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AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I'M KYRA PHILLIPS.
TODAY ON "ABC NEWS LIVE",
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING
POSSIBLE INDICTMENT IN
THE STORMY DANIELS HUSH MONEY
CASE.
THE SECURITY PLANS FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE SECRET
SERVICE.
THE U.S. BLASTING CHINA'S
PROPOSAL FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE
AS CHINA'S JINPING MEETS
WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
WHAT AMERICA'S TOP DIPLOMAT
IS SAYING AND HOW JAPAN'S PRIME
MINISTER STOLE SOME XI'S
THUNDER.
PLUS, A 12 YEAR OLD DJ
WILL CHANGE YOUR TUNE, TRIPLE
J.
JOINING US ON HOW HE'S ROCKIN
THE RADIO AND "ABC NEWS LIVE"
ON WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY.
BUT WE BEGIN WITH FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP FACING
A POSSIBLE INDICTMENT IN
THE STORMY DANIELS HUSH MONEY
CASE.
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
STEPPING UP SECURITY IN CASE OF
POTENTIAL PROTESTS.
WELL, TODAY IS THE DAY
THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD
CLAIMED WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT
HE WOULD BE ARRESTED.
SO FAR , IT HASN'T HAPPENED.
BUT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT
THE SECRET SERVICE
IS COORDINATING WITH THE NYPD
ANYWAY, DEVELOPING SECURITY
PLANS IN THE EVENT THAT TRUMP
IS INDICTED AND ARRAIGNED IN
COURT IN LOWER MANHATTAN.
RIGHT NOW, THE GRAND JURY
IS WEIGHING POTENTIAL CHARGES
RELATED TO THOSE HUSH MONEY
PAYMENTS TO STAR STORMY
DANIELS PRIOR TO THE 2016
ELECTION.
TRUMP HAS ACKNOWLEDGED
PAYING HER ONE IN
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT HE
SAYS HE DID NOTHING WRONG.
PROSECUTORS SEE IT DIFFERENTLY
AND ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER
TRUMP POTENTIALLY VIOLATED
ELECTION LAWS AND FALSIFIED
DOCUMENTS WHILE TRYING
TO CONCEAL THE PAYMENT.
JOINING ME NOW, SENIOR REPORTER
KATHERINE FALTERS, WHO IS
ACTUALLY IN ORLANDO, WHERE
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE MEETING
FOR THEIR ANNUAL RETREAT.
AND ALSO OUR SENIOR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER,
AARON KATERSKY.
ERIN, IF THIS INDICTMENT DOES
COME DOWN, HOW IS NEW YORK LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND SECRET SERVICE
AGENTS COORDINATING
THE SECURITY RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, THE SECRET SERVICE
WOULD HAVE TO HELP ARRANGE FOR
TRUMP'S SURRENDER, FOR BOOKING
AND PROCESSING.
SO FAR , KYRA, WE'RE TOLD
THE SECRET SERVICE HAS BEEN
GIVEN NO NOTIFICATION THAT ANY
INDICTMENT IS FORTHCOMING,
SPECIFIC NOTICE AND REALLY
THE EARLIEST WE THINK THERE
COULD BE AN INDICTMENT WOULD
BE TOMORROW.
THE GRAND JURY IS NOT MEETING
TODAY.
WE BELIEVE THEY'RE EXPECTED
TO RECONVENE ON WEDNESDAY.
THE NYPD WOULD PROVIDE
PERIMETER SECURITY, SHOULD THAT
BE NEEDED.
ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF SOME OF
THE CALLS FOR PROTEST
AND ONLINE CALLS FOR VIOLENCE.
THAT THAT CALL FROM FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER
THE WEEKEND ON SOCIAL MEDIA
SEEMED TO PROMPT.
WELL, AARON, WE SAW SOME TRUMP
SUPPORTERS DEMONSTRATING IN
NEW YORK YESTERDAY, THE LAST
TIME THAT WE TALKED TO YOU
WHILE YOU WERE THERE, IT WAS
PEACEFUL, RIGHT?
>> FOR THE MOST PART.
WELL, THERE WERE BARELY ANY
PEOPLE, I THINK ARE
MORE REPORTERS THAN ANY
PROTESTERS.
AND SOME OF THEM JUST SEEMED
MORE INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT
THE SPECTACLE OR GETTING
THEMSELVES ON CAMERA THAN THAN
ACTUALLY PROTESTING ANYTHING.
>> AND WE'RE NOT SURE REALLY
WHETHER TRUMP'S CALLS WILL BE
HEEDED.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
PROTESTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED,
EVERYTHING FROM A TRUCKER
BOYCOTT OR THAT OVERPASS
PROTEST IN QUEENS TO A CARAVAN
OF VEHICLES COMING IN FROM LONG
ISLAND.
WHETHER ANY OF THAT REALLY
MATERIALIZES INTO ANYTHING, WE
DON'T KNOW.
BUT THE CITY HAS TOLD OTHER
ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT THEY'RE
ON IT, BUT THAT IT'S BUSINESS
AS USUAL IN LOWER MANHATTAN.
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
>> SO, CATHERINE , THE PALM
BEACH COUNTY STATE
ATTORNEY SAYS THAT THE OFFICE
IS PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
PROTESTS.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT?
AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN TRUMP
SUPPORTERS GATHERING OUTSIDE
MAR-A-LAGO AS WELL.
YEAH, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS
BEEN COORDINATION BETWEEN,
OBVIOUSLY, THE FBI, LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS PREPARING
FOR ANY POTENTIAL PROTESTS,
EVEN AT THE U.S. CAPITOL .
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE STEPPING
UP THEIR POSTURE A BIT.
BUT THE VIBE DOWN HERE, KYRA,
AT LEAST FROM ALL OF
THE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE GATHERED BEHIND,
CLOSED WORTH TALKING ABOUT
POLICY THAT HAS SHIFTED
AND THEY'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP.
THEY SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT
ANY PROTESTS OR CALLS FOR
VIOLENCETHE PROPOSAL AS THE TWOS
MEET TODAY.
ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IS IN KYIV.
SO, TOM , WHAT'S THE LATEST
ON THIS PROPOSED PEACE PLAN?
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE
BIGGEST TAKEAWAY AFTER
THEIR JOINT STATEMENT?
I UNDERSTAND THAT TALKS ARE
FINISHED NOW.
YEAH, THREE AND A HALF HOURS OF
TALKS, KYRA, TODAY.
DAY TWO OF THIS PIVOTAL SUMMIT.
AND THERE ARE SOME TAKEAWAYS.
I MEAN, THERE'S THE BIG
PICTURE, DEEPER ECONOMIC TIES,
DEEPER ECONOMIC COOPERATION,
THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF RUSSIAN
ENERGY TO CHINA.
YOU THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE.
ALSO, GLOBALLY, GEOPOLITICALLY,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS RUSSIA
AND CHINA KIND OF SETTING OUT,
I THINK, TONIGHT, SAYING
TO MUCH OF THE WORLD AND I
THINK, YOU KNOW, AFRICA,
THE MIDDLE EAST, LATIN AMERICA
KIND OF SAYING, LOOK, YOU KNOW,
THE ERA OF US DOMINANCE AROUND
THE WORLD HAS ENDED.
WE ARE KIND OF BIG POWERS.
WE BELIEVE IN A MULTIPOLAR
WORLD .
YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW WE SEE
THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY.
SO THERE'S THAT KIND OF BIG
PICTURE, I THINK, TO THAT PART
OF THE WORLD.
ON UKRAINE, I THINK YOU CHINA
TONIGHT HAS NOT GONE KIND OF
AS FAR PROBABLY AS PUTIN WOULD
HAVE LIKED.
I MEAN, HE'S NOT YOU KNOW,
SHE'S NOT COMING OUT AND SAYING
WE'RE GOING TO GET INVOLVED
WITH THE WAR.
THERE'S NO MENTION OF ARMS OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UNSURPRISINGLY, BUT WHAT CHINA
IS DOING TONIGHT IS SORT OF
SUBTLY SAYING WE'VE GOT
YOUR BACK ON UKRAINE.
>> AND THERE'S A REFERENCE IN
THE JOINT STATEMENT TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE CONFLICT NOT
ESCALATING FURTHER HERE.
AND IN A WAY THAT'S
CONTRADICTORY BECAUSE
THE SITUATION IS ONLY KIND OF
DETERIORATED IN UKRAINE BECAUSE
OF RUSSIA'S INVASION OF
A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, CHINA
IS SAYING, I THINK IMPLICITLY
TO THE WEST, UKRAINE'S GOT THIS
OFFENSIVE COMING UP.
WE KNOW THE UNITED STATES IS
WORKING REALLY HAND IN
HAND WITH THE UKRAINIANS AT
THE MOMENT, TRAINING THEM,
ARMING THEM.
THERE'S A BIGGER OFFENSIVE
BEING PREPARED FOR THE COMING
WEEKS.
AND I THINK CHINA IMPLICITLY
IS SAYING DON'T BEAT RUSSIA TOO
MUCH, DON'T DEFEAT PUTIN.
TOO MUCH, DON'T MAKE THIS
MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT
CURRENTLY IS .
>> SO, OKAY, THEN WHERE DO WE
STAND ON THE INITIAL CONCERN
THAT CHINA WAS GOING TO PROVIDE
VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HIS SOLDIERS
WITH WEAPONS?
IS THAT OFF THE TABLE STILL
ON THE TABLE?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S KIND OF
PUBLICLY OFF THE TABLE.
I DON'T THINK THE CHINESE GOING
NOW.
I MEAN, I THINK MOST PEOPLE
MOST ANALYSTS BELIEVE THAT IT
WOULD BE QUITE A RISKY STEP FOR
THE CHINESE.
I MEAN, DO THEY DO IT COVERTLY?
COULD THEY GET AWAY WITH THAT?
I MEAN, I WAS IN A BRIEFING
EARLIER WITH WESTERN OFFICIALS
AND THEY SAID THEY'D SEEN
IMAGES OF ARTILLERY SHELLS
WITH CHINESE WRITING APPEARING.
BUT THE WESTERN OFFICIALS DID
POINT OUT THAT, LOOK,
THE INTERNATIONAL ARMS MARKET,
IT IS A FLUID PLACE.
SO IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT
CHINESE SHELLS ARE POSSESSED
BY OTHER COUNTRIES AND END UP
IN THE POSSESSION OF
THE RUSSIANS.
BUT THE IDEA THAT THE CHINESE
ARE DIRECTLY ARMING
THE RUSSIANS RIGHT NOW IS NOT
REALLY A REALITY.
I THINK, LOOK, YOU KNOW, CHINA
IS PROVIDING LOTS OF OTHER
SUPPORT.
IT'S GIVING, YOU KNOW,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
COMPONENTS, ELECTRICAL
COMPONENTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT
IT'S SUPPLYING DRONES,
COMMERCIAL DRONES, NOT THE SORT
OF MILITARY LETHAL DRONES, BUT
THEY CAN BE CONVERTED.
THEY USED MASSIVELY
ON THE BATTLEFIELD BY BOTH
SIDES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME
PRACTICAL SUPPORT.
BUT REALLY TODAY AND THIS
SUMMIT IN GENERAL IS ABOUT
PRESIDENT XI STANDING SHOULDER
TO SHOULDER WITH PRESIDENT
PUTIN AND LEADERS.
REALLY THAT IN SOME SENSE
IS THIS QUITE WEAKENED BY THE
CONFLICT HERE IN UKRAINE?
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO READ, YOU
KNOW, HOW WEAK HE IS BACK IN
RUSSIA BECAUSE IT'S AN
AUTOCRACY, BECAUSE IT'S
A DEMOCRACY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S STANDING
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH HIM
TODAY AND THEY ARE SAYING,
OKAY, WE'VE PUT A PEACE
PROPOSAL OUT THERE.
THE CHINESE AND THE RUSSIANS
ARE SAYING, OH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
TAKING THE MORAL HIGH GROUND.
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER MESSAGE
COMING OUT TONIGHT.
THAT THE RUSSIANS AND THE
CHINESE ARE TRYING TO TAKE
THE MORAL HIGH GROUND
ON UKRAINE.
AND IN SOME SENSES, THAT'S
RIDICULOUS.
I MEAN, IF YOU KNOW THE REALITY
ON THE GROUND HERE IN UKRAINE,
YOU KNOW, RUSSIA HAS INVADED
A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY, YOU KNOW,
ABOUT THE WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE,
WHICH IS WIDESPREAD.
AND YOU KNOW THAT THE RUSSIANS
ARE JUST PUSHING ON IN THE EAST
AND TRYING TO TAKE MORE LAND.
BUT THE CHINESE THAT ARE
PUTTING THIS PROPOSAL OUT THERE
SAYING WE'RE FOLLOWING
THE NORMS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
,SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY
REJECTED BY THE UNITED STATES
AND ITS ALLIES.
BUT IT IS I THINK, AGAIN, CHINA
AND RUSSIA APPEALING TO MUCH OF
THE REST OF THE WORLD, AFRICA,
THE MIDDLE EAST, AND SAYING,
OH, WE ARE THE ONES
ACTUALLY PUSHING OF PEACE.
THEY'RE PLAYING A GAME HERE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO BE
THE BROKERS WHEN THAT DOESN'T
MIRROR THE REALITY.
BUT IT IS A MESSAGING PART OF
THEIR PROPAGANDA.
>> AND IN CERTAIN CORNERS OF
THE WORLD, IT MIGHT WORK
TO SOME DEGREE.
SO THEY'RE MEETING NOW.
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY
IS MEETING WITH JAPAN'S PRIME
MINISTER THERE IN KYIV.
>> WHY NOW?
WELL, I THINK THIS IS , AGAIN,
JUST A REALLY INTERESTING KIND
OF PIECE OF THE BROADER JIGSAW
PUZZLE.
>> YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THESE
TWO KEY LEADERS, RUSSIA
AND CHINA, MEETING IN MOSCOW,
YOU KNOW, SORT OF A LANDMARK
SUMMIT.
BUT THERE ARE MANY EVENTS
HAPPENING AROUND THE SIDE OF
THIS.
WE HAD DRONE ATTACKS IN RUSSIAN
CONTROLLED CRIMEA LATE LAST
NIGHT.
THE UKRAINIANS CLAIMING THEY'VE
DESTROYED RUSSIAN MISSILES
AND THAT THE LEADER OF JAPAN.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME A JAPANESE
LEADER HAS VISITED A COUNTRY
DURING WARTIME SINCE WORLD WAR
TWO .
AND I THINK THE TIMING OF
THE JAPANESE LEADER TO COME
INTO KYIV TODAY IS NO SURPRISE.
AND JAPAN IS A KEY ALLY OF
UKRAINE.
>> AND I THINK IT'S, AGAIN,
THE WEST COORDINATING THIS,
MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A BIT
OF MESSAGING WHILE THIS CHINESE
RUSSIAN SUMMIT GOES ON TO SAY,
HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, RUSSIA HAS
ITS ALLIES, IMPORTANT ALLIES,
BUT UKRAINE HAS A LOT OF ALLIES
TO A LOT OF FRIENDS TO YOU
KNOW, WORLD LEADERS HAVE BEEN
COMING IN IN DROVES INTO THIS
CAPITAL CITY THROUGHOUT
THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND , YOU KNOW, AGAIN,
THE CHINESE LEADER IS SYMBOLIC,
IMPORTANT, AND IT IS PART OF
THE OVERALL GEOPOLITICAL
DYNAMIC.
AND WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT,
YOU IT IS THE KIND OF OVER TIME
WE ARE REALLY SEEING
THE CREATION OF TWO BROAD
CAMPS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TWO BIG
CAMPS.
AND UKRAINE IS THE AREA THAT
THIS IS PLAYING OUT.
TOM , APPRECIATE IT.
COMING UP, MARKING 20 YEARS
SINCE THE START OF THE WAR IN
IRAQ.
>> OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS
THE MILITARY BIT REFLECTS
ON HER CALL OF DUTY NEXT LITTLE.
EARLY MORNING
ON "ABC NEWS LIVE".
>> TONIGHT, THE WORLD'S
ATTENTION IS ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED
ON IRAQ.
WE ONLY SEE A SLICE OF
THE WHOLE BATTLEFIELD
ON TELEVISION WHERE THERE WERE
CAMERAS, SPECIFICALLY BAGHDAD
TODAY.
BUT THIS WAS A VIOLENT
REPRESENTATION OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN MANY PLACES.
THE U.S. FIRED SIX HUNDRED
CRUISE MISSILES AT IRAQ TODAY,
600 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
TECHNOLOGY.
THAT WAS PETER JENNINGS
REPORTING ON THE U.S. INVASION
OF IRAQ IN 2003.
NOW, 20 YEARS LATER, ROUGHLY
TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AMERICAN
TROOPS ARE STILL THERE.
WE'VE GOT A UNIQUE FOCUS
ON THIS STORY FROM FOUR SERVICE
MEMBERS NOW, INCLUDING ONE OF
OUR OWN STEPHANIE RAMOS >>.
>> I WAS ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM
COLLEGE, WANTED A CAREER IN
JOURNALISM GROWING UP.
I NEVER THOUGHT THE MILITARY
WOULD BE IN MY FUTURE UNTIL
THE 9/11 ATTACKS.
>> I JOINED THE U.S. ARMY
RESERVE SOON AFTER.
>> FIVE YEARS LATER, I GOT THAT
CALL.
IT'S MORNING, RACHEL SCOTT.
>> I NO LONGER CARRIED A PURSE
.
>> INSTEAD, A NINE MIL.
>> I WONDERED HOW I WOULD
GET THROUGH THIS.
>> MY BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME NOW
HUSBAND GAVE ME A SMALL
HANDHELD CAMERA SO I COULD
DOCUMENT EVERYTHING, NOT FOR TV
,BUT FOR OURSELVES, FOR
OUR FAMILY.
>> SO RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE
SIMULATING CONVOY HOW TO REACT
TO AN IED.
>> WITH IT, I WAS ABLE
TO CAPTURE EVERYDAY MANOOGIAN
MY WALKS TO THE OFFICE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A SANDSTORM.
THE PLACE I CALLED HOME FOR
A YEAR.
MY NEW FRIENDS, THE IRAQI KIDS
WE WORKED WITH , ALL WHILE
FIREFIGHTS TOOK PLACE NOT
FAR FROM WHERE I SLEPT
AND WORKED.
>> MANY PEOPLE HELPED ME
THROUGH MY FAMILY'S EMAIL CARE
PACKAGES.
THE IRAQIS WHO WELCOMED ME, AN
AMERICAN SOLDIER TO THEIR LAND
AND THOSE THAT DID IT,
THEIR COUNTRY WAS AT WAR
WITH OURS.
>> AND WE WERE A CONSTANT
REMINDER.
IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR.
THERE WERE CLOSE CALLS, BUT
A YEAR LATER, WE MADE OUR WAY
BACK A MOMENT OF PURE JOY , BUT
ALSO SADNESS FOR A COUNTRY
WHOSE FUTURE WAS UNKNOWN.
>> LOOKING BACK ON NOW, SO MUCH
HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN
AND IT'S ALL GOOD.
BUT I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT
MYSELF THAT YEAR AND EVER SINCE
THEN.
AND IT JUST REALLY SHOWS ME
HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THE ARMY
HAS HAD ON MY LIFE.
>> TWENTY YEARS LATER, HERE
I AM AGAIN, PACKING.
BUT THIS TIME FOR A VERY
DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENT.
GO .
AND OUR THANKS
TO STEPHANIE RAMOS FOR JUST
SHARING HER PERSONAL STORY WELL
IN FRONT OF THE MIC AND FIRING
UP HIS FAVORITE TUNES,
YOU'RE GOING TO MEET A 12 YEAR
OLD ROCK AND ROLL D.J. THAT'S
GOING TO ROCK YOUR WORLD DOWN
SYNDROME DAY.
STAY
YOU'RE STREAMING
"ABC NEWS LIVE".
WELL, IT IS ONE OF YOU TO BEGIN
HITS .
CAN YOU HEAR IT?
OH YEAH.
IN THE NAME OF LOVE.
AND IT'S ONE OF OUR NEXT GUESTS
FAVORITE BANDS.
AND NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE THIS
YOUNG MAN AND HIS PARENTS HAVE
BEEN LIVING OUT THEIR ENTIRE
LIVES IN THE NAME OF LOVE
AND CHANGING THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME EVERY
DAY, EVERY WEEK.
TWELVE YEAR OLD JACK SHARP,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TREVOR AULT
JAY, TAKES TO A MIKE JAY DAD,
DOUG BY HIS SIDE AND THEY
BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD
ON NEW HD RADIO STREAMING
THEIR ROCK RADIO SHOW SHARP
LYTVYN.
>> TAKE A LISTEN.
HEY, EVERYBODY,
WELCOME TO TRIPLE J AND NEW HD
I .
WE'RE WORKING ON A NIGHTTIME'S
RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL PLAY ONE OF
OUR FAVORITE ARTISTS.
WHAT ARE WE LISTENING TO RIGHT
NOW?
TRAFFIC JAM AND IT'S AT LIKE.
YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
LISTENING THE GOES, BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN'S NEWEST SINGLE.
AND WE'VE ENJOYING THE HECK OUT
OF HIS NEW ALBUM, BETTER THAN
NEW AND TRIPLE J.
>> YOU CAN PLAY EVERY SUNDAY,
TRIPLE J.
STREAMING NEWS FAVORITE,
A MUSICAL MISSION THAT NOT
ONLY HAS CHANGED HIS LIFE, BUT
ALL HIS LISTENERS TO , AS WE
RECOGNIZE, WORLD DOWN SYNDROME
TODAY, IT IS AN HONOR
TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE SHARP
FAMILY.
NOW, TRIPLE J.
HIS DAD, DOUG , A.K.A. SHARP
AND CYNTHIA ALL LIVE FROM
NAPLES, FLORIDA.
GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS.
>> AND IT LOOKS LIKE OUR SIGNAL
FROZE THERE.
WE ARE.
YOU GUYS BACK UP?
BEEN RUNNING.
IT FROZE.
OKAY, GOOD.
WE GOT YOU.
SO, JACK, LET'S START WITH YOU.
TELL ME WHY YOU LIKE HAVING
YOUR OWN RADIO SHOW.
>> IT'S A TRIPLE J.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE HAVING
YOUR SHOW FEATURED IN
THE INVASION.
>> RIGHT.
YOU LIKE TO DO OBLIVION BECAUSE
I TO.
>> COULD YOU LISTEN TO YOURSELF
TO THE QUOTE OF THE DAY?
WHAT ELSE DO YOU LIKE DOING.
YES, BECAUSE I LIKE TO IT AS I
PLAY CARDS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE LIKE, WE LIKE TO ON SUNDAY
MORNINGS WE RECORD OUR SHOW.
SO ON SUNDAY MORNINGS WE PLAY
CARDS.
>> RIGHT.
AND WE LISTEN
TO BRITT CLENNETT.
I LOVE IT.
AND WHAT WAS YOUR QUOTE OF
THE DAY FOR SHARPE LIVE IN THIS
SUNDAY?
>> JACK, IF YOU HAVE A GOOD
AND DO A GOOD, YOU KNOW, I ONLY
GET IT.
>> SO IF YOU FOCUS ON THE GOOD
AND BE KIND TO OTHERS,
THE WORLD AROUND YOU WILL BE
A BETTER PLACE, A MENTOR THAT
I WISH EVERYBODY COULD LIVE
BY THAT DAD.
JUST TAKING IN THAT QUOTE THIS
WEEK, HOW IS YOUR SON AND THIS
RADIO ADVENTURE NOT
ONLY CHANGED JACK'S LIFE, BUT
YOURS?
WELL, IT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST
THING IS THAT WE GET CLOSER
AS A FAMILY.
WE DO IT EVERY WEEKEND AND THAT
TREVOR AULT I MEAN, THIS WAS
HIS OWN CALL.
SO HE'S NOW, AFTER THREE YEARS,
PUTTING IN HIS WORDS AND WHAT
HE WANTS TO SAY AND SHARE THAT
.
AND WE HAVE JUST A GREAT TIME
DOING NEW MUSIC SO MUCH.
RIGHT.
SO WE GET TO SHARE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING
INDIVIDUALS WITH ADDITIONAL
NEEDS AND WE GET TO PLAY COOL
AND COOL ROCK AND ROLL.
WE ALL LOVE ROCK AND ROLL
ON THIS SHOW, TOO, JACK.
SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T WAIT
TO LISTEN TO YOUR SHOW
ON SUNDAYS.
AND MOM, WHAT HAS THIS MEANT
TO YOU?
THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE
THE BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING?
RIGHT.
WE ALL HAVE POSITIVE.
WE ALL HAVE NEGATIVE.
AND JACK HAS HELPED US REALLY
FOCUS ON THAT POSITIVE.
AND IF EVERY FAMILY COULD DO
THAT AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN
THIS WORLD , THE WORLD WOULD
BE A BETTER PLACE.
>> YOU KNOW, A MAN.
SO, JACK, WHAT IS YOUR
WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY MESSAGE
TO EVERYONE THIS YEAR?
>> IS GOOD TODAY.
IS FOR US .
SO THIS YEAR'S MESSAGE FOR
WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY IS WITH
US , NOT FOR US , BUT NOT FOR
US .
AND WE'RE WITH YOU.
>> AND TO JUST SHARE
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIMSELF
WITH YOU.
>> YES, PLEASE DO.
GO AHEAD.
JACK.
SOMETIMES I DEDICATE THE DAY
ALEX PEREZ TO MYSELF THAT
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME TO PLEASE
TALK TO ME.
I WOULD ALWAYS MY EX.
>> SO SOMETIMES I HAVE
DIFFICULTY VERBALLY EXPRESSING
MYSELF.
>> THAT DOES NOT MEAN I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
TO ME.
SO PLEASE TALK TO ME AS YOU
WOULD OTHERS MY AGE.
>> THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE.
AND TRUST ME, JACK, WE
UNDERSTAND YOU.
>> WE HEAR YOU AND COMPLETELY
RESPECT AND LOVE.
YOU HAVE GROWN SO MUCH THROUGH
THIS PROJECT WITH YOUR PARENTS
BY YOUR SIDE AS WELL.
AND DAD, I KNOW THAT THIS THIS
INSPIRING TIME FOR YOU AND YOUR
WIFE LED BOTH OF YOU TO DO
MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
TELL ME ABOUT ADDITIONAL NEEDS
INC AND HOW IT'S HELPING OTHERS
,NOT JUST TRIPLE J, BUT OTHERS
IN THE DOWN SYNDROME COMMUNITY.
>> WHAT WE DID IS I ORIGINALLY
STARTED WITH A DOWN SYNDROME
MAPLE'S .COM TO HELP LOCAL
COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
HAVE A DIRECTORY WEBSITE
TO FIND THOSE RESOURCES.
AS I CONTINUED ON MY JOURNEY
TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT
RESOURCES AND OTHER THINGS THAT
ARE OUT THERE, I REALIZED
THEY ALL KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
SO WE CREATE ADDITIONAL NEEDS
INC, WHICH IS A DIRECTORY
WEBSITE, SO YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE
IN THE COUNTRY AND FIND
RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP YOU OR
YOUR LOVED ONE WITH ADDITIONAL
NEEDS.
AND ALSO WE HAVE A NATIONAL ART
CONTEST, SO ANYONE
WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS OF ANY
AGE CAN JOIN OUR ART CONTEST.
AND AT THE END OF IT, WE
GIVE OUT PRIZES IN MONEY
PRIZES.
AND WE ALSO, IF YOU'RE IN
COLLIER COUNTY AT THAT TIME, WE
DISPLAY THE ARTWORK AT
THE WILL CARR.
I LOVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, JACK, WE HAVE A BIG
MUSICAL FAMILY IN OUR HOME.
MY SON IS A DRUM DRUMMER.
MY HUSBAND IS A GUITAR PLAYER.
I FAKE THE BASS AND WE LOVE
LED ZEPPELIN.
I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF
YOUR FAVORITE BANDS.
WILL YOU PLAY US SOME
LED ZEPPELIN THIS SUNDAY
ON YOUR SHOW?
>> YOU'RE A REALLY NICE GUY.
PLAYED WELL, AND THAT IS ONE OF
MY SON'S FAVORITES.
>> YES, YES, IT IS .
>> YOU CAN LISTEN TO THAT TODAY
.
WE DID A FLASHBACK SHOW THAT'S
GOING TO START AT THREE O'CLOCK
AND GO UNTIL SIX OR SO IN
THE FIVE TO SIX O'CLOCK HOUR.
TROUBLED.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR OUR SUNDAY
SHOW AND WE'VE GOT BLACK DOG
PLAYING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'LL DO OUT MY SON?
PLAY ALONG TO YOUR SHOW, JACK
TREVOR AULT.
DAD, MOM, DOUG , CYNTHIA, THANK
YOU ALL.
SO MUCH.
LISTEN TO ITS NEW HD RADIO
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