HOT TOPICS | Major Breaking News: A Dark Weekend of Violence - December 15th, 2025
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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I'm so sorry about that. And the shooting at Brown and the shooting in Australia. And it just makes me sad. And it really makes me you know, all of this is connected. We have a lot of anger in this country of a lot of division. And certainly the person who's the president of the country is not helping. And I'm going to show you that this is vile. He's a vile, nasty human being. Really, really, really nasty. I think that's, you know, before I get into it, I just want to show this because I'm going to talk about all these issues. I want to talk about, you know, dealing with addiction and, with mental health, drug abuse, the issues around gun violence, antisemitism, hate, all of those things. But when you're in times like this, you want people who are gonna lift people up, try to bring us together,
And this is – the first story I'm going to talk about is Rob Reiner, but I'm going to put it all together. And if you can, do we have a statement, Peter? Can we get a statement from Barack Obama? I think there's a statement from Barack Obama on some of this stuff.
Oh, look.
And then I think there's one for the Reiners if there is one. But I just want to show – and by the way, my heart goes out to Rob Reiner, all of his – the people who loved him. He's been in our lives forever. He's in my life since I was a kid. I remember watching All in the Family. He was a staple on All in the Family. And this was back in the day when like TV stars were like huge stars. I mean, huge stars because there were only three stations. And I learned so much because it was a Norman Lear show and we all learned a lot from Norman Lear and the programs that he put on. And that was All in the Family. And he was Michael Stivick. on all in the family, excuse me, with Sally Struthers, not Bernadette Peters.
I always get those two confused. And, you know, and Gene Stapleton and, and Archie bunker. And it was just, you know, And it's just sad. And my heart also goes out to all of the families and the kids who were involved in what happened at Brown University. Some of these kids are being re-traumatized. We're going to tell you about two kids who were involved in that, also survived high school shootings.
Why does Don open the show by responding to multiple tragic incidents this morning?
And then in Australia, my heart goes out to Jewish families and my Jewish friends in the world who are dealing with anti-Semitism. And this was nothing but anti-Semitism. If you look at the details of it, and then there was, we're going to talk about the hero because a lot of people don't step in anymore and help. They just shoot video or run away and just let things happen.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:12–4:28
2
Why does Don open the show by responding to multiple tragic incidents this morning?
4:28–19:48
3
How did Don contrast presidential reactions to Rob Reiner’s death?
19:48–54:14
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What are the initial confirmed details of Rob Reiner and his wife’s deaths?
54:14–1:02:30