 the country, so he quit. Friday marked 50 years since Richard Nixon resigned. More from townhome.com.  Thousands remain without power as Hurricane Debbie causes trouble in our area. Good morning, I'm Dave Peters in the Talk 1398.7 newsroom. Thousands of National Grid customers remain without power in the Greater Capital District and North Country this morning. Hurricane Debbie bringing heavy rain, causing chaos for our area. The number has dwindled through the night as there were nearly 20,000 customers in the blackout at one point.  Flooding has been abundant in our area. One man was seen kayaking on the streets of Albany. Others snapping pictures of vehicles stuck and accumulating water in cities. St. Peter's Health Partners' Albany Memorial Campus closed yesterday due to flooding. A hospital representative says a faulty cap on a water pipe dislodged, causing a major problem there. Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide state of emergency yesterday in preference of the storm.  State crews were ready to respond to help support utility workers that had been dispatched. NYSEG is reporting around 40,000 outages west and south of the Capital District.  Parents of the teenager who was killed in a head-on crash in Bethlehem last year are now suing the town of Colony for negligence. Times Union says the sued alleged town police failed to remove 73-year-old Thomas McGrath from the roadways in two prior incidents, one occurring the same day he struck Michael and another just two days before. McGrath has pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter, assault, vehicular homicide, and driving under the influence of drugs.  Reports of a car crashing into a home in the area of Round Lake Road and Benedict Road in the town of Boston last night. There may be two crashes in the area in the same day and appears to be an all-too-common occurrence there. The speed limit is posted at 20, but drivers are often seen going through much faster. No injuries were reported. A portion of Mechanic Street in the village of Boston Spa will remain closed to traffic through at least the weekend after the roadway suffered a partial collapse yesterday.  No injuries reported there as well. New charges are being filed against a Broadalbin man in connection with a string of fires. Latest charges involve a July 16th fire at the Broadalbin First Presbyterian Church. 39-year-old Leon Nadeau is charged with arson. Fulton County Sheriff's deputies say he set fire to the rear entrance of the church as members were working inside. No injuries were reported, but...  The church did suffer heavy damage. Last month, state police arrested Nadeau in connection with a string of three fires in Broadalbin between July 16th and July 18th. Sheriff's deputies say he's suspected in several other suspicious fires in the village, and those cases have been turned over to the district attorney's office for future charges.  In sports, racing is back on in Saratoga today. The Yankees game against the Rangers was postponed due to Hurricane Debbie. Fans getting a doubleheader in the Bronx today. Mets on the West Coast playing the Mariner. Seattle wins 6-0. Astros over Red Sox 8-4. Debbie also delaying Tri-City Valley Cats game yesterday. Two seven-inning games will be played tomorrow. There's single-game admission for those interested in attending.  The Olympics Algerian boxer Iman Khalif won gold over China's Yang Liu. Boxers faced controversy this summer. Khalif was previously disqualified from international events after allegedly testing for XY chromosomes, which are typically found in men. Elsewhere, Ryan Benjamin took gold at the men's 400 hurdles. The U.S. is tied with China for most golds at 33, while the U.S. has secured the most medals so far at 111. Let's see what...  the weather has in store for us.  I'm News 10 ABC meteorologist Kevin Appleby with your top 1300 and 98.7 weather. Decreasing humidity over the course of your Saturday. Temperatures will be spiking into the upper 70s and lower 80s. A mix of clouds and sun and just a stray chance for a shower late in the day. Tonight, mostly clear skies. Temperatures dropping back into the 50s, maybe near 60 here in the Tri-Cities. Tomorrow, a bright start, increasing clouds, chance for a late-day shower or thunderstorm. High temperatures, upper 70s to near 80s.  And currently, it is 70 degrees on a Saturday morning here in the Capital District. I'm Dave Peters, and you're now up to date where you can hear the Capital and Auto Car Care Hour this morning at 8 right here on Talk 1300 and 98.7. So get this.  There's this guy from upstate New York, a Democrat hellhole, and he has this little tiny radio show on Saturday morning. They call him Giddy in the City. And we love Giddy. Here he is, everybody. Big, strong, and handsome Giddy in the City.  Welcome back to Giddy in the City. The phone lines are open 518-476-1300, whatever's on your mind this morning. If you're still without power, I don't think you got many that are in the same boat as you, but we're with you. We got you, okay? We'll keep you updated, and it looks like National Grid's on it this morning.  Joe Peek at 8. At 9, it's the 518 Realty Show and the Trusco Bank Program at 9 and 930. And then Paul Vandenberg's got you. The Chief from 10 until noon. And then tomorrow, we're going to be making you some money on a Sunday with Swap Shop. I'll be in from 9 to noon. We got Dave Peters in the newsroom with me. Keeping you updated throughout the morning and providing some commentary along the way as well. 518-476-1300. It's Giddy. Who's this?  It's Joe. What's up, Joe? How's it going, man? I'm doing good. You know, when you put your vote in a ballot, when you actually put your ballot in the scanner, it actually looks like a shredder, you know? I know. And the thing about it is, it's like, what is it doing? Is it converting it to computerized and then shredding the actual paper ballot? You would think...  that it wouldn't because if they had to go back if they had to back up yeah use that as a as a fallback they would go back to that yeah but i mean i'd be curious to i mean and they probably should release that information if you ask but they would give you a hard time they probably would push back as to what happens to your ballot when you actually put it in there and  where it goes after that, you know, because they don't make it clear. And I think they all kind of, after the 2020 election results were in, in the months that followed that, I think they all came out and kind of mentioned that, yeah, there is like a flash drive that they insert into the voting machine and the data is in there and then they bring that to register it.  And they didn't mention about where your ballots go. I don't know. I really don't think they shred it. It looks like one. I don't really think they're turning our ballots into the new Starbucks cups.  But you don't you really don't know. You don't know. Yeah. The thing about it is, too, is that when you are voting by mail, you don't see any of that. So I feel more secure voting in person. Of course. And and, you know, I'm I'm right up there with you. I believe voting in person and on Election Day, too. They give you more more than enough time to get it done.  Yeah, I don't know. Here we are. Here we are again. Here we are again. We don't even have faith that the votes we cast are counted. I know. I know. What do you got, Dave? It's kind of sad, right? Yeah. And you know what's even crazier? I could be completely fabricating this in my mind, but do you not go to the machine, you put the ballot in, and then if it's cast successfully,  the screen on the unit pops up a big old check mark, like, hey, dummy, don't worry about it. We got it. It's cast successfully. Is that not true? Or maybe I have a different machine. I mean, it's supposed to be true. It's supposed to tally correctly. But, I mean, how often do computers fail? I picked up a phone this morning. It didn't have a dial tone. It didn't have a dial tone, but it still worked, though.  It still worked out. I think the dial tone might be there. I think that might be it. Just the whole conversation in general, it's unfortunate because it's what the enemies want. They want our democracy, our elections to fail. And it's working. The confusion, the smoke screen that they got now is working. And our buddy from Stillwater wanted us all to take photos of the ballot. You found out that we legally can't in this state. But then again, some of you out there, how long would it take you to get your camera working? I know there's people out there that have had these phones forever.  Where's my camera? It takes you a while. If we could get 74 million to vote last time, getting 100,000 to take pictures would be a stretch. But here you go. You have a woman that is the vice president, but in 2020, she didn't receive a single delegate's vote, became the VP, and in 2024, she didn't receive a single delegate's vote. Now she's the Democratic nominee. And  Oh, yeah, okay. Now you know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's got him now. Yeah. She's got him now. That was pretty much the only choice.  The only choice. And, I mean, there she is as the border czar. Look at 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Okay? In 2021, you had 1.9 million illegal border crossings. 2022, you had 2.7 million. 2023, you had 3.2. This year, and it's so far. We're...  Three quarters of the year, damn. Not even. 4.7, almost 4.8 million border crossings. And last week on the tail end of it, I told you about a story about the terrorists that were connected to a terrorist cell that were picked up. And then the border patrol agents that were telling the news media about the story, they were like, you know, with all this craziness and all the influx of the invasion, we probably let some in.  He probably lets them in. Yeah. You couldn't possibly get them all at this rate. 4.8? Crossings? And that's just this year. I think it's total. That's crossings this year. Crossings. Okay. Yeah.  What I want to know, because is it multiple people crossing multiple times? Going back and forth. And I also want to know how many are you not documenting? Exactly. What's the count? What's the unknowns? I don't know. What do they call them? They call them gotaways. Yeah, the gotaways. The gotaways.  A pack of 50. Oh, they're a pack of 50 gotaways. 50, give or take. Give or take 10. They're so small. It's so tiny. I don't get how you can document them crossing. You can't apprehend them? There's not enough room. Where would you put 4.8 million people? I know. It's absurd, right? But then you look at the other side when we had Don. So I just gave you from 2021 to 2024 so far. You look at 2017.  Okay, 310,000. And then 18 with 404,000. 19 with 859,000. Wow, they had a good year that year, even with Don. And then in 2020, they had 405,000. Yeah, but I think these numbers were even higher during the Obama years. Yeah, probably. DACA. They had the caravans coming. No, but I think they were arresting more people, if I'm not mistaken.  I believe Obama, yeah, under Obama, they actually were apprehending more people. But that might have been because there was less crossings. I mean, more crossings. And they think that they, I mean, I brought up the fact that, you know, these people are registered. And some of them, when the journalists ask them, they admit, oh, yeah, hell, we voted already, you know. But I didn't think that they needed them. Clearly, the reason why this is happening is because the left needs them.  Needs them. In Obama's years, I don't think they needed him. They weren't worried about it. They were like, hey, who's on the, what do we have, Romney? Could he surface again? They didn't expect Trump. They were like, we got Hillary. It'll just be a handoff. And she'll be in. We don't need anybody.  Yeah, the only thing I can really say is that if they're going to states that lean blue already and they're going to try to attempt some open vote, then it won't really hurt anyway. Does that make sense to you? No, that's why they would have to go to a Texas. That's why they'll have to go to a Florida. Yeah. They'll have to go to a... I mean, well, I guess we'll have to see what happens, but...  Yeah, and then as you said, the confusion with the voting, look at the confusion at the rallies. I mean, that rally that she had in the hangar,  You're having people put that into websites that test for AI influence in the photos, and it's pinging 90% AI. And I'm no photography expert or anything like that, but the field of view looks a little weird. It looks like there's too much going on in the foreground. It looks like it was...  edited, set back. And there's people saying that all these people that were there in the hangar, they were told it was going to be a free Taylor Swift concert. And then last night in Phoenix, there was a post on Craigslist. We don't know if it's real or not. Anyone could have posted this. They were looking for actors.  They're looking for actors. At least 500. Actors needed. Phoenix Convention Center. Actors needed for event tomorrow from 2 to 11 p.m. $15 an hour. I thought they were all about $20 an hour. So I might not believe this anymore. Duties include protest activity and holding signs that are anti-Trump. Minorities welcome and needed. We don't know if that's true or not. And then even the Kamala Harris campaign is taking footage from the Trump rallies.  That are at half capacity at the time the video is taken. And that was at 8 p.m. Yeah, it's when they're bringing them in, right? And then at 10 p.m. the place is full, but the Harris headquarters is running with the footage of the Trump Stadium half-packed.  Meanwhile, the Harris rally last night, it looked like a... I don't even know what sport's going on at the MVP. I don't even know what the name of the arena is anymore in Albany. But it looked like one of those events where they pull the curtains across the upper section so you don't pay attention to it. You don't think that those seats are there and you think there's more attendance.  The confusion is, I think it's working for them. It's working for them. Here we are confused. We don't know what's real, what's not. One thing that I will point out that is definitely real, you look at a Harris rally, the footage there, of course there's people there. But I don't see a lot of American flags. I don't see a lot of American flags at the Harris AWOLs rallies. I don't. What do you see, like commies for Harris?  No, just those signs. Just those signs. Harris walls. And whatever else their signs say, like decency again and whatever. And signs that say, she's black.  Yeah. Imagine a suburban white woman going to a Harris thing and holding up a sign that says she's black. Right. Funny. But I'm waiting for a middle of the road. I mean, Don just went to the National Association of Black Journalists, the NABJs.  And like, is there not a middle middle of the road journalist that can get access to Kamala for a little bit? Well, she won't access to Kamala from journalists right now. She's she's not taking any questions. But I mean, ask her or not. Are you Indian or are you black? What are you running with this year? Clearly, it's black. But let's hear from some of the voters last night in Phoenix at the Harris rally or the attendees of the rally.  I mean, not to be cocky, but I'm optimistic. And this lady's doing sign language. She's playing deaf or whatever, but she's talking pretty good for a deaf lady.  We've been a supporter of, you know, she's a woman. She's a woman. And she's black. And she's the first president candidate that I think. And not only is this person acting deaf. I think the whole deaf thing is an act. Women. And she's a woman. And she's black. And this is a white lady.  They only care about the identity. Yeah, I don't even know what she was getting at there. I don't know what she was getting at. But you heard it. She only cared about... She's a woman! And she's black! Wow!  The sheep, they have their orders. They have their orders. They said, hey, sheep. They said, meh. It's Kamala now. And they said, meh. And they said, it's Kamala. And they're all in. They're there. It's Giddy. Who's this? Ed from Able Bark. Ed, how we doing, brother? Very good. How you doing, guys? Hanging in there. Hey. Yeah, the...  Probably the guy that's best to talk about election integrity would be Mike Lindell. He spent tens of millions of dollars investigating election integrity, and he said the best way to do it is to hang on to your ballot until Election Day, bring it to your polling place, check in. And what happens occasionally is they will say that you already voted, and then you can take it to your sheriff and they can investigate it.  That's the best way to handle it. It gives them less time to fool with the ballot. Now, I don't know if you skipped a step, Ed, so you're walking into the polling place with your ballot? Yes, that's the best way to do it. Where are you getting it from, from the mail? I believe so. Don't they mail out ballots to everybody? I don't know. I think you have to ask for one, don't you? You request one, because I definitely don't get them.  Okay. Ed, I could be wrong. I probably, like you, I don't know if you do the mail-in. Do you do the mail-in or do you go on Election Day? It might depend on the state because I know...  In some states or some places, they bail out five ballots to different houses. It might depend on the state. It could. It could even depend on the county sometimes. And I know that they certainly mail out voter registration for people that aren't registered. And in Michigan this year, they had Big Mike on the envelope.  I think they got it wrong. I think they jumped the gun. They didn't even think of Kamala. They were like, there's no way we're going to run her. But there was just to get people to register. So I don't know, Ed, but I feel like there's an extra step there. Yeah, but is there early voting in a lot of states?  I don't know how many states have it, but what you're hearing now, it seems like they almost all do. But I believe the governor from Virginia is now saying that he wants it to be all paper ballots this year. So just as we were mentioning before, Ed, the confusion is working.  Oh, sure. It used to be. I mean, think of this. Think about the 90s, the 80s, whatever, when it was just pulling the lever. There was no doubt in your mind how you voted. No doubt. There's no question about it. You go on election day. You stand in line at the volunteer fire department or whatever, or at the gym, at the local school. You wait your turn. You pull the handle. And that was it. Now we got this mess.  And I think we should we should go back. We should go back. I I don't know. I have I'd have to look into the whole thing. I don't really like the idea of like, OK, if you think yet, I don't. It seems like there's too many steps. If so, you got your ballot in the mail and you fill it out. And then if the if the polling place doesn't want to take it or accept it.  Then you bring it to your sheriff. At that point, I'd be like, that's risky. And say, at what point do you bring it to the sheriff? And he's like, okay, where does he send it? Where do they send it? Where does that go? The confusion is working. And I don't even know if it's supposed to be, oh, remember it was all Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia. Oh, Russia confusion, the collusion. Collusion, confusion. Now it's just, I think it's all at home.  We've done it to ourselves. Our own worst enemy. Local talk, local news, local callers, local management, and local ownership. This is Talk 1398.7 FM. At the Albany MedHealth System, every heartbeat inspires us.  We provide more advanced heart care in our communities than anyone else. Leading heart surgeons and the only heart specialists for children. From advanced open heart surgeries to the latest minimally invasive technology. The Albany Med Health System is with you for everything. Find out more at albanymed.org.  I'm Joe Peek. Join me this morning at 8 for the Capital Land Auto Hour here on Talk 1300 and 98.7. Briar Creek Golf Course is just three minutes from exit 25A off the New York State Thruway. 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And then at 8, we have Joe Peek and the Capital Land Auto Car Care Show, the 518 Realty Show at 9, and at 9.30, it's the Trusco Bank Program. Paul Vandenberg's got you from 10 until noon, okay? Maybe he'll settle the dust on some of the confusion, but I don't think so. We've created that mess.  We've created that mess. And now we have a woman who became vice president. Just selected. Get her in there. We don't even have to have her talk much. Because when she does, it's... Sucks. And now she's the one. It's her. It's all you, girl. Yes, queen. It's all you, slay. It's all her.  And I think in 2020 in the presidential primaries, I think she got less than 2% of the vote. And she got the delegates handed to her this year. And there she is, just this week, kind of crapping on her own. Because while our economy is doing well by many measures, prices for everyday things like groceries are still too high. You know it and I know it.  You know, when I was Attorney General, I went after price fixing schemes.  And when I get in, it will be a day one priority to fight to bring down prices. I will take on big corporate. Jesus, it's like she was she was a multibillionaire mogul. That's like, oh, I want you know, this has been going on too long and I want to fix it. You had four years to fix it, Kamala. And you think if she was smart, you had to see it coming down the pike that old Joey wasn't probably going to make it another term.  You would think you would have jumped on it then and started to fix this stuff. Get ahead of it. No. No, that's not what happened. Here she is on the campaign trail. I'm going to fix everything. And then there's the sheep going. You know what? I think she can. She can. And she's black. And she's a woman. You can't make it up.  The only way they can win is this mess that we got with our voting system. Too many ways! This is WGDJ Rensler and W254DA Albany. Constant content on Talk 1300 at 98.7. With SRN News, I'm Bob Agnew in Washington.  Former President Donald Trump was on the campaign trail in Montana last night, part of the effort not only to win the presidential race in that state, but also in the Democrats. The Democrat Senator Jon Tester is one of those targeted for flipping by Senate Republicans. They're hoping to replace him with a Trump supported Tim Sheehy. Most Americans agree democracy is on the ballot this November, but they disagree on the exact nature of the threat.  Many Democrats continue to see Donald Trump as a threat to democracy because of his challenge of the 2020 election results. But the poll findings also suggest many of Trump's supporters agree with him that the Biden-Harris administration amounts to the real threat because of their policies, especially the vice president's support of illegal immigration. This is SRN News.  Hurricane Debbie causing some headaches around the Capital District. Good morning, I'm Dave Peters in the Talk 1398.7 newsroom.  Thousands of National Grid customers remain without power in and around Capital District and beyond this morning. Hurricane Debbie bringing heavy rain, causing some chaos for New Yorkers in the area. The number has dwindled through the night as crews continue to restore power. At one point, there was nearly 20,000 in a blackout. Flooding has been abundant in the area.  One man was seen kayaking in the streets of Albany. Others snapping pictures of vehicles stuck in accumulating water in our cities. St. Peter's Health Partners' Albany Memorial Campus closed yesterday due to flooding.