Okay, hello everybody. It's Thursday, September 19th and Chappo is back at it.

Obviously, we will be discussing the rather frightening escalation of the conflict in Lebanon which

involved the detonation of thousands of consumer electronic devices. We've got

some stuff coming up next week to broaden the horizon to an international scope. But if you

will bear with us for today we're indulging in our East Coast bias on this show talking

about my fair city of New York and joining me and perhaps Felix later

we'll see but joining me today is back on the show once again is Katie and

Chris from Hellgate the independent New York journalism outfit Katie and

Chris from Hellgates, the independent New York journalism outfit covering the fair city of

Gotham. And of course today we're talking about it's been a hell of a month

for our mayor here in New York City and I'd just like to begin

Katie and Chris with comments that Eric Adams made just yesterday. This was at a the national remarks made at the

opening remarks of the National Urban Rats Summit. The mayor said I didn't

realize so many people would show up to talk about rats. He said

spotting a rat in your home or having a close encounter with one on the

street can be traumatic for some. Am I too, Katie and Chris, is there anything I can read between the lines here regarding

the mayor and his inner circle and his comments about what to do if you encounter a rat,

if a rat is in your home,

and how dealing with rats can be a traumatic experience.

I mean, I guess I'll say that Eric Adams is a mayor

who has said the phrase, I hate rats more than any other mayor in the history of New York easily

He says it any possible chance he gets in yeah that the metaphor is a little too on the nose there perhaps but it is

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