WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.040 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI AM six forty, the 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:08.679 Gary and Shannon Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Vice President Kamala Harris 3 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:13.800 does now have enough support from Democratic delegates to sew up that Democratic nomination. 4 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:19.879 Several media outlets calculated that she has more than the nineteen seventy six the nineteen 5 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:23.519 hundred and seventy six Pledge delegates that would be needed. She just held her 6 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:29.679 first full Harris for President campaign stop in Milwaukee, framed the race as a 7 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:34.960 choice between freedom and chaos. A fifteen year old girl who went missing from 8 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:39.560 Monterey Park area about a week ago has been found safe. Alison Chow was 9 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:47.600 located this morning in Glendale outside ABC seven studios. According to ABC, A 10 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:51.320 security guard at the station said the girl was on foot and was being followed 11 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:56.560 by someone in a car who recognized her as the missing teen and called police. 12 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.719 There is a disturbing story before we get into our her secret service stories 13 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:06.439 that Illinois State Police have released body camera footage that shows a sheriff's deputy shooting 14 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:11.079 and killing a woman in an exchange over a pot of water. This is 15 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:17.840 from July sixth, Sean Grace, and a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy was fired 16 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.200 after this episode is now charged with murder. He shot thirty six year old 17 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:26.599 Sonya Massey while inside her home. She had called police early in the morning 18 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:32.200 because she believed that intruder had entered her home in Springfield, Illinois. He 19 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:37.040 was trying to tell her to put down a pot of boiling water because he 20 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.840 was afraid she was going to throw it at him. She had been heard 21 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:46.920 on the body camera saying a couple of completely unconnected things, including Jesus will 22 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:51.359 rebuke you a couple of times to the officers. Tonight, the Dodgers take 23 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:53.680 on the Giants first pitch at seven. What happened at the game last night? 24 00:01:55.159 --> 00:01:57.519 I don't want to talk about the game. Listen to every play of 25 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:02.079 the Dodgers game on five seventy LA Sports Live from the Gallupin Motors Broadcast Booth, 26 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:07.959 and stream all games in HD on the iHeartRadio app Keyword Am five seventy 27 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:14.039 LA Sports. Well, the Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned very early today, 28 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:16.919 and we know that they have at least appointed somebody else to take over. 29 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:22.560 Ronald Rowe junior named deputy director of the Secret Service, and we'll begin 30 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:27.199 here in a couple of months. Joining us to talk all about this is 31 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:30.800 a political contributor to News Nation. Denise gets some Denise, thanks for taking 32 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:37.560 time for us. We saw that disastrous House hearing yesterday with Kimberly Cheatle. 33 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:39.719 This was just a matter of time before she was going to either lose her 34 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:44.840 job or give it up, right, that's right, Well, thanks for 35 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:47.360 having me on. You know, when there's not a lot that anyone on 36 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:52.240 either side of the aisle agrees with on lately, but when you see a 37 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:55.800 headline that says Republicans actually agree with AOC after she rips into Cheatle, which 38 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:00.599 was an actual headline yesterday, you knew that the writing on the wall for 39 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:04.719 her. And then you saw Representatives James Comer and Jamie Raskin, the chair 40 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.159 and top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, jointly calling for a resignation after 41 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:10.919 the hearing. So, you know, one of our representatives from here in 42 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:15.919 California, Rokanna up here in northern California, said I just don't think this 43 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:19.400 is even a partisan issue, Like if you have an assassination attempt on a 44 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.280 president or a former president, you need to resign. And I think that 45 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:27.360 everyone watching saw what a disaster it was and how she wasn't helping herself at 46 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:31.400 all by invading questions and not answering or giving half answers or political answers. 47 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:35.719 It just went really poorly for her. It was hard to watch. It 48 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:39.360 was it was the bureaucracy too, and the smugness was just next level. 49 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:45.719 Now what are we looking at in terms of what's next. I know that 50 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.919 Mike Johnson, jakeem Jeffries said that there's going to be a bipartisan to your 51 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:54.520 point task force that digs into what exactly happened on that Saturday and if any 52 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:59.800 changes need to be made to the Secret Service moving forward. Yeah, you 53 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:00.719 know, I'm sure that there'll be a whole You know, this is what 54 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.080 Washington does. They like to cover their butts and they like to make sure 55 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:09.840 that they have something that they've said that can be fixed because the not acceptable 56 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:13.560 answers that everything can stay the same. So, whether they're helpful suggestions or 57 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:16.199 they're just suggestions for the sake of politics, something's going to come out of 58 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:20.720 this. And I cannot imagine a scenario in which the Secret Service itself wouldn't 59 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:26.319 be the most interested in figuring out what went wrong and how they can fix 60 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.120 it and moving forward, because they cannot afford to have this stame on their 61 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:32.800 agency, because it affects everything from their funding to really even their existence at 62 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:36.439 the end of the day. So they need answers and nobody needs them more 63 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:42.759 than the Secret Service at this point. But is it going to be Is 64 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:46.360 it going to be an issue that all these different investigations are going to muddy 65 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.160 the waters? Alejandro Majorcis, the Homeland Security Secretary, said he's going to 66 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:55.319 put together a panel. We know the House is going to investigate that they 67 00:04:55.360 --> 00:05:00.279 have put together a certain member panel. Is that too much? Well? 68 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.560 What's too much? In Washington these days? I think everyone just wants to 69 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.120 have a talking point, especially the members of Congress. I mean, you 70 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:09.279 we have to recognize the thirty thousand foot picture is that all these members of 71 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:12.759 Congress are up for reelection in November, and all of them, you know, 72 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.600 whether they're on the Republican side and want to pledge their fealty to Donald 73 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:17.680 Trump by saying we're going to get to the bottom liss for you or they're 74 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:24.279 Democrats that are just really concerned about their own reputations and being certain of upholding, 75 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.879 you know, standards for every president, whether Republican or Democrat, in 76 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:30.199 the future in terms of how well they're protected by the Secret Service. There's 77 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:34.560 some political posturing for sure, but I think that nobody trusts anyone these days. 78 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:38.360 I mean, Republicans don't trust the FBI to handle it. So you've 79 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:41.120 got them probably doing their own thing, you know, leading on the House 80 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:45.439 side, and you've got my artist, who's in charge ultimately of the Secret 81 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:48.439 Service Agency as being sectaria of DHS, who's going to want to make sure 82 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:51.279 that nothing happens under his watch. Again, he's had enough problems. He's 83 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:55.759 really been attempted to be impeached. So there's a lot of folks that are 84 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.120 just saying, look, we got to get something right. And this is 85 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:01.639 some biperson issue, one bipartisan issue that it seems like everyone can make you 86 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:05.759 on. We have to get right. Denise, Thank you, appreciate your 87 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:10.439 coverage. Yeah, my pleasure. Have a great day, guys. Denise 88 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:14.639 gets them there again. Political contributor to News Nation, Garry, do you 89 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.199 think somebody's going to pay you two hundred and fifty dollars an hour to come 90 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:21.160 up with a baby name. When you name your dog Peter, come on, 91 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:27.480 why are you laughing at that? No, it's a great name for 92 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:32.560 a dog. Well that I wouldn't name particularly of Peter, by the way, 93 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:36.160 after spending a few hours with him this week on Sunday. On Sunday, 94 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:40.560 oh, definitely nailed it with the name. Okay, good, wow, 95 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:46.199 Come on, man, Garry saved a baby. Bring some copes in 96 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:53.360 please. Speaking of Donald Trump, he has been on a call with reporters 97 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:57.839 and they asked him if he would take part in in at least one presidential 98 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:00.560 debate with Kamala Harris. He's said, oh, yes, absolutely, I 99 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.160 want to. I think it's important. I would be willing to do more 100 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:10.120 than one debate. Actually really so. She has spoken for the first time 101 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:18.079 since she became the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate. She's in Milwaukee and really one 102 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:24.759 of the key swing states that will decide the race. Some of the hits 103 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:29.519 she had she paid tribute to Biden, saying his accomplishments and politics are unmatched 104 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:33.879 in modern history. While he's been there for fifty years. She repeated in 105 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:41.079 an attack line contrasting her background as a prosecutor against Donald Trump. She keeps 106 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.720 going back to that I know Donald Trump's type. She says her campaign has 107 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:48.480 seen the best twenty four hours of grassroots fundraising and campaign history, which is 108 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:58.000 true. Sixty two percent of those donors were first time donors. She has 109 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:03.519 set her policy priorities on tap backing child poverty, union rights, affordable healthcare, 110 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:07.560 and being able to retire with dignity. Any economy stuff in there outside 111 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.639 of the retirement thing, I have not gotten to that. She said that 112 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:20.240 she would stop Donald Trump's extreme abortion bans. Let's see, where'd she talk 113 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:28.040 about guns? She says, to keep people safe from the terror of gun 114 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:33.559 violence, she will pass red flag laws, universal background checks, and an 115 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:37.759 assault weapons ban. Well, she's going to have to get Congress if she's 116 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:43.440 going to do any of that stuff. They also said Politico wrote it up 117 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:46.240 this way. Her first campaign rally signaled a more youthful, energetic, and 118 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:52.039 aggressive campaign, one designed to draw the kind of Democrats sorry, one designed 119 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:56.480 to draw the kind of contrast Democrats widely believed Joe Biden could no longer deliver. 120 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:01.200 Members of the party would often bemoan the president's inability to launch a consistent, 121 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:05.720 cogent message against the former president, a breakdown that they believe Harris is 122 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:11.200 uniquely positioned to mend a lot of expectation being put on her now too, 123 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:18.360 especially now that she's had the job of candidate for two days. There was 124 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:24.039 one poll that came out very quick poll from Reuters and IPSOS conducted yesterday and 125 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:30.200 today that does show Kamala Harris with a forty four percent support compared to forty 126 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:33.919 two percent support for Donald Trump among registered voters, well within the margin of 127 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.720 error. But they said it is an improvement because most of those even if 128 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:41.919 they were within margin of error, most of the polls showed with Trump with 129 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:48.279 that very small lead. In fact, if you look at combination of polls 130 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:52.240 over the course of the last several months, when you put Trump against Kamala 131 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:56.559 Harris, he still leads by two and a half percent when you look at 132 00:09:56.879 --> 00:10:01.960 seventy three polls and you average them to get and in fact, one of 133 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.799 the pollsters for the Trump campaign, a guy named Tony Fabrizio, put out 134 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:13.360 a memo that he shared with reporters that they expect to have what they refer 135 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:18.279 to as a Harris honeymoon in this public polling that obviously she's getting Walldewall coverage 136 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:24.720 because of the circumstances around her candidacy. And with that Waldewall coverage, they 137 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:30.639 say they will start seeing public polling where Harris is gaining on or even leading 138 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:35.080 President Trump. And he says particularly in those national polls, national public polls. 139 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.320 But he says that we've now entered uncharted territory, as he says as 140 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:43.320 one major party candidate bowed out less than four months before election day, and 141 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:48.759 noted that Trump did also receive a polling bump in the days following the assassination 142 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:54.600 against attempt against him and the Republican National Convention. So just he's saying, 143 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:58.240 basically, sheer attention is one of the things that's going to bump her numbers 144 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:03.159 up at least in the next few polls that we see. I think that 145 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:09.519 that is an accurate prediction. I have some sad news music news, yeah, 146 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:18.840 sad sad music, hopefully don't I is this the owl? Yeah? 147 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:30.080 I know. We talked with Henry de Carlo about his owl rescue. He 148 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:37.320 was driving to work early on July eighteenth when he noticed an owl standing alongside 149 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:43.200 the freeway the ninety one in your Belinda. He pulled over, called the 150 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.960 Orange County Sheriff's Department and said, I'm not leaving till you send somebody out 151 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:52.440 to help this owl. A short time later, deputy arrives, places the 152 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:58.559 owl in a ventilated tupperware container and takes it to OC Animal Care. The 153 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:03.399 prognosis was good initially, wasn't it. When we talked to Henry, it 154 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:07.600 was hopeful. He was hopeful, hopeful, optimistic that he had intervened. 155 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:11.600 He knew that that owl was not going to survive on that side of the 156 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:20.399 road. Unfortunately, the owl had a significant joint fracture that would prevent the 157 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:26.840 bird from ever flying again. Due to the age and the temperament of the 158 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:31.519 bird, it would not do well in an education center such as a zoo 159 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:37.120 or a sanctuary. Maybe it was an honory owl. We don't know how 160 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.960 old the owl was, but they said it would have been unfair to keep 161 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:46.120 the animal in captivity under such stressful conditions, so, unfortunately, the owl, 162 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:54.320 Guys was humanely euthanized. It was a barn owl. Barn owls are 163 00:12:54.360 --> 00:13:01.200 among three owl species native to la Each can consume over three thousand rodents a 164 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:09.519 year. We should get an owl. I got some some rats sometimes in 165 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:13.440 the garage in the backyard. If I put an owl back there and he 166 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.320 can just chomp, jump, chomp. You put an owl owl house, 167 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.320 an owl house box, an owl box. The bears might be a problem. 168 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.799 Did I tell you the story about the bear? You've told me many 169 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:31.279 stories about the most recent one from Friday night? No? Okay, so 170 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.159 Friday night. Is there anything to do with Jim McMahon, No, okay, 171 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:41.320 Friday Night. I don't know that reference bears. Oh that was a 172 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:45.159 bad reference. That was like a nineteen eighty four, very old, terrible 173 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.000 cover of sports illustrated from nineteen eighty six. Thank goodness, What are you 174 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:54.519 gonna do the history of packaging next? So, anyway, my husband and 175 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.240 I walked to our little downtown area Friday night, bear music, get some 176 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:05.480 dinner. Walking back, it's pitch black walking along the main the road there, 177 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.159 and we run into some other people and they're like, oh, just 178 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:13.399 so you know, there was a bear that was walking over over on the 179 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:16.039 right, and so I said, okay, well we'll go to the left 180 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.480 then. So we kind of detour to avoid the bear walking down the road. 181 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.240 And I'm like, that's pretty wild that there's a bear just you know 182 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:28.679 there, there's just they're showing up more and more. They're just not afraid. 183 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.360 And my husband, without missing a beat and total deadpan, goes, 184 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:37.159 oh, there's there's a bear right there walking across the street. There was 185 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:41.759 a bear on the sidewalk, walking on the sidewalk, directly across the street 186 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:46.000 from us. And it was a male bear. It was massive. It 187 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:50.279 was not a cub. And at that point, you're just nude. You're 188 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:56.799 just nude out there, like if that thing wants to charge you, you're 189 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:58.600 gone. You don't have it. There was nothing for me to jump into 190 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:03.399 heard shell that you can. There was no heart hour or shell. It's 191 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.720 just like if that bear, because the bear looked at us, and if 192 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:09.879 that bear looked at it, when that bear looked at it, if he 193 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:13.799 decided he want me. I don't know, maybe he's got a disease that 194 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:18.399 makes him aggressive. I could have been I could have been done being a 195 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:20.840 bear. And I don't know you, I don't know if you know this, 196 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.279 but if he got my ear, if he could bleed a lot, 197 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:28.519 they bleed more than any other part in the body. I have a story 198 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.399 about you and your husband as well. Oh okay, yes, hey guys. 199 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:35.159 Last time you did a story on baby names, I believe was when 200 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.840 you were at the Slide Bar in Fullerton and Shannon actually asked if her husband 201 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:41.919 could sid at my table, and he was very nice and very kind, 202 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.080 and we chatted a bit. And then as I approached you guys after the 203 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:52.320 show to tell you the dumbest baby name I had ever heard, Shannon was 204 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.279 great, and Gary just glared at me the whole time because I'm fat and 205 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:07.639 he hates fat people. Wow, what well you do? Kinda no, 206 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.879 no, I know where you're going with this, But tell him, I 207 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:12.639 don't hate fat people. It's my face, it's his face. It's not 208 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:17.480 that he hates fat people. Gary doesn't hate any people. And I go 209 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.480 through this and I'm sorry you were on the receiving end of his face, 210 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:25.399 because we go through this from time to time here in the building where there's 211 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:29.159 this rumor that Gary is a total d which couldn't be further from the truth. 212 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:37.200 But his face doesn't always I wear the face exude friendship. Well, 213 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:41.480 I have other things going on. You're a studhorse. Daddy Stallion Secret Service 214 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:45.840 director has stepped down. We saw that today. Kamala Harris had her first 215 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:51.840 big campaign rally today, and it seems that the field is shrinking when it 216 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:55.360 comes to who will be her running mate. Joining us now to talk about 217 00:16:55.399 --> 00:17:00.240 it, Perry Russam from ABC News in Washington, and it seems is that 218 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:04.160 this thing has dwindled down to about two people. Huh, Perry, Yeah, 219 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:07.640 so we started with four. I mean, we have two different reports 220 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:10.720 coming out of ABC News right now. So a source grates on the process 221 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:14.759 that tells us that Josh Shapiro, Governor Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper, Governor of 222 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:18.119 North Carolina, Mark Kelly, Senator from Arizona, and then Andy Basheer, 223 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.160 the governor of Kentucky, they are all either being asked or have been asked 224 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:26.039 to give some materials for the vetting process. But then how our Martha rattis 225 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:30.000 is reporting, it's really coming down to two leaders in that group, at 226 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:33.440 least for now. I mean, the vetting process is very early, and 227 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.880 the two leaders right now are Shapiro and Kelly, both of who are from 228 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.640 key key swing states. But I mean, if you would you consider North 229 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:45.119 Carolina. We talked about this a little bit earlier and went through and found 230 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:52.880 out if you rank those states from where these guys come Pennsylvania, North Carolina, 231 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.640 Arizona, and then Kentucky in that order in terms of their electoral votes. 232 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:00.119 Is that part of the math. It has to be. I think 233 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.640 everything is a part of the math right now. I mean, I think 234 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:07.160 the benefit that Harris has if we just take a step back and look at 235 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:11.720 going into the RNC, Trump was picking his VP based off of a Biden 236 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:15.359 Harris ticket. Now the entire thing gets flipped on its head where Harris is 237 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:21.960 picking her VP in response to Trump picking JD. Vans. So I think 238 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.839 everything is on the table. But in the vetting process, they're going to 239 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.359 be looking at everything. You know, Eric Holder is leading this group, 240 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:30.359 the former AG who is a part of the Obama administration. So things can 241 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:34.599 pop up, not saying they're going to, but things can pop up in 242 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:38.039 the four men that we're looking at here in their bios that could change everything 243 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:41.319 in terms of the complexity who the VP is going to be, And just 244 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:45.839 to add two others could be added to this list. Who does the vetting 245 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:48.599 process. I'm just assuming probably people close to her, to the campaign, 246 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:55.640 or maybe even operatives that worked on Biden's campaign. As we get closer and 247 00:18:55.720 --> 00:19:02.119 have we heard anything more insider information about what the timetable may be. Right, 248 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:03.599 So we know that the sources tell us that the vetting process is being 249 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:07.359 done by former AG Eric Holder his law firm. I'm not exactly sure what 250 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.279 the what the details are in terms of what they're looking at, but we 251 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.079 know that quote unquote materials have to be submitted. I'm not exactly sure what 252 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:18.240 those materials are at the top of my head. In terms of the timeline, 253 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:22.319 you know, August seventh was mentioned as a possible you know date in 254 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:25.759 terms of when a VP would be announced, but we're being told it's going 255 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:27.799 to go past that. I mean, the next number, the next day 256 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:30.799 we're looking at is August nineteenth, which is the start of the DNC. 257 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:34.759 Still in the coming weeks, we should you know who, we should know 258 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:41.160 who her pick is going to be. So we've talked about demographics, we've 259 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:48.200 talked about geography. How much does a personal connection play into choosing a vice 260 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.799 president? Or is that me being way too optimistic and Hallmark movie like, 261 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.839 No, I mean, I think that makes sense because I mean, you 262 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.960 know, her backs up against the wall in terms of trying to pick somebody 263 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:03.519 in short in short order and short notice. You normally go with somebody that 264 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:07.440 you trust. We know, you know from our reporting that Roy Cooper is 265 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:11.640 somebody that she has known for a long time. There were attorneys generals together, 266 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:15.599 they've worked together for years before this moment. But it really is a 267 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:21.039 calculus of who can they pick that is going to you know, shore up 268 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:23.119 an election in some of these key swing states. And that's why our reporting 269 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:27.359 makes sense when it looks at Shapiro and Kelly, because I mean Shapiro from 270 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:32.200 Pennsylvania, you know, former attorney general of Pennsylvania, another former prosecutor, 271 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:36.240 just like Harris, high approval ratings from that battleground state. And I think 272 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.720 they're looking to see if Shapiro is somebody who can go to somebody's rouss belt 273 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:45.480 states Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and try and make those states turn 274 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:48.400 blue. So that everything right now within the calculus early on in this process. 275 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:52.559 All right, Perry, thank you appreciate the update. Thanks have a 276 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:56.279 good one, Perry Russam their ABC News in Washington, we should see what 277 00:20:56.319 --> 00:21:03.119 we know about. I don't think I've ever heard Josh Shapiro's beak. There 278 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:07.880 was an event recently and I can't remember what it was, but he had 279 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:11.880 to come out. Was it in a shooting of some kind? Oh? 280 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:15.640 Yes, A vague memory. Now, yeah, I actually think I mean, 281 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:18.880 just the sheer number of times his name has come up. He's got 282 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:23.440 to be the clear leader. Yeah. And there's that key county there that 283 00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:27.799 made decide the whole freaking state. Yeah, swing county as you want to 284 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:33.440 call it. All right, we got one more it is, It's almost 285 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:37.680 over all right, don't worry. This was watching this video. I saw 286 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.759 a little bit of it last night. I saw a longer version of it. 287 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:45.319 During the break, Elon Musk gave an interview with Jordan Peterson and talked 288 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:52.559 about one of his kid's gender transition. Vivian now uses she her pronouns. 289 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:59.079 Filed to change names in twenty twenty two. Xavier. Xavier was Vivian's birth 290 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:03.279 name. And you have to do this very carefully because people get really lost 291 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:12.160 in a weird world of hurt if you miss if you miss gender, somebody, 292 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:19.759 Vivian reportedly said the decision to drop Musk as her last name was partly 293 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:23.000 because she didn't want to live with or wish to be related to the biological 294 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:29.519 father in any way, shape or form. And Elon told Jordan Peterson that 295 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:33.359 he was tricked into helping his son seek gender transition in all of it, 296 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:41.480 and that he wasn't told the repercussions that puberty blockers could have on a young 297 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:47.119 developing body. And they talked a little bit about the potential. Elon Musk 298 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:49.759 basically said he was told that his son would commit suicide if he didn't go 299 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:55.359 through this process. But there's no science to show that there's a correlation between 300 00:22:56.039 --> 00:23:04.160 gender confusion and suicide. There is a correlation between depression that could lead to 301 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:11.279 these conversations and eventually suicide unfortunately, but those aren't the only two options gender 302 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:17.640 puberty blockers or suicide. Now, the thing about this interview was I've seen 303 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:22.359 Elon Musk interviewed two dozen times and see I have never seen him like this, 304 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:26.960 just his personal The way he was talking about this story was very personal. 305 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:32.319 Obviously, it's incredibly evil, and I agree with you that people that 306 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:36.440 have been promoting this should go to president. It won't stop till that happens. 307 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:41.200 Yeah, it'll just go underground. There's all puberty blockers are being accessed 308 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:45.680 online by kids all the time through non medical channels. So yeah, it's 309 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:48.519 not going to stop. I didn't know the case, so I was straight 310 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:56.880 into doing this, and it wasn't explained to me that puberty blockers are actually 311 00:23:56.920 --> 00:24:08.119 just sterilization drugs. So anyway, and so I lost my son essentially, 312 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:14.960 so you know they they're quote dead naming for a reason. Yeah, all 313 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:21.000 right, So the reason it's quote dead naming is because your son is dead. 314 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:26.519 I had no idea that the puberty blockers could sterilize you. I had 315 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:33.720 no idea about that. I also come from the opinion of let puberty happen 316 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:37.799 and then sort it out after well, and that that I think is one 317 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:44.079 of those that attitude is something that people are fighting against. And I'm not 318 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:48.640 quite sure why it's too soon. It's especially puberty these days. It's probably 319 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:53.400 a lot younger than when we were kids, just because of well, the 320 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:56.519 world and the chemicals and all the things. Well, and I think there's 321 00:24:56.519 --> 00:25:04.039 something also, We've we've got to stop putting, we've got to stop adding 322 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:08.799 value. To people who are victims of something or struggling, that's a better 323 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:15.200 word, thank you, Because everybody, just intrinsically everybody should have value. 324 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:19.240 That I believe that not everybody does. Everybody has some value. And the 325 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:26.960 idea that you earn value by being more victimized or by struggling harder or whatever, 326 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:30.599 it is a terrible place to put society because then all you're doing is 327 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:34.960 asking people struggle. Yeah, find a way to struggle even more, and 328 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:40.759 society will value you even more. Now, it's awful to struggle for whatever 329 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:45.039 reason, whether it is you're questioning your gender, your sexuality, or you 330 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:48.079 feel like you grow up in the wrong neighborhood, or you feel like society 331 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:52.119 is not going to give you a fair chance because of some immutable characteristic that 332 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:55.720 you have. Those are all awful things. But the more you tell people 333 00:25:56.000 --> 00:26:00.039 to de lean into that and blame everything else on those people, we're going 334 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.039 nowhere. My dad would come to me as a kid and tell me you 335 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:07.279 can do whatever you want to do. It was never you're a girl, 336 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:11.319 so you're gonna have to work harder. It was not that that's a different 337 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:15.680 Don't put people at a disadvantage well, especially when they're young, and and 338 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:19.480 tell them, oh, well you're gonna you're not you're not as good as 339 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:25.559 other people. You're gonna have to work harder, or I don't know, 340 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.440 I think I told you I had that came up, and I think of 341 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:34.359 all places of Thanksgiving dinner one time when somebody said to my daughter something along 342 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:37.599 the lines of, don't you feel like you have to work harder because you're 343 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:41.480 a girl, And I thought, whoa, whoa, Yeah, that's not 344 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:45.839 what I teach my daughter. I teach my daughter the value is in how 345 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:49.319 hard you work, period, Not because you're a girl, not because you 346 00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:53.799 are at a disadvantage, not because because she's not. Stop telling her that 347 00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:57.160 she is, because then if she does fall short, then she thinks, 348 00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:00.799 oh, it's because I'm a woman, right, as opposed to maybe I 349 00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:03.440 did something wrong and I need to improve it next time I do it. 350 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:10.920 You don't send your kids out with that attitude. Just crazy. I wanted 351 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:14.519 to mention the Olympics. Did you see this. There are a few events 352 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:18.599 that are going on in the Olympics today, long before the opening ceremonies. 353 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:22.480 I don't know, if you're a big fan of rugby, Seven's sure I 354 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:26.519 played wing in college, did you really? Yeah? France and the US 355 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:29.720 and I guess Fiji. In the US, they're taking it. There's a 356 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:33.359 couple of different matches that you can see. Also, a football pool play 357 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:36.440 is on right now. France is taking on the US. I played for 358 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:41.440 about three weeks until the other ladies started drinking beer out of a dirty boot 359 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:45.519 and I was like, I am out. You've been listening to the Gary 360 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:48.240 and Shannon Show. 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