Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Lou Dobbs salutes Trump, Congress for signing coronavirus relief bill

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NOW, THAT MAY BE DELAYED A LITTLE BIT WHICH WILL ALSO BRING

LITTLE BIT WHICH WILL ALSO BRING YOU LIVE, JOINING US NOW BY

YOU LIVE, JOINING US NOW BY SKYPE FOR REACTION FROM ALL OF

SKYPE FOR REACTION FROM ALL OF THIS IS THE HOST OF THE SHOW,

THIS IS THE HOST OF THE SHOW, MR. LOU DOBBS, A PLEASURE TO SEE

MR. LOU DOBBS, A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU, A VERY BUSY DAY FOR THE

YOU, A VERY BUSY DAY FOR THE PRESIDENT, FOR CONGRESS, NOT

PRESIDENT, FOR CONGRESS, NOT ONLY DID THEY GET THAT PACKAGE

ONLY DID THEY GET THAT PACKAGE SIGNED FINALLY INTO LAW AFTER

SIGNED FINALLY INTO LAW AFTER DIDDLING ON THE PART OF CONGRESS

DIDDLING ON THE PART OF CONGRESS BUT THE PRESIDENT ALSO INVOKING

BUT THE PRESIDENT ALSO INVOKING THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TO

THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TO GET GM HOPPING ON THOSE

GET GM HOPPING ON THOSE VENTILATORS.

VENTILATORS. IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY A BUSY

IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY A BUSY DAY.

DAY. WHY DO YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WE

WHY DO YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WE SEEN ON TODAY.

SEEN ON TODAY. LOU: I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH

LOU: I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU, DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU, DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT LEAST THE 2 TRILLION-DOLLAR

AT LEAST THE 2 TRILLION-DOLLAR STIMULUS PACKAGE, THEY DO NOT

STIMULUS PACKAGE, THEY DO NOT LIKE IT WHEN YOU CALL IT THAT,

LIKE IT WHEN YOU CALL IT THAT, IS PRECISELY WHAT IT IS AND FOR

IS PRECISELY WHAT IT IS AND FOR MANY AND IT’S AN OUTRIGHT

MANY AND IT’S AN OUTRIGHT RESCUE, MILLIONS OF AMERICAN

RESCUE, MILLIONS OF AMERICAN WORKERS AND ISOLATE THE

WORKERS AND ISOLATE THE PRESIDENT, THE CONGRESS FOR

PRESIDENT, THE CONGRESS FOR MOVING AS YOU SAID, THEY

MOVING AS YOU SAID, THEY DITHERED AND TRUMPED TIME, THE

DITHERED AND TRUMPED TIME, THE REALITY IS, IT TOOK THEM OVER A

REALITY IS, IT TOOK THEM OVER A WEEK TO GET THIS THING MOVED TO

WEEK TO GET THIS THING MOVED TO REALITY TO SIGNATURE AND I THINK

REALITY TO SIGNATURE AND I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, YES

THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, YES THERE WAS A MAGIC ALONG THE WAY

THERE WAS A MAGIC ALONG THE WAY BUT ULTIMATELY THEY SERVE THE

BUT ULTIMATELY THEY SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,

INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THEIR MECCA FAMILY AND SMALL

THEIR MECCA FAMILY AND SMALL BUSINESS AND BIG AS WELL, I

BUSINESS AND BIG AS WELL, I THINK THEY DESERVE A

THINK THEY DESERVE A COMMENDATION.

COMMENDATION. I WOULD OFFER THAT.

I WOULD OFFER THAT. SECONDLY I THINK IT’S GOING TO

SECONDLY I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE AS WELL

BE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE AS WELL AS GREAT AID AND COMFORT TO

AS GREAT AID AND COMFORT TO THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO NEED

THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO NEED IT MAINLY WHO HAVE LOST JOBS

IT MAINLY WHO HAVE LOST JOBS ALREADY IN THE INCENTIVES IN

ALREADY IN THE INCENTIVES IN THIS TO KEEP WORKERS ON THE JOB

THIS TO KEEP WORKERS ON THE JOB IS UNPRECEDENTED.

IS UNPRECEDENTED. IT IS A HISTORIC PACKAGE NOT

IT IS A HISTORIC PACKAGE NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF SCALE BUT IN

ONLY IN TERMS OF SCALE BUT IN TERMS OF ITS CONTENT IN THIS

TERMS OF ITS CONTENT IN THIS RECOGNITION THAT THE AMERICAN

RECOGNITION THAT THE AMERICAN WORKER IS THE CENTER IN THE

WORKER IS THE CENTER IN THE MIDDLE CLASS TO EVERYTHING THAT

MIDDLE CLASS TO EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE AND THAT WE DO, I AM JUST

WE ARE AND THAT WE DO, I AM JUST TREMENDOUSLY ENTHUSED BY WHAT I

TREMENDOUSLY ENTHUSED BY WHAT I WITNESSED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

WITNESSED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AS YOU KNOW, I AM NOT OFTEN

AS YOU KNOW, I AM NOT OFTEN ENTHUSED.

ENTHUSED. DAVID: NOT WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE

DAVID: NOT WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE BELL RATE AT ANY RATE.

THE BELL RATE AT ANY RATE. AMERICANS ARE RESPONDING AT

AMERICANS ARE RESPONDING AT LEAST THROUGH THE POLLS WITH

LEAST THROUGH THE POLLS WITH SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT AND

SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HIS LEADERSHIP SPECIFICALLY AS

HIS LEADERSHIP SPECIFICALLY AS REGARD TO THE VIRUS THAT IS

REGARD TO THE VIRUS THAT IS GRIPPING AMERICA, OTHERWISE THEY

GRIPPING AMERICA, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE IN A FEARFUL STATE AND

WOULD BE IN A FEARFUL STATE AND CLEARLY THEY SEE A SENSE OF

CLEARLY THEY SEE A SENSE OF LEADERSHIP ON THE PART OF THE

LEADERSHIP ON THE PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE THAT IS NOT CALMING

WHITE HOUSE THAT IS NOT CALMING AMERICANS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT

AMERICANS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT WITH REGARD

TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT WITH REGARD TO THE VIRUS BUT INSURING THEM

TO THE VIRUS BUT INSURING THEM THERE IN GOOD HANDS RIGHT NOW.

THERE IN GOOD HANDS RIGHT NOW. LOU: HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN

LOU: HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN STEADY AND SURE, I’M AMAZED AT

STEADY AND SURE, I’M AMAZED AT SOME OF THE CRITICISM I HAVE

SOME OF THE CRITICISM I HAVE HEARD EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HEARD

HEARD EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE HEARD FOR FOR THREE AND HALF YEARS, AS

FOR FOR THREE AND HALF YEARS, AS HE SITS IN THE OVAL OFFICE.

HE SITS IN THE OVAL OFFICE. EVEN AS HE IS SUCCEEDING AND

EVEN AS HE IS SUCCEEDING AND ACHIEVING EXACTLY WHAT HE

ACHIEVING EXACTLY WHAT HE COMMUNICATES TO THE AMERICAN

COMMUNICATES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE NATIONAL LEFT-WING

PEOPLE, THE NATIONAL LEFT-WING MEDIA CONTINUE TO CRITIQUE HIM

MEDIA CONTINUE TO CRITIQUE HIM TO SUGGEST THAT HE IS SOMEHOW

TO SUGGEST THAT HE IS SOMEHOW FALTERING.

FALTERING. THE REALITY IS, WHAT SCARES THE

THE REALITY IS, WHAT SCARES THE LEFT-WING MEDIA AND THE

LEFT-WING MEDIA AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO MUCH, HIS

DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO MUCH, HIS LEADERSHIP IS SO PREDICTABLE.

LEADERSHIP IS SO PREDICTABLE. THEY WANT TO TRY TO BRAND HIM IN

THEY WANT TO TRY TO BRAND HIM IN SOME SORT OF ECCENTRIC WHEN IN

SOME SORT OF ECCENTRIC WHEN IN FACT HE DRIVE STRAIGHT DOWN THE

FACT HE DRIVE STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

MIDDLE. IF YOU LOOK AT HIS POLICIES IN

IF YOU LOOK AT HIS POLICIES IN THE STIMULUS BILL ADDRESSES AND

THE STIMULUS BILL ADDRESSES AND SUPPORTS, IS THE BROAD SWAP OF

SUPPORTS, IS THE BROAD SWAP OF AMERICA, HE’S NOT ON THE LEFT OR

AMERICA, HE’S NOT ON THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT, HE IS DOWN THE MIDDLE

THE RIGHT, HE IS DOWN THE MIDDLE WHERE IT OUGHT TO BE, ONE OF THE

WHERE IT OUGHT TO BE, ONE OF THE THINGS, I DON’T THINK AS MUCH

THINGS, I DON’T THINK AS MUCH ATTENTION, PART OF THE NATIONAL

ATTENTION, PART OF THE NATIONAL LEFT-WING MEDIA LIKE MOST OF THE

LEFT-WING MEDIA LIKE MOST OF THE SUCCESSES, HE IS COMMUNICATING

SUCCESSES, HE IS COMMUNICATING WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE

WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE AMERICAN VOTER, THE MIDDLE CLASS

AMERICAN VOTER, THE MIDDLE CLASS CLASS, THOSE WHO INSPIRE,

CLASS, THOSE WHO INSPIRE, WORKING WHEN ENTERING MEN AND

WORKING WHEN ENTERING MEN AND WOMEN, NOT THE PEOPLE SITTING ON

WOMEN, NOT THE PEOPLE SITTING ON WALL STREET IN THE CORNER

WALL STREET IN THE CORNER OFFICES BUT RATHER THE PEOPLE

OFFICES BUT RATHER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE ABSOLUTE BACKBONE OF

WHO ARE THE ABSOLUTE BACKBONE OF THE COUNTRY.

THE COUNTRY. THAT MONEY IS GOING TO THEM,

THAT MONEY IS GOING TO THEM, CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF IT BUT MORE

CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF IT BUT MORE THAN THEY HAVE EVER SEEN IN ANY

THAN THEY HAVE EVER SEEN IN ANY PREVIOUS ECONOMIC EMERGENCY, HE

PREVIOUS ECONOMIC EMERGENCY, HE LIGHTS TO CALL IN A HEALTH

LIGHTS TO CALL IN A HEALTH EMERGENCY AND IT IS ALL THAT BUT

EMERGENCY AND IT IS ALL THAT BUT THE HEALTH EMERGENCY HAS CREATED

THE HEALTH EMERGENCY HAS CREATED A FINANCIAL CRISIS OF

A FINANCIAL CRISIS OF UNFATHOMABLE AND UNPRECEDENTED

UNFATHOMABLE AND UNPRECEDENTED SEVERITY.

SEVERITY. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE

WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN SUCH A QUICK TIME, THESE

THIS IN SUCH A QUICK TIME, THESE THINGS NORMALLY TAKE AS A

THINGS NORMALLY TAKE AS A STUDENT OF ECONOMIC HISTORY,

STUDENT OF ECONOMIC HISTORY, SOMETIMES YEARS TO UNFOLD.

SOMETIMES YEARS TO UNFOLD. THIS WAS HAPPENING IN ONE MONTH,

THIS WAS HAPPENING IN ONE MONTH, IT IS EXTRAORDINARY HOW QUICK

IT IS EXTRAORDINARY HOW QUICK THE RESPONSES AND HOW EFFECTIVE

THE RESPONSES AND HOW EFFECTIVE I BELIEVE IT WILL BE.

I BELIEVE IT WILL BE. DAVID: THANKFULLY HE DID GET THE

DAVID: THANKFULLY HE DID GET THE DEAL DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE

DEAL DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK.

WEEK. WE WERE MENTIONING THE DITHERING

WE WERE MENTIONING THE DITHERING THAT TOOK PLACE, THIS TIME

THAT TOOK PLACE, THIS TIME INITIALLY IN THE BEGINNING OF

INITIALLY IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK BY DEMOCRATS,

THE WEEK BY DEMOCRATS, MR. SCHUMER WAS TRYING TO DO IN

MR. SCHUMER WAS TRYING TO DO IN THE SENATE, NOW BY REPUBLICAN,

THE SENATE, NOW BY REPUBLICAN, MR. MASSIE IN THE HOUSE, BUT THE

MR. MASSIE IN THE HOUSE, BUT THE PRESIDENT GOT THE DEAL, HE WAS

PRESIDENT GOT THE DEAL, HE WAS HONEST HE SAID I DON’T LIKE

HONEST HE SAID I DON’T LIKE EVERYTHING IN HERE BUT YOU HAVE

EVERYTHING IN HERE BUT YOU HAVE TO GET A DEAL DONE, SOMETIMES

TO GET A DEAL DONE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SWALLOW BITTERNESS

YOU HAVE TO SWALLOW BITTERNESS IN ORDER TO TAKE THE MEDICINE

IN ORDER TO TAKE THE MEDICINE THAT YOU NEED.

THAT YOU NEED. LOU: SCHUMER AND MASSIE -- THERE

LOU: SCHUMER AND MASSIE -- THERE HAS BEEN AN EQUIVALENCY IN MY

HAS BEEN AN EQUIVALENCY IN MY MIND, SCHUMER KNOWS BETTER, HE

MIND, SCHUMER KNOWS BETTER, HE WAS PLAYING TERRIBLE GAMES

WAS PLAYING TERRIBLE GAMES IDEOLOGICAL GAMES AND DESPITE

IDEOLOGICAL GAMES AND DESPITE FULL GAMES AS A REPRESENTATIVE

FULL GAMES AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A PARTY OF HATE.

OF A PARTY OF HATE. AND I REALLY HATE TO SEE THAT,

AND I REALLY HATE TO SEE THAT, HE AND PELOSI WERE OFFENSIVE AND

HE AND PELOSI WERE OFFENSIVE AND AS AWFUL AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN

AS AWFUL AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CAREERS IN WHICH THEY

THEIR CAREERS IN WHICH THEY TESTED THE LIMITS OF AWFUL

TESTED THE LIMITS OF AWFUL SEVERAL TIMES.

SEVERAL TIMES. BUT THIS WAS NOT A GREAT MOMENT

BUT THIS WAS NOT A GREAT MOMENT FOR SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI

FOR SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI EVEN THOUGH THEY CAME TO THEIR

EVEN THOUGH THEY CAME TO THEIR SENSES AND DID THE RIGHT THING

SENSES AND DID THE RIGHT THING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. CONGRESSMAN MASSIE IS AN

CONGRESSMAN MASSIE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DECIDED HE COULD

INDIVIDUAL WHO DECIDED HE COULD BLOCK THE WILL OF THE CONGRESS,

BLOCK THE WILL OF THE CONGRESS, EVEN THOUGH IN ALL OF HIS TIME

EVEN THOUGH IN ALL OF HIS TIME IN CONGRESS THE MAN HAS NOT

IN CONGRESS THE MAN HAS NOT PERSUADED WITH SINGLE PERSON TO

PERSUADED WITH SINGLE PERSON TO STAND WITH HIM, YOU NOTICED ON

STAND WITH HIM, YOU NOTICED ON ANY ISSUE.

ANY ISSUE. HE IS A NOT BUYER OF THE WORST

HE IS A NOT BUYER OF THE WORST KIND.

KIND. THAT IS AGGRESSIVELY SO TRYING

THAT IS AGGRESSIVELY SO TRYING TO ASSERT POWER OVER THE

TO ASSERT POWER OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE INSTITUTION,

DIRECTION OF THE INSTITUTION, THERE IS ONLY ONE MAN INCAPABLE

THERE IS ONLY ONE MAN INCAPABLE OF PERSUADING OTHERS AND HIS

OF PERSUADING OTHERS AND HIS VIEW AND PHILOSOPHY.

VIEW AND PHILOSOPHY. I FIND NO EXCUSE FOR HIM AT ALL.

I FIND NO EXCUSE FOR HIM AT ALL. DAVID: NOW WE HAVE LOOKING TO

DAVID: NOW WE HAVE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, THE PROSPECT OF

THE FUTURE, THE PROSPECT OF COMING OUT OF A DEAD STOP FOR

COMING OUT OF A DEAD STOP FOR THE ECONOMY IF YOU WILL OR CLOSE

THE ECONOMY IF YOU WILL OR CLOSE TO IT, EVEN GOVERNOR CUOMO, OF

TO IT, EVEN GOVERNOR CUOMO, OF NEW YORK, HE IS NOW SEEN THAT WE

NEW YORK, HE IS NOW SEEN THAT WE CAN DO BOTH, WE CAN LICK THE

CAN DO BOTH, WE CAN LICK THE VIRUS THROUGH PARTIAL SHUTDOWN

VIRUS THROUGH PARTIAL SHUTDOWN AND STILL GET THE ECONOMY

AND STILL GET THE ECONOMY MOVING.

MOVING. I AM NOT CLEAR WHERE HE’LL END

I AM NOT CLEAR WHERE HE’LL END UP WHEN HIS HEAD STOPPED

UP WHEN HIS HEAD STOPPED SPINNING BUT AT LEAST AMERICAN

SPINNING BUT AT LEAST AMERICAN NOW IS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF

NOW IS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF RESTARTING THE ECONOMY.

RESTARTING THE ECONOMY. LOU: AMERICA WILL DO THAT

LOU: AMERICA WILL DO THAT RESPECTIVE OF CUOMO.

RESPECTIVE OF CUOMO. I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT IN

I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT IN CONTEXT, HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS,

CONTEXT, HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS, HE WAS LATE, DE BLASIO, THE

HE WAS LATE, DE BLASIO, THE MAYOR OF NEWARK CITY WAS THE

MAYOR OF NEWARK CITY WAS THE TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE CRISIS

TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE CRISIS AND CUOMO STEPPED IN AS IF HE IS

AND CUOMO STEPPED IN AS IF HE IS THE SAVIOR RATHER THAN A FIELD

THE SAVIOR RATHER THAN A FIELD LEADER.

LEADER. IT WAS HE WHO DID NOT BUY

IT WAS HE WHO DID NOT BUY VENTILATORS WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE

VENTILATORS WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THEM AND IT WAS HIS

BOUGHT THEM AND IT WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO BUT

RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO BUT INSTEAD HE’S BUYING SOLAR PANELS

INSTEAD HE’S BUYING SOLAR PANELS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. AND THEN HE DEPENDED ENTIRELY ON

AND THEN HE DEPENDED ENTIRELY ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THEN HE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THEN HE ATTACKS THEM, BECAUSE HE THINKS

ATTACKS THEM, BECAUSE HE THINKS IN HIS STUDIED LEADERSHIP THAT

IN HIS STUDIED LEADERSHIP THAT HE SHOULD’VE BEEN CONSULTED.

HE SHOULD’VE BEEN CONSULTED. THIS IS A MAN WHO HAVE DONE

THIS IS A MAN WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR YOU NEW YORK IN ITS

NOTHING FOR YOU NEW YORK IN ITS EPICENTER OF THIS OUTBREAK.

EPICENTER OF THIS OUTBREAK. IT HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF

IT HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VICTIMS AND THAT IS THE

VICTIMS AND THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MAYOR OF

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE GOVERNOR

NEW YORK CITY AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE AND HE IS TRYING TO

OF THE STATE AND HE IS TRYING TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN LARGER, CRITIC

ALTERNATE BETWEEN LARGER, CRITIC AND ALSO BY THE WEIGHT OF FIELD

AND ALSO BY THE WEIGHT OF FIELD LEADER OF THE STATE THAT HAS

LEADER OF THE STATE THAT HAS MUCH TO ACCOUNT FOR AS A RESULT

MUCH TO ACCOUNT FOR AS A RESULT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY OUTBREAK,

OF THE EXTRAORDINARY OUTBREAK, THE WORST IN THE NATION, THE

THE WORST IN THE NATION, THE WORST IN FACT OUTSIDE OF WUHAN.

WORST IN FACT OUTSIDE OF WUHAN. DAVID: WE HAVE TO JUMP BUT I

DAVID: WE HAVE TO JUMP BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT

WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION -- I AM ON THE FIRST

MENTION -- I AM ON THE FIRST FLOOR, DON’T WORRY I CAN’T GET

FLOOR, DON’T WORRY I CAN’T GET HURT IF I DO JUMP.

HURT IF I DO JUMP. THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF YOUR

THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF YOUR QUARANTINE I’M HAPPY TO MENTION,

QUARANTINE I’M HAPPY TO MENTION, WE WILL SEE YOU BACK IN THE SEAT

WE WILL SEE YOU BACK IN THE SEAT ON MONDAY.

ON MONDAY. RIGHT.

RIGHT. LOU: THE LAST DAY OF THE

LOU: THE LAST DAY OF THE QUARANTINE FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF

QUARANTINE FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF OF LOU DOBBS.

OF LOU DOBBS. I AM HAPPY TO SAY.

I AM HAPPY TO SAY. EVERYONE IS HEALTHY, ABLE AND

EVERYONE IS HEALTHY, ABLE AND EAGER TO GET BACK TO WORK

EAGER TO GET BACK TO WORK MONDAY.

MONDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH DAVID YOU BEEN

THANK YOU SO MUCH DAVID YOU BEEN TERRIFIC THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

TERRIFIC THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.