreciate it, but, hey, no, I ain't putting up no Christmas tree. Listen, I'm hosting Thanksgiving, and I gotta deal with that first. I gotta do one headache at a time. You know what I'm saying? So after Thanksgiving, go. So then we bring out the tree and we put up new. No Snoop on the stool. Okay, we got him. That's when his magic get activated. That's right. Snoop on the st. I'm with you. I'm with you, period. So it's like, I gotta do one at a time, because otherwise, shoot, man, I'll be having high anxiety. I'll be overwhelmed. Yeah, but Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving don't need a prep month. Thanksgiving need, like, a week at best. Hey, what's up, Sh. Love. But I just want to say this. You still got to worry about, you know, the cooking, making sure the food get together, get everything together. You got the fame, you got the family members that delay, you know? That's why you tell them they're the ones that got to bring the dessert, because, you know, they want to be on cpt. So it's just be trying to organize everything I got, right? Maybe. Love your energy this morning. I just want to say that. Your energy. Thank you. I love you guys. Listen, I'll be. Listen, I gotta go wake my kids up, but I be Pumped, man. I love you guys. I listen to Y' all on YouTube. Thank you so much. And I love y'. All. Thank y' all for letting me talk, but I love you guys. I really want to get in the seven to get it off my chest, because I got a lot to get off my chest, but I know that ain't just. No, no, you called. Go ahead. You. You got your time. You from Chicago. From Chicago. The call's already too long. No, you already got your time. Call tomorrow. Such a hater. No, we love you, but come on, let pr. Proper protocol. We not even on. Damn. Yes. Yes. You see how they doing me. I see how they doing you. They usually be envy, though. I love. I love Laura LaRosa. I'm a journalist myself, so, you know, I bring. You know, so. Oh, that's. Yeah, that's why she. But I guess I'll call next for whenever I get in for. Get it off my chest. CU. Call tomorrow. Here. Goodbye. Just said. Just said that's why she like to talk. Yeah, yeah. Now I get it. Yo, this. Oh, he pulled the envy. That's crazy. So you talk to us now. Goodbye. She called from Chicago. We not even on in Chicago. So she listening online. She waking up the kids. She got through. She said what was wrong. Damn. Thank you. We got Sharonda on the line. Sharonda, good morning. Hi. Good morning. How you guys doing? Good morning. Good morning, Sharonda. But, yes, I've been ready to put my tree up since after my birthday in October. The mid. October. Mid October. Okay. Yes. And plus, it's like the government shut down, too, and the SNAP benefits. I just feel like we just need that positive spirit for Christmas, you know, the joyous spirit. You know, Christmas and stuff. That's right. And the other reason that it's okay to put your Christmas stuff up right after Halloween is for the simple fact there really is no Thanksgiving decorations. Decorations. So Halloween, everybody. Yeah, everybody goes all out for Halloween. You see the houses decked out for Halloween. Thanksgiving. There's no Thanksgiving decorations, so might as well put the Christmas up. Well, Thanksgiving is pumpkins. They do. The moms, they do stuff like that. So we know what a mom is. I know. I'm thinking you talking about Halloween, like, the flowers. I normally put, like, fall stuff up and, like, my fall candles and everything, but I want to skip that and go straight to Christmas stuff. I'm already looking at colors and everything, so this weekend I'm gonna just put up my Christmas stuff. I'm with you, DJ Envy. Yes, ma'. Am. You know, I've been starting for the past couple weeks, I've been calling you saying request the song. I've been requesting the song. No answers. You know, Charlamagne is right about that. He said he's not about to answer the phone. What you want to ask? I got to seeing the jingle. I've been calling about the jingle ball ticket in Atlanta and I haven't heard nothing about nobody winning those jingle ball tickets. I don't think we giving none away. That's not. We did the first, the first week we had some jiggle ball tv. Where you calling from? I'm calling from Michigan. Oh, okay. She better. 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Listen to Hell in Heaven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Best album. Best Christmas album, ain't it? Yes, honey, yes. I've been playing it all weekend, and then all of a sudden, it's not. I said, oh, my God. Oh, it's snowing. Yes, it's snowing. Okay. Oh, damn. That's what's up, actually. Yeah. I love us now. I wish I had some tickets for you. I don't have tickets. They. They. I know. I wish you did, too. Jingle Ball. If you want to see Little John, if you want to see Jermaine Dupree, if you want to see Nelly and a host of others, get your tickets. We're going to be out there for Atlanta's Jingle Ball. It should be a lot of fun. Thank you. Yeah, I'm going. All right, we'll see you there. Okay. Y' all have a good day, though, all right? Salute to everybody who listens to us on 961 the Beat in Atlanta, y'. All. Jingle. Also popping people from Michigan want to go. That's right. Right? Hello? Y. Oh, what? No, I'm saying y' all need to get down on that Boys the Men Christmas album. That. Man. That's a no skit. Play that. Get jiggy with your wife. Get jiggy with your wife. Hello? Who's this? Hello? Can you hear me? I can hear you. This is Monica. Oh, my God. Don't say my name out loud. I'm sorry. Monica, it's Monica. Talk to us. Hi, Monica. Hi, Kev. Hey, girl. Hey, girl. Hi, Uncle Sharla. Peace, peace, peace. Okay, so here's my thoughts. Y' all ready? Yep. All right, so, yes. Let's skip right over Thanksgiving, because I feel like the people that want to delay Christmas is them pumpkin spice people, and the pumpkin spice people is the people that can't figure out whether or not they want to open up the government or not. So, no, no, no. We're kind of big. We're gonna skip right over there, and we're gonna go straight to Christmas. And you can Enjoy your pumpkin spice latte Next year when the government is out there and doing what it's about to do and giving these people that snapped in a and they healthcare. Respect. Respect. Thank you so much, Monica. I'm with it, man. Thanksgiving is a. I don't need it. I love pumpkin spice people. That's. That's different. Shayla. Hello. Hey, Shayla. Good morning. Good morning. Hey, y'. All. Hey, girl. Where you calling from? Louisville, Kentucky. Kentucky. Kentucky. I be there 20, 26. Make some noise, y'. All. What the. Talk to us, Shayla. What you think about all these Christmas decorations and ornaments and. And things up so early? Baby, I'm tired. It is too early. I am a Halloween girly, so I was already upset. They had all the Christmas stuff out. It was AR before even have Michael Myers and then pop out. Damn. Yeah. You can't do it before Halloween. I mean, is that the reason? Yeah, Halloween got its own decorations. It got its own energy. People like decorating their houses for Halloween. You can't do that. But Thanksgiving, we can stick skip right over that because there ain't no turkey decorations. I mean, she's so funny. Let's cut the turkey fights before we start, you know, shoving Mariah Carey and everybody else down our throat too. Mind you, I love Mariah, but man, I could wait. I can. I can only deal with her for a whole month, not three. I. I agree with that. I think that November should be like a pre Christmas thing. Like, we shouldn't go all in yet, but it should be a lot of signs times. Yeah. And Christmas is the main course. Thank you, Shayla. A pre Christmas, if you will. Thank you. It should be a pre Christmas. And then right after Thanksgiving, that's when everybody goes full steam ahead with Christmas. But before that, it's pre Christmas. Yeah, I'm with you. I don't really care about Thanksgiving. I'm trying to tell you, like, there's nothing. I don't agree with getting rid of it. But yeah, we could definitely change it from Thanksgiving to prevent Christmas. I like that. Tell. What about down South? Like, what about South Mark's Corner, South Carolina? Don't your family like your mom and your dad? Like, they don't. No, My mom, Jehovah Witness, she don't give a damn about. No, thanks. Oh, my God. They still Jehovah's. I don't know. I thought that Thanksgiving, it's just cool. It's a day of family. It's a day, you know, getting with your peoples and kicking it. But nah, you don't need Thanksgiving. Yeah, I actually look forward to the day after Thanksgiving because my aunt cooks crazy the day after Thanksgiving because she's a Jehovah Witness as well. But she does what your mom does. The seafood, the fried fish and fried shrimp and, you know, scallops and all. Yes, that's what I like. Hey, you don't get your mom no Christmas gifts. Nothing for Christmas. She's a Jehovah Witness. Respect her religion. Yeah, they don't accept her. That's crazy. They don't accept it. And you probably only celebrated now because you have children. Yep. And my wife didn't. Is not a Jehovah Witness. Oh, get your family no gifts. What family? My on your side. Are they all Jehovah Witness? Yeah. Yo, that's crazy. All of them. They don't accept nothing. They don't get him. Not anymore. Nope. Not at all. Damn. I don't even care. All right, well, what's the moral of the story? Do what you want. Do what you want. You. If you want to put up your decorations the day after Halloween, the day before, whatever. If you want to put it up on Christmas Eve, do it. Whatever works for you. I leave my tree up all year round. At least one of them. And don't say nothing about it because. Yeah, Lazy ass. All right, when we come back, we got the ladies with Lawrence, so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Morning. Lauren becoming a straight f. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on say I'm the biggest. The largest. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. All righty, y'. All. So going Back to the 2025 Rock and Roll hall of Fame inductions, Outcast were also inducted into the Rock and ro hall of Fame, the greatest hip hop group of all time. Yes. Now, their induction tribute started with a conversation or a speech from Donald Glover. Let's take a listen. Tonight we celebrate truly one of one. In a statement of music, two young men from Atlanta debuted with the album Southern playlist at Cadillac Music in 1994. I remember watching the Source Awards in the fourth grade, and I think people forget how scary it was to be brave. At that time. Tensions were already high with the east coast, west coast rivalry. And to stand on stage and say the south got something to say while being booed, taught Me how to deal with critics. You don't have to scream. You don't have to yell. You just have to be undeniable. Thank you for showing me that. Brothers may not always see eye to eye in their face philosophies or styles, but they need each other in a world that would rather see them both fail. Atlanta is not the music mecca it has become without you. There is no Childish Gambino without you. There is no south without you. So tonight we honor two visionaries who turned their differences into a dynasty. All factual. Great speech. Yes. And then Outkast. Both members, Big Boi and Andre 3000, were there and spoke for themselves as well, just about the night in the honor. Let's take a listen to Big Boy. Boy, I thank the most high Yeshua for having us all here tonight. And for me, me, my brother from day one, for sure, the whole Savannah, Georgia, y' all stand up too, man. The Rock and Hle hall of Fame, Greg Street. We love all y'. All. And I want to say special to my brother right here, man, thank you for making me be the best I can be, man, and going toe to toe on the records at Iron Sharp and Iron. Just to be the best, man. Ain't nothing but pressure. Love you, man. Love you. And then Andre 3000 spoke for the group as well. Thank y' all for putting us in great company. When I heard that we were being inducted, I was like, man, this is great because we're in the same company with a lot of people. We grew up with a whole lineage of people. A lot of times when bands or individuals get up here and it's about the musicians and. And we talk about the music a lot, but a lot of times it's a lot more than just the notes or the instruments that you're playing. It's everybody that's around you. It's the family. And this is my family. So right. Right out of high school, me, Big Boy, and Ceelo were the youngest people in the dungeon. And we just so happy that Rico Wade saw something in us. He gave us an opportunity to come and all. And all the sacrifices that were made around us to help us get to this place. But one thing. One thing that Jack said, man, Jack is. He's one of my favorites, man. We love you, man. But one. One thing that he said, he said something about little rooms. And we started in a little, you know, little rooms. Great things start in little rooms. That's it. Yes. And they also had an amazing induction, like tribute. So there was very various Performances. We have some audio. It started with Atleans performed by Big Boy. Big Boy performed twice, actually, in, uh, let's take look a listen. I do wish Andre 2000 would have performed, though. Did he say why he didn't perform or they. I did want to. He's mysterious. Well, I tried to ask that question because I saw he also, too. He didn't join. Joined the tribute at one music festival either. And I asked if it was because, you know, he said he's done with rapping and things of that nature. I didn't get an answer to that question. But who was doing. Oh, who did that? Because that was his part, but he didn't do it. Who did that? I'm not for sure exactly whose voice, because you had the DJ in the background. And also the Janelle Monae did perform. That was Doja Cat, who performed as well, too. And it was noticeable that Doja Cat kind of forgot some of the work words throughout the performance. Oh, for sure. Yeah. And I did ask too, like, who chose, like, who for each performance? Both Salt and Peppa and for Outkast as well, too. And I was told that it was a collaboration between the groups and the production. I asked that because, like, you could tell Indulgent Cat's performance, and she's great that she was trying. Hell, yeah. But she's ap. She's a performer. Like, she's one that I thought would, like, kill it. It wasn't. Yeah, it wasn't the best part of the tribute, but Tyler, the creator killed it. Jade was great as well, too, and it was all. I mean, it's always good to see Big Boy on stage. I wish Three Stacks would have performed every. He should have performed every song, but hey, Cuz I know he's tired of performing. Hey. But everything else, he should have. Did you think so? I wish you did all of them. I think so, too. I think it would have been like, an amazing. Like, was CeeLo there? Yeah, he was there. They tried to call him up on stage when Andre 3000 was speaking. They tried to, like, call him up on stage, but he didn't come up on stage. But he had mentioned him as well, too, in his. His speech. Great, though. I mean, the reality is we should just be happy Andre was there. Yes. That's why you got to really love and respect these groups when you have them, because you never know when they're gonna perform again. Like. Like, we would love to see Andre 3000 again. And he's. He's like, I'm not doing it and you gotta respect it. But I would love to see him on stage again. Like legendary groups like Run DMC and Jam Master J, they not performing anymore or, you know, members that passed away. So just respect. Big Boy and Andre still look good, too. Like they. Man, get that silk. Press 3K. What's up, y'? All? Yeah, and. And what I was gonna say that Erykah Badu wasn't there, but she did share some, like, words on her Instagram as well, too. But we're wrapping up, so. Just wanted to mention that, though, that she did send some love in her Instagram. You know, she's been on her own touring performances. All right, well, that is. Yo, it's a legendary day. We got some big comedy legends and some just legends. Birthdays today. Happy birthday to Big Pun Tracy Morgan and Sinbad. Sinbad. Yes, sir. Wow. I love it, love it, love it, love it. All right, that's the latest with Lauren. Now, Donkey today. Who you giving that donkey to? Oh, man. We need Roland Martin to come to the front of the congregation this morning. We'd like to have a word with him. Okay. All right, we'll get to that. Next. Can we get a little outcast before a donkey? All right, we'll do that. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on, donkey up the damn the he haw again. It's time for donkey of the day. I ain't trying to be donkey today no more. They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things called Donkey of the Day. And it really caught me off guard. Damn Charlamagne. Who got the donkey of the day today? Well, just hilarious. Donkey of the day for Monday, November 10th goes to Roland S. Martin. Y' all know Roland Martin, Left wing political commentator, founder of the Black Star Network. He hosts his show Roland Martin unfiltered on YouTube. YouTube. Oh, and let's not forget he is a Democrat dancing machine. Oh, Roland will cut a rug for the Democrats. You hear me? Okay. He loves dancing for Democrats so much that he won't even go to the right when the Tutsi role is playing. Okay? It's all to the left. To the left for Roland, and that's fine. Okay? Respect to him and his political allegiance with Democrats. So it wasn't a surprise to me that Roland had an opinion on my opinion of this current government shutdown, because I feel like Democrats, even though they put up a great fight, it was a valiant effort in regards to health care. It was a fight they couldn't win. Right now. Okay, Key word right now. So open the government back up because people are out here suffering. Roland didn't like that, okay? He posted this video with the headline beyond idiotic. Roland tears down Charlemagne's shut down. Misinformation. That's the word that got my attention. Misinformation. What did I say that was? Misinformation. Well, let's listen to Rolling. Martin, do me a favor. Do not listen to people like Charlemagne the God. Okay, so Charlemagne was talking about this government shutdown and he made a comment as relate to what Democrats should be doing. Y' all have that. Dude. I don't understand, Mimi. And I don't know, maybe you can explain it to me that the health care is going to go up anyway because of the big beautiful bill, because that didn't include the extension of the tax credits to keep the cost down. So if it's going up anyway, what's the point of. Of Democrats taking the stand to keep the government still close at this point? You're right, because the premiums, which the open enrollment started what, last this weekend, November 1st. And so people are getting those, those letters in the mail. In fact, one person in Utah, a woman in Utah, she told ABC News that she opened her bill and saw that her. Her monthly premium had already jumped from about $400 a month charlamagne to over $2,000 a month. Month. And so at this point, it's like, what's going to happen? Is it retroactive? Like, how is this going to work as we continue to go forward? So you're absolutely right. And the premiums are set for a year. So at this point, if the premiums have already gone up, if they set for a year, at least give the people some relief and get the government back open. Do not listen to what the hell he just said. That to me is beyond idiotic because. Because this battle that we're seeing is not solely about health care. Rebecca, I don't know what the hell that was. That was just bull. Roland, what makes what I said bs I said the health care is going to go up anyway because of the big beautiful bill because that didn't include the extension of the tax credits to keep the cost down. That's fact based. Okay. Mimi pointed out that some people were already receiving higher premiums. Since the beginning, beginning of the open enrollment period, people have been receiving notices of higher premiums. So where was the misinformation? Roland, you may not agree that Dem should concede and vote for the government to be reopened, but don't Say it's misinformation. Okay, maybe I gave too short an explanation. Maybe I oversimplified it. Maybe I should be clearer for the audience. And I will right now. When the big beautiful bill, or as Reverend Barber called it, the big deadly bill, or as Jasmine Crockett calls it, the big ugly bill, when that bipartisan spending package Republicans forced to through, when that was passed, Democrats failed to extend the ACA premium subsidies that were originally expanded under the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction act. Okay? Without those tax credits, ACA or Obamacare premiums increase automatically. And they're already locked in for 2025 since insurers file and finalize their rates months ahead. So if health care premiums have already gone up and are fixed for the year, then keeping the government closed, the fight for lower premium premiums makes no sense to me. Especially when on top of high health care prices, so many people are suffering right now because of the government shutdown. And that's what I care about, the people. Okay? That's why I said what I said, because of the people who are being hurt by this. Federal workers who haven't been paid in 40 days, they pass due on rent right now, can't pay for childcare right now. Hell, they can't pay for the health insurance they do have because they don't have any money coming in. Not to mention mention people not getting SNAP benefits. So how was what I said some bs? How was that misinformation? Once again, Roland, if you would have said I disagree with Charlamagne, Democrats should fight and not vote to reopen the government until some concessions are made on health care. Cool. I would understand that it's fair. But to say is some BS and label it as misinformation, that's just a lie. And you did that on purpose. That was intentional to discredit me in the Breakfast Club. But we'll get back to that. He even had a sister by the name, name of Rebecca Carruthers come in and double down on the lie that we spread misinformation and accuse me of all types of treachery. Let's listen. Look, what I heard was an exchange of two people who don't understand how this works. So what they're talking about are the health insurance premiums that are in the marketplace. The marketplaces are the state exchanges. The state exchanges is because of Obamacare, AKA the Affordable Care Act. Here's the thing. Those Premiums are effective January 1, 2026. You get about 60 days notice in most states. Some states put out their new expected premiums back in October, some kind of at the end of September. But this is giving notice of, hey, if you continue at the level of health insurance plan that you have, this is what you're going to start to pay, effective January 1st. And so the erroneous. I mean, this isn't just misinformation here. This starts to look like this is intentional disinformation. And for the audience, disinformation is where you have bad, misleading information that's intentionally targeted to a certain demographic. The demographic here is black voters. The reason why is the black voters are the base of the Democratic Party right now. The Democrats are in. Are in lockstep saying that, no, we're not going to give you the votes that you need in order to end this government shutdown. You Republicans need to come to us and work out a deal. And so by trying to talk to black folks so then black folks can then talk to Democratic members of the House and Democratic members of the Senate to get Democrats to back down. That's what Charlemagne is trying to do here. So this is disinformation that we're seeing that Charlemagne is doing? This is not just mistaken information. This is intentional going after black voters. Rebecca, I don't even know what you were trying to imply. Okay, you repeated what myself and Mimi just said. You just didn't oversimplify it like I did. But I still don't understand how that leads into you saying. Saying I'm intentionally giving out misinformation to black voters. What is the misinformation? I'm also not trying to discourage anyone from voting in midterms, even though I know we are going to have to fight to have free and fair elections in the midterms. But that's a whole other conversation. But you, Rebecca, sound like you are trying to make me out to be controlled opposition. Let the record show I don't get paid by any political party. I've never taken money from a political candidate for anything. Can Roland Martin say the same again? What did I say? That was misinformation. Okay? Everything I said is actual and factual in regards to what's in the big beautiful bill. If you disagree with me saying Democrats should vote to reopen the government, once again, that is fair. If you believe me, saying I think Democrats have lost is wrong. I understand that, too, but that's my opinion, not misinformation. You want to know why I think Democrats have already lost? I'll tell you my position. One, because the Trump administration practices authoritarian strategy and they don't give a damn about working class people and they damn sure don't care about the poor. Number number two, Republicans are scared to death of that administration and they have zero reason to make any concessions. They already have everything they want in the big deadly bill, okay? Massive tax cuts, stay ACA subsidy extensions, didn't make it in. Deep cuts to Medicaid and social programs already in there. They have zero reason to play ball. Roland knows this, but he would rather sell y' all false hope instead of telling you the truth. Roland knows most of these Republicans have made crazy careers running against Obamacare. They can't go back now even if it kills them in the midterms. And a lot of people I've spoken to in government Democrats, by the way, feel like that's why pending a shutdown strategy around this issue was foolish to begin with. Okay? And a lot of them told me they knew they weren't going to get anything out of this except maybe the promise of a vote on the Senate floor that will ultimately fail. That's why I said last week Democrats lost. Okay? As you can see, that seems to be the case because they reached a tentative agreement yesterday that does not include an extension of the ACA subsidies. And you know who will be one of the first people out here fake dragging Democrats for YouTube views because of that? Roland Martin. Even though he knew that was going to be the obvious political outcome from the beginning. Now listen, if Dems were able to get these authoritarian strategy ass practicing Republicans to make some concessions on healthcare, I would be the first person to on this radio saying I was wrong and applauding them. But I never saw it happening. That's why I said I think they lost. I'm sorry that y' all believe in MAGA more than I do, okay? But I applaud Democrats, okay? Drop on a close bomb for Democrats for doing something they don't normally do. And that's fighting. They threw a Hail Mary on behalf of the American people because they know the American people are about to get their asses kicked when it comes to these high ass health insurance premiums courtesy of the Republic Republicans. I would have loved for Democrats to get Republicans to fold and make some real concessions in regards to healthcare. But I just don't believe in maga's ability to do the right thing. Especially when they have zero reason to because they already got everything they want. Now remember when Mehdi Hassan was here last week and he said why do Democrats always have to be the adults in the room? Let's listen. But you cannot have a political system that always relies on only the Democratic Party being the responsible party. You just can't. America cannot survive. We've created. It's like having toddlers, right? The Republican Party are a bunch of toddlers and everyone else has to be the adults in the room and that cannot continue indefinitely. Mehdi is right. But the reason Dems have to be the adults in the room is because they are okay in regards to these current MAGA Republicans, Democrats absolutely are the adults and we have to count on Democrats to do the right thing because Republicans won't. Republicans will let this whole society collapse right under the working class, class and poor people's feet because they don't care. Mehdi is right when he talks about how things are supposed to be, but that's not how things are. So yes, Democrats have to be the adults in the room because Republicans will have you choosing between starving or being sick. And some folks in this country have no choice but to do both. Now back to rolling. When people talk about the shutdown now, the first thing they bring up is the airlines. By the way, I told y' all on Thursday this shutdown wouldn't last much longer because of the airlines. It's always going to be cool. Corporate interest over the interest of the people in this country. But they talk about the airlines, they talk about the stat benefits, but those federal workers, sadly to me, get lost in this conversation. Salute to all the federal workers out there. Okay, they're getting mentioned last now and I don't like that federal workers aren't getting paid. Do we know what this means in a country where majority of people are living paycheck to paycheck? Roland said something when him and his panel were accusing us of misinformation. It was, it was before he threw the Dr. Nikki, I think her name is. Let's listen. Niambi. The reason I think is bad advice is because when you are in political battles, you maximize your leverage. And when you are fighting on behalf of people, they understand that there are people who are not getting benefits. They know they're workers who are not getting their paychecks as well. But they also are dealing with an administration that's been slashing and burning and firing people indiscriminately as well. So all this is wrapped up. So what you do not do is you do not capitulate. You do not back down. You don't go, oh, well, you know what, hey, we're just going ahead and pack it in. No, you try to get as much as you can. Well, absolutely. And this is why Wendy Williams Sidekick should not be trusted with political information. I've long had a beef with Charlemagne, so let's just stop there. I don't know why people think calling me Wendy Williams Sidekick is a dis. 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Don't know you, but God bless you sincerely. But in that exchange, Roland said they understand that there are people not getting their benefits. They understand there are federal workers not getting their paychecks. You know why Roland Martin can say that so nice? Nonchalantly? Because he's not potentially facing eviction? Because he hasn't paid his rent for the month. He doesn't need any money this month to pay for his childcare and SNAP benefits. Food. Does Roland Martin Le Booboo Built Ass look like he's missing any meals, huh? I'm with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada. Okay. She's a Democrat. She said before the shutdown happened, we need a bipartisan solution to address this impending healthcare crisis. But we should not be swapping the pain of one group of Americans for another. That's my mindset. And maybe your mindset would be different if you actually spoke to some of these federal workers facing eviction or if you spoke to some of these people who rely on food benefits. Also Dems, if you was going to do a shutdown, why not have something in place for the federal workers who are going to need money or the folks who are losing SNAP benefits? Hell, what's that guy's name? Timothy Mellon. He donated 130 million to help pay the US military personnel. Where the Democratic donors who are willing to do that for federal workers are people with no SNAP benefits. All you lobbyists who be given to these Democratic campaigns, now is your time to shine for the people, baby. All the pharmaceutical lobbyists, pro Israel lobbyists, the lobbyists that represent real estate interests. If you want Democrats to keep making this stand in regards to healthcare, dig deep into your pockets and find some relief for the constituents of these people being impacted by the government shutdown. Once again, we can have an ideological discussion about the government shutdown we can address. Agree to disagree on that. But to say that I put out misinformation, that's just a fat rotund Martin lie. Now, I like that. I just got a little bit more. Just a little bit more. I'm with you. There is a. There is a reason Roton Martin wants to paint the Breakfast Club, me in particular, as a person spreading misinformation. See, I'm gonna pull the curtain back a little bit. Not too much, because it. It really don't matter. I just want some of you to know people's motivation. Roland Martin is a hater. Okay? He be hating on me behind the scenes to anybody who will listen. He will say something negative about me. And it's always in regards to how I'm moving in this media space. In particular, anything in the political realm, it's always a, why does he get this? Why does he get that type of thing? Why is he on cable news? Why do politicians go sit with the Breakfast Club rolling? I don't know. Okay. Favor ain't fair, but he will do all that hating, but loves texting my phone asking to come on at the Breakfast Club, Correct? Super correct. Okay. One day a few years ago, I'm sitting at home, Roland text me and says, hey, tonight on my show, we are going to talk about Tyler Perry and bet. At the time, it was rumors of Tyler buying bet, and the headline of the video he posted was Roland's blistering deconstruction of Paramount's idiotic failed attempt to sell bet. So I'm watching this video because he asked me. And about 40 minutes in, one of the brothers on the panel starts bigging up Roland's Black Star Network, as he should. And then he's just do a random shot at me, which Roland tended to let people do. Let's listen. The Black Star Network is doing something that is, you know, in the teaching profession, we call it God's work. It's thankless work. People might not necessarily understand it, but as you said, when there's something that folk need some reliable information on, you see the numbers explode. They come here. And Lauren, when you said you look at, you watch YouTube a lot. I mean, I try to stay out of digital world because I try to continue to be analog, as you can see. But I can't fight the future. So I have. I look at YouTube a lot, too, for that very same reason. And I'm saying this to say that, you know, we saw what happened to Bomonti Jones at HBO or espn. High quality. And that was analysis he couldn't stand. And then you see them throw something out. Comedy Central, brother Lenard, or Charlemagne, whatever you call himself. That ain't high quality analysis, my brother. I don't know your name, but you can big up the Black Star Network without throwing shots at what I was doing on Comedy Central at the time. You can love on Roland and big up what he does without slandering me. But whatever, if that's what you got to do to remain in rotation on Roland's YouTube page. God bless you too. Now, in that same episode, Roland had this to say about me. My mind you, he text my phone and told me to tune in. Listen, you know what, I have not said this publicly, but I'm gonna go ahead and say this and I would love for the current leadership of BET to prove me wrong. When we were in Atlanta covering Melanie Campbell's grassroots organizing event in Atlanta, this was what may I run into a sister? And she said, I'm so glad to meet you. She said, I know so much about you. And I was like, really? She says, yes. She says, after the death of George Floyd, she said, the leaders of BET came to me and said, it's time for us to do a news show. And she said, I ran the research. And she said, we did exhaustive research. We studied day parts, we studied shows, we studied, studied other networks, we looked at radio, we looked at newspaper, we looked at podcasting. She said, we studied demographics. 18, 24, 24, 35, 35, 44, 44, 54, 55 plus. And she said after we ran all the metrics, she said, the research came back and the number one person they said black America said they wanted to see host a new show on BET was you. She said it was you. She said Charlamagne was on the list. And she said, and then when Comedy Central launched his show, she said, they're using my research. Well, Roland, who else is on the list? Okay, why do you have to let people know that out of all the other people who I'm sure was on the list, Charlamagne, the guy was on the list. Roland, I am not your competition and I refuse to be responsible for how you feel about about yourself. You accuse Breakfast Club of spreading misinformation because you are trying to discredit me and the platform I have helped build, as if that's going to amplify what you're doing. You don't have to do that, brother. You already up. You are a 56 year old seasoned political pundit. You have a lot of respect in the space of political commentary. You are a trusted source for a lot of people rolling. Be secure in that and stop projecting your insecurities onto me. There's a lot of things I disagree with rolling on. And even with knowing he be sneak dissing, not once until today have I ever spoken on him in a public manner. And it's never been disparaging, not even a fat joke. And I always thought Tariq Nasheed calling him Gerald Dessert was hilarious. But Roland out here lying, accusing us of spreading misinformation. That's an intentional attack to discredit us. What if I did an intentional attack to discredit you? What if I said, could someone out there make me an AI video? Okay, I want an AI video of the Stephanie Mills Challenge. And I want Chuck Schumann Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries singing I never knew love like this before. And I want Roland Martin in the background of that video dancing for Democrats like he do. I'm talking boogieing for biscuits. And I want the caption to say, we told Roland Martin he can cut in line at the all you can eat buffet if he agreed to be our backup dancer. What if I asked people to do that for me? That would be an intentional attack. But I'm to not going going to do that. All I'm going to ask you to do, sir, is don't tell no lie on me, and I won't speak truth about you. Please give Roland Martin the biggest he haw. Let me tell you something here. Sha. I need to take a. I need to take a class, honey. Because when you professionally respond to somebody, I sit back and I cackle. Okay? My flabber was just guess this, sweetie. Like I. I need so. Cuz every time I clare back, I get in trouble. But this was a long time coming, though. God bless everybody involved. This was a long time coming. God bless everybody involved and be relaxed. It's cool. I said, enough. But. But everybody, God bless notes. Take classes. That is how you respond to somebody. And I didn't even know Rolling. Martin looked like that. Let's move on. And so they flashed the picture up on the screen. I was like, oh, my God. You see, I didn't know he looked like that. See, when BAE knows you b. Move on. There's more. But if we need to do more, we'll do more, but probably not. It's okay. All right. Oh, my God. All right. See, when BAE shut you up, you shut up. So now you just gotta shut up. Let's move on. All right, we'll move on. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Yes, indeed. Let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1-051. Everybody else want to give them donkeys here? No, no, no, no, no. The government shutdown is. Is over. They're saying it is sensitively, it's a officially or is tentatively over. Right. So we're asking, do you think the Democrats should have stood in and fought some more or that you are possibly getting your snap benefits back that, you know, TSA workers and. And. And people are starting to get their. Governmental workers are getting their money. Now let's discuss 800-585-1051. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Phone lines are wide open. 800-585-1051. We're actually streaming on Twitch as well. We're asking. The government shutdown is tentatively over. So it's. The government is going to be back open in the next couple of days. Do you. No, not days. It's going to take. It's going to take a while. I thought it was going to be the next couple of days. No, and then another thing, right. Is like the aftermath too, because, you know, it is. They weren't. Some people weren't getting paid, some people only getting half, but you know what I mean? So it's like, now they gotta play catch up. You know what I mean? So. And it's not open tomorrow. It's gonna be a whole process. Imagine the aftermath and the catch up from everything. Yeah, because it still. It still needs final approval in the house before workers get paid and everything. Do you think the Dem should have pushed harder, or are you glad that it finally reopened? We have Cindy on the line. Cindy, good morning. Good morning. Talk to us, Cindy. What's your thoughts? I'm sitting in my car in my driveway with Buddy's mom. Hey. Hey, Mom. Hey. Hi. How are you? Good morning. We're waiting on you to answer the question, Boo. We're talking about the government. You think the Dem should have pushed a little harder or you're happy about the reopening of the government? I'm happy about it for. For people, you know, for other people that need their money, that need a paycheck, that need food on their tables. You know, I. Oh, gosh, I'm so stuck in the middle on it, you know? Why are you stuck on the middle? What you think? What's the other side of it? Why are you stuck in the middle? Just talk to us. Well, you know, I mean, I don't. I don't go for either party, so I just feel bad. I get what you're saying. They're making a choice between either people being sick or people starving. So, like, who wants that? Who wants to have to make a choice like that? Yeah, but you know, but the thing is, it's difficult. Cause there are a lot of people that can't pay their rent. There are a lot of people that can't eat. There's no. They can't afford to buy groceries. There's people that can't pay car notes. There are people that go into work and like Charlamagne said, you know, he was in the airport this weekend and they're frustrated. Could you imagine going to work and you working and on the 1st and 5th, 15th, you know, you're not getting anything. And you have kids. You got to pay for your holidays. Holidays around the corner. School, you got, you know. Hello? Who's this? Yo, what's good? D.J. envious. Steph Lover. Steph lover. What's up? Talk to us. What's good? I'm just saying, I think the Democrats held it down. And Charlamagne, I don't know what's going on with you, bro. I think it's because you chose Andrew Schultz now. But it's like. It's like you trying to get more right wing and just like on the Democrats. Excuse my. I'm sorry. I actually think that. I'm just saying, I think the Democrats did a great job. I don't think that people should be giving Democrats for any flack for this because they did something they don't usually do, and that's fight. But you was the one giving them flag. For what? For. For having the government shut down and not you was. You was talking about that they should have complied. And yes. You know what I'm saying? Like, yes, they. Yeah, because they. They couldn't win this fight. Fight. Republicans had zero reason to make concessions to them. Republicans got everything they want in the big beautiful bill. Why would they concede? For what? That's the problem is that they keep over. They keep doing whatever they want. This is the problem. Democrats weren't doing anything. Well, guess what, people who are going to fight. But guess what? Republicans have all the power. So you know what y' all should be thinking about for the midterms? Getting Democrats that power. Remember when Andrew Young was here? Andrew Young was saying how him and Martin Luther King Jr. Jr. Had a conversation with Lyndon B. Johnson and Linda B. Johnson told him, look, man, y' all are absolutely right, but I can't do anything because I don't got no power. And. And Andrew Young said he told Martin Luther King Jr. Man, we're gonna go take a vacation and we'll figure this out next time. Martin said, no, we're gonna go out there and get that man some power. That's what y' all better be thinking about for the midterms. Going out there and getting Democrats some power. Hello, who's this? Rico. Talk to us, Rico. Yeah, I'm happy about the, the, this shutdown ending because I got friends who was affected by the shutdown. And yeah, they, they was hurting bad, man. I mean, outside like this past weekend, Ford was giving away boxes of food and because he fed with workers in the military out there in line for food and everything was bad. So also, I wanted to mention Charlemagne. Yes. Yo, I download Aharon app just to try to call into you guys this morning. The way you responded to Ro Poland real quick. I give you props, man. Real talk. I appreciate you love it. Thank you. Have a good one. All right, later. What's the moral of the story? We ain't got much time. I mean, the moral of the story. I feel exactly what I just said. Like, I know people are going to try to make this about Democrats caving, but also remember, Democrats do a Hail Mary on behalf of the American people who are about to get their asses kicked because of these health care premiums, because they knew this was a fight they probably would not win. Republicans weren't going to give Democrats any type of win on Obamacare. On Obamacare. So I don't have a reason to be mad at Democrats. I'm more mad at the Democrat talking heads who acted like dims had a chance at winning this shutdown. So I'm glad that the government is back reopened. And if, if, if y' all really want some things to change with the healthcare system, just make sure Democrats get their power back. Republicans are just doing what they're supposed to be doing because they got all the power. Democrats, you want Democrats to get power. Think about the midterm terms, right? And I also want to say that the notion where you can't question an elected official is crazy. The fact that you vote that person in office and you can question a Democrat or Republican, it is your right to question elected officials. If you see something you don't write, that you don't like, you can say something, you can ask, you can question. You don't have to agree a thousand percent, but what you can't do is just let them just sit there and walk over you. That's. That's. That's it. I hate when people question something. They'd be like, well, you question them. You. You. Not you. Not a Democrat. You question them. You maga. You question them. No, you can question Your elected, your officials. Matter of fact, you're supposed to. Yep. Well, I have a question. How do you get. How do you get the Democrats that power, though? Like what, what. When your election. The midterm elections next year. November. Vote. Okay. Get out in there. Vote, vote. Okay. All right, all right. When we come back, we got the latest with Lawrence. Don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight face. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on the Beast. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. All right, y'. All. So over the weekend, there was a story that broke that Diddy was caught with alcohol behind bars. And there's been a back and forth. Okay, so over the weekend, TMZ did a story that Diddy's sobriety journey took a detour because there was a brew, like a homemade brew found in. In, you know, where he stays at Fort Dix, which is the low level security prison where he's doing his time at. They claimed that this brew was fanta sugar and apples, which they say mhus they give. They put it together, you take two weeks, you let it sit, and it turns into something that they call hooch. You know how back in the day used to make them exist? Right. So. Right. He had a bottle of shine. Okay. Now when this story broke, of course it's a big deal because Diddy talked a lot about. It's been a long time. It's been like over 20 years since he's been sober. That was his main thing when he was talking to the judge, trying to come home, show that he's working on himself. Now, I reached out to Diddy's rep who said that the accusations that were out were completely false. Not only did he tell me that, but they actually went on Diddy's official X account and tweeted the rumors, claiming Mr. Combs was caught with alcohol. Completely false. His only focus is becoming the best version of himself and returning to his family. So where did that rumor start? Yeah, so TMZ did the story. They said they had a comp confirmed with sources and officials. However, the prison, to me and to a few other outlets, said that they had no. No record of this incident. So the prison said that that's not true. They don't have a. A record for that. Correct. That's crazy. I will say, though, TMZ is standing on their sources. They have not removed the story. Now, another part of the story was that the. The reason why they found this mix in Diddy's cell where he was, was because they were coming in to figure out. Out moving him. And then when this happened, they decided not to move him. So I did ask, well, was he moved? Is that part of the story? True? And up until last night, when I checked back in before coming in here this morning, his rep told me that there's been no movement. There was never a conversation about movement that they know of. So I don't know what's going on there. But they're saying it's not true. And somebody probably made that story up because they know it wasn't his birthday last week. Yes, it was his birthday last week. Yeah. But the sad thing about it, if it's not true in the prison, prison itself is saying is not true. How does that make Diddy look? Just keep making him look horrible. And I wouldn't want to be drunk in prison. I need all my faculties. Okay? Being drunk in prison makes it easier for somebody to take that. Take that. What? Ouch. We'll try and disarm you. Okay, well, speaking of getting out of prison, or people that help you get out of prison, Kim Kardashian. Y' all know she's been trying to take the the bar to become an attorney. Yep. How many times did she fail? I think three times or twice, but she. She keep going. She failed again. She keeps studying. It's like four. Yeah, so she says she posted over on her Instagram over the weekend. I am not a lawyer yet. I just play a very well dressed one on tv. Six years into this journey and I'm still all in until I pass the bar. No shortcuts. Not giving up. No. Just more studying and even more determination. Thank you to everybody who's supported me. Falling short isn't. Failure is full as fuel. I was so close to passing the exam, and it only motivates me more. If you. If she failed that many times, would you hire her? Hell yeah. Because she keep trying. It's something that she really want to do. Obviously she got a passion for it. But it's like, I heard that that exam is not easy at all. I mean, not that it's supposed to be. That's an understatement. Not supposed to be easy. Like you're an attorney. Yeah, yeah, I know, but I'm saying, like, that's hard. Like, you could be one of the smartest people ever and you still failed the bar exam. But also. Also too that many times though. But a few years ago, back in 2021, she passed the baby bar, which is one of two tests that you need to become an attorney in California. So, I mean, she's making some leeway. It just hasn't happened fully yet, but she'll continue to do it again. Now, a lot of people fail the first time, but how many times is this why they don't have a bar for elected officials? Why is it harder to become a goddamn attorney, to become an elected official? President. Ain't no president bar, no governor bar. They don't gotta take no tests before they do these jobs. That's crazy. Yeah. So she failed the baby bar exam three times before passing on her fourth attempt in December 2021. Fourth attempt. But it was the baby bar that's different than this, the big one that she just fell just now. So. Yes. And in other news, and lastly, the Grammy nominations came out over the weekend and yet there are a lot of people leading the Grammy nominations. I saw Glorilla was nominated. I also saw Kendrick Lamar is leading as well. Cardi B was also mentioned in the Grammy nominations. And there's been. You know, I feel like this year there was a wasn't as. You know, people get mad when people are not nominated. Nominated. I don't feel like people really cared this year, if I'm being honest. I think the Grammys got it very right as far as like the rapper. Yes. Five times. I think people do care. Who else care that are nominated? But creator, that was a good one. Kendrick was in there. Kendrick definitely should have been in there. The only one I. I would really, really make a case for that I didn't see was two chains and Larry June produced by Alchemist. That could have been there too. You have. Yeah. Let God sort him out in the rap album. Tyler the creator Glorilla for glorious gnx. Kendrick Lamar and God does like ugly boy. That's a hard. That's a tough category. I think the clip. I think the clip sweep it. I think the clip sweep 100%. But I was amazing. What they put together just sonically sounds amazing. Lyrics was amazing. I think the clips take it all. I'm gonna tell you why that's such a tough category. Wow. Kendrick Lamar, Grammy darling, right? GNX was fire and then I got Glorilla then. Didn't Kendrick get a Grammy last year, though? That was for not like us. He did. No. He won best album of the year too, didn't he? No, I'm looking it up. Three or four different Grammys. That was everything for not like Us last year. Yeah. Not like I remember because, remember, they were upset that they were singing it in the crowd. Remember that was in the lawsuit. Right, right, right. My apologies. I thought GNX1. Okay. I just feel like, like I do think the clip should get it. I think the clip should get. You said glow clips. Yes. Kendrick. J.I.D. album was fire. But if I had to pick the three, it would be between Gloria Glorilla clips and Kendrick. But I think clips got it. I would like to see clips get it. Yeah. I was going to just say I feel like when the Grammys get it wrong, people, there's so much like. And then you finally have great nominees and different cast categories this year. Yeah. And it didn't get as much like crazy. I did see it places. But what does that tell you about? And social media. Good morning. Good morning, grandma. That is the latest with. Hey, yo, Lauren, you crazy. Hold up real quick, y'. All. It's the OG triple OG birthday. My father, Kevin Moore, say happy birthday to my guy. Happy birthday, dad. His daughter too. Oh, my goodness. No, my father birthday. And yes, my father is still opening to fathering you, Lauren, if you, you know, if you need it any time. Wow. Cuz you ain't got. Oh, wow. I do have a father. He's probably listening. But Jess's dad did offer to like, you know, be like a closer. Damn. He seen what was happening. We realized you ain't got no data. It's y' all and y' all jokes. Okay. And also happy birthday, dad. Salute to Max B2. Max B was released on Sunday too. So salute to Max. French Montana's birthday on French Montana. Happy birthday to French Montana. And where you at this weekend, Jess? I'm in Toledo, Ohio. Perrysburg, Ohio. Which I found out that Perrysburg is like the county. So it's is where all the white people be at. But all my Toledo people get your tickets now. Just a bit. Little Larry's official dot com. This time I will be at the Perrysburg Funny Bone Comedy club. We got two shows this Friday, then two shows Saturday. I will be doing meet and greet at the late shows because the comedy club is set up for that. That's why I haven't been doing meet and greet because they don't be set up for that, but they for that. So y' all are not off limits for the meet and greet. Jessalariceofficial.com and Baltimore, I got some things to say. At 2 o' clock I got an announcement. I'm going to make the holiday show free for those in need. You know, just to come out and laugh. It's going to be a gift to Baltimore. But I have a bigger announcement or whatever on at 2pm so you can get your tickets for free for the the holiday show. A gift to Baltimore from just hilarious. Get your tickets, Solomon. You get a positive note. I do, man. And it's simple. Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. Okay? I want you to really remember that. Because if you believe it will work out, you'll see opportunities. But if you believe it won't, you will see obstacles. The choice is yours. Have a great day. 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