Hantavirus Lockdowns + Fauci's DOJ Deadline | PBD #794
5/8/20261 hr 57 min
Patrick Bet-David, Tom Ellsworth, Vincent Oshana and Adam Sosnick break down Howard Lutnick’s reported Epstein-related testimony that's stirring new questions about who inside elite financial circles knew about a $1B+ trafficking operation—and what could surface next as pressure builds.
Then: a hantavirus outbreak spreading across Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of California has the CDC on alert as rodent-driven infections rise and public health officials warn of higher fatality rates than COVID, while Dr. Anthony Fauci faces a looming DOJ deadline tied to ongoing investigations into pandemic-era decisions and testimony.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
30 seconds.
Speaker 10:01
Did you ever think you would make it? Did you ever think you would make it? I feel I'm so close, I can taste sweet victory. I know this life meant for me.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:10
Adam, what's your point?
Speaker 10:11
Yeah.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:11
The future looks bright.
Speaker 10:13
Bet they envy.
Speaker 30:14
My handshake is better than anything I ever signed right here.
Speaker 10:16
On the windows and we- You are a one of one. My sunrise everywhere I go.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:20
I don't think I've ever said this before.
Speaker 10:23
Look what I've become. I'm the one.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:26
All right, let me turn this song off that's been on repeat all morning. By the way, if you know who wrote this song, can you please tell us? 'Cause it's so confusing. Vinnie's gonna sing it for us.
Adam Sosnick· Panelist0:35
Of what?
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:35
You know how it goes. It says- [singing] Hang on, hang on.
Vincent Oshana· Panelist0:38
Let me, let me Shazam Vinnie.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:39
You are the only one who rescued me. You know the silver night. You keep all my secrets.
Vincent Oshana· Panelist0:47
Secrets.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:47
Go ahead, Vinnie.
Speaker 10:48
Oh, ooh.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:49
There you go.
Adam Sosnick· Panelist0:49
Whoa.
Vincent Oshana· Panelist0:50
Sorry, guys, I'm rusty.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:51
[laughs] I've been listening to this thing on... When I tell you, Vinnie, how many times have I listened to it?
Vincent Oshana· Panelist0:55
500 times.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:56
That, no joke.
Vincent Oshana· Panelist0:57
In two weeks.
Patrick Bet-David· Host0:57
I, and we still don't know who sings it. It's not on Shazam.
Vincent Oshana· Panelist1:00
No, it's not at all.
Patrick Bet-David· Host1:00
It pulls up the Take song, Take... Anyways.
Vincent Oshana· Panelist1:02
Silver Lake?
Patrick Bet-David· Host1:03
We have bigger issues to talk about.
Vincent Oshana· Panelist1:04
Yeah.
Patrick Bet-David· Host1:04
This is my, uh- I tried to Shazam it.
Adam Sosnick· Panelist1:06
It says- That's your thing though, PB, you- Please make them stop ...
Patrick Bet-David· Host1:07
you, you, you like to listen to one song over- One song- ... over and over ...
Vincent Oshana· Panelist1:11
over and over again for hours ...
Patrick Bet-David· Host1:11
Vinnie Vidic death.
Vincent Oshana· Panelist1:12
Is what I need.
Adam Sosnick· Panelist1:12
What was the Hall & Oates song that you kept going?
Patrick Bet-David· Host1:13
Uh, uh, which one is it? Hall & Oates is, um, Maneater? Is it?
Adam Sosnick· Panelist1:17
No, it wasn't.
Patrick Bet-David· Host1:17
No, no, it's the other one. Um, what's the Hall & Oates song? Yeah, yeah, I know which one you're talking about. We listen to it a lot. Anyways.
Adam Sosnick· Panelist1:23
Mm-hmm.
Patrick Bet-David· Host1:23
Okay. Stories to get into. Vinnie's number one story, Hantivirus. We got some stats to talk