Hot Topics with Don Lemon | BIDEN PARDONS SON, HUNTER! Right thing to do?? - December 2nd, 2024
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How did Don Lemon open the show and engage his live audience after vacation?
Good morning, everybody. You know what that music means. I am so sorry that I am a little bit late today. Actually, I'm a lot late. After vacation, I just cannot get myself back into the game. You ever feel that way? Hi, I'm so glad you're here. Welcome to our Hot Topic show. I am live. I was away, just so you guys know. I'm sure you already know I was away. I tried to do live one day, and we just had terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible service. So if you're joining us on the YT, if you're joining us on TikTok, if you're on the Gram, if you're wherever you're joining us this morning, we're so happy that you're here. What did you guys do? Where are you from? Good morning, Lemon Nation. I missed you guys.
Did you guys miss me? Good morning from Oregon, says Trey Black. Hi, Trey. How are you? Yeah, good morning. Someone says unmute. I'm not muted, am I? Am I muted? I don't think I'm muted. Anyways, I'm glad that you're here. I'm happy that you're here. I want to know where everyone is going from. Trey Black is from Oregon. Let's see who else. I just called that. We missed you, Don, says TikTok. Good morning from Port Allen, says Kimberly. Is that my niece? Um, good morning from may money in the building is from Oakland, California, Los Angeles, Jamie Kizzy. Thank you, Jamie. So good to see you. Um, Fields, yes, from Las Vegas. Wow, you guys are all over. Chicago on TikTok. Good morning. Ink Mind says, Trump. Good morning.
Yes, Trump. Trump is the president to be and doing some crazy shit. V is from Dallas. Hello. Stars and R. Hi, Don, from Suffolk, New York. Hey, Suffolk County, my county. What's up, Suffolk? New Hope, Pennsylvania. I'm serious. Thank you. New Orleans, Louisiana. Daniel Sharp is here. Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia on TikTok. Whoa. So hello. Hello, Chicago. I could call out all day. Man, boy, did I have some epiphanies. I'm so glad that I got this vacation. I was away for a week. I was in a very warm and sunny place in the Caribbean. It was great to be away. Tim and I needed to get away. We had a Friendsgiving, which was great, that we have every year with our friends. I mean, it's like 30 of us. It's like 30 people who go down.
We have this giant Thanksgiving table, and we do it. at this beautiful place by the sea or whatever. It's a little bit indulgent, but it's the one vacation a year that I actually really look forward to because I get to spend it with my chosen family, my really good friends who carry me through the year when I can't be with my family, with my blood family and my birth family. But I get to be with them. And then my mom and my sister, I usually spend the holiday with them. And so there you go. So what do you do? Do you do anything special for Thanksgiving? What do you guys do? Anything fun? Lani says, Don got a nice tan. I did. I got a little bit of a tan. I tried to do some sunscreen. But I did not do a lot.
Wow, look at you guys. Holy schmoly. And the engagement is crazy. So I'll just read some stuff, and then we're going to get into it. Michelle says, greetings from Sarasota, Florida. Oh, my gosh. I wish I was in Florida because it's warm now. Betsy Maldonado says, hi, Don. Good morning from Orange County, California. What is it like there? Hi, Don. We miss you in Philly. I miss you, too, as well. Susie Q, Tracy Howard said that. Susie Q says, it is freezing in Chicago. Don't I know it. I used to live there, Susie. Toronto, Canada, Mr. Bill, how is it there? San Francisco, is it chilly? Good morning. Thank you, Andrea, for your support. Good morning from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hi, Andrea C. Thank you. I appreciate you.
Give you a nice shout out for the early support back from vacation. Did you have a good Thanksgiving? Tell me what you did. Reservations, reservations, reservations. That's my MO. That's what you did for Thanksgiving? Great. I ate so much. It was crazy. Every meal was planned. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. I drank a lot of wine. I have a friend who loves wine and buys expensive wines. I did that. Cold in Baltimore, says Nicole Miller. I did a lot of that. But also, I was in a place that's very hilly.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How did Don Lemon open the show and engage his live audience after vacation?
0:14–5:00
2
What personal reflections and vacation stories does Don Lemon share before the headlines?
5:00–23:34
3
Which breaking nominations and scandals (Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel) does Don Lemon introduce?
23:34–28:34
4
Why did President Biden pardon Hunter Biden and what does Biden's statement say?
28:34–32:05
5
Why does Don Lemon argue pardoning Hunter Biden was the right choice as a parent?
32:05–1:31:17